Last month, the Wildcat reported a hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of Colin Griswold, a UA doctoral student.

While the event brought sadness to the lives of many, it should, more than anything, be a signal that the UA needs to do more to address traffic safety issues.

Traffic accidents and police vehicle stops occur regularly on Speedway Boulevard, Campbell Avenue, Euclid Avenue and Sixth Street, all of which immediately border the University. Orange and white barricades often signal construction on and around those same streets. The combination of foot and bike traffic, construction, busy streets and Tucson motorists is a recipe for an accident. [Read article]

I am writing regarding Dillon Fishman's column, "Time to abandon UA's sad SHIP," published in the Opinions section of the Feb. 1 Arizona Daily Wildcat. With all due respect, Mr. Fishman's column offers a very biased perspective and some inaccuracies regarding the Arizona Board of Regents Student Health Insurance Program, and I feel compelled to provide a factual response in hopes of achieving some true balance. [Read article]

Tuition survey shows signs of bias

This is in reference to the article "Administration, ASUA seek students' views on tuition."

This survey is biased. You can obviously tell what the Associated Students of the University of Arizona wants to spend the increased revenue on: technology and a library update. They dedicated two questions to these two things, completely avoiding the other possible choices, like increasing class availability. [Read article]

Support president on social security reform

Mr. Fishman seems to think that the president is fabricating this story on the need to reform Social Security. He states that non-partisan groups agree that there is no threat to the system until the year 2042. Well by the year 2042, myself and many other people at this university will be of the age to receive social security benefits. If the system has failed us by then, that is a serious problem for me. If the Social Security system is only able to pay out 70% of what it should, that is a failure. We need to start thinking about the future and realize that we have to fix situations before they become serious problems because then it is too late. By giving me a personal retirement account, as the president proposes, I have control over my money and as long as I work hard throughout my life, I will be guaranteed money when I retire, regardless of what the government does in that time. If I start putting money in that account after I graduate, money that would otherwise be taken from me and put into the Social Security system, I will have a substantially higher amount of money than anything Social Security could provide to me when I retire. I know where my money is and I know it is being used for my future and for my children's future and no one can take that away. Why sit and hope that there will be benefits for you when it comes time to retire when you could be investing in yourself every year. We should show support for the president's plan to let us keep our own money and invest in our own future. [Read article]