Administration, ASUA seek students' views on tuition

Students concerned about prospective tuition changes have the chance to tell top administrators how they would like to see tuition revenue spent, through a tuition survey available on Student Link this week.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Alistair Chapman, who initiated the survey along with student leaders, said the survey results will be presented to administrators Thursday, four days before they must release their tuition and mandatory fees proposal to the public. [Read article]

UA stops Stanford's McKale winning streak

Arizona men's basketball coach Lute Olson got his 299th Pacific 10 Conference win Saturday, five short of UCLA legend John Wooden.

Though the numeral of Arizona's 90-72 victory over Stanford wasn't as significant, the outcome was just as meaningful.

"This feels so good," said senior center Channing Frye, who had not beaten Stanford in McKale Center prior to Saturday.

The No. 13 Wildcats (19-4, 9-2) avenged three straight losses to the Cardinal (12-9, 6-5) in front of 14,592 in McKale Center, taking a 33-21 advantage with 5:05 remaining in the first half and never looking back. [Read article]

"Democracies don't attack each other," President Clinton declared in his 1994 State of the Union address. Eleven years later, in his State of the Union, President Bush advanced the same hypothesis: Because democracies respect their own people and their neighbors, the advance of freedom will lead to peace." Both men summed up nicely the fundamental tenet of the "Democratic Peace Theory," namely, the idea that democracies do not go to war with one another. [Read article]