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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2014
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VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 157
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FIJI under suspension after death
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BY ETHAN MCSWEENEY AND HANNAH PLOTKIN Arizona Summer Wildcat
Fourth Avenue and Congress Street, has drawn hundreds of UA students downtown. The UA put out a request for proposal for student housing being built downtown, which offered the distinction of being a UA affiliated property, said Dana RobbinsMurray, assistant director of marketing for Residence Life. “At the time the university was in need of additional student housing,” RobbinsMurray said. “Because of the revitalization downtown and some of the university colleges being down there, they thought it would be a good support of the downtown revitalization.” The RfP gives The Cadence, which opened in August 2013, the status of being a UA affiliated property, Robbins-Murray said, and it is the only off-campus housing property that maintains that distinction.
UA officials have placed Phi Gamma Delta fraternity under interim suspension as it stands accused of multiple violations of the Arizona Board of Regents Student Code of Conduct, including hazing and serving alcohol to minors. The University of Arizona Police Department submitted a complaint that triggered an investigation from the Dean of Students Office based on information it had uncovered about Phi Gamma Delta, commonly known as FIJI, during its investigation of the death of Michael Anderson, 19, a pre-business freshman and one of its members, according to a letter sent to the chapter’s president from Christina Lieberman, associate dean of students. UAPD has passed on the findings of its investigation to the Pima County Attorney’s Office in a continuation of the criminal investigation of Anderson’s death, said Kendal Washington White, associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students. Anderson fell to his death on the roof of Colonia de la Paz residence hall in the early morning hours of April 4 after he and a friend tried climbing a 20-foot ventilation structure atop the residence hall. An autopsy revealed Anderson had a blood alcohol content of 0.19 at the time of his death. The letter said that FIJI poses “a substantial risk to members of the university community” and is therefore placed under interim suspension of recognition. Pending the outcome of the investigation, FIJI must cease all activity on the UA campus, UA officials said in a statement. This includes chapter meetings, organizational events and recruitment of new members. White said interim suspension of recognition is a rare measure for the DOS to take, but the administration believes the
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The UA and its students have played a major role in the revitalization of downtown Tucson. With the streetcar beginning operations soon, downtown faces new concerns SAVANNAH DOUGLAS/ARIZONA SUMMER WILDCAT
TUCSONANS WALK DOWN Congress Street during the day and the evening. Downtown Tucson is undegoing major revitalization efforts with the addition of new housing, bars and a streetcar.
BY ETHAN MCSWEENEY
Arizona Summer Wildcat
When Ezekiel Canett was growing up, his grandmother would tell him of her romance with downtown Tucson when she was younger. She loved the vibrant culture and spoke of how she used to go dancing there. She swore it was the parking meters that ultimately drove business from downtown. Whatever the reason behind the decline of downtown Tucson decades ago, people are coming back now, and Canett, who has worked at various stores and restaurants in the downtown area for the past eight years, has watched its revitalization firsthand. “People had a long list of complaints about how [downtown] had been going downhill,” Canett said. “There weren’t any real projects going on to bring life back
into it.” In recent years however, downtown Tucson has seen several new businesses — bars, restaurants and now a streetcar — coming to the area and adding new energy. The UA and its students have played a significant role, said Steve Kozachik, city councilman for Ward 6, which includes downtown Tucson. The UA has established an official presence in the area. UA Downtown, which houses programs for the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was opened in 2011 on the corner of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street and has plans to continue adding UA programs inside the building. Also, in the last year, The Cadence, a student housing complex at the corner of