Coach Lute Olson deserves higher pay

There's something definitely wrong with what, collectively, the UA president, athletic director and the Arizona Board of Regents have done to Lute Olson. He is a nationally recognized (Hall of Fame) coach with a consistently ranked basketball team and is one of the best marketing personae for the UA - and he has consistently been underpaid compared to the last three football coaches. The UA has never even reached the level of ASU football by going to the Rose Bowl. Does football mean so much to the school and the state that Stoops can get so much money, salary and incentives included, be allowed to hire his brother and more? Why doesn't this school start demonstrating that Lute's achievements are important? [Read article]

As Monday's Wildcat reported, a recent deal between the Napster music downloading service and Penn State will allow students access to the contents of Napster's server while reducing the bandwidth consumed by illegal music downloading. However, the access, available only on campus, will come at a cost: a technology fee leveled against the student population at large. We asked our columnists: Is it worth it for UA administrators to follow Penn State's lead? [Read article]

If you look at life from a purely biological and physiological stance, then all that humans need to survive is shelter, clothing, food and water. Everything else, on this view, is just irrelevant and a waste of time. Yet we are not entirely practical and utilitarian creatures. Having our basic needs met is not enough for the human experience. We need not only to survive; we also are driven by the need to communicate and share thoughts. [Read article]