When Jacquenese Amanda Price attended the UA in 1970, there were no black members of the Pom Squad.

Price was the first.

"I was somewhat of a trail-blazer," she said.

Thirty-three years later, she's finally leaving the UA.

More than 100 people filled the Student Union Memorial Center's Grand Ballroom yesterday at a celebration in honor of Price, who retired this year from the human resources department. [Read article]

Registration is in full swing, and students who are tired of shelling out their money to the UofA Bookstore are finding cheaper places to buy their textbooks.

"I buy almost all my books from Amazon.co.uk," said Shawn Jackson, a molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry junior. "They're usually about a third off the UofA Bookstore price."

Many students said they hadn't heard about the online savings but would have purchased their books online if the savings had been advertised better. [Read article]

Students should limit their outdoor activity as a combination of factors, that include the California wildfires, take their toll on Tucson's air, local experts said.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has extended an advisory warning that it issued Wednesday until 11:59 p.m. today. The advisory urges the elderly, children, and people who suffer from respiratory problems and asthma to limit outdoor activities. [Read article]

The hand of biology might soon extend into the world of technology, making computers work faster than ever.

A team of eight UA researchers received a $1.23 million grant from the National Science Foundation two months ago to turn a thin type of protein into a wire that will eventually be used to enhance technology.

The thin protein-based wire will be less expensive and more efficient than the microchips that are found in items such as computers, cell phones and cars. [Read article]

After university officials were slow to release students' personal information to the book's publishing company, the Desert yearbook has been cleared for publication this year.

But some students say they wonder whether the book, which will be published for the first time since 1997, will find an audience on campus.

Jeremy Fuson, an undeclared freshman, said he wonders how the yearbook will be successful at a university with more than 37,000 students. [Read article]

Trick-or- treaters doing good by collecting canned goods for a local food bank

Wildcat: Hi, my name's Nathan and you're both On the Spot. So what's going on?

Dominiak: We're trick-or-treating for canned food for our service business fraternity.

Wildcat: Why are you dressed like an angel?

Rosenthal: ÎCause this is the costume I

wanted.

Wildcat: Oh, that's not even an angel. That's a butterfly. Are you a butterfly? [Read article]

"Nah ÷ it's delicious man. · You can't eat just one."

÷ Cameron Matthews, pre-business sophomore, on Roscoe's Chicken ÎN' Waffles' signature dish

"I used to like when they played the ÎRocky' song and the guy ran up the stairs."

÷ Bryan Aronchick, regional development junior and Icecat goalie, on favorite cheers

"They should be going after people robbing banks or shooting each other. They should be going after real crimes." [Read article]

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