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Clips for February 19, 2008
ASU effectively shreds UA coach's trash talk
The Arizona Republic
- Feb. 17, 2008 12:00 AM
Call it the shot heard around the state when University of Arizona football
coach Mike
Stoops this month explained losing recent recruits to the rival school: "Arizona
State has
turned into a JC (junior college), and we're a four-year college." ASU
fired back with in a
fact sheet, ...
Weapons in school debated
The Arizona Republic
- Feb. 19, 2008 12:00 AM
Recent shootings pit campus police chiefs vs. gun advocates; Senate panel delays
vote
The top cops from Arizona's three public universities on Monday shared grave
concerns
about legislation that would allow people with permits to carry guns onto K-12
and
university campuses. But more than a dozen gun-rights advocates made passionate
pleas for the proposal's passage, saying it would give students, teachers and
administrators a way to protect themselves.
Montini: Reading, writing . . . revolvers? Bill sounds nutty, but it triggers
interesting memories
Arizona Republic - Feb. 19, 2008 12:00 AM
At first glance, it looks as if a mentally disturbed gunman in Illinois caused
some slightly batty
politicians in Arizona to go completely off the deep end. But that's not it.
Even if Steven Kazmierczak
hadn't walked into a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University last week and
started blasting away, ...
ASU business school in top 10
East Valley Tribune - February 19, 2008
The W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University was ranked among
the top 10
business schools by the Chronicle of Higher Education. According to the
newspaper, ...
Opinion: Instead of budget, governor should provide itemized cost report
East Valley Tribune - February 19, 2008
“Find me another half-a-billion to cut.” This is the challenge Gov. Janet
Napolitano recently
made of the Legislature. You have to admire her political savvy to take the
initiative and put the
burden on the Legislature — however, this challenge was made by and to the wrong
branches
of government. The governor controls the agency spending and accounting process.
Once the
Legislature appropriates and authorizes funds, ...
Opinion: Maybe a lobbyist could help get this bill through
East Valley Tribune - February 19, 2008
Lobbyists cost taxpayers a lot more than their own salaries, something to think
about in our
current budget dilemma. Sen. Linda Gray, RPhoenix, deserves credit for
introducing No Tax-
payer Money for Lobbyists (SCR1009) in this year’s legislative session. She is
going up
against powerful interests in government at all levels. People she must work
with every day
will disdain her. Support for her effort is fragmented and weak. But it’s the
right thing to do.
Lawmaker urges
relaxing school weapons ban
East Valley Tribune - February 19, 2008 - 1:19AM
Sen. Karen Johnson said she believes the tragedy last week at Northern Illinois
University
would have been avoided — or at least less tragic — had faculty and students
been armed.
The Mesa Republican urged colleagues Monday to approve a bill she has submitted
that
would partially repeal campuses.
The opportunity for a lifetime
Arizona Daily Sun - February 18, 2008
A second chance at life; a ticket out of nowhere; faith in the community; and a
solid foundation
for the future -- both figuratively and literally. These are what the 18
students currently enrolled
in the Coconino County YouthBuild program think of the possibility to be part of
the exciting new
courses provided through a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
"With the
skills I learn in this program, I'll be able to pursue a career in construction
management. With-
out this opportunity, I'd be nowhere," ...
Guest Opinion: U.S.
must put emphasis on math education
Arizona Daily Star - 2/19/2008
This is a golden age of science and technology. Every aspect of daily life is
being transformed
by math and science — from the way we communicate, stay well and get better to
the way we
play sports and protect our nation. Why, then, has a Raytheon
Company-commissioned survey
of American sixth- to eighth-graders (including Arizona students) found that a
combined 84
percent would rather clean their rooms, eat their vegetables, take out the
garbage or go to the
dentist than do their math homework?
Panel mulls
bill to let permit holders bring guns to schools
Tucson Citizen - 2/19/2008
PHOENIX - A committee of the Arizona Legislature is weighing arguments made
Monday over
a proposal to let concealed-weapons permit-holders bring guns to K-12
schools, community
colleges and universities. The Senate's Judiciary Committee listened to more
than two hours
of testimony about the proposal, but didn't take a vote. The testimony came four
days after a
gunman opened fire during a lecture at Northern Illinois University, ...
Editorial: Our Opinion: Legislators stand by as sea of red ink gets deeper
Tucson Citizen - 2/9/008
In early January, some Arizona legislators declared the state budget crisis so
severe that
they reported for work a week early. That extra week before the start of the
legislative session
was to be used to focus only on fixing the budget for fiscal 2008, which was
half over.
Appropriations committees in the House and the Senate would use that week to
craft a rescue
plan that would quickly be approved by the entire Legislature shortly after Jan.
14.
Should hidden mental health issues be exposed?
ASU Web Devil - February 19, 2008
After recent fatal campus shootings, ASU examines whether to require students to
disclose
mental health histories Students' mental health history may no longer be private
if campus
safety recommendations are put into play. ASU could begin reviewing this week
whether it
would be feasible and increase campus safety to require students to disclose
their mental
health histories. A group of ASU staff members is finalizing a report with
campus safety
recommendations that could include requiring mental health disclosure, ...
Battle over guns bill rages at Capitol
ASU Web Devil - February 19, 2008
References to Northern Illinois University tragedy pepper emotional hearing's
debate
Emotions ran high as a two-and-a-half hour battle waged at the Arizona state
legislature
Monday afternoon over a bill that would allow concealed weapons to be carried on
school
grounds. More than 20 law enforcement officers, community members, teachers and
students testified before the Senate judiciary committee on both sides of SB
1214, ...
Undocumented students grapple with lost scholarship
ASU Web Devil - February 19, 2008
Students without legal status, who no longer qualify for state-funded resident
tuition, face
one less funding option After working to get legal status for eight years,
Juan, a finance
and marketing junior, received his permanent resident card in January. He found
out it had
come just in time. Juan, along with more than 200 ASU students who did not
provide ASU
with proof of legal residency, received a phone call more than a week ago
informing him
that his scholarship would not be available next fall. The Sunburst Scholarship,
a private
scholarship through the ASU Foundation to fund undocumented students denied
public
money by Proposition 300, has run out of funding, ...
UA to lose 1,000 parking spaces by fall
UA Daily Wildcat Online - 2/19/08
As the UA campus continues to grow in population and expand in size, students
are given
more campus resources, from residence halls to recreational services. It is
these same
students and faculty, however, who are seeing the brunt of the other side of
expansion in
hundreds of lost parking spaces each semester. When the decision was made to
build
new residence halls on the southwest and southeast corners of campus, ...
UA ready to handle disaster of NIU scale
UA Daily Wildcat Online - 2/19/08
In the wake of the Northern Illinois University tragedy that resulted in a
gunman killing five
people and injuring 16 others, UA officials said they are ready for any similar
incident to
happen on the UA campus. "Anytime something like this happens we scrutinize it,"
said
Paul Alvin, vice president of communications for external relations. "The news
media
really paid attention to how rapidly the university got information out."
Budget package
revealed
Arizona Capitol Times - February 18, 2008
A budget proposal backed by Republican legislative leaders that will be
considered
later this week by committees in both chambers was revealed Feb. 18, one day
before
a Senate panel is scheduled to vote on the measures aimed at solving an
estimated $1
billion budget deficit in the current fiscal year. The plan includes nearly $204
million in
cuts to state agencies, including a $25 million reduction in university spending
and
about $37 million less for K-12 education.
A new curriculum for doctors: Practicing medicine not learned in med school
Inside Tucson Business - February 18, 2008
In today’s quick-fix society where pharmaceutical companies jump to design pills
which
rectify problems you didn’t even know you had, a local sect of doctors is taking
a different
approach to medicine. The Program in Integrative Medicine (PIM) at the
University of
Arizona, 1249 N. Mountain Ave., was founded by Dr. Andrew Weil in 1994. The
two-year
fellowship program teaches physicians how to incorporate less typical types of
medicine
into their practices.