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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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New UA South
leader known as
an advocate for
students
The University
of Arizona
South’s new
chief executive,
Jim Shockey,
will bring to
the office a
reputation as a
strong student
advocate when he
starts his new
job Monday at
the UA campus
headquartered in
Sierra Vista.
(Sierra Vista
Herald:
http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2010/01/08/new-ua-south-leader-known-advocate-students)
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UA Center
Receives Nearly
$1 Million from
NIH
By Mark Evans.
The Arizona
Center for the
Biology of
Complex Diseases
at the
University of
Arizona has
received a
$958,544
National
Institutes of
Health Challenge
grant to
identify
epigenetic
predictors of
asthma in
neonates,
newborn infants
less than four
weeks old.
(Tucson Citizen:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/hot-off-the-press-release/2010/01/11/ua-center-receives-nearly-1-million-from-nih)
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Local academics:
No guns on
campus
By William
Roller. A recent
proposal by an
Arizona lawmaker
to allow
firearms on
college campuses
has drawn some
intense
crossfire from
academics.
(Yuma Daily Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/use-55423-gould-weapon.html)
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UA branch in
Nogales turns
out teachers
By Becky Pallack.
The University
of Arizona's
two-year-old
branch campus in
Nogales, Ariz.,
is taking root
by training
teachers.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/324813)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Ernest Calderon
Joins Arizona
American Water
Board of
Directors
Arizona American
Water announced
today that
Ernest Calderon,
founder of
Calderon Law
offices and
President of the
Arizona Board of
Regents, has
joined the Board
of Directors of
Arizona American
Water.
(FOX News:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/ernest-calderon-joins-arizona-american-water-board-directors/)
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Blindness
Groups, ASU
Settle Suit Over
Kindle
Two
organizations
representing the
blind have
settled a
discrimination
lawsuit against
Arizona State
University over
its use of
Amazon's Kindle
e-reader device.
(ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9534367)
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/11/daily12.html?s=industry&i=education)
(Inside Higher
Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/12/qt/arizona_state_settles_suit_over_kindle)
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Best Value
Colleges: Can
getting a degree
be affordable?
By Jack Gillum.
In Arizona, both
Arizona State
and the
University of
Arizona remained
on Princeton
Review's list;
Arizona
universities saw
a $13 million
increase in
state aid from
2004-05 to
2008-09, says a
regents report.
(USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-01-12-best-value-colleges_N.htm)
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Soda fountain
machines harbor
fecal bacteria,
study finds
[From New York
Daily News]. By
Rosemary Black.
University of
Arizona
microbiologist
Charles Gerba
told ABCNews.com
that coliform
bacteria have
been seen in
drinking water
dispensing
machines where
the customers
fill up jugs of
water. “You see
it anytime you
have something
where people can
touch the
dispenser,” he
said.
(Associated
Press:
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/01/08/2010-01-08_soda_fountain_machines_harbor_fecal_bacteria_study_finds.html)
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Keeping Student
Health
Affordable
By Jennifer
Epstein. Two
major groups
representing
higher education
have called on
Congressional
leaders to work
to protect
campus-sponsored
student health
insurance plans
in the final
health care
reform bill
being hashed out
by Democrats
behind closed
doors this
month.
(Inside Higher
Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/12/insure)
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OPINIONS
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People to watch
in 2010
[Scroll Down].
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.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2010/01/09/20100109sat1-09.html)
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Legislature's
inaction leaves
Shelton "stupified"
By Becky Pallack.
[Memo from
Robert N.
Shelton]. Days
before
Christmas, we
were informed by
the Governor’s
office that the
state would not
be making its
December general
fund
appropriation to
the three ABOR
universities. In
our case, that
amounts to about
$30 million. We
were told that
cash-flow
difficulties
made the payment
impossible, but
that it would be
forwarded to us
as soon as
possible, but at
this time, the
exact date is
uncertain.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/campuscorrespondent/17855/legislatures-inaction-leaves-shelton-stupified)
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