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ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
wednesday, october ,
tucson, arizona
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Social media decreases GPA By Steven Kwan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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A traffic light lays on the corner of Sixth Street and Highland Avenue after a Jeep Cherokee toppled the pole in an attempt at avoiding another vehicle. The streetlight severely injured a 25-year-old UA student as it fell.
Streetlight crushes student
Car accident knocks over pole, hits 25-year-old pedestrian in head By Michelle A. Monroe and Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A UA student with lifethreatening injuries was transported to a hospital after being hit by a falling streetlight pole, police said. The 19-year-old driver of a maroon Jeep Cherokee was heading east on Sixth
Street approaching Highland Avenue. There was a green traffic light for cars traveling from east to west, and one vehicle was attempting to turn south onto Highland Avenue, said Sgt. David Fernandez , a Tucson Police Department officer who was at the scene of the accident. The vehicle stopped in the middle of the road as pedestrians
were walking in the crosswalk. The Cherokee went onto the sidewalk and hit a pole in an attempt to avoid hitting the stopped vehicle. The Cherokee knocked the pole over, and it hit a pedestrian. The 25-year-old UA student was transported to a hospital, according to TPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Matt Ronstadt. “The kid was waiting to
walk across, and the car hit the pole and the pole hit the kid,” said Sara Morvay, a UA student who saw the accident’s aftermath. “I walked out right as the pole fell. The ambulance got here right away. I saw the side of his body, it was all bloody and limp. Then the kid screamed,” she said as
Could you give up Facebook for a week? “Yeah, I probably should actually,” said Casey McCormick, an elementary education junior, laughing. “It’s distracting with school and stuff, especially being a junior and getting into my major, it’s a lot more work.” Hwan Cho, a pre-business sophomore, was not so quick to agree. “No, probably not, to tell you the truth. It’s a pretty big part of my life right now and it keeps me up to date with everything I need to know,” he said. The saturation of Facebook on campuses prompted Eric Darr, provost of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania, to place a blackout on social media last month. Students and faculty could not access Facebook, Twitter or instant messaging on campus for a week. STUDIES, page 3
House nominees Laminating costs delay project debate By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
The continually postponed residence hall displays project heads through another hoop with the formerly excluded lamination costs up for funding at this week’s ASUA Senate meeting. The project is Sen. Chad Travis’ first senate project of the year. It is one of several monetary requests and ASUA appointments that require full senate approval. As both item #S10093 and #S10096 are on the agenda, the $58.10 lamination costs were excluded from the first funds approval for the posters to reduce costs. Discussions between the Residence Hall Association and Travis with poster placement caused the delay in posting them until this point, according to Travis. Travis had hoped for the posters to be up by the end of last month. Monday’s appropriation
board consent agenda, the week’s rundown of clubs which have requested and received funding, which approved only $1,364.79 of the $8,689.85 request, also needs senate approval at the meeting. The appropriations board struck club funding for the Jewish Voice for Peace and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. This comes after the tabling of the Jewish Voice for Peace’s first request last week. Also for the appropriations board, an additional member requires ASUA Senate approval at the meeting as an executive vice presidential appointment. Carlita Cotton, proposed appropriations board director and psychology undergraduate student, awaits senate approval Wednesday. The board, including seven directors who review and grant requests, “allocates approximately $150,000 to different clubs and organizations to help their efforts to contribute to the
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ASUA’S APPROPRIATIONS BOARD CONSENT AGENDA FROM MONDAY Jewish Voice for Peace Amount approved: STRICKEN Amount requested: $350.00 Vote: 6-0-0
UA Peace Corps Fellows Amount approved: $1175.85 Amount requested: $2390.23 Vote: 5-0-1
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Amount approved: STRICKEN Amount requested: $2259.00 Vote: 6-0-0
Arizona Model United Nations Amount approved: TABLED Amount requested: $3305.68 Vote: 6-0-0
Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society Club Amount approved: $188.94 Amount requested: $188.94 Vote: 6-0-0
Total requested: $8,689.85 Total allocated: $1,364.79 Total funded for the year: $25,433.08
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By Luke Money ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Candidates for Arizona’s Congressional District 7 will participate in an open debate today at 5 p.m. All four candidates, incumbent Democrat Raul Grijalva, Republican Ruth McClung, Libertarian George Keane and Independent Harley Meyer will debate. The Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Arizona Public Media and the Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus are partnering with the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to host the debate at the Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus, 4905 E. Broadway Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The debate is free and open to the public, but event organizers are requesting that those who attend do not wear shirts with political statements on them or bring political signs. Arizona Public Media will videotape the debate and provide video to those unable to attend the event.
First Chilean miners rescued MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS COPIAPO, Chile — The first of 33 miners trapped for 69 days in a collapsed mine a halfmile underground has reached the surface. Florencio Avalos, 31, a foreman, was winched to freedom inside a slim capsule pulled through the 28-inch-wide shaft that had been drilled to reach the men’s underground refuge. He emerged to ecstatic cheers
from rescue workers and the families of the miners, but was shielded from the view of the reporters, who had arrived from around the world to cover the dramatic event. The other miners are expected to be rescued at a rate of about one an hour, barring accidents or obstacles. The plan is to have the last of the miners on the surface within two days. Luis Urzua, 54, who emerged as the leader of the miners during the
ordeal, is to be the last out. Miners’ relatives, government officials and media representatives all eagerly awaited the first sign of a successful rescue on what was the 69th day of captivity for the men. President Sebastian Pinera arrived at the mine Tuesday to see the rescue efforts and greet the miners. “We made a promise to never MINERS, page 3
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The first of 33 trapped miners in the San Jose Mine, Chile, were hauled into the friged Chilean desert air early this morning.
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