University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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k. r ' iJ ' 3 i Iji- i J 1 -i? ' !r-H te- - ' jff ' tf ■IT EiLAiJ A ' ' ■aiTStt a » o b9 ISp HPM» ? St 1 i - Ui A bird ' s eye view. Each year, the UA Mall is closed off between Cherry and Campbell Avenues to make way for Spring Fling festivities. The nation ' s largest student- run carnival provides campus clubs and organizations an opportunity to raise money through booth sales and other promotions. Photo by Sandra Tenuto.

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prin Hits campus during Spring Fling weekend BylMANATIYEH UofA Desert Yearbook With rides that went over eighty miles per hour, food from all over the world, and music from local and famous bands. Spring Fling was filled with excitement. Despite an increase in prices this year, the largest student run carnival attracted many. Some of those rides looked so crazy, I wouldn ' t try them. I went on the Force G and that went so fast my face was pulled back, jun- ior Julie Johnson said. RUN DMC, who liv- ened up the large crowd that assembled for their concert with songs like Mary, why you buggin and Walk this way , and Sandra Bemhard headlined the entertainment. She [Bemhard] was not very funny, but I was im- pressed with her singing, junior James Donom said. Other students, though, were busy working Spring Fling rather than attending. I liked working at Spring Fling because it gave me an opportunity to meet a lot of new people, and I learned how to deal with a lot of responsibility, Com- munication Director Steve Olson, who was in charge of communicating with sur- rounding neighborhoods and dealing with com- plaints, said. Dazzlingly dizzy. The vast array of carnival rides, such as The Wave and The Magic Dragon below, are just a few of the many attractions which makes Spring Fling carnival an annual ritual for many UA students and Tucson residents. Photos by Sandra Tenuto.

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PageAU 1 994-95 University of Arizona Desert H Provost Takes a By LUPE EAMON UofA Desert Yearbook Tucson, AZ- The morning of the 26th began peacefully with the quiet announcement of Provost Paul Sypherd ' s new under- graduate core curriculum proposal. Core curricu- lum in works, read the headline of the W Wcaf. His new user friendly idea of three required general undergrad classes met seri- ous disapproval from fac- ulty. However, in the man- ner that all were to find as normal, Sypherd disre- garded their objections. While many were still reeling from the announce- ment, Sypherd made pub- lic another drastic change. In a long anticipated move, Sypherd gave journalism and statistics departments their walking papers. Un- der his recommendation to President Pacheco, the de- partment would be phased out with the last students graduating in May 1998. When justifying his ac- tion Sypherd said, The department is redundant with others in the state, few students acquire jobs in the media and the program is too vocationally oriented to be commensurate with a research institution. He said he planed to work with journalism professors to establish an interdiscipli- nary program which will enable students to take a couple journalism classes within another major. As for the value of one of the new interdisciplinary program, Sypherd admit- ted that a degree of this sort would not be accredited. Stephen Auslander, editor in chief of the Ar zona Daily Star, who was one of the first to be told about the cuts, said that the decision was obviously not thought out. The cuts not only affect students but also the Tomb- stone Epitaph and South Tucson ' s El Indipendiente. The two small papers which were run out of the journal- ism department faced an uncertain future. The cuts alone were drastic and drew much pro- test from faculty and stu- dents alike. However, when asked how much student input he considered Sypherd said, Virtually none. Students reacted to these words with letters of angry protest the Wildcat. Many raised the question of priorities at this univer- sity. Who was more im- portant, they asked, stu- dents or administrators? The changes proposed came as shocks to many who believed that the uni- versity was on a more stu- dent oriented campus. Salvaged from the muck. Bringing Homecoming in force, participants in the tug-o-war mall activity struggle to avoid sudden enterrment. The mall was alive with zany antics the entire week of Homecoming. Photo by Charles C. Labenz. October 1994 Monday, 3 Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Jordan ' s Crown Prince Hassan meet with President Clinton making a series of joint ventures on the economy, environ- ment, and tourism Tuesday, 4 7.9 mag- nitude earthquake hits Kuril Islands off coast of Russia, killing 16 Friday,? SPAZ par- ticipants receive free foot- ball tickets on mall in ex- change for wild and crazy spirit activities. U.S. troops move closer to Iraq in reaction to hostile ac- tions to their neighbor Kuwait Tuesday, 11 Tucson City Council agrees to restore the Down Town Performance Center, an all-ages music center and art gallery, in the event that it is found unfit for further use by the Depart- ment of Transportation I