Increasing funds top priority for UA presidential candidate

Students and faculty grilled UA presidential candidate Tom Campbell yesterday about campus diversity, tuition, class availability and other issues facing the university.

To improve diversity in the student population, Campbell said he wants the UA's population of Latino students to increase from 12 percent to 25 percent, the same percentage of Latinos that make up the state's population. [Read article]

Club helps students relax, rejuvenate

Kick back, relax, and hammock your way to academic success on the UA campus.

The Arizona Academic Hammock Society, an Associated Students of University of Arizona club, is providing students a way to sit back and relax on their hammocks located around campus, said John Mizell, an astronomy senior and president of the hammock society.

The club's goal is to "promote fellowship, education and peace through hammocking", according to its Web site. [Read article]

Using gloves, masks and plastic bags, a handful of recycling enthusiasts sifted through mounds of trash yesterday to raise awareness for Recycle Mania, an upcoming nationwide university recycling challenge.

The group, composed of UA and Pima Recycle officials, met in the quad north of Campus Health to demonstrate to onlookers and passers-by the surprising amount of recyclables trashed over a typical UA weekend. [Read article]

Free lunch with Attorney General

The UA student government is bringing the state attorney general to campus.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona is organizing a student lunch with Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard tomorrow.

There are 25 slots available on a first come, first serve, basis. The event will be in the Sabino Room of the Student Union Memorial Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For questions contact Carrie Pixler at speakersboard@gmail.com or 621-ASUA [Read article]

Student leaders who coach local children at a free basketball and cheer camp drew nearly 500 children to sign up last weekend, four times more than last year.

Around 490 elementary and middle school students showed up at registration Saturday for the Youth Basketball and Cheer Camp, more than quadrupling the 120 children who participated last year, said John Chapman, community development director. [Read article]

Round three of the presidential candidate forums starts today with Deborah Freund, a woman who colleagues say has a knack for economics and a talent for increasing retention.

Freund, the provost at Syracuse University and a distinguished professor of public administration and economics, will begin today's series for students at 2:15 p.m. in the Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom.

In addition to provost, Freund also serves as the vice chancellor for academic affairs and is responsible for all academic decisions for the 11 schools and colleges at Syracuse, including matters of curriculum and the appointing of deans, faculty and tenured professors. [Read article]

The importance of higher education in the face of rising tuition and inadequate financial aid was the focus of U.S. Senate candidate Jim Pederson's speech at a UA rally yesterday.

Pederson, a UA alumnus, spoke for 20 minutes to a crowd of about 40 students and community members, some of whom cheered in support as others picketed his arrival on campus at Roger's Plaza, just north of the Student Union Memorial Center. [Read article]

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the United States, but technically it is No. 47. Until Aug. 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

Queen Elizabeth was a mechanic in the English military as an 18-year-old.

In ancient China, doctors received their fees only if their patients stayed healthy. If their health failed, the doctor sometimes paid the patient. [Read article]