U.S. secretary of transportation to visit Tucson

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters will join Mayor Bob Walkup for an update on how Tucson is reducing traffic congestion today at 8:20 a.m. at the intersection of West Sixth Street and North Ninth Avenue. Peters will also travel to the Historic Union Pacific Train Depot for a briefing on the proposed Modern Streetcar transit project.

Intelligence not linked to wealth

Intelligence is not related to wealth, according to a study published this week in the journal Intelligence. The study found that people with below-average smarts were just as wealthy as those with higher IQ scores.

Mystery question of the month

Hensel Phelps Construction Co., the contractor building the new McClelland Park, home of the Family and Consumer Resources building, is offering a prize this month to the person who can correctly answer this question: “”How many individual concrete blocks will make up the new building (70,000 gross square feet)?”” To answer the question, visit http://cals.arizona.edu/cornerstone/qom.html