Hoops coach, family plan to make pledge to Arizona Cancer Center

Lute Olson, head coach of the UA men's basketball team announced yesterday the Olson family plans to make a $1 million contribution to the Arizona Cancer Center. The donation is a gift from the family and will benefit the Bobbi Olson Endowment for Ovarian Cancer Research.

Olson said the donation "will set the stage" for a community that leads the world in women's cancer research, and "help things really happen." [Read article]

Stoudamire makes 'a little difference'

As the unranked Washington Huskies knocked off then-No. 17 Arizona in McKale Center last season, senior guard Salim Stoudamire was forced to sit and watch after being benched for disciplinary reasons.

UA head coach Lute Olson jokingly said his senior shooting guard would probably "make a little difference."

Stoudamire has been on a hot shooting streak the last few weeks, stroking the ball at a 60 percent clip from beyond the arc in conference play while earning Pacific 10 Conference Player of the Week Honor last week. [Read article]

The Arizona Daily Wildcat reported last week that UApresents, is dangerously underfunded. Lack of theater ticket sales has left UApresents scrambling for money and barely staying afloat with a recent $50,000 anonymous private donation. The crisis is common. UA arts programs - including dance, music, performing arts and visual arts - chronically suffer from money shortages. But for all the programs bring, it's time for UA administrators to commit to a level of funding that will permanently sustain such programs. [Read article]