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‘Our culture’s not a costume’ A group of protesters gathered in response to members of Delta Delta Delta sorority wearing sombreros and mustaches as costumes BY MEGHAN FERNANDEZ The Daily Wildcat
A group of people gathered outside the Delta Delta Delta house Monday evening to protest the sorority for what it said were culturally insensitive costumes. Angie Loreto, a Mexican American studies graduate student, said she was driving to a board meeting for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán when she allegedly saw about six individuals outside the Delta Delta Delta sorority house around 5:30 p.m. donning sombreros and mustaches and “dancing very inappropriately.” Loreto and other members from MEChA returned to the sorority house to see what was going on and one of the sorority members talked to them. Loreto said one of the sorority members told her they were dressed that way to be culturally sensitive because one of their members is Hispanic. She also said the girl told her she was planning to dress as a mariachi dancer. Loreto said she did not see anyone dressed as a mariachi dancer. Jordan Allison, vice president of public relations in Delta Delta Delta, said in an email statement that the member Loreto is referring to said another member of the sorority would be dressing as a mariachi dancer because she is a part of a local mariachi group. “As someone that knows about the culture of mariachis, you don’t really
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RAMON SANCHEZ writes “OUR CULTURE IS NOT A COSTUME” on the sidewalk outside of the Delta Delta Delta sorority house in response to the “culturally insensitive” Halloween costumes allegedly worn by members of the sorority outside the house on Monday. The protesters said they hoped education on cultural sensitivity and awareness will become more widespread throughout greek organizations and the UA campus as a whole due to their actions.
use that to make any kind of silly statements like this,” Loreto said. Loreto filmed the encounter between the group and the sorority member with her phone. In the video, the girl, who did not give her name, said, “We have some sisters who are of your culture.” Jose Guadalupe-Conchas, a political science senior and MEChA member, said the group gathered outside the house to protest because
cultural insensitivity is a huge issue across university campuses. Conchas mentioned an Arizona State University incident and how fraternities and sororities there have been in trouble recently for issues like this. Fraternity & Sorority Programs sent an email to all Greek organizations on Monday addressing racially insensitive costumes with Halloween coming up.
The email stated, “Too often under the guise of humor or being ‘sexy,’ people wear costumes which perpetuate harmful racial stereotypes.” Attached to the email was an article to help Greek members determine if their costume is racially insensitive. Conchas referred to this email and said the Delta Delta Delta members’
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As the Ebola crisis causes U.S. officials to prepare for the worstcase scenario, engineering professors are offering up examples of how engineers can help create solutions to the crisis. Kathleen Melde, an engineering professor at the UA , said she is currently using Ebola as a lesson for her students. “On the news lately, we hear a lot … about what is going on with Ebola in the world and in the [U.S.], and a lot of times, we REBECCA NOBLE/THE DAILY WILDCAT are hearing good information UA ENGINEERING professors are using the Ebola crisis as a teaching tool for students. for the medical community, The professors aim to emphasize the usefulness of engineers in coming up with solutions which is great,” Melde said. in this and similar crises. Melde said despite the focus on the medical community, she UA engineering professor from spreading,” Powers said. wants to show her students that Linda Powers said this crisis is Both professors gave examples engineers play a role on what is an example of how engineers such as bio-containment units occurring in the Ebola crisis and can help in these type of in hospitals being built in West similar crises. Africa and the proper protocol situations. “But as we “I think for disposing of the dead as two We are are trying to engineers can major issues regarding the virus. really engage trying to Melde said the importance help to build an our engineering shed light infrastructure of having engineers work to students in how to mitigate the design these containment units on how engineers can severity [of ] as hospitals are built in West engineers help people … such crises as Africa or as they make changes can help we are trying Ebola to give to hospitals in the U.S. is to people to use an event those afflicted make sure the disease cannot — Kathleen Melde, like Ebola as the best chance spread from room to room and UA engineering just something of survival and to ensure the individuals taking professor to shed light on to help protect care of the afflicted are safe. how engineers the unaffected can help people,” Melde said. ENGINEERING, 3 population, to help prevent it
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Colleges unite over homeless clinic BY JOCELYN VALENCIA The Daily Wildcat
The UA, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University are working together to open an interdisciplinary, student-run clinic for the homeless of Maricopa County. The program, Student Health Outreach for Wellness, will be run at the Health Care for the Homeless clinic at Phoenix’s Human Services Campus and will also utilize a lot of its services. The planning for the studentrun clinic first began at ASU, which hired Pamela Thompson to create it, according to the The Arizona Republic. Michelle DiBaise, S.H.O.W. administrative director and associate clinical professor at NAU’s physician assistant program, said Thompson, a Canadian physician, came to the UA to create the S.H.O.W. clinic. DiBaise said Thompson made her other connections through the Maricopa County Department of Public Health and various other clinics. As her network began to expand, Thompson started
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Fast Facts This day in history he Cuban Missile Crisis ends in 1. T 1962 after the U.S. agrees to acknowledge sovereignty.
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he construction of the Gateway Arch is 3. T officially completed in 1965. — All news courtesy of history.com
ASUA encourages students to vote early BY ADRIANA ESPINOSA The Daily Wildcat
The 2014 U.S. midterm elections will be held on Nov. 4, and ASUA is encouraging UA students to cast their vote as early voting comes to an end. The elections will also mark the end of the Our Voice, Our Vote campaign that was introduced by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona at the beginning of this semester to encourage students to get involved in the upcoming elections. All UA students and members of the Tucson community are invited to an early voting station set up in the ASUA offices on the
third floor of the Student Union Memorial Center until Friday. Jose Guadalupe-Conchas, a political science senior and ASUA diversity director, believes this election is crucial to students because everything surrounding students’ education policies could be affected. “There’s a really big hype towards presidential elections and that’s when there’s the most turnout,” Conchas said. “It’s important to know that all politics are local when midterm elections elect our state leaders. They’re the ones that decide our tuition and our education policies.” Conchas said with such a diverse campus, there are a lot
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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS of the University of Arizona President Issac Ortega talks about the importance of this year’s elections during an interview in his office on Monday. The UA could face further tuition hikes depending on the outcome of the elections.
of policies that students need to look at and understand, and voter turnout for students in Arizona is one of the lowest in the country. “If all of us were to register to
vote, we would be a force to be reckoned with,” Conchas said. There is not much leverage for student opinion when it comes to the state legislature, but if
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