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Rec Center implements fingerprint scanner check in By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Student Recreation Center officials are putting final touches on the new fingerprint entrances. The Rec Center began registering students with the fingerprint scanner terminals, on Wednesday. “We spent $50,000 on the hardware, software, turnstyles and the scanners,” said Melissa Dryden, senior program coordinator for UA Planning, Design and Construction. No student fees or tuition money were used to fund the project. “The initial money came from bookstore reserves because we typical-
ly invest,” said Frank Farias, executive director, UA Bookstores and Entrepreneurial Initiatives. “There is a repayment process that returns that money to the bookstore.” Students complained that the checkin process took too long . “The previous process of moving people in and out of the Rec Center was slow and had a lot of inconvenience for students,”he added.“If you forgot your Cat Card, you have to go back and get it or pay a fee. This is an attempt to be responsive to student feedback.” There are three fingerprint scanners and one device with a Cat Card reader. “I’m going to guess because we’re talking on the order of 24-30,000 fin-
gerprints that it’s going to be a month or more (to complete),”said Ron Roberts, senior business manager for Campus Recreation. Roberts hopes to have registering stations in the lobby and visit various campus locations like residence halls. Some students are skeptical of the new system. “I understand the practical use of it, but something doesn’t sit right with me,” said Christopher Olson, a psychology sophomore. “If they can ensure security, then it’s all right.” Rec Center officials say that the scanners don’t save the fingerprint, but REC, page 3
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One of the Student Recreation Center’s three new fingerprint scanners awaits use. Students will be able to start utilizing the machines on Wednesday afternoon.
ASUA ratifies $1.3M budget By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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Eva Izhieman, student co-director of the Women’s Resource Center, registers voters to celebrate the 90th anniversary fo the 19th amendment. The Women’s Resource Center and Arizona Student Association encouraged voter registration on the UA Mall Wednesday.
Sufferage anniversary celebrated Women’s Resource Center registers voters to honor 19th amendment By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Suffragette excitement filled the UA Mall as students signed up voters and talked women’s rights. In honor of the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, the Women’s Resource Center in partnership with the Arizona Student Center was on the Mall registering people to vote. In addition to voting, students
were also invited to take a free photo holding a sign reading “Vote For Women,” a famous slogan from women’s suffrage. The photos were then edited to make it look as if the participant was standing with the original suffragettes. “It’s kind of a then and now thing,”said Women’s Resorce Center co-director and anthropology junior Eva Izhieman. The photos were then e-mailed to participants after editing.
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“This is just a great way to raise awareness,” said WRC Program Director Lori VanBuggenum. According to VanBuggenum, the slogan comes from a famous speech by author Mark Twain. “I think it’s a real privilege that people in general get to vote,” said Women’s Resource Center member and history senior Kate Stogsdill.“The choice is what really matters.” The first 100 people who regisWRC, page 3
Underpass crash leaves two injured
By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
A UA student lost two teeth and spent almost six hours in the University Medical Center after being struck by a bicyclist near the McClelland underpass on Tuesday. Courtney Wood, a communication junior, left her
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8 a.m. class in Eller College of Management and walked toward the Park Avenue garage. The bicyclist, Patrick Pfeifer, was southbound toward the Olive tunnel in the bike path when he struck Wood, according to the crash report obtained from University of Arizona Police Department. Pfeifer, an anthropology senior,
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told the officer he could not avoid Wood and struck her with the front of his bike. “My perspective on the bicycle was that a pedestrian stepped out in front of me, her head was down and looking at her phone by the time she was in front of me, but I didn’t have time to come to a complete stop,” Pfeifer said.
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Pfeifer was thrown off his bike by the impact and got a half-inch cut on his chin according to the police report. Pfeifer said he received four stitches for the cut. Wood fell face first onto the cement. She tore the muscle between her collarbone and BIKE, page 3
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There is $1.3 million coming in and going out of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona’s budget this year. The ASUA Senate approved this year’s budget — a budget that is projected to be completely balanced. “Thank you (the senate) for approving the budget. Now we can spend the money,”said ASUA President Emily Fritze in the first senate meeting of the year yesterday. ASUA has the largest budget of all other programs or services, more than $450,000, which fund operations such as Safe Ride, ASUA directors and administrative office costs like postage and long distance phone fees for the Women’s Resource Center and Student Health Advisory Committee. This is closely followed by salaries paid in part by ASUA funds and stipend costs for ASUA members, which totals to more than $430,000. A further $170,00 will pay back the loans from money lost in the 2009 Last Smash Platinum Bash concert and office renovations. Both loans are four years from being completely paid. Fritze went on to note that the university flushes accounts at the end of every year, explaining why the budget’s revenues and expenses match to the cent. “Any (extra) money is not just cycled into the next year,” Fritze said. The budget is compiled by the ASUA executives, Fritze, Executive Vice President Katherine Weingartner, and Administrative Vice President Brett Ponton, with aid from ASUA Treasurer Kenny Ho. “We were able to reduce a lot of our operational costs (this year),” Ho said, noting that he and Weingartner covered their stipends with previously appropriated funds for ASUA member scholarships, in order to “free up money for club funding.” Club funding was reduced by $25,000 from last year’s student services fee appropriation, while ASUA’s provided amount for monetary aid to campus clubs dipped just $5,000 from last year’s total. Sen. Scott Rising and Sen. Jeff
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