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. [Read article]

Sexual assault, a crime largely unreported on campus, can leave a victim unwilling to step forward because of embarrassment, fear and excessive attention brought on by the media.

UAPD Detective Sgt. Rolf Averill said students come to the UA prepared to report sexual assault, but when they learn that there is the possibility that the crime could be picked up by the media, they decide not to report it. [Read article]

Graduate students, who recently asked for their $1 ASA fee back after feeling underrepresented, say they would be willing to pay $25-30 to support campus programming.

Jani Radebaugh, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council and member of the Collaboration Board, said she was surprised to see graduate students' support of the fee.

"I wasn't really expecting graduate students to be interested, but they seem to want to participate in activities, which is great," Radebaugh said. [Read article]

Faculty senators yesterday approved a policy requiring computer users across campus to install and update anti-virus software on computers connected to UA networks.

It formalizes rules network administrators already enforce throughout the campus in an attempt to keep UA systems free of viruses, which can cause permanent damage to computers.

The policy, which includes a wide range of other guidelines for acceptable computer and network use, won support from all the senators present yesterday, though some expressed reservations about its enforceability. [Read article]

Doctors associated with UA listed as best in America

More than 100 physicians associated with the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center are listed in the 2003-2004 Best Doctors in America database.

The database has over 35,000 physicians listed, but that only accounts for 4 percent of the doctors in the United States.

The list also specifies over 40 different specialties and 400 subspecialties. [Read article]

Junior finds reporter to be booty-licious, wouldn't shave his chest, and watches TV to relax

Wildcat: Hi, my name's Nathan and you're On the Spot. So tell me - first impression of me - do you think I'm booty-licious?

Patel: Booty-licious?

Wildcat: Yeah. Be honest.

Patel: Yeah, sure.

Wildcat: What's booty-licious about me?

Patel: Your messy hair. Your unshaven face ... [Read article]

Things you always never wanted to know

February 14, 1977

Love in Bellbottoms

UA students, circa 1977, dance precariously on Old Main fountain. Two happy hippies are silhouetted here against a grayscale sky. Love is in the air.

None of the residence halls were co-ed at the time, but naturally, "Residents of five dormitories have overwhelmingly approved extended visitation hours ... The new regulations, which extend the maximum hours a dorm resident may be visited by members of the opposite sex by three hours daily, passed with an 88 percent majority." [Read article]