Following two years of the highest tuition hikes in UA history, President Peter Likins proposed another tuition increase in addition to mandatory and program fees at a press conference yesterday.

All students could be required to pay a mandatory fee of $60 next year for information technology, on top of a tuition increase of $400 for resident undergraduates, Likins said.

The proposals from both administration and student leaders will be voted on by Arizona Board of Regents March 10, to decide which proposal will be approved. [Read article]

Student leaders released their tuition increase proposal and pledged to target class availability problems and fund graduate assistant tuition reimbursement with the new revenue, an alternative to the tuition hike administrators recommended.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona announced their proposal yesterday, a plan that calls for an 8 percent, or $320, increase in tuition for resident students and a $405 increase for non-resident students. [Read article]

A man was nearly arrested after he allegedly pushed a woman and incited angry reactions from at least 50 students in the Alumni Plaza yesterday.

Jed Smock began preaching to students while sitting on the Heritage Hill of the Alumni Plaza at noon.

It is not unusual to see evangelists preaching to students in this area on school days, but when Smock began spouting racist and derogatory remarks about women, students got angry and "preached" back. [Read article]

Weeklong event supplies free testing, prophylactics

A man wearing a large condom suit roamed the mall yesterday to catch the attention of passing students, while volunteers handed out free condoms to celebrate the beginning of sexual awareness week.

The Student Health Advisory Committee, a committee of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, received money from Campus Health Service and ASUA to hold awareness events on the mall throughout the week, said Cherilyn Gain, an ASUA and SHAC member. [Read article]

Amanda Droopad's decision to turn down New York University two years ago and come to the UA was influenced by an unlikely factor: custom UA license plates.

Droopad, a business economics sophomore, was awarded a $2,500 scholarship her freshman year by the Collegiate License Plate program, which is funded by the purchase of UA custom license plates.

After applying for the scholarship, Droopad, who is from Phoenix, said she was called for an interview to meet with six or seven UA alumni. [Read article]

University administrators approved a motion to adopt new policies regulating academic integrity in intercollegiate athletics at the Faculty Senate meeting yesterday.

Senator Andy Silverman from the UA's Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics Committee presented the COIA's document "Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics: Principles, Rules and Best Practices."

The COIA committee is comprised of Silverman, senators Don Davis and Doug Woodard and Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Alistair Chapman. [Read article]

This weekend, hundreds of college student leaders from the Southwest will gather at the annual Arizona Collegiate Leadership Conference in the Student Union Memorial Center.

The event, which features representatives from 17 different colleges including Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University, encourages leadership skills and fosters personal and professional growth in college students. [Read article]

Freshman puts a dent in boyfriend's parents' wallet for Valentine's Day

Wildcat: My name is Kylee and you're on the spot. So tell me, what'd you do for Valentine's Day?

Ackley: Well, I'm going to go out to dinner. I haven't yet.

Wildcat: With who?

Ackley: My boyfriend.

Wildcat: Does your husband know you're going out with your boyfriend? [Read article]

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