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display, Larkin said, and the photos could emotionally damage people. “It’s really not sensitive to the concerns of the student body, and we have a lot of people come up to us and they’re really upset,” Larkin said. “These images could instantly bring back really painful personal memories.” Larkin was on the Mall as a part of the CHOICE Fair being hosted by the Women’s Resource Center. Katie Kilby, a public health senior and member of the Pride Alliance, said it wasn’t an accident the CHOICE Fair happened at the same time as the Genocide Awareness Project. “We’re out here because we knew they were coming,” Kilby said. “This is an intentional counter. … It’s not that these just happened at the same time across from each other in the grass.”
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Kilby said it’s important for students to know, in the face of the Genocide Awareness Project, that there are a multitude of options available in dealing with pregnancies. “I know that free speech regulations allow [the Genocide Awareness Project] to be here,” Kilby said, “so I’m just happy to be a part of an initiative that works to provide other information to people.” Scheller said she hoped the photos from the project will help women make more informed decisions. “We’re not here to change the world in a day,” Scheller said. “But if we can save at least one person from choosing abortion … to see the sanctity of life, the meaning of it, we just want to give that option to people.”
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Alex Davidson, dubbed the Terminator of Tucson by Deadspin, is restrained by Tucson Police Department officers after approaching the officers on University Boulevard and Tyndall Avenue during the clash Saturday evening on University Boulevard. Wildcat fans crowded the streets after Arizona lost 64-63 to Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight on Saturday evening at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
governor’s and the House’s budgets proposed allocating more than $900 million toward prisons, a proposal from page 1 overturned by the Senate on Monday. said he fought hard to increase Hessel said UA sets its tuition the funding allocated to UA in the before the state sets its funding for the budget. Orr said he increased the state universities, which means if UA funding for the UA in the House receives less money than expected budget by $2.5 million from the for fiscal year 2015, programs will proposed Senate budget, and asked likely be cut and tuition may be for significantly more than that. raised to avoid a deficit the following “If you fiscal year. want to see W i t h tuition stay continued low, the best In the Arizona t u i t i o n way you can increases, Constitution, it do that is by Hessel said, says that public funding your UA’s tuition is education should be u n i ve r s i t i e s approaching as free as possible. from the similar prices Only funding general fund,” to those of Orr said. some private education 30-35 “That builds universities. percent is not as free a quality “So how as possible. education does that make — Anthony Hessel, where you it a public ASA vice chair don’t have education?” to put it on Hessel said. the backs of “In the Arizona students.” Constitution, it says that public Orr said he will continue to work education should be as free as for an increase in funding until the possible. Only funding education 30bill is signed. 35 percent is not as free as possible.” Anthony Hessel, ASA vice chair, said the current budget shows a failure by the state to prioritize — Follow Hannah Plotkin higher education. Both the @HannahPlotkin
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in conduct constituting a riot … and knowingly remaining there and refusing to obey an official order to disperse.” Sgt. Chris Widmer, a TPD public information officer, said everything was going OK until smoke bombs that had been set by a crowd member went off, causing people to take over the street. Officers did what they were ordered to, which was to maintain control on University Boulevard to prevent such a gathering, he said. Widmer said past incidents from 1997 and 2001, when riots broke out after championship games and people flipped cars over and damaged businesses, taught the department that violence can result from large gatherings. “The only option they did not have was to stay in place or to move east past the line,” Widmer said. “When we allow crowds to mingle and we allow them to build up and to kind of feed on each other, historically, that’s when the disorderly conduct starts.” Decker said the crowd of people seemed like a tailgate to him, where people were simply showing their pride for the university’s basketball team. Decker added that he didn’t think police were trained very well for what happened and were probably scared because they weren’t sure what to do. “When they were going into it, just because of what’s happened in the past, they automatically thought whatever was going to happen — it was going to be a riot, and that’s how they were going to deal with it,” Decker said. “But I thought that was the wrong way of going about it.”
Ahva Sadeghi, a philosophy, politics, economics and law junior, said she was leaving Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company and trying to get to her car when she was stopped by a TPD officer. The officer told her she couldn’t go that way, so she turned around and tried walking toward Euclid Avenue, and an officer kept her from walking that direction as well. An officer then dropped a pepper canister in front of Sadeghi, releasing pepper spray in her face and causing her to cough nonstop for about an hour and a half after the incident, she said. Sadeghi added that her throat still hasn’t cleared since Saturday’s incident. She said police should have only interfered if fights broke out or if students were being harmed, which she didn’t see happening on Saturday after the game. Students were simply high-fiving each other in the crowds, she added. “Students should be able to celebrate a win or to be sad as long as there is no one harmed,” Sadeghi said. “Here at U of A we’re a community. … I feel like a direct win when my basketball team wins, and I feel a direct loss even though I wasn’t at the stadium, even though I had nothing to do with the win. That’s how united our school is, and we’re very passionate, but passion shouldn’t be confused with fury.” Sadeghi said her parents were concerned because they don’t live in Tucson, and they rely on the local police force to protect her when she’s away for school. “They don’t want the police to put us in harm’s direction,” Sadeghi said. “My parents were so nervous. I couldn’t carry a conversation with them because I couldn’t stop coughing.” — Follow Stephanie Casanova @_scasanova_
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