A female student was drugged and abducted from a bar during a Labor Day weekend trip to Nogales, Mexico, UAPD and the Dean of Students reported yesterday.

Word of the abduction came yesterday when UAPD Chief Anthony Daykin and Dean of Students Melissa Vito discussed their concerns over weekend party busses that take underaged students to the Mexican border.

Vito and Daykin said the university or any organizations connected to the university do not sponsor trips of this nature. The two also requested that any students who are solicited to purchase tickets for these trips contact UAPD. [Read article]

Madiha Raina recalls being followed between classes and taunted following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"People would say, 'Go back where you came from,'" the physiology junior said.

The harassment has since ceased, but challenges for Arabs in America still exist.

Since 9/11, the UA has seen a sharp decrease in the number of Middle Eastern students arriving from abroad, said Kirk Simmons, executive director of the Division of International Student Affairs. [Read article]

In the days following the September 11 attacks, members of the campus community filled the "Wall of Expression" with poetry, artwork, prayers and other expressions of grief, hope, frustration and anger.

Hundreds paused before the wall each day to read and reflect.

"I can remember being on campus and everyone would stop and read them," said family and consumer sciences senior Katie Myers. "I stopped continuously." [Read article]

Lone Blue Key event of year will familiarize freshmen with traditions

At the ASUA meeting yesterday, the senators gave the Blue Key, a national honorary, $1,095 in funds in order to help the club plan A-Day.

The funding was $100 short of what the club originally asked for. The ASUA senators refused to give money for advertising in the Wildcat because they said A-day can be put in the datebook section. [Read article]

Senior admits she doesn't know what she's doing, warns against espresso double shots

Wildcat: My name is Nathan and you're On the Spot.

Mayes: And my name is Lauren Mayes. I'm a senior at the UA...

Wildcat: You don't have to make it all personal like that.

Mayes: Okay, never mind.

Wildcat: So, this breeze ÷ isn't it romantic?

Mayes: I think so. The air ... the crisp air is pretty nice. [Read article]

Question: When is the Park Student Union going to re-open?

Answer: This is a question close to my heart. As a freshman living in Coronado, I ate at PSU for every meal, and I have fond memories of sitting in front of the big-screen TV, enjoying delicious Chick-Fil-A waffle fries and watching The Young and The Restless. But as many of you already know, since December the PSU has been closed for renovation. [Read article]

· The word "toast," meaning a proposal of health, originated in Rome, where an actual bit of spiced, burned bread was dropped into wine to improve the drink's flavor, absorb its sediment, and thus make it more healthly.

· In the early days of baseball, between 1840 and 1850, a fielder put a runner out by hitting him with the ball. Home base and the batter's plate were two separate spots ÷ and thus the lineup included a fourth baseman ÷ and there was no distinction between fair and foul balls. [Read article]