UNIVERSITY TIMELINE NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Q&A EXPANDED REC CENTER Rising from the Desert What Pac-12 Will Mean Strength and Beauty The University of Arizona Fall/Winter 2010 WALK THIS WAY Take a cool look at campus with the Arboretum and Public Art tours TOURS / 4 MUSEUMS / 10 PERFORMANCES / 12 CAMPUS MAP / 24-25 POETRY & PROSE / 36 Sahara is the safe, secure, quiet place Hotel rooms for students. available for visitors! 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Left to right: Communication, Engineering, part of Old Main, Douglass, Forbes From UA Desert yearbook Celebrating its 125th anniversary, the University of Arizona has grown from desert scrub land to one of the nation’s top research institutions. In 1885, Tucson had hoped to get the state capital moved here from Prescott. Instead, the Arizona Legislature let Prescott keep the capital, gave Phoenix an insane asylum and Tempe a normal school, and awarded Tucson a budget of $25,000 to start a university. Check out our UA timeline at the top of the pages that follow. Contents Branching Out | 6 Discovering UA | 30 Academic Calendar 9 UA is one big arboretum Check out the turtle pond, Campus Map 24 that continues to grow. John Dillinger’s chewed Get to know some of gum, J.F. “Pop” McKale’s Dance 16 the 7,000 trees and piano, the Phoenix Mars Family cacti, including the Mission mural and the Weekend 32 baobab and the boojum. USS Arizona exhibit. Film 43 Galleries 35 Getting Take a Walk on the Backyard Dig | 34 Around 5 Cultured Side | 20 UA anthropology Homecoming 33 students uncover From “Hamlet” to Libraries 39 “Hudson Bay” (left) Hohokam treasures Museums 10 check out the diverse on school-owned land public art on campus. east of Tucson. Music 17 Poetry and Prose 36 Born to be an Strength and Steward Athletic Director | 27 Beauty | 40 Observatory 4 Greg Byrne, UA’s new AD An expanded Student Theater 15 who learned the ropes Recreation Center leaves Tours 4 from his father, explains students “in awe” with its Performances 12 the benefi ts of Pac-10 glass walls and massive Student expansion. workout room. Union Map 44 UA Visitor Guide The University of Arizona Visitor Copies of the UA Visitor Guide are Contributing Editor: Mike Chesnick available at many locations on and Guide is published twice a year Advertising & Distribution: Milani Hunt off campus, including the UA Visitor by Arizona Student Media in the Marketing Coordinator, Arizona Student Media Center, the Information Desk in the Division of Student Affairs. Its pur- [email protected], 520-626-8546 Student Union Memorial Center and pose is to provide useful informa- the UA Main Library. Design & Production: Cynthia Callahan tion about the UA for visitors to Creative Services Manager, Arizona Student Media our dynamic community. The UA Visitor Center 811 N. Euclid Ave., 520-621-5130 [email protected], 520-621-3377 Circulation: 35,000 The University of Arizona Director of Arizona Student Media: Mark Woodhams wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide www.arizona.edu, 520-621-2211 [email protected], 520-621-3408 On the cover: The Krutch cactus garden on the UA Mall — featuring Student Union Memorial Center are part of the Campus Arboretum the tall boojum to the right — and the USS Arizona bell atop the and Public Art tours, respectively. Cover photo: Cynthia Callahan UA VISITOR GUIDE FALL/WINTER 2010 3 1885: Arizona Legislature awards university to Tucson. Two gamblers and a saloon keeper donate 40 acres of land, and ground is broken for Old Main in 1887. schedule and to reserve your spot. Arizona State Museum Group The Visitor Center is located at the Tours Visitors can explore the mu- UA Tours northwest corner of Euclid Avenue seum on their own or participate in and University Boulevard. Call guided tour opportunities. Docent- 520-621-5130 or email visitor@email. led tours through the “Paths of arizona.edu Life” permanent exhibit highlight the American Indian cultures of Arizona Ambassador Tours are led Arizona and northern Mexico by UA students and offered to pro- (Thursdays and Saturdays, free spective students and their parents with admission, no reservations re- by the Offi ce of Admissions. The quired). Curator-guided tours give tours showcase Old Main, Student small groups a behind-the-scenes Union Memorial Center, Student look into labs and collections areas Recreation Center and Main Li- (advanced reservations required, brary. Tours are offered weekday Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $12 mornings and afternoons, and per person). For more information, Saturday mornings during the fall contact Darlene Lizarraga at dfl @ and spring semesters. Call 621-3641 email.arizona.edu or 520-626-8381. for more information. Prospective students can register online at Steward Observatory Mirror admissions.arizona.edu/visit Lab Tours offer a behind-the- scenes look at the cutting-edge Campus Arboretum Tours let visi- technology and revolutionary tors discover more than 7,000 trees processes involved in making on the UA campus. Designated as the next generation of premier an arboretum by the American giant telescope mirrors – from Public Gardens Association in 2002, constructing the mold, to casting, the campus is home to more than to polishing, to delivering the 400 types of trees, some of which fi nished product on a mountain Scott Kirkessner photo have been a part of university top, to viewing the universe. Tours Campus Tours During fall and history for more than 120 years. to this world-renowned facility can spring semesters, the University of Self-guided walking tours, maps, be scheduled for Tuesday through Arizona Visitor Center and the Ari- virtual tours and detailed informa- Friday with reservations required. zona Alumni Association sponsor tion on the school's diverse land- Participants must be 7 or older. a series of free public walking and scape and its history are available Admission is $15 per person, $8 for shuttle tours through campus. Con- on the Campus Arboretum website, students. Call 520-626-8792 or visit tact the Visitor Center for a current arboretum.arizona.edu mirrorlab.as.arizona.edu Introducing Hyatt Place™ Tucson Airport Guests staying at Hyatt Place will fi nd themselves surrounded by the comfort, technology and taste they are accustomed to in their everyday lives. 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Turn right onto hour, with a maximum The Visitor Campbell, following rate of $4. Garages the street through a are free on weekends, Center midway name change pending special event Before exploring the campus, to Kino Parkway. At parking restrictions. Sixth Street, Kino will make the University of Arizona CatTran Shuttle become Campbell Visitor Center your fi rst stop to A free campus shuttle. again. You will see UA learn about the school's attrac- For maps and sched- at the northwest corner tions, top-ranked programs and ules, visit parking. of the intersection of arizona.edu talented community of scholars Campbell Avenue and Sixth Street. and students. The Center offers From Interstate 10 Old Pueblo Trolley more than 80 UA and communi- Visitors approaching Tucson on I-10 The trolley runs between Tucson’s ty publications, Internet access, should exit at Speedway Boulevard Fourth Avenue business district and information about performanc- (Exit 257). Turn east onto Speedway. just outside the UA gates on Universi- es, tour registration and park- The university will be on the right ty Boulevard. The trolley runs Fridays ing. after Euclid Avenue. 6-10 p.m., Saturdays 12 p.m.-midnight The UA Visitor Center is and Sundays 12-6 p.m. The fare is Parking on Campus located at the northwest corner $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for chil- See the campus map (p.