University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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H i News - Production by Lupe Eamon PageA15 la wing Axes journalism and statistics Where hoops and dreams come true. Searching the printouts of basketball season ticket lottery winners, hopeful students pray to find their names among the lucky. Unfortunately, many were unable to get their hands on the sparse student tickets. Photo bv Chris Richards. raallineJ- forwildandcrazy activities, I ' .S- novecloserlolran lion to hostile ac- tsday.llT ' :ouncil agrees to ■ the Down Tow mance Center, an ■s music ceniefan lleff.intlief ' ,s found unfiife usebyteDepart- ,fTransportati» Big guns for little people. 5 year old Matthew loganic gets a hands on tour of a Blackhawk UH-60 military helicopter. Six different military choppers were displayed on the mall in honor of Armed Forces Day. Photo by Benjamin W. Biewer.

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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

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Page Al 6 1 994-95 University of Arizona Desert CTOBER 1994 Wednesday, 12 Tucson ' s Downtown Per- formance Center faces condemnation. The all- age music performance space on Stone faced be- ing shut down by its own- ers. Tuesday, 18 The UA basketball team gets back to the courts. Lute and his Wildcat team plan to go to the Final Four once more with more zest than ever. Thursday, 20 Joel Valdez, the senior vice president of Business Af- fairs, donated $500,000 to stop the leaks in the Student Union. Wednesday, 26 Is- rael and Jordan sign a peace treaty after 46 years of war. The treaty was signed on the border of the countries. uuu ooof AAAA! This painted student shows his spirit in order to win tickets for the football game, UAvs Colorado State. Photo by Benjamin W. Biewer