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Wildcat wins Web site award

The Web site for the Arizona Daily Wildcat won the Best of Show Award in the ""large school"" category at the Associated Collegiate Press national journalism convention in Phoenix this weekend. Read more

N. Korea escapee speaks at UA

""Free North Korea"" chants resonated across the UA Mall Thursday morning, as part of a rally sponsored by local churches and organizations, as well as student clubs UA LiNK, UA New Abolitionists and UA Navigators. Read more

Digging up the dirt on UA's underground tunnels

Rumor has it they were built as Cold War era bomb shelters, that they housed a lost monkey and that ghosts continue to roam their concrete caverns. Unfortunately for thrill seekers, the rumors of underground tunnels at the University of Arizona are, well, rumors. Read more

Shock to the system

Emotional distress sometimes occurs in tandem with physical pain, according to a recent study by a group of researchers at the UA. The group found that the area in the brain... Read more

Everyone has a story: Thomas Fleming

The Arizona Daily Wildcat's new weekly segment ""Everyone has a story"" aims to tell the story of an interesting person on the UA campus. This week, we've interviewed UA professor and associate astronomer Thomas Fleming who teaches the Astronomy 203 and Natural Sciences 102, The Physical Universe, courses. Read more

Tucson offers sex health variety

More than 2,000 women between the ages of 18 and 24 became pregnant in 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of that number, 521 chose to abort, 1,321 gave birth and 293 experienced fetal losses. Read more

Tuition may go up by more than $2K

UA President Robert Shelton sent a proposal to the Arizona Board of Regents on Friday to raise tuition for the 2010-11 academic year. If the increase passes, in-state undergraduate and graduate tuition would increase by $1,450, to $7,224 and $8,014 respectively. Read more