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Obama challenges
ASU grads in
Wed.
commencement
speech
By Dan Nowicki,
Anne Ryman and
Ronald J.
Hansen. More
than 60,000
people waited
for hours in the
broiling sun
Wednesday to
hear President
Barack Obama's
eloquent message
to Arizona State
University's
graduating class
- and his witty
response to a
lingering
controversy over
the school's
decision not to
give him an
honorary degree.
Obama, who took
the stage at Sun
Devil Stadium
shortly before 8
p.m., urged the
9,267 graduates
to stand up to
the challenging
times by
rejecting
traditional
status symbols
as they build
their own "body
of work," a riff
on ASU's
decision to
withhold an
honorary degree
because the
relatively new
commander-in-chief
had yet to
establish a
large enough
body of work.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/05/13/20090513commence-obama.html)
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/11/daily56.html)
(KJZZ-Radio
91.5:
http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200905/hnobamaspeech_azhousing)
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/Obama-says-his-ASU-graduates-best-work-ahead/CcVQZZTe2E2VxKzqXjPaqg.cspx?p=2)
(KSAZ-TV (Fox)
Ch. 10:
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/national/dpg_Obama_Says_Best_Work_Ahead_mb_05132009_2484465)
(KVOA-TV (NBC)
Ch. 4:
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10359867)
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/dailystar/292875.php)
(KTAR Radio 620
AM -92.3 FM:
http://ktar.com/?sid=1158761&nid=6)
(KTVK-TV Ch. 3:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/tempe-local-news-051309-asu-graduation-obama-heat.225b9ece.html)
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139153)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1040766)
(Arizona Capitol
Times:
http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/freestory.cfm?id=11168)
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/05/14/news/20090514_front_196317.txt)
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Classic shares
ASU graduation
stage with Obama
By Glen Creno.
As the seats and
bleachers filled
up inside
Arizona State
University's Sun
Devil Stadium
for tonight's
commencement
ceremony, the
atmosphere
outside took on
the look and
feel of a
football game
mixed with a
family reunion
and a rock
concert.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1040507)
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/Classic-shares-ASU-graduation-stage-with-Obama/YWxDTS60T0mNv5OWispm5w.cspx?p=Comments)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/05/13/20090513cooper-online.html)
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President to
commission ROTC
cadets at ASU
Reported by:
Angie
Holdsworth. In
what is
considered an
honor only few
will ever
receive, 40 ASU
Army and Air
Force graduates
will be
commissioned by
a commander in
chief. "It is a
great honor,"
said graduate
Matthew Tegeler.
"I think it is a
little bit of
good luck to
start off my
commissioning."
Tegeler will be
a Second
lieutenant in
the Air Force.
President Obama
will administer
the oath during
the
commencement.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/President-to-commission-ROTC-cadets-at-ASU/pAZTRB1MZUO-CSQhC5BdHg.cspx?rss=704)
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Teen earns
Aerospace
Engineering
degree from ASU
By Susan Casper.
Valley teenager
Raymond Singh
has already done
a lot. At two
and half years
old he was
reading books.
At the age of 10
he was starting
high school and
at 11 he was a
finalist on the
hit game show
"Jeopardy." "I
won a couple
thousand dollars
and a free
computer,"
recalls Singh.
Just a few years
after his
national
television
debut, at age 14
Singh was
enrolling at
Arizona State
University.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/Teen-earns-Aerospace-Engineering-degree-from-ASU/qDvnhgDvb0CMPxTyB2nhbg.cspx)
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Phoenix student
among first to
receive ASU
Obama
Scholarship
By Lan Smith. A
South Mountain
High School
student is one
of the first
five recipients
of the ASU
Barack Obama
Scholars Program
Raynetta Brown
is expected to
share the stage
with the
President at
Wednesday's ASU
graduation
ceremony. The
scholarship
offers up to
$17,000 a year
to qualified
students who
come from
families with
household
incomes less
than $60,000.
Sixteen hundred
incoming
freshman will
benefit from the
program.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/phoenixmetro/south/story/Phoenix-student-among-first-to-receive-ASU-Obama/RtlBR-kne0a_-XuMnJKwcg.cspx)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2009/05/13/20090513ev-asugrads0515.html)
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Water Expensive,
Tough To Find At
ASU Graduation
By Sarah
Buduson. Some
ASU students and
their guests
were angry about
the high cost of
water bottles at
graduation. A 20
oz. bottle cost
$3.50. A one
liter bottle
cost $5.50. It
is the same
price football
fans pay at Sun
Devil Stadium.
But fans had
expected cheaper
prices on
graduation day,
since the
university
required
students and
guests to arrive
hours before the
ceremony.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/05/13/20090513commence-scene0513-ONL.html)
(KPHO-TV (CBS)
Ch. 5:
http://www.kpho.com/news/19457472/detail.html)
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Great Depression
vs. today:
Lesson for UA
students
By Lauren King.
With graduation
approaching,
professors in
the University
of Arizona's
Eller College of
Management are
making
adjustments
within the
classroom to
prepare their
students for a
business world
amid a changing
and rocky
economy. UA
economics
professor Price
Fishback has
integrated his
personal
research as
class material
for students.
His research
draws parallels
between today's
economic
conditions and
the Great
Depression.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/292822.php)
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State lawmakers
plug budget hole
By Howard
Fischer. State
lawmakers voted
Wednesday to
plug a $650
million hole in
this year's
budget with a
combination of
federal stimulus
dollars and
short-term
borrowing. The
move, approved
by both the
Republican
controlled House
and Senate along
party lines,
relies primarily
on delaying $300
million public
school aid
payments and
$100 million to
the three
universities --
payments that
come due in
days.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/292866.php)
(Academic
Impressions:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139145)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/05/14/20090514statebudget-fix0514.html)
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/11/daily53.html)
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Obama lands,
meets
dignitaries,
heads to ASU
Air Force One
touched down at
Phoenix Sky
Harbor
International
Airport at 5:46
p.m., about five
minutes early.
It approached
from the east
passing almost
directly over
Sun Devil
Stadium, where
President Barack
Obama is to
deliver the
commencement
address to about
70,000 Arizona
State University
graduates, their
friends and
family.
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139149)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2009/05/13/20090513abrk-obamastory.html)
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139134)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1040546)
(Daily News-Sun:
http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/president-6125-asu-address.html)
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/11/daily47.html)
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Prepared text of
commencement
address
President Barack
Obama's
commencement
address, as
prepared for
delivery: Thank
you, President
Crow, for that
generous
introduction,
and for your
inspired
leadership here
at ASU. And I
want to thank
the entire ASU
community for
the honor of
attaching my
name to a
scholarship
program that
will help open
the doors of
higher education
to students from
every
background. That
is the core
mission of this
school; it is a
core mission of
my presidency;
and I hope this
program will
serve as a model
for universities
across this
country.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/13/20090513commence-text-ONL.html)
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Obama visit
prompts
education
proclamation
Tempe is
proclaiming
today "President
Barack Obama's
Unity in
Education Day."
That move comes
as a welcome
surprise to a
group of Tempe
residents who
last month
called on their
city officials
to issue a
proclamation in
honor of Obama's
visit to Tempe
today. Obama
will give the
commencement
address at Sun
Devil Stadium
tonight when
Arizona State
University
honors its more
than 9,000
graduates in a
university-wide
ceremony.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1040523)
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Former ASU
business dean
Seidman dies
L. William
“Bill” Seidman,
popular CNBC
commentator and
business school
dean at Arizona
State University
from 1982 to
1985, died
Wednesday in
Albuquerque,
N.M. He was 88.
While at ASU,
Seidman created
the Dean’s
Council of 100,
a national group
of prominent
business
executives who
advise the
school, and the
Economic Club of
Phoenix, the
preeminent
Arizona forum
for exchanging
ideas about
business and the
economy. W.P.
Carey School of
Business Dean
Robert E.
Mittelstaedt
said the school
is mourning
Seidman’s loss.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/11/daily54.html)
(LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-william-seidman14-2009may14,0,2000723.story)
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139145)
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ASU, UT Dallas
develop circuits
on plastic
Arizona State
University
Flexible Display
Center and
researchers from
the University
of Texas at
Dallas have
placed a major
type of
integrated
circuit on
plastic. The
metal–oxide–semiconductor,
or CMOS, will
help advance
flexible
displays being
developed at the
center.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/11/daily46.html)
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Yuma family
graduates three
in the same week
Any family
member
graduating from
college is a
cause for
celebration. But
when three
receive diplomas
on the same day,
it is a rare
phenomenon,
especially when
it is
generational.
Yet devotion to
education is
just all part of
the routine for
Darcy Markham,
Gila Ridge High
School special
education
teacher.
(Yuma Daily Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/family-50033-graduating-cause.html)
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Arizona students
deliver care
packages to
legislators
As university
students across
the state spend
their week
studying and
taking their
college course
finals, the
legislature also
enters their
version of
finals; the last
weeks of the
legislative
session. Various
student leaders
will personally
deliver "Finals
Care Packages"
today to all 90
legislators.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/Arizona-students-deliver-care-packages-to/jftN6plGoEuJ9pm6N1zjzw.cspx?rss=704)
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ASU's golf
management
program 'in
limbo'
Laura London
considers the
time she spent
in Arizona
State's
Professional
Golf Management
program one of
the highlights
of her life, and
says is would be
"sad" if new
students don't
get to enjoy the
same experience.
That could
happen unless a
new program fee
is approved by
the Arizona
Board of
Regents, which
probably will
consider it near
the end of this
year. In the
meantime,
enrollment has
been frozen.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/golf/articles/2009/05/13/20090513spt-golfpgmfolo.html)
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Sun, warm temps
take toll on
crowd
By Glen Creno,
Sean Holstege
and Anne Ryman.
The beating sun
and temperatures
over 100 degrees
took a growing
toll on
graduates and
others attending
Arizona State
University's
commencement
ceremony
Wednesday.
Scores of people
sought medical
attention at
tents outside
Sun Devil
Stadium and
supplies of
water and ice
started to run
short inside and
out. An extra
tent was brought
in at the
stadium's north
parking lot
shortly before
5:30 p.m. At the
first-aid
station in the
north end of Sun
Devil Stadium,
two people were
sent to the
hospital and at
least 20 others
have been
treated for
heat-related
dizziness,
blisters and
nausea, said Dr.
Stefanie
Schroeder of the
Student Health &
Wellness Center.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1040372)
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139122)
(East Valley
Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/139144)
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Antivenom for
scorpion stings
works but lacks
FDA approval
By Stephanie
Innes. A
Mexican-made
antivenom cures
youngsters of
severe nerve
poisoning after
a bark scorpion
sting, but the
drug still lacks
federal approval
and there's no
other scorpion
antivenom
available in the
U.S. A study of
Tucson children
who were stung
by bark
scorpions and
treated with the
Mexican-made
Anascorp is the
subject of an
article that
will come out in
the New England
Journal of
Medicine today.
The small,
slender bark
scorpion is the
most common
house visitor of
all Arizona
scorpions. It's
also the most
dangerous.
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116453.php)
(KVOA-TV (NBC)
Ch. 4:
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10359733)
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/health/292852.php)
(US News & World
Report:
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/05/13/scorpion-anti-venom-speeds-childrens--recovery.html)
(New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/health/14scorpion.html?ref=health)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Work Is Never
Done, Obama
Tells Class
By Peter Baker.
President Obama
traveled
Wednesday to the
university that
does not think
he has done
enough to merit
an honorary
degree and
declared that he
agreed. Mr.
Obama delivered
his first
commencement
address as
president at
Arizona State
University,
whose decision
not to award him
a ceremonial
diploma touched
off a national
furor. He used
the controversy
to make the
point that no
one should be
satisfied with
“the outward
markers of
success,” either
as individuals
or as a country.
(New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/politics/14obama.html?ref=us)
(Wall Street
Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124227171850618429.html)
(LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-speech14-2009may14,0,6598586.story)
(Washington
Post:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/05/13/in_asu_speech_obama_calls_upon.html?hpid=topnews)
(Inside Higher
Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/14/qt/obama_jokes_about_honorary_degree_controversy)
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Volunteer days
engage scattered
alumni
Alumni service
days are fast
becoming a rite
of spring for
colleges and
their graduates
across the
country. At
least 10 schools
have launched
such days in the
past two years
and plan annual
events.
Service-day
activities vary
according to
local needs and
alums' passions.
In their first
service days
this year, Kent
State University
alums sorted
clothing to hand
out in Cleveland
and painted the
home of an owner
in need in
Canton.
(USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-05-10-alumniservice_N.htm)
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CSU trustees
approve 10% hike
in student fees
California State
University
trustees
Wednesday
approved a 10%
increase in
undergraduate
and graduate
student fees for
the coming
school year,
with one board
member saying it
was the only way
to absorb deep
funding cuts
without turning
away thousands
of students and
eliminating
teaching posts.
"Until
California
changes its
priorities . . .
we only have bad
choices," Board
of Trustees
Chairman Jeffrey
Bleich said
before the 17-2
vote.
(LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-calstate-fees14-2009may14,0,1989171.story)
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Camarillo-area
greenhouses
produce 21st
century crops
High-tech
facilities hoard
water, generate
electricity and
produce 20 times
more tomatoes
per acre than
conventional
farms. But the
seed money
needed is also
far greater. "We
are closer to
parity than we
have ever been,"
said Gene
Giacomelli, a
professor of
agriculture and
biosystems
engineering at
the University
of Arizona in
Tucson.
(LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-greenhouse14-2009may14,0,4784175.story)
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Why Phoenix is
ranked as 'great
place' for
college grads
By Lan Smith. As
thousands
prepare to
graduate from
colleges across
Arizona, those
who choose to
stay in the
Greater Phoenix
Metro Area might
feel a bit more
confident. A
survey done by
Apartments.com
and CBcampus.com
have named
Metropolitan
Phoenix as one
of the 10 Best
Cities for
Recent College
Graduates. Based
on U.S. Census
Bureau figures,
Phoenix ranks
seventh for
inventory of new
jobs requiring
less than one
year of
experience and a
low average cost
of rent for a
one bedroom
apartment.
(KNXV-TV (ABC)
Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/education/story/Why-Phoenix-is-ranked-as-great-place-for-college/X6LJG7TrnEaYf4mS9XYTBA.cspx)
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Providence
mayor: Tax
college students
The mayor of
Providence wants
to slap a
$150-per-semester
tax on the
25,000 full-time
students at
Brown University
and three other
private colleges
in the city,
saying they use
resources and
should help ease
the burden on
struggling
taxpayers. Mayor
David Cicilline
(sis-ah-LEEN-ee)
said the fee
would raise
between $6
million and $8
million a year
for the city,
which is facing
a $17 million
deficit.
(Washington
Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051302182.html)
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/all_headlines/116489.php)
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Springs ecology
explored in book
“Aridland
Springs in North
America: Ecology
and
Conservation,” a
new book on
springs
ecosystems, has
been published
by the
University of
Arizona Press.
Edited by
Lawrence E.
Stevens and
Vicky J.
Meretsky, the
book addresses
the science and
politics of
springs – a
timely subject
as groundwater
depletion across
the continent
and other human
impacts rapidly
decimate these
vital sources of
life and water.
(Indian Country
Today:
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/artsandentertainment/44900787.html)
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OPINIONS
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3 critiques of
the president's
remarks
The Republic
asked two people
with unique
perspectives to
share their
impressions of
President Barack
Obama's
commencement
address at
Arizona State
University.
Mitchell S.
McKinney is a
professor at the
Department of
Communications
at the
University of
Missouri.
Rodolfo Espino
is a
political-science
professor at ASU
specializing in
American
politics, racial
politics and
voting rights.
Corey Woods is
the first
African American
elected to the
Tempe City
Council. He is
working toward a
master's degree
at ASU in
education and
has taught
prospective
teachers at the
school as well.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/13/20090513commence-critique0513-ONL.html)
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/05/14/20090514vignettes14.html)
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Humility makes
call for action
loud and clear
[Editorial] He
never said so
explicitly, but
Barack Obama on
Wednesday night
agreed with
Arizona State
University that
it was not yet
time for his
honorary degree.
The president of
the United
States took a
controversial
quote that
deeply
embarrassed the
university and
used it to theme
his challenge to
young Americans
to get to work
remaking the
world. ASU
spokeswoman
Sharon Keeler
endured weeks of
national
ridicule for her
well-publicized
explanation that
President Obama
would not get an
ASU honorary
degree because
his “body of
work is yet to
come.” But Obama
clearly wasn't
offended. Under
the lights of
Sun Devil
Stadium, he told
his countrymen
that he, in
fact, has much
work to do. And
so do the rest
of us. “Your
body of work is
never finished,”
he said.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/05/14/20090514thur1-14.html)
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For me, this was
2nd Obama grad
speech
Guest opinion by
Littisha A.
Bates. For me,
Wednesday
night's
commencement was
a repeat
performance.
Nine years ago,
Barack Obama
spoke at my
graduation at
Kenwood Academy
High School in
the Hyde Park
area of Chicago.
Back then, he
was state Sen.
Barack Obama and
made it a point
to key on
education, the
importance of
setting goals
and gaining
knowledge to get
ahead.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/05/14/20090514bates14.html)
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The rise of a
great university
Letter by
Wellington
Reiter, the dean
of the College
of Design at ASU
from 2003-08.
Although I have
moved to Barack
Obama's
hometown, the
best place to
see the
president on
Wednesday night
was clearly in
Sun Devil
Stadium. While
Chicago can
boast of many
attractions, I
can assure you
that many eyes
in this city
were on computer
screens so as to
be transported
to Tempe.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2009/05/14/20090514breakout141.html)
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Mexicans give
economic boost
[Editorial] The
next time you
see several
Sonora license
plates in the
parking lot of a
Tucson store,
you're seeing
your taxes being
cut. The Tucson
area reaped
$968.7 million
in direct
economic
benefits from
July 2007
through June
2008. That's up
from $280.2
million in 2001,
according to a
University of
Arizona study
released this
week.
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/all_headlines/116492.php)
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Rio Nuevo at a
crossroads
By Dave Safier.
Right now, Rio
Nuevo is at a
dangerous
crossroads. The
Maricopa-based,
Republican-controlled
state
legislature,
which has no
love for its
Democratic-leaning
neighbor to the
south, would
love to kill the
entire project.
If that's not
possible, they
want to keep Rio
Nuevo under
Maricopa's
thumb.
(Northwest
Explorer:
http://www.explorernews.com/articles/2009/05/13/opinion/doc4a0af6d0ed24b437001786.txt)
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It's time for me
to leave my
current life and
start living in
a post-peak-oil
world
According to a
recent headline
in The Wall
Street Journal,
"There's No Pill
for This Kind of
Depression." The
New York Times
adds, "Has a
'Katrina Moment'
Arrived?" The
Globe and Mail
admits 10 of the
11 recessions
since 1941 have
been preceded by
a spike in the
price of oil,
and the cover of
Newsweek
screams, "We Are
All Socialists
Now." What do
these headlines
have in common?
They all
describe the
economic
predicament
arising from the
world passing
peak oil four
years ago, and
they merely hint
at what's to
come.
(Tucson Weekly:
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/guest-commentary/Content?oid=1184780)
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Southern
Arizonans depend
on UPH Hospital,
its programs
Guest opinion by
Dr. William M.
Crist. The
debate over
providing $30
million in
support for
University
Physicians
Hospital should
not overshadow
the fact that
the
once-threatened
and
deteriorating
hospital has
seen a truly
remarkable
transformation
in the few years
since University
Physicians
Healthcare
partnered with
Pima County to
manage the
facility.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/opinion/292782.php)
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