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serve as the interim dean. “She’s terrific. I’ve worked with Kendal for a long time,” Vito said. “She’s worked in a lot of different areas in the division. She’s worked with multicultural programs, she’s worked with student retention and success, she’s been in the Dean of Students Office for the past few years and has had different roles. She has a lot of good energy.” White explained that she believes a national search will be good for the UA Dean of Students Office and hopes to help identify Humphrey’s successor. “I think it would be great to have someone with some fresh perspective that comes from a different institution, that can bring some great ideas,” said White. “I think we do great work already, but it’s always fun to have someone else come in to say, ‘Help me understand why we’re doing this again?’” Humphrey, who was selected as the dean of students in Oct. 2011, shared some words of
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Crowds gathered to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. with a march on the UA Mall Monday. This year marked the 27th annual commemorative birthday celebration and brought the community together to celebrate King’s legacy through the event, themed, “Reflection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — The Man and his Dream.” In recent years, the march traditionally began at the UA and ended at Reid Park. This year, however, the event took a new route. Rather than leaving campus, participants walked around the perimeter of the UA Mall for about 20 minutes. After the march ended, various performers took the stage and gave speeches, played the drums, danced and sang songs, including multiple renditions of the national anthem. Speakers also mentioned President Barack Obama’s second inuguration and made connections between
Tyler baker/Arizona Daily Wildcat The 27th annual Martin Luthor King Jr. walk took place around campus, ending with speeches by community members on the UA Mall, Jan. 21.
King’s time and where society is now. “I thought it was a way to honor both Martin Luther King and President Obama on this day, rather than sit looking at the television inauguration,” said Ann
Weekes, a retired associate professor of humanities and English at the UA and an attendee. George Epps, a speaker at the event, read King’s famous speech, “I Have A Dream.”
TYLER BESH/ Daily Wildcat Interim Dean Kendal Washington White
wisdom for his successors. “I would tell my successor to make sure that they connect with students, not just formal student leaders, but all students to ensure that the UA experience is the best that it can be,” Humphrey said. “I would tell them that being a dean of students is a lot like being the secretary of state. There is often a lot of competing interests, all with the best intentions, at odd and your job is to bring groups together to come to an amicable resolution.”
Parking tool helps users plan ahead
“You know, this isn’t for show. This is because it’s important to us. But the work that we still have to do is still important,” said Clarence Boykins, chairman of the
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UA Parking and Transportation Services introduced a tool that will allow visitors to view parking garage vacancies and is working toward creating a mobile device version. The service, which launched last semester, is available on the PTS website and shows students, faculty and visitors live data on the status of a parking garage that is updated every few seconds. Data is available Monday through Friday between 5:00 a.m. and midnight, excluding university holidays. PTS is also trying to work on a mobile device compatible version to connect the tool with the UA app as well, according to Bill Davidson, marketing manager for PTS. “I think it’s a good way for our visitors, students and staff to plan ahead and to determine which garages they can enter upon arrival at the university,” Davidson said. Some students said they would use the tool if they were late to a class. “Usually the only time I will pay to park in a garage is when I’m running late,” said Caroline Pool, a public management and policy senior. “It would be nice to know ahead of time if I think it’s going to I’m going to be able to get the be good for overall spot that I need to get.” communication for Some students have pereverybody. mits and don’t worry about garage availability, but Grant — Bill Davidson, Kornrumph, a sophomore PTS manager studying environmental hydrology and water resources, said he would use the service for other instances. “I would probably use it [for a game day] because sometimes I don’t always know what is happening with games.” PTS is working on the upload of information for special event parking, such as a UApresents event or even a football game, Davidson said. “I think that the site will be very useful because we will be able to give our customers other information, too,” Davidson said. “I think it’s going to be good for overall communication for everybody.” The information technology department at PTS came up with the idea, since it had the software to determine if a parking garage was full. FLEX, the software, tracks the
Community Chatter What was your favorite part about attending the presidential inauguration?
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“It was an amazing experience. My favorite part was being able to see the president taking part in such an amazing part of history. Obama talked about upholding the values in our founding documents, in my opinion.” — Maddy Bynes, political science freshman
“Being able to see the swearing in ceremony was truly incredible to watch. Obama talked about the next four years and his plans that he has, and also talked about people needing to stay involved in their community, not just by voting, but getting out there so that we can not only have a great next four years, but a next 40 years. It was really a great experience to be a part of that.” — Trevor Gervais, political science sophomore
“Being up there and being as young as I am. I’m 20 years old and I’m not a journalist yet and so being up there, where I was, it was all professional journalists. The fact that I was there and I got to see all of that and be there.” — Sami-Jo Roth, a journalism junior and Time Warner Cable intern
“Hearing the president speak, no doubt. The inauguration is something that I’m going to tell my kids about. It’s absolutely amazing; it’s absolutely incredible.” — Amer Taleb, a journalism junior and Scripps Howard Foundation Wire intern.
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Exhibitions raise awareness about violence Renee Valencia Arizona Daily Wildcat
A series of exhibitions held on the UA campus helped raise awareness about violence within the community. The Victory over Violence exhibition, hosted by the UA Buddhists for Peace Club and Soka Gakkai International — USA, a Buddhist association, focused on bringing violence issues in Tucson to light during a four-day period. The exhibition began Saturday and will end today in the Student Union Memorial Center. The exhibition, which is in its 13th year nationally, was prompted by the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, according to
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youth.” To kick off the event, keynote speaker Richard Ruiz, UA department head of teaching, learning and sociocultural studies and director of Mexican American studies, gave a speech on creating peaceful dialogue in everyday life. Mitzi Sasse, yoga and Qi Gong instructor, also led an interactive and hands-on demonstration that allowed attendees to take part in yoga and Qi Gong movements. Sunday’s guest speakers included Sheri Bauman, director of UA counseling and mental health graduate program with a talk on bullying, as well as Linda Kohanov, an international author, who gave
Tomoko Marcus, leader of Desert Thunder District in Tucson for Soka Gakkai International — USA. Preparation for the event began five months in advance with youth members from the club and the international association working to bring the exhibition to Tucson following the Jan. 8 shooting, according to Brian Diezel, a Pima Community College student majoring in computer science and member of Buddhists for Peace Club. “The youth in our organization have worked really hard for this event to happen,” said Junko Olander, Soka Gakkai International — USA member. “For their growth, I would say this has been successful. Very successful growth in our
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Hailey Eisenbach/Arizona Daily Wildcat The UA is hosting Victory Over Violence, a four-day event, featuring guest lectures and discussion about topics concerning violence.
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