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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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NAU spring
enrollment tops
22,400, with
nearly 15,000 in
Flagstaff
Enrollment at
Northern Arizona
University has
broken another
record this
spring. The
official
semester
headcount sits
at 22,421
students at NAU
sites across
Arizona,
according to an
NAU press
release.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/education/article_ecfc9685-4eea-5150-98d2-144254c65033.html)
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University
launches updated
online emergency
alert system
By Nicholas
Palomino
Mendoza.
Facebook,
Twitter and RSS
feeds have been
incorporated
into the
University's
emergency
messaging system
provider, E2
campus.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10561)
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Students seek
more counseling
in February
By Laura
Donovan. Each
year right
around now, UA
Counseling and
Psychological
Services
experiences its
busiest point.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/students-seek-more-counseling-in-february-1.1115677)
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UA researcher
awarded two
national prizes
worth $80K
By Jazmine
Woodberry.
Marcia
Neugebauer, an
adjunct research
scientist who
works with the
UA Lunar and
Planetary
Laboratory,
earned both the
Arctowski Medal
and the 2010
George Ellery
Hale Prize in
January.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/ua-researcher-awarded-two-national-prizes-worth-80k-1.1115680)
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Bark beetles
rocked by sound
By Bonnie
Stevens. In a
Northern Arizona
University
School of
Forestry lab,
researchers are
listening to the
sound of western
forests under
attack: the
scratching,
scraping,
crunching of the
Ips bark beetle
and its cousins
chewing the life
out of
ponderosa,
pinyon and
lodgepole pines.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/article_e4870127-95b0-5298-8994-597b80c9262a.html)
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University of
Arizona's tree
ring lab
unlocking the
past
By Amber
Sullins. Buried
under the west
end bleachers of
the University
of Arizona
stadium is the
first, and still
greatest of all,
tree ring labs
in the country.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/centralsouthernarizona/tucson/story/University-of-Arizonas-tree-ring-lab-unlocking/-6edBra4uk-ePhLKqzYMgw.cspx)
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ASU student home
after getting
badly injured in
Haiti quake
By Christopher
Sign.
25-year-old
Arizona State
University
graduate student
got off a plane
at Phoenix Sky
Harbor Airport
to a small crowd
of cheering
fans.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/ASU-student-home-after-getting-badly-injured-in/XvhoNudLVEqfQOM9qEbfCQ.cspx?rss=704)
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ASU boots up
online tutoring
By Maxfield
Barker. In a
society where
most young
people are tech
savvy, ASU has
launched online
tutoring as a
convenient way
for students to
get help from
home. ASU's
writing center
is kicking off
its official
launch of online
writing
tutoring.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10569)
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Peoria's
economic
development team
in talks with 5
colleges
By Marjon
Rostami.
Peoria's
economic
development team
met with three
colleges or
universities,
including two
out-of-state
institutions, in
January in hopes
of attracting
one to relocate
or expand to
Peoria.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1421024)
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Vibrating
fitness machine
begins UA pilot
program
By Bethany
Barnes. The UA
is kicking off a
pilot study on
the effects of
whole body
vibration.
Medvibe is
teaming up with
the UA to
conduct a
research study
about the
effects
Medvibe’s
NitroFit Whole
Body Vibration
Machine can have
on muscle
strength.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/vibrating-fitness-machine-begins-ua-pilot-program-1.1115687)
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Online school
caters to busy
entrepreneurs
By Max Jarman.
Entrepreneurs
who want to
expand their
skills but don't
have the time or
money to commit
to traditional
business-school
programs have a
new option. It's
the
International
School of
Entrepreneurship,
a new online
institution
based in the
Phoenix area
that offers a
curriculum of
more than 40
online classes
that are two
hours long and
can be accessed
for $49.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/05/20100205biz-school0206.html)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Charter schools'
growth promoting
segregation,
studies say
By Howard Blume.
The growth of
charter schools
has promoted
segregation both
in California
and nationwide
according to two
new studies. One
report was
developed by
education policy
centers at the
University of
Colorado at
Boulder and
Arizona State
University
focused on
economic
segregation.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/s2nC4MbrlkU/la-me-charters5-2010feb05,0,3300930.story)
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Arizona May
Allow Faculty to
Carry Guns on
Campus
Guns on campus:
not everyone
wants it, but in
Arizona it might
just become a
reality.
(ABC News:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/campuschatter/2010/02/arizona-may-allow-faculty-to-carry-guns-on-campus.html)
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Ohio State's
influential
leader lends his
support to
tenure-system
change
The leader of
the country's
largest
university
thinks it's time
to re-examine
how professors
are awarded
tenure, a type
of job-for-life
protection
virtually
unknown outside
academia.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/national/article_377f85b0-53d8-5c58-8427-ad97d9f4d45e.html)
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OPINIONS
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Goldwater
Institute -
Arizona's
colleges and
universities
would fare
better with
serious
admission
standards
By Matthew
Ladner.
Arizona's
community
colleges and
universities
should raise
their admission
standards for
new students.
Some, perhaps
most, of the
students
flunking out of
ASU, UA and NAU
ought to be
attending
community
colleges.
(White Mountain
Independent:
http://www.wmicentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20407978)
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Northland
Pioneer College:
Here to stay
By Dr. Jeanne
Swarthout.
Northland
Pioneer College
has been a vital
part of
northeastern
Arizona
communities for
the past 35
years. Contrary
to any rumors
that may be
circulating in
your community,
NPC has no plans
to close its
doors.
(White Mountain
Independent:
http://www.wmicentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20407980)
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