TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for March 13, 2008

Legislature OKs bill to freeze hiring for state
The Arizona Republic - March 13, 2008 12:00 AM
The state budget dispute has taken on a distinctively chilly air, as lawmakers Wednesday approved a bill
freezing statewide hiring. It comes a day after Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill that froze nearly $600
million in state spending. "Business can't continue as usual. It can't. We're broke," said Rep. Bob Robson,
the bill's sponsor. With bipartisan backing, the bill was sent to the governor.

Gates asks Congress to increase visas for skilled workers
Arizona Republic - March 12, 2008 05:25 PM
WASHINGTON - More investment in math and science education and a more liberal policy toward skilled
foreign workers are crucial if America is to avoid losing its competitive edge in the world, Microsoft co-founder
Bill Gates told Congress on Wednesday. The shortage of scientists and engineers is so acute, "We must do
both: reform our education system and our immigration policies. If we don't, American companies simply will
not have the talent to innovate and compete," Gates said in testimony to the House Science Committee.

ASU police seek man who stole TV from KAET
The Arizona Republic - March 12, 2008 05:24 PM
Police are looking for a man who stole a television set from KAET-TV/Channel 8 on the Arizona State University
campus. A man walked into an editing room of the KAET building on Sunday Feb. 24 and walked out with an LCD
40-inch television, said Jim Hardina, commander of operations for the ASU police. Hardina said the building is
usually locked on Sundays.

Emergency bill would emasculate AIMS
The Arizona Republic - March 12, 2008 12:00 AM
Well over 3,000 high-school seniors are poised to miss out on graduation this spring. It seems a particular
circumstance has impeded their ability to enjoy the forthcoming pomp. They haven't passed the AIMS test. So,
you might ask, what are our leaders going to do about it? I'll give you one guess. For 12 years, Arizona has
been proclaiming rigorous new standards of academic achievement and accountability. It was 1996 when
the state decreed that students, starting with the Class of 2001, would have to pass a test to graduate.

ASU pitcher Jarvis academically ineligible for season
East Valley Tribune - March 13, 2008 - 12:21AM
Arizona State closer Jason Jarvis on Wednesday was ruled ineligible for the rest of the season, a decision
that very likely ends his college career. An appeal last week of a first-semester grade in an online music
course upheld that Jarvis, a sophomore who had two saves this season and 11 last year, did not follow
directions while taking an exam. That led to a grade lower than what he needed to be eligible.

No parking spots for residents in potential dorm
East Valley Tribune - March 12, 2008 - 8:11PM
ASU's Newman Center wants to make downtown Tempe home to 432 students in a high-rise dorm
without building a single new parking space for those additional residents. The idea seems to fly in
the face of Tempe's effort to require far more parking in new downtown developments than it had in
the past. But it's in perfect synch with Arizona State University's plan to reduce the number of cars on
its main campus as it replaces surface parking lots with buildings. ASU officials hope that many of
the people who live, work and study in those buildings won't drive to get there.

Arizona House, in symbolic move, passes hiring-freeze measure
Arizona Daily Star - March 13, 2008
PHOENIX — Calling the governor's action insufficient, the state House gave final approval Wednesday
to a law freezing new hiring and promotions. But it is legally meaningless. The measure sent to the
governor would ban the use of state tax funds to bring on new workers anywhere in the government
through the end of the budget year on June 30. That includes not just state agencies but also the
courts, the Legislature and the universities.

Opinion by Greg Hansen : Lute's status tests AD's authority
Arizona Daily Star - March 12, 2008
Livengood's control put into question while mysterious Olson goes own way
One by one, Jim Livengood watches as his Pac-10 athletic director colleagues are bumped off for sins
great and small. Two months ago, Washington's Todd Turner was let go for a "philosophical disconnect,
'' but in reality he was jettisoned because the school did not think he could raise hundreds of millions of
dollars to renovate Husky Stadium.

Details yet to surface on Napolitano budget revision
Arizona Daily Star - March 13, 2008
PHOENIX — As legislators begin talks with Gov. Janet Napolitano to try to erase the state's big budget
deficit, they're still waiting for specifics on big spending cuts and transfers from special-purpose funds
she promised a month ago. Napolitano began participating in bipartisan budget negotiations that
previously included only legislators on Tuesday. Talks had been under way behind closed doors for
two months but have yet to produce an agreement.

Blog: UA should put financial focus on academics
Tucson Citizen - March 13, 2008
Much ado about basketball at the University of Arizona comes as the university faces even deeper cuts
in its academic and research programs than it already has made. The turmoil over Lute Olson and
basketball is inconsequential relative to the damage being done to the core of the educational institution.
Yet, we work up more steam over basketball than we did over the loss of a world-class economist who
won the Nobel Prize after leaving UA.

Map by UA researcher color-codes U.S. cities according to risk of attacks, disasters
UA Daily Wildcat Online - March 13, 2008
The colored areas of the map are 132 of the biggest cities in the U.S., based on an assessment that sets
a benchmark of acceptable risk. Green is low, meaning below the benchmark. Yellow is medium, above
the benchmark in the likelihood of attack but below the benchmark in the number of possible casualties.
Red is high, above the benchmark in both probability of attack and possible casualties. A UA researcher
has developed a map of the 132 largest U.S. cities and assigned colors to each based on their
vulnerability to terrorism.

UA offers one-of-a-kind dual doctorate
UA Daily Wildcat Online - March 13, 2008
Eighty-one units. Another 24 hours of dissertation research. Multi-lingual requirements. Fieldwork in the
Middle East. These are just a few examples of the demands involved in the rigorous new, and only, dual
doctorate program at the UA. The Near Eastern studies and anthropology departments announced in
August that there would be a dual doctorate program with the two disciplines, the first program of its kind
in the United States. The idea for it came about during a Near Eastern studies retreat in the fall of 2006.

Guest Opinion: Pretending there isn’t a budget problem won’t make it go away
Inside Tucson Business - March 13, 2008
Byron Schlomach is the Director of the Center for Economic Prosperity at the Goldwater Institute. Twenty one
states are facing some tough fiscal times. California’s overspending problem amounts to $16 billion for the
2009 fiscal year. New Jersey’s spending versus revenue gap could be $3.5 billion. Virginia and Massachusetts
each face $1.2 billion gaps. Arizona’s gap for 2009 is estimated at $1.7 billion.

UA’s Eller College establishes ethics program
Inside Tucson Business - March 13, 2008
The University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management prides itself on its ethics courses and lectures.
Now, thanks to funding by Australian entrepreneur Raymond Spencer, the Eller school of Public Administration
and Policy is establishing the Raymond Spencer Program in Applied Ethics. When Spencer founded Kanbay
International Inc. in 1989, his vision was to create a company with a strong ethical framework. Now CEO of
international consulting firm Capgemini’s Strategic Business Unit – Financial Services, Spencer continues
to explore ways to embed an ethical philosophy into day-to-day corporate operations.

Nearly 2½ years late, new hotel to be built near UA
Inside Tucson Business - March 13, 2008
Nearly 2½ years after announcing Tucson would be one of five cities where Starwood Hotels and Resorts
would launch its newest - "hip, urban attitude" - hotel concept, the deal is moving forward. To make way for
the new hotel, the seven-story, 150-room Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, 1900 E. Speedway near the
University of Arizona, will be torn down. Work will begin later this year, though the timetable has not been set,
according to those familiar with the plans. Once construction begins, it’s expected to take about 18 months.
An example aloft room. The Four Points Sheraton at 1900 E. Speedway will be torn down and replaced as an
aloft hotel.

U of A president receives incentive flight
Davis-Monthon Air Force Base - March 11, 2008 8:23 AM
Dr. Shelton was carrying the wings of his father-in-law and Korean war hero Ward M. Millar with him on the
flight. Millar, an F-86 pilot, was shot down and captured by communist forces, before managing escape.