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MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013
VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 45
Tech firms aim to hire more women BY ALAN DAVIS
The Daily Wildcat
Technology-based companies are seeking to hire more women into the field in the hope of trying to add another perspective. NetApp, IBM, General Motors Corp. and Adobe are only a few of the companies that will be represented at
the Women In Technology Careers Event on Tuesday in the Student Union Memorial Center Grand Ballroom. A panel of representatives from the companies will be present to answer students’ questions in the first two hours of the event. The last hour will be dedicated to networking, where students can speak with representatives
one-on-one. The event is open to all students but is designed to draw the interest of women, said Michele Norin, chief information officer and executive director of University Information Technology Services and one of the coordinators of the event. “One of the things we are trying to promote is there are a lot of
opportunities in the technical fields for people who don’t have technical degrees,” Norin said. The world of technology has moved beyond the stereotype and into a world of successful individuals, said Regina Kunkle, a vice president of NetApp. “[NetApp] can’t hire people
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The night shift: a look into UAPD
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ARIZONA BASKETBALL SEASON IS BACK
Wildcat reporter shadows officer, sees typical Friday BY MARK ARMAO
The Daily Wildcat
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niversity of Arizona Police Department officer Nathan Venger, 29, graduated from the UA in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in history and is currently taking classes as a pre-pharmacy student. Accompanied by a Wildcat reporter, Venger headed out for his Friday night shift.
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The first call Venger responded to involved a male student who was arguing with a bus driver who refused to give the student a ride because he wasn’t a resident of the apartment complex to which the shuttle runs. As Venger escorted him out of the bus, the student expressed his dissatisfaction with the proceedings in a string of loud, obscene remarks directed at the officer. When the student refused to comply with Venger’s instructions to sit down on a nearby bench, opting instead to stand and continue his tirade, he was handcuffed and detained in the officer’s cruiser. Venger was about to release the student, as the bus driver chose not to press any charges, but he was met with unusual resistance: The
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NATHAN VENGER, a University of Arizona Police Department officer gathers a bus driver’s information after the driver sideswiped a fire engine on campus. Venger is also a pre-pharmacy student at the UA.
student wanted to be arrested. “I will spend the night in jail,” the student yelled from the back seat of the cruiser. His request was rejected, however, and he was denied a ride for at least the second time that
night. As Venger drove through campus after the incident, he reflected on the situation and talked about his approach when it comes to interacting with suspects. “There’s no point in yelling and
screaming at people,” Venger said. “I just treat them with respect … Sometimes you get it back, sometimes you don’t.”
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Sigma Kappa dares Students to dodge for charity research
which account for more than 50 percent of the photosynthesis on earth. The microbes in these lowoxygen zones also produce greenhouse gases that are much more dangerous than the more common carbon dioxide, said Matthew Sullivan , assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. “These zones are growing bigger,” Sullivan said, “and that means there will be more greenhouse gases being BY JAZMINE FOSTER-HALL produced by these microbes.” The Daily Wildcat Expanding low-oxygen zones in the ocean can also lead to Arizona may not have a larger animals dying, Sullivan coastline, but that doesn’t stop added. UA students from participating Sarah Schwenck, a senior in oceanic studying biology research, and math, s t u d y i n g We think was one of the viruses that the [global] students who grow in lowwarming participated in oxygen zones the research is causing of the ocean. cruise this increased Researchers summer. in the areas of these The cruise left Department of low-oxygen from San Diego Ecology and environments. and traveled to Evolutionar y — Jennifer Brum, Mexico, where Biology are postdoctorate in ecology it spent two and evolutionary biology studying and weeks off of the analyzing coast collecting samples of samples for ocean microbes to see how various types of research. viruses and bacteria interact in Schwenck said her research expanding low-oxygen zones. focused on how viruses changed These are not like viruses that in different zones of the ocean, give humans the flu, but viruses OCEAN, 3 that infect oceanic microbes,
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RYAN LAU, a sociology junior and a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity team, throws the ball at the Ultra Violet Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday at the Student Recreation Center.
BY JAZMINE FOSTER-HALL
The Daily Wildcat
Duck, dodge, dip, dive, dodge… Sigma Kappa sorority held its third annual Ultra Violet Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday afternoon, where they raised at least $4,000. Emily McSherry, a business junior and vice president of philanthropic services for Sigma Kappa, said that this year yielded the biggest turnout yet, with 85 registered teams and more than 500 male participants. The money raised will go toward Sigma Kappa’s national philanthropies, which include support for Alzheimer’s awareness
and research. Dodgeball was chosen as a philanthropy event because it’s different and interesting, McSherry said. “Philanthropy events are kind of hard to get people to go to,” McSherry said, “but guys love the fun competition.” The bracket-style tournament was played at the Student Recreation Center on three courts. Each team had six players, and referees from Tucson Dodge Ball monitored the games. The games were fast-paced, with
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