The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was saved from overthrow by a compromise at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis Nov. 16 to Nov. 18.

ICANN is a California-based nonprofit organization set up by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the late 1990s to manage a master list of registered domain names and oversee disputes. Every time a user wants to purchase a domain name it goes through ICANN to ensure two people do not lease rights to the same name. [Read article]

Go ahead, you can admit it. You're a Harry Potter fan. And if not you personally, there's certainly someone near and dear to you who knows the books by heart and has already seen the newest movie twice.

Beginning in 1998, Harry Potter led waves of children, teens and adults alike into a widespread literary delight that hadn't been seen in decades. The series, with its penultimate volume recently completed, has reached astronomical levels of popularity around the world. [Read article]

On warmer, sunnier days, their laughter rings across the UA Mall, breaking the mundane shuffle of footsteps of weary college students, sleep-deprived and stress-filled. Their coos over the immense structures surrounding them shed new light on the campus that we take for granted.

Children. Outspoken, imaginative and precarious individuals who need attention, encouragement and love. Not so long ago, you embodied those qualities. Those were the days of swinging on monkey bars, passing notes in class and creating fantastical worlds full of dragons, princes, princesses and the mystical lot. [Read article]

"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising." - Lord Northcliffe

Democratic governments don't have to answer to voters. Public power institutions are no longer open to the purview of citizens. The truth can be hidden. Hopefully it will be forgotten.

That's the message UA officials and the Dean of Students Office sent to the campus last week as they looked to deny student government records that have historically been granted to the Arizona Daily Wildcat. [Read article]

Knight only successful in abusing players

It's good to see that there are still fans such as Michael Neish ("Time for Olson to step down") that want to restore the Arizona tradition. Of course it is a tradition that Olson created, but who cares about minor details?

Here I thought our assistant wants Jim Rosborough, but you have obviously set us all straight. Let's ignore that little championship and those Final Fours and decide to bring up a first-round exit in 1993. I am sure it is merely a coincidence that Pastner and "Roz" are on the staff, a coincidence that has nothing to do with being alongside one of the best coaches of all time. [Read article]