Regents to hold executive session to discuss 4 finalists, vote on president

The Arizona Board of Regents could select the next UA president today when it meets on campus, officials said.

The regents will meet in executive session today at 10 a.m. in the "Swede" Johnson building to discuss which candidate should be the next UA president.

Although a decision today is unlikely, it is not completely out of the question, said Regent Fred Boice, chair of the Presidential Search Committee. He added that the regents cannot reach a decision in private because the vote must be made publicly. [Read article]

Police say meters have low payoff

A rash of parking meter thefts have left Parking and Transportation Services officials confused and a little amused.

Since the end of November, six parking meters have been removed and Mike Delahanty, Parking and Transportation Services operation manager, isn't quite sure why.

"There's not a lot of money in there," Delahanty said. "Once they do it once, they don't do it again." [Read article]

$11 million spent on class space

More than $11 million of student tuition was spent this year to improve class availability, the largest increase in money toward availability since the early 1990s, an official said.

About $7 million has paid for general education courses, $2 million for general education science courses and $2 million for upper-division courses in the college of Social and Behavioral Sciences, said Jerrold Hogle, vice provost for instruction. [Read article]

UA medical students paid their respects yesterday morning to men and women whose names they never knew, but whose bodies were essential to their education.

More than 100 first-year students, all of whom successfully completed last semester's medicine 801: Gross Anatomy course, gathered at the Arizona Cancer Center's Kiewit Auditorium to honor donors to the Willed Body Program, which supplies the course with the cadavers necessary for medical students to understand the physiology of the human body. [Read article]

Lookout trash! Recycle Mania competition starts Sunday

Be careful what you trash, because Recycle Mania, a competition between the nation's top colleges and universities, begins Sunday.

Recycle Mania's official kickoff on Feb. 3 will have live music and entertainment.

Top recycling dorms can win $1,000 and other prizes after April 9, when the 10-week competition ends.

Last year ASU recycled its way to victory over the Wildcats by a slight margin. [Read article]

Survey finds half of students can't sleep

Campus Health has a simple solution for students who want better grades, better health and a better mood: Go to bed.

Campus Health surveyed 1,837 UA students living in residence halls last fall to measure the typical sleeping habits of the students. More than half of all the students said they have trouble sleeping.

In order to promote the benefits of getting plenty of sleep, a $2,500 grant from the Pacific Coast College Health Association has allowed Campus Health officials to sponsor the "Go to Bed" campaign and the University of Arizona Quality of Sleep Project. [Read article]

Things you've always never wanted to know

Kentucky Fried Chicken's Colonel Sanders once tried to claim his white suits as a tax deduction, but the Internal Revenue Service wouldn't allow it.

President Zachary Taylor never voted in a presidential election - not even his own.

Mark Twain was the first to type a book manuscript. Working on Remington Model No. 1, which he bought in 1874, Twain typed at a speed of 19 words per minute. [Read article]