Lawmakers must make the Patriot Act permanent if they want to fight terrorism effectively, Republican Senator Jon Kyl told an audience of about 80 people at the James E. Rogers College of Law yesterday.
Many of the act's provisions simply extend current laws, like allowing government seizure of business documents in pursuit of drug smugglers, so there's little reason why they shouldn't be permanently enacted, he said.
"In effect, we added 'and terrorism' to those laws," Kyl said.
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Sure, digitally manipulated voice samples implying the presence of God sound amazing, but can you dance to them?
Composer Daniel Asia, professor of music and head of the UA's composition program, thinks you can. As part of a celebration of Asia's 50th birthday, he's presenting his electroacoustic composition, "Sacred and Profane," in a new way.
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Being a mining engineer isn't as glamorous as it sounds. Sure, there are the shiny, pretty rocks and easy access to serious explosives, but beneath the veneer of your typical mining engineering student lies an ugly truth: Mines are dirty. Really, really dirty.
The San Xavier Mines just south of Tucson, for example, are typical of your average mines, at least at first glance. They are fairly chilly, made of rocks, contain things like tracks (for mine carts), shovels (for digging), pneumatic drills (for embarrassing tiny Wildcat columnists) and dirt. That's where the "dirty" part comes in.
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Lawmakers must make the Patriot Act permanent if they want to fight terrorism effectively, Republican Senator Jon Kyl told an audience of about 80 people at the James E. Rogers College of Law yesterday.
