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Students campaign for upcoming elections
Parents head back to school
UA families see life through students’ point of view By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT College life in the year 2010 bears little resemblance to the college days of years past — a fact that Family Weekend tries to prove to UA parents. UA classes are open to parents and are the first activity to start off this year’s Family Weekend, put on in part by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona.
For more information… The weekend’s events, starting with registration and UA classes open to parents, are listed on the ASUA or CSIL websites under Family Weekend. Find the site at: union.arizona.edu “It started because parents wanted to know a day in the life of the UA students,” said Lindsay Baille, associate director for customer relations of Family Weekend. Planning for Family Weekend started in May, but Friday entertainment plans posed problems because classes are still in session. PARENTS, page 3
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Concession workers take off tops
State Attorney General Terry Goddard, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks to students at the Young Democrats rally on the UA Mall on Monday.
Interns, volunteers play crucial role in connecting cadidates to youth By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Students spend anywhere from a few hours of volunteer work to 40 hours a week campaigning for the upcoming elections on Nov. 2. Mihai Samartinean, a senior majoring in philosophy and history, is an intern for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard. He said he was not particularly politically aware before starting the internship this summer. “I really wasn’t,” Samartinean said. “I voted for Obama. That was the extent of my political career before this.” Samartinean was looking for an extracurricular activity in which he could
earn school credit. He heard about the opportunity through an email and researched Goddard’s platform. “I didn’t think I could work for someone who didn’t have my same ideology,” Samartinean said. Samartinean now spends 10 to 15 hours a week organizing events and making phone calls. “Pretty much anything that needs to be done with the campaign, we’re there,” Samartinean said. Other students join campaigns because they are passionate about the stances of a politician or party. Trey Terry, a political science freshman and the communications director for the University of Arizona College
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Republicans, searched for a way to join the campaign of Jesse Kelly, Republican candidate in Arizona’s Congressional District 8. “I sought him out,” Terry said. “After I got out of the military, I followed the campaign.” Terry said he previously helped with other political campaigns but has a strong interest in Kelly’s platforms. “For most candidates, there tend to be one or two issues you disagree with,” Terry said. “With Jesse, I have yet to find that.” Terry has volunteered for the campaign since February and said he puts
Students won’t be allowed to keep the caps of their water bottles inside the Arizona Stadium on Saturday. Instead, concession workers will remove bottle tops before handing the item over to purchasers at the east stadium concessions and the north and south concession stands. “It was a commitment we made as a reactionary response to the Oregon game of last year,” said Suzy Mason, events coordinator for Arizona Athletics. “They became projectiles, and we had some issues with folks getting injured, not only at the Oregon game and at the Iowa game, and people working on the field being hit with projectiles.” A UAPD officer was hit in the leg by a
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Jody Oehler is the public address announcer at the Arizona home football games. Oehler has been announcing football games for four years.
‘First-and-10 Arizona!’ 2003 UA graduate announces Arizona football games By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A UA alumnus’ voice booms through the stadium announcing Arizona’s movements across the field. Jody Oehler, the public address announcer for the Arizona football team, graduated from the UA in 2003 with a degree in communication. “A lot of people are just weirded out because I sound like I’m significantly older than I actually am,” Oehler said. “Most people think I’m like 55 … I don’t know how it happened to be honest, I used
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to answer the phone and people would think I was my mom for a while, it just happened. One of those things.” Oehler gets to the stadium two to two and a half hours before kickoff. “You know, it’s a football game. I’m a U of A alum, but I’m also at work so I have to sort of get programmed that I’m there to do a job,” Oehler said. “It’s a different experience for me than the students or fans.” He still walks around the tailgating areas on some days to “soak up the atmosphere,” then the real work begins.
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“There’s two primary functions of doing the PA for football: One is all of the stadium announcements like concessions, rules, Pac-10 Code of Conduct and those I’m really familiar with because they don’t change,” and the other is “announcing what’s happening on the field.” One of the hardest parts of the job is learning to pronounce the players’ names. “I’ve got to meet with the opposing team before the game and figure out how to pronounce their names so I’m
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