Posts Tagged ‘Arizona Daily Wildcat’
Please don’t keep to the code »
The ASUA Elections Code is a broken mess -- whether you consider it light of basic civil liberties, in context of running fair and sane elections, or in comparison to oppressive post-Soviet states (never mind peer institutions). To this everyone agrees, even ASUA officials that were once reluctant to see any problems with their [...]
UA Dining Services violates card standards, student »
A new policy UA Dining Services is attempting to implement violates credit card company requirements, infringes upon student privacy rights, and encourages students to decrease the security of their purchases as well as their protections in the case of fraudulent charges -- all in an attempt to generate more captive business for on-campus [...]
Pres. Fritze to the Wildcat, students: »
Yesterday President Fritze took to the Wildcat opinions page in her official capacity as ASUA President to air her grievances against that publication's editorial board. As a frequent critic of both parties involved, the President's letter demands a few corrections and a hearty, skeptical brow furrow. Though this site has also taken issue with [...]
ASUA Presidential Clusterfuffle ’11: Documents, »
Today's Wildcat has a piece from Luke Money on the breaking news story that this site reported three days ago. News Editor Luke Money writes: Hernandez and Allen are both appealing all violations of which they are accused. This assertion he follows by reporting: "I plan to appeal to nine of the 11 checks," Allen said. "Under impression [...]
ASUA’s convenient FERPA amnesia »
ASUA, 2011: The specifics of the checks will go out later on as the Supreme Court rules on them. Although, ideally, we would like to release the details, we are bound by student privacy concerns from FERPA. As a result, we may look to have candidates sign release forms in the future so that we can publish more details on violations without [...]
Print the news, hush the alarm, and kill history »
When I decided to piece together the history of mandatory fees at the University of Arizona, my first and best resource was the archives of the Arizona Daily Wildcat. Thanks to the work of many long departed student journalists, the most important events in the twenty year trend towards today's student fees are preserved for the record. But [...]
Inceststitution »
Today's Wildcat features an article on the Solar Cats, a student organization dedicated to placing solar panels on university buildings, educating the community at large about sustainability, and building a "solar-powered gazebo." Led by their adviser John Pollard, director of general chemistry and biochemistry, Solar Cats began in 2008 as six [...]
Defending Offensive Speech: Simple, but not easy »
The Daily Wildcat on the first amendment? Nothing gets my bits chuffed more. Nothing, that is, other than the look of despondence on an Australian spin bowler's face after he's been hit for six by a certain Mr. Sachin Tendulkar. Kristina Bui, in her Friday column, tackles the issue of Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell and his [...]
WSJ Report Reveals: ASU Bigger Than UA, Probably Still »
If ASU's at the top of a list, there has to be be something wrong with it: Recruiters would rather hire a student from Penn State than Harvard — or so a well-publicized Wall Street Journal survey said earlier this month. After a hard look at the data, though, some are suggesting the survey’s methodology is flawed...Lee Svete, director of the [...]
Empty thRHHEats »
Today's Daily Wildcat urges the Arizona Board of Regents to "man up" and demand that the Arizona Legislature divert state funds to maintain the Regents High Honors Endorsement scholarship, the turgid exercise in unintended consequences revised by the Regents last week. In a 9-1 decision Thursday, the Regents reduced the value of the award from [...]
ASUA & UAB: Barking Cats and Rhetorical Cocktails »
As reported here, President Fritze gave a presentation to the Senate on Wednesday regarding the sublimation of the University Activities Board into ASUA. The presentation (available here) stated: In reorganization within the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, ASUA was given the opportunity to support more student run programs...As [...]
Quran Burning and the Safety of American Troops: »
The Wildcat has a column today about Pastor Jones' now defunct threat to burn Qurans in Florida. Predictably, it pulls the party line: a line here about book burning as a form of expression, a line there about the Republican hypocrisy, and a salutatory bow to President Obama, Senator McCain and the rest for keeping the troops' safety in mind. The [...]