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Students share impact of tuition hikes US Secret Service honors UAPD
Attendees tell personal stories during board of regents videoconference
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The University of Arizona Police Department received a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Secret Service last Tuesday for its assistance in President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama’s visit to the UA campus on Jan. 12. UAPD Chief Anthony Daykin accepted the award from U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent Cristina Beloud on behalf of the men and women of the department. “We received a lot of positive
Students shared personal examples of how rising tuition costs will affect their lives during an Arizona Board of Regents tuition hearing on Monday. The live videoconference allowed students to give testimonials at eight university campuses throughout the state. The hearing provides regents with student input before they set tuition for the 2011-2012 academic year at their next meeting on April 7. All university presidents proposed increases in tuition and mandatory fees for next year. UA President Robert Shelton proposed a $1,798 increase in tuition and mandatory fees for resident students and $898 for non-resident students. Each president presented his tuition proposal at the hearing, and student leaders were given a designated time to speak. About 30 other speakers from various campuses, who signed up before the hearing, were each given two minutes to speak to the regents. UA student Alisha Raccuia, a cultural psychology junior who transferred from a community college, said the tuition increases may put her future in jeopardy. She said she saved money by attending a community college but has already taken out $27,000 in loans during one year at the UA. “I am truthfully scared of what is to come,” Raccuia said. “I’m scared of losing my Pell Grant I received for next year. I’m scared I’m going
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UA to host panel on Japan By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT UA experts will offer their insights into the ongoing crisis in Japan at a panel today at Centennial Hall at 6:30 p.m. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered a tsunami and radiation leaks from nuclear reactors rocked the nation on March 11, leading to a multitude of health concerns. The ScienceNow event, A Public Forum on the Science Shaping Current Event: Disaster in Japan, will have five panelists and will be moderated by UA Provost Meredith Hay. The event is sponsored by the College of Science. Speakers will cover topics including background on earthquakes and tsunamis, challenges involving nuclear technology and the disaster’s impact on energy policy.
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ASUA President Emily Fritze speaks with students about their concerns regarding tuition increases during the Arizona Board of Regents videoconference on Monday in the Harvill building.
Court hearings set for today By Luke Money ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
The ASUA Supreme Court will hear the appeals of both disqualified ASUA presidential candidates tonight beginning at 8 p.m., in the Appellate Courtroom, Room 146 of the James E. Rogers College of Law. The court will conduct Daniel Hernandez’s appeal first, at 8 p.m., with James Allen’s to follow at 9 p.m. Both candidates are appealing the election violation checks they received during the course of the general election ending March 9. Hernandez is appealing all 11 of the checks he received and Allen is
appealing nine of his 11. If Allen is able to appeal two of his checks to get to the maximum allowable threshold of nine, he will be declared the new president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, as he received the most votes in the general election. If the court rules that Allen remains disqualified, a special election will be held regardless of the outcome of Hernandez’s appeal in accordance with the ASUA Elections Code. Due to limited seating available in the room, priority will be given to relevant staff from the ASUA, parties relevant to the cases and media representatives. Once the room has
reached capacity, all those wishing to view the proceedings will be asked to wait outside. Video recording or still photography is strictly prohibited for James Allen the hearing, though audio recording is allowed. All cell phones must be turned off or switched into silent mode to observe courtroom decorum. Parties in the case shall be notified
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of the court’s decision within 24 hours of the conclusion of oral arguments, as per the Supreme Court rules governing election disputes. The court will publish its decision within 10 business days.
Q& A Shaun Nichols
UA experimental philosopher raises questions on the concept of free will By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Shaun Nichols, an experimental philosopher at the UA, has been tackling age-old philosophy with new technology and interdisciplinary techniques. His latest study was published in this month’s Science journal focused on how free will and responsibility are interconnected and how they illuminate the philosophical problem of free will. Experimental philosophy works to apply logical judgments to philosophical questions.
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Arizona Daily Wildcat: How did you get involved in experimental philosophy? Nichols: I started in experimental philosophy because there were lots of questions about why we think the way we do about philosophy. I was interested in trying a different avenue. A lot of philosophical problems have their roots in common sense but there are clear psychological questions. My interest was really driven by an attempt to find a new source of evidence, to figure out how the
problems arise in the first place. How helpful is the UA in experimental philosophy? We have had a dozen studies since I’ve been here, and it’s an active place in experimental philosophy. I think that part of what makes the UA attractive is that there is a long and strong tradition in cognitive science, and experimental philosophy is within that tradition, using an interdisciplinary approach to tackle these old questions. How much of experimental
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reason for why that happened. I think that we think about other people that way as well. One the one hand, everything that happens is caused by what happened before. But when I am making decisions, it doesn’t feel like it’s caused by what happened before. So why do we think that way? That’s what I’m interested in. The debate is, in a way, there’s a kind of stalemate in the philosophy of free will. Understanding
philosophy is psychology? Sociology? It’s driven by philosophical problems. It’s driven by questions that are rooted in the question of philosophy. But the techniques are really psychological. So they’ll use survey studies, just like psychologists use a wide-range of techniques. How does experimental philosophy then deal with free will? Free will has its roots in the way we think about the world. When you are thinking about why something happened, there has to be a
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