The University of Arizona Police Department sent out a warning to all students and faculty regarding an increase in criminal activity on university surface parking lots.

There were 17 cars stolen from campus lots in January, said Sgt. Eugene Mejia, UAPD spokesman. There are two to three automobile thefts or attempted automobile thefts reported to UAPD per week.

"We're a shopping mall for auto thieves," Mejia said.

There has been a major increase in auto thefts on campus over the past few years, rising from 48 total automobile thefts in 2003 to a total of 63 in 2004 and 17 already this year, Mejia said. [Read article]

NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING DAY

Like a child on Christmas Eve, Arizona head coach Mike Stoops couldn't sleep.

Stoops' Christmas came Tuesday, and he wasn't waiting for gifts. He was waiting for official commitments from recruits.

The Arizona football program signed 18 players to national letters of intent yesterday, putting together the nation's No. 11 recruiting class, according to Scouts.com, a recruiting web site.

"It feels like Christmas to me," Stoops said. "There's no better feeling than to coach great football players." [Read article]

Recycling programs have the best of intentions, and indeed any development of a "conservation ethic" is constructive. The problem: Solely developing a recycling ethic is not tantamount to developing a conservation ethic. Too much emphasis on recycling versus the other two R's - renewal and reuse - can be dangerous. [Read article]