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TODAY'S LOCAL
HEADLINES
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TODAY'S NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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LOCAL HEADLINES
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State makes
payment of $47M
to universities
By Becky Pallack.
The state made a
late payment to
the three state
universities on
Thursday, said
Katie Paquet,
Arizona Board of
Regents
spokeswoman.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_14a53fb5-1444-59bb-b26e-4ae2b6401711.html)
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State finally
pays schools
By Brian Mori.
The $75 million
owed to the
schools since
December was
dispersed by the
Arizona treasury
at the end of
the business day
Wednesday, and
January’s
payment is
expected within
a few days, said
Katie Paquet,
associate
executive
director of
public affairs
and external
relations for
the Arizona
Board of
Regents.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/state-finally-pays-schools-1.1081037)
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Honors college
plans to double
student fee by
2012
By Kyle Patton.
Barrett, the
Honors College
is proposing to
increase its
student fee by
$250 next school
year, and plans
to double the
fee for current
students by
2012.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10100)
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Chris Bustamante
new president of
Rio Salado
College
Chris Bustamante
has been named
interim
president of Rio
Salado College
and will take on
his new position
about the same
time as Linda
Thor, the
outgoing
president,
begins tackling
a new challenge
in California.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/18/daily2.html?s=industry&i=education)
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Student biology
research
presented
By Jazmine
Woodberry. More
than 100 UA
undergraduate
student
researchers will
present poster
projects of
their research
at the
Undergraduate
Biology Research
Program
conference
Saturday.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/student-biology-research-presented-1.1081034)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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UC approves $3.1
million in
bonuses for
senior medical
executives
By Larry Gordon.
The University
of California
regents Thursday
approved the
controversial
payment of $3.1
million in
performance
bonuses to 38
senior
executives at
UC's five
medical centers.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/NwED5mB-D_Y/la-me-uc22-2010jan22,0,487236.story)
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Children's
cereal: Sugary
cereal marketed
to kids
By Julie
Deardorff.
Parents can say
"no" when their
children beg for
sugary cereal.
But it's hardly
a level playing
field, as there
is virtually no
marketing of
healthy food to
kids, said Dale
Kunkel, a
professor of
communications
at the
University of
Arizona and a
member of the
Institute of
Medicine's Food
and Nutrition
Board.
(Chicago
Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-nat-cereal-20100120,0,2143054,full.story)
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Firms Seek Aid
From
Executive-Education
Schools
By Diana
Middleton. A
small but
growing number
of companies say
they are
eschewing
consulting and
advertising
firms and
turning to
executive-education
programs for
timely real-life
solutions to
their problems.
(Wall Street
Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704320104575015060414774920.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn)
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OPINIONS
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Urgently needed
medical school
would help state
[Editorial] The
only thing
standing in the
way of the
urgently needed
University of
Arizona medical
school in
downtown Phoenix
is a meeting of
state
legislators.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2010/01/22/20100122fri1-22.html)
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