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Public debates guns on campus By Taylor Avey ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Last week’s contentious resolution to oppose teachers carrying guns on campus has not ruffled as many feathers this week. Several students and faculty do not plan on attending tonight’s public forum on the issue. The Associate Students of the University of Arizona ruled in favor of hosting a public forum to allow students and faculty to voice their opinions regarding the state Senate bill, which would allow teachers to carry guns on campus. While some agreed the forum could be productive, many said they do not plan to give their opinion publicly. “We want to make sure to hear from as many people as possible,” said Sen. Tyler Quillin. “We’re going to put the feedback and sentiments of our constituents into consideration.” The forum is scheduled for tonight at 7 in the Santa Rita room of the Student
Union Memorial Center, according to Sen. Stephen Wallace. “I think it’s good (to have the forum),” said Natasha Brown, an equine sciences sophomore. “But to me it’s not important.” Brown said she doesn’t plan to attend the forum because she feels safe and doesn’t see the need to raise the issue. She did say that it is important to have a public forum. During last Wednesday’s ASUA meeting, a handful of students came to protest the passing of a resolution which opposed the bill that would have allowed teachers with concealed weapons permits to carry guns on campus. The resolution also opposed allowing students to store weapons in their vehicles. Although anyone from the public can participate in the forum, Quillin said it will be structured with an emphasis on students’ opinions. Andrew Mash, a pre-business sophomore, said nothing bad can come
Obama invests in higher education By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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Rob Rosinski, civil engineering sophomore, voiced his opinion at the ASUA meeting on faculty carrying guns and students having guns in their vehicles on Wednesday.
from having a discussion but added that he doesn’t plan to attend either. “It’s a controversial issue,” Mash said. “It never hurts to discuss (those) in detail.”
Mignon Harter, a nutrition and political science freshman, said students should get a say on the issue because it affects them, but like the others, she FORUM, page 5
SNOW IN UA’S FORECAST
The Obama administration sees education as a solution to the economic crisis . “The president is investing in education. He sees it as the key to our economic future,” said Arne Duncan, the secretary of education , in a press confernce call Feb. 1. A year ago, President Barack Obama set a goal to improve education so the United States would have the highest number of college graduates by 2020. According to Duncan, the U.S. needs to add an additional 10 million students to meet its goal. “We are trying to be as creative and thoughtful as we can to help students get into college,” Duncan said. The administration hopes to strengthen education through the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act . “This constitutes the biggest investment in higher education since the GI Bill,” Duncan said. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act will invest $40 billion to increase the annual Pell Grant Scholarship. The administration projects that in 2019, the Pell Grant will be worth $6,900. The Recovery Act of 2009 increased the Pell Grant by more than $600, and Obama’s 2010 budget will increase the maximum award from $5,350 to $5,550. Some are asking where the money for the new bill will come from. “We can do all of this without EDUCATION, page 3
Rec Center closed Wednesday morning
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Leyton Wagner, trubador for the Cricket Rail Jam Tour, was on the mall talking to Caitlyn Schull (left), a nutritional science senior, and Jennifer Brown, an art history senior, about the 2010 Cricket Rail Jam Tour coming to the UA Mall on Thursday. Schull and Brown were on the mall enjoying some sun and having lunch between classes.
Check out Friday’s Arizona Daily Wildcat for a photo story of the Cricket Rail Jam Tour from start to finish.
RA weekend duty will expand to 24 hours By Laura Donovan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The 2010-11 Resident Assistant Agreement is looking to expand weekend building duty requirements to 24-hour coverage, said Torry Brouillard-Bruce , assistant director of Residence Life . “We’re looking to redefine what it means to be on duty over the weekend,” Brouillard-Bruce said . “The concept is that there will always a resident assistant on duty who is able to respond for (a) 24-hour time frame over the weekend.” Residence Life will not have 24-hour coverage during the school week because community directors are in the office, desk staff is available and buildings and offices are open. “We have people around during the week that can address situations as needed,” Brouillard-Bruce said. Right now, duty coverage lasts from 7 p.m. on Friday to 7 a.m. on
Saturday, 7 p.m. on Saturday to Agreement will be finalized. 7 a.m. on Sunday, and 7 p.m. on Residence Life has communicated the Sunday to 7 a.m. on Monday. 2010-11 Resident Assistant Agreement “We’ve identified the fact that from changes to prospective RA applicants. 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, there’s “Our biggest goal is to let resino one around to help residents dent assistant applicants know what out,” Brouillardwe expect from Bruce said. them right off the There are no other bat rather than “Our biggest Resident Assistant surprise them goal is to let Agreement changes later on down the resident assistant being made at this line,” Brouillardapplicants know time. Bruce said. Residence Life For the 2009what we expect is in the process of 10 school year, from them right interviewing and Residence Life off the bat rather hiring RAs for the instructed RAs not 2010-11 academic to talk to media than surprise year, and RAs outlets. A clause them later on will be selected in in the 2009-10 down the line.” March. There will be Resident Assistant an all-staff meetAgreement states, — Torry ing on April 17, by “I will not speak which time the final to any media/comBrouillard-Bruce, draft of the 2010-11 munication outlet assistant director of Resident Assistant as a representative Residence Life
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of the university or Residence Life.” Community directors were under the impression that they could not speak to the media without permission from Assistant Vice President of Residence Life James Van Arsdel. “Only James Van Arsdel can talk to the media,” said Bethany Anderson, community director of Coronado Residence Hall . Various other community directors would not comment on the 2010-11 Resident Assistant Agreement changes. RAs are welcome to write in letters to the editor of the Wildcat as students, but not as representatives of Residence Life, Bruce-Brouillard said. “One resident assistant is not representative of Residence Life as a whole,” Brouillard-Bruce said of the policy. “This is also a growing experience for resident assistants. It will help them learn to be careful with what they say, and they won’t risk being misquoted.”
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The Student Recreation Center will be closed from 6 a.m. to noon on Wednesday because of a problem with its water pipes. “We were just told it’s some work they had to do on some of the piping in the expansion that’s connected to the existing building,” said Juliette Moore, director of Campus Recreation. According to Moore, there are problems with a particular water pipe that was installed as part of the Rec Center expansion, and in order to make the necessary repairs, all of the water in the center must be shut off. “We think it’s important for us to (close the Rec Center) for health and safety and sanitation,” Moore said. “It’s better for us because there wouldn’t be any use of the toilets, water fountains or any water.” Moore said this repair is something that must be done, otherwise the gym would not be closed. “I think that those that get up in the morning so they miss the nighttime traffic will be pissed that the Rec Center is going to close,” said Hannah Read, a retail and consumer sciences freshman. Other students sympathized with the Rec Center’s needs. “I think it’s better that they fix whatever problem (there is), because it must be important,” said pre-nursing sophomore Stacey Davis. “People can go work out elsewhere for one day.”
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