University of Arizona Archives

September 11, 2017

Arizona Football: Time to Say Bu-Bye!

I will celebrate 21,915 days on this Earth on Thursday. That’s 60 years, for those who don’t focus on each and every day! During those many days, the University of Arizona Wildcats have played 681 or 682 football games. (The 1957 Ed Doherty team went 1-8-1, and I suspect one or two games were played before September 14.*) And from 1957 through last Saturday’s Houston fiasco, the Wildcats have won 52% of their games.

More stats? In 60 full seasons Arizona has been ranked nationally at the end of the season 8X. Our teams were Western Athletic Conference champions twice, and PAC-10 champions once. (The U of A has been in the PAC-10 /

Rehnquist and O’Connor – Arizona Justices

February 9, 2015

Mark Rubin

Last Friday I attended part of The Rehnquist Court: Ten Years Later, presented jointly by the William H. Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government and the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. I spent a very interesting morning learning about federalism—the relationship between state governments and the federal government—and the role of the Chief Justice of the United States. (No, nothing left out there; the office-holder—all 17, to date, men—is the Chief Justice of the country, not the Court.) I missed afternoon sessions on criminal justice and the First Amendment.

I mention my day because I don’t know how many people appreciate the value associated with having two justices—one the Chief

Chief Justice William Rehnquist, James E. Roger College of Law, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, The Rehnquist Center, University of Arizona

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