Next month, students will fill out course evaluations just like every semester, but this time they will get take-home red bookmarks to remind them why they are taking the surveys.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona printed 125,000 bookmarks to be distributed with the Teacher-Course Evaluations so more students will know the results are posted online, said Emily Upstill, ASUA director of academic affairs.

When the TCE bubble sheets are administered at the end of each semester, students are encouraged to give comments and rate aspects of the class based on a rubric, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation Web site. [Read article]

Wait Until Next Year

There will be a next year. Freshman forward Jawann McClellan promised there will be a next year.

"If you look at the players coming back for next year, we stepped up and we played our part," McClellan said. "It just makes you hungrier for next year to get over that hump."

If the Wildcats hope to make another run next year, McClellan will have to have a much larger role in the scheme.

In his first season, McClellan gained more than enough experience to take over next season, playing significant minutes and getting tutored by a shooter in Salim Stoudamire and a slasher in Hassan Adams. [Read article]

Along with giving the American Red Cross an opportunity to promote its services, celebrate its successes and educate people about its mission, Red Cross Month reminds us of the opportunity to pitch in and do our part to alleviate that suffering and to help combat those crises, both domestically and abroad. [Read article]