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David Reiber, the project manager of recycling for UA Facilities Management, explains on Friday how the UA recycles. A variety of recycling containers are available, including confidential containers, which are available to departments who wish to recycle sensitive documents.
UA’s new contract with Tucson means sorting on campus unnecessary By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Recycling on campus just got simpler. Facilities Management signed a new contract with the City of Tucson allowing them to put paper, cardboard and plastic together. Before last year they were required to separate everything. Facilities Management is looking into streamlining the bins around campus to reflect the new contract, said Chris Kopach, the director of Facilities Management. “So when you see a box, even if it’s white paper, if you want to put plastic in there instead of throwing it in the regular
trash, go ahead and do so,” Kopach said. David Reiber, project manager at Facilities Management, said the switch has reduced labor. Reiber said they used to have to remove all of the cardboard resulting in 8-foot piles around the recycling center, causing more work and frustration. Prior to the contract, if more than 5 percent of the recycling was mixed, the city would not accept it at all, according to Reiber. Now sorting of recyclable materials is the responsibility of the city’s recycling center. “We were using a lot more man power and resources to actually separate everything, or
“So when you see a box, even if it’s white paper, if you want to put plastic in there instead of throwing it in the regular trash, go ahead and do so.” — Chris Kopach Director of Facilities Management if it was too contaminated we couldn’t use it all,” Reiber said. Facilities Management used to have two men do the required daily sorting. At the recycling center, two 40-yard bins filled with paper,
plastic and cardboard are emptied each day. While plastic, cardboard and paper can now be recycled together, aluminum must still be separated because the UA collects money on aluminum separately. For all of the paper, cardboard and plastic the UA splits the money 50-50 with the City of Tucson. Increasing the amount recycled cuts waste and saves UA money by reducing “tipping fees,” the fee charged to put trash in a landfill, according to Kopach. “Overall, we are doing well,” Reiber said. “The students and staff, they do really well as far as recycling.”
ORLANDO, Fla. — Close to 600 students in a senior-level business course at University of Central Florida must retake a midterm exam after a professor was tipped off to cheating. Students who admit to cheating will be given the chance to complete the course if they attend an ethics seminar, professor Richard Quinn told students. Those who don’t step forward will be found out anyway, Quinn promised during an emotional lecture. The incident, Quinn told students, has left him “physically ill, absolutely disgusted” and “completely disillusioned” after 20 years of teaching. All the students — even those who didn’t cheat — must take the rewritten midterm exam by midnight Wednesday. Students who are found not to have cheated will be able to keep the higher score of the two. Cheaters typically risk disciplinary action that could include expulsion, university officials say. But Quinn brokered a deal with CHEATING, page 5
Attorney general Student art featured at Union fired for attacking student By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
A new group on campus aims to give students the experiences they need to pursue careers in art. Studio art senior Minh-Hoa Le founded the Student Art League of Arizona after applying to show her work in the Union Galleries. She contacted classmates and friends to join her after she was accepted. “It started out just because it felt like, when we are students, we need to have support from each other to grow,” said Le, who focuses on two-dimensional painting. The group recently opened its first showing, “Then, Now, and To Be,” at the Union Galleries in the Student Union Memorial Center. The gallery features the work of eight artists, all of whom are UA students or alumni. “Our show was so fresh,” said interdisciplinary studies senior Michelle Mistelske, who focuses on painting. “There were really neat ideas that I haven’t seen out there in Tucson. It was very exciting.” Plans for the show began in June. Most communication was done through email, though the artists met in person to plan some paintings. “We did work on collaborative pieces,” said Caiomhín Shirey, a studio art student focusing on two-
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dimensional painting. “A lot of us met and worked on those at the same time. That was fun. That was like the initiation, basically.” Each artist has a separate collection of work in the gallery, which are all tied together by the theme of inspiring one another to pursue art. Le said many of her classmates change majors or quit art in lieu of more lucrative careers. “If it is somewhat de-motivating, we need to motivate ourselves to continue to be art students and continue to be art students in the future,” she said. “So there comes the theme.” Some students said the group gave them the opportunity to show their work for the first time. “It’s actually been really great,” said studio art senior Talia Bodnar, who focuses on painting. “I’ve learned a lot. I’ve been working with a lot of older, more experienced artists.” Members also said the process of planning the show helped with professional aspirations and showed them what it takes to be artist. “It’s the business side, which they don’t really concentrate on in art school at all,” Shirey said. “So this is an extracurricular thing that helped us gain experience.” The show’s opening, which featured a panel discussion from professors, gave the artists the chance
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Michelle Mistelske, an interdisciplinary studies senior, describes her abstract painting of her boyfriend doing a handstand as part of the “Then, Now, and To Be” exhibition in the Union Galleries in the Student Union Memorial Center. The exhibition is the Student Art League of Arizona’s first show.
to have their work critiqued. “Well, it definitely exposes us,” said studio art senior Gabriel Hopson, who focuses on two-dimensional painting. “My experience with the show’s opening, we got to talk to a lot of people. More people than I would normally talk to about my own art.”
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The group is unsure about its future plans but would like to continue to work together. They are discussing opening another show, applying for grants or working on a public mural. “We just have to brainstorm and see what falls in our lap,” Shirey said.
DETROIT — Andrew Shirvell, the assistant state attorney general under fire for his attacks on a University of Michigan student, has been fired. A hearing that was supposed to be held Tuesday was moved up to Monday afternoon. Philip Thomas, Shirvell’s attorney, said he showed up for the meeting and was read one sentence. “They said essentially that as a result of Andrew’s conduct, it’s become impossible for him to carry out his duties as an attorney general.” Shirvell had been criticized for his blog in which he calls Chris Armstrong, the president of the Michigan Student Assembly, a radical homosexual, a Nazi and Satan’s representative on the assembly. Thomas had said his client is expressing his free-speech rights.
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