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Abortion Bill Could Shutter Arizona OB-GYN Program

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:40:04 CST

The Arizona State Senate is considering two bills that would further limit abortions, including one that could force the University of Arizona to shut down its obstetrics and gynecology program. HB 2384 includes a ban on using state funding or tuition money for abortion training at state universities and community...

Giffords Shooting Spawns 'Civil Discourse' Center

Mark Russell — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:31:05 CST

Former presidents George HW Bush and Bill Clinton will be honorary co-chairman of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, a new non-partisan center for research, debate, and education about dialogue in politics, opening today at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Featuring a prominent board of politicians and media figures—...

Playboy Names Miami Top Party School

Matt Cantor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:41:13 CDT

Promising to make the ranking an annual tradition, Playboy today named its top 10 US party schools, using an algorithm weighing hot temperatures, guy-girl ratio, empty rooms available for sex, and even GPA. “Think of this as a BCS rating, but unlike the BCS we welcome your input,” the editors...

Schools Warn Against Mexico Spring Break

Harry Kimball — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:30:24 CST

Arizona’s three state universities are following the State Department and attempting to dissuade students from spending spring break in Mexican border towns, a traditional pastime, because of drug-associated violence there, the AP reports. One federal official called the warning “sage advice,” noting “documented violence, attacks, killings” and gunfire in public...

Ariz. Coach Swears Off 1-Year Wonders

Kevin Spak — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:55:50 CDT

Lute Olson is sick of an NBA rule that results in top basketball prospects spending just one year in college, the Los Angeles Times reports, and says he'll no longer recruit such players for his University of Arizona program. Olson, who's seen the rule cost Arizona two top players this...

Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt

Peter Fearon — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:41:38 CDT

The Phoenix Mars Lander grabbed a small sample of the fine soil of the planet's polar region yesterday. It was only a test "dig and dump"—using the spacecraft's 8-foot-long robotic arm—but paves the way for retrieving and analyzing samples of Martian soil later this week, reports the Arizona...

7 Minutes of Danger in Mars Quest

Peter Fearon — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:52:48 CDT

The latest NASA mission searching for signs of life on Mars comes to a heart-pounding climax Sunday as the Phoenix Lander attempts to touch down at the red planet's pole in a hunt for water. The lander must perform complex maneuvers in which the whole mission is at risk for...

Get Out Of School Already, Colleges Urge

Kevin Spak — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:26:41 CDT

It turns out kids are staying in school … for entirely too long, the Arizona Republic reports. Across the country, colleges are urging students to get in and get out in 4 years. The paper found that just 30% of students graduated state universities in 4 years, a problematic number...

Stereotype That Women Out-Blab Men Is Blather

Peter Fearon — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:39:11 CDT

Women do not talk more than men, despite widely accepted stereotypes in popular culture of strong silent guys and chattering females, reports Time . Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day, with women typically employing a statistically insignificant 500 extra words daily, according to the new research.