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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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New UA lab researches medicines in water supply
By Evan Pellegrino. A new laboratory at the University of
Arizona is giving researchers a better understanding of an
emerging concern to health officials — traces of pharmaceutical
drugs and other pollutants found in our water supply.
Investigations from The Associated Press and the U.S. Geological
Survey have discovered that many types of trace compounds have
infiltrated the water supplies across the country, including in
Tucson.
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/288452.php)
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UA architecture students build a solar house
By Jim Becker. Imagine a home you could move around, with
feather light construction, water-filled modules and an
adjustable roof. In addition to the solar panels, the other
factors take full advantage of the sun's energy. UA Landscape
Architecture students explain building materials and design are
just as important to maximizing solar energy.
(KOLD-TV (CBS) Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=10166480)
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2009/04/13/News/Campus.Experiments.With.Solar.Power-3707699.shtml)
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New fees could put tuition at ASU, UA above U.S. average
By Anne Ryman. Arizona's two biggest state universities are
proposing tuition surcharges of more than $1,000 that could push
them past the national average in college costs for the first
time. To make up for cuts in state funding, Arizona State
University is proposing a $1,200-a-year "economic recovery
surcharge" for all students while the University of Arizona
wants a $1,100 per-year surcharge. Northern Arizona University,
the third state university, is seeking $350 more. The Arizona
Board of Regents could vote on the hikes as early as April 30
and is holding hearings April 20.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/04/10/20090410tuitionsurcharge0410-ON.html)
(KVOA-TV (NBC) Ch. 4:
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10164884)
(KOLD-TV (CBS) Ch. 13:
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=10161380&nav=menu86_13)
(East Valley Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/137777)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/997949)
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5876)
(Phoenix Business Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/04/06/daily84.html)
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/114121.php)
(Sierra Vista Herald:
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2009/04/12/news/state/doc49e191aa71e31929255462.txt)
(KVOA-TV (NBC) Ch. 4:
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10095546)
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5889)
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/288302.php)
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Chamber head protesting ASU health care program moves
By Katherine Greene. Gilbert Chamber of Commerce President Kathy
Langon is trying to generate support among Southeast Valley
business leaders and government officials to persuade Arizona
State University to keep its health-associated programs at its
Polytechnic campus. Claiming a move would damage economic
development plans for Gilbert and its neighbors, Langdon wants
ASU to reconsider its decision to move some programs,
particularly nursing, to its Phoenix and Tempe campuses.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2009/04/10/20090410gr-asuletters0411.html)
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Southeast Valley becoming aerospace business hub
By Art Thomason. With a multibillion-dollar economic impact, the
aerospace industry soars as the Southeast Valley's payroll
leader, one of the region's largest employers and a workplace
for some of Arizona's top research talent. Collectively,
Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe are home to more than 200
private firms, a state university, community college and an Air
Force lab, all of which are engaged in a broad range of
aerospace manufacturing and research, from helicopter assembly
to space technology. "The Arizona State University aerospace
engineering program is one of the top state university programs
in the country and provides a base of employment for aerospace
companies in the metro region," she said.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/2009/04/10/20090410mr-aerospace0411.html)
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Arizona Technology Investor Forum looking for early-stage tech
companies
The Arizona Technology Investor Forum is accepting submissions
from tech startups for its June 5 meeting. The group of local
investors is primarily seeking technology companies that have
connections with Arizona State University, but also those with
other Arizona ties. The group has provided Arizona-based
companies with more than $2 million in funding in the past two
years.
(Phoenix Business Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/04/06/daily83.html)
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Final number: $350 tuition surcharge bid
Northern Arizona University will ask state regents to approve an
annual $350 tuition surcharge beginning in the fall. The
increase is aimed at shoring up an expected loss in state funds
and comes on top of tuition increases ranging between 9 percent
and 14 percent for the coming academic year. NAU's budget was
reduced by $21.3 million in FY2009. Normally, its enrollment
growth would have entitled the university to an additional $16
million.
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/04/11/news/20090411_front_194359.txt)
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9 more layoffs at NAU
The other layoff shoe has fallen at Northern Arizona University.
Two weeks after it announced it was laying off 45 nonacademic
employees because of a budget shortfall, NAU said Friday it will
lay off nine employees in its Academic Affairs division, which
includes all six colleges.
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/04/11/news/20090411_front_194355.txt)
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No degree? ASU to honor Obama with scholarship instead
By Lori Jane Gliha. With almost a month until Arizona State
University's commencement ceremony featuring President Barack
Obama, the university has decided to honor the world leader by
naming a scholarship program after him. The university also
apologized for any confusion regarding whether or not he would
receive an honorary degree from ASU.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/11/20090411Obama0411.html)
(KPHO-TV (CBS) Ch. 5:
http://www.kpho.com/news/19157109/detail.html)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/04/12/20090412obama-asu0412.html)
(East Valley Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/137839)
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/04/12/news/state/20090412_arizo_194427.txt)
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5890)
(KNXV-TV (ABC) Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/No-degree-ASU-to-honor-Obama-with-scholarship/4Z6f_CmiNEGvFxryFto28Q.cspx)
(KSAZ-TV (Fox) Ch. 10:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/asu_obama_scholarship_041109)
(KTVK-TV Ch. 3:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/phoenix-local-news-041109-asu-prez-scholarship.c664ee26.html)
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5878)
(Mohave News:
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2009/04/12/news/state/state2.txt)
(Sierra Vista Herald:
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2009/04/12/news/state/doc49e19d40a98c8984836011.txt)
(Inside Higher Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/13/qt/arizona_state_will_honor_obama_but_not_with_degree)
(KTAR Radio 620 AM -92.3 FM:
http://www.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1120487)
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Scientists ponder life's big questions at ASU
By Kerry Fehr-Snyder. The idea made fellow scientists laugh: The
search for extraterrestrial life may be under our noses, even in
our noses. Paul Davies, a theoretical physicist at Arizona State
University, cracked up his colleagues and audience with the
suggestion at a four-day gathering in the Valley that drew a
rock-star lineup of science superstars.
(Peoria Independent:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2009/04/11/20090411origins0412new.html)
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NATIONAL HEADLINES
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It's Not Just About the Money
By David Shieh. Michael K. McBeath, an associate professor of
psychology at Arizona State University, likes to burn some
energy in the middle of the day. So do his colleagues. For
years, roughly two dozen faculty and staff members hit the gym
for a game of basketball around noon, three times a week. Now
their roster has been cut in half — by anxiety. As budget cuts
have prompted the university to announce that it will shutter
more than 40 academic programs, cut 200 faculty-associate
positions, and force both faculty and staff members to take
unpaid furloughs, far fewer people show up at the gym these
days. Mr. McBeath said many are just too worried about job
security to risk an hour of lost work or a supervisor's raised
eyebrow over a game of basketball.
(The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i32/32a00801.htm)
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OPINIONS
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Editorial: Much ado about nothing
[Editorial] When the national news media caught wind of ASU’s
“snubbing” President Barack Obama by not planning to give him an
honorary degree, the University as a whole came under attack,
getting reamed nonstop and, of course, being transformed into
the latest news cycle’s carcass. Naturally, the media vultures
have been circling ever since, and somehow the students are the
ones caught in the middle.
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5897)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/13/20090413monlets131.html)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/heatindex/articles/2009/04/12/20090412spt-p2young.html)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/13/20090413monlets132.html)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/12/20090412sunlets123.html)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/04/12/20090412Montini0412.html)
(The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/news/article/6298/stung-by-critics-arizona-state-u-names-scholarship-program-for-obama)
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/12/20090412breakout121.html)
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A slimmer ASU would serve state better
Commentary by Tom Patterson. In today's world of constrained
resources and renewed stress on value, Arizona State University
is out of step with the times. Like the dinosaur, its main
problem may be that it is simply too large. Not long ago, it was
cool to stoke the dream that our sparsely populated state could
support not just one but two enormous research universities. ASU
has become one of the largest universities in the nation, yet
President Michael Crow insists that even more growth can be
achieved while excelling academically and producing world-class
research.
(East Valley Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/137790)
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Obama should give Ariz. the hard sell on immigration
[Editorial] President Barack Obama's intention to pursue
comprehensive immigration reform is critically important to
Arizona and the nation. To make the biggest dramatic impact, he
should use his visit to Arizona State University next month to
unveil a plan. Whether you consider the number of illegal
immigrants who pass through our state or the degree of passion
this topic inspires, Arizona owns this issue.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/12/20090412sun1-12.html)
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Ariz. needs to work hard to keep lead in science
Guest opinion by Joaquin Ruiz. With the bursting of the housing
bubble and the subsequent economic meltdown, Arizona must
diversify its economy, and it's in a very strong position to do
that in one particular area: science. Arizona is already a
global leader, but it needs to build on that strength, not
retreat. Arguably the most important science story of 2008
unfolded right here in Arizona: NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars,
an extraordinary success for our nation and for space
exploration that was managed from the campus of University of
Arizona.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/04/11/20090411ruiz11.html)
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Higher tuition is wrong answer to UA funds crisis
[Editorial] A proposal from University of Arizona President
Robert Shelton to add a $1,100 surcharge to every student's
tuition bill is an unsatisfactory solution to the UA's budget
problems. Shelton said the UA needs to raise $20 million with
the "economic recovery surcharge" because it took heavy cuts in
January from the state Legislature and expects to be hit again
in the 2010 fiscal year, which begins July 1, according to the
Star's Aaron Mackey.
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/opinion/288252.php)
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