UA basketball elite eight loss to illinois

It was a quiet end to a disappointing game.

As the game clock wound down Saturday night, hundreds of Wildcat fans packed in bars along North Fourth Avenue held their breath in anticipation of a hoops win. But despite the last-minute loss, extra police were not needed to calm the frustrated crowds.

Carlos Valdez, a public information officer with Tucson Police Department, said no incidents, such as citations or arrests, occurred Saturday night on Forth Avenue or East University Boulevard, where additional police officers were stationed as a "preventative presence." [Read article]

The Newman Center, a campus catholic community church, drew in more students and parents than it could seat for yesterday's Easter Mass.

For some students, attending a campus Mass was ideal because they had to spend the Christian holiday away from home.

Caroline Donohue, a sociology senior, said going to Mass and having dinner with her friends is how she normally spends Easter. In a month she will also celebrate Greek Easter, because she is part Greek orthodox. [Read article]

A forum Thursday marking the second anniversary of the war in Iraq was held to discuss the complexities of the United States occupation in Iraq - past, present and future.

A crowd of about 100 gathered in the auditorium of the Social Sciences building to listen to the opinions of three UA professors and their expertise on the controversial topic.

"The U.S. has offensive objectives. Officials were not reluctant to use force, but waiting," said David Gibbs, associate professor of history and political science. "The public is reluctant to use force initially until they have proof of hostile actions." [Read article]

For the next two weeks, UA students and anyone with a computer can vote for the best-looking model on a new Web site that will directly benefit tsunami victims in Southeast Asia.

The "iPose" Web site features representatives from eight fraternities and eight sororities at the UA who modeled at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, 1510 N. Vine Ave., in their swimwear while holding or wearing an iPod Shuffle, said Matt Van Horn, Alpha Epsilon Pi president and Apple representative at the UA. [Read article]

She contracted the virus from a contaminated needle in a Mexico hospital in the '80s. Unaware of her condition, she married, got pregnant twice and infected both her husband and second son with HIV.

Since 1998 the woman, who wants to remain anonymous, is in care with the Ryan White program and leads a normal life despite her disease.

The Ryan White Program, funded by federal grant, operates nationwide at various institutions and provides help in the form of medical and psychological care. [Read article]

PHOENIX - The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would require undocumented immigrants to pay out-of-state tuition at state universities.

Some representatives said they thought the bill was unfair to immigrants whose parents had illegally come to the United States when the child was an infant. Those representatives said it was not the fault of a child who grew up in Arizona to have to pay more for education when their own migration was out of their control. [Read article]

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