Arizona Daily Wildcat — April 23, 2010

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Catholic students help the deported By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

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Colin Holmes, 25, a mechanic from Bicas, performs a free bike checkup as part of Earth Day 2010: Carbon Down Arizona, on the UA Mall on Thursday. Local businesses and organizations took part in this event by selling environmentally friendly products and having raffles and contests.

‘Carbon Down’ on UA Mall By Brenna Goth Arizona Daily Wildcat

“Bear Down” was given a green tweak Thursday. UA students and Tucson community members celebrated sustainability during Earth Day 2010: Carbon Down Arizona. Students for Sustainability, an Associated Students of the University of Arizona leadership program, organized the event. Booths from UA and community organizations spanned the UA Mall. The event was held on University Boulevard last year but moved to the Mall “to increase the accessibility to students,” according to Lesley Ash, director of Students for Sustainability and veterinary sciences senior. Earth Day 2010 featured five“villages” including UA initiatives, education, products and services,7 a farmers’

UA studies stars with LUCIFER By Luke Money ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT “Lucifer” means “light-bringer” in Latin. To UA scientists, LUCIFER means illuminating some of the darker areas of planetary science research. LUCIFER is a new instrument developed by the UA in collaboration with scientists from around the globe, including Germany and Italy. LUCIFER will be placed on the Large Binocular Telescope on Mt. Graham in Safford and will feature two major components: cameras and a spectrograph, which disperses light into various color spectra, including the infrared color range that LUCIFER will operate and observe. The full name is the LBT NIR Spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integral-Field Unit for Extragalactic Research. “It’s akin to driving through a dust storm on a highway,”said UA astronomy professor Richard Green, who is director of Large Binocular Telescope. “Red light gets through, but the blue LUCIFER, page 5

market and transportation. The overall idea of the event was to bring together resources from throughout Tucson. “One of our main themes is collaboration,”Ash said. Event organizers aimed to inform students about the various facets of sustainability. “I think a lot of students are oblivious to how they can be sustainable and how their decisions affect sustainability,” said marketing sophomore Kiley Dumas, a Students for Sustainability intern. Vendors sold eco-friendly products, while representatives from local organizations answered questions and gave information. “I feel it’s been pretty cool. I’ve learned a few different things,” said public health senior Beatrice Abiero. “One of the presentations I listened to was definitely skewed, but it was interesting

to hear people’s perspectives.” Various academic departments also showcased their research and projects. Students from the Consumers, Environment and Sustainability Initiative, a program through the Retailing and Consumer Sciences program, explained their study on bottled water. “We’re mainly interested in a consumer’s perspective,” said Charles Lawry, a doctoral student in the retail and consumer sciences program. Lawry noted that bottled water is more expensive than tap water and is unsustainable. “It can be a rather wasteful resource,” said Lawry, who encouraged students to utilize reusable water bottles. Student-led initiatives showing sustainability efforts on campus were also on display. Students from Posada San Pedro Solar Powered demonstrated the use

of solar panels. “We’re working to get solar paneling installed in residence halls,”said Kevin Pounds, an electrical and optical engineering junior. The group has been working for two years and expects solar panel installation will begin this summer. Many students who attended the event found it to be educational. “I’m glad I stopped by and looked around,” said Mai Nguyen, an undecided freshman. “I had never heard of Earth Day before.” Event organizers hoped people came away from the day with new knowledge and strategies to help them “carbon down.” “Not everyone has to save the world and be completely green,” said Shelley Thomas, a pre-business freshman.“There are little things you can do without having to change your entire life.”

Members of UA’s St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center went to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico to feed migrant workers who had recently been deported from the United States on Saturday. They met at 6 p.m. on Friday in the Newman Center kitchen and wiped their eyes as they chopped onions in a cramped kitchen. The nine people who showed up prepared beans, onions, tomatoes, peppers and tortillas for more than 200 potential diners. Members met the next morning at 5 at the church and set off to help their “fellow children of God.” Some of the people who help with the initiative were unprepared for the encounter. “They are predisposed and are hesitant to look at these people as humans — it’s just immediately faded away after this encounter, so it’s a huge eye-opening experience,” said Tanner John, a campus minister at the Newman Center. Many of the students return from the trip with a different attitude on U.S. immigration policies. “From what I’ve seen, I definitely think that what we’re (the U.S.) doing is not working,” said Danielle Burr, a religious studies freshman and Newman Center member. “Deporting all these people is causing more harm than good … I understand that we have laws and that laws need to be followed, but I also think that when you don’t respect the dignity of every human person, then we have problems.” “Now that I’ve been opened up to this, (I’ve been) trying to make people more aware of the fact that these are people. We shouldn’t be calling them aliens; they have as much a right to be here as we do,” said Meredith Amadee, a photography freshman and Newman Center member. “People get so caught up in lines and borders.” Some members returned with unchanged views on policy. “While I still feel that the illegal MEXICO, page 3

Proposition 100 forum stirs community support, outrage By Jazmine Woodberry and Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT While education is two-thirds of the Proposition 100 budget, health and emergency services make up the rest — and both UA faculty and community members attended a forum hosted by the Arizona Education Network to discuss their views Thursday night. “If Prop. 100 does not pass, the blood that is gushing from these cuts that are already to the bone will be falling on the floor,”said Penelope Jacks, who is with the Children’s Action Alliance.“Not one dollar from Prop. 100 goes to restore a cut. All it does is avoid much, much greater cuts to come. It’s a band-aid.” Education, from kindergarten to the university level, is a major part of the Proposition 100 push. “If we take out another $42 million, we are talking about a very dramatic impact on the experience that (someone is) going to have as a student,” said Stephen MacCarthy, UA vice president of external relations.“It has to ultimately mean fewer classes. It has to ultimately

mean fewer student services.” Although MacCarthy did not come out in support of the proposition, he relayed concerns of many at the university about cuts to financial aid awards and student services. “The worry that we have is the diminishment of the educational experience and the diminishment of the degree that (students) have when (they) get out of here.” The UA, however, is not solely concerned about the effects on education. Rainer Gruessner, UA head of the surgery department, noted effects on undergraduate and graduate students as well as health care services around the university, mainly at University Medical Center. “The University of Arizona is currently in a gigantic struggle on several fronts,” Gruessner said. “There will be lack of competitiveness, there will be loss of educational quality and there will be reductions in medical services at UMC. We cannot afford to fall behind other states in the country and other countries in the world.” Some audience members were against the proposition, making their

voices heard in a sea of otherwise autonomously approving voices. “Students need to worry about the long range implications more than anybody else,” said Tom Sander, a member of the board of directors and officers for the Pima Association of Taxpayers. “The federal government is going to be in the same state as the state is … and that’s my big concern. At some point those debts are going to come due.” Others had more favorable opinions of the proposition. Todd Camenisch, UA associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology and state senate candidate, pushed for passage of Proposition 100. “A university education should be free or nearly free,” Camenisch said. “A student’s vote reflects the community you want to live in. It’s your future.” Students shared a similar view. “It’s regressive to tax, but right now, unfortunately, it’s the only option we have,”said Elma Delic, a UA journalism and political science senior and board chair for the Arizona Students’ Association.“In the end, paying one cent is a lot better than bad results.”

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Rainer Gruessner of the surgery department at the University Medical Center talks about the cost to health care if Proposition 100 doesn’t pass during a forum at the Tucson Association of Realtors on Thursday.

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