Faculty senators voted overwhelmingly yesterday to support saving the School of Planning, which has been slated for possible elimination, by moving it into the department of geography and regional development.
Though the 18-0 vote was nonbinding because the senate lacked a quorum, Provost George Davis said it nonetheless sent administrators a resounding signal that the faculty opposes eliminating the school.
According to a report presented yesterday to the senate, by joining with geography, the school could help serve undergraduates in that department who have said they are interested in learning about issues like city history and structure, economic development and transportation.
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Not as foreign as the Cannes, not as full of snow-jacketed Hollywood starlets as the Sundance, the Arizona International Film Festival still brings the best and the latest in independent filmmaking to Tucson.
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This year's spring Club Crawl might feel cozy, with zero bars on North Fourth Avenue participating in the event, leaving East Congress Street to handle all the rocking itself.
"Basically, the (Fourth Avenue) bars backed out," said Jeb Schoonover, event coordinator and Rialto Theatre owner.
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I showed up at the Holmes Tuttle Clubhouse almost precisely on time at 2:30 pm. It doesn't seem like a difficult appointment to make on a Saturday afternoon, but the night before happened to be my 21st birthday and, as expected, I wasn't feeling 100 percent. I was there to help a contingent of UA greeks with their second annual All Greek Service Day.
"(All Greek Service Day) is a day for the greek community to come together," said Rebecca Pitts, vice president of administrative affairs of UA's Panhellenic Association. "It's also a chance to give back to the community that made us what we are."
The community that made me what I was at that moment was the downtown Tucson bar scene. I didn't feel like I owed them anything in particular.
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