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President, provost speak toward truce By Tim McDonnell ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The UA’s president and provost offered proverbial olive branches to the Faculty Senate on Monday in response to the recent faculty poll, and engaged in an open discussion of transformation issues with concerned senators.
The poll, conducted online from Sept. 18 to Sept. 25, revealed high distrust and low confidence in the two administrative leaders amongst the 30 percent of faculty members who cast a ballot. Provost Meredith Hay, who said she had closely read and considered the comments on the poll, but committed generally to do “a better job.” “I pledge to you with my core that
I will do everything I can to communicate where I am,” she said. Hay also laid out a plan, which could begin as early as this week, to host a series of small biweekly meetings with department heads and faculty in a variety of colleges to discuss issues and decisions. “We have to do this as a family,” she said.
Shelton reiterated his concern about what has come to be called the “2012 fiscal cliff,” the impending date after which the university will stop receiving federal stimulus dollars. The end of the budget crisis is not in sight and the UA can expect further tough times ahead, he said. “We’re already doing more with less,” he said. “I think we need to do
less so we can do it extraordinarily well and maintain our quality.” The senate allotted time in their meeting for an open discussion, led by former Faculty Chair Wanda Howell, of the implications of the faculty poll. The two main indications of the poll, Howell said, were SENATE, page 5
Chalk writers safe on campus
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By Shain Bergan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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A high school student from Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Ariz., performs at the 2009 University of Arizona Band Day in Arizona Stadium Saturday. Band Day featured 31 high school bands from across Arizona, giving the bands the opportunity to perform their half-time routines to win the “Nunamaker Award.”
Decrease in GPSC showcase applicants By Shannon Maule ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT With a deadline tomorrow, the number of applicants for an annual showcase of student projects hosted by the Graduate and Professional Student Council has dropped by two-thirds since last year. The GPSC Student Showcase is designed to give undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to
show their peers and alumni some of the best research and creative projects happening on campus, event organizers said. Last year, about 75 students participated in this event, but as of this weekend only 25 applications had been submitted. “The application process is not very rigorous,” said GPSC Events Director Jessica Gerlach, a graduate student in art. Because of the low number of
applications currently turned in, organizers might have to extend the deadline, Gerlach said. The problem, she added, is that the word “has not yet gotten out”. Linguistics senior Kevin Key participated in the showcase last year with a presentation on the genetics and origins of people in eastern Indonesia. He said he had no idea why turnout would be down. “There is definitely not a lack of
student research on campus,” he said. “Maybe people are busy or they’d rather buy beer during homecoming.” Student participants have the potential to win up to $10,000 in prize money, with cash prizes awarded to both the first and second place winners in a variety of categories. The research and projects are judged at the showcase by a panel of judges composed of faculty, students and community members.
Students’ business gets national coverage
Notehall.com creators to appear on ABC show in hopes of snaring investors By Marissa Freireich ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Two former UA students who manage a Web site to help students share class notes will present their product on the ABC show “Shark Tank” tonight at 8 p.m. Sean Conway, who graduated in 2007 with a degree in entrepreneurship, and DJ Stephan, a former entrepreneurship student, will be representing their company, Notehall, on the show. Conway described Notehall.com as “an eBay for lecture notes.” Students are paid to upload their notes or study guides from class to the website where other students can pay to view them. “Shark Tank,” in its first season, gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas to a panel of successful businesspeople in hopes of convincing one of the “sharks” to invest in their product. The show is similar
to “Dragons’ Den,” a show that airs in Britain and other countries. The Notehall team decided to apply for the show at a friend’s suggestion. After sending an e-mail to the producers that described the company, the producers requested the team send a video of themselves. After that, they began to fill out applications and eventually a contract. “It really happened quickly,” Conway said. Conway and Stephan flew to Los Angeles in mid-August to film the show. Conway described his experience with the investors on the show as a negotiation. “Everything relies on your idea and the way you present it,” he said. “Being in front of the sharks was kind of a thrill.” Besides seeing the show’s crew around the set, Stephan said the NOTEHALL, page 3
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DJ Stephan, left, Sadi Chalfoun, Sean Conway, and Justin Miller pose for a photo in Times Square. The four UA students are the masterminds behind Notehall.com which serves as a so-called “eBay for lecture notes.” Both Conway and Stephan will appear on ABC’s “Shark Tank” tonight at 8 p.m.
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The Dean of Students Office will no longer pursue cases pertaining to chalking on campus, said Johnny Cruz, a spokesperson for University Communications. Two UA students had been detained for using sidewalk chalk in the past two weeks. Associate Dean Veda Kowalski called Evan Lisull, political science senior, author of Desertlamp.com and former Daily Wildcat columnist, on Monday to tell him the Dean of Students Office has decided his case does not violate the Student Code of Conduct policy observed by the university, Lisull said. The University of Arizona Police Department detained Lisull on Sept. 28 on charges of committing one count of a class one misdemeanor of criminal damage, according to police records. Lisull had been writing with chalk in support of graduate student Jacob Miller, who was arrested after writing with chalk outside of the Administration building on Sept. 24. UAPD dropped criminal charges against the students last week, at the request of President Robert Shelton. Lisull has a meeting with the Dean of Students Office on Wednesday to discuss the chalking incident as a whole, he said. Unlike Lisull, Miller said he has not received a call from the Dean of Students Office concerning whether his case will also be dropped. Miller has a meeting with the office this Thursday, but said he does not know what the exact subject of the meeting will be. Cruz could not confirm whether or not Miller’s individual case had also been dropped because of the UA and Dean of Students Office’s privacy policy, but did say that the university is not currently investigating any chalking cases. Miller had been concerned with the possibility that the dean of students may make a distinction between the two cases and keep pursuing his case, he said. “I’m not sure what to take from that,” Miller said. UAPD has said that there is a legal difference between chalking on acceptable horizontal surfaces, such as sidewalks, and chalking on vertical UA property, such as buildings. “That doesn’t concern me, because I didn’t chalk on any walls,” Miller said. “(The dean) can’t prove that, because I didn’t do it.”
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