Riding, lassoing all part of 65th UA rodeo

The shiny silver pinstripes running through Wesley Kimble's blue shirt reflected sunlight in the arena of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds Saturday as, rope in hand, he raced on his horse after a calf.

Kimble, an agricultural education senior, was among eight other UA students at the 65th Annual University of Arizona Intercollegiate Rodeo.

He won the calf roping competition after securing a lasso around a calf's horns 10.3 seconds after his horse busted through the starting gates. [Read article]

PHOENIX - With another potential tuition increase looming at the UA, a Tucson legislator is trying to increase the amount of money the state puts toward financial aid at state universities to make higher education more accessible.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Tim Bee, R-Tucson, would increase the amount of money the state puts into the Arizona Board of Regents financial aid trust fund by increasing the ratio at which they match funds from the universities from 1 percent to 1.5 percent. [Read article]

Student clubs and organizations not affiliated with residence halls are no longer allowed to meet in hall common spaces, according to a new rule adopted by Residence Life.

In order to keep groups from taking over student space and disrupting residents, clubs and organizations are no longer allowed to meet on a weekly basis in semi-public spaces like study lounges, lobbies and other meeting spaces in residence halls on campus. [Read article]

Gov. Janet Napolitano sat on the women's basketball bench Saturday with more on her mind than just hoops.

Napolitano was a guest coach for the Wildcats as part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, which promotes the advancement of women's sports. It was the second time the governor joined the Wildcat women on the bench.

Napolitano was accompanied on the floor of McKale Center in a halftime ceremony by UA athletic director Jim Livengood, assistant director Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose and Wildcat women's swim and dive coach Michele Mitchell-Rocha, along with more than 100 young female Tucson athletes. [Read article]

Wanda Howell blasts a piercing whistle and then calmly and quietly says to her 30 students, "That means it's time to start, and everyone in Wanda's world knows it's time to be attentive."

Howell, a nutritional sciences professor, is known worldwide as a top researcher and pioneer of parenteral nutrition, or feeding by vein.

But research is just a small part of Howell's success. Howell is also a university-distinguished professor whose real love is for the classroom. [Read article]

ASUA officials are recruiting six-student teams to shake and groove all night long at the first ever dance-a-thon to benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital.

Sign-up sheets are available this week for students who want to participate in the UA's first Up 'Til Dawn on April 23.

Up 'Til Dawn is a nationwide event organized to raise money for cancer research. It is completely funded by donations.

"It's really important that students give back to the community as a whole," said Associated Students of the University of Arizona Sen. Sara Birnbaum. "It's a great opportunity for students to show the community all the good things they do." [Read article]

Faculty senators will consider a policy today that requires campus computer and network users to install anti-virus software and keep it up to date.

The policy would apply to users across campus, including students using their own computers in the residence halls, said Mike Torregrossa, the Center for Computing and Information Technology's associate director for computing services.

But it would not mean students would have to purchase anti-virus software, he said, because CCIT offers a free package on its Web site, at sitelicense.arizona.edu/sophos. [Read article]

GNC worker hasn't tried the bust- enhancement supplements, but can still kick some butt

Wildcat: Hi, I'm Claire from the Daily Wildcat and you're on the spot.

Hoang: Oh, wow. OK.

Wildcat: So what's the most potent sexual enhancement supplement you have in here?

Hoang: Um, I'm not really sure. We've got some here for both men and women.

Wildcat: Do you have anything that will make my penis bigger? [Read article]

Things you always never wanted to know

Today

1864 - The Normandie burns and sinks in New York Harbor during its conversion to an Allied troop transport ship.

1950 - Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wisc., accuses the State Department of communist infiltration.

1965 - The U.S. sends its first combat troops to South Vietnam.

Tomorrow

1846 - Mormons begin their journey to Utah.

1862 - Poet Dante Rossetti finds his wife dead from a laudanum overdose. [Read article]