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Raspados, Mexican sno-cones, fruit cones - whatever you may call them, this shaved ice and fruit mixture is one way to make the scorching Tucson summers bearable. The name comes from the Spanish verb “raspar,” or to scrape; the shaved or scraped ice that makes up the bulk of this treat is its namesake.

Looking to go wild in celebration during the last two weeks of the summer? Looking for a concert you can get to in less than two-and-a-half hours? Here's a snapshot of the hip-hop and R&B concerts soon landing in a venue near you. As an additional special treat, there's a list of upcoming CD releases within these particular genres of music.

Tempe - While topics of discussion ranged from neuroscience research to the revised Arizona University System architecture, all of the issues brought up at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting on Aug. 6 and 7 in Tempe shared one concern - managing the budget.

Summer has come and gone so fast. In a haze of heat, all of the exciting vacations, productive internships and ultra slow lazy days have blurred together, leaving some students wondering where all the time went. But while you were checking out exotic locations or cramming for summer session courses, the music world has been splashing around some refreshing new tunes for you to enjoy.

UA students, departments and centers are rallying together to welcome the class of 2013 and help cement students' place at the university with the Wildcat Welcome.

Wildcat Welcome is a series of events held the first 10 days students arrive on campus that any student can attend.

There's a lot of talk these days about “personal responsibility,” and for good reason. It's a nice, antiseptic-sounding, middle-of-the-road kind of idea: President Obama talks about it when he wants to sound more conservative and conservatives talk about it when they want to sound more liberal.

A local women's club recently donated tuition for a UA nursing student as part of a yearly tradition that began 30 years ago.

The Southwest Women's Charitable Club, based in Tucson, was formed in 1958 for the purposes of charity, education, and fellowship.

You love your family. You may be grateful for their help in moving you down to Tucson before school starts. You may even miss them. Stars of the MTV reality show, “Run's House,” Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons, from hip-hop group Run DMC, and his wife, Justine, have similar feelings of that familial bond.

The Summer Wildcat recently had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with the University of Arizona Police Department to find out first-hand how the department operates. The Wildcat staff travelled to the department's main station, located on Campbell Avenue and Second Street.

Have you ever wanted to make your own ice cream? Are you bored with nothing to do? You can make an icy treat and get a work out - all at the same time. This easy timekiller makes it all possible.

What you need:
• 1.5 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup milk (2% or higher fat content) or half & half
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 tablespoons rock salt or 12 tablespoons of table salt
• 2 pint-size plastic food storage bag (Ziploc type)
• 2 gallon-size plastic food storage bag
• 1 garbage bag
• Duct tape
• Ice cubes

Mix the ingredients in a large bowl until the sugar dissolves.

The Summer Wildcat has compiled a list of UA employees' salaries to give readers an idea of how much money UA leaders and officials make each year. The numbers are based off of files and documents obtained from University Communications via a public records request pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

Seen from a distance, Tucson at night glistens and pops with the energy of a million bulbs. Up close, however, things look rather different.

It's not simply that many street lights are turned off around town during the night, as many residents have noticed; many neighborhoods have virtually no street lights.

Slipper slip-up at bookstore University of Arizona Police Department officers responded to the UA Bookstore on Aug. 5 at 6:44 p.m., to a larceny call. Officers talked to an employee who told them that a man had been shoplifting from the store. Employees told police they had seen the man pick up a pack of AA batteries and walk around the store with them while opening the packaging.

According to Tucson Museum of Art's Chief Curator Julie Sasse, artists in today's tumultuous times are struggling to find themselves and asking, “Where are we going? Where have we been?” These messages, according to Sasse, unify the talent of the state's longest running biennial exhibition, Arizona Biennial '09.

Four days into official practice, the Arizona Wildcat football team has yet to answer the questions raised by fans and media. Where is the linebacker depth? Who's going to start at quarterback? But that's OK, coaches said. “We're not making decisions anytime soon,” offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes said of the quarterback situation.