Editing University of Arizona (section)

===Student Union Memorial Center===
[[File:UAstudentu040409.jpg|thumb|Student Union Memorial Center]] 
[[File:Tucson-USS Arizona Bell.JPG|thumb|The salvaged ''USS Arizona Bell''. The 1,820-pound bell is one of two salvaged from the USS ''Arizona'' and is housed in the "bell tower" of the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.]]
The Student Union Memorial Center, on the north side of the Mall east of Old Main, was completely reconstructed between 2000 and 2003. It replaced a {{convert|270000|sqft|m2|-3|adj=on}} structure originally opened in 1951 with additions during the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sortore|first=Nancy|date=August 15, 1971|title=Construction of Student Union Integrated Old, New Buildings|page=C10|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]}}</ref>

The building was designed to mirror the USS ''Arizona'' (BB-39). A variety of sculptures pepper the premises, decorating the air with the chimes of dog tags or the colors of refracted light in honor of those who have served. A [[Bell (instrument)|bell]] housed on the USS ''Arizona'', one of the two bells rescued from the ship after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], has a permanent home in the clock tower of the Student Union Memorial Center. The bell arrived on campus in July 1946. The bell was rung seven times on the third Wednesday of every month at 12:07 pm – symbolic of the battleship's sinking on December 7, 1941 – to honor individuals at the UA, as well as after home [[Arizona Wildcats football|football]] victories, over any team except other Arizona schools.<ref name="U.S.S. Arizona Bell">{{cite web | title=Ringing of the U.S.S. Arizona Bell | publisher=Arizona Board of Regents | year=2005 | work=UA History | access-date=March 29, 2006 | url=http://www.arizona.edu/tours/traditions/traditions8.php |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504055825/http://www.arizona.edu/tours/traditions/traditions8.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = May 4, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Leighton | url=http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-bell-tolls-to-remember-one-of-nation-s/article_f247c758-27a3-5c12-9f1d-d0d885a4ac5e.html | title=Street Smarts: Bell tolls to remember one of nation's darkest days | newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | date=July 13, 2015 | access-date=July 17, 2015 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305103817/http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-bell-tolls-to-remember-one-of-nation-s/article_f247c758-27a3-5c12-9f1d-d0d885a4ac5e.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, it was announced that at the request of the U.S. Navy, who still officially owns the bell, and in the interest of preservation of the historic artifact, that the bell would no longer be rung.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brean|first=Henry|date=December 5, 2020|title=Worry about wear silences USS Arizona bell at UA|url=https://tucson.com/news/local/worry-about-wear-silences-uss-arizona-bell-at-ua/article_41b4019d-ef27-5d2d-8fd7-f736080ef9c0.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Arizona Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182319/https://tucson.com/news/local/worry-about-wear-silences-uss-arizona-bell-at-ua/article_41b4019d-ef27-5d2d-8fd7-f736080ef9c0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>