TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for April 8, 2008

Internal study cites turmoil at UA medical school
The Arizona Republic - April 8, 2008 12:00 AM
TUCSON - The amount of time University of Arizona doctors must give to their clinical practices
in order to generate profits at the sacrifice of academic research and teaching is at the crux of a
crisis at the UA's College of Medicine, a new report says. The study found that a so-called "three-
headed monster" that shares power over the medical faculty was at the core of much of the turmoil
at the medical school. That includes the College of Medicine itself, University Medical Center, the
teaching hospital, and University Physicians Healthcare, the UA doctors group. "It is a widely held
belief among clinical faculty (physicians) that the current structure makes it essentially impossible
for them to engage effectively in academic medicine," the report states.

$1.4 bil campus-construction plan gains backers
The Arizona Republic - April 8, 2008 12:00 AM
Mayor of Phoenix, businesses and educators are on board with push to aid state economy
A proposed $1.4 billion campus-construction plan to jump-start the economy got support Monday
from several business and education groups. More than two dozen groups and individuals, from
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to the Flagstaff Forty, a group of business leaders, have signed on to
support the proposal. The coalition calls itself the Stimulus Plan for Economic and Educational
Development, or SPEED. Gordon described his support as a "no-brainer."

‘Hand orgies,’ condom races at ASU Thursday
East Valley Tribune - April 7, 2008 - 5:01PM
Students at Arizona State University’s main campus can learn how to put on a condom and prevent
sexually transmitted infections Tuesday during the STI Awareness Campus Tour on Hayden Lawn.
Planned Parenthood Arizona is touring college campuses throughout the state this month to promote
sexual health and safety and raise awareness about STIs and unplanned pregnancies.
Representatives will be on the Tempe campus from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Report: Student concealed pregnancy
Arizona Daily Sun - April 8, 2008
A Northern Arizona University student who gave birth at seven months in her dorm room to a stillborn
baby managed to conceal her pregnancy from everyone around. According to a CAMPUS police report
released Monday, the woman's roommates, her brother, and another family member and friend she
had recently visited said they did not notice a weight gain or anything else unusual about the woman,
who roommates said typically kept to herself. The roommates did report the sight and smell of blood
and other organic matter in the apartment, especially in one of the bathrooms and the woman's
bedroom room, starting around Oct. 24.

Opinion: Universities' building plan a good idea
Arizona Daily Star - April 7, 2008
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc.'s economic blueprint recognizes our community's
unlimited potential to achieve a diversified regional economy built on high-value industries that
provide new, higher-wage jobs accessible to all Tucsonans. The blueprint also acknowledges
the critical role that the University of Arizona will play in producing the skilled work force and
providing the cutting-edge technologies needed in order to realize that potential. Our economic
fortunes and the programs of the University of Arizona go hand in hand. The state's three public
universities have proposed a $1.4 billion economic stimulus plan that will not only enable the
University of Arizona to maintain its competitive edge as a world-class center of technology
creation and innovation but will also provide a well-needed boost to our local construction industry.

Clemson scholar picked as UA architecture dean
Arizona Daily Star - April 8, 2008
The University of Arizona has selected a new architecture dean and will have interim deans appointed
after this semester for nursing and humanities. Janice Schach of Clemson University will take over for
Charles Albanese on July 1 as dean of the UA's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture,
said Provost Eugene Sander. Albanese has had a four-decade career as a professor and administrator.
He retired in 2002 before returning as dean in 2005.

State university presidents pitch bond funding for $1.4B in campus projects
Tucson Citizen - April 8, 2008
Correction version. University presidents are trying to get $1.4 billion from the state. It's akin to trying
to sell long underwear in Tucson in August. Arizona's three university presidents are attempting to get
$1.4 billion from the state for capital projects at their institutions at a time when the state is facing a
budget deficit of at least $1.2 billion this year and an estimated $1.7 billion next year. They're doing it
by packaging their projects as an economic stimulus plan designed to jump-start the flagging
construction industry and shore up a "knowledge-based economy." The Stimulus Plan for Economic
and Educational Development (SPEED) arose out of discussions by the presidents of the University
of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, UA President Robert N. Shelton
said.

Med faculty expresses concerns
Tucson Citizen - April 8, 2008
Stress, lack of time for research are among complaints
University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton assured members of UA's Faculty Senate on Monday
that steps are being taken to address faculty concerns at the College of Medicine. "I've met with Dean
(Keith) Joiner and we're planning gatherings with the faculty to delve into these issues," Shelton said.
"I want to go arm in arm with the faculty." Concerns over faculty governance, academic freedom and the
convoluted relationship between the College of Medicine, University Medical Center and University
Physicians Healthcare came before the Senate in a report from the Committee of Eleven.

The Bounce: O'Neill was candidate for Rice job
Tucson Citizen - April 8, 2008
SAN ANTONIO - Whatever happens to Kevin O'Neill, there's little doubt he'll land on his feet. He always
has in his long and winding career. Monday, the Houston Chronicle reported O'Neill was among a short
list of people former UA assistant athletic director Chris Del Conte either contacted or interviewed for the
once-vacant Rice University head coaching job. Del Conte hired former California coach Ben Braun
instead.

Prep courses aim to give eighth-graders leg up
ASU Web Devil - April 8, 2008
Program part of New American University tenet of access to college
Eighth-grade students involved in a new ASU-initiated program are getting a boost when it comes to high
school, college and beyond. Access ASU, part of ASU President Michael Crow's Sun Devil Promise, began
in July and August to plan for a college prep course that is now being offered to three Phoenix elementary
schools. Under the program, all students, regardless of race or socioeconomic background, are to be given
a chance to attend ASU. The preparatory course, now being offered at Magnet Traditional, Herrera and
Kenilworth elementary schools, is designed to help students prepare for high school and college.

Refugees get a refurbished home-sweet-home
ASU Web Devil - April 7, 2008
Some Valley refugees will return to a new and improved community center this week following the hard
work of a group of ASU freshmen. The ASU Leadership Scholarship Program comprises 25 freshmen
each year. This year's class collected donations and raised money to fund the repainting, gardening and
addition of office supplies to the Arizona Refugee Community Center in Glendale, which the freshman
renovated Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The center is a local organization that assists refugees in learning
to adapt to their new communities, said the center's director Sarab Al-Ani. Originally from Iraq, Al-Ani said
she never saw anything like the work the students completed for the center's refugees.

Pinnacle West, Sundt Construction execs join backers of $1.4 billion Arizona bond plan
The Business Journal of Phoenix - April 7, 2008 - 3:56 PM MST
The Arizona Medical Association and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon have joined state university presidents,
construction companies and economic developers in backing a $1.4 billion bond program to construct
more buildings at state colleges. Supporters of the plan say it will help stimulate the state's sagging
construction sector while helping universities. Building various facilities at the state's three public
universities would create more than 30,000 jobs, they say.