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All content by Laura Donovan

The upside of the Icelandic volcanic explosion

Laura Donovan
April 21, 2010

Get Out! That’s what she said…

Laura Donovan
April 16, 2010

Complex issues of romantic comedies

Laura Donovan
April 8, 2010

Opting for Male Studies major

Laura Donovan
March 30, 2010

ASUA to approve election results

Laura Donovan
March 24, 2010
Valentina Martinelli/ Arizona Daily Wildcat RD Castillo, 29, a business development manager, attempts to grab as much fake money as he can in 20 seconds at the Wall Street Wise booth, while two of the creators of the booth watch, Orr Ben-Zvy, left, a finance senior, and Michael Harrison, an entrepreneurship and management senior.

Research: Show me the money

Laura Donovan
March 24, 2010

Schools should permit same-sex prom dates

Laura Donovan
March 12, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle / Arizona Daily Wildcat Mark Finelli, an Eller MBA student, is a war veteran who was inspired to join the U.S. Marine Corps after surviving the collapse of the World Trade Center South Tower on September 11. Finelli credits the new GI Bill for funding his UA degree.

Everyone has a story: Mark Finelli

Laura Donovan
March 11, 2010
Hallie Bolonkin / Arizona Daily Wildcat Mayor Bob Walkup stands next to series star Tyler Labine from the new Fox sitcom "Sons of Tucson" and proclaims March 14th the official Sons of Tucson day in the Gallagher Theater on March 10, 2010. The mayor also gave to the executive producer of the show a key to the city.

‘Sons of Tucson’ gets key to city

Laura Donovan
March 11, 2010

“Violence, ambushing no way to protest budget cuts”

Laura Donovan
March 9, 2010
Valentina Martinelli/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Chris Philips, left, a real estate investor from Oro Valley, focuses on eating two bowels of cereal while Rubin Navarrete, a senior majoring in Spanish, worriedly looks at Tucson resident Revai Hernandez, 25, after she announced difficulty keeping down her second bowl of cereal. The Cereal Boxx hosted an annual cereal-eating contest behind their restaurant on Park Avenue on National Cereal Day Sunday.

Serial cereal eaters Boxx it out

Laura Donovan
March 8, 2010

New $500 fee

Laura Donovan
March 8, 2010
Rodney Haas / Arizona Daily Wildcat Provost Meredith Hay, left, leads a walk with students and faculty around campus with Nancy Rogers, coordinator of worksite wellness and health promotion in human resources, on Thursday March 4, 2010, as part of the annual Walk Across Arizona campaign to promote physical fitness.

Provost Hay walks for health

Laura Donovan
March 5, 2010

No room for racially themed parties

Laura Donovan
March 5, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle / Arizona Daily Wildcat Dr. Rebecca G

Necessary nap time

Laura Donovan
March 5, 2010
Valentina Martinelli / Arizona Daily Wildcat Jude Fernando is a mechanical engineering senior with Sri Lanka roots.

Everyone has a story: Jude Fernado

Laura Donovan
March 3, 2010

UA Peace Corps to host fair in SUMC

Laura Donovan
March 1, 2010

Animals should live freely

Laura Donovan
February 26, 2010

CPAC reminds conservatives that beliefs still stand

Laura Donovan
February 25, 2010
Timothy Galaz Arizona Daily Wildcat Thomas Fleming, associate astronomer at the UA and 1988 Phd. alumnus, tells his story at his office in the Steward Observatory Wednesday February 24, 2010.

Everyone has a story: Thomas Fleming

Laura Donovan
February 25, 2010
Rodney Haas / Arizona Daily Wildcat Political Science freshman Hugo Polancco gets a key chain from a chicken A.K.A Whitney Kraner as anthropology senior Cate Clifton looks on. Krane and Cliffton are part of student club called Arizona PIRG, collecting petition signatures in order to get on the ASUA ballet to receive funding.

Signatures soaring

Laura Donovan
February 24, 2010

Students form club to promote questioning

Laura Donovan
February 23, 2010
Gordon Bates/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Brother Jed's wife, Sister Cindy (far right), and two of their five daughters came to the UA Mall on Tuesday, February 16th, to be part of one of the regular spring semester visits from Campus Ministry USA's Brother Jed. Following this moment, Eighteen-year-old Martha (left) sang as her fifteen-year-old sister Priscilla (third from left) played the guitar during one of their multiple song performances that afternoon.

Brother Jed’s family speaks out

Laura Donovan
February 17, 2010

SIFE fundraises for charity

Laura Donovan
February 17, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle/ Arizona Daily Wildcat President Shelton takes a walk around campus with UA employees on Monday, Feb.15 as part of the annual Walk Across Arizona campaign to promote physical fitness. The second annual walk with the President gave campus members an opportunity to have a casual chat with Shelton while getting some exercise.

“Shelton walks campus to talk business, promote health”

Laura Donovan
February 16, 2010

Help nice guys finish first

Laura Donovan
February 12, 2010

Condoms for a cause on campus

Laura Donovan
February 11, 2010

RA weekend duty will expand to 24 hours

Laura Donovan
February 9, 2010

UA ranks on Peace Corps’ top college list

Laura Donovan
February 8, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle / Arizona Daily Wildcat Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office

Students seek more counseling in February

Laura Donovan
February 5, 2010

Abstinence education not all bad

Laura Donovan
February 5, 2010
Ernie Somoza/ Arizona Daily Wildcat From left, Tucson resident Dona Frost, 27, sells flower pens to Tucson resident Michelle Figler, 26, to raise money for the American Red Cross Haiti relief efforts last night at Gentle Ben's Feb 4, 2010

Medical students to drink for Haiti

Laura Donovan
February 5, 2010
The large microbe on the right is a microscopic view of the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S.

“HPV forum to discuss female, male vaccination “

Laura Donovan
February 3, 2010

“Greeks buy, sell tees to aid Haiti”

Laura Donovan
February 1, 2010

“Bullies get away with murder, literally”

Laura Donovan
January 29, 2010
Tim Glass / Arizona Daily Wildcat Campus felt a bit more like the midwest Thursday, January 28, as rain drizzled and temperatures dipped.

Tucson’s getting wet

Laura Donovan
January 29, 2010
Tim Glass / Arizona Daily Wildcat Saul Tyler, doorman for Che's Lounge on 4th Ave. and 7th Street, checks ID's Saturday, January 23rd. Saul has worked for Che's for three years and has a "large stack" of confiscated ID's.

Fake ID bad idea

Laura Donovan
January 28, 2010

“UA Tech Park to house solar plant, flowers”

Laura Donovan
January 27, 2010
Tim Glass / Arizona Daily Wildcat Construction continues on the 6th Street residence hall behind Coronado on Wednesday, January 20.

Dorm Construction update

Laura Donovan
January 26, 2010

GOP is not dead yet

Laura Donovan
January 22, 2010
Gordon Bates / Arizona Daily Wildcat Differing opinions fuel the lunch time debate between Scott Smith (left), and Craig Johnson (right), a UA Junior in philosophy. The discussions will continue through the end of the week of January 18th, 2010.

Gospel preachers return to UA

Laura Donovan
January 20, 2010

Foreign students visit less in spring

Laura Donovan
January 19, 2010
Gordon Bates / Arizona Daily Wildcat In recognition of the resulting devastation due to the earthquake in Haiti, UA students set up a vigil on the southeast corner of Park Avenue and University Boulevard early Thursday night. Markers, cards and sheets of paper were in place for passers-by to write messages as well as leave small tokens of mourning to show their condolences.

UA student to sell bracelets for Haiti effort

Laura Donovan
January 15, 2010

“Missing UA alum found, dead”

Laura Donovan
January 14, 2010
Gordon Bates / Arizona Daily Wildcat The UofA Bookstore is doing a book rental program this spring to help cut the overall costs that students and their families incur during a school semester. Students Karen Garcia, a pre-buisiness sophomore, and Aldo Figueroa, a pre-physiology sophomore, are seen here in the lower level of the bookstore checking out their books that they rented for the semester.

Rental offers cheaper alternative

Laura Donovan
January 13, 2010

Palin’s book more or less what you’d expect

Laura Donovan
December 9, 2009

Diss-course

Laura Donovan
December 2, 2009

Fuel discrimination: Attack a ‘ginger’

Laura Donovan
December 1, 2009

“In the words of Tommy Bruce, “”wtf?”” Where’s the funding?”

Laura Donovan
November 19, 2009

An inconvenient death

Laura Donovan
November 17, 2009

Soundbites: Nov. 17

Laura Donovan
November 17, 2009

“Ready, break!”

Laura Donovan
November 12, 2009

Soundbites: Nov. 3

Laura Donovan
November 3, 2009

Each day is a gift

Laura Donovan
October 28, 2009

Halloween costumes: An all-around waste of money

Laura Donovan
October 27, 2009

Hit or Miss

Laura Donovan
October 21, 2009

Quit picking on Palin

Laura Donovan
October 20, 2009

“Resident assistants should, in fact, live in the residence halls”

Laura Donovan
October 13, 2009

Hit or miss

Laura Donovan
October 6, 2009

Studying abroad proves there’s no place like home

Laura Donovan
July 29, 2009

The UA’s downfall?

Laura Donovan
April 24, 2009

“When in doubt, stay in the dorms”

Laura Donovan
April 20, 2009

Notre Dame students right to oppose Obama’s visit

Laura Donovan
April 14, 2009

The issues with higher education

Laura Donovan
April 6, 2009

“Mandatory attendance is a useless, nanny state rule”

Laura Donovan
March 11, 2009

“Environmentalists, evangelists share offensive tactics”

Laura Donovan
March 2, 2009

“Nobody’s perfect, not even Michael Phelps”

Laura Donovan
February 23, 2009

“Call on Victoria’s Secret for underwear, not university representation”

Laura Donovan
February 10, 2009

Single life shouldn’t be cause for shame

Laura Donovan
February 3, 2009
Misery loves company in an economic meltdown

Misery loves company in an economic meltdown

Laura Donovan
January 27, 2009

Tipping promotes excellent service

Laura Donovan
January 22, 2009

Obama’s expensive inauguration belies message of conservation

Laura Donovan
January 20, 2009

“Media focusing on trivial side of Obama, not substance”

Laura Donovan
January 16, 2009

“Short academic breaks, high demands fuel unhappiness”

Laura Donovan
December 2, 2008

Britain wise to consider happy hour ban

Laura Donovan
November 25, 2008

Smokers undeserving of societal scorn

Laura Donovan
November 18, 2008

Older students offer wealth of knowledge

Laura Donovan
November 14, 2008

Coming to terms with GOP’s likely defeat

Laura Donovan
November 4, 2008

Friendliness not always a good idea

Laura Donovan
October 21, 2008

Proposition 102 supporters may discriminate against more than same-sex couples

Laura Donovan
October 14, 2008

Curious characters add color to campus

Laura Donovan
October 7, 2008

Offending just a part of life

Laura Donovan
October 3, 2008

Want to ‘Save Darfur’? Lose the slogan

Laura Donovan
September 30, 2008

Older UA students elicit mixed emotions

Laura Donovan
September 16, 2008

Campus evangelists’ tactics off-putting

Laura Donovan
September 9, 2008

Beware of unrealistic view of parenthood

Laura Donovan
September 2, 2008

Fast-food ban violates essential rights

Laura Donovan
August 27, 2008

Sky high prices for airlines

Laura Donovan
May 14, 2008

No resources to fix class availability

Laura Donovan
April 30, 2008

Health comes second during sorority recruitment

Laura Donovan
April 22, 2008

We haven’t grown up yet

Laura Donovan
April 16, 2008

Facebook stalking not limited to students

Laura Donovan
April 1, 2008

Mind your major

Laura Donovan
March 4, 2008

Racism has not left the building

Laura Donovan
February 27, 2008

Cheating on tuition thanklessly slaps university in the face

Laura Donovan
February 13, 2008

Attention students: College is not a marriage service

Laura Donovan
January 30, 2008

Graduation – a time to start life

Laura Donovan
January 23, 2008

InnoWorks teams with Duke for summer program

Laura Donovan
January 31, 2007

Cure for the blues

Laura Donovan
January 26, 2007
This HiRISE image shows a volcanic vent in the Tharis region of Mars. Tharis is primarily a volcanic highland, containing several of the largest shield volcanoes in the solar system and many smaller volcanic edifices.

Scientists still learning from new Mars images

Laura Donovan
January 23, 2007
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