Quotes from the UA and around the world

"Outside my window, I can hear the construction workers sneeze, sing, talk and scratch their butts. I am losing my mind and about to go on a homicidal rampage."
- Laura Schenk, pre-nursing sophomore, on frustrations with the last-minute construction of the Park Student Union outside her dorm window.

"We live in a funky world. Let's enjoy it."
- Painter Red Rohal reflecting on the philosophy behind his exhibit "Funky Roadside Attractions" on display in the Student Union Memorial Center.

"So now I got a bunch of people with prosthetic limbs really pissed off at me in the Czech Republic, and it's all just because my hand is abnormally hairy.'"
- Musician Bob Log III relating a discriminatory episode that occurred during a gig in Prague. He plays at Plush tonight at 11:30.

I had too much to drink. - The first words from a student found drunk and unconscious outside of his room at La Paz Residence Hall, police reports stated. Later, he had to be taken to University Medical Center.

"Dr. King's name has been pimped."
- Rev. T. Richard Smith at Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. March, warning against the distortion and abuse of King's legacy.

"There is not a lot of squish room in the budget, but is there enough for $13 million for universities? It's possible."
- Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, in regard to the Republican budget proposal in the Arizona Legislature that offers no new money to Arizona's three state universities. Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano's proposal offers $46 million.

"Go buy some nachos."
- President Bush during a casual dinner with several baseball executives at a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix, overheard by nearby eaters.