Legislation would suspend licenses of those convicted of giving alcohol to minors

PHOENIX – Though it is already a crime to knowingly buy alcohol for someone underage, a bill at the state Legislature would increase the penalty to include license suspension.

As of now, a conviction for buying alcohol for an underage person is a class 1 misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of up to $2,500 and six months in jail. The bill would add that the person's license also be suspended for six months. [Read article]

Academic advisers are urged to take notes on every interaction with a student, but most students do not know advisers document them and are unaware of their right to see the notes by request.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona are working to better inform students about advisers' notes so miscommunication can be eliminated and advisers can be held accountable for what they say. [Read article]

In what could be just a humorous college prank, students have become target practice for paintball gunmen around campus, but police say they are not taking incidents lightly.

Two students in separate incidents reported to University of Arizona Police Departments they had been hit by paintballs while walking on campus. The Tucson Police Department also received two reports last week from residents who claim two men were firing paintballs at pedestrians while driving. [Read article]

Petitions are circling around campus residence halls by residents who want to break the sweat and turn off residence hall heating systems before March.

Before the temperature system can be adjusted, Residence Life requires at least 50 percent of the hall to sign a majority rules petition.

Doug Copeland, graduate hall director of Cochise Residence Hall, said petitions usually go around during both summer and winter in the hall because students want to feel as comfortable as possible. [Read article]

Arizona has the highest rate of identity theft in the nation, and college students are particularly prone to being victims of the crime.

UA Students In Free Enterprise is attempting to educate students on how to protect themselves from identity theft by sponsoring the Federal Trade Commission's seventh annual National Consumer Protection Week on campus.

This year's theme is "Identity Theft: When Fact Becomes Fiction." [Read article]