For the first time, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Safe Ride program is operating over the summer, and usage is growing, proving there is still a demand for the service, even during the summer months.

Josh Wright, ASUA Safe Ride director, reported the service had given more than 600 rides by June 9, and more than 500 of them were during Pre-Session.

The service had transported 890 passengers as of Monday night, Wright said. [Read article]

How Channing Frye has turned his nice-guy image into a shot at NBA riches

Hold the phone and stop the presses: Breaking news is about to hit Tucson.

Phoenix, Chicago and, most notably, New York – at Tuesday's NBA draft – will soon follow suit.

Channing Frye is a nice guy.

What? That's not news?

Maybe it doesn't take a book of clichés for the "Frye for President" mantra to sound like a broken record, or a mad-dash press run for fans of both professional and college basketball to believe the hype surrounding the Arizona men's basketball team's biggest kid, all 6-foot-11, 250-pounds – and counting – of him. [Read article]

Studying abroad in New Zealand, despite being a great experience, has kept me out of the loop in terms of all things UA-related. Just to bring myself up to date I've been scouring the news and found whilst away, tuition has gone up (now was that really a surprise), the men's basketball team choked in the way only the Wildcats can, and, according to the New York Times, you're just as apt to get a quality education from using your public library card than with a degree earned, more or less, at the UA. [Read article]