Get away for an evening with “Away We Go.” This Sam Mendes indie flick delivers on the romance and the comedy while also offering a cast of supporting characters to flesh out an all around great cast. The film is poised somewhere between a romantic comedy, a comedy of manners, and a drama.
Wednesday, July 15 The Etherton Gallery downtown is whittling down to “The Bare Necessity of Art.” The gallery showcases and sells its inventory for an average of 20 - 30 percent less than what the works regular prices. On display are pieces diverse in content and mediums, but equivalent in the level of excellence expected from Etherton.
If there's one thing we all agree on, it's that people drive like maniacs these days.
The subject of unsafe drivers is that rare topic that you can raise in any circle and find a virtual consensus on - particularly in Tucson, where intersection-runners are as common as cacti.
Around one-third of Arizona's population says that English is not their primary language and they have difficulty speaking or understanding it. The UA, in tandem with Pima Community College's Translation Studies Program, is intending to solve that problem.
Tucson's unemployment rate is at an all-time high. Local businesses are closing their doors left and right, and the city's economy is slowly grinding to a halt. With record UA enrollments the past few years, graduates will soon find out firsthand that Tucson is unable to support the economic safety and security that other metropolitan cities can provide, leaving them with no other choice but to say goodbye to Tucson and strike out elsewhere to live, work and play.
Honors College freshmen may have felt disoriented when confronted with the myriad of avenues, both academic and social, that they could potentially take through their honors path. To help narrow down and focus these choices, the Honors College is developing a series of programs designed to assist and encourage students throughout their college career.
Every time I go home and tell a family member or friend of the family that I'm going to the University of Arizona, their reaction is always the same.
“Oh man, Arizona!” they say exuberantly, as if they can already imagine themselves living vicariously through my college experience.
Lady hides in bushes, screams at pedestrians University of Arizona Police Department officers were dispatched to the parking garage on Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue in reference to a disorderly conduct call on July 11 at 6 p.m. The officers observed a woman yelling at pedestrians from her hideout in some bushes just east of the garage.
“Calliope” by The Veils This song first lulls you in with its twangy guitar. The trembling vocals then come in to complement the plunking piano and soft drumming, working perfectly for this band while making their sound that much more their own. While The Veils seem to defy the mundane mentality of having every song sound the same, its music is unified by a European flair.
A month-and-a-half into the search for a new vice president for legal affairs and general counsel, UA officials are tight-lipped over any possible candidates for the job.
Despite the secrecy surrounding the search, the chair of the search committee contends that progress is being made.
Former Arizona forward Jordan Hill signed with the New York Knicks, according to the Associated Press. The eighth player taken in the draft, Hill's contract is said to be a two-year, $4.3 million dollar deal. He took part in his first NBA game yesterday, scoring 13 points and grabbing eight boards in an 86-90 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Summer Wildcat's Ben Korta sat down with Patrisia Gonzales, professor of Mexican American and Raza studies. Gonzales recently received a grant to interview indigenous elders to see how they view significant changes going on in traditional medicine. She is also a teacher and practitioner of traditional medicine, and will be teaching two courses on Mexican medicine and Native Indian cultures this coming school year.
Student feels persecuted because of appearance I have been going to school since June of 2008 after many years of being out of school. I also have long hair and a beard. Since June of 2008, I have been stopped six times by the university police. Four of the times were false alarms where someone called.
Starting this fall, UA Athletics will expand its broadcasting of men's football and basketball games to over 2 million households throughout Arizona.
The new Arizona Wildcats Sports Network (AWSN) will broadcast select Pacific-10 and regional football and basketball games across a statewide network of television stations.
Of all the books being made into movies this summer, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has stirred up the most excitement. But how does it compare to the book? The wizarding world is on edge: Voldemort is gaining more and more momentum with the help of his Death Eaters.
(UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885, when Arizona was still a territory and is considered a Public Ivy. UA includes Arizona's only allopathic medical school. In 2006, total enrollment was 36,805 students.
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