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UA may expand insurance
Grad students ask for more coverage, better family plans
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Graduate students want more benefits in their campus health insurance plans, which they could receive next year after Arizona's public universities look into more comprehensive health insurance. Sixty-six percent of graduate student respondents to a Graduate and Professional Student Council and Campus Health Service survey this semester said they were "concerned about the lack of prescription drug coverage," 59 percent were "concerned about the lack of vision coverage" and 80 percent were "concerned about the lack of dental coverage.
Man jumps to death from UA parking garage
Police rule death a suicide; victim was not a UA student
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In 2004, there was one suicide out of four attempted. In 2005, there were five attempts and one suicide. A Tucson man jumped off of a parking garage and fell to his death Sunday, making this the first apparent suicide on campus this semester, authorities said.
Media arts student killed by car
A UA graduate student died late Monday night after being hit by a car while crossing East Speedway Boulevard at North Third Avenue, said Tucson Police Department officials yesterday. Timothy Morris, a media arts graduate student, was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.
UA plans new sports facilities to meet NCAA requirements
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Arizona Athletics is working on conceptual designs this week to expand practice centers for the basketball, gymnastics and swimming and diving programs. Steve Kozachik, assistant director of athletics, facilities and event operations, said the project is still in the design phase.
Quick reaction saves life but not bicycle
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A UA student narrowly avoided being hit by a Sun Tran bus while riding his bike on University Boulevard yesterday morning. Carey Hughes, a pre-business freshman, was pedaling his tan beach cruiser east on University Boulevard and decided to cut through the crosswalk to take a left turn onto North Park Avenue.
