Today marks the conclusion of the five-day sorority recruitment process, signaling the beginning of a lifetime of greek affiliation for over eight hundred young women. But in the rush to get to this point, did they stop to wonder what they might be getting themselves into?

Beware new members: Greek life at the University of Arizona is often subject to intense criticism on campus. This is nothing new ÷ the greek system has been under attack since its conception in 1750. The truth is that greeks are easy targets. For years, sorority women have been written off as airheads with no goal more pressing than matching their pedicure to the color of their Rocket Dogs, fraternity men as conformists only able to find their way to the gym and to bars and back, and both groups as lazy students with little ambition beyond finding a good party. [Read article]

If you're on financial aid, you're probably feeling a little crunched. As of Aug. 21, the Office of Student Financial Aid was $8 million behind last fall in distributing money. Granted, students still have more than a week to pay before being dropped from classes, and late fees for paying tuition are waived for people on financial aid.

But two painful realities remain.

First, many students use financial aid for paying far more than tuition, and rely on these checks to help cover the cost of rent, food and other necessities. [Read article]

This is day number two of the college experience for nearly six thousand students on the UA campus. For many freshmen, it is the second day of absolute chaos.

From trying to get tuition paid to finding classes, new students are being completely overwhelmed. Many are probably realizing that college is nothing but a collision between what you planned and the reality that you will have to live with. [Read article]

Yesterday morning, a group of four UA students filed a complaint with the Pima County Superior Court alleging that the tuition hike approved by the Arizona Board of Regents last spring is unconstitutional. The students ÷ John Kromko, Rachel Wilson, Adrian Duran and Sam Brown ÷ have stated their intention to file a class-action lawsuit against ABOR and the State of Arizona in order to have the hike rescinded and the money made up with nonexistent funds from the state Legislature. [Read article]