Police are investigating accusations of theft and illegal drug use occurring at the UA after a former employee of a moving company contracted with the university made complaints in early January.

Mark Wardlow, former driver and loader of Interspace Moving and Storage, contracted with Facilities Management, filed a police report Jan. 11 citing incidences of theft and drug use that occurred on campus while he worked there. [Read article]

Washington research firm president to make $400,000 plus perks

After 15 months of searching, the UA announced yesterday they have appointed its new dean of the Eller College of Management, who will take over the position in July.

The new dean, Paul Portney, will replace former Dean Mark Zupan and take over for Kenneth R. Smith, who has served as interim dean for the last year.

Portney is president of Resources for the Future, an independent and non-partisan research and educational organization in Washington, D.C., that specializes in natural resources and the environment. [Read article]

Despite the high number of vacant residence hall rooms, students wanting to transfer halls may be in for a longer wait than expected.

Jim Van Arsdel, director of Residence Life and university housing, said all residence hall buildings are affected by vacancies and student transfers to some extent, but said students have an easier time of getting into some buildings than others.

Van Arsdel said Residence Life began 2005 with fewer students living on campus than in years past, which is the reason for vacant or only partially filled rooms. However, Van Arsdel said he was unsure of the exact number of vacant rooms because it is consistently fluctuating. [Read article]

Although sexually transmitted diseases are usually preventable by practicing safe sex or abstinence, concerns have raised among Campus Health officials about treating Human Papillomavirus, one of the most common and untreated STDs nationwide.

"HPV is probably the No. 1 STD on campus. It is a main risk factor for cervical cancer in women and can cause genital warts in men as well," said Faye Libbey, a nurse practitioner in the Women's Health Clinic. [Read article]

The Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision Friday on whether to make the emergency contraceptive "Plan B" pill available without a prescription.

Plan B, which has been on the market since 1998, can be taken up to three days after unprotected intercourse and prevents pregnancy in 89 percent of the women who take it.

Because it is not as effective as other contraceptive methods, Plan B is referred to as an emergency backup. The hormone levonorgestrel averts pregnancy but does not cause abortion, therefore is not an abortion pill. [Read article]

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