Almost every afternoon, students have the opportunity to voice concerns and questions to ASUA Sen. Morgan Kisler during her office hours.

But Kisler spends many of her afternoons alone because few students come to visit her.

Tired of waiting around, Kisler has decided to be more proactive in trying to find out what students have to say.

"If we sat around for people to visit, it wouldn't happen," Kisler said. [Read article]

Deans to decide who will receive money set aside to supplement faculty salaries

UA Administrators announced Friday that they have committed more than $2 million to increase the salaries of faculty, staff and appointed personnel.

For the next two years, administrators will set aside $2.5 million to supplement the money the university receives from the state for salaries.

This fund serves as a backup source for funding salaries in case the state does not have the money to contribute every year, Provost George Davis said. [Read article]

Police arrested 36 people Friday night on minor in possession charges after their bus ÷ traveling from a Gamma Phi Beta party at the Vagabond Hotel ÷ was pulled over.

Three buses were first seen parked in front of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house, 1535 E. First St., Friday evening.

A UAPD officer notified the Tucson Police Department about a large number of students entering the buses.

He also said, based on previous incidents, the students were more than likely going to a party where underage students would be drinking, reports stated. [Read article]

Starting today, UA students can take a break from their studies to rock out on the Mall.

The UA Battle of the Bands will be held tonight and Wednesday on the Mall from 5 to 7.

The competition, sponsored by ASUA and the University Activities Board, is in its second year and will feature the bands Troy's Bucket, Sarcastic Atoms, Haley Jane, Gorilla Behind Bars, Elsewhere, Sidetracked, Camp Courageous, and Oliver Nothing. [Read article]

County official says visiting the stadium poses no health risks

A bat found at the UA/UCLA football game on Oct. 11 tested positive for rabies last week.

The dying bat was discovered on one of the east side ramps at Arizona Stadium. A UA stadium volunteer put it inside a plastic bag until Pima County Animal Control arrived to pick it up.

The bat was sent to the Arizona Department of Health Services Laboratory to determine if it was rabid. The UA found out Thursday that the bat had rabies. [Read article]

All the world really is a stage for theatre arts senior; living, performing seem one and the same

Wildcat: Hi my name is Nathan.

Kennedy: Marisa.

Wildcat: And you're On Broadway's Future Spot. I created this category specifically for you guys.

Kennedy: Oh, cool.

Wildcat: How do you think the show ("Metamorphoses") went today? You looked good in your leather outfit. [Read article]

Today

· 1803 ÷ The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

· 1968 ÷ Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

· 1977 ÷ Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Miss.

Tuesday

· 1879 ÷ Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. [Read article]

· The blazer jacket is named for a British ship, H.M.S. Blazer. The ship's captain insisted that his crew always wear blue jackets with metal buttons, even for casual duty.

· In November, 1972, a student skydiver named Bob Hail jumped from his plane and quickly discovered that neither his regular parachute nor his backup chute had opened. He dropped 3,300 feet at a rate of 80 miles per hour and landed on his face. "I screamed," Hail recalled later. "I knew I was dead and that my life was ended right then. There was nothing I could do." A few moments after landing, however, he got up and walked away with nothing worse than a broken nose and some missing teeth. No one has been able to explain how he escaped unhurt. [Read article]