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TODAY'S LOCAL
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TODAY'S NATIONAL
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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LOCAL HEADLINES
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40 NAU faculty
take buyouts
By Becky Pallack.
Northern Arizona
University is
planning now for
a "storm" that
is coming in
2012. As part of
that
preparation, 40
faculty have
signed up for
early retirement
next year in
exchange for a
year's salary.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/article_24172171-fd26-582b-a68e-22fce57ee068.html)
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UA med school
plans expansion
By Ken Alltucker.
The University
of Arizona will
seek to
jump-start the
school's
downtown
medical-school
campus expansion
with a $187
million
education
building and by
acquiring a
chunk of land to
accommodate
growth.
(Inside Tucson
Business:
http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2010/01/08/news/doc4b4781cd842bb601134958.txt)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/01/09/20100109biz-medschool0109.html)
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ASU's golf
management
program may be
saved after all
By William
Hermann. Arizona
State
University's
golf management
program appeared
to have
disappeared like
a drive into a
water hazzard,
but the
nationally
recognized
program now,
seems to be
headed back to
the fairway,
school officials
say.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2010/01/08/20100108mr-polygolf0108.html)
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Developers want
high-rise in
historic
district
By Becky Pallack.
Two developers
from Cave Creek
want the city's
permission to
build a
high-rise
apartment
complex in the
West University
neighborhood
that will be
home to 300
students.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/324604.php)
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Hubble gazes
back nearly to
the start of
time itself
By Tom Beal.
University of
Arizona
astronomer
Marcia Rieke is
principal
investigator for
the Near
Infrared Camera
(NIRCam) on
Hubble's
successor, the
James Webb Space
Telescope.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/324621.php)
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Local officials
watching
legislators on
budget battle
By Edythe
Jensen. Rep.
David Shapira
D-Tempe said his
city's "crown
jewel" --
Arizona State
University - is
suffering from
disproportionately
high cuts to
education funds.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/01/08/20100108sev-leglook0109.html)
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People to Watch
in 2010
Though state
funding cuts
ultimately are
to blame,
Arizona State
University
President
Michael Crow
must defuse
mounting tension
over recent
program
consolidations
at the
Polytechnic
campus
(ABC News:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2010/01/08/20100108mr-polygolf0108.html)
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Scientists hope
Phoenix will
rise anew
By Tom Beal.
Phoenix already
is a success
story, NASA's
Chad Edwards
said. University
of Arizona
scientists used
a suite of
scientific
instruments to
reach out, touch
and analyze
"water ice" and
other elements
collected from
the Martian
surface during a
five-month
mission that
ended in
November 2008.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/dailystar/324682.php)
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AZ foundation
names new
president, CEO
By Stephanie
Wilken. The
board of
directors of the
Arizona
Community
Foundation
announced the
hiring of Steven
G. Seleznow,
Ed.D., as the
new president
and CEO. The
announcement was
made through a
news release
Friday.
(Yuma Daily Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/community-55399-foundation-arizona.html)
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Scholarships to
boost college
attendance
By Suzanne
Jacobson. An
expanded Arizona
State University
financial aid
program aims to
more than triple
the number of
incoming
freshmen
receiving money
for college.
(Payson Roundup:
http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/jan/08/scholarships_boost_college_attendance/)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Nurse Outduels
IRS to Deduct
M.B.A. Tuition
By Laura
Saunders. A
Maryland nurse
accomplished two
rare feats in
her battle with
the Internal
Revenue Service:
She defended
herself against
the agency's
lawyers and won,
and she got a
ruling that
could help tens
of thousands of
students deduct
the cost of an
M.B.A. degree on
their taxes. The
Tax Court ruling
should make it
easier for many
other
professionals to
deduct the
expense of a
Master in
Business
Administration
degree.
(Wall Street
Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703535104574646582965101664.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_emailed)
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Cutting deeper
into the same
battered
programs
By Michael
Rothfeld. The
governor is
threatening to
reduce or
eliminate
funding for Cal
Grant awards for
college
students, among
other cuts.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/politics/cal/~3/j4xthZ-KKb8/la-me-budget-cuts10-2010jan10,0,3052704.story)
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A Novel Idea to
Keep Students in
College: Failure
Insurance
By David Glenn.
Failure
insurance might
sound
outlandish—but a
well-designed
insurance system
could actually
improve
students' effort
and their
attainment
rates, according
to a working
paper that was
presented in
Atlanta last
week at the
annual meeting
of the American
Economic
Association.
(The Chronicle
of Higher
Education:
http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/ZMBT9YqSe5Q/)
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To Save Money,
Louisiana Seeks
to Balance 2-
and 4-Year
Colleges
By Eric
Kelderman. Joe
D. May,
president of the
Louisiana
Community and
Technical
College system,
wants the state
to channel more
students into
the two-year
colleges, an
idea criticized
by leaders of
public
universities.
(The Chronicle
of Higher
Education:
http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/RygjkeT35As/)
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OPINIONS
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Liberalism's
failures
strangle
California
By George Will.
California, a
laboratory of
liberalism, is
spiraling
downward, driven
by a huge budget
deficit. So the
University of
California
system's budget
was cut 20
percent.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/opinion/324478.php)
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