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Man barricades himself Higher in apartment near campus education under review By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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A SWAT team packs up to leave while Tucson Police Department officers arrest a man who barricaded himself in an apartment with a knife-like weapon across the street of the dormitory construction on Euclid Avenue and Sixth Street Thursday afternoon.
Weapon-wielding man shot with rubber bullets, subdued By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A man flashing a sharp-edged, knife-like weapon barricaded himself into an apartment nearby campus early Thursday afternoon. The Tucson Police Department got the initial call to the apartment at 747 E. Sixth St. at 12:41 p.m. in regards to a subject swinging a knife around and threatening people. After officers encountered him, the man ran inside the apartment.
“Clearly, this is an individual in crisis,” said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco.“Clearly, if this individual needs help, we will get him the help that he needs.” The man spent three hours in the apartment before the Special Weapons and Tactics Team arrived. When exiting the apartment, he did not respond to the officers’ requests, and they fired a non-lethal rubber bullet into his ribs. He was then taken into custody. “We don’t want anyone to get hurt in these situations,” Pacheco said.
Pacheco noted that TPD was pleased with how the situation turned out. “This outcome illustrates how critical it is to follow our established protocols, not to push things too fast and, at the same time, utilize our SWAT officers if the situation needs to go tactical,” Pacheco said.“You just have to take your time with those situations and resolve them peacefully.” Roads around the UA, as well as Tucson High School, were closed for several hours, but were reopened soon after the suspect was taken into
custody. He was transported to the main TPD station to be questioned at around 5:15 p.m. Roads were reopened at 5:45 p.m. He was transported to Pima County Jail Thursday night. No charges had been made as of press time, but officials say he could be charged with disorderly conduct and aggravated assault. The name of the subject had not been identified as of press time, but it was confirmed that he was not a UA student.
Study Buddy pill replaces Adderall By Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
A UA alumnus hopes to battle the illicit use of prescription medication, such as Adderall and Ritalin, with a new study aid pill. Tyler Johansen developed a supplement company in his early years as a finance and entrepreneurship student at the UA. The idea was further propelled when Johansen was researching the pharmaceutical industry at an entrepreneurial summer research program. Johansen launched Brainiac Supplements LLC and released the company’s first product,“Study Buddy,”on March 8.This pill was developed in coalition
with pharmacists who promise to improve energy, increase memory, enhance focus and even alleviate hangovers. “In my college days, we used to drink coffee, studying for exams,” said Jim Jindrick, a mentor-in-residence at Eller. Now, mental stimulants for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have become a popular yet dangerous tool. “There’s times when students become very stressed … the idea is to formulate a useful and healthier alternative,” Jindrick said. Study Buddy sells exclusively at the UA. David Dougall, the manager of the Food Stop Division, and who oversees all of the UA’s convenience stores, said
there’s been positive feedback from students showing enhanced mental stimulation after using Study Buddy. Initially, an order of 250 packets came in, but Dougall said he already has another shipment placed for 100 additional packs of Study Buddy just for next week. “It was initially sold at Bookend Cafe, near the UA Main Library, since its location would strategically work with what it is intended for,” Dougall said. ”(It’s) where students study.” Now it’s available at four different locations on campus. Christiana Ageh, the supervisor for U-Mart has seen a definite increase in popularity among students but couldn’t give a definite number.
She added that the Bookend Cafe has sold the most of the supplement. “Bookend is doing great; they’ve already sold out all of their first shipment and needed to request more orders,”Ageh said. Even though it’s a new product, UA students“seem to really like it,”she said. Upon graduating from the UA, Johansen moved to Phoenix, got laid off and moved back to Tucson with the motivation to start the company. The company was costly to get off the ground, but Johansen’s endeavor was financially backed by his father. If it is successful at the UA, Johansen plans to expand his business to other Arizona college campuses and eventually take Study Buddy nationwide.
Community and civic engagement were the topics of the Higher Education Colloquium, a program which invites academic leaders to come together for discussion, on Thursday. The colloquium, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Higher Education, is held Thursdays from 12:30-1:45 p.m. this semester. These topics addressed the role of foundations and partnerships in education by having Jack Jewett, president and CEO of the Flinn Foundation, and Paul Luna, president and CEO of the Helios Foundation, speak. Jewett said Arizona is at a crossroads in education and that it poses a threat to the Flinn Foundation’s programs. In the past, the Flinn Scholars program awards 20 students full undergraduate scholarships to Arizona public universities every year. Last year, because of damage to Arizona’s reputation in higher education, they were only able to offer 17 scholarships. “Arizona was being hammered a year ago, and there was a consequence to that,” Jewett said. Jewett and Luna focused on the crisis as a call to action. “There is indeed an honor to public service and we need to equip individuals with the qualities and the skill sets and the opportunity to serve. Whether it’s in public service or private service, there is a lot of work that can be done,”Jewett said. Luna shared both Helios’ story and talked about Expect More Arizona, an organization created to give education a voice in Arizona. Luna said Expect More Arizona is about raising the understanding of all residents in the state in regards to education. Luna talked about how the organization works on giving information and inspiring the community to share their voice and ask questions. “You ask the questions and you make sure you are satisfied with the answers you get,”Luna said. Luna’s presentation showed questions such as “Is average good enough? Are our expectations good enough? And are we doing enough?” Luna said that the Helios Foundation was going to be bringing all of its resources to the table and encouraged individuals to do the same. “Bring what you have, bring what you can because our future depends on it,” Luna said. The audience seemed pleased with the optimistic outlook. Joe Embacher a graduate student in the higher education program, was among those satisfied with the presentation. “I think they laid out a very good proposal for the future of the state and a very optimistic future which has been a lot different than the rest of the speakers we heard in the series,”Embacher said.
Bazaar bonds CESL students By Matt Lewis ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
The Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) hosted an International Bazaar on Thursday. Students in CESL demonstrated aspects of their individual cultures and shared them with the UA and Tucson community. The event has been around since the mid-1970s. According to the most recently published UA Factbook, there were 2,351 students from approximately 120 countries for the 2008-09 academic year. “A bazaar is something exotic or
different because there are many cultures in one place,” said Jennell Rae, student activities coordinator for the event. Students from more than 30 countries shared their cultures with other students and those in the community. Event organizers were expecting between 150-200 people, the amount that normally attends the bazaar. “(It is important) to showcase and share the cultural diversity and customs of our student body with the community at large,” Rae said. Students shared their talents through song, dance, poetry, martial arts and drama, and patrons could
sample food and look at different types of currency. Attendees could also have their names written in various languages and each room was decorated to represent different parts of the world. In the Africa Room, students could learn some of the “clicks” of Xhosa, one of the official languages of South Africa. Saudi students brought down the house with their song and dance, and were told they were too loud since other university classes were being conducted below. There were even lines for some of the rooms BAZAAR, page 3
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Tomomi Yoshida from Japan finishes writing someone’s name in Japanese as Hiroshi Tsubouchi looks on during the Center for English as a Second Language’s International Bazaar on Thursday.
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