SWIM COACH READY FOR SECOND YEAR
RHETORICAL QUESTION: LANGUAGE MATTERS SPORTS - 6
WANT TO KNOW THE TOP 5 TUCSON NEWS STORIES?
PERSPECTIVES - 4
DailyWildcat.com
ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Printing the news, sounding the alarm, and raising hell since 1899
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012
VOLUME 106 • ISSUE 46
DAILYWILDCAT.COM
Political forum will target students STEPHANIE CASANOVA Arizona Daily Wildcat
Rep. Ron Barber and Martha McSally, Arizona’s Congressional District 2 candidates, will be answering questions at a forum from 6-7 p.m., tonight in the Student Union Memorial Center’s Grand Ballroom. Arizona Public Media, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and the Arizona Students’ Association will be hosting the forum, which is open to the public. Christopher Conover, content producer for Arizona Public Media, will be moderating the forum. A panel of two Arizona Public Media journalists and Katy Murray, president of ASUA and a marketing senior, will be asking the candidates a variety of questions. Murray said her questions will focus on education, job creation and how these issues will impact current and future students. “I’m on the panel to really represent the student voice and make sure that they’re aware of the issues that students care about,” Murray said.
FORUM, 2
HAILEY EISENBACH/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
REP. RON BARBER SPEAKS to students during the UA Young Democrats first meeting earlier this semester. The congressman, along with his Republican opponent, Martha McSally, will be on campus Tuesday to speak in a forum hosted by Arizona Public Media and the Associated Students of the University of Arizona from 6-7 p.m. at the Student Union Memorial Center.
Tucson students bullied for weight, sexual orientation YARA ASKAR Arizona Daily Wildcat
KEVIN BROST/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
INTERIM DIRECTOR STEPHEN RUSSELL from the UA Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, gives a presentation about bullying in Tucson public schools on Monday.
The UA Crossroads Collaborative released survey data results on causes of bullying and its impact in Tucson schools during a presentation at Tucson High Magnet School on Monday. With a collaborative effort with Nuestra Voz, a YWCA Racial Justice Program for local youth, Crossroads Collaborative released information on educating and informing youth about bullying, funded by the Ford Foundation. A total of 403 youth, ranging from grades five to 11, and from 11 different schools in the Tucson community, were surveyed by Nuestra Voz during the 2008-2009 school year. Through the survey, students were asked how frequently they personally experienced bullying, and how often
they have witnessed or engaged in bullying. According to Crossroads Collaborative, bullying is defined as “aggressive words that emphasize an imbalance of power.” Thirty-nine percent reported that they were bullied because of their skin color, 66 percent were bullied due to sexual orientation, and overweight students made up 66 percent. Stephen Russell, an interim director of John and Doris Norton School, helped with the findings of the results, which were derived from a range of study presented in the new research brief, “Bullying in Tucson Public Schools: Rates, Reasons, Prevention Programs, and Recommendations,” released by the Crossroads Collaborative. The brief included a review of the youths’ experience in Tucson, what they want and need to know about
bullying and how adults can help. While identifying reasons of bullying as important, Russell said it was necessary to make sure people understood what is defined as bullying. “There is a lot of bullying in the community, whether they bully or get bullied, and a lot of people don’t know what bullying is,” Russell said. During the event, Howard Glasser, executive director of the Children’s Success Foundation, talked about the different methods of how to approach kids. “Instead of medication, you can talk to kids in certain ways,” Glasser said. “Through methods of teaching adults how to respect kids in a way that nourishes them on the premise that everyone has greatness.” Glasser talked about how children
BULLYING, 3
Cellar Bistro sees another full house for debate Student leadership groups host third and final screening of Obama, Romney going head-to-head on issues RACHEL McCLUSKEY Arizona Daily Wildcat
The Cellar Bistro was filled yet again by students turning out for a viewing of the third and final debate, hosted by ASUA . As with the past two viewings, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and the Arizona Students’ Association collaborated to put on the event, which featured giveaways and opportunities to sign up to the ASUA listserv. Some students who attended past debates said they found the event beneficial and educational, and decided to return — this time with friends. Philosophy, politics, economics and law freshman Daniel Douglas returned with his friend Kara Lee, a linguistics freshman, after
HI
86 57 LOW
Argo, Ala. Cross, S.C. Masters, Colo.
80 / 57 83 / 62 74 / 36
attending a previous viewing. Lee said she enjoyed the event because she could ask Douglas questions about the candidates and talk about the debate. Undeclared freshman Stephanie Salazar also brought a friend, engineering freshman Ryan Petronella, with her to the event. Petronella said he caught a little bit of the debate that was shown at the Rad, White and Blue Block Party at the beginning of the month, but didn’t attend last week’s debate viewing at the Cellar Bistro. Petronella didn’t find the event as educational as other students did, he said. “I already have my mind mostly made up,” he added. “I kind of think some of the things they are saying are ridiculous, but it’s
DEBATE, 2
WORTH NOTING This day in history
>> 1945: United Nations is born >> 1958: Butch Cassady and The Sundance Kid opens >> 1969: Raymond Chandler starts his last novel
KEVIN BROST/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
STUDENTS WATCH THE THIRD and final presidential debate during a viewing at the Cellar Bistro.
‘Like‘ us on Facebook
facebook.com/ dailywildcat
Follow us on Twitter
twitter.com/ dailywildcat
Follow us on Tumblr
dailywildcat.tumblr. com
QUOTE TO
NOTE
“
I’d like you to know that I didn’t find the cartoon even slightly offensive. I found it funny. PERSPECTIVES— 4