DW
It’s Wednesday!
Get your weekly dose of arts, entertainment and the occasional oddity in WildLife INSIDE, PAGE B1 WILDLIFE
Arizona Daily Wildcat
A Wildcat a day keeps the doctor away! wednesday, october ,
tucson, arizona
dailywildcat.com
ASUA offers legal advice By Will Ferguson ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
Registrar deems drop fee a success
Arizona Daily Wildcat
By Marissa Freireich ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The new drop fee implemented this semester seems to be effective, according to preliminary data from the Office of the Registrar released at the Undergraduate Council meeting on Wednesday evening. Of the number of classes students dropped within the first four weeks of this semester, 76 percent were dropped during the first week of classes. “The overwhelming majority of
drops happened in the first week,” said Beth Acree, the registrar. “We certainly hope they were encouraged to drop earlier than usual (because of the fee),” she said. Under the new policy, students are charged $25 for each course they drop beginning the second week of classes and continuing until the last day of classes, according to the Office of the Registrar’s Web site. Exceptions to the fee include section changes, department drops, summer and winter courses, classes with special
start and end dates and complete withdrawal from the university. The new drop fee generated an estimated $134,775 as of Oct. 2. This money, which has been placed in a separate account, will be put toward increasing seat availability, although no specific plans have been made for the money yet. In addition to the changes in WebReg activity, the lines for schedule changes in the registration DROP, page A3
UA helps create 3-D map of universe By Carly Kennedy ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Astronomers plan to gain insight into the existence of the‘mysterious’dark matter by creating the first three-dimensional map of the universe, a project lead by UA astronomer Daniel Eisenstein. The project, known as BOSS — Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey — is the chief component of
the overall Sloan Digital Sky Survey III. Now in its third generation, the survey will build on past maps of the universe to formulate the biggest and best three-dimensional map yet. “We will take the original imaging from the SDSS and use better spectroscopy to push the boundaries of the map out further to map a larger volume of the universe,” said Eisenstein, the director of the survey. ”It will have about seven times
more volume than the previous survey.” The team uses the 2.5 meter Sloan Foundation telescope located at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico. Although the telescope is modest in size, the field of view is unlike any other, covering about 36 times the area of the full moon. BOSS will survey baryon oscillation, which is the distribution of galaxies throughout the universe, through a relatively new and extremely sensitive
optical-infrared spectrograph located on the telescope. In the early history of the universe, the immense heat caused protons and neutrons, also known as “baryons,” to combine with light from the Big Bang to form oscillations — similar to sound waves. Eisenstein explained it’s like throwing a rock into a pond. The ripples that move outwards are like the baryonic oscillations
For those who find themselves at odds with an unruly landlord or who have a question regarding a misdemeanor charge, Associated Students of the University of Arizona offers free legal consultation to all current UA students. ASUA legal adviser Susan Ferrell has been advising students on legal issues for the better part of two decades. “I see my primary service to be helping students succeed in school by alleviating their legal worries,” Ferrell said. She said in a given week she advises about 50 students on issues ranging from misdemeanor charges to felonies. While Ferrell cannot legally represent students in court, she can point students in the best direction to take when faced with a legal charge or when trying to get out of a lease. “One of the biggest problems I see is when students are taken advantage of by their landlords,” she said. “Students often come to me in regards to getting back a security deposit.” In addition, Ferrell said it is fairly common for landlords to go after the credit of students’ parents after the students opt out of a lease. “Unfortunately, it’s a fairly successful business practice,” she said. Another common case that Ferrell addresses on a regular basis is students who have been charged with a minor in possession of alcohol or marijuana. She said students generally fall into one of two categories. Either they think one minor in possession charge will put them behind bars or they have received 3 or 4 minor in possession charges and don’t know what to do, she said.
UNIVERSE, page A3
Q&A
City Council candidate Karin Uhlich
By Will Ferguson ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Ward 3 representative Karin Uhlich is running for reelection to the Tucson City Council in the Nov. 3 primary election.The Daily Wildcat sat down with Uhlich to discuss her campaign and her previous work with the university. Uhlich said retention of university graduates will have an important role in stimulating the local economy. In terms of economic development, she emphasized local businesses supporting private industry through development fees rather than raising taxes on local residents. Q: What do you perceive to be the relationship between the university and the city council? A: I think it’s improving and there is a lot of fertile ground ahead of us in terms of partnerships and collaboration. … The university and students are an important part of the city and we need to make sure that students, when they come to Tucson, feel like a part of Tucson and not separate from what is happening. Q: Have you done any specific collaboration work with the university over the last few years?
A: Yes, we have really done some great projects together. Some of them have had to do with addressing the tensions between residents around the university and students living in those neighborhoods. We have done a couple things with the fraternity and sorority groups and some of the service organizations. For example, we had a great cleanup project where students, to their credit, volunteered time to go through the neighborhoods and do some cleanup. We also hang door hangers on all doors around the university so students aren’t caught off guard. We don’t want students to ask, “What’s a red tag?” It’s not fair to hold people to a standard when they aren’t informed. So we have done a lot of work to make sure information gets to students. Q: You’ve been in office in Tucson since 2005. How does your track record show that you are the right woman for the job? A: Well, first of all I want to be judged on my record. I made certain promises when I ran for office and I believe I have delivered on them. I can share a few those with you. One of those was that meth was a big
Karen Uhlich explains her goals if she is re-elected to the Tucson City Council. Uhlich said the latest presidential election showed change and that in order for change to keep occurring, students need to vote.
problem in Tucson in 2005. I pushed for passing a law that pulled Sudafed products off of shelves. It’s a necessary ingredient for meth. The attorney general and the state have acknowledged that this ordinance alone has really helped to prevent home meth labs from springing up. The second thing was making sure that as Tucson grows and develops we have impact fees that development pays instead of burdening residents with more taxes and fees. So basically I campaigned on making growth pay for itself. Q: Public safety is an issue that concerns students. If elected, what are your plans to lower the crime rate? A: We have made good progress on this but we aren’t done. Violent crime is actually down in Tucson by 20 percent since 2005. Property crime is down 7 percent since 2005. That’s a good trend, but we have to keep moving in that direction. A lot of that has to do with a community policing model. You can’t arrest the problem away. It boils down to teaching people how to keep themselves safer.
Ashlee Salamon/ Arizona Daily Wildcat
COUNCIL, page A3
News is always breaking at dailywildcat.com ... or follow us on
LEGAL, page A3
: @DailyWildcat