University of Arizona

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As droves of new students enter the UA each year, there are several things campus officials warn them about, one of the more prominent of which is bicycle theft.

“When students ask about crime and safety on campus, we tell them the most frequent instance is bike theft, and we give them recommendations,” said Scott Kirkessner, coordinator of campus tours.

Take note of these dates and be sure to come support the Wildcats.

While thinking about school health may conjure up images of a school nurse, the services offered by the UA's Campus Health go far beyond band-aids and flu shots.

Campus Health Service, located in the Highland Commons building next to the Sixth Street Parking Garage, provides medical services ranging from immunization shots and nutrition advice to psychiatric treatment and acupuncture.

Need a romantic spot for a make-out sesh? We've got you covered.

With all the other worries that come with adjusting to college life, picking a major right away shouldn't be one for incoming UA freshmen.

University College helps freshmen through the often-cumbersome process of choosing the major that will affect each freshman's future career.

Believe it or not, the original colors of the UA were sage green and silver. But over 100 years ago, a gonga of a deal on blue jerseys with red trim was presented to the university and it accepted.

And just like that, athletics changed the face of the school forever - or at least for the past century - signifying the beginning of a lifelong dependency on sports for all large universities alike.

No matter what your background, class standing or stringent schedule may be, chances are you'll be able to find a job on campus that works for you.

The university offers a multitude of jobs on campus to both undergraduate and graduate students, employing upwards of 500 students each semester.

Welcome, freshmen!

Welcome to the best - and most stereotypical - four-to-10 years of your life. Welcome to eating a Top Ramen dinner - any of six flavors - before heading to a kegger, where mom and dad are no longer there to hold your hand. Oh, but you're sure to find someone there who will, and then some.

While the UA and University Medical Center are two seemingly different worlds, they are very much a part of each other

as well.

“We'd say that UMC is affiliated with UA, but it's a separate corporation. I don't want to get into all the gory details of that, but we're a primary teaching hospital for the colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy,” said Katie Riley, public relations spokeswoman for University Medical

Center.

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Students looking to get more in touch with the happenings on campus need look no further than student government to become involved in nearly every facet of university life.

For undergraduate students, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona serves as the student government.

Eager to impress your new date? Fret not; Tucson's got a wide variety of great restaurants to choose from. The Wildcat went in search of the best of the best, and this is what we came up with.

There might be a ton of campus-vicinity restaurants; the assortment of fast-food joints in the Student Union Memorial Center, the long line of vaguely exotic places on University Boulevard, but you're bound to get sick of them sooner or later.

With more than 500 student organizations to pick from, finding your niche on campus is as easy as logging onto a computer.

“The easiest, most basic strategy is just to get online,” said Jessica Anderson, Executive Vice-President of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona.