Darin Zumbrunnen reunited with an old friend Saturday morning at a Southside police station.

The pre-architecture freshman didn't bail anyone out, but reclaimed his stolen bicycle, which was recovered by the Tucson Police Department at a midtown house last month.

TPD invited the public to scan their collection of about 450 recovered stolen bicycles Saturday at the Tucson Police South Substation, 4410 S. Park Ave. [Read article]

The UA is looking for a better breed of students by kicking up recruitment efforts and tightening admissions standards.

Paul Kohn, interim director of admissions and new student enrollment, said on top of increasing recruitment efforts through the Mascots program, the UA has consolidated Early Academic Outreach with Minority Student Recruitment, a move which will sustain contact with prospective minority students. [Read article]

Graduate and professional student issues ranging from funding college-based research, student involvement, child care and health care will be considered in the Graduate Professional Student Council elections, starting today.

The more than 8,600 UA graduate and professional students who comprise about 23 percent of the student body can cast their vote online from 8 a.m. today through 5 p.m. Thursday. Graduate students can vote for representatives in their own college as well as at-large representatives who can respond to student needs and have an impact on the makeup of the GPSC, said GPSC President Amanda Brobbel. [Read article]

Keep trying in the quest for unity, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel said last night during a lecture at the UA.

In his sold-out lecture at Centennial Hall, the 76-year-old Holocaust survivor relived the horrors of the past but said there is hope for the future.

The Community-Builders Humanitarian Award Dinner preceded the lecture and Wiesel honored President Peter Likins along with businessman Donald Diamond for their contributions to society. [Read article]

Arizona Shuttle, a bus service between Tucson and Phoenix, is offering an online discount through tomorrow.

Competing with Greyhound Bus Lines on every day student discount fares, the reason for the discount is the company's urge to increase online booking because customers save money when they book early, and it helps Arizona Shuttle better manage their business, said Kenna Smith, vice president for marketing at Arizona Shuttle. [Read article]

The University of Arizona Police Department awarded Steve Pentland, a criminal justice administration freshman, for his call and statement that allowed police to find two men who were breaking into cars on campus.

Pentland said he witnessed two suspicious men March 23 while walking to his car in a Zone 1 lot, 425 N. Fremont Ave.

He later identified the two men, Jose F. Preciado and Paul A. Mendibles, as the same people he saw tampering with a car when police stopped them driving on North Highland Avenue and East Ninth Street. [Read article]

Heated debates echoed through the Radisson Hotel, 181 W. Broadway Blvd., as high school students tried to engage in global problems at the 43rd Annual Model United Nations conference Friday and Saturday.

The event, hosted by UA Model UN, gathered students from Arizona, California and Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, to address problems such as international security, women's rights and atomic energy. [Read article]

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