Students may see higher fees for MCB, finance classes if approved

New fees and fee increases could force some UA students to pay more for their education next year.

The Arizona Board of Regents will vote Thursday on whether to charge a new fee for an undergraduate finance course and raise the fees for a molecular and cellular biology course.

Students who will be taking Recombinant DNA Methods and Applications, or MCB 473/573, will have to pay $150 next semester as opposed to the $50 now required if the fee passes next week. [Read article]

Every freshman entering the UA next year can expect a spot in a residence hall, for the first time in more than 10 years.

Because two new residence halls will open and old halls will be renovated, 856 new spaces will be available in the fall.

Residence Life officials said all incoming freshman applicants and nonfreshmen wishing to remain on campus will receive spots on campus even if they are just now turning in applications. [Read article]

Likins says proposal to move school seen as 'promising'

With a newfound optimism surrounding the School of Planning's future, officials within the school and the department into which it may move say students would reap benefits from interdisciplinary courses and a broader faculty base.

New planning graduate students could even enroll as early as this fall if President Peter Likins follows a recommendation to spare the School of Planning by combining it with the geography and regional development department, said Barbara Becker, the school's director. [Read article]

Six community college nursing programs have received funding from a UA program to help combat Arizona's nursing shortage.

The Arizona Area Health Education Center, founded by the UA Health Sciences Center, and Campaign for Caring teamed up to provide funding for community college nursing programs.

AzAHEC is a community-based nonprofit organization that is administered through the UA Health Sciences Center. AzAHEC focuses on improving the access to health care for rural and underserved communities through recruitment and distribution of health care providers. [Read article]

The Arizona Daily Wildcat will dedicate its newsroom today to Sherman R. Miller 3rd, a former journalism professor and former Wildcat adviser.

Melissa Miller Murphy, Miller's daughter, said Miller's family and friends decided to donate $25,000 to the Wildcat in order to create a lasting tribute to their father.

"(The Daily Wildcat) was his life, and his students were a part of our family," said Melissa. "He provided the leadership to turn the Wildcat, a sleepy, small-town college paper, to a nationally recognized daily student newspaper that won awards ... across the country." [Read article]

Freshman considers himself 'sexual,' but won't get on the 'Love Train'

Wildcat: Hey, is your name Bob? Because if it is, you just won a free DVD burner.

Sever: Over here! My name's Bob, for sure. I can show you my CatCard.

Wildcat: All right, but you've gotta do something for me first.

Sever: If it involves bending over for any sexual favors, you can forget it! [Read article]

Things you always never wanted to know

"If they pull out, there will be a big economic mess over there. And if they stay in, then more soldiers could perish. I don't really know what the best thing is right now."

- Jacob Hall, pre-pharmacy sophomore, on the U.S. presence in Iraq.

"They would see each other every few months and hang out. They were both secretly in love with each other but too scared to get back together."

- Noelle Gaffney, a close friend of Lindsay Schiffman, on Joseph Johnson and Schiffman's relationship. The two former UA students died Sunday in an early-morning motorcycle accident. [Read article]