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.
"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.