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Missing UA alum found dead By Laura Donovan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Lynn and Jeff Hollahan may never know exactly what happened to their son. The body of UA alumnus Devon Hollahan was found in a river near Frankfurt, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2009, more than three weeks after he was last seen. “The police surmised that he fell into the river,” Jeff Hollahan said. Devon Hollahan, who’d moved to Prague in the summer to teach English, spent the evening of Nov. 21 with a friend at a concert in Frankfurt.

They were coming back from the concert when Devon Hollahan disappeared. Neither had been to Frankfurt before, so they walked through the city, probably looking to take a bus, but it was 3 a.m. so the public transportation was not in service, Jeff Hollahan said. Devon Hollahan’s friend asked someone for directions, and when he turned around, Devon was gone. Though Jeff Hollahan credits the authorities for handling this situation, he expressed dissatisfaction with the police’s reaction. “Some of the reports assume that Devon drunkenly walked into the river. But we’ve received calls that Devon was

seen with three people Program in summer 2008. that night. He could have UA alumnus Brian Malkin, stumbled or been pushed,” who also participated in the Jeff Hollahan said. London Internship Program “Drunk people don’t with Devon Hollahan, just wander into freeways remembers him as a “very or off buildings. We find charismatic, heartwarming this idea wrong. He may guy who cared so much have been the victim of about his friends and family. a crime,” Jeff Hollahan He had a great sense of style, added. attitude, swagger; he was UA alumna Jennifer truly one of a kind.” Dominguez remembers Devon Hollahan, known Devon Hollahan as an by some of the London Devon Hollahan entertaining, humorous Internship Program addition to the Eller College of members as the“iPod guy,”had a music Management’s London Internship library of around 30,000 songs and had

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a diverse taste in music, Malkin said. “His favorite song during our internship experience was MIA’s “Paper Planes,” which was the song we’d sing together at the end of every night out,” Malkin said. The London Internship Program participants have grown closer and come together in light of this event, Malkin added. “He was the life of our London group. We loved his personality and great sense of humor. He always kept us laughing. I was so blessed to have known him and will miss him very ALUM, page 8

New grant preserves collection By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A new endowment has been established in memory of anthropologist and ethnohistorian Henry“Hank”Dobyns’anthropological collection of books and materials. The endowment was created by Rich Stoffle, an associate professor of applied research in anthropology at the UA, and Carla Stoffle, dean of libraries at the UA. The endowment consists of an initial gift of $10,000. Dobyns died on June 21. Dobyns earned his undergraduate degree and worked as a senior researcher at the Bureau of Applied Anthropology at the UA. He used the UA library as a main resource for his work with Native LIBRARY, page 8

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Brian Williams, women’s self-defense instructor, demonstrates how to break a chokehold to sophomore Erin Clair, a double major in pre-physiology and anthropology on Wednesday. Williams has been teaching protective techniques to women for over 20 years.

Group hopes to offset waning support for women’s safety classes By Jennifer Koehmstedt ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT While funding for women’s safety programs on campus has been severely cut, one UA student is taking the issue into her own hands by forming the UA Women’s Self Defense Club. The club will be the first of its kind on campus, said pre-business sophomore Bridgette Larsen, the club’s founder. “There’s no club like this on campus,” she said. “I think people will like it — it’ll be fun.” The classes will be held in the Student Recreation Center, but offer more than just a workout, Larsen said. “I think that a lot of girls don’t know how to protect themselves,” she said. “They wouldn’t know what to do if someone attacked them, and if they join the club they can learn the different

techniques, and I think they’ll gain more confidence because they’ll know what to do when someone surprises them and attacks them.” Malia ‘Uhatafe, student director for ASUA’s Women’s Resource Center and a religious studies senior, said that there is a need for self defense classes on the UA campus. “One of the biggest issues students face here on campus is safety,” she said. “Statistics show that young women between 18 and 25 are more likely to be targeted in terms of sexual assault. Having that service, self defense, is very important. It empowers women and it gives them knowledge, and it educates them on what to do when they’re in a situation.” ‘Uhatafe said that the Women’s Resource Center offered free self defense courses in the spring of 2009. The center also implemented Safe Walk in 2007, providing UA students

and staff traveling alone at night with a free escorted walk. Due to budget cuts, however, programs that promote women’s safety have suffered the most, ‘Uhatafe said. The self defense program was cut completely, and Safe Walk was not offered in the fall of 2009 due to lack of funding. The Women’s Resource Center has continued, however, to offer students pepper spray and keychain flashlights. The center also hopes to offer free self defense classes later on this semester, ‘Uhatafe said. To join the Women’s Self Defense Club, students and faculty must pay a $20 per semester membership fee and $60 per month for the classes. Larsen and class instructor Brian Williams will be at the Rec Center on Jan. 13 and 14 from 4 - 6 p.m. to answer questions, give out schedules for upcoming classes

and provide demonstrations of self defense techniques. Sgt. Juan Alvarez, University of Arizona Police Department public information officer, said that self defense classes are important for a campus where sexual assault is present. “I think that anything a person can take to be more aware of their risks so that they are continually thinking about how to stay safe is a good thing,” Alvarez said. “Commonly … these types of defense classes also comes with information on how to avoid being in certain situations with opportunities where people can commit crimes against you. A lot of the time it’s just being aware, and if someone chooses to take a class that gives them the confidence to be aware and take steps to prevent being victimized … I think that’s a good thing.”

Thousands feared dead in Haiti THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday crying for loved ones and rescuers desperately searched collapsed buildings as fear rose that the death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands. The first cargo planes with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and sniffer dogs headed to the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation a day after the magnitude-7 quake flattened much of the capital of 2 million people. Tuesday’s earthquake brought down buildings great and small — from shacks in shantytowns to President Rene Preval’s gleaming white National Palace, where a dome tilted ominously above the manicured grounds. Hospitals, schools and the main prison collapsed. The capital’s Roman Catholic archbishop was killed when his office and the main cathedral fell. The head of the U.N.