Official: Reform trade

Ex-Mexico City mayor calls for NAFTA redraft

By Natalia Lopera

Foreign RELATIONSA former mayor of Mexico City and three-time Mexican presidential candidate called for improved trade agreements in North America and addressed U.S. immigration policy in a speech Friday. About 100 students, professors and Tucson community members listened to Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas explain the need for a revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, the U.

Rallies planned across Arizona

By J Ferguson

Tucson and Phoenix will be home to two of an estimated 136 rallies today protesting a proposed immigration reform being considered in the U.S. Congress. Organizers of "The National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice" estimate 2 million people will attend rallies across the country to protest House Bill 4437.

Woman reports assault in dorm

Police urge caution after sexual assault

By Holly Wells

A student was sexually assaulted early Friday morning in her dorm room, provoking the University of Arizona Police Department to post safety alerts in residence halls across campus. The campus safety alert, posted in the lobbies of residence halls, stated an unknown male awakened the female student in her room in Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall a little before 5 a.

Spoils from Mars open to public

By Nick Smith

Tin foil, rubber stamps and 3D glasses aren't the first things that come to mind when one thinks about the planet Mars. Yet all these things were on hand to help people understand Earth's celestial neighbor at Saturday's Mars Mania II, which celebrated the first batch of pictures returned by the UA's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera aboard the Mars orbiter.

Drachman Hall creates place for public health

By Nathan Olivarez-Giles

Roy P. Drachman Hall, the first newly constructed academic building at the Arizona Health Sciences Center in more than 20 years, was dedicated Friday before a crowd of nearly 300 people. President Peter Likins emceed the event and noted that without Drachman's contributions through ideas, donations and advocacy for health sciences, much of the UA's success would not be possible.

Spring Fling: Carnival sets attendance record

Fair weather brings thousands of patrons

By Natalia Lopera

More than 11,000 people flocked to the 32nd annual Spring Fling on Friday, a record high for the event's second-day attendance, according to officials. The usual number of patrons on the second day of past Spring Fling events has been anywhere between 5,000 and 7,000.

Guest lecturer touts scientific progress as key to living to be 1,000 years old

By Laura Ory

A guest lecturer on Friday said people could live to be 1,000 years old because of science and engineering breakthroughs in the "war on aging," an idea one student called "radical" but sparked interest among others. Aubrey de Grey, a biogerontologist from the University of Cambridge, spoke to students and faculty about the possibility of ending the "inevitability of aging.

Show, feast celebrate culture

By Seth Mauzy

The UA Filipino-American Student Association and Tucson's Filipino-American community celebrated an evening of music, fun and food Saturday at the club's 10th annual FASA Fiesta. The event was held in the auditorium at Mansfeld Middle School, 1300 E.

Quick Hits

Last student union fee forum today The last union fee forum will be held today at noon on the UA Mall for students to discuss and ask questions about the proposed student union fee. The mandatory fee would apply to all UA students and would add an extra $20 to student tuition in 2007.