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Search ends for the next ASUA leader

Adriana Espinosa
April 2, 2015
ASUA presidential candidate Manuel Felix (right) speaks with current ASUA election commissioner Diego Alvarez (left) after the announcement of Felix's disqualification during the ASUA election results meeting in the Student Union Memorial Center on March 12. Felix's disqualification has been overturned, and he has been named the official president for the 2015-2016 school year.

Felix named ASUA president

Adriana Espinosa
March 23, 2015
Associated Students of the University of Arizona presidential candidate Manuel Felix reacts to the announcment of his disqualification from the ASUA election in the Student Union Memorial Center on Thursday.

ASUA 2015 Election Results: Bittersweet win

Adriana Espinosa
March 13, 2015
ASUA presidential candidates Hannah Sager (left) and Manny Felix (right) debate in the Union Kiva Room in the Student Union Memorial Center on Monday. Topics of the debate included Gov. Doug Ducey's budget cuts to sexual assault awareness on campus.

Fighting for final votes

Adriana Espinosa
March 10, 2015

Primaries narrow candidate field

Adriana Espinosa
March 9, 2015

Presidential candidates to face off

Adriana Espinosa
March 9, 2015

2015 ASUA Candidates

Adriana Espinosa
March 2, 2015
Courtesy of Bob Demers/ UANewsWhen UA President Ann Weaver Hart unveiled Never Settle in 2013, she outlined ambitious goals for the university, including an increase in online courses offerings and the provision of experiential learning for all students through the 100 percent Engagement Initiative. Hart presented the progress of the Never Settle program to the Arizona Board of Regents in the North Ballroom of the Student Union Memorial Center on Feb. 5.

Student engagement rising

Adriana Espinosa
February 23, 2015
Courtesy of FacebookMike Anderson, 19, was a UA pre-business freshman and member of FIJI fraternity who died in April 2014. Charges against FIJI members associated with the incident were dropped by Pima County.

Charges dropped in FIJI member’s death

Adriana Espinosa
February 23, 2015
Courtesy of Adam GeyerFormer UA men's basketball head coach Lute Olson, second from right, wife Kelly Pugnea and former Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity philanthropy chairman Patrick Weber, far right, pose for a photo with Wilbur Wildcat at last year's Lute Olson Cancer Center Run. Olson started the event in honor of his wife who passed away from cancer.

PIKE hosts run for cancer

Adriana Espinosa
February 19, 2015
Dr. Bryan Carter is an Assistant Professor for the Africana Studies program at the University of Arizona. He was one of the people involved in the purchase od the high tech Temi Robot to act an assistant in the program.

Professor teaches virtual reality for students

Adriana Espinosa
February 17, 2015

Tillman scholarship deadline nears

Adriana Espinosa
February 16, 2015

Robbery suspect in UAPD custody

Adriana Espinosa
February 13, 2015
A view of Fascinations, an adult store on Speedway Boulevard. The store said that in addition to a "Fifty Shades of Grey"-themed special available, other purchases have been made for Valentine's Day.

Fascinating purchases for V-Day

Adriana Espinosa
February 12, 2015

Police Beat: February 9, 2015

Adriana Espinosa
February 9, 2015
Jordan Glenn/ The Daily WIldcat Mike Procter, the director for Global Initiatives at the UA, discusses the global relevance of the university and the unique identity that it has around the world. His presentation was conducted during the monthly budget meeting early Wednesday morning in Old Main.

Committee discusses building global relations

Adriana Espinosa
February 5, 2015

Budget, academics on agenda

Adriana Espinosa
February 5, 2015

Police Beat: February 2, 2015

Adriana Espinosa
February 2, 2015

Police Beat: January 29, 2015

Adriana Espinosa
January 29, 2015
Information from Student Affairs & Enrollment Management Academic Initiatives & Student Success. The UA Green Fund allocates funds each year to proposals that aim to make the campus more sustainable.

University of Arizona goes green with new grant program funds

Adriana Espinosa
January 27, 2015

Police Beat: January 20, 2015

Adriana Espinosa
January 20, 2015
New Gov. chops budget for higher education

New Gov. chops budget for higher education

Adriana Espinosa
January 20, 2015
Kyle Hansen / The Daily Wildcat Members of the Graduate Professional Student Council pose outside of Old Main on Tuesday.

GPSC to invest in the future for spring semester

Adriana Espinosa
January 14, 2015
Associated Students of the University of Arizona Executive Vice President Jordan Allison listens during the weekly ASUA meeting in the Student Union Memorial Center on Wednesday. Allison discussed ASUA's plans for next semester.

ASUA concludes Fall, plans for Spring

Adriana Espinosa
December 9, 2014

Police Beat: December 8

Adriana Espinosa
December 7, 2014

Police Beat: December 4

Adriana Espinosa
December 4, 2014
Graphic by Joey Fisher

Loan debt hits grad students hardest

Adriana Espinosa
December 3, 2014

ASUA pushes for fee transparency

Adriana Espinosa
December 1, 2014
Brittan Bates / The Daily Wildcat Customers walk in and out of the Metro Wildcat on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014.

Employees at Metro Wildcat accused of not properly identifying minors

Adriana Espinosa
November 20, 2014
Screenshot by Rebecca NobleA portion of the home page of Paymetodoyourhomework.com on Monday. Students can pay trained professionals to do their homework assignments through the website.

Homework website paves way to cheating

Adriana Espinosa
November 18, 2014

Police Beat: November 17

Adriana Espinosa
November 17, 2014

Police Beat: November 13

Adriana Espinosa
November 13, 2014
Courtesy of Sergeant Filbert BarreraLieutenant Mike Smith stands in his office on Wednesday. Smith is retiring after 21 years of service for the University of Arizona Police Department.

Lieutenant Mike Smith retires, his service honored

Adriana Espinosa
November 13, 2014
Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat

‘It’s On Us’ campaign hits UA

Adriana Espinosa
November 12, 2014
Courtesy of Tech Launch ArizonaFirst Friday Pitch Day, an event organized by Tech Launch Arizona, is an outreach initiative that creates a forum for innovation. This is the first year that the event will be student-focused and held at the UA, on Friday in the Student Union Memorial Center.

Tech Launch Arizona to open doors to UA students

Adriana Espinosa
November 6, 2014

Police Beat: November 6

Adriana Espinosa
November 6, 2014
Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Issac Ortega talks about the importance of this year's elections during an interview in his office on Monday. The UA could face further tuition hikes depending on the outcome of the elections.

ASUA urges students to vote in upcoming election

Adriana Espinosa
October 28, 2014
Kyle Hansen / The Daily Wildcat The Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity is under investigation for alleged sexual assault. Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2014.

Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity under investigation for code of conduct violations

Adriana Espinosa
October 23, 2014

Police Beat: October 23

Adriana Espinosa
October 23, 2014
Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat Mayor Jonathan Rothschild declares, "we have fights ahead of us, but today, the ice is broken," during a celebratory Decision Day rally at Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Friday, Oct. 17.

Campus religious groups split on same-sex marriage

Adriana Espinosa
October 20, 2014

Police Beat: October 16

Adriana Espinosa
October 16, 2014

Police Beat: October 15

Adriana Espinosa
October 15, 2014
Families have traveled from both out of state, such as Calif. and N.J., as well as within the state of Ariz. for Family Weekend.

Family Weekend: UA families go the distance

Adriana Espinosa
October 10, 2014
Layla Nicks / The Daily Wildcat Assistant Chief Keith Brittain answers questions regarding sexual assaults at the University of Arizona Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.

Red Zone may go beyond first six weeks

Adriana Espinosa
October 9, 2014
Animal sciences senior Rachel Williams does a routine grooming on the Equine Center's horse Sheza Lopin Deelite, 18, at the center on Sept. 10. The Arizona Board of Regents recently approved a new UA veterinary medicine degree program that will launch in fall 2015.

CALS program launches next fall

Adriana Espinosa
October 7, 2014

Police Beat: October 2

Adriana Espinosa
October 2, 2014
Doug Ducey (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore) and Fred DuVal (Cooper Temple / The Daily Wildcat)

Ducey and DuVal debate over Arizona education

Adriana Espinosa
September 29, 2014

Police Beat: September 29

Adriana Espinosa
September 28, 2014

Police Beat: September 25

Adriana Espinosa
September 25, 2014
Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat The Downtown Pima Community College campus on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Pima Community College fighting to keep its accreditation

Adriana Espinosa
September 24, 2014
Jade Nunes, a journalism senior, hikes through a jungle rainforest with the School of Journalism’s study abroad program in Costa Rica last summer. The group of journalism students were able to see a cacao farm on their trip and taste fresh fruits and chocolates along the Caribbean coast of the country.

Study Abroad Fair to present all options

Adriana Espinosa
September 22, 2014
Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat Gubernational candidates Fred Duval, Barry Hess, and John Mealer answer questions during the Gubernational Forum at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Sept. 21.

Empty seats at Gubernatorial Candidate Forum

Adriana Espinosa
September 21, 2014
Courtesy of the Republic There will be a gubernatorial candidate forum on Sunday. in Centennial Hall. However, Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey will not be in attendance.

Republican candidate Doug Ducey not attending forum, students upset

Adriana Espinosa
September 18, 2014

Start of new semester brings higher risk of sexual assault

Adriana Espinosa
September 17, 2014

Police Beat: September 16

Adriana Espinosa
September 16, 2014

Police Beat: September 15

Adriana Espinosa
September 14, 2014
Courtesy of Issac Ortega Students gather outside on the UA Mall for a concert at Catfest, an event put on by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, on May 2. ASUA will be hosting a welcome back concert on Oct. 3 for the “Our Voice, Our Vote” campaign.

ASUA campaign educates students about election issues

Adriana Espinosa
September 14, 2014

Police Beat: September 9

Adriana Espinosa
September 9, 2014

Police beat: September 8

Adriana Espinosa
September 7, 2014

Police Beat: September 4

Adriana Espinosa
September 4, 2014

Police Beat: September 3

Adriana Espinosa
September 2, 2014

Police Beat: September 2

Adriana Espinosa
September 1, 2014

Police Beat: August 28

Adriana Espinosa
August 28, 2014
Rebecca Marie Sasnett / The Daily Wildcat Material Science and Engineering junior Ryan O'Connell locks up his bike in front of the Park Student Union on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Tucson, Arizona.

Bye-bye bicycles

Adriana Espinosa
August 27, 2014

Police Beat: August 26

Adriana Espinosa
August 26, 2014
Screenshot by Zach Hynek UA male students have the opportunity to become a part of Greek Life on campus by going through fraternity recruitment on Wednesday at the Tucson Convention Center. This was the first year Round Robin was held there.

UA fraternity recruitment reinvented

Adriana Espinosa
August 25, 2014
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat A server at the James E. Rogers College of Law was hacked in late July. The security of the names and social security numbers of thousands of alumni and applicants to the college may have been compromised.

Two law professors to sue Department of Homeland Security

Adriana Espinosa
May 7, 2014
Cecilia Alvarez/ The Daily Wildcat The board discusses future tuition possibilities at the ABOR meeting on March 25, 2014.

Regents to review student fees over the summer

Adriana Espinosa
May 6, 2014

Police Beat: May 5

Adriana Espinosa
May 5, 2014
Shane Bekian / The Daily Wildcat Chula Robertson, a global studies senior and an advocate of the Pell Grant, expresses her concern for financial aid amongst college students at the UA Mall on Wednesday.

Students rally to save Pell Grants

Adriana Espinosa
May 1, 2014
Courtesy of Alfred Urbina UA alumnus Alfred Urbina is the chief prosecutor for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. The tribe is one of three American Indian nations chosen to be part of a pilot program that allows American Indians to prosecute non-American Indians who have committed crimes against tribe members.

UA alum aides American Indian tribe in suing non-Indians

Adriana Espinosa
April 30, 2014
Grace Pierson/ Daily Wildcat

UA launches rebranding of university

Adriana Espinosa
April 24, 2014

Police Beat: April 23

Adriana Espinosa
April 23, 2014
Michael Anderson, 19, died from complications due to a fall at Colonia de la Paz Residence Hall.

Police look into ease of roof access at residence hall

Adriana Espinosa
April 10, 2014

University Boulevard businesses harmed by postgame disturbance

Adriana Espinosa
April 3, 2014

Senate budget would trim UA funds

Adriana Espinosa
March 27, 2014
Rebecca Marie Sasnett/The Daily Wildcat There have been concerns about the safety of the top-selling-over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen. Acetaminophen is the main ingredient in Tylenol, Midol, Dayquil, Nyquil, Vicks and others.

Tylenol poisonings prove deadly

Adriana Espinosa
March 13, 2014
Courtesy of Cesar Chavez Foundation Cesar Chavez was a religious civil rights activist. The Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday marked the first time a labor leader or Latino would be honored with a public holiday. The holiday has been celebrated in California since 2000.

Tucson recognizes César Chávez Day as official holiday

Adriana Espinosa
March 11, 2014

Police Beat: March 5

Adriana Espinosa
March 5, 2014
File Photo Students at The University of Arizona will be on Spring Break beginning March 14 through March 22. To promote a safe spring break, The University of Arizona Police Department has partnered with the Associated Students of The University of Arizona to host the annual Spring Break Safety Fair.

“Stay Alive”: UA promotes safety ahead of spring break

Adriana Espinosa
March 4, 2014

Police Beat: February 28

Adriana Espinosa
February 27, 2014

Let the good times roll: UA dorm to celebrate Mardi Gras

Adriana Espinosa
February 27, 2014
Courtesy of Alex Tsway

Student starts non-profit to aid Guatemala

Adriana Espinosa
February 26, 2014
Carlos Herrera/The Daily Wildcat University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart holds a town hall meeting at the James E. Rogers College of Law on Wednesday. Hart answered questions from audience members, staff, and faculty on various issues that affect the university including teh state budget, funding, and hiring.

President Hart covers UA mission in town hall

Adriana Espinosa
February 20, 2014

Young in love: Some UA students marrying early

Adriana Espinosa
February 13, 2014

Event celebrates diversity in all forms

Adriana Espinosa
February 6, 2014
Juan Pereyra and Katie Kilby stand outside of the LGBTQ resource center. Pereyra is an internship coordinator for the resource center and Kilby is the pride alliance co-director.

LGBTQ hosts first spring open house in new center

Adriana Espinosa
February 5, 2014

Police Beat: February 5

Adriana Espinosa
February 5, 2014
Rebecca Noble / The Daily Wildcat Cooper Temple, a freshman political science and economics major, and Naomi Lee, a Sunnyside High School senior, peer edit each other's essays in the Main Library on Tuesday, January 28th.

English class mentors high school students

Adriana Espinosa
January 30, 2014

Police Beat: January 29

Adriana Espinosa
January 29, 2014
Grace Pierson / The Daily Wildcat Lisa Stage, marketing specialist at University Information Technology Services, votes for one of the proposed food truck concepts at the student union food court Monday afternoon.

Student union takes to the streets

Adriana Espinosa
January 28, 2014

UA researchers find solution to global shrimp shortage

Adriana Espinosa
January 22, 2014
Tyler Baker / Arizona Daily Wildcat The 27th annual Martin Luthor King Jr. walk took place around campus, ending with speeches by community members on the UA Mall, Jan. 21.

History professor to address race relations, legacy of MLK

Adriana Espinosa
January 16, 2014
Photo courtesy of Loc Tran

New strand of bacteria causing global shrimp shortage, UA research finds

Adriana Espinosa
December 11, 2013
Grace Pierson / The Daily Wildcat Professor Cindy Volk communicates with her students via sign language while they work in groups on Dec. 2 in the Psychology Building. Pictured clockwise from left: Nicole Handorf, Derek Evans, Alison Fishman, and Shelby Yuen.

Increase of interest in interpreting program sparks higher admission competition

Adriana Espinosa
December 10, 2013

UA marathon promotes children’s fitness, health

Adriana Espinosa
December 5, 2013

Police Beat: November 21

Adriana Espinosa
November 21, 2013

Campus community members discuss rape culture

Adriana Espinosa
November 21, 2013

Police Beat: November 20

Adriana Espinosa
November 20, 2013

Police Beat: November 19

Adriana Espinosa
November 19, 2013
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