Students question Shelton's past record, stance on diversity issues

Developing a stronger connection between faculty and students is crucial to boosting retention rates at the UA, said presidential candidate Robert Shelton during a public forum Friday.

Students repeatedly questioned how Shelton has previously worked to improve these rates, specifically in terms of graduate students and diversity statistics. [Read article]

Next month's student government elections should attract as much student interest as in recent years, despite obstacles and controversies that have arisen in the organization recently, a student official said.

Jordan Miller, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona elections commissioner, said she didn't think that recent complaints filed by feuding ASUA officials and the student body president being on leave would deter students from running for political office. [Read article]

Fee awaits Senate approval for ballot

The Arizona Student Unions are proposing to enact a one-time fee for UA undergraduates at the beginning of each semester in response to budget pressures.

Pending the referendum's approval by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and the Graduate and Professional Student Council, UA students who vote in the general elections March 7 and March 8 will make the ultimate decision on whether undergrads will have to pay a $20 fee beginning next semester. [Read article]

Democratic senate candidate to lead rally

The UA Young Democrats are bringing a senatorial candidate to campus today.

Jim Pederson, a democrat challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Kyl in November's election, will lead a rally titled "Strengthening Arizona's Future."

The event begins at noon at the Rogers Plaza, north of the Student Union Memorial Center.

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Candidate takes stage in round 2 of candidate forums

Tom Campbell will take the spotlight today to answer questions from students, faculty and community members in campus forums held throughout the day.

Campbell, dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley, will be meeting with various members of the community to gain a better understanding of the UA campus, starting with a student forum at 2:15 p.m. today in the North Ballroom in the Student Union Memorial Center. [Read article]

Erasing the ignorance associated with HIV/AIDS was Rep. Jim Kolbe's focus when he addressed students, faculty and community members in a forum organized by UA students Saturday.

Prevention, awareness, impact and funding were a few of the issues opening speaker Kolbe talked about at the "AIDS 2006: Forecasts and Future Leaders in the Fight."

"We want to make students not only (be) aware of, but become involved in, what is one of the major moral and health issues in the world," Kolbe said during his speech. "HIV and AIDS remind us that we are part of a much more interconnected world; a world that is fragile and needs leadership." [Read article]

Frisbees were flying high Friday night as the UA men's Ultimate Frisbee team soared past the ASU Diablos during the first scrimmage of the year.

Despite the cold weather, more than 150 Frisbee fanatics were drawn to Murphy Stadium to watch the UA Sunburn's A-squad trounce ASU 15-5.

Mark Berry, coach of the Sunburn Ultimate Frisbee team, said the goal for the night was to raise more awareness about the team. [Read article]

The science fair, a time-honored tradition of brainy show-and-tell, is not only for the grade school set.

Instead of potato-powered light bulbs and model volcanoes, entries in the 17th Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference ranged from the effects of cancer drugs on bodily enzymes to a study of T-cells in sharks.

Saturday's conference featured more than 85 students presenting the results of their months-long bio-research projects to friends, family and science enthusiasts. [Read article]

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