Students got a taste of what it feels like to be victims of hate and discrimination yesterday on the opening night of the UA's 17th annual Tunnel of Oppression.

The walking, multi-media tour guided students through the basement of the Kaibab-Huachuca Residence Hall, 922 E. Fourth St., and through rooms featuring themed skits demonstrating discrimination relating to class, race, physical challenges, relationship violence and body image.

"This is a campus of mostly white, middle-upper class students," said assistant director of multicultural education and advocacy for Residence Life and project adviser Brian Shimamoto. "We hope the tunnel helps them to realize that not everyone experiences the way you do." [Read article]

With the No. 10 Arizona baseball team down to its final out and its best base runner gunned out at second base on a questionable call, things looked bleak for the Wildcats.

Somebody forgot to tell Jordan Brown Arizona (7-0) was supposed to lose this heartbreaker.

Instead Brown, a junior first baseman, broke the hearts of No. 11 ASU (6-5) when he lined a two-run homerun on a fastball over the right field fence to send the Wildcats to a dramatic 7-6 victory over its in-state rivals in 14 innings last night at Sancet Stadium. [Read article]

If only public perceptions of torture had stayed in the realm of windowless sex retailers or Hollywood epics like "Braveheart." [Read article]