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UAPD rules may halt frat investigation By Shain Bergan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT UA Greek Life’s potential investigation into fraternity members’ involvement in the mass theft of Daily Wildcat newspapers will automatically expire if the University of Arizona Police Department does not release police reports on the incident. About 10,000 newspapers were stolen from Daily Wildcat stands on Oct. 8. Several thousand of the stolen newspapers were found on the western
outskirts of Tucson the next day, along with Spanish homework bearing the names of UA students Nick Kovaleski and Alex Cornell, who are both members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. The fraternity’s president and vice president originally would neither confirm nor deny Phi Kappa Psi’s involvement in the mass theft. Phi Kappa Psi President Keith Peters later told the Daily Wildcat the fraternity would be carrying out an internal investigation. Greek Life is currently obligated to begin looking into the case because
of the completion of an official complaint report finalized and filed by the Daily Wildcat to Greek Life on Monday. However, such an investigation would be largely incomplete without police reports of the incident, which were filed by the Daily Wildcat on Oct. 8 and 9, said Jenny Nirh, senior coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Programs within Greek Life. UAPD will not release the reports related to the incident until the investigation is no longer ongoing, said Sgt. Juan Alvarez, UAPD public
information officer. The Greek Judicial Board’s deadline to conduct a hearing with the fraternity is Nov. 4. Such a hearing would be impossible without a full Greek Life investigation, complete with police reports, Nirh said. Because the subjects of Greek Life hearings must be notified a minimum of five days in advance of a hearing, UAPD would need to release the police reports to Greek Life by Oct. 30 in order for the organization to carry out a hearing with Phi Kappa Psi, Nirh added.
Pooper scooper not included
4th Ave. businesses veto new venture
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he wore two black and pumpkin-colored Halloween ribbons in her light grey hair as she strutted out of the house in a tomato-red princess t-shirt and a custard-yellow crown. Victoria, a 9-year-old Shih Tzu, jumped with excitement at the sight of Vickie Reason, seven-year owner of Happy Tails Pet Services and Victoria’s personal dog walker, as they met for their routine walk. As the two walked around Fort Lowell Park, Reason smiled at Victoria as if she were her own. The dog walking business has proven to be a good fit not only for canines, but also for pet-loving students like psychology senior Veronica Hoffman. “Being a dog-walker is no ordinary college job,” she said. As a customized service, Happy Tails — which employs some UA students — offers a variety of services, from dog walking to pet therapy and even a bed and breakfast service, where a dog is able to move into Reason’s home or an “animal-loving home” for a minimum of three days. During this time, as many as two dogs will get attention, exercise and a schedule of activities. Hoffman works for Happy Tails and completed an internship with the company last year. Growing up, Hoffman always had cats, dogs and horses, she said. Right now she lives with her sister and has two dogs and four cats. The job provides the experience of meeting with clients and developing more in-depth relationships with animals, she said. “I definitely have a better understanding for dogs — some dogs look intimidated when you first meet them, but once they know you’re there for them, they change their attitude,” she said. Hoffman said she mostly does 30-minute walks and visits at a daily rate of $20, of which she gets 50 percent.
Ward 6 city council woman Nina Trasoff stands outside the Ward 6 offices Tuesday on East First Street. Trasoff is currently campaigning for re-election to the Tucson City Council. Mike Christy/ Arizona Daily Wildcat
Alvarez said he was unsure whether UAPD would be able to close the case and make reports available to Greek Life by the Oct. 30 deadline. Greek Life would normally be able to push the hearing back a week to Nov. 11, but since that day is Veteran’s Day, the earliest possible hearing with the Greek Judicial Board would be Nov. 18, well past Greek Life’s deadline to hold a hearing for the case, Nirh said. “By then,” she said, “it would be too late.”
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Veronica Hoffman, a psychology senior, walks two dogs, Casey, a Malti-Poo, and Juno, a Husky-Lab mix. Hoffman works part time as a dog-sitter.
Seneca Nunn, UA alumnus and owner of Nunn Better, a dog walking and pet care service, started her own company in 2001 after she graduated with a degree in animal studies. The business has no physical location, but instead relies on private clients who call when they need a service. “I love being outside,” Nunn said,
adding that it is her favorite part of dog walking and helping clients take care of their pets. Nunn Better has half-hour visits up to four times a day for $22, hourlong visits for $30 and overnight visits for $75 a night. “It’s a jam-packed day for sure,” Nunn said, counting about 10 to 15 walks per day.
Q&A with Ward 6 Representative Incumbent democrat Nina Trasoff is running for reelection in the upcoming Ward 6 city council primaries. The Daily Wildcat sat down with Trasoff to discuss her track record on the city council and her future plans for increasing development, promoting public safety and building a relationship with the university.
Daily Wildcat: How does your previous work for the city council show that you are the right person for the job? Nina Trasoff: Over the last four
Poop scooping, which Nunn called “crucial for the health of pets,” is included in all services, she said. “You can tell a lot about the dogs’ diet and health based on their stool.” Dog walking takes “a different kind of person,” Hoffman said. “You have to love animals, be disciplined and have a flexible schedule,” she said.
Nina Trasoff years, I have really turned things around from the previous administration. For years, nothing was really happening with Rio Nuevo. First of all, people need to better understand what Rio Nuevo is. In the initial years, the then-council and my predecessor missed an opportunity to frame what it really is. It is infrastructure. Rio Nuevo is creating a climate for private investment to come into our community. People have the
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The Tucson City Council voted unanimously last Wednesday to recommend that the Arizona Liquor Board deny a liquor license transfer to the Avenue Bar and Grill, a new business proposed by former North on Fourth nightclub owners Patrick Nash and Andrew Sommers. The decision came after a heated city council meeting Oct. 6 at which several citizens objected on grounds of safety and parking concerns. No one, not even Nash or Sommers, showed at the city hall to protest the official thumbs down. Though the Arizona State Liquor Board has the final say, the businessmen have been effectively cut off. North on Fourth, a former hip-hop night spot at 536 N. Fourth Ave, has been closed since building owner Tony Vaccaro, who also owns neighboring Brooklyn Pizza Co., decided not to renew North’s lease and expand his new project, Sky Bar. In an Aug. 24 letter to the city council, Sommers and Nash detailed their next idea: a roughly 10,000-square-foot restaurant and music spot to be built down the block called Avenue Bar and Grill. The yet-to-break-ground project would combine 522 and 526 N. Fourth Ave., currently the Creative Ventures craft mall and an adjacent parking lot. The new facility would feature flat screen TVs, music stages and historic Fourth Avenue-themed décor. Adding a“unique fine dining”restaurant to the neighborhood excited some and infuriated others, even though Nash and Sommers insisted that their new lease forbids the use of the property as a night club. “I don’t have very much trust that if they opened a new place it would be any different than North was, and I don’t want to work near North anymore,” said Mariah Hoenig, a Pima Community College student who has worked at Brooklyn Pizza, next door to North, for 3 years. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been working here and I had to go outside and call the cops because people were getting slammed into the street.” Megan Algeri, a waitress at Bumsted’s, said she’s noticed a positive change on Fourth Avenue since North closed. Bumsted’s stands next
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