6 • THE DAILY WILDCAT
News • Tuesday, February 11, 2014
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Ricky Maciel, an astronomy and physics sophomore, had Luk as a TA last semester. According to Maciel, any communication issues were resolved quickly. “I just raised my hand and asked him personally,� Maciel said. If communication issues persist, Luk turns to his students. “I have them work with their partner to try to work out the problem,� Luk said. “If they still do not understand, I move them to another group.� Britain Eakin, a graduate student in Middle Eastern studies, worked as a TA for Middle Eastern Humanities in the fall of 2013. Most of the work in the class was in the form of essays, and she said she sometimes experienced language barriers with her students. “It’s an interesting issue, and one that should be handled delicately,� Eakin said. Fahd Alalwi has a unique perspective on language barriers, as he is from Saudi Arabia and is earning a Ph.D. in second language acquisition and teaching at the UA. He worked as an instructional assistant at CESL in the fall of 2012. “The language barrier is the thing that we are working on as ESL teachers,� he said. “This problem was part of the solution itself. This kind of facilitated the process for both parties — for the teacher and for the student.� Alalwi said he enjoyed teaching outside of his home country of Saudi Arabia to students with a variety of backgrounds. “When I taught in my country, it was all homogeneous,� Alalwi said. “Having a group from different nationalities, from different countries, is enriching.� SHANE BEKIAN/THE DAILY WILDCAT
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PROFESSOR MARLENA GOODSITT has been an adjunct lecturer in the Intensive English Program at the Center for English as a Second Language. Students for a year and a half. Students in IEP practice subjects in English like oral communication, writing, grammar and reading.
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and the students safe,� he said. Jacquin said that UAPD is already doing a good job, but that he would like to create a community between the UAPD and all of the other departments of the UA, both on and off campus. “You do three things in life: fair, consistent and honest, and you do not lose,� Jacquin said.
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campus and in the community.� The Pima County Health Department will also bring its mobile testing van to the campus to give free STD testing for a limited number of students. Jennifer Hoefle-Olson, program director for LGBTQ Affairs, said Sex Talk week provides an opportunity to have an honest conversation about sex and offer students information about valuable resources. “We know that our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer students also need to have adding that LGBTQ Affairs that conversation and to get has to make up for that lack of resources,� Hoefle-Olson said. “So knowledge students have coming we partner with campus health in from high school. Being able to partner with on events during Sex Talk Week to Campus Health make sure and be a part of that there’s a bigger, annual content IF YOU GO: event helps LGBTQ that is What: Sexual Health Affairs reach out to relevant to Resource Fair more students and our LGBTQ When: Wednesday, 10 a.m. educate them on students.� to 2 p.m. these issues, she The sex Where: UA Mall said. The LGBTQ education booth will include students a game where receive during high school is typically not students can learn how to practice inclusive of LGBTQ relationships safe sex in a variety of potential or practices, Hoefle-Olson said, sexual encounters.
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Hoefle-Olson said the addition of the Condom Olympics will be helpful because it might interest students in the fair. Anything that helps start a conversation about safe sex practices is very important, Hoefle-Olson added. “If people are going to have sex — and we know that many college students do have sex — they need to be prepared to do it safely,â€? Hoefle-Olson said, “and of course have a lot of fun but ‌ you have to be able to be safe about it.â€?
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