Basketball's back at the UA (Did it ever leave?); Dubya's back as well, for a few more years; The Yankees might not be back for a while; And, maybe, Ugg boots should have never arrived in the first place. The Wildcat Opinions staff weighs in on all that, plus the debate over stem cells and a modern-day Holocaust in our final debate of the year. [Read article]

Let's hope that the Arizona Board of Regents prioritizes one thing when searching for the next president of the UA: undergraduate education.

While this administration has dealt with a lot - budget cuts - and accomplished a lot - investment in biotechnology - it has also not been as visionary when it comes to undergraduate education, choosing to focus on enrollment management.

It's a story that has been missed: Many faculty, students and staff are upset with the administration's decision to push for investments in the sciences and the marketable programs at, what some say, is the expense of undergraduate education, specifically the humanities and the social sciences. [Read article]

Well, it's been four (or five or six) long years, but for several thousand of our fellow students, the time for graduation has finally come. Most will enter the job market and thus the "real world," while many will avoid real work like the plague one way or another (by going to law school, for example). Graduates will take many paths, but almost all will lead away from here. In fact, the only link many alumni will have to the UA will be their annual subscription to the Arizona Daily Wildcat throughout their lives. [Read article]