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. [Read article]

Student leaders catered to undergraduate student concerns over the lack of courses in their newly released tuition increase proposal, but some students and administrators question whether the problem exists.

The Arizona Board of Regents will decide March 10 and 11 to either pass President Peter Likins' proposal or the Associated Students of the University of Arizona's proposal.

ASUA's plan would increase resident undergraduate tuition by 8 percent, or $320. Non-resident undergraduates would see an increase of $405 per year, or 10.12 percent. [Read article]

With a proposed $464 increase in resident undergraduate tuition and the introduction of eight program fees, UA administrators are attempting to reduce the university's financial burden, but some colleges without program fees said they could also use the money.

Under President Peter Likins' tuition proposal, the Eller College of Management, College of Engineering, and College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture would receive additional funding from program fees. [Read article]

A new hearing for the 0 case was held yesterday morning in the Phoenix Court of Appeals to consider reviving a lawsuit in which state university students challenged an in-state tuition hike.

A three-judge panel, headed by Marice Portley, Jefferson Lankford and Phillip Hall, heard arguments in the appeal of a Maricopa County Superior Court judge's dismissal of the suit against the Arizona Board of Regents and other defendants. [Read article]

The road from Zimbabwe to Tucson is paved with many twists and turns.

He has only been at the UA for a little more than a month, but he is already making a strong impression on both students and faculty.

Such is life for Praise Zenenga, an assistant professor in the Africana Studies Program in the College of Humanities.

Officially, Zenenga came to the UA in January to teach courses in theater, dance and the aesthetics of theater and dance in the program. [Read article]

For students who felt Ash Wednesday sneak up on them this year, they aren't alone – it came two weeks earlier than last year and four weeks earlier than in 2003.

One week ago, some Christian students on campus began celebrating Lent, which started on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 9, and continues for 40 days until Easter.

Churches on campus, including the St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center and Campus Christian Ministries, held services Feb. 9 during which a priest or pastor anointed church members' foreheads with ashes, which are said to represent human mortality. [Read article]

Students winding down their college careers can possibly avoid getting stuck in a dead end job by attending the seventh annual Career Expo, meant to offer students networking opportunities for immediate employment after graduation.

Organized by the UA's Students in Free Enterprise, in accordance with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Center for Retailing and Consumer Sciences, the Expo will run today from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Student Union Memorial Center's North Ballroom. [Read article]