TO CLIPS INDEX Clips for March 5, 2009

Editorial: Brewer steps up with robust plan to quell crisis
The Arizona Republic 3/5/09
Now that's leadership. Gov. Jan Brewer addressed the
Legislature on Wednesday evening with a message
about hard choices in hard times. In a nutshell, she
said, "Let's face it." The governor proposed a five-point
plan, with at least one tablespoon of cod-liver oil for every
constituency at the Capitol. No one is going to like every
part of Brewer's plan for bridging an anticipated $3 billion
deficit in 2010. We certainly are not yet convinced that the
most controversial part of it - raising taxes - is absolutely
necessary. But of this much we are certain: Everything
must be on the table if this extraordinary crisis is to be
overcome. And the only person on the floor of the House
of Representatives on Wednesday evening who
indisputably grasped that harsh reality was Gov.
Brewer.

Brewer lists steps to keep state afloat
The Arizona Republic 3/5/09
Calling on Republicans and Democrats to "set aside our
differences in this time of crisis," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer
asked lawmakers to approve a series of budget reforms
that would both raise taxes and open protected state pro-
grams to legislative cuts. The twin proposals are central
to a state recovery plan that Brewer unveiled Wednesday
before a rare joint session of the House and Senate. The
details had members of both parties swallowing hard,
and one legislator - Sen. Ron Gould, a Lake Havasu City
Republican - walked out of the chamber in mid-speech
at Brewer's mention of raising taxes. But Brewer, governor
for six weeks after the resignation of Gov. Janet Napolitano,
invoked the names of Arizona political giants like Democrat
Morris Udall and Republican Barry Goldwater in asking
legislators to show political bravery and statesmanship.

Cuts at ASU West defended by college president
The Arizona Republic 3/5/09
Arizona State University President Michael Crow defended
budget cuts and controversial changes made to ASU West
at a forum Wednesday that centered partly on the issue of
trust. Crow did not directly answer questions about
whether he "cared" about ASU West, although his long
pause earned a laugh and applause from an audience of
almost 600 people. Instead, he said the West campus as
it existed when he arrived in 2002 had an identity too
separate from the rest of the university and risked devolving
into a lesser "tier" if not brought up to equal status. West
Valley leaders who accused him of treating ASU West as
second-class were off-base, he said.

New director plans to commercialize discoveries
The Arizona Republic 3/5/09
Alan C. Nelson, whose career has ranged from launching
two Seattle biotechnology companies to teaching nuclear
engineering at MIT, has been tapped to head Arizona
State University's Biodesign Institute. Nelson starts today
as director of the 5-year-old research institute located at
ASU's Tempe campus. The Phoenix native returns to
Arizona from Seattle, where he is a University of
Washington faculty member and president and chief
executive officer of VisionGate, a company that develops
medical tests for cancer. He joins Biodesign as the
university faces severe budget woes, including a key
sales-tax fund that provides money for Arizona's
research labs that has slumped during the recession.

State urged to become more tax-friendly
The Arizona Republic 3/4/09 3:42 PM
Phoenix and the state won't be able to secure thousands
of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in investments
without new legislation providing tax breaks for renewable
energy firms, local business leader Barry Broome said
Wednesday. Broome, president and chief executive of
the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, and Mayor Phil
Gordon said they were "very optimistic" after flying to the
San Francisco Bay area this week to meet with corporate
executives looking to expand or relocate their operations
in more tax-friendly states. But Broome said any possible
agreements in Arizona hinge on whether Senate Bill 1403
is signed into law this session. The bill, introduced by
Republican Sen. Barbara Leff of Paradise Valley, would
give renewable energy firms hundreds of thousands of
dollars in income-tax incentives based on capital
investments and the number of new jobs created.

Brewer to lawmakers: Put tax-hike plan to vote
The Arizona Republic 3/4/09 4:05 PM
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking lawmakers to approve or
send to the ballot a temporary tax increase that would
generate $1 billion a year for state government.
Brewer, a Republican, told a rare joint session of the
Legislature that quick action is needed to stem what
she termed Arizona's financial crisis. Chronic over-
spending and a deep economic downturn have left
the state with a budget shortfall totaling roughly $3
billion for fiscal 2010. At its current rate of spending,
Brewer warned legislators that state government
would accumulate $13 billion in combined deficit
by 2014. Addressing a crowded House chamber,
Brewer unveiled a five-point plan Wednesday.

Editorial: Gov. needs to be more specific on budget
fix
East Valley Tribune 3/4/09 5:40PM
Gov. Jan Brewer wants to spread the pain across as
many places as possible to erase a potential $3
billion budget deficit, telling Arizona’s lawmakers
Wednesday she believes it will take an equal
combination of spending cuts, temporary tax increases
and federal stimulus money to complete the task.
Brewer’s speech to the entire Legislature had been
described as her own State of the State address, as
she wasn’t yet in office for the traditional ceremony
in January. And the governor certainly struck a tone
usually found in such speeches as she devoted
nearly half of her time to calls for spending and tax
reforms to prevent future fiscal crises. Brewer asked
for a bigger “rainy day” fund but with stricter limits on
when the emergency savings could be used.

College students staying home for spring
East Valley Tribune 3/4/09 3:57PM
As spring break rolls around this year, college students
across the nation realize they can't afford to "go wild" as
they did in the past. Tough economic conditions and
increasing violence in Mexico have curbed students'
plans for a free-spending and free-wheeling time. Travel
numbers are down. TripAdvisor, a popular online travel
community, surveyed more than 1,000 users, and only
35 percent said they plan to travel this spring. Not
surprisingly, the depleted demand has reduced prices.
STA Travel, one of the world's largest student travel
organizations, said that travel packages are selling
at 20 percent to 30 percent lower than a year ago.

NAU job fair attracts 800
Arizona Daily Sun 3/5/09
David Mahan was smiling as he left NAU's career fair
on Wednesday carrying a bag full of brochures, fliers
and promotional materials. A senior in the School of
Hotel and Restaurant Management at NAU, Mahan
said he had lined up several job interviews. He had
no illusions that the job market was going to be filled
with jobs in the midst of a global recession. "I actually
have three or four interviews set up and the rest will
be with an online site," Mahan said. "I was hoping for
a few prospects when I graduate in May, so any leads
I can get is helpful." He said the size of NAU's Spring
Career and Graduate School Fair seemed smaller
than previous years.

Brewer asks temporary tax hike of $1 billion
Arizona Daily Star 3/5/09
PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer called on state law-
makers to temporarily raise taxes by $1 billion
Wednesday, calling it a "last resort" that requires
"some courage to do the right thing." If they're not
willing to do it themselves, she said, they should
let Arizonans vote on a tax increase to balance a
state deficit in the range of $3 billion. In a speech
before a joint session of the Legislature, Brewer
made the plea as part of a package that also
includes: • $1 billion in spending cuts. • A reliance
on $1 billion in federal stimulus money. • Asking
voters to suspend a provision that requires the
state to spend money in certain targeted areas,
which would give lawmakers more flexibility on
where to cut.

Greg Hansen: Fans can bid farewell tonight to
Olson, his unmatched career
Arizona Daily Star 3/5/09
Lute Olson will say goodbye tonight at McKale Center.
You can say goodbye only once; this is that night. A
celebration of Olson's career will come later, in August,
but tonight will be the raw and emotional farewell on
the court that carries his name. Bring Kleenex. Tonight's
ceremony will squeeze 24 years into 19 minutes. How
do you do that? That's barely enough time show high-
lights of the captivating 1988 run to the Final Four or
to introduce the Gumbys. Halftime, which has been
expanded by four minutes, will likely break TV ratings
records in this town.

UA splits graduate, undergraduate ceremonies
Arizona Daily Star 3/5/09
UA graduate students won't be dodging tortillas
thrown by their undergraduate counterparts during
commencement ceremonies this spring. In a move
designed to end concerns among the two groups
of students who attend the University of Arizona's
graduation ceremonies, officials have decided to
give graduate and undergraduate students their
own ceremonies. In the past, the UA has held two
spring commencement ceremonies that featured
both graduate and undergraduate honors. The
ceremonies were split based on the colleges the
students attended, giving no preference to graduate
or undergraduate status.

Brewer tax-hike plan gets tepid response
The Associated Press/Tucson Citizen
3/5/09
PHOENIX - Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday
proposed a $1 billion temporary tax increase "as a very
last resort" along with similar amounts of spending cuts
and use of federal stimulus money to close a budget
shortfall that is one of the largest in the nation. "Arizona
is in a financial crisis" and must face that reality, Brewer
said. "The truth is, we cannot afford the size of
government we now have, and even a slowly recovering
economy will not fix the problem." Brewer laid out her
five-point plan at a joint session of the Arizona
Legislature Wednesday.

UA hires new nursing school dean
Tucson Citizen 3/5/09
A nine-month, nationwide search has landed the University
of Arizona College of Nursing a dean. UA announced Thurs-
day morning that Joan Shaver, dean of the College of
Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will take over
UA's College of Nursing in July. Shaver was was a faculty
member at UA College of Nursing for a year in the mid-70s.

State committee lets UA renovations go ahead
Tucson Citizen 3/5/.09
The state universities will finally be able to make good
on promises to address millions of dollars in fire and
life safety campus issues now that the Legislature's
Joint Committee on Capital Review has given its
blessing to nearly $168 million in bond sales. The
University of Arizona's portion is $68.5 million and
includes dozens of renovations in 10 different
categories across the campus. The Legislature
authorized $1 billion in projects at UA, Arizona State
University and Northern Arizona University last
summer under a university-designed plan called
the Stimulus Plan for Economic and Educational
Development, or SPEED.

Brewer's 5-point plan includes $1 billion in new
taxes
azcaptioltimes.com 3/4/09
Forty-two days after taking office, Gov. Jan Brewer
laid out the framework of a five-point budget-
reduction plan that includes slashing state
spending by $1 billion and temporarily raising
taxes to generate another $1 billion dollars. The
Republican governor addressed a joint session
of the Legislature March 4, speaking in broad
terms and largely ignoring details, such as what
type of taxes she wants lawmakers or voters to
raise. Even though the speech included very little
in terms of specific policy direction, it was the first
public indication that the governor plans to close
a budget shortfall estimated at $3 billion using a
combination of spending cuts and tax increases.
Brewer urged cooperation among conservatives
and liberals, but made it clear the budget would
represent the values of Arizonans, not any
particular political ideology.

UA College of Nursing names Joan Shaver dean
Phoenix Business Journal 3/5/09 1:56pm
University of Arizona College of Nursing named
Joan Shaver dean of its College of Nursing,
where she is expected to return in July. Shaver,
a professor and dean at the University of Illinois
College of Nursing in Chicago, has specialized
in research on women’s health, sleep science,
fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. She
had been a faculty member at UA from 1976-77.
“Dr. Shaver is among the very top nursing
administrators in the nation,” said Dr. William M.
Crist, UA vice president for health affairs in a
statement. “Her great success at the University
of Illinois in Chicago speaks for itself. She also
is an internationally noted research scientist
and will bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise
and experience to our state.”

Gov. Brewer asks Legislature to schedule tax
increase vote
Phoenix Business Journal 3/4/09 5:19pm MST
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called for special election
to raise taxes temporarily and allow the Legislature
to cut voter-mandated spending to help solve the
state’s $3 billion budget deficit. Brewer did not lay
out specifics of the proposed increase, but said it
would raise an extra $1 billion annually to help the
state with its financial crisis. That could translate to
a 1-cent increase on the state’s 5.6 percent sales
tax. “This temporary increase should be dedicated
to preserving our education systems, our critical
public safety commitments and our essential
public health services necessary for the survival
of our state’s most at-risk citizens,” Brewer said
in a speech before the Legislature Wednesday.

ASU Biodesign Institute names Alan Nelson
director
Phoenix Business Journal 3/4/09 3:14pm
Alan Nelson has been named director of the Bio-
design Institute at Arizona State University. He
replaces George Poste, who last summer was
tapped to head ASU’s new Complex Adaptive
Systems Initiative. Currently president and CEO
of VisionGate Inc. in Washington state, Nelson
was scheduled to take the helm of the institute
March 5. He is in the process of selling his
company and moving to the Valley.

Guest Commentary: Kristin E. Kimball: If ASU closes
its School of Social Work's Tucson Component,
Southern Arizona will suffer
Tucson Weekly 3/5/09
Massive statewide educational budget cuts are looming,
and one specific cut may have grave consequences for
the Tucson community. Arizona State University is
proposing to close the Tucson branch of its School of
Social Work. I know we are not a maroon-and-gold town,
and the University of Arizona's budget cuts will also
significantly impact our community, but we are at risk
of losing a vital and unique educational service to
Southern Arizona. At first glance, the Tucson Component
of ASU's School of Social Work looks like another
corporate office amidst a sea of desert-colored stucco,
but inside, students and faculty at the School of Social
Work are modestly toiling away.

Stars Be Gone
Tucson Weekly 3/5/09
The UA Science Center prepares to close as plans
for its future are put on hold. In early February, the UA
announced that due to state budget cuts, Flandrau
would close at the end of May. Next fall, the world of
Jose Haro's fourth-and fifth-grade students will grow
a little smaller when the Flandrau Science Center
and Planetarium is no longer an option for their class
outings. For the past three years, Haro--like many
other teachers in the Tucson area--has brought his
Rose Elementary School students to the UA campus
for an annual trek to Flandrau from their school on
West Michigan Street. In early February, the UA
announced that due to state budget cuts, Flandrau
would close at the end of May. University officials
also announced plans to decrease the hours at
the Arizona State Museum and UA Museum of Art.

Olson ready to say farewell to Arizona fans
nbcsports.msnbc.com 3/4/09 5:18 p.m. MT
TUCSON, Ariz. - Lute Olson said farewell in a press
release last October. On Thursday night, Arizona’s
Hall of Famer will have a chance to do it in person.
The Wildcats will honor Olson at halftime of their
game against California on the court named for
Olson and his late wife, Bobbi. “It’s going to be a
very emotional night from my standpoint, to be
down courtside,” Olson said Wednesday. “I guess
it’s the reality that the time here is done. It’ll just be
a finality to it that’ll be very obvious to me.” The 74-
year-old Olson held his first news conference since
his unexpected retirement in October. Wearing a
blue-and-white striped button-down shirt, Olson
spoke deliberately during the 40-minute session
with reporters, covering a wide range of topics.

Arizona governor wants to raise taxes to fight
budget crisis
Associated Press/abc15.com 3/4/09 7:52 pm
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday proposed
a $1 billion temporary tax increase "as a very last resort"
along with similar amounts of spending cuts and use
of federal stimulus money to close a budget shortfall
that is one of the largest in the nation. "Arizona is in a
financial crisis" and must face that reality, Brewer said.
"The truth is, we cannot afford the size of government
we now have, and even a slowly recovering economy
will not fix the problem." The projected $3 billion short-
fall would represent 28 percent of the next fiscal year's
budget based on spending of $11 billion. Only Nevada's
shortfall at 37.6 percent would be larger by percentage,
according to a National Conference of State
Legislatures survey conducted in January.

Arizona State University's Future Arts Research is
Shortsighted in Failing to Focus on Phoenix
Phoenix New Times 3/3/09 4:33pm
Editor's note: This weekend marks the 21st Art Detour
in downtown Phoenix. Scores of artists and galleries
will open their doors to the public, and the First Friday
art walk promises to pack the streets with art lovers
and people watchers. A stone's throw from the action,
Arizona State University has set up its own downtown
arts outpost, F.A.R., which stands for Future Arts
Research. The disconnect between the ivory tower
F.A.R. and the grassroots arts community will be most
evident this weekend, which is why we're publishing
both our guide to the best of Art Detour and an essay
about what F.A.R. doesn't bring to the party. Let's get
this straight: Millions of dollars are being hacked from
Arizona university and college budgets. Entire university
programs are being eliminated. There's talk of actually
closing down some of ASU's satellite campuses. ASU
employees are forced to take furloughs. The downtown
Phoenix arts community is tenaciously hanging on by
its fingernails. And Michael Crow's latest brainchild is
underwriting residencies for out-of-state artists/writers/
thinkers to research potential projects, whether they
come up with something or not?

Editorial: Taxing times in AZ
ASU Web Devil 3/5/09
Imagine if Mr. Rogers entered his living room, removed
his cardigan and said, “Friends, it’s actually a pretty
sh--ty day in the neighborhood.” Imagine if Bart Simpson
hit a guy with his slingshot and instead of saying, “Don’t
have a cow, man,” he had an intense feeling of guilt,
turned in his weapon and said, “Please pardon my
immaturity, sir.” Imagine if George W. Bush was talking
about global threats involving the H-bomb and somehow
pronounced “nuclear” correctly. Imagine if Oprah told her
audience she was buying all of them a new car — only to
say “just kidding” moments later. You can continue
imagining all of these mind-blowing for-instances, and
it may give you an idea of just how stunning it truly was
for us to see Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in front of a joint
legislative session asking the lawmakers to approve
a temporary tax increase.

Thousands gather at capitol to protest education cuts
ASU Web Devil 3/5/09
A city bus packed with students, teachers, parents and
children erupted with cheering on Wednesday afternoon
as the driver announced the next stop: the state capitol
building. The streets outside were lined with more than
4,000 Arizonans making their way to March4Schools,
a rally at the state’s capitol complex to oppose the
expected 2010 budget cuts for Arizona’s education
system. Leona Chavez and Stephanie Reese, both
second-grade teachers from Eisenhower Elementary
School in Mesa, stepped off the bus to join the rally
against further budget cuts, which are expected to be
much larger than those made in fiscal year 2009. “I’m
concerned about the education of the kids that are in
my classroom,” Reese said. “If they make a lot of cuts
for teachers, then that’s going to take away from the
educational opportunities [for] students.”

NAU begins office supply sharing
jackcentral.com 3/5/09
NAU’s Office of Sustainability has developed a pro-
gram they hope will save the school money and
help eliminate waste in the community. The program
involves the exchange of unneeded office supplies
among NAU faculty. This idea, known as “free-cycling,”
extends the use of office supplies. Heather Farley, a
director of sustainability, said the program made
employees conscious of the supplies they never use.
“This event made us more aware of all the (items)
sitting, collecting dust,” Farley said. “Every little bit
could help.” At the first event, held at the Applied
Research and Development building in early
February, employees from different offices brought
unneeded goods and placed them on tables
spanning the central hall. Faculty members were
then free to take what they needed from any of the
tables. Richard Baron, another director of sustain-
ability, said it was the style of the event that brought
many patrons. “It is like going to a free yard sale,”
Baron said. “The idea is to free-cycle, so then
(employees) do not have to go to buy office
supplies.”

Hall-of-Famer Olson to be recognized tonight at halftime
UA Daily Wildcat 3/5/09
Nearly a quarter century's worth of emotions finally comes
to closure. That's what Lute Olson anticipates tonight in
McKale Center. For the first time since his sudden
retirement in October, the Hall-of-Famer will formally
acknowledge fans during a special halftime ceremony at
tonight's men's basketball game against California game,
which begins at 8:30 p.m. Former players from Olson's 24-
season reign will gather for a video montage, honoring the
legend for whom McKale Center's court is named. Through
nearly two-and-a-half decades of work, Olson built Tucson
from an insignificant desert city to a college basketball elite
power. And now, his reign gets official closure.

Caught Between a rock and a hard place
UA Daily Wildcat 3/5/09
The university budget cuts have been an obvious cause
for concern for administrators, legislators and student
leaders. For as much attention as some have given the
crisis, most students do not yet realize the impact it will
have on their education. It is noticeable that the fountains
are not turned on and the grass is slowly turning brown,
but when it really comes down to it, most students do
not understand the potentially devastating effects that
the more intangible aspects of the budget crisis will
have on the University of Arizona.