For the month of April, the UA Disability Resource Center is putting on six events on campus in hope of spreading awareness about the disabled community.

The month-long awareness program, "Disability Reframed: Challenging Concepts of Normality," has been organized annually for the last two years.

"We want people thinking about what disability is and what it isn't," said DRC program coordinator Jeanne Nicholls. "Disabilities shouldn't be seen as scary, or with pity, but just another characteristic of a person, such as being tall or having brown hair." [Read article]

Ten tennis rackets and a bicycle were stolen from the UA tennis team's locker room sometime over the weekend, authorities said.

The women on the tennis team went into the Robson Tennis Center locker room, 902 N. Martin Ave., for practice Monday at 7:30 a.m. and noticed their lockers were open and rackets were missing from each one, said Brian Ramirez, assistant coach of the women tennis team.

Ramirez said the women use the same rackets for practice and games, so they were left without any equipment to use. [Read article]

You may have noticed classrooms seem a little bit warmer than usual this year, and no, it's not only because of warmer weather.

Due to budget cuts, UA administration voted to turn off all air-conditioning units from classrooms and residence halls in a futile attempt to cut costs by saving electricity.

The air-conditioning was officially turned off in all classrooms late yesterday afternoon and coordinators plan to shut off the remaining residence hall air-conditioning later today. [Read article]

Spring ahead, fall back - except for Arizonans.

At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks around the nation will be set ahead by one hour, which means students in Arizona will have to adjust their mental clock when calling a different time zone.

For most of the country, spring is when the world changes its clocks to daylight-saving time from standard time, according to a Web site sponsored by the National Institute for Standards and Technology. [Read article]

UA students who noticed painted objects scattered around campus this week might guess they were from the Easter Bunny, but what they actually found were Ben's Bells.

On Monday, 1,000 of the clay bells made in memorial of Ben Packard were distributed around every square mile of Tucson, said Jeannette Maré-Packard, whose son Ben died three years ago from croup, a respiratory disease.

Maré-Packard, who is an education adjunct faculty member, said the pain she endured after losing her 3-year old was helped by the overwhelming kindness she received from those around her and her family. [Read article]

Infants and toddlers in the pediatric wing at University Medical Center might have fun riding the new MedWagon that can ease parents' lives by giving them the opportunity to pull their sick loved ones wherever they like.

The wagon was donated to the hospital yesterday as a part of the "Lizzie's Loot" campaign, which has donated 10 wagons to hospitals nationwide.

Lizzie Bell, an 11-year-old girl, was diagnosed with Diamond Blackfan anemia, one of the most rare bone marrow failure diseases in the world, when she was 7 months old, said Kathy Flores Bell, her mother. [Read article]

Applications due at Student Union April 11

Even though elections for the Associated Students of the University of Arizona ended three weeks ago, UA students can still get involved by applying for one of 44 appointed positions within the organization.

Applicants will be able to choose from 44 appointed positions when they pick up the packets, which ASUA made available at its office Monday, said Cassiopeia Sonn, administrative vice president elect. [Read article]

Lights. Camera. And would you mind removing your shirt?

Playboy will come to Tucson Monday to cast UA students for a future issue featuring college students from the Pacific 10 conference universities.

The "Girls of the Pac 10 issue" is part of the Playboy's annual college issue, with the magazine visiting colleges in different conferences each year. The rotation means this is the first time in five years Playboy will visit the UA. [Read article]

Students who like to eat breakfast and want to chat with the provost will have a rare opportunity to do both at the first Provost's Breakfast in two weeks.

Ten students will be picked to share their comments and concerns regarding the university with Provost George Davis during an hour-long breakfast April 14.

Davis said he "jumped at the chance" to be part of the event because it is a good way to keep an open dialogue between students and administrators. [Read article]

The second annual UA Relay for Life is an overnight event aimed to spread the word about the group's efforts to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

This year's Relay for Life is from 3 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday at the Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd., and is designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research, advocacy and education for the ACS, said Brian Elisco, co-chair of the event. [Read article]