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Med students bust border barriers By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
A new club geared towards pre-medical students aims to help the community in Arizona and beyond. The UA chapter of Pre-Meds Without Borders’ began meeting this month. The club has plans to work in a medical clinic in Nogales and provide other service opportunities in the Southwest. Hayley Roylance, a public health senior, had the idea to start the club after looking at existing options. Roylance said the UA lacked a club that “focused less on doing good in general and more toward doing good as far as the medical community is concerned.”
Roylance searched Facebook and found the national organization Pre-Meds Without Borders this summer. “We want to strengthen our community, of course, but we’re doing a heavy focus on the medical side of things,” said Roylance, who is president of the club. “I think there’s a huge market for that, especially in Arizona.” The club plans on starting with local volunteer opportunities through the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. Roylance is also organizing a trip to a medical clinic in Nogales in January, which she hopes will provide hands-on medical experiences. “They need volunteers to do basic things that they can’t pay physicians to do,”
Roylance said. Roylance said her ultimate goal is to bring a group of about 40 students to work in clinics in Mexico. “That’s really what we’re trying to do,” Roylance said. “We’re using Nogales as a jumping point to go down to Mexico.” Public health junior Janelle Thrasher, a club member, said she was interested in the club’s volunteer opportunities. “I’ve heard a lot about Doctors Without Borders, and I like what they do,” Thrasher said. “I figured this club would help me get more involved with the community.” The club may also plan a medical school exchange where club members can visit schools in different states.
“Basically, so it gives that ‘without borders’ emphasis,” said Dale Karapanagiotides, a third year student majoring in opti-chemical engineering and music composition. Karapanagiotides is vice president of the club. The club had about 100 members after its first two meetings. Speakers from various medical fields give lectures at the meetings and answer questions. The first speaker was a pediatrician. Roylance said the lectures give pre-medical students information about different fields. “If you walk in as a pre-med student and stop a random doctor, what are MED STUDENTS, page 3
ASA joins blog world By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT There’s more to ASA than meets the eye — or at least that is what ASA chair Elma Delic plans to show with her dive into the blogosphere. The Arizona Students’ Association, funded and directed by students from Arizona’s three public universities, represents the student voice in Arizona government . Delic, a political science and journalism senior, who was vice chair of ASA last year and moved up as board chair this year, thought the time was right to start the blog, the first one of its kind that she knows of for ASA. “I had wanted to (start the blog) last year when I was vice chair of ASA, but I thought this year would be the best opportunity because there is so much going on with ASA,” Delic said. The midterm elections and her new position, to her, gave a proper platform to start what she hopes will become a tradition amongst chairs in the future. “Throughout the rest of my term as the Arizona Students’ Association board chair, I want to utilize this blog as a mechanism to outreach to students by informing them about not only what I am doing as chair, but the organization as ASA BLOG, page 3
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The Black ‘N Blue Hip Hop Crew performs on University Boulevard during Bear Down Friday on Oct. 22. The group will be performing at the Phoenix Suns vs. LA Clippers basketball game on April 1.
Hip hop crew stomps onto UA By Lívia Fialho ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
One-by-one, the 22 girls in the UA Black ‘N Blue Hip Hop Crew arrive for rehearsal, anticipating their next event. The group performed for the first time this year at the Homecoming Bear Down Friday on Oct. 22, the pep rally on University Boulevard. Black ‘N Blue was founded by now-graduate Ali Burnette six years ago. Several of the group’s members this semester are newcomers, but most have been dancing since they were little. Freshman Eden Bartron has danced for 15 years and is undecided between having dance as her major or minor. At rehearsal, Bartron wasn’t nervous about the
upcoming performance. “(I) get nervous afterwards. It hits me … and the adrenaline kicks in,” she said. Every year, all members but the officers need to re-audition to continue on Black ‘N Blue. Since auditions ended in early September, members have been working steadily on the routine performed last Friday. All the girls add something to the choreography, keeping it fresh, said returning member and pre-business sophomore Sarah Philippe. Being in the group requires a lot of commitment because they rehearse three times a week, for two hours each rehearsal. “It’s a really good stress reliever for tests, exams,” said pre-nursing major and Vice President Jamie Calvert. The crew is also like family, she said. “We do everything together.”
Philippe was “more excited than nervous” for the performance. “It’s a little different when you’re performing on the street, when people are eye level with you,” she said. After their performance, the new members told Black N’ Blue President Nicole Roberts the experience was better than they had expected. The team is now working on their next performance’s choreography. “This is my dance fix. It’s just fun, and we’ve all become best friends,” Philippe said. The group gets the chance to perform at UA functions and off-campus events. One of the most memorable performances for the returning members was in Phoenix at the Suns’ pre-game, where they danced in front of thousands. Next April, the crew will perform there again, Roberts said.
Thousands prepare for 57th UA Band Day
obviously most of that will be their friends and family as well as a lot of UA alumni and interested community members.” Thirty-seven high school bands from all over The bands will be judged in six categories: Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas will musical performance, music general effects, viperform their best halftime sual performance, visual routines in front of judges general effects, percussion and thousands of spectaand auxiliary. Auxiliary tors Saturday at Arizona includes the color guards, dancers and twirlers that Stadium as part of the 57th UA Band Day Annual UA Band Day. are involved in the band, The all-day festival is Matlick said. Arizona Stadium hosted by the UA band “We bring in judges 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. from all around the coundepartment and the General admission: $8 try, the experts in their Glassman Foundation and will feature two perforfield, to help judge the fesStudents: $3 mances from the Pride of tival,” Matlick said. “At Arizona marching band. the end of the evening, we’ll choose one or two “We estimate somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 people in the stadium bands for the Milton B. Nunamaker Award, throughout different parts of the day,” said Scott basically for the most outstanding band or Matlick, associate director of the Pride of Arizona bands of the day.” marching band and coordinator of UA Band Last year’s winner of the Milton B. Michael Ignatov/Arizona Daily Wildcat Day. “There are 3,500 high school students that Nunamaker Award was the Rincon/University The Pride of Arizona marching band performs at UA Band Day in Arizona Stadium on Oct. 3, 2009. Rincon/Univermake up the bands that will be performing, so High School Ranger Band from Tucson. sity High School Ranger Band from Tucson was last year’s winner of the Milton B. Nunamaker Award.
By Rebecca Rillos ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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