University of Arizona

Over-drafting your bank account blows. After coming back from break with a negative account balance, I decided that I desperately needed a lifestyle change.

The UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory is hard at work with its share of the construction on the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which has been under development since 2000 and still faces another six years of development.

Earlier this month, attorneys representing Hasbro and Mattel, creators of the popular board game Scrabble, issued a cease-and-deasist order to Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, the brothers who collaborated to develop the popular Scrabulous application on Facebook.

Today, the UA will be among 1,750 schools and civic institutions nationwide participating in the first “teach-in” organized by Focus the Nation.

If “Independence Day” and “The Blair Witch Project” had a romantic tryst, “Cloverfield” would be the resulting love child. Taking on the classic “alien-wreaks-havoc on New York City” theme, Cloverfield uses camera angles to offer a modern twist.

A warning for this Sunday, an interesting fact about marriage, and two anniversaries make up today's Things to know.

Jonathan Black, Jeremy Slavin, and Gretchen Gibbs contribute to today's Mailbag…

An Academy Award nominee and former UA student will speak on campus today to discuss his experiences in blending science and visuals for the big screen.

Imbued with a record $50 million national grant, the UA is poised to become the global epicenter of plant science research over the next half decade and beyond.

A year ago the Arizona men's basketball team limped into its Los Angeles road trip having lost two of three games, only to be battered in a sweep courtesy of the Trojans and Bruins.

This time around the Wildcats (14-6, 4-3

Pacific 10 Conference) enter with the confidence of a three-game winning streak, including a blowout of then-No.

“Eat your vegetables.” “Don't forget to take out the trash.” “Be back by eleven.”

These commands and others like them are staples of many childhoods. As of this week, however, UA students can add another imperative to the list: “Make sure you have a safe password.

Ovinton J'Anthony “O.J.” Mayo is as serious as his name.

Sure, he got in some fights. He threw an ally-oop dunk to himself off the backboard, then proceeded to hurl the ball into the stands. He even knocked a referee down once. It's all on YouTube, plain as day.

Media consolidation is a touchy subject among journalists. Buyouts and cost-cutting measures force the press into the ugly realization that their duty to serve the public is supported by a necessity to perform in the marketplace. The ethical and personal difficulty of reporting on massive changes to one's own livelihood is a challenge, and journalists are defensive about their role as public servants - see the clamor over Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of The Wall Street Journal last year, or last week's resignation of the Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Times for resisting downsizing.

After notching its fourth series sweep of the season in a solid performance against ASU last weekend in Tempe, the No. 24 Arizona men's club hockey team still has a shot at the postseason if it keeps its current hot

streak alive.

The roadblock this week is the exact same one as last week, but the Icecats (16-8-1) don't think the Sun Devils (9-14-2) will be the same speed bump it has been so far this season when they square off for the third time in seven days and seventh time overall this year.

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