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New bioresearch facility to break ground Friday
Domestic violence law now extended By Brian Mori ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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A conceptual drawing of what the University of Arizona Bioscience Park will look like when finished, and a map of its future site. The park will be located on the south side of 36th Street on Kino Parkway due to its proximity to campus and land availability.
Arizona Bioscience Park will allow research to move closer to campus By Adam Lehrer ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT After eight years of planning, construction on the Arizona Bioscience Park will begin following a groundbreaking event themed “Destination Discovery — A World of New Ideas” to be held Friday from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The Bio Park, which is to be located at the southwest corner of 36th Street and Kino Parkway, seeks to provide the infrastructure, amenities and environment to attract and grow technology companies in the area of biosciences, officials said. The park is part of a larger effort to build a more vibrant and active bioscience industry in Arizona. “The park will allow us to meet facility requirements,”said Associate Vice President of Arizona’s Office of University Research Parks and CEO of the
Arizona Bioscience Park Bruce Wright. “Arizona is deficient in bioscience requirements that companies need, and this park will provide a place to work so companies that use Arizona technology don’t have to move to places like San Diego to operate companies.” Members of the university’s bioscience community raised concerns eight years ago that the UA Science and Technology Park, located at 9070 S. Rita Rd., was too far from campus. “The university already owns a large research park, but it became apparent that we need a second park closer to main campus,” said Wright. “This park is only a two-and-a-halfmile distance from campus and will allow people to move back and forth from the park to campus.” After coming up with the idea in 2001, the Arizona Office of University Resource Parks went through a
strenuous eight-year process to get the Bio Park to this point. “There was an intense process to develop a plan for the park. We looked at different sites around the community, and then came up with a master land use plan. We then had to have these plans approved by the regents; it was a very careful and thoughtful process,”Wright said. To decide upon the best location for the Bio Park and come up with a building plan, the Office of University Resource Parks teamed with the Planning Center, a company that uses the latest technologies to create solutions to challenges facing governments and the development community. There were six sites observed, including ones in the downtown area and around the Campbell Avenue farms, before the resource parks office chose the location at
36th Street and Kino Parkway. “The site was chosen for its proximity to campus and acreage; it has about 65 acres of land,”Wright said. The site has been designed to cater to bioscience companies’ needs. Director of Strategic Initiatives and project manager of the Bioscience Park Molly Gilbert said, “We approached the project from the perspective of what companies would want and need. Biotech companies have very specific infrastructure needs, and we designed the Bio Park to cater to the needs of these companies.” The Office of University Resource Parks designed the facility with the hope of bringing in the best employees for the companies. As such, the Bio Park will also feature housing for graduate students, a hotel, FACILITY, page A14
ASUA saves school clothing bank By Shannon Maule ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT This week, in an attempt to save the Tucson Unified School District Clothing Bank, ASUA Senator Eduardo Atjian is asking students to donate used or new clothing items. As a “last minute” senate project, Atjian, a junior, contacted representatives from TUSD in order to set up this holiday donation drive. Atjian said that he originally heard the clothing bank would be forced to close due to budget cuts. “My mom mentioned to me that the TUSD clothing bank was going to be cut,”Atijian said. He was happy to find out that he would be able to help them stay in business. Atjian, who attended TUSD schools
from kindergarten through senior year of high school, and whose parents are both teachers in the district, said he understands that there is a desperate need for donations. “I feel connected. It’s just like that rule, if something was given to you positive, you want to give back to it, too,” he said. Sophomore Sen. James Brooks has assisted Atjian with the drive. “I helped out with the stuff on how to make it become a clothing drive that we do during next year and the years to come,” he said. Both senators said they want to make this a yearly donation drive to help keep the clothing bank active. “Expect another one in the spring,” Atjian said. DRIVE, page A7
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In an attempt to save the Tucson Unified School District Clothing Bank, ASUA Senator Eduardo Atjian collaborated with TUSD to set up a holiday donation drive this week. Donations will be accepted in the ASUA office, cultural centers, Greek houses, or on the UA Mall between noon-1 p.m. Monday-Friday.
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The new legal definition of domestic violence in Arizona has been extended to include dating couples and those who have just had sex, even once. Parts of the law have raised questions among some in the legal and anti-violence communities. Originally limited to people who live together, are married or share children, legislators re-wrote the law to allow police and courts to determine what constitutes a dating relationship, and how to proceed in charging when people report violent behavior to police. “Dating relationships and people who are in them have the same dynamics — unfortunately — of domestic violence that involve other relationships,” said Kathleen Mayer, the legislative liaison for the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Mayer testified in favor of the new law before the Arizona State Legislature in May 2008. The legislature passed S.B.1088, “Kaity’s Law”, after 17-year-old Kaity Sudberry of Phoenix was murdered by her boyfriend in January 2008 as she walked home from school. Sudberry’s family was unable to get protective orders to keep then-17-yearold Daniel Byrd legally at bay, because the two were not in what was then considered a domestic relationship. The new law re-enforces existing statutes that require police to act in situations of domestic violence. Like assault, domestic violence does not require one person to touch another, but merely to make another person afraid. Bobbi Sudberry, Kaity’s mother, said in a phone interview Tuesday that college students should be aware of the laws and penalties because VIOLENCE, page A5
UA’s Holiday Bowl tickets sold out Arizona’s allotment of 11,000 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl tickets has sold out, according to Arizona Athletics. Season ticket holders and Wildcat Club — the athletic department’s donor club — members were given the opportunity to purchase the tickets starting shortly after Arizona’s victory over USC until yesterday at noon. The tickets were expected to go on sale to the general public at 6 p.m. but were already sold out within two days of going on sale. The Wildcats will face Nebraska, which also has sold its allotment of 11,000 seats, in the Pacific 10 Conference versus Big 12 Conference showdown on Dec. 30 at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. Fans can still buy general public tickets to the Holiday Bowl by visiting www.pacificlifeholidaybowl.com.
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