Student data collected by the University of Arizona has ignited a debate. On March 7, UA announced it could use CatCard data to predict a student’s probability of returning for their second year of college. “By getting their digital traces, you can explore their patterns of movement, behavior and interactions,” said professor Sudha Ram, director…
White men are killing themselves more than any other race. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 60 percent of all suicides are firearm-related and 80 percent of firearm-related suicides are by white males. These men are older, uneducated and from an impoverished socioeconomic background. “Roughly 4 in 10 gun owners (38 percent)…
Take our short quiz to find out what iconic Arizona Sonoran Desert animal you are. Click here to see the other animals you were not. Victoria Teplitz is a reporter for Arizona Sonora News, a service from the School of Journalism with the University of Arizona. Contact her at vteplitz@email.arizona.edu
Think smart. Be vigilant. Call the police. Sounds too simple, but those are the key steps UAPD officials say will help prevent crime around campus. The most prevalent crime on the University of Arizona campus is theft — laptop computers, bikes, cell phones and other digital devices. The same is true for Northern Arizona University,…
(Arizona Cat’s Eye) Amanda Hurley essentially walked out of college into jail. “I graduated from U of A on I believe it was the 20th of December, and I went to jail on the 21st,” said Hurley, who had been a reporter and columnist on the student-published Tombstone Epitaph newspaper during her semester before graduation….
