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UA Visitor Guide
Branching Out | 6
UA is one big arboretum
that continues to grow.
Get to know some of
the 7,000 trees and
cacti, including the
baobab and the boojum.
Take a Walk on the
Cultured Side | 20
From “Hamlet” to
“Hudson Bay” (left)
check out the diverse
public art on campus.
Born to be an
Athletic Director | 27
Greg Byrne, UA’s new AD
who learned the ropes
from his father, explains
the benefi ts of Pac-10
expansion.
The University of Arizona Visitor
Guide is published twice a year
by Arizona Student Media in the
Division of Student Affairs. Its purpose
is to provide useful information
about the UA for visitors to
our dynamic community.
Circulation: 35,000
wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide
Copies of the UA Visitor Guide are
available at many locations on and
off campus, including the UA Visitor
Center, the Information Desk in the
Student Union Memorial Center and
the UA Main Library.
The UA Visitor Center
811 N. Euclid Ave., 520-621-5130
The University of Arizona
www.arizona.edu, 520-621-2211
Discovering UA | 30
Check out the turtle pond,
John Dillinger’s chewed
gum, J.F. “Pop” McKale’s
piano, the Phoenix Mars
Mission mural and the
USS Arizona exhibit.
Backyard Dig | 34
UA anthropology
students uncover
Hohokam treasures
on school-owned land
east of Tucson.
Strength and
Beauty | 40
An expanded Student
Recreation Center leaves
students “in awe” with its
glass walls and massive
workout room.
The UA campus, as it
looked in 1919. 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.
On the cover: The Krutch cactus garden on the UA Mall — featuring
the tall boojum to the right — and the USS Arizona bell atop the
Academic
Calendar 9
Campus Map 24
Dance
Family
16
Weekend 32
Film 43
Galleries
Getting
35
Around 5
Homecoming 33
Libraries 39
Museums 10
Music
Poetry and
17
Prose
Steward
36
Observatory 4
Theater 15
Tours 4
Performances 12
Student
Union Map 44
Contributing Editor: Mike Chesnick
Advertising & Distribution: Milani Hunt
Marketing Coordinator, Arizona Student Media
milanih@email.arizona.edu, 520-626-8546
Design & Production: Cynthia Callahan
Creative Services Manager, Arizona Student Media
cynthiac@u.arizona.edu, 520-621-3377
Director of Arizona Student Media: Mark Woodhams
woodhams@email.arizona.edu, 520-621-3408
Student Union Memorial Center are part of the Campus Arboretum
and Public Art tours, respectively. Cover photo: Cynthia Callahan
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