Don't tune out student radio

By Matt Rolland

Pop Wiggins, a musician on the 1940s radio show "Sun Valley Barn Dance," once famously quipped, "Says here that radio's gonna take the place of newspapers. I doubt it. Y'can't swat a fly with a radio." While Wiggins may be alone in his view on the usefulness of the radio, he is certainly not alone in his ambivalence toward the crackling airwaves.

No boys and girls allowed

By Sarah Devlin

Before the advent of public education, most people, male and female, grew up with little or no formal education. As more families sent their male children to school, popular wisdom cautioned against educating their female siblings, as it would prove an unnecessary distraction.

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Guns for everyone! Yesterday, the Arizona Republic reported on a new plan sure to calm down the ongoing lively debate over weapons on campus: arming police officers at Arizona's public universities with "military-style assault rifles." Eight UAPD officers will undergo a 40-hour training session before being issued the new rifles, which University of Arizona Police Department's Sgt.

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Assault rifles on campus I quote an article I came across today from azcentral.com (Arizona's home page): "Police departments at Arizona's three universities plan to arm their officers with military-style assault rifles within the next year, officials said Tuesday.