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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 12
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NOAH NEFF, a systems engineering senior, leads the laser show for the Starlight Honors event on Tuesday at the UA Flandreau Science Center.
Students weigh in on Syrian conflict BY STEPHANIE CASANOVA
The Daily Wildcat
Growing up, Dina Jaber, a molecular and cellular biology senior, spent her summers in Damascus, Syria, where she stayed with her grandparents. When the weather was nice, she and her brother would convince one of the adults to sleep on the couch on the balcony with them, she said. Looking out from the balcony, Jaber could see small, family-owned shops below, all within walking distance of their grandmother’s house. Everybody knows each other in the small, social communities of Syria, according to Jaber. “We’re very family-oriented,” Jaber said. “That’s really a cultural thing. We do everything together … Every day, you know, you’re seeing some other part of your family.” The last time Jaber visited Syria was four summers ago, when her grandfather died. But Jaber says if she returned today, her second home wouldn’t be the same. “I really wish that I could return and visit and see everyone, but I know that even if I do, I know that the country has been shook,” Jaber said.
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UAPD chief reflects on years of public service
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I think most people in law enforcement take their greatest pride in things that they’ve done that have helped people and helped society.
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— Anthony Daykin, UAPD Chief of Police
BY MARK ARMAO
The Daily Wildcat Chief of Police Anthony Daykin is planning to retire after dedicating 13 years to UAPD. Daykin’s retirement will begin in January 2014, although he will stay on in an advisory capacity through June. Daykin said he enjoys coming to work every day, but that he wants to dedicate more time to his family, friends and interests. “I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work here at the university and to help build a very strong and vibrant department,” Daykin said. Daykin said he has devoted himself to making UAPD one of the premier university police departments in the country by cultivating a top-notch police force, while also educating the university community on crime prevention and safety. Daykin, whose career
in law enforcement spans more than 40 years, said he hired and promoted most of the personnel at the department. “I’ve had the opportunity here to get to know some incredibly good people — faculty, staff, administrators and lots of students,” he said, adding that the people are what he’ll miss the most about his job. Daykin said tragedies like the 2007 homicide of Mia Henderson and the shooting at the College of Nursing in 2009 stand out when he looks back at his career as chief. He also said he wants to be remembered for his public service as chief and that of his department. “I think most people in law enforcement take their greatest pride in the things that they’ve done that have helped people and helped society,” Daykin said. “We are doing something where you can look at the mirror in the morning … and say, ‘You know, I think I did some good today.’” Born in 1949, Daykin spent his early childhood in England before moving with his family to Canada, where he lived until he was 15. They then moved to Michigan, where Daykin graduated from high school. Propelled by a strong desire to serve his newly adopted country, Daykin enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1968, during the peak of the Vietnam War. “All my friends thought I had
BY MICAH MONTIEL
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The grand opening of Bear Down Kitchen drew students, faculty and staff to the LowellStevens Football Facility on Tuesday. Bear Down Kitchen is the latest eatery addition to the university and the first restaurant officially designed to draw student athletes.
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Arizona About 30 people Facilities like this play Student attended the Unions, ribbon cutting a role in positioning and Frank event that us for the next level of Farias, the marked the competition. associate official grand —Jason Tolliver, v i c e opening of Bear director of Arizona Student Unions president Down Kitchen. for Student Wilbur was joined at the grand opening by head Affairs. “This is a testament to what can football coach Rich Rodriguez and athletic director Greg Byrne, as happen when you get a university’s well as Jason Tolliver, director of departments crossing together to
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CHIEF OF POLICE Anthony Daykin is retiring after 13 years of service with the University of Arizona Police Department.
things backwards because I had come from Canada to join the Marine Corps,” he said, “whereas a lot of people in the United States were going to Canada to avoid being in the military.” During the war, Daykin suffered what he described as “minor” injuries from shrapnel ejected by an exploding landmine and was awarded the Purple Heart. After returning to the U.S., Daykin enrolled at Eastern Michigan University and shortly thereafter
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do things that are good not only for athletics, but for the institution as a whole,” Tolliver said. “We recognize how important facilities like this are for the recruitment of top athletes and [their] health. Facilities like this play a role in positioning us for the next level of competition.” Although the facility has been open to athletes since the
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With the world changing, learning a second language can only help you. In terms of employment, it makes you more valuable and qualified for whatever position you’re after.” OPINIONS — 4
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