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Regents to discuss state stimulus
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The UA has secured funding to replace its legacy systems, and spring enrollment is up 2.2 percent this year - two things known as the Arizona Board of Regents continues its stay on campus this week. The regents will occupy the Student Union Memorial Center today and tomorrow to vote on a $1.
Kanye's contract will dig into ASUA gold
Student government expected to lose $150K from rapper's show tonight in McKale Center
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ASUA is slated to lose about $150,000 from rapper Kanye West's tour stop tonight in McKale Center. Total expenses for the show approach $500,000, according to a Feb. 25 contract theDaily Wildcat obtained through a public records request, as well as figures student government president Tommy Bruce provided last night.
Students advocate for more lenient gun laws
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PHOENIX - Forget drunken debauchery. As soon as James Knitter, the UA campus leader for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus turned 21, he got a concealed weapons permit. "I got my permit right when I turned 21 and I've been carrying ever since," the pre-physiology sophomore said.
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The secrets of magic The Chemistry Club will demonstrate tricks of the trade during its biannual magic show Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Old Chemistry building. Whose car is best? The UA Society of Automotive Engineers' car show runs Saturday from 12:30 to 4 p.
Senators debate merit of raising their pay
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In a split vote that included harsh words of disappointment from some senators yesterday, the ASUA Senate approved a stipend proposal that will continue to give $1,500 to each senator next school year. The proposal passed with a 6-3 vote. Sens. Jared Cohen, Amanda Collins and Seema Patel strongly opposed the proposal, instead opting for senators to make $1,100.
Professor, students build self-driven car
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It 's only 2008 and already a car that can drive on its own is a feasible idea. Jonathan Sprinkle, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is hoping to change the idea into reality by making a car that completely drives itself. A car that seems like it is driven by a human when it is actually driven entirely by a computer.
Stamp to honor slain journalist
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A Rubén Salazar stamp with be unveiled in a special event at Gallagher Theater in the Student Union Memorial Center at noon today. Salazar was a journalist who was killed by a can of tear gas fired by Los Angeles sheriffs while he was reporting on the National Chicano Moratorium March, which protested the Latinos killed in the Vietnam War, according to reports.
