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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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ASU student
killed by
suspected
red-light runner
By Michael
Ferraresi. ASU
student Abel
Abebe, 27, died
of injuries he
suffered when a
2008 Hyundai
coupe broadsided
his Honda Civic
on Baseline Road
as he drove to
work. Abebe, an
ASU pharmacy
student, worked
a graveyard
shift as a
caregiver to
mentally
challenged
adults before he
would head to
ASU's main
campus in Tempe
for class.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/02/01/20100201crashvictim0202.html)
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Biomedical
campus gets $15M
stimulus boost
By Angela
Gonzales. The
Phoenix
Biomedical
Campus is
getting $15
million in
stimulus funding
to build
laboratory
support
facilities. The
federal grant
comes directly
from the
National
Institutes of
Health to expand
the University
of Arizona
College of
Medicine - in
partnership with
Arizona State
University.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/02/01/daily3.html?s=industry&i=health_care)
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UA student
starts
self-defense
class for women
By Christopher
Francis. A
University of
Arizona student
is helping women
on campus learn
to defend
themselves
against
attackers.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11916649)
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Arizona to track
learning after
high school
By Becky Pallack.
Arizona will
take part in a
new nationwide
system to track
where high
school graduates
go to college.
The data
collected
through the
system will help
measure the
success of the
state's
college-preparedness
programs,
according to the
Arizona Board of
Regents and the
Arizona
Department of
Education.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_7acc6bf8-222e-5061-9052-3b1c130b5377.html)
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UA garners $15M
grant for
Phoenix animal
lab
The University
of Arizona
College of
Medicine won a
$15 million
federal stimulus
grant to build a
facility for
research animals
in downtown
Phoenix.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_84f14094-ff16-51cc-8e66-7a4c7467e205.html)
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Campus diversity
on the rise
By Taylor Avey.
Diversity at the
UA is at an
all-time high,
meeting
President Robert
Shelton’s goal
four years ago.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/campus-diversity-on-the-rise-1.1110151)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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College Students
Struggling
By Gene Trainor.
Stress from the
economic
downturn,
trouble coping
with the
transition to
college and
general
depression and
anxiety appear
to be hitting
college students
at rates never
seen before on
campuses across
the country.
(Chicago
Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sns-health-college-mental-health-diseases,0,131570.story)
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Earnings Gap
Between College
and High School
Grads Small
By Mary Pilon. A
college
education may
not be worth as
much as you
think. For
years, higher
education was
touted as a safe
path to
professional and
financial
success. Easy
money, in the
form of student
loans, flowed to
help parents and
students finance
degrees, with
the implication
that in the long
run, a
bachelor's
degree was a
good bet. But
now, as tuition
continues to
skyrocket and
many seeking to
change careers
are heading back
to school, some
researchers are
questioning the
methodology
behind the high
projections.
(Wall Street
Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703822404575019082819966538.html)
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Soaring tuition
making college
plans tougher
Tuition has been
trending upward
for years, but
debate in
statehouses and
trustee meeting
rooms has been
more urgent this
year as most
states struggle
their way out of
the economic
meltdown.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/national/article_ec42ae4b-db6d-56df-b80d-56b2697096d7.html)
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OPINIONS
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Without gifts,
UA programs
would be hurting
[Editorial] As
state funding
for UA continues
to decline, the
school counts
more and more on
gifts. In
2008-09, those
totaled $141
million. The
biggest slice of
that pie - $39.6
million - went
to academic
divisions within
the university.
Donors chose to
give $7.5
million to
athletics.
That's
consistent with
the pattern over
the past three
years, during
which donations
to sports
accounted for 4
to 5 percent of
total giving.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_9f4abfd4-1189-586d-b440-08604b4a75cb.html)
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Reading is built
on rich language
exposure
throughout
preschool years
Dr. Dorothy D.
Johnson and Dr.
Barbara L.
Smith. We
applaud Rep.
Rich Crandall,
R-Mesa, for his
concern for
third-graders
who are unable
to read at their
age level, but
intervention
must begin well
before the
primary grades.
Locally, First
Things First is
funding parent
and provider
training through
the UA's early
speech-language
specialists.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/opinion/article_d7b08707-bda9-5416-acc5-393577fbc219.html)
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