This is a column about screaming your lungs out as UA football destroys ASU, jumping into the Old Main fountain mid-afternoon because it's hot in August (and September and October and November), rocking McKale as Salim sinks another NBA-range three, getting the chills when the marching band plays "Bear Down, Arizona," watching UA softball coach Mike Candrea lead the U.S. Olympic team to the gold, tailgating our hearts out for Homecoming and relaxing in Mexico for Spring Break. [Read article]

In three weeks, 1,000 or so girls will go through sorority rush, looking to see if greek life is for them. Less than two weeks later, as many guys will do the same via fraternity rush. Many will decide to pledge one of the 46 social fraternities and sororities on campus. They will become part of the 2,600-member UA greek life community, which comprises 11 percent of the undergraduate population. [Read article]

Pete Likins

When it comes right down to it, nobody influences the UA more than President Peter Likins, now in his ninth and final year in the role. While the presidential search committee, headed by Regent Fred Boice, searches for a worthy replacement, this year will serve as a year of reflection on Likins' tenure.

Several words come to mind that describe the Likins years, but one that doesn't is "inaction." The early years saw massive construction on campus, including that of the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center and the enormous but still underutilized Student Union Memorial Center. [Read article]