Survey says employers now hiring more grads

The job outlook for students graduating in May is promising as employers of all vocations plan to hire 12.7 percent more college graduates this year than last year.

Despite a slow economic recovery, a survey done by the National Association of Colleges and Employers' Job Outlook stated that it projects about 19,000 hires this year compared to about 17,000 actual hires last year. [Read article]

Although no policy forbade the Office of International Student Programs and Services from keeping alcohol in its building, UA officials are advising university departments and programs to not use building space to store alcohol.

Administrators are asking faculty and staff to use common sense.

"They should use good judgment and good principles because you don't use your agency or department on state property for (alcohol) storage," said Saundra Taylor, executive vice president for Campus Life. "I would certainly want every department on campus to be very careful about what is stored that could be misused or abused." [Read article]

Ten new students outside of ASUA have decided to run for student government positions.

Dan Suh, Associated Students of the University of Arizona elections commissioner, said although non-ASUA students have run in the past, this year's figure is unusually high.

"A benefit to the deadline extension is that we reached a diversity of students," Suh said. "Our goal is definitely to have a diverse candidate pool." [Read article]

Sexual assault not only hurts women. It also hurts men, said Alan D. Berkowitz, guest speaker at a lecture last night to kick off ASUA's Sexual Responsibility Week.

Approximately 200 men from UA fraternities, clubs and organizations sat in the audience to learn how they could prevent sexual assault and violence against women.

Berkowitz, an independent consultant on health and social justice issues, told the audience that sexual assault hurts men directly because it makes women afraid of them, fosters negative stereotypes of men makes men look dangerous and, most importantly, it hurts the women men know, he said. [Read article]

Few students are speaking out against a proposal to increase tuition by $490, and even some of the university's most ardent anti-tuition hike activists say they haven't been able to muster support for protests.

They call the lack of opposition a sign of apathy, but lobbyists from the student government, who have proposed a $400 increase, say it shows people realize the university needs extra money to pay for necessities like faculty salaries and class availability. [Read article]

UA doctors have taken their research expertise south of the border to help develop new technology that will save lives.

In December, the Arizona Telemedicine Program opened a molecular medicine and telemedicine facility in Panama City, Panama.

The center, which utilizes telemedicine to treat patients in rural and developing areas, is a collaborative effort between the UA and the University of Panama. [Read article]

Psychology freshman hangs up on his girlfriend and will eat a Twinkie out of someone's derriere

Wildcat: Hi, I'm Claire from the Wildcat and you're On the Spot.

Hines:: Umm ... I'm ... on the phone.

Wildcat: Oh. Who are you on the phone with?

Hines:: My girlfriend.

Wildcat: Well, do you think she'd understand if you hung up on her for the sake of the Wildcat? [Read article]

Things you always never wanted to know

Senator Kyl to speak on terrorism at law school

Republican Sen. Kyl will speak Monday about his service on the Senate Judiciary Committee and his leadership as chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security. His is the first of a lecture series on "Arizona Law Graduates Shaping National Law and Policy."

Kyl was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 1994 and re-elected in 2000. Prior to joining the Senate, Kyl served four terms in the House of Representatives. He graduated from the James E. Rogers College of Law in 1966, having served as editor in chief of the Arizona Law Review. [Read article]