Joshua Jacobs spent most of last semester playing Online Scrabble and eating Cheetos, finding he had an unusually high amount of free time on his hands.
Jacobs, a pre-education freshman, was told by his academic adviser to take only 12 units because most freshmen feel burdened in their first year at college.
Now Jacobs, who will be taking summer courses in order to graduate in four years, said he believes if his adviser had reviewed his high school courses, she would have known he was capable of handling 15 credits.
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We've read the books. We've seen the pictures. We've attended the lectures. We've watched the movies. We have learned everything there is to know about the Holocaust. Or have we?
Francis Cohen, renowned modern dance choreographer and co-founder of the dance program at the UA, has breathed new life into the famous story of Anne Frank, in "The Attic."
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The closet's a little crowded - the country music closet, that is. It's filled with fans too embarrassed to show their true colors at an institution that thrives on Clay Aiken and rap-rock.
But it's time they stepped out and started achy breakin'.
Scott Moore, a plant sciences junior, said that instead of the repetitive pop and alternative music lyrics, country music offers something different.
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The Student Recreation Center pool looked heated enough. It was 10 past six on a Friday morning, and I was late for a swim date with the Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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