Likins, Davis talk tuition, funding

Students can expect more money to go toward increasing class availability for courses in high demand, officials said at a Campus Town Hall meeting Thursday.

President Peter Likins and Provost George Davis discussed the UA budget and the state budget request and how the lack of state funding could result in more tuition hikes.

Because of financial strains, the state Legislature has decreased funding for universities over the past five years. Likins said there is a national trend of decreased funding to public universities, with most receiving 25 percent or less of their budgets from the state. [Read article]

Huskies reel off 24 unanswered second-half points in mauling of turnover-prone Wildcats

Success in the areas that contributed to the Arizona football team's wins the last two weeks didn't show up Saturday night in the Wildcats' 38-14 loss to Washington at Arizona Stadium.

Arizona (3-7, 2-5 Pacific 10 Conference) turned the ball over five times, lost the line-of-scrimmage battle, got outrushed and freshman quarterback Willie Tuitama finally looked like a freshman. [Read article]

"Gimme blood. Gimme blood. Gimme blood pollution." Wow, are those lyrics to a Steel Dragon song or a good summary of President Bush's terms in office? I'm having a hard time distinguishing between the two.

The Bush administration's foreign policy stance has been wanting over the past six years. First, it tells the international community to shove it, causing enormous rifts in alliances dating back decades.

Next, it illegally invades a sovereign nation on unfounded claims that said nation poses an imminent threat to the national security of the U.S. Now it engages in an unwinnable war against terrorism. [Read article]

Tucsonans celebrate life, honor dead during annual All Souls Procession Thousands of revelers filled the streets of downtown Tucson on Sunday to celebrate the 16th annual All Souls Procession. The procession is a nonmotorized parade featuring more than 1,000 dancers, drummers, floats and fire dancers who marched downtown from the corner of East University Boulevard and North Fourth Avenue. [Read article]