31-member search team agrees on confidentiality

The importance of keeping candidates' names confidential was emphasized yesterday at the first presidential search committee meeting.

The committee of 31 members discussed the conditions of confidentiality, as well as guidelines for conducting the search, the role of the search consultant and arranging campus and community forums.

Regent Fred Boice, who is also the committee chair and spokesman, warned the committee that the identities of candidates and nominees must be kept a secret. The candidate's names will not be made public until the Arizona Board of Regents chooses finalists. [Read article]

The Arizona football team is trying to get over last week's 27-24 loss to Utah, and the Wildcats are hoping a home opener tomorrow night against NAU will have the squad focusing on victory rather than defeat.

"It's a long season, and we have 10 more games, so we have to focus on that and not dwell on what happened last week against Utah," said senior safety Darrell Brooks.

Arizona (0-1) opens its 2005 home schedule tomorrow at 7 p.m. against the cross-state Lumberjacks (1-0). [Read article]

Imagine it is your first day on campus again. Remember your parents circling the dorm while you run in and grab your housing assignment from the smiling resident assistant. After you get your room number, you cruise out to grab all your boxes (wow, you packed a lot of stuff!).

You lug your stuff, and parents, up your new hall. Following a confusing conversation with a person wearing a white polo, you realize you just met your new roommate - your RA. [Read article]