Ten years to remember
When your kids go to college, they’ll throw 2000s-themed parties. Revisit the trends and stories that defined our decade. B SECTION
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Tuition spike won’t heal budget By Tim McDonnell ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Undergraduate in-state tuition could rise by almost $4,000 in the next two years from this year’s levels, UA President Robert Shelton told the Faculty Senate last night. Shelton, responding to questions about potential tuition increases being considered by the Arizona Board of Regents, said that although tuition is unlikely to
rise as high as it has in the University of California school system, it could go up to $9,920 annually by 2012. The board will set tuition levels for the 2010-11 academic year at their March meeting. The tuition increase is necessary to partially compensate for the $100 million in cuts to state funding the UA has received in the last two years, Shelton said, although he added that even this increase only fill about half of that hole.
Speculating on whether the UA will see further cuts from state funding next year, Shelton said that although federal maintenance of effort requirements prohibit the state from cutting the university’s funding below 2006 levels, state legislators might apply for an exemption to this rule — although Gov. Jan Brewer has said she will oppose this move. “These are high-stakes games,” Shelton said.“I don’t think we can take
anything for granted.”
Regent candidates picked, bill delayed
Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Chris Nagata informed the Faculty Senate that three candidates have been selected for the SENATE, page A5
H1N1 CLINICS What: H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinic When: Today from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Where: Today - Old Main Tomorrow - UA Mall near the Student Union (weather permitting) Who: Open to all students and staff How much: Vaccination is free of charge. For those who cannot attend the clinics, Campus Health provides free vaccinations at its office on: -Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 8 a.m. - noon, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. -Wednesday from 9 a.m. - noon, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Most vaccines will be administered by injection with a limited supply of nasal mist vaccines available. — Jennifer Koehmstedt
Recent UA grad missing By Jennifer Koehmstedt ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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Sydney Pangman, dance freshman, orders her favorite salad from Core in the Student Union Memorial Center on Friday afternoon. As a dancer, she tries to stay healthy and enjoys eating at Core almost every day.
‘Boredom factor’ plagues campus food By Marissa Freireich ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Deciding what to eat on campus can seem difficult for healthconscious students, but not if they make smart choices, campus nutrition experts said. Students have a perception of restaurants that are healthier than
others, but it all depends on what you order, said Victoria Christie , assistant director of dining services . “I feel very strongly that each and every one of our restaurants is healthy,” she said.“It’s all about consumer choices and being an educated consumer.” Dining Services provides dining brochures in the student unions that outline the low-fat, low-carb,
vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available to students, Christie said. All of the food served in the unions is made by Dining Services, so they know exactly what goes into each item, she said. “We have a responsibility to our public to offer everyone something that they might want and that would be suitable for their own personal needs,”she said.
Sometimes students determine their eating habits based on what they are used to eating at home or which options are cheaper, said Gale Welter, a registered dietitian with Campus Health . She said every university suffers from the“boredom factor”with students who
Writing Program rewritten By Marissa Freireich ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
As the UA copes with $100 million in cuts over the last two years, UA President Robert Shelton has called on the campus not to do more with less, but to do less with less extraordinarily well. The Daily Wildcat’s Marissa Freireich searched the campus for individuals who have done just that. With the UA experiencing severe budget cuts, programs across campus have been forced to operate on tighter budgets. Anne Marie Hall, the director of the Writing Program, has made some
adjustments to allow the program to operate as efficiently as possible. The program, which includes all of the 100-level English courses and professional writing courses, has been cut by $1.5 million in the past five years. Hall said they are currently operating at 65 percent of the budget they used to have. Although this has created many challenges, Hall said the students are still the biggest priority. “Our goal constantly is to meet demand, not raise class size and support the graduate students,” she said. The Writing Program has more than 100 instructors
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Anne Marie Hall is the director of the Writing Program. She has made innovative adjustments to the program to adapt to increasingly limiting budget cuts and waning resources. Tim Glass/ Arizona Daily Wildcat
22-year-old recent UA graduate, Devon Hollahan, disappeared in Germany more than two weeks ago while returning home from a concert, spurring national news coverage and the creation of a Facebook group to help in the search process. Hollahan was last seen in Frankfurt, Germany at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 21 by his Devon Hollahan friend Josh Friedman. Hollahan and Friedman were traveling from a Portugal The Man concert to their hostel. When Friedman stopped to ask for directions, he turned around and said that Hollahan was gone, CBS news reported. In an interview with CBS, Friedman said, “He had kind of a reputation for sort of disappearing, so when I turned around and he wasn’t there, that was my first thought — ‘Oh, he did it again.’” It wasn’t until the following day that Friedman said he began to worry. “The next day, when he didn’t respond to any text messages or anything like that or e-mail, then I stared to really get concerned.” Hollahan’s backpack was discovered in Frankfurt, but no form of identification was found in the bag. Devon Hollahan’s father Jeff Hollahan, of Scottsdale, Ariz., arrived in Frankfurt on Monday, Nov. 30, to organize a search for his son. Jeff Hollahan was contacted, but did not return phone calls. Devon Hollahan graduated from the UA Eller College of
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