Sy Reene,
UA is a great school! My son is at ASU...wish he would have gone to UA. I'm not familiar with cycling around Tucson but if it's anything like the Phoenix/ Scottsdale metro area you'll probably love it.
It is interesting that long-time Arizonans think motorists are terrible and terrible to cyclists. Well, compared to North Carolina, Arizona is a bikers dream...motor cycle bikers too.