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Snow takes toll on UA
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Tucson's recent chilly weather will cost the UA thousands of dollars in repairs - a price that could hurt departments' already slim budgets. The $3.5 million deductible the university pays each year may not cover all costs for unscheduled maintenance, said Steve Holland, director of UA Risk Management and Safety.
UA alumni craft beer pong tables
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Like thousands of other people, Adam Wasserman and Dan Schuman graduated with business degrees from the UA. But while other graduates are now carrying briefcases and making copies, Wasserman and Schuman are still doing pretty much the same thing they did in college - playing beer pong.
Faculty complaint changes cancelled
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The Faculty Senate decided not to change a procedure for investigating faculty misconduct yesterday, citing doubts about anonymity and confidentiality in the disciplinary process. A baseless accusation against a faculty member could result in a long and difficult investigation, several faculty members said.
A matter of life and death
An up-close look at the lives of two Tucson morticians
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A typical day in the life of Kate Cross involves embalming fluid, makeup and dead bodies. Cross is one of many morticians in Tucson, but her job is not as creepy as you might think. The 25-year-old is a funeral director and embalmer at Adair Dodge Chapel, 1050 N.
Local gravity conference shows off weighty ideas
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Water-filled stemware covers the tables. Chairs are packed tightly over the elaborate carpet in a room full of scientists from around the world, all brought together by a common purpose - to better their understanding of the thing that keeps their glasses on the tables and their chairs on the floor.
Textbook loans only temporary
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After garnering support and contributions from the UA Bookstores, UA Libraries and nonprofit organizations, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona successfully started their pilot Textbook Loans program at the beginning of this semester. "The Textbook Loans program is something that the UA Libraries has been open to since ASUA came to us with the idea last fall," said Robyn Huff-Eibl, a member of the materials access team for the UA Libraries and a library specialist.
New section, seniors to graduate with rest of class
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The journalism department this week added an additional section of a required class that will allow seniors who had been unable to add the class to graduate as expected in May. The fifth section of journalism 413, Reporting Public Affairs, will be taught by professor David Cuillier, who will now teach two sections.
Scientists still learning from new Mars images
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Icy surfaces, craters and troughs - these are just some of the sights on Mars photographed by a team of UA scientists during the past year. The UA High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera receives 10 new images of Mars every day, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about the planet constantly, said professor Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, the principal investigator for HiRISE.
3 Things to know today
Last day for refund Today is the last day to receive a refund for a complete withdrawal from a course or any drop in units. In addition, any students who have not paid their tuition will be randomly dropped from their courses today through Jan. 30. Looking for a job? UA Career Services' campus interviews are approaching, and now is the time to get your resumé in.
