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President Obama stresses compromise at inauguration Q&A

Students cover national speech RACHEL MCCLUSKEY Arizona Daily Wildcat

PAT BENIC/MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERS his inaugural address after being sworn-in for a second term as the President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during his public inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Obama takes oath of office for his second term, talks marriage equality MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama publicly took the oath of office for his second term Monday, strongly defending the ideology of his party as he urged Americans to accept compromise as a path toward solving the nation’s problems. “Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time,” Obama said, soon after taking the oath from Chief Justice John G. Roberts. “Decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.” While just over 18 minutes, relatively short by historical standards, the address hit several

major policy priorities Obama hopes impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms,” to pursue. For the first time, an inaugural he said. “The path toward sustainaddress mentioned the rights of gay able energy sources will be long and Americans, as Obama declared that sometimes difficult. But America America’s “journey is not complete cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. That is how until our gay brothers and We do not believe that we will preserve sisters are treated in this country, freedom is our planet, comlike anyone else reserved for the lucky, or manded to our care by God.” under the law, happiness for the few. Obama wove for if we are truly those specific policy created equal, — Barack Obama pledges, along with then surely the brief reminders love we commit to one another must be equal as of his proposals for gun control and immigration reform, into a text well.” The president also insisted on that, overall, amounted to a strong the need to “respond to the threat reaffirmation of the core of liberal, of climate change,” a subject he Democratic politics and its belief in largely avoided after a stinging loss in the positive role that government can play in the nation’s life. Congress early in his first term. In a nod to those who do not “Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, share that outlook, he noted that but none can avoid the devastating Americans “have never relinquished

Interim dean focuses on greater visibility JADE NUNES Arizona Daily Wildcat

A national search for the new dean of students will take place in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, the interim dean is focusing on increasing visibility. Kendal Washington White, former senior associate dean, was named the interim dean of students in December following Keith Humphrey’s acceptance of the position of vice president for student affairs at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. White, who has served the UA since 1993, said she looks forward to the opportunity to act as the interim dean of students. “I think that honestly, I’m really happy to have the opportunity to

serve in the interim dean position,” White said. “Our office has been through lots of personnel changes and leadership changes. I just didn’t want our staff to have to grow accustomed to work with someone they haven’t worked with before, only to have to do that again when the permanent person gets hired.” White detailed some of her goals that she intends to pursue while acting as the interim dean of students. “My goals in this interim period are really to increase the visibility of the Dean of Students Office and do more education and outreach,” White said. “We’re going to do some workshop series where the campus community can know that we are a resource. Because a lot of people have no idea, when they report

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something to the Dean of Students Office, what happens after I report it. We want people to know, here is the process we go through. Here are the things that we do.” Melissa Vito, UA vice president for student affairs, selected White as the interim dean of students in January. There will be a national search in the next few weeks for Humphrey’s permanent successor. For the search process, Vito will put together a committee that will include students, faculty and staff members. Vito said she hopes to have a successor identified by the end of the spring term and who is able to start in July. In the meantime, Vito said she has high hopes for White to

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our skepticism of central authority, nor have we succumbed to the fiction that all society’s ills can be cured through government alone.” But, he said, “preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.” “We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few,” he said. “The commitments we make to each other, through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security, these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.” At the conclusion, Obama walked back into the Capitol building, then turned for a moment to look out at the national Mall, filled with hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Americans. “I want to see this again,” he could be heard saying.

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Two UA journalism students covered the presidential inauguration this spring for their journalism internships. Sami-Jo Roth has an internship with Time Warner Cable and she kept the Twitter feed up to date, retrieved equipment and assisted reporters and photographers with the inauguration coverage. Amer Taleb has an internship with the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire and he wrote his own feature stories about people who attended the inauguration. How was the inauguration from a reporter’s standpoint? Roth: It was insane! It was better than I could have ever expected. I was probably the youngest person where I was. I literally haven’t even taken my press pass off because I can’t even get over how cool it was. It was amazing. I was standing up on these platforms where all these network anchors and reporters were, like Anderson Cooper and Lester Holt with NBC right next to me. I had a perfect view of the president and of Beyonce; I saw statement people; I saw Johnny Depp; I saw Denzel Washington. I have never experienced anything like this before and it was just the most incredible day. Taleb: Unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it. I don’t have anything to compare it to. It was marvelous, fantastic

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