Elected officials of ASUA passed down keepsakes, advice and the reins of their positions noon yesterday at the official ASUA inauguration on the UA Mall.

Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Cade Bernsen, Executive Vice President Erin Hertzog, Administrative Vice President Cassiopeia Sonn and 10 elected ASUA senators were sworn in for the 2005-2006 school year.

During his inauguration speech, Bernsen, a political science senior, said even though he came to the UA from the University of Texas just a year ago, he would give a voice to UA students passionately and with determination. [Read article]

The UA African Student Association convened at its last meeting of the semester yesterday evening, ending with a hope to increase cultural awareness on campus next semester.

In addition to hosting numerous events, including an African-themed cultural show and an annual ASA banquet, the association raised $1,500 for African orphans in the last year, said Amuche Okeke, ASA president.

"I wanted to help out with orphanages that take care of kids with AIDS," said Okeke, an electrical engineering and engineering management senior. [Read article]

Students in the theatre arts program made stories written by local elementary school students come alive last night in a performance hosted by the College of Fine Arts and the School of Theatre Arts.

Stories that Soar! is a program created by students in the theatre arts class Collaborative Play Development.

Students in the class invite children from four local elementary schools to write stories and submit them to the "magic box" which makes the stories come alive on the stage, said instructor Bobbi McKean, assistant professor of theater arts. [Read article]

Though emergency blue lights can cost up to $3,000 to install, university officials have no concrete data about how frequent the lights are used each year and if they are worth the cost.

Risk Management and Safety, the Center for Computing and Information Technology and the University of Arizona Police Department representatives said either the data did not exist or it would take a long time to collect. [Read article]

Gnomes do not maintain the air conditioning in university buildings.

Neither do humans.

UA Facilities Management engineers are two-thirds completed with their invention six years in the making, the Centralized Computer Command Center, or C3 Center, which is a Web-based system consolidating the university's 15 main infrastructures into a single interface.

The UA has copyrighted the system, which manages and controls the utility systems, fire systems, energy management systems and security systems in 103 main buildings on campus, including the residence halls, the UA Main Library, the Student Union Memorial Center, the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center and the research labs, said Al Tarcola, Facilities Management director. [Read article]

UA students can help ease the excruciating heat soldiers stationed in Iraq experience by donating money to help distribute Misty Mate Misters to troops.

Created in 1987 by Steve Utter, the Misty Mate Company develops personal cooling devices sold at $15 each that help cool down the body, according to the Misty Mate Web site.

Brenda Ann Aguirre, a business management senior, said one of the best ways people can donate money is by going to the Kuiper Space Sciences building, 1629 E. University Blvd., and dropping off a donation to Terry Hurford in office 432. [Read article]

The Faculty Senate approved an amended Code of Academic Integrity at the semester's last Faculty Senate meeting yesterday afternoon.

The revised policy calling for "honesty in all class work and ethical conduct in all labs and clinical assignments" was expanded to prohibit violating professional ethics rules in student handbooks, health, safety or ethical requirements to gain any unfair advantage in labs or clinical assignments and assisting or attempting to assist another to violate the code. [Read article]

Preceding the start of World War II in 1939, Japanese forces invaded eastern China in 1937. Tensions had been running high between the two powers over conflicts about Korea.

In an effort to remember those who were forgotten, the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars will hold and exhibit titled "The Unforgotten History: Let Facts Tell" on the UA Mall today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The exhibit will consist of six display boards and more than 100 PowerPoint slides to describe the details of this war, according to a press release. [Read article]

What would have been one of the happiest days of a student's life turned tragic for one UA foreign student.

Julian Sosa, a Duitana, Colombia, native, traveled to Bogota Dec. 9, 1992 to receive a scholarship from the government. As a recent high school graduate, Sosa was one of 35 graduates in his country selected for an academic scholarship.

The secret militia guerilla called Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, placed a bomb in the floor below where Sosa and his fellow graduates were meeting for the scholarship award ceremony. [Read article]

Senior puts reporter on the spot, talks about son and Wildcat comics

Wildcat: So, why have you come by to see me?

Ponce: Mmm ... I hear that you're the go-to girl.

Wildcat: For what?

Ponce: Everyone's special needs?

Wildcat: Special needs in what?

Ponce: You know, like Dr. Feel Good? But you're like Dr. Feel Good, but a girl. I guess it's still doctor; it's not, like, doctorette. [Read article]

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