Arizona Daily Wildcat — Nov. 19, 2010

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Wildcats improve to 2-0 after blowout victory over New Mexico State University. SPORTS, 6

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CatCard chip to be replaced Harry

Potter returns on film

CatCash implemented around campus for eventual takeover

By Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The Cash-to-Chip machines around campus have been replaced by CatCash, a new service that allows students to pay for services other than food with their card. There will be 50 printing stations in total that offer the option of paying with CatCash. The service also covers being able to swipe your card to pay for parking in all garages, prints from Fast Copy, buying a fitness pass at the Student Recreation Center

and much more. “It’s basically the new way to pay for non-food purchases on campus,” said Joel Hauff, the associate director for facilities and operations for the Arizona Student Unions. Though the change is slow and not many students are aware of the CatCash card yet, soon everybody will be required to use it as old resources will be removed. “It’s kind of an implementation as you go, but soon it’s going to be the only option,” Hauff said. Most students who were at the

student union had no idea what it was, or had even heard about it. Money in a CatCash account also rolls over every semester. “This account will always roll over, even to the next year, unlike the plus meal plan that expires at the end of a semester,” said Amanda Percy, the supervisor of the Meal Plans Office. Percy said the CatCash system uses the same system as the meal plan. It hasn’t been that popular yet, but according to Percy, “the word is just getting out to students this week.”

Students can also use a credit card to put money into their account. “It goes in immediately, and what’s nice about that is you can do it from any computer anywhere in the world,” Hauff said. “Whereas you used to have to find the little machines on campus to put money on your chip.” There will be a limit to how much money students can put on their cards, though. “Most people don’t really

‘Deathly Hallows: Part 1’ spellbinding

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Building bones to fight genocide

By Maitri Mehta and Graham Thompson ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The year and a half of waiting has paid off — “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” was released today at 12:01 a.m. Director David Yates had an enormous task in front of him in tackling the Deathly Hallows for the big screen, but Yates far exceeded expectations. The film, following Harry’s quest to defeat Lord Voldemort, is the most ambitious thus far and certainly the darkest. “Deathly Hallows” takes place not within the safe halls of Hogwarts but in a frenetic combination of places — the Malfoys’ Manor, the Ministry of Magic, Godric’s Hollow and throughout the English countryside. Yates juxtaposes the cold, intimidating interiors with the visually enticing exteriors, all the while developing an intense pressure on the psyche of the main characters. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) have been given a hugely daunting task — to discover and destroy fragments of Voldemort’s soul. The oppressive tension and darkness, however, is broken occasionally by the deep bond between the three main characters. In a few simple moments between the three protagonists, the audience is reminded of the triumphing friendship at the core of the Harry Potter series. Yates also carefully chose new cast members to complement his craft. POTTER, page 3

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From left, Naina Dinesh, a sophomore majoring in veterinary science and pre-business, Leila Amini, a senior majoring in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, and Karen Johnston, a business management junior, make papier-mâché bones in the Student Union Memorial Center’s Ventana Room on Wednesday for the collaborative art installation One Million Bones. The bones, made by people from across the United States, will be displayed on the Washington, D.C. National Mall in the Spring of 2013.

By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A UA club will be participating in a largescale movement against genocide by creating bones on Saturday. The UA’s STAND, the student-led division of the Genocide Intervention Network, will be on the UA Mall from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, making bones out of paper mache and painting them as part of the One Million Bones project. One Million Bones is creating an art installation to be displayed on the National Mall in

Washington, D.C., made up of fake bones collected from all over by 2013. The project is to increase genocide awareness and raise funds for genocide victims. STAND will send the bones they make to the project. It costs $5 to sponsor a bone, and those who would like contribute but don’t want to make one can donate the money and STAND will make a bone for them. Any money raised will go to the Enough Project, Genocide Intervention Network and Women For Women International, all groups

dedicated to stopping genocide and helping those who have been affected. Some of the STAND members had the opportunity to meet the artist who created One Million Bones, Naomi Natale, when they attended a conference in Phoenix. Karen Johnston, vice president of STAND and a business management junior, described seeing Natale as inspiring. “I think it’s pretty bold to have such a big vision of something,” Johnston said. “I think BONES, page 3

Steve Orlen, professor, dies from cancer Students, faculty remember his poetry, impact on campus By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Courtesy of the UA Poetry Center website

Steve Orlen, an English and creative writing professor, died on Tuesday from cancer. He was born in 1942 and was the author of a poetry collection.

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Steve Orlen, an English and creative writing professor and internationally known poet, died from cancer on Tuesday. The UA Poetry Center’s banner for November states, “Remembering Steve Orlen: Poet, teacher, friend. 1942-2010.” Further, it reads: “Steve, your words will be sorely missed. We will carry your words with us.” An email went out earlier this month notifying students of his advanced-stage cancer.

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Sean Rys, a graduate teaching assistant for creative writing who has worked to teach Orlen’s classes in his absence, wrote to students, “As a close friend of Steve’s this affects me greatly, as I’m sure it does you. The news, frankly, is devastating. I do hope, however, to continue out the remainder of the semester in whatever semblance of unity or coherence still possible.” Jerrold E. Hogle, an English professor, sent an email Wednesday telling students of Orlen’s death.

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Orlen was diagnosed with pneumonia, but a further exam of his lungs revealed the cancer that took his life. “The speed at which severe illness overtook him was all too sudden — he was teaching classes this very semester — but he was very much at peace and at home with family when he died,” Hogle wrote. “The tributes and visits he enjoyed from many colleagues, friends, and students over his last few weeks were only fitting.” Orlen was a poetry professor OBIT, page 3

13th Annual Milton Marathon, a continuous reading of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” takes place from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. at the UA Library Special Collections.

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