TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for February 14, 2008

Panel votes to freeze state, university hiring
East Valley Tribune - 02/14/08 - 12:09AM
With only one Democrat in opposition, the House Appropriations Committee voted
Wednesday to freeze virtually all state and university hiring and promotions indefinitely
in an effort to stem the flow of red ink. The move came after Rep. Bob Robson,
R-Chandler, produced figures from the Department of Administration showing state
agencies have continued filling vacancies months after Gov. Janet Napolitano asked
department chiefs to temporarily stop hiring where possible.

UA-area neighborhood eyes rules for infill development
Arizona Daily Star - 2/14/2008
Residents of Jefferson Park have crafted a valentine to residential living — a neighbor-
hood plan that includes the tightest rules for new building in the region. At a meeting
tonight, neighborhood leaders hope to gather additional support for the plan, which
asks the city of Tucson to stand up to what neighbors deem inappropriate development,
despite a state law that could make the city liable for reducing the value of
property there.

Gov., at Mars probe HQ, lauds 'culture of science'
Arizona Daily Star - 2/14/2008
Gov. Janet Napolitano took her first tour of the UA's Phoenix Mars Mission headquarters
Wednesday, saying a culture of innovation and scientific research is an integral part of
Arizona's future. Napolitano looked over a full-scale replica of the probe, which was
launched in August and is scheduled to touch down on Mars in May to study climate
and search for signs of habitability, as she discussed the mission's importance to the
state.

Center of the science universe
Tucson Citizen -  02/14/08
Eyes around the world will focus on UA when Mars Lander sets down Tucson will
become a world science center this summer thanks to the University of Arizona's
Phoenix Mars Lander mission, Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.
Napolitano toured the Phoenix Science Operations Center at the UA Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory. It will be headquarters for the project's science missions.

$1,000,000 donated to UA mineral museum
Tucson Citizen -  02/14/08
The head of the University of Arizona's Science Center was in a great mood
Wednesday afternoon. "We just got a million dollars," said Alexis Faust, executive
director of the Flandrau center. "Why shouldn't I be happy?" The Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold Foundation announced Tuesday that it is giving $1 million to UA to
support the university's mineral museum, which is part of Flandrau.

Lawmakers take initial step on budget woes amid complaints
Tucson Citizen - 2/14/2008
PHOENIX — Legislators on Wednesday took their first formal action to try to improve
the state's fiscal health in the face of a worsening revenue shortfall, just hours after
Gov. Janet Napolitano said lawmakers were slow to act. In turn, Republicans law-
makers who supported a bill endorsed by a House committee to impose a state
government hiring and promotion freeze said they felt compelled to act because
Napolitano's administration was slow in tightening the state's fiscal belt.
"We need to stop the bleeding," said Rep. Bob Robson, ...

Guest Opinion: Chamber budget stance music to our ears
Tucson Citizen - 2/14/2008
The Arizona Constitution requires the Legislature to deliver a balanced budget
before the start of the next fiscal year. That's a daunting task considering that we
started this year with a deficit forecast at close to $1 billion. Daunting, yes. Impossible,
no. It's merely time to make some smart decisions that address the immediate
problem but also set a long-term plan for success. Keeping that long-term plan in
mind is key when considering Arizona's competitiveness.

Governor visits mission
UA Daily Wildcat - 2/14/08
Gov. Janet Napolitano stood next to a robot surrounded by desolate desert terrain
among red rocks and soil. "As we celebrate the past, here is the future," she said.
Today is Arizona Statehood Day and marks 101 days before the scheduled landing
of the Phoenix Mars Lander, star of the Phoenix Mars Mission, that will explore the
possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.

Editorial: Bridging two cultures
UA Daily Wildcat - 2/14/08
Newman best choice for provost UA students
In 1959, British scientist C.P. Snow first proposed the concept of "the Two Cultures" -
the idea that scholars of the humanities and the sciences often shout at each other
across a chasm of confusion, divided by "hostility and dislike, but most of all lack of
understanding." In Snow's worldview, understanding the Second Law of Thermo-
dynamics is as important as being familiar with the works of Shakespeare - yet far
too few intellectuals and academics are truly well versed in more than one academic
world.

A.T. Still University president had been arrested for DUI
Phoenix Business Journal -  02/13/08 - 3:37 PM MST
The president of A.T. Still University, who announced he was taking a medical leave of
absence Wednesday, recently was arrested for his second drunk driving violation in a
three-year period. According to Feb. 6 story published in the Kirksville Daily Express,
James McGovern, 68, was arrested at 2:37 a.m. on Nov. 28 in Kansas City, Mo., after
police observed him nearly hitting a median while turning into the wrong lane.