TO CLIPS INDEX - Clips for February 27, 2008

Can ASU fix Palo Verde?
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 27, 2008 12:00 AM
APS hopes school's scale model solves cooling-water problem
Arizona State University scientists are building in a basement of the Tempe campus a huge
scale model of a nuclear reactor - minus the nuclear. The goal is to help Arizona Public Service
Co. engineers investigate minor pressure fluctuations in the water system that cools Palo Verde
Nuclear Generating Station's reactors.

Community-college tuition may rise
The Arizona Republic - Feb. 27, 2008 12:00 AM
Board considering increasing price 9%, or $6 per credit hour
Students who attend Maricopa Community Colleges may have to pay more for their education.
The colleges' governing board is considering raising tuition by 9 percent, or $6 a credit hour, for
the 2008-09 school year. The board last raised tuition two years ago.

Proposal hikes colleges' tuition
East Valley Tribune - February 26, 2008 - 11:47PM
The Maricopa County Community College District's governing board is considering raising
tuition by $6 per credit hour. The proposal was presented to the board at a meeting Tuesday
night and will be reviewed until a decision is made in late March, officials said. If approved,
tuition would cost $71 per credit hour, ...

Poll: Arizonans oppose bill to allow guns on campus
East Valley Tribune - February 26, 2008 - 11:54PM
Arizonans are overwhelmingly against a measure that would allow licensed, concealed hand-
guns in schools, according to a Cronkite-Eight Poll released Tuesday. Seventy-three percent
of those polled said they oppose SB1214, sponsored by Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, which
won endorsement Monday from a Senate committee in a 4-3 party-line vote. Twenty percent
supported the idea and 7 percent were unsure.

Ex-Devil says he started test for teammate
East Valley Tribune - February 26, 2008 - 10:06PM
Former Arizona State infielder Brandon Macias said Tuesday he answered “maybe three”
questions of a 10-question online quiz for current Sun Devil pitcher Jason Jarvis in the fall
of 2007. Macias, now at South Mountain Community College, said he was doing a favor for
Jarvis, who was having car trouble and couldn’t get home in time to take the quiz. Students
had to sign in at a set time for their answers to be accepted, Macias said.

ASU takes step back from student disclosure idea
East Valley Tribune - February 26, 2008 - 11:20PM
ASU officials have disavowed a campus safety proposal that could have given the university
access to students' private mental health information. The university "is not requiring - and
will not consider requiring - such disclosure," Leah Hardesty, an Arizona State University
spokeswoman, wrote in a media release Friday.

College English coming to FUSD
Arizona Daily Sun - February 26, 2008
Flagstaff Unified School District high school students may soon be taking collegiate level
English 105 without leaving their campuses. FUSD assistant superintendent of curriculum
and instruction Barbara Hickman said the Northern Arizona University partnership is in the
very early planning stages, but represents the continued partnership between the district,
community college and NAU.

UA will help lead U.S. border studies
Arizona Daily Star - 2/27/2008
It's picked to join feds' Centers of Excellence effort
The University of Arizona will lead one of five new Department of Homeland Security Centers
of Excellence, with a $15 million grant over six years to study border security and immigration.
The UA will direct the research arm of the Center of Excellence for Border Security and
Immigration, while its co-leader, the University of Texas at El Paso, will direct the center's
educational functions. The center will draw together 10 other research universities — including
Arizona State University - ...

Guest Opinion: Coping skills, not guns, halt violence
Arizona Daily Star - 2/27/2008
Discussions and legislation to allow guns in schools to prevent violence seems to miss an
important point. Twelve years ago I began researching and in 2000 completed a book describing
the preventable causes of school violence and how perpetrators justify their murderous acts. I
concluded that simple preventive education policies in schools are necessary to quell the urge
to violence that troubled teens use to avenge their emotional wounds.

UA attempting to tone down Zona Zoo's bad language
Tucson Citizen - 2/27/2008
Anyone who has attended a University of Arizona men's basketball game knows the loudest,
most rowdy section of McKale Center is Zona Zoo, the 2,290-member student section. At the Feb.
16 game against Stanford, it was also the most profane. After Jordan Hill fouled out of the game,
Zona Zoo members chanted "F- - - the ref" loud enough that television crews picked it up on
national coverage.

UA named a leader in border research
Tucson Citizen - 2/27/2008
Feds will give university $15M to help develop surveillance technology
The University of Arizona was appointed a leader of the Department of Homeland Security's
border research program Tuesday and will help develop new surveillance technology. DHS
will give the university and its co-leader, the University of Texas at El Paso, $20 million over
six years for the project, called the Center of Excellence for Border Security and Immigration,
the center's associate director, Elyse Golob, said.

Dean candidates for UA public health to speak
Tucson Citizen - 2/26/2008
Candidates for dean of the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public
Health will be at public forums so students, faculty and the community can meet with them.
All meetings will be at 5 p.m. in the college's Roy P. Drachman Hall, 1295 N. Martin Ave.,
Room B109. A reception follows in Conference Room A324 and A326 on the third floor.

Guest Opinion: AZ needs to slow budget roller coaster
Tucson Citizen - 2/27/2008
Arizona's recent budget history looks a lot like a roller coaster.
During years with strong economic growth, state politicians allow spending to shoot up to
unsustainably high levels. Then, during economic slowdowns when revenues fall off, state
spending goes crashing downward. On a theme park roller coaster, the screaming during
the big drop means people are having fun and enjoying the ride. But with the state budget,
the screaming is not an indication Arizonans are having fun.

Opinions: More expensive than tuition
ASU Web Devil - February 27, 2008
A few weeks ago I wrote about Stephanie Mahan whose dorm room was freezing due to a
non-functioning heater. It had been a problem for several months and after following all the
correct steps to get it fixed, nothing happened. She was desperate. So, I wrote the column,
it was printed and that evening, suddenly her heater was working. Almost like magic (or a
ton of hard work completed by her community assistant), her room went from being a
freezer to a normal room and everybody lived happily ever after, right?

Opinions: Strike one?
ASU Web Devil - February 27, 2008
Which is it? Take us out to the ballgame or take them out of the ballgame? Well, that just
happens to be the question of the day surrounding the ASU baseball program — and a
question that we're not yet willing to answer. With the entire hubbub surrounding the
program's internal investigation still far from playing itself out, we aren't looking to play
umpire quite yet. But with our No. 1-ranked baseball team under investigation for
"academic fraud and recruiting violations," we still can't help but wonder what the real
story is.

ASU investigates baseball allegations
ASU Web Devil - February 27, 2008
ASU's No. 1-ranked baseball program is at the center of an internal investigation into
allegations including academic fraud and recruiting violations made by a former team
employee. The University's probe has been active since January and ASU obtained the
legal counsel of Ice Miller, ASU spokeswoman Terri Shafer said.

Amended gun bill passes committee
ASU Web Devil - February 27, 2008
A bill that would allow holders of concealed-weapon permits to bring their guns to campus
passed the Senate Judiciary committee by one vote Monday after being amended to only
apply to college campuses. Senate Bill 1214, which has stirred up controversy on both
sides of the gun-control debate, passed the committee along party lines, with four
Republicans voting for it and three Democrats dissenting.

Proposed gun legislation causes stir at UA
UA Daily Wildcat Online - 2/27/08
The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to support legislation to let students
and staff at community colleges and state universities carry permitted guns for protection.
The committee voted 4-3 and the bill will now go to the Senate floor for debate between all
members. The bill originally included a K-12 provision, but was removed because the bill
was unable to get the amount of votes needed to get through, said Sen. Karen Johnson,
R-Mesa, and the primary sponsor of SB 1214.

Program lets Peace Corps vets earn graduate degrees
UA Daily Wildcat Online - 2/27/08
The UA is home to a fellowship program that allows returned Peace Corps volunteers to
earn graduate degrees while working at internships that benefit Southern Arizona. "The
fellows live the ideal of John Kennedy, who said, 'Ask not what your county can do for you -
ask what you can do for your country,' " said Georgia Ehlers, director of fellowship, intern-
ship and community engagement at the Graduate College.

UA leads $15 million border center
UA Daily Wildcat Online - 2/27/08
While border issues remain a controversial topic across the country, the UA is taking an
active approach to solving border security issues. The UA is leading a team of 12
universities in the establishment of the Center of Excellence for Border Security and
Immigration to deal with issues concerning the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada.

Dean's panel looks to help distressed students
UA Daily Wildcat Online - 2/27/08
Mental and emotional assistance will help students, campus
How to identify a student who is mentally or emotionally distressed was the topic of a panel
discussion held yesterday by the Dean of Students Office. A panel of experts representing
the Dean of Students Office, Counseling and Psychological Services, Life and Work
Connections, the University of Arizona Police Department and the University Attorney's Office,
led a discussion about issues related to distressed students and what the university can and
should do to help them and protect the campus.

Starting Up: Is B-School Worth It?
smSmallBiz.com - February 27, 2008
BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR requires a marketable idea, a lot of passion and perhaps an
almost zealot-like commitment. But what's not necessary — and in some entrepreneurial
circles, even scoffed at — is a master's degree in business administration. That's the
situation Kenny Lao, co-founder of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar, a chain of dumpling eateries
in New York, found himself in after receiving his MBA from New York University's Stern
School of Business in 2004. When conversing with fellow entrepreneurs and others of the
restaurant-industry ilk, he rarely (if ever) mentions his prestigious schooling. "There can be
a backlash against MBAs," he says.

UO, OSU can keep marketing deals secret
The Oregonian - February 27, 2008
Contracts - The state attorney general's office says that the public records law allows for some
confidentiality
Oregon and Oregon State's multimillion-dollar sports marketing contracts are trade secrets and
can be hidden from public view, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers said this week. In a nine-
page opinion released late Monday, Myers' office upheld both universities' contention that they
could keep the amounts of their sports broadcast and marketing rights contracts confidential
under the state public records law. The confidentiality helps them maintain a business advantage
over marketing contractors and other schools, ...