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WikiLeaks spills tensions Students
Students will have to deal with long-term effects on US foreign relations By Steven Kwan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Experts at the UA believe that students will, in the long run, have to confront the issues and repercussions raised by the latest actions of WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks is a nonprofit organization whose goal, according to its website, is “to provide an innovative, secure and
anonymous way for sources to leak information” to journalists. It provided more than 250,000 leaked U.S. Department of State communiqués to five newspapers around the world. These newspapers began publishing stories about the documents last week. “I think the biggest long-term effect is going to be a reluctance with the United States govern-
ment to share information with other agencies because of the fear that they’ll be exposed,” said Brint Milward, director of the UA School of Government and Public Policy. One of the main recommendations in The 9/11 Commission Report is that different government agencies must share more information with each other in order to
prevent future terrorist attacks. But the risk of sharing intelligence between agencies, Milward said, is that more people are aware of the information and it can be leaked. Milward said that governments do have to balance the need to maintain confidentiality with the need for openness and transparency. LEAKS, page 12
UMC promotes safe driving By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT University Medical Center joined a new campaign to continue warning Tucsonans about the dangers of unsafe driving. The center is participating in the Picture a Safer Tucson campaign, a public education effort related to the increased enforcement of speeding laws by the Tucson Police Department. UMC will help advertise the dangers of speeding in addition to its billboard campaign against red-light running. Picture a Safer Tucson is a two-year outreach campaign sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Information distributed through the media, advertisements and community partners seek to explain the risks of speeding and why enforcement is necessary. The campaign will later be evaluated to measure the change in the frequency of speeding and crashes to see if public attitudes toward speeding change. “So people aren’t just getting tickets, but there’s understanding of why speeding is a problem,” said Whitney Hayes, communications specialist for Picture a Safer Tucson. Tucson had the second highest rate of motor vehicle crashes in Arizona in 2009, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation Intermodal Transportation Division. There were 9,722 crashes in Tucson, including 27 fatal crashes with 30 resulting fatalities. Driving with a speed too fast for conditions was cited as the most frequent driver violation. Speed was a factor in 16.73
percent of all crashes in Arizona and 15.57 percent of all fatal crashes. The information is used by the campaign to show the danger of speeding. “We’ve been pretty fact heavy because
behaviors,” Judkins said. UMC launched the “Red Means Stop” billboard campaign in 2007 after a study ranked Tucson fourth in the nation for its prevalence of red-light runners. The
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we believe the numbers speak for themselves,” Hayes said. Workers at UMC treat many of these crash victims. The center sees 13 serious trauma victims each day, according to Dan Judkins , trauma educator and injury epidemiologist at UMC . He said about 60 percent of these people are injured in motor vehicle crashes. Judkins said speeding and red-light running are significant factors in many of the accidents. “There’s some type of driving culture in Arizona promoting these types of these
billboards outside the medical center and around Tucson serve as a reminder for drivers to consider their safety and the safety of others. “Yeah, it’s irritating if you’re trying to get somewhere,” Judkins said of stopping at a red light. “If you stop, you lose a minute or two in your commute, but it isn’t going to be the end of your day.” The center decided to participate in the Picture a Safer Tucson campaign to continue raising awareness about dangerous driving. The difference between driving 30 mph and 40 mph significantly affects safety, Judkins said. “That extra 10 miles per hour doubles
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Some professors feel website unnecessary By Yael Schusterman ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT D2L has been a helpful tool for both teachers and students, but when a class does not have one, some students say it can make their lives more difficult. Nicole Gaudette, a microbiology senior, said it is inconvenient not having a class on D2L. Without a class list it becomes difficult to email fellow students about lectures she might have missed, she said. “I physically have to walk up to people and ask for their email addresses rather than sending out a mass email to students who are in my class,” she said. This semester her biostatistics class is not on D2L, but is instead using two separate websites, which Gaudette says can be difficult to keep track of. “Every class on campus should have D2L,” she said. “It’s more convenient having all your classes on one website, and the features like grades and content are helpful. It makes everything easier,” she said. Gaudette thinks the reason some professors don’t utilize D2L is that they may not understand how to use it. In addition to that, she said a lot of professors in the Eller College of Management use Blackboard, a system similar to D2L. Since many professors in the college are using Blackboard, other professors in Eller will not actively try to get onto D2L, according to Gaudette. Mark Felix, an instructional applications administrator on the
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Mongolia’s subtle mark on campus By Lívia Fialho ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Among UA’s diverse international population, Mongolia is a minority, with only three students currently on campus. The Asian country, landlocked between Russia and China, sent the first Mongolian student to the department of mining and geological engineering’s graduate program this fall. Khas Mariaviisenge, 27, saw an ad in the paper from Peabody Energy in 2009, the coal company that develops projects in Mongolia, for bachelors in mining. When he attended the meeting, he also met
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Mary Poulton, the head of the department. Khas received a full scholarship to seek his master’s degree in mineral resources at the UA. Once he completes his degree, he’ll go back to Mongolia and, depending on his performance here, be hired by the company. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to a guy like me — get here and study,” he said. As part of Peabody’s effort in expanding business in Mongolia, the company wanted to have employees trained in the U.S., Poulton said. Khas was the first to be selected, but she predicted more would come, including
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some undergraduates. Khas, who majored in mining engineering in Moscow, had a hard time adjusting to the grade system and the way classes are set up at the UA, with shorter class periods but a lot more homework. He said the biggest difference coming to the U.S. was in class. “Every kid in the world — maybe — is raised on American movies and music, and American media, right? So nothing was really that shocking,” he said. “Just in class, the teachers and students, the communication MONGOLIA, page 3
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Khas Mariaviisenge, a first-year student studying engineering and mineral resources, is the only Mongolian graduate student at the UA. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree in Moscow, Khas came to UA from Mongolia in August with funding from Peabody Energy.
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