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Wednesday, November 3, 2004
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AZ Supreme Court to hear arguments on UA campus
The Arizona Supreme Court will hear arguments at the UA tomorrow on Tucson billboards owned by Clear Channel Communications.
The annual visit is part of the Court's continuing outreach efforts to bring its courtroom activities to local communities and citizens across the state.
Tom Augerton, a public information officer for the Arizona Supreme Court, said the Court's visit to the UA's law school is an annual fall tradition. Augerton said he thought the tradition was more than 10 years old.
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Students create new way to advertise
Two UA students and one UA alumnus have started a company unlike any other in the Southwest using digital signage advertising.
The company, VideoRhythm, was founded in April and the first digital sign was installed in front of the Loews Theater inside the Foothills Mall Oct. 1.
With a plasma screen, the 48-by-23-inch computer-generated digital sign weighs 300 pounds and is seven-and-a-half feet tall.
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Election Smackdown offers politics, comedy
Students watched the big screen in anticipation last night at the first ever Election Smackdown in the Cellar at the Student Union Memorial Center.
The event was organized to provide a place for students to get together to watch the election process, while offering discount food and entertainment, said Matt Matera, higher education graduate student and event co-organizer.
Between 50 and 150 students came in and out of the Cellar between 5:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. to watch the election results on a projector screen. Students who wore an "I voted" sticker received a 10 percent discount on Cellar food and $1 off a game of pool or ping-pong in the Game Room.
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Students gather at election night parties
Tight race leads to high voter turnout, a campus divided
As the election results rolled in last night, students reflected on voting for the first time, the political atmosphere on campus, and the election's impact on the future.
Students gathered at Belushe's, 1118 E. Sixth St., last night at an election results party, co-sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and Hillel Foundation.
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Fast facts
Things you always never wanted to know
The strongest any liquor can be is 190 proof. This means the beverage is a little more than 97 percent alcohol.
Vintage port takes 40 years to reach maturity.
When one adds up the number of letters in the names of the playing cards, the total comes to 52, the precise number of cards in a deck.
The candies most likely to cause tooth decay are dark chocolate and fudge. Those least likely to damage the teeth are nut or coconut-covered candies. The most harmful baked goods are chocolate-chip cookies, frosted cakes and graham crackers. The least harmful to the teeth are pies, plain cakes and doughnuts.
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