TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for April 1, 2008

A golden discovery for UA anthropologist
The Arizona Republic - April 1, 2008 12:00 AM
On a rainy day in the Peruvian Andes, a University of Arizona anthropologist was examining
a human burial site when he discovered something even more interesting. Tucked among
skull fragments, Mark Aldenderfer found shiny beads, some more than an inch long and
tube-shaped like tiny pasta noodles. He took the beads back to camp and washed them.
Then, true excitement set in. The beads were solid gold, parts of a necklace. They turned
out to be the oldest gold artifact ever discovered in the Americas.

ASU to showcase art during First Friday
The Arizona Republic - March 31, 2008 03:41 PM
Arizona State University plans to showcase more than 300 pieces of art during this week's First
Friday celebration in downtown Phoenix, including work from Valley art icon Eugene Grigsby, Jr.
Grigsby, who is 89 and lives in the Garfield neighborhood downtown, will join other artists to talk
about their work. The art will be displayed on the fourth through eighth floors of the University
Center, 411 N. Central Avenue.

House: Schools can't cut electives for academics
Arizona Daily Sun - April 01, 2008
Reversing course, the House voted Monday to bar schools from cutting certain electives to provide
more time for academics. Lawmakers had killed HB 2557 on a 27-33 vote last week amid concerns
that schools facing financial problems or lack of enrollment could cancel or curtail courses only after
 first getting permission from state School Superintendent Tom Horne. They said that interfered with
local control. On Monday Rep. Mark Anderson, R-Mesa, agreed to accept new language which keeps
the bar against cutting programs but allows local school boards to to override the law with a public vote.

American Heart Association endorses UA's 'new CPR'
Arizona Daily Star - April 1, 2008
No longer do you have to give mouth-to-mouth to save a life. Simply pushing fast and hard on the victim's
chest works just as well — and likely better, national experts now agree. In a surprise move on Monday,
the American Heart Association finally adopted what is known as the "new CPR" or "hands-only CPR,"
long advocated by the University of Arizona scientists who developed it. In a major policy statement
issued Monday, the association urged anyone who sees an adult collapse from sudden cardiac arrest to
call 911, then immediately start hard and fast chest compressions if the person is untrained in conventional
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (with mouth breathing) or is unsure of how to do it effectively.

UA led team finds oldest known gold artifact in the Americas
Arizona Daily Star - April 1, 2008
A 4,000-year-old gold necklace discovered in the Peruvian Andes by a team led by an archaeologist from
The University of Arizona, is thought to be the oldest gold artifacts found in the Americas. The findings,
published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that even
early groups with limited resources recognized the value of status symbols. Mark Aldenderfer, a professor
of anthropology at the UA, and his team excavated the site, Jiskairumoko, near Lake Titicaca located in a
drainage basin. where groups of hunters and gatherers from the Archaic period who were beginning to
make the transition to a more settled existence.

Olson can set the record straight today
Arizona Daily Star - April 1, 2008
The blurry nature of Lute Olson's season-long leave of absence may become clearer today. The Arizona
Wildcats basketball coach is scheduled to hold a regionally televised news conference at noon, during
which he is expected to face further questions about his leave and the future of his program. Olson told
the Star on Sunday he left the Wildcats because he was under too much stress and anxiety to be able
to give a fair effort to the team. After staying publicly silent on the issue from when he left the team Nov. 4
until he announced his return March 10, Olson has given slightly varying accounts of what kept him away.

Public meeting Tuesday on bioscience park
Tucson Citizen - April 1, 2008
UA will hold another on April 23 for proposed mixed-use development
Two public meetings have been scheduled to provide the University of Arizona with public input on its
proposed Master Land Use Plan for the Arizona Bioscience Park. Proposed for 65 acres of land at 36th
Street and South Kino Parkway, the project is part of a mixed-use development known as The Bridges,
which will include a 110-acre regional shopping center and 175 acres of residential development, as
well the Bioscience Park. The first meeting is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kiva Room at the Student Union
Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., and the second is at 7 p.m. April 23 in the Quincie Douglas
Neighborhood Center at 1575 E. 36th St.

Budget analysts say Arizona budget shortfall could worsen
Tucson Citizen - March 31, 2008
PHOENIX — Legislative budget analysts warn that the economy's current volatility could cause yet another
increase in the state's projected budget shortfall. The Joint Legislative Budget staff increased its shortfall
estimate to $1.2 billion from $970 million in February. The JLBC staff now says the revenue estimate could
be lowered again but that any large change probably won't occur until May when data from income tax filings
is available.

AZ leaders grim on economy
Tucson Citizen - April 1, 2008
Optimism among business leaders in Tucson and statewide continues its freefall in the second quarter
forecast for Compass Bank's Arizona Business Leaders Confidence Index. The index slipped to 36.9 for
the spring, the first time the index has dropped below 40 since Compass Bank and the University of
Arizona Eller College of Management launched the BLCI in spring 2003. This marks the third consecutive
quarter that all six categories used to build the index had sub-50 readings. A reading above 50 means an
expanding economy, below 50 a contracting economy.

Can helping university construction help save Arizona's economy?
ASU Web Devil - April 1, 2008
University leaders ask for $1.4 billion in state funding for universities to rehabilitate Arizona's economy
Arizona's three universities have proposed a plan to stimulate the economy by creating construction jobs,
but economics experts are questioning whether the $1.4 billion plan would be enough to save the state
from a recession. The plan, called the Construction Stimulus Program, is being proposed by ASU, UA
and NAU and will give the universities $1.4 billion over 25 years to renovate and maintain buildings at
the three universities.

Newly Found Martian Salt Deposits Suggest Ancient Life
SPACE.com - March 20, 2008 2:01 pm ET
For the first time, satellite imagery reveals thick Martian salt deposits scattered across the planet's
southern surface, which one planetary scientist claims could be sites of ancient life. The mats of
sodium chloride — the same taste-enhancing mineral found on your kitchen table — serve as
more evidence of Mars' watery past, and researchers think the briney pools that made them could
have been hospitable to life."If you're trying to find life on Mars, the more and different places that
exist, the better the chances are that one of them is going to have the right conditions," said Phil
Christensen, a planetary geologist at Arizona State University. "It takes a lot of water to form salt,
so this is another place to look."

'Gridiron Bash' a bust: Producer cancels event
The Alexander City Outlook - April 01, 2008
BIRMINGHAM (AP) - It was supposed to be huge: A New York producer planned to lure 1 million
people to 16 major college campuses and bring in at least $15 million with big-name acts on the
eve of spring football scrimmages starting this week. The plan for "Gridiron Bash" went bust
instead, and questions swirled Monday over who was to blame. The producer faulted a late rules
interpretation by the NCAA for forcing a postponement of the shows, which were planned at
Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona State, Utah, Colorado,
Iowa, Kansas State, Penn State, West Virginia, Maryland, Rutgers and West Point.

From a Burial Pit in Southern Peru, a Golden Oldie
New York Times - April 1, 2008
Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be a gold necklace from a 4,000-year-old burial
pit in southern Peru. It is the oldest example of worked gold ever found in the Americas. Mark
Aldenderfer of the University of Arizona and colleagues found nine cylindrical gold beads
interspersed with small green stones at the base of an adult skull in the pit at Jiskairumoko in the
Lake Titicaca basin. The pit showed no signs of having been disturbed, and tests showed the
burial dated from 2155 to 1936 B.C.