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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, February 13, 2004

Quotes from campus and around the world

"I do think he needs some sassy highlights."- Carson Kressley, "Queer Eye" fashion guy, on President Bush

"It's amazing. You have great roads and continuous electricity. It's very nice."
- Tsewang Dorje, Tibetan monk on tour, on his American experience

"I've been really disappointed in the student body. (The Legislature) will get away with as much as they can."
- John Kromko, political science student and former legislator, on the tuition hikes

"Just in terms of liability, (it's) not a good idea for faculty and staff to store alcohol."
- Melissa McGee, harm and risk reduction educator for Campus Health Service, on the discovery of alcohol stored in a UA adviser's unlocked closet

"I never got so many happy e-mails in my life."
- Jory Hancock, faculty chairman, on the status of his inbox after proposals for a faculty lounge in the Student Union Memorial Center

"I've heard too many stories of students who got incorrect information from an adviser who were then forced to take extra classes and even extra semesters."
- J.P. Benedict, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, on the results of poor communication between students and academic advisers