In last night's debate, Associated Students of the University of Arizona presidential candidates Cade Bernsen and Jacob Reuben both stressed safety and security as a major concern for next year, but disagreed on other issues.

Other than safety, Reuben emphasized the importance of implementing a fall break and a universal class waiting list if he becomes president, while Bernsen highlighted his experience in the Texas Senate and promised to bring funding to the UA for services such as child resources for mothers. [Read article]

PHOENIX - The atmosphere for those who drink in bars could change if lawmakers give bar owners the ability to decide if guns would be allowed inside.

The Senate bill debated on yesterday would change existing law, which prohibits firearms in bars, to say firearms would be prohibited only when the bar owner posted a sign prohibiting firearms. That is to say, unless a sign is posted, guns are ok. [Read article]

More than 1,500 pairs of military boots and 1,500 pairs of shoes, all hauntingly empty, will line the grass of a downtown park this weekend in memory of U.S. military and Iraqi civilian casualties in Iraq.

The exhibit, which has toured 45 U.S. cities, makes its only Arizona stop in Tucson this weekend at Armory Park, at East 12th Street between South Fifth Avenue and South Sixth Avenue.

The display, which is on tour through April, is a project of the American Friends Service Committee, an international Quaker organization that opposes all war. [Read article]

To raise money for tsunami relief, a multicultural sorority hosted a fashion show with the help of other campus organizations and stores around Tucson.

Theta Nu Xi Multicultural sorority held their first fashion show in Room 100 of the Social Sciences building with models from 19 sororities and fraternities and other organizations around campus, raising about $450.

Local stores, including Divaz, Banana Republic and The Limited, donated all of the clothes worn by models. [Read article]

To educate students about outsourcing, a professor from the Eller College of Management will offer a course on the topic next week and has offered to pay the $250 late registration fee for any student interested.

Amar Gupta, professor of entrepreneurship, said before the course was only available at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Because of the course's popularity and importance, Gupta is offering the same course to any UA student interested in outsourcing. [Read article]

The coexistence dialogue continued yesterday when UA students and community members came together and discussed their personal stories - even after the exhibit has closed.

As a part of "UA Discusses Diversity," presenters used various media formats to analyze the importance of social justice and understanding throughout campus, Tucson and the world.

"I think it's critical that we re-evaluate our actions on a daily basis and look to ourselves to see if we're good and fair to everyone we meet," said Sofia Ramos, associate to the director of the Diversity Resource Office. "This helps explore the dialogue." [Read article]

UA Idol rocked the Cellar last night with karaoke with a twist: bringing in a 50-person crowd and donations for the Day of Silence.

Alex Grubb, president of Students Promoting Respect and Individuality Through Education, said he did not set a goal for how much money the group hoped to make last night.

"We would be happy to make $100 tonight," Grubb said. "Anything to help us pay for T-shirts for the Day of Silence." [Read article]

In an effort to bring more diverse art to campus, Gallagher Theater is featuring the Hindu film "Black" on Sunday evening.

Minita Sanghvi, a retailing and consumer sciences alumna, said she arranged for this and seven other Indian films to be shown at the UA in two about years.

The film is a Helen Keller-type story about a deaf and blind woman in a small Indian town who is lost in a world of darkness until she meets a teacher who helps her become successful, Sanghvi said. [Read article]

"He helped me adjust to this culture and this type of basketball. He's the guy who's shown me the right way."
- Men's basketball and Serbian native sophomore Ivan Radenovic on departing senior Channing Frye

"You want to make it affordable, but you can't just print diplomas."
- Regent Fred Boice on student complaints of proposed tuition increases and class availability

"They have to respect the people that hold the keys to the doors."
-Student Regent Ben Graff on empty promises from ASUA candidates [Read article]

If you have had a bellyful, you have had about two quarts. That is the average adult's stomach capacity.

Seals have been known to swim for as long as eight months and as far as 6,000 miles without touching land.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

Droplets of moisture from a sneeze can travel as far as 12 feet and as fast as 100 mph. [Read article]