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Students aim to green Greek Row DAVID WEISSMAN Arizona Daily Wildcat

Students for Sustainability is working to make Greek Row a little bit greener. The program is currently in talks with the Delta Delta Delta sorority to improve recycling in the sorority’s house, and have also been negotiating with the Chi Omega sorority to set up a composting program, said Nicholas Rossi, an intern with Students for Sustainability. Rossi came up with the idea of a recycling initiative in fraternity and sorority houses after working in the Delta Delta Delta house’s kitchen. “We want to implement the program in two houses by Halloween,” Rossi said.

“Once we have one or two houses, we can use those as a model to present to the rest of Greek Life, and get everyone else on board.” According to Rossi, a number of sororities have recycling services available to them but do not utilize the services. He said he wants to place proper receptacles and signage in the houses to improve those initiatives. He also stressed the importance of introducing composting in order to recycle food waste. After recycling is installed in the houses, Rossi said he wants to focus on other aspects of sustainability, such as reducing energy use. He also said that education is central to the project. This includes instructing organizations as to what kind of materials can be recycled, as well as the benefits of

recycling. Jake Barman, a senator with the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, a business sophomore and member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, said that plans are also in progress with waste management to figure out the logistics associated with implementing a new recycling project for other members of Greek Life. Barman ran for ASUA Senate on a platform that included increased recycling programs. Jordan Woollard, the marketing project manager of Students for Sustainability and a business senior, stressed the importance of encouraging organizations to participate in the program. This could include a benefits program for participating houses, though the details are still a work in progress.

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“Recycling’s great and all, but you need both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation,” he said. “Some people would be motivated just because they want to be more sustainable. Others, it takes an incentive, a little more convincing. The project is so new, so we’re still working on what would be the best way to do that.” Barman, meanwhile, emphasized the benefits that chapters would see by recycling. “It’s cheaper to get recycling pickup, so why are we paying all this extra money when we can be saving so much more by recycling?” he said. “You’re not only saving money for your chapter, you’re also helping the environment and getting the campus to go green.”

ASUA senatorial candidates talk plans, platforms

A monthly class held at the Student Recreation Center teaches students healthy cooking techniques

RACHEL MCCLUSKEY Arizona Daily Wildcat

Eight candidates for ASUA’s open senatorial seat wiped the sweat off their brow as they prepared for their first interview for the ASUA special election. Students were invited to come to the public forum prepared by the organization on Tuesday night. Candidates had their first interview for the position with officials from the Associated Students of the University of Arizona officials and about 20 students.

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The pre-business sophomore said the biggest problem on campus is student retention rates. With more than 40,000 students at the UA, Rightnowar said it’s easy for students to feel lost in bigger classes and not find their niche. To help students find the right major, he said he would push for a shadow program to be implemented, allowing students to sit in on some classes and speak to students within a particular major. To include students in more activities on campus, Rightnowar said he wants to host collegiate Olympics at the Student Recreation Center that will some day

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JEFFREY BRAGG AND BRYCE SCHULER, students in Campus Rec’s Cooking on Campus program learn how to make chicken and shrimp paella. See the story, page 4.

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ASA kicks off effort to increase registration of student voters DAVID WEISSMAN Arizona Daily Wildcat

ASA held its annual Vote 2012 kickoff event Tuesday night in the Modern Languages building to promote student voter registration for the upcoming elections and Proposition 204. The kickoff focused on the importance of registering to vote, as well as encouraging students to get peers to register. This year, the registration effort has a

particular focus on promoting Proposition 204, which aims to make a temporary onecent per dollar increase in the sales tax, passed in 2010 and is set to expire in 2013, permanent. According to Dan Sullivan, the communications director of the Arizona Students’ Association, the proposition would allocate $300 million directly to universities in Arizona. Half of that money would go to fund financial aid. The event was led by Arizona Students’

Association interns and members. The event opened with an introduction by the ASA campus organizer for the event, Tess Korbesmeyer. A video was then shown giving a brief history of voting and voting rights in the United States. After the video, the interns broke students up into several groups and asked them how ASA could better engage students and get students to register to vote.

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STUDENTS AND ASUA MEMBERS interview the eight candidates running in the senatorial special election. Polls will open Oct. 3.

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THE UA INTRAFRATERNITY Council presented $12,000 to the Emerge! Center for Domestic Violence on Tuesday.

The ring of a gong signified the donation of $12,000 to Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse from the UA’s Intrafraternity Council at a presentation ceremony on Tuesday afternoon. After Council President Trevor Cohen presented the check, he was embraced by Kimberly Thompson, the center’s vice president of philanthropy. “We’re thrilled to be able to do this,” Cohen said after the ceremony. The donation is a portion of the $30 recruitment fees collected at the beginning of the fall semester, and amounts to $2,000 more than what was donated from last fall’s recruitment. Cohen attributes the additional money to an increase in students participating in fall recruitment. This year, 1,060 students registered, up from the typical 700 students. The partnership between the council and the center began March 22, 2011, with the signing of a resolution outlining the motives and intentions behind the partnership. According to the document, the partnership was started in response to the high rate of rape and sexual assault and other violent domestic crimes

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