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Regents reduce AIMS scholarships for ’13 By Luke Money ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The Arizona Board of Regents voted 9-1 to enact sweeping changes to the Regents High Honors Endorsement scholarship during their meeting on Thursday.
The scholarship in its current form grants a full tuition waiver to any student who is able to receive an “exceeds” designation in all three categories of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test. Recent concerns over the amount
of university resources going to fund the scholarship prompted its review and subsequent revision. From fall 2006 to fall 2009, the number of freshman scholarship recipients nearly doubled from 1,565 to 2,935. The cost of the program has likewise increased,
reaching $12,513,437 in 2009. The regents approved several significant changes to the scholarship to take place in 2013. The award will be reduced from the full cost of tuition to 25 percent, with the option to add more merit-based aid at the
university’s discretion. As is the case with the current scholarship, this 25 percent award will be locked in at the rate of tuition paid during a student’s freshman year and will not ABOR, page 8
Byrne: Football fans not ‘classy’
Attacks by Wildcat fans disappoint athletics director By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Greg Byrne, athletics director, witnessed UA fans acting unsportsmanlike before the Iowa game and now calls for classy behavior from Wildcat fans. “We understand that the great majority of our fan base are respectful. They help provide a great environment, and they do so in a classy manner,” Byrne said. “Unfortunately we’ve had some who have chosen not to take that path, and what we felt, before it got out of hand, was that it was important to communicate what our expectation levels are.” Eleven people were arrested on Saturday before and during the football game against Iowa. A UA student punched an Iowa fan in the face outside of the stadium before the game began, according to a University of Arizona Police Department report. The Iowa fan punched back, causing the student to fall to the ground. When the UA fan recovered he punched the Iowa fan’s father in the stomach. The fans decided to not prosecute, but the UA student was
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Alfonso Morales-Macias waits with his wife, Maria Valdez, at the legal offices of Margo Cowan on Wednesday. Volunteers were attempting to raise support to keep MoralesMacias from being deported to Mexico today.
Students help stop deportation Family man is deferred from being sent to Mexico, allowed to work in U.S. for one year
By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
U
A and Tucson community members saw success in their weeklong efforts to defer the deportation of an illegal immigrant.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday evening that Alfonso Morales-Macias, a father of two who has lived in Tucson for 20 years, would not be deported to Mexico on Friday as scheduled. Morales-Macias was granted deferred action and will be able to live in the United States legally for one year with a work visa,
according to Mel Rodis, a volunteer who organized press conferences and phone banking on his behalf. He may also be able to renew this visa. Rodis said the news was exciting to Morale-Macias and his anxious family. “They all screamed and hugged each other,” Rodis said. “It was a beautiful moment.”
Morales-Macias was working at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., when the U.S. Border Patrol arrested him during a nighttime raid in September of 2007, according to a press release for a community rally against his deportation. Morales-Macias was held in detention but posted an DEPORTATION, page 3
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This is their turf
UA grounds crew harvests love for the field By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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Mario Ugalde mows the turf at Arizona Stadium on Thursday. He has been cutting the grass and maintaining the field for about 10 years.
COMING MONDAY
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The Daily Wildcat talks with students who don’t own a ZonaZoo pass
When Francisco Guzman watches football games he isn’t looking at the players. He’s looking at the grass. “Some of the games I go up to just to make sure the field is okay. I just kind of watch it on TV just to see how it looks on TV, if the color is right, strong. “If the color is light I can prep it for stronger fertilizer,” said Guzman, grounds crew chief for UA Facilities Management. “It’s
like playing a scientist trying to figure out how the field can be for the next game.” A crew of about 10 men works on the football turf year-round. “Field maintenance is a yearlong thing. It’s not something you do just for the game. You do maintenance 12 months out of the year so it can withhold all the abuse by the players,” said Bo Vanture, senior project manager for Facilities Management. The field needs a full week before it’s ready for game time. “If the football game is
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on Saturday, we’re there on Sunday morning prepping for the next game, and we go through all steps to feel ready,” Guzman said. After games the crews make the field level, cover all the divots made by cleats, fine groom the field and put sand in the middle. “First couple of games it’s easy, but as the season goes on it gets harder for keeping the colors,” Guzman said. As the temperatures cool down, GROUNDS, page 3
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