Campus planetarium What's a Ute? closing for a year to plan Stoops and company open with Utah today Rio Nuevo renovation ■ Sports, 11 ■ News, 3 RIZONA AILY ILDCAT A D Since 1899 W wildcat.arizona.edu Friday, September 2, 2005 The University of Arizona, Tucson Quick Hits Man dead after police chase Women's lacrosse holding Reza said. hurricane benefit car wash Murder suspect The man then ran from police The UA women’s lacrosse team is into the alley and backyards of holding a car wash to raise money for the killed near UA nearby houses, Reza said. victims of Hurricane Katrina tomorrow Ashley Connors, an education from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Circle K on By Aubrey McDonnell junior, witnessed the chase in her East Speedway Boulevard and North Park Arizona Daily Wildcat backyard. Avenue. All proceeds will be donated to “There were literally a dozen the Red Cross hurricane relief effort. A murder suspect died yester- cops surrounding our house,” Con- day evening after he led police on nors said. “I thought it was a SWAT FDA approves growth drug a high-speed chase near campus, team doing a drug bust or some- BRISBANE, Calif. — The Food officers said. thing. It seemed to be this horren- and Drug Administration has The Tucson Police Department dous ordeal.” approved the first drug to treat was conducting surveillance on the Connors said police chased the children who suffer from a condi- man’s house near North Stone Av- man through her yard and into tion that prevents them from grow- enue and North Sixth Avenue when her neighbor’s yard. The suspect ing, the drug’s manufacturer says. the unnamed man drove off in his tripped and dropped a gun he was Until now, growth hormones have white sport-utility vehicle, said TPD carrying, Connors said. been the only treatment option for Lt. Vicki Reza. The gun went off and the man was shot, police said. children short in stature because of The suspect then led police on a Jacob Konst/Arizona Daily Wildcat hormone deficiencies. high-speed chase until he crashed The suspect was rushed to Uni- A murder suspect was shot after a high-speed car chase yesterday evening north of campus < Page 8 his SUV into a pole on Mountain versity Medical Center where he on Mountain Avenue. He was later pronounced dead at University Medical Center. Avenue north of East Lee Street, CHASE, page 10 LAWLESSNESS IN NEW ORLEANS Labor Day Crowds hostile as exodus continues weekend Death toll rises; means DUI gunfire delays checkpoints rescue efforts By Holly Wells The Associated Press Arizona Daily Wildcat

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Many students believe a three-day descended into anarchy yesterday, weekend is just one more reason to as corpses lay abandoned in street party, but sobriety checkpoints may medians, fights and fires broke out influence some plans. and storm survivors battled for seats The Pima County Sheriff’s Depart- on the buses that would carry them ment and the Southern Arizona Driv- away from the chaos. The tired and ing Under the Influence task force will hungry seethed, saying they had be setting up sobriety checkpoints to- been forsaken. morrow for the first time in nearly 10 “I’m not sure I’m going to get out years. of here alive,” said Canadian tourist The operation will start at 10 p.m., Larry Mitzel, who handed a reporter and the location of the checkpoints his business card in case he goes will be announced tomorrow, accord- missing. “I’m scared of riots. I’m ing to a press release. scared of the locals. We might get Aerospace engineering junior caught in the crossfire.” Shane Donovan, who is going to a Four days after Hurricane Katrina friend’s party this weekend, said the roared in with a devastating blow checkpoints are a bummer. that inflicted potentially thousands of “Friends will drive me or else I’ll deaths, the frustration, fear and an- just crash somewhere,” he said. “It’s ger mounted, despite the promise of too risky to drive even if you only 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to drank a little.” stop the looting, plans for a $10 billion This year 15 people have died on recovery bill in Congress and a gov- Pima County roads in accidents in- ernment relief effort President Bush volving alcohol, the release stated. called the biggest in U.S. history. Between January and July of this New Orleans’ top emergency man- year the Pima County Sheriff’s De- agement official called that effort a partment has given out more than “national disgrace” and questioned 1,000 DUIs, according to the release. when reinforcements would actually The Associated Press Retail and consumer science ju- As the National Guard patrols, Louis Jones, 81, left, and Catherine McZeal, 62, help each other walk down flooded Poydras Street yes- reach the increasingly lawless city. nior Jimmy Bryant said the check- About 15,000 to 20,000 people terday days after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans. The two got together to help each other throughout their crisis. 'They wouldn’t let our children help us,' McZeal said, referring to the fact that people were not allowed to drive into the area to get relatives. points wouldn’t affect him because he who had taken shelter at New Or- doesn’t drink. leans convention center grew in- who are getting beaten,” Compass feet off the ground and flew away. of resources at the convention center “I think it’s a good idea. It will make creasingly hostile after waiting for said. “Tourists are walking in that di- In hopes of defusing the situation and don’t anticipate enough buses.” people more accountable,” Bryant said. buses for days amid the filth and the rection and they are getting preyed at the convention center, Mayor Ray At least seven bodies were scat- Recent studies conducted by the dead. Police Chief Eddie Compass upon.” Nagin gave the refugees permission tered outside the convention cen- National Highway Traffic Safety Ad- said there was such a crush around A military helicopter tried to land to march across a bridge to the city’s ter, a makeshift staging area for ministration show that checkpoints a squad of 88 officers that they re- at the convention center several unflooded west bank for whatever those rescued from rooftops, attics deter impaired motorists, according treated when they went in to check times to drop off food and water. But relief they could find. But the bed- and highways. The sidewalks were to its Web site. out reports of assaults. the rushing crowd forced the chop- lam made that difficult. packed with people without food, Undeclared junior Jennifer Isaac said “We have individuals who are pers to back off. Troopers then tossed “This is a desperate SOS,” Nagin said water or medical care, and with no getting raped, we have individuals the supplies to the crowd from 10 in a statement. “Right now we are out sign of law enforcement. DUI, page 10