A policy on threatening behavior was approved yesterday at the Faculty Senate meeting, less than one month before the anniversary of the nursing school shootings.

The policy was passed as memorial plans are taking shape for the three nursing professors who died on Oct. 28, 2002, at the hands of Robert S. Flores Jr., a student who had made threatening statements.

"Just in time, if I may say so," said Jennifer Jenkins, the senator who proposed the policy. [Read article]

UA officials caught a student hacking into the ILC computer network Friday, gaining access to passwords and e-mail accounts of all those using computers in the center.

The student was using a software program on his laptop to search the network for computers in use. In so doing, he had access to all information on the Integrated Learning Center network, said Mike Bernardo, a senior support systems analyst at the ILC. [Read article]

The UA athletics department released a list of nearly 1,500 names yesterday as winners of the 2003-04 men's basketball lower-level student ticket lottery.

The first round of winners, made up of UA students who purchased the Zona Zoo student sports pass before the Sept. 12 lottery deadline, are given the option to purchase a pair of lower-level tickets for half of the team's games, not including games that occur during winter recess. Tickets will be assigned at random. [Read article]

UA scientists have discovered that the highest mountains on Earth actually sit atop another mountain range that is nearly 10 times older.

The Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, India and Bhutan, were originally thought to stand alone at the age of 55 million-years-old, created when India crashed into Asia, but new discoveries show that the mountain range is part of a 500 million-year-old mountain system. [Read article]

A Tucson man pulled a gun on a UAPD officer last night, after he fled police who wanted to question him about suspicious activity in the University Medical Center parking lot.

Carlos Leon Santa Cruz, 25, of 771 W. Tennessee St., was first seen looking into parked cars in the UMC parking lot at 5:24 p.m. An employee called UAPD to report the suspicious activity. Two officers at the North Campbell Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard intersection responded, said Sgt. Eugene Mejia, spokesman for the UAPD. [Read article]

Poetry Center not moving soon enough for coordinator, jams about building's creaky floors

Wildcat:: You're the program coordinator for the Poetry Center. You guys are going to be moving soon?

Krikliwy:: Yep. Not soon enough, though.

Wildcat:: Is the new place going to have creaky, wooden floors like this?

Krikliwy:: You know what? I walked through the new place, but I don't remember what the floors were like, 'cause I was basically looking at the walls to see how many books we could put up. So I wasn't looking down. [Read article]

Students

Enrollment Percentages: State of Arizona, Nation
Women - 54.5% , 56.1%
Full-time - 47.7% , 58.8%
Minority - 28.0% , 28.2%
International - 2.9% , 3.5%

Degrees awarded: State of Arizona, Nation
Associate - 13,334 , 578,865
Bachelor's - 20,856 , 1,244,171
Master's - 10,537 , 468,476
Doctorate - 696 , 44,904
Professional - 709 , 79,707 [Read article]

· In the Chinese written language, the ideograph that stands for "trouble" represents two women under one roof.

· Ancient Romans always entered the home of a friend on their right foot ÷ the left side of the body was thought to portend evil. The Latin word for "left" is "sinister" ÷ thus our English word "sinister" refers to anything threatening or malevolent.

· Haggis, a traditional Scottish dish, is made from the lungs, heart and liver of a sheep that are then chopped and mixed in with onions, seasonings, suet and oatmeal. The dish is finished after it is boiled in a bag made from the sheep's stomach. [Read article]