A man allegedly verbally harassed and physically intimidated a University of Arizona student in the Main Library Thursday, according to an email sent out to students and staff by Dean of Students Kendal Washington White. The man used racial slurs against the student, who is black, during his tirade. He has since been arrested and charged with four misdemeanors. Read more
The 42nd annual Tucson Pride in the Desert Parade and Festival 2019 took place yesterday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the George DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center at Reid Park. This year paid homage to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The festival and parade was in honor of the Stonewall Riots and to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Read more
The University of Arizona 2019 Campus Safety, Security and Fire Report, also known as the Clery Act report, revealed little change in the number of reported hate crimes, a significant rise in documented motor vehicle thefts and a decline in reported rapes. Read more
The 42nd annual Tucson Pride in the Desert Festival will be held this year on Saturday Sept. 28 at Reid Park. The festival has grown immensely from years past with an expected 4,000 attendees this year and 100 local vendors and sponsors. Read more
The Africana Studies Program acquired an unusual new "employee": a robot that acts as a moving informational billboard and assistant. Members of the program said their hope is that the robot helps to normalize technological innovation while directing traffic to the Africana Studies Program. Read more
The University of Arizona will continue to enforce its ban on electric scooters on campus even after the recent pilot launch of the scooters in Tucson. Read more
The students who are accused of assaulting the black student on campus have been suspended from school. The two students' attorneys confirmed that the students, Matthew Frazier, 20, and Matthew Rawlings, 19, were suspended from school as of Monday after allegedly assaulting a black student on campus on Sept. 10, according to the Arizona Daily Star. Read more
While college does not have any sort of official dress code, the gym has an unofficial one. People expect to see running shorts, yoga pants, T-shirts and sneakers. No one would think to wear, say, a ski mask. Except this guy. Read more
The new University of Arizona Global Center, housed in the Park Student Union, began renovations over the summer. Read more
Cyclists on campus can receive fines for breaking biking regulations, but students may not be aware of the rules in place. Read more
Amazon donated $30,000 to Banner-University Medical Center Tucson's Diamond Children’s Medical Center at an event the company organized to raise awareness on childhood cancer on Wednesday morning. The event was created to inspire the patients to keep imagining and being innovative, namely in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, according to Amazon Fulfillment Center site leader Cody Carr. Read more
The Inaugural Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium will be one of the University of Arizona’s first ever events centered around evidence-based research about medical cannabis. The IICS will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at the DuVal Auditorium at the College of Medicine. Read more
The Queers United Coalition gathered this morning to demand that Dr. Randal Dull be fired from his position as a professor of anesthesiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson due to homophobic remarks he wrote in a letter in 2004. This is the second protest the coalition has held regarding Dull. Read more
