The UA will see a half-percent budget cut next fiscal year along with eight other budget reallocation methods, which will bring in $6 million to central administration, administrators announced yesterday.

The decision comes after months of deliberation among administrators, who said the university must reassess the way it manages money during a time of decreased state funding.

According to a financial bulletin released by President Peter Likins, Provost George Davis and Joel Valdez, senior vice president of business affairs, general funds have fallen by $47 million in the past two years. [Read article]

Men's NCAA Tournament . Sweet 16 . Chicago Regional

Analysts and fans alike are saying that tonight's matchup between No. 3 seed Arizona and No. 2 seed Oklahoma State easily could have been for the national championship.

Nevertheless, the Wildcats (29-6, 15-3 Pacific 10 Conference) and the Cowboys (26-6, 11-5 Big 12 Conference) meet up in the regional semifinal in Chicago at 8:15 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS.

"We are very pleased right now to be going on to the Sweet 16," Arizona head coach Lute Olson said. "We are also pleased with how our team is playing right now. I think we're playing the best that we have played." [Read article]

The Terri Schiavo case has reached blistering levels of publicity in the past week. In an attempt to distract the national media from Tom Delay's legal trouble and George Bush's failing domestic agenda, among other things, Republican leaders have participated in egregious political grandstanding. They have also set a dangerous precedent in which the executive and legislative branches can steer clear of checks and balances and make laws attacking an individual member of society, all disguised behind rhetoric pertaining to the value of life. [Read article]