After having his leg amputated as a result of bone cancer, Jason Martinson felt lucky to be alive.

Now Martinson will walk with a prosthetic, along with other students impacted by cancer, in order to spread awareness and raise money for the American Cancer Society as part of an initiative to bring Relay for Life to the UA campus next month.

Martinson, a physiological sciences junior, had a large tumor in his left ankle and was diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer, the most common type of bone cancer in children, at 13. Today, he is a cancer survivor and is helping the American Cancer Society raise money by serving as the survivor representative for the pre-med club Alpha Epsilon Delta. [Read article]

The UA faces wide-ranging challenges in determining how its student body should look as it assumes more control over which applicants it may admit and reject, a top UA official in charge of overseeing enrollment told the Faculty Senate yesterday.

The challenges relate to shaping a student body that meets the university's ideals, then recruiting and retaining the students it wants most, said Patti Ota, vice president for enrollment management. [Read article]

As ASUA elections begin today with the announcement of this year's candidates, the organization has adopted new advertising tactics in order to increase voter turnout by 20 percent in this year's elections.

Nearly 4,000 of UA's approximately 36,000 students voted in last year's ASUA elections, and with this year's elections less than one month away, Elections Commissioner Dan Suh hopes to increase that number by roughly 800 students. [Read article]

After being renovated for conflicts with disability codes, the Park Student Union remains unfinished in large part because the new construction still does not meet disability standards.

"There have been delays, but we have design problems and we're trying to work them out," said Roger Hart, supervisor of Core Construction.

The main reason for the delay is that sidewalks have not been put in place because of flaws in the design of ramps for the disabled, said Rick Marsh, PSU construction project manager. [Read article]

All students living in residence halls will have to pay for an additional portion of their rent next month because of a Residence Life computer glitch.

Campus residents received an e-mail yesterday explaining the charge that will show up in their Bursar's bill in the near future.

According to the e-mail, Residence Life charged students less for their spring rent when they were billed between Dec. 20 and Jan. 7 because of an error in the housing database. [Read article]

Strange looks for a man so unsure of where he's going in life, that's the life of Marques Brewer.

Marques Brewer
Communications senior

Wildcat: Hi, my name's Nathan and you're On the Spot.

Brewer: It's all good, man. It's all good.

Wildcat: This is the second edition of Express Yo'Self (students respond to given situations).

Wildcat: Somebody is looking at your girlfriend and you catch their eye and decide to send them a message. [Read article]

Things you always never wanted to know

Jan. 24, 1980

Rolling Amok

Bob Schlesinger strums a tune on his banjo while skating in front of the "Mines building," an image hinting at the roller skating fad at the beginning of the Î80s. On a warm weekend, roller skates were rented out from a local business to as many as 200 to 300 people a day. "People have been run off the sidewalks, and in some cases, traffic is being disrupted," said then university police Capt. Ed Harris. A motorist reported that eight roller skaters joined hands and rolled east from Park Avenue on University Boulevard, refusing to let him pass. "It's becoming a nuisance," Harris said. Glenn Buckelew of the 1980 Wildcat writes, "Roller skating is not just a passing fancy · but is here to stay." [Read article]