TO CLIPS INDEX  Clips for March 24, 2009

ASU West seeks to reassure students
The Arizona Republic 3/24/09 10:40 AM
Listeners of the public-radio station KJZZ are learning
about the master's programs offered by Arizona State
University West as college administrators learn some
pivotal lessons in communications. "KJZZ is supported
by New College at ASU's West campus," reads the
script for one current ad. "Introducing the Master's in
Social Justice and Human Rights. A learner-centered
program for careers in government and NGO's (non-
governmental organizations). Enrolling for 2009. New
College dot ASU dot EDU." The ads also promote
master's programs for communications, inter-
disciplinary studies, psychology and pastoral care -
degree courses that were withdrawn from the West
campus during February budget cuts and quietly
restored just two weeks later.

Students' readiness for next step is focus
Cronkite News Service/The Arizona Republic
3/24/09
A Democratic lawmaker wants to establish a
pilot program to allow high schools to develop
their own profiles of whether students are ready
for college or careers. ...Lujan authored HB 2456,
which would have a public high-school district
and several charter schools develop alternative-
school achievement profiles to gauge students'
readiness. The bill has passed two committees
and is headed to the House floor. The bill is a
response to a study by David Garcia, an Arizona
State University assistant professor of education
leadership and policy studies.

UA boots another frat, 3rd this academic year
Associated Press/The Arizona Republic
3/23/09 6:33 PM
TUCSON - A third fraternity has been kicked off
campus at the University of Arizona. The Tucson
school announced Monday that Kappa Alpha
Order's UA chapter will be suspended for 18
months after an investigation revealed the frat
hosted unregistered parties and created safety
concerns. Kappa Alpha joins Kappa Sigma and
Sigma Phi Epsilon in losing university privileges
this academic year. School officials said the
fraternity does not plan to appeal the decision.

State agencies begin submitting budget cut
proposals
The Arizona Republic 3/23/09 11:27 AM
Arizonans wondering what the state will look like
after the Legislature closes a $3 billion budget
gap now have a place to start. State agencies
have unveiled proposals on how to reduce their
budgets at 5 percent increments, up to 20 per-
cent. Mid-level proposals include everything from
releasing prisoners early and eliminating health
care for children to laying off about 1,000 people
at Arizona State University. The agency documents,
which could represent a starting point for Gov. Jan
Brewer as she crafts a budget proposal, have
drawn protests from advocates for families and
social services. Agency directors acknowledged
the severity of their proposals.

Republicans attempt to craft budget without tax
hike
Capitol Media Services/East Valley Tribune
3/23/09 11:56PM
Legislative Republicans are preparing a budget
for next year that involves no new taxes, a move
that could court Jan Brewer's first veto. Senate
President Bob Burns, R-Peoria, said Monday
that GOP lawmakers already have come up with
at least $2.5 billion in solutions to dealing with
the anticipated $3 billion gap next budget year
between revenues and expenses. Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Gray, R-Mesa, said that
encompasses spending cuts, use of stimulus
dollars and some one-time solutions like selling
off or mortgaging state buildings, including
prisons. They refused to provide details, saying
they will make the plan public only when they
have identified the last $400 million to $500
million in fixes. But what will not be in the pack-
age, both said, is any hint of Brewer's call earlier
this month for a temporary tax hike -- up to three
years -- to raise $1 billion a year.

Obama's choice for health post is UA professor
Arizona Daily Star 3/24/09
Tucson, Arizona - President Obama has tapped
a UA medical school professor to oversee his
administration's health-care efforts for American
Indians, the White House announced on Monday.
Obama plans to nominate Dr. Yvette Roubideaux,
an assistant professor in the University of
Arizona's College of Medicine, as director of the
Indian Health Service in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, according to a
White House press release announcing several
appointments. A member of the UA's family and
community medicine department, Roubideaux
has focused much of her research on issues
related to American Indian health, including
diabetes and health-care inequities.

UA suspends 3rd fraternity for violations
Arizona Daily Star 3/24/09
Tucson, Arizona - UA officials have booted a third
fraternity from campus after it held unauthorized
parties last fall. Officials withdrew recognition of
Kappa Alpha Order's UA chapter earlier this month,
after an investigation found the fraternity hosted
unregistered parties and created other safety
concerns, said Carol Thompson, the UA's dean
of students, on Monday. Kappa Alpha will be
suspended from campus for 18 months, joining
Kappa Sigma and Sigma Phi Epsilon in losing
university recognition this academic year.

Obama taps UA educator to head Indian Health
Service
Tucson Citizen 3/24/09
A University of Arizona educator has been
nominated to be the director of the Indian Health
Service by President Obama, the White House
Press Office announced Monday. Dr. Yvette
Roubideaux is an assistant professor in the
department of family and community medicine
in the College of Medicine. The Indian Health
Service is a federal health program that is a part
of the Department of Health and Human Services
and oversees health care services for the native
nations. According to the White House statement,
Roubideaux has conducted extensive research
on American Indian health issues, with a focus
on diabetes in American Indians/Alaska Natives
and American Indian health policy.

NAU-Yuma sees enrollment jump
Yuma Sun 3/23/09 10:37 PM
Spring enrollment at Northern Arizona University-
Yuma has jumped in a year's time, thanks in
part to an increase in the number of new students.
Over-all enrollment for the current spring semester
is 619, up from 608 in the spring semester of 2008,
according to the NAU admissions office. In the
same period, the number of new students
transferring from a community college or other
institutions jumped 36 percent, from 47 to 64.

Freshman’s first novel to be published
ASU Web Devil 3/24/09
Magic, secret missions, discrimination, military
training, love triangles, elves — all are part of
daily life in the world created by ASU freshman
Jessica Wagenfuehr for her fictional alter ego,
Danielle Kelson. Wagenfuehr’s young adult,
sci-fi fantasy book is “really autobiographical,”
she said. She invested more than four years in
her first novel, titled “The Setting Moon,” which
is set for publication in June. “I am very attached
to it,” Wagenfuehr said. “I’m just excited that it’s
actually getting published.” Wagenfuehr set a
“goal to get published by 18, and she’ll have
made that goal by one month,” said her mother,
Stacey

ASU to obtain microscope worth $5 mil
ASU Web Devil 3/24/09
ASU will soon boast the newest microscope
technology— the transmission electron
aberration-corrected microscope — equipped
with a greater lens power and accessibility to
all research communities at ASU. Because the
microscope costs around $5 million, Subhash
Mahajan, the director of ASU’s School of
Materials, said he encouraged Ray Carpenter,
a professor in the school, to write a proposal
for the National Science Foundation’s Division
of Materials Research for 2009.

Editorial: ASUA undermined its own legitimacy
UA Daily Wildcat 3/24/09
In the real world, it's called election fraud. At the
UA, it's just business as usual. The Associated
Students of the University of Arizona must have
heaved one collective sigh of relief when their
two-day elections were immediately followed by
spring break. Surely a long, leisurely week away
from campus would be more than enough to
dispel the unanswered questions and concerns
that still lingered in the air. But it will take more
than a week to do that. Only taking those concerns
seriously and taking steps to address them will
assuage our growing suspicion that ASUA has
given up its right to be recognized as legitimate
representatives of the student body

Summer course demand going up
UA Daily Wildcat 3/24/09
While ordinarily many students attempt to flee
the sweltering dry heat of Arizona's summer,
this year it seems that more students will wait
out the Tucson sun and try to make some
progress toward their degree. Compared to
the first two days of registration last year,
enrollment in summer classes is up 37 per-
cent, according to UA interim registrar Beth
Acree. "I'm pretty confident that it's not going
to be that high whenever the session actually
starts," Acree said. "But it's certainly an
indication that it will be up substantially, I
would imagine."

The 'bots and the bees
UA Daily Wildcat 3/24/09
The buzzing of busy bees may help UA
researchers turn the "hive mind" into a model
for computer engineering and even robots.
Experiments being conducted on Bombus
impatiens bumblebees in the UA Dornhaus
lab located in the Biosciences West building
could be leading to advances in robotic
technology.

Falling Behind? Try Shame, Fear, and Greed
The Chronicle of Higher Education 3/24/09
Jeffrey J. Sallaz had some work to do, and it
wasn't getting done. Mr. Sallaz, an assistant
professor of sociology at the University of
Arizona, was asked several weeks ago to
review the copy edits on his forthcoming book,
which the University of California Press plans
to publish this summer. But the pages kept
sitting on his desk, and he could hear the
distant tapping of fingers in Berkeley. So Mr.
Sallaz took drastic measures: He replaced
the photo on his Facebook profile with the
most embarrassing picture he could find.
And he vowed that he wouldn't change it
until he had completed his task. "Usually
the positive rewards work well, right?" Mr.
Sallaz says. "You finish a chapter, and you
let yourself go out to dinner with a friend.
But in this case the rewards weren't working,
so I decided to impose some negative
sanctions."

First Americans Brought Anthrax?
National Geographic News 3/23/09
Humans were dying of anthrax in North
America much earlier than thought—
perhaps after scavenging the remains
of infected animals while migrating
from Asia during the Ice Age—a new
study says. "We've always thought that
anthrax was an Old World disease that
was brought to the New World by
Europeans" around 1500, said study
coauthor Paul Keim of Northern Arizona
University.