Earlier this month, the official newspaper of the Vatican weighed in on the debate over intelligent design in the classroom by supporting the claims of those who have said that it is not a scientific theory and should not be taught as one.

The article appeared in the newspaper L'Osservatore Romano in a special section meant to address the controversial topic, which has been widely publicized in America in recent years. [Read article]

Public education has been in the national spotlight lately, whether it be in the form of the No Child Left Behind Act or the numerous reports released by the U.S. Department of Education citing the inadequacies of state-mandated curricula and funding. With U.S. test scores increasingly falling behind those of other industrialized nations, the country must take steps to improve the quality of education in its public schools if it hopes to continue creating productive members of a global society. [Read article]

It's no secret that when it comes to class availability, the UA has problems. Students perpetually struggle to find spots in the courses they need to graduate; departments struggle to keep class sizes small.

When the money to pay for new students evaporated at a rate inversely proportionate to growing class demand, UA colleges and programs addressed the problem by raising entrance requirements to restrict enrollment. [Read article]

Criticism of Bobcats funding goes too far

The Arizona Daily Wildcat correctly reported yesterday in the column "ASUA funding prone to errors" that Bobcats Senior Honorary was not technically recognized when it received funding from the Associated Students of the University of Arizona to help pay for the cost of Homecoming. However, it seems the writer chose to omit a few keys facts.

First, any column written concerning the funding allocated to Bobcats Senior Honorary must mention that almost every penny of the money goes directly back to the university, either to supplies for events that a large number of students participate in or - where most of the money goes - to our university's facilities management department, which is kind enough to set up and clean up certain aspects vital to Homecoming. [Read article]