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TODAY'S LOCAL HEADLINES
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TODAY'S NATIONAL HEADLINES
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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LOCAL HEADLINES
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Stimulus money hangs in balance
By Howard Fischer And Evan Pellegrino. State lawmakers will have
to restore at least $150 million in cuts they just made to
higher education to keep Arizona from losing more than $800
million in federal education stimulus funds. Draft rules by the
U.S. Department of Education require states to use their
allocations to help restore public support to the higher figure
of what was being spent either this budget year or the previous
one. And it can't just be a one-shot deal: Documents from the
federal agency obtained by Capitol Media Services show that the
state must assure it will maintain the same level of support for
education through the 2010-11 budget year. That bars the state
from restoring money now and taking it back next year.
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/286208.php)
(East Valley Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/137152)
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2009/03/27/News/Stimulus.May.Allay.Budget.Cuts-3685909.shtml)
(KTAR Radio 620 AM -92.3 FM:
http://www.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1109694)
(Yuma Daily Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/lawmakers_48916___article.html/cuts_money.html)
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/03/27/news/20090327_front_193439.txt)
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NAU plans to eliminate 45 jobs, 4 satellite campuses
Northern Arizona University will eliminate 45 jobs and close
four satellite campuses as a result of cuts in state funding.
The positions eliminated are primarily in the distance learning
and enrollment departments. No faculty members will lose their
jobs. The layoffs come as NAU, Arizona State and University of
Arizona are trying to balance their budgets after the state
Legislature cut their funding by $141 million this year.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/03/27/20090327naulayoffs0327.html)
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/03/27/news/20090327_front_193437.txt)
(KNXV-TV (ABC) Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/northernarizona/flagstaff/story/NAU-plans-to-eliminate-45-jobs-4-satellite/3QU4a4Wxw0qei1PssHmgdQ.cspx)
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/112997.php)
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First Solar CEO honored by ASU for energy goals
By Ryan Randazzo. Michael Ahearn, the chief executive officer of
Tempe-based First Solar Inc., said Thursday that the United
States is on the cusp of a dramatic shift in policy that looks
promising for renewable energy. Ahearn spoke to about 200 people
at an event sponsored by Arizona State University's W. P. Carey
School of Business, which honored the school's finance-program
graduate as its 26th Annual Executive of the Year at the Arizona
Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2009/03/27/20090327biz-firstsolar0327.html)
(Phoenix Business Journal:
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/03/23/daily67.html?ana=from_rss)
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New software would thwart online cheaters
By Rheyanne Weaver. Cheating may always be an issue at
universities, but a new type of software used for online testing
at ASU will prevent some forms of online cheating. The Respondus
LockDown Browser, developed by Respondus, Inc., is software used
to prevent cheating on Blackboard and other systems for online
tests.
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5415)
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GOP push for budget with no new taxes
By Howard Fischer. Legislative Republicans are preparing a
budget for next year that involves no new taxes, a move that
could court Jan Brewer’s first veto. Gray said Monday that
Republican leaders subscribe to the theory that higher taxes, in
any form, will hurt the efforts to revive the economy. He said
that belief is buttressed by comments made by Arizona State
University professor Edward Prescott who said that when things
are taxed, people produce less of it.
(Douglas Dispatch:
http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2009/03/26/news/doc49cc088773736823757056.txt)
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ASUA town hall meeting offers narrow perspective
By Kaitlyn Venezia. Members of the administration reassured ASUA
members, at Thursday's Town Hall Forum, that student needs would
continue to be the focus of the university, despite an expected
rise in enrollment. The forum, which ASUA officials said was
intended to include all student voices, was attended by several
faculty members and ASUA officials, but few other students made
their way to the Student Union Memorial Center's Kiva Room,
where the event was held.
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2009/03/27/News/Asua-Town.Hall.Meeting.Offers.Narrow.Perspective-3685923.shtml)
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Grad council vote: the numbers game
By Shain Bergan. As the week-long Graduate Professional Student
Council elections begin today, differences between the graduate
council and their undergraduate counterparts are not hard to
find. For one, the graduate elections will see fewer sad faces
when the results are announced next Friday night, as only three
of the 21 candidates will be left on the outside looking in.
Unlike the Associated Students of the University of Arizona,
GPSC elects its officials via individual colleges based on each
college's student population.
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2009/03/27/News/Grad-Council.Vote.The.Numbers.Game-3685920.shtml)
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NATIONAL HEADLINES
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Rosebud woman nominated to lead IHS
By Rob Capriccioso. Rosebud Sioux tribal member Yvette
Roubideaux, 46, was nominated March 23 by President Barack Obama
to direct the IHS. If confirmed by the Senate, she will become
the first American Indian woman to ever lead the agency. Obama
said in a statement that he has confidence Roubideaux, an
assistant professor at the University of Arizona College of
Medicine, will be an effective advocate.
(Indian Country Today:
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/northeast/41969942.html)
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Economic Downturn Limits Conference Travel
By Jeffrey R. Young. Attendance is down at many academic and
professional conferences in higher education this year, and next
year’s numbers are expected to be far worse, as campus budgets
take further beatings. With many colleges limiting travel to
professors or administrators who are speaking at events they’re
attending, will anyone be left in the audience?
(The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/6HH4vnOMa_Y/14633n.htm)
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OPINIONS
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Obama's health pick knows our state
[Editorial] Score another one for Arizona. President Obama's
pick to head the Indian Health Service is a professor at the
University of Arizona's medical school. If confirmed, Dr. Yvette
Roubideaux would join Janet Napolitano as a member of the Obama
administration who knows Arizona's needs. Roubideaux, a member
of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, has done extensive work on health
issues facing American Indians and Alaska Natives, including
work on diabetes and cardiovascular-disease prevention.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/03/27/20090327fri2-27.html)
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Under pressure: Reduce college students' burdens
By Karen Hewell. It is time for parents, professors and peers to
loosen the noose and give students some slack - we have got
enough to worry about. Encourage seizing opportunity and be OK
with it when we fail, and we do, a lot.
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5423)
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NAU cost-cutting not just deficit-driven
[Editorial] So the federal stimulus isn't going to bail out NAU
after all. At least that's the word from President John Haeger
in announcing 45 layoffs and other measures Thursday as part of
a $13.5 million cost-cutting plan. University officials, he said
in a prepared statement, are "measuring the impact of federal
stimulus dollars. However, we also must be realistic and
understand that the federal stimulus dollars are one-time
funds."
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/03/27/news/opinion/20090327_opini_193448.txt)
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