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Students get green for energy efficiency Sustainability efforts on campus gain funding By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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Nicole Scott, a senior majoring in retail and consumer sciences and a member of the Wildcat Powwow Society, prepares frybread at the Wildcat World Fair on the UA Mall on Friday. The funds raised will help pay for the club’s annual Powwow, which has attracted crowds of more than 1,500 people in the past.
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Students, families go global at Family Weekend Wildcat World Fair
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lubs celebrated their diverse cultures at the Wildcat World Fair on Friday. The Wildcat World Fair took place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and had booths for clubs on the UA Mall allowing visitors to explore what the fair had to offer. “The goal of the Wildcat World Fair is generally to raise student awareness about how diverse the UA is and to celebrate those different cultures,” said James Vancel , director of the Wildcat World Fair and an international studies senior. “My job as the director, which is a position within ASUA,
was coordinating all the different clubs, getting the clubs involved, all the logistical stuff like the tents, facilities and the health permits.” The Seven Pipers UA Scottish Club performed during the Wildcat World Fair. “We are trying to gain new members and show everyone
that the Scottish club is present on campus,” said Brenna Ward , the president of the club. “This is our third year at the fair.” There were nine performances ranging from Ward’s Scottish bagpipe procession to a traditional Japanese archery show.
One reason UA tuition increased was to fund sustainability efforts on campus, and now that money is beginning to be put to use. The recently formed studentled Green Fund Committee will have $400,000 of that money to allocate to campus sustainability projects. A transition team convened by UA President Robert Shelton over the summer created the Green Fund Committee in response to the Arizona Board of Regents approving sustainability funding in March. Lon Huber, Green Fund Committee chair from the Graduate and Professional Student Council was one of the students on the team. “It was really a collaborate effort between students, faculty and the administration,” Huber said. The Associated Students of the University of Arizona appointed Sen. Chad Travis, as its vice chair for the Green Fund Committee. ASUA will have three members in addition to the vice chair and GPSC will GREEN, page 3
Eco-Reps clean up Families celebrate Hispanic heritage park WORLD FAIR, page 3
By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Students, families and alumni celebrated Hispanic culture before the football game Saturday. The UA Hispanic Alumni Club hosted a tailgate fiesta in honor of Hispanic Heritage Day. The organization holds the event every year for a few hundred members of the UA community. “This year it coincides with Family Weekend, which is great,” said Aarón Almada, Homecoming and Hispanic Heritage Day chair for the UA Hispanic Alumni Club. Streamers and piñatas decorated the tailgating tent, while a disc jockey played mariachi music. Attendees could purchase Mexican food and bilingual children’s books. “(The event) just highlights Hispanic culture at the UA,” said Janis Gallego, special events chair for the UA Hispanic Alumni Club. UA student groups Mariachi Arizona and Grupo Folklorico Miztontli later performed music and dances. The students, along with high school groups, also performed at the football game. “Because it’s Family Weekend, we’re highlighting UA groups,” said Patsy Klein, who organized the mariachi groups and folk dancers. “It’s always fun.” Student volunteers said the
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UA student groups Mariachi Arizona and Grupo Folklorico Miztontli perform traditional Hispanic dances during halftime of the UA vs. Oregon State football game on Saturday. The performance was a part of Hispanic Heritage Day, which also included a tailgate fiesta before the game.
fiesta was an entertaining display of culture. “It brings us back to our roots and reminds us of where we come from,” said Itzel Rodriguez, a sophomore majoring in math and biology. Spanish sophomore Paloma Garcia said she enjoyed the cultural unity at the event. “It gives you a place at the university, too,” Garcia said. The fiesta provided families
with a fun event before the football game. “My parents are going to come later,” Rodriguez said. “I really enjoy that they’re doing this the same weekend.” Jim and Elvia Wright came from Greer, Ariz., to visit their daughter, accounting junior Johanna Wright, for Family Weekend. The three attended the fiesta before the football game. “Where we come from, you
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don’t see any activities with culture,” Jim Wright said. “It’s nice.” Elvia Wright said she was glad the event coincided with their visit. “It’s a very good connection,” she said. Johanna Wright said college is so chaotic that she can forget to focus on her heritage. “I think events like this are good to keep the culture mixed with college,” Johanna Wright said. “And parents help with that.”
UA Eco-Reps cleaned up a park for 10/10/10, the “Global Work Party,” for the environment. There were 7,347 events in 188 countries organized by 350. org on Sunday. The Eco-Reps, a part of the Residence Life Sustainability Program, cleaned up Himmel Park and ate vegetarian for a day in honor of the event. Julia Kard, Eco-Rep president and pre-veterinary science sophomore, chose Himmel Park because she enjoyed a Recyclemania event held there last year. “It was just kind of a nice way to get out and enjoy the environment and help clean it up a little bit because that is what 10/10/10 is hoping to do is show legislators that we need to clean up the environment,” Kard said. The Eco-Reps chose to eat vegetarian for a day because it significantly reduces the amount of carbon that is released into the environment, Kard said. The diet shift was a challenging experience for some of the Eco-Reps. “My family was in town and everybody in my family is huge meat eaters,” said Constance McNamara, Eco-Reps marketing manager and nutritional sciences ECO-REPS, page 3
QUICK HITS Coming Out Week, activities on the UA Mall all week long beginning with a community resource fair.
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