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Students in traditions and cultures 104, Human and Animal Interrelations from Domestication to Present, listen to Dr. Elaine Marchello lecture Monday morning in Centennial Hall. All 815 seats allotted for registration for the class in the performance hall have been filled.
Students play the waiting game By Will Ferguson ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Students who want to put off registering for those pesky required classes might want to reconsider in the future. Growing waiting lists have left some students scrambling to enroll in a variety of courses. This year the College of Science,
for example, is offering 25 percent more seats to accommodate an influx of students in three of its larger classes: chemistry 151, biology 181 and physics 102. However, traditions and cultures classes among others have been fraught with extensive waiting lists. Budget pressures have forced administrators to cut the number of offered classes, said Jim Shockey,
associate dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Anthropology and geosciences professor Vance Holliday teaches a traditions and cultures 101 class called Patterns in Prehistory. The waitlists, he said, were a major source of confusion at the beginning of the semester. “It’s a mess, we had to add 25 new students at the last minute,”
he said. “The issue comes down to having TAs teaching discussion sessions to students who missed the first week of class.” Traditions and cultures classes have been among those with the longest waiting lists on campus, Shockey said. Holliday said that having teaching assistants lead discussion sections does not bring
down the quality of the class, but added that students who missed the first three class meetings will be hard pressed to catch up. “I don’t know how we are going to handle it,” he said. “This isn’t an efficient way to run a university.” Bryan Sturdivant, a prephysiology sophomore, who WAITING, page 3
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A nurse from the Red Cross gets ready to collect blood from cellular & molecular biology junior Allison Slack in the Donor Bus Monday afternoon. Red Cross buses frequent campus throughout the semester and encourage everyone to donate blood up to three times per year.
Give blood, Cheap cars cruise campus save lives, UA, Hertz offer inexpensive rental vehicles to students get perks Tim Galaz/Arizona Daily Wildcat
A vehicle parked at Tyndall Parking Garage is one of 10 that students can rent for $6.80-$10.00 an hour as a part of a university program that partners with Hertz rental car company. The program is intended for students who may not otherwise have ready access to a vehicle.
By Marissa Hopkins ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
Students feeling stranded on campus now have an alternative to bumming rides from friends with cars or braving the Tucson bus system. Gas, vehicle maintenance, cleaning, repairs, insurance and roadside assistance are all covered for the cars used in the UA’s new car sharing program. For $6.80-$10 an hour, students and faculty can rent a Toyota Prius , MINI Cooper or Ford Escape and leave campus for doctor appointments, grocery shopping or personal errands around Tucson. Through a partnership with rental car company Hertz , students and faculty can sign up for a car sharing membership. They can then reserve time online or over the phone for when they would like to rent a car, said Bill Davidson, marketing specialist for Parking and Transportation Services. After students sign up, a driving
record check is run on the renter. Those between the ages of 18 and 21 must have a clean driving record in order to participate in the program, Davidson said. A membership card is then sent out which is used to access the cars. The membership card has a chip that is scanned over the front windshield at the time that the car has been reserved. This unlocks the car with the key waiting inside. The maximum mileage for each rental time is 180 miles. Davidson said he thinks the program will encourage people to not drive solo to school, but instead to carpool, bike or take public transportation. People no longer have to feel stranded on campus without their cars, he said. “It’s a great way to help people who want to use alternative transportation,” Davidson said. Before school started for the semester, 70 people were signed up for the program. Davidson said they now have 260 members after only
the first week. The weekend before classes started, six people checked out cars, and the number has risen in the past week, Davidson said. There are 10 cars available for rent located in Tyndall Avenue , Sixth Street and Second Street parking garages, on North Highland Avenue and at North Olive Road and East Second Street. Each car is equipped with a Global Positioning System and a gas card so renters can fill up the tank if needed. “It’s a complete service package,” Davidson said. “It’s got everything you need.” The UA is the fourth school to partner with Hertz for similar programs. Davidson said other schools have had a lot of success with the program. At the University of California, Berkeley, public transit usage increased by 46 percent after a carsharing program was put into place, according to CarSharing.net , a non-profit educational site.
By Rikki Mitchell ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive this week, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. each day on University Boulevard and Cherry Avenue . “We get a great turnout from the U of A,” said Leticia Romo , a team supervisor for the American Red Cross. “The students are really good about donating.” All donors will receive perks for donating blood, such as being entered into a drawing for a chance to win a $250 gift card . Caroline Coppinger, a biochemistry freshman, thinks it’s important to donate blood because there is a shortage. “It’s a renewable resource in your body,” she said. “It doesn’t hurt you and you can save people’s lives.” The entire donation process takes about one hour and officials recommend donors eat a small snack and
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Andrea Ruth, architecture junior, sits while blood is being drawn from her arm for a blood drive on Aug.31 on a Donor Bus outside Campus Health.
drink non-caffeinated fluids two to four hours before donating. Romo said each bag of blood donated can save three lives. “You never know when you’re going to need blood, so it’s always important to donate blood,” said Romo. “It makes you feel great to donate blood knowing that you saved someone’s life.”
Blood Drive All week from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at University Boulevard and Cherry Avenue Donating takes about an hour.