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Arizona’s new course numbering system aims to clarify class equivalencies, ease transfer By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A new course numbering system, approved by the Arizona Board of Regents in December, aims to make transfering courses between community colleges and public universities easier for students. The Shared Unique Number system is in the process of being implemented at Arizona’s community colleges and universities. Courses under the system are given a separate, distinct number apart from the individual
university identification. Between 175 and 200 transferable courses will be mapped to their corresponding course at each institution and be made available via a searchable online database. The Arizona university system had 9,222 students who transferred from community colleges in fall 2010, according to the Arizona Board of Regents’ website. The board hopes to increase this number to 16,000 by 2020. Part of this process is ensuring transfer students know which courses are equivalent between
colleges. “It’s kind of complicated,” said psychology junior Jason Hill, who transferred this semester from Pima Community College. Hill said he used multiple websites and the current course equivalency guide to determine what classes would transfer. “I had to check through a lot of sources to find exactly what I needed,” he said. “There were a couple (courses) that were named differently, so I had to explain that to my adviser.” The Arizona Students’
Association proposed two course-numbering systems to aid this transfer process. ASA used research from other institutions to recommend the common course numbering system, which would create a universal set of course prefixes and numbers throughout the state. For instance, an English 101 course would be identified the same way at all Arizona institutions. Regents instead selected the Shared Unique Number system to implement, citing cost as
their main concern. The common course numbering system would cost an estimated $67,059,931 to implement, while the estimated cost of the Shared Unique Number system is $4,689,053 to implement, according to an executive summary from the Arizona Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee. Elma Delic, board chair of ASA, said the Shared Unique Number system is a step in the right direction but not as effective as having TRANSFER, page 3
Official discusses wartime rights By Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
To the acting U.S. Solicitor General there are clear limits to the scope of the nation’s Constitution, particularly in times of war. Neal Katyal addressed a crowd at the James E. Rogers College of Law on Monday as part of the J. Byron McCormick Society for Law and Public Affairs. Lawrence Ponoroff, dean of the College of Law and Samuel M. Fegtly Chair in Commercial Law, welcomed guests to the lecture and added that it was of great importance “to our educational history.” “Indeed the Solicitor General position has been referred to as the best lawyer job in the country,” Ponoroff said. Katyal also served as the national security advisor in the U.S. Justice Department, and as co-counsel to thenVice President Al Gore during the disputed 2000 presidential election. He has had articles published in nearly every major law review and newspaper in America and appeared on many nightly news television programs, including “The Colbert Report.” Katyal began his lecture, “The Constitution in Conflict: 1850-1950,” by saying it took two and a half years after being formally invited for him to come to the UA. “Then there was an election, and it took me quite awhile to get here,” Katyal said. The audience laughed, and then Katyal dove into his speech. He highlighted two main cases he was involved with in particular, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld , which held that military tribunals could not be held without authorization from Congress, and Grutter v. Bollinger, a case which upheld the validity of the affirmative action admissions policy at the University of Michigan. Katyal was the lead counsel in the Hamdan case. “Hamdan is simply one of the most important decisions on presidential power … ever,” Ponoroff said. Katyal spoke of options that are available in times of war
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Campus Health lists top meds By Michelle Weiss ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Antibiotics, antifungals and antidepressants are among the most-sold prescription drugs on campus, according to Campus Health Service data. The four most frequently prescribed medications are Keflex, an antibiotic; ProAir, for asthma; Z-pak, an antibiotic ; and Diflucan, an
anti-fungal treatment . Oral contraceptives are also dispensed often, but not included in the top-sellers list, said Kim Birmingham, the chief pharmacist at Campus Health. Depending on which viruses are going around each semester, this number may or may not stay constant, she said. Lexapro and Prozac, both of which are top-10 sellers at Campus Health, are anti-
depressants. They are in the same family and designed to do the same thing, said Keith Boesen, the interim managing director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center. “They have to be taken regularly every single day to be effective,” Boesen said. Lexapro and Prozac take four to six weeks at a proper dosage to take full effect, he said. Minor side effects such as becoming
jittery, drowsy or experiencing stomach issues can also occur at first. However, they can be overcome in two to three weeks. “The drug is affecting, you know, levels of certain chemicals inside your body,” Boesen said. “So your body has to take some time to get adjusted to that.” Over time, the body builds DRUGS, page 3
RNs to the rescue ICU nurses reminisce about their time with Tucson shooting victims By Eliza Molk ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT For nurses of the University Medical Center trauma Intensive Care Unit, teamwork, professionalism and consoling victims’ families are all part of the job. These characteristics are especially important when dealing with many casualties, such as the victims of the shooting on Jan. 8. Tracy Culbert, the registered nurse in charge at UMC the day
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of the shooting, recalls how she and her staff went into action that morning. “We did get a page over the system that we were getting people in with gunshot wounds. All our nurses starting coming in and calling in to assist us … if they (the staff) weren’t physically helping a patient, they were helping those people caring for the patients,” Culbert said. Five patients were in the ICU that day and six extra nurses went in to help accommodate
the patients. Angelique Tadeo, a registered nurse who worked that night, explained that it was less adrenaline and more her training that kicked in when she was caring for the trauma patients. “We look at who needs what first and second and make sure that everybody is working together,” she said. “We are used to multiple traumas coming in at the same time … the difference was who it was (Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other
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victims).” Giffords’ presence in the hospital was not the only new experience for the ICU trauma nurses. Registered Nurse Aubreena Beckel said she felt the media and police presence was the “most different.” The staff also received food donations, massages and acupuncture in return for their hard work, according to Culbert. “It saved us,” Culbert said.
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