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‘SORELY MISSED’ Community gathers to remember victim of car crash
Students react to death of Gadhafi By Amer Taleb DAILY WILDCAT
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Steven Cox, the president of the Delta Chi fraternity, speaks to students, friends and family of Anthony Andrighetto during a memorial at the Delta Chi house on Thursday.
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Hundreds of UA community members gathered Thursday at the basketball court of the Delta Chi fraternity to remember Anthony Andrighetto, a UA student who died in a car accident the day before. Andrighetto, a member of the Delta Chi fraternity, died and four others, including at least one other Delta Chi member, were injured in the accident on Wednesday afternoon. According to a release from the Tucson Police Department, the accident occurred at approximately 5:10 p.m. on Wednesday when a green
minivan failed to yield before making a left turn from Golf Links Road onto Wilmot Road. A green Jeep Wrangler, carrying two of the victims, crashed into the side of the van and flipped into the air, crashing into the traffic pole at the intersection. Another victim driving a black Mazda Protégé attempted to swerve out of the way, but collided with a car that was stationary in the left turn lane. Pre-business student and Delta Chi member Sam Schmid was among those injured in the accident. He was transported to the University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus that night.
Jo Marie Gellerman, public affairs coordinator for the center, said Schmid was still in critical condition at the hospital as of press time. Michael Colletti, the president of the UA Interfraternity Council, offered condolences to those affected by the accident. “The Interfraternity Council is deeply saddened at the loss of Anthony and wishes to offer our deepest sympathies to the members of Delta Chi, family and friends of those affected by this tragedy,” Colletti said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them. The fraternal bonds extend greater than our own respective chapters, and they have our
whole community’s support during this difficult time. We wish those recovering a speedy recovery.” Jessica Hermann, the president of the Panhellenic Council, said it was important for the greek community to unite in light of the tragedy. “Panhellenic is standing beside IFC in its time of need,” she said. “Through difficult times, we pull together in the greek community, as we have in the past. I have no doubts that we will get through this together.” Keith Humphrey, the dean of students, said students should utilize the
Ammar Gwesha’s mother couldn’t stop crying from joy when she heard the news. After more than 40 years in power, Moammar Gadhafi is dead. Gwesha, a mechanical engineering graduate student from Tripoli, said his mother was overwhelmed with emotion when they spoke over the phone. Most of Gwesha’s family began protesting against Gadhafi’s government when the revolution started in mid-February. Two of his brothers survived being shot. “Till now I can’t believe it! As if I’m dreaming,” he said. “It’s a turning point in Libya’s history. The dictator that thought he owned his people is gone.” Gadhafi was killed in Sirte, his hometown where battles have been raging for the last month, said Leila Hudson, an associate professor of Middle East history and anthropology and director of the Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts. Details of his death are still emerging. According to the last reports she read, French fighters and maybe American drones hit Gadhafi’s convoy from the air. Gadhafi might have been alive when he reached the hospital, but died of gunshot wounds, possibly to the stomach. “It’s still very unclear and we don’t know how reliable all these accounts are,” she said. “But it’s the end of an era, marked by the death of Gadhafi. And it gives a sense of closure to one of the nastier episodes of the Arab Spring.” Aman Tekbali, a history senior
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Occupy Tucson comes to campus, NOTE fails to connect with some students QUOTE TO
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You learn to play the guitar and it learns how well you play.”
Movement marches from Armory Park to Campbell Avenue and back for exposure
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Reciting an assortment of chants and armed with signs and flyers, about 30 members of Occupy Tucson made their way from Armory Park to the UA Mall on Thursday afternoon. The movement, formed in late September, is in solidarity with the original Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York, Since its first assembly on Sept. 17, more than 1,500 cities across the globe have witnessed similar demonstrations. While motive for the protests tend to vary between participants, occupywallst.org claims that members represent the “99 percent” of Americans working for the “1 percent,” or the larger corporations who own most of the nation’s wealth. According to participants, Thursday’s march to the Mall was an effort to spread the word and educate college students about the movement. “Hopefully the young people will become involved,” said Mark Richard, a 56-year-old Tucson resident. “We’re starting to see a lot more faces these days, which is very, very encouraging. It’s what it’s going to take to make the differences in this country.” Richard, who has been protesting wars for the past 10 years, said he is concerned about corporate power and political corruption and just returned to Tucson from Washington, D.C., where he participated in a similar Occupy protest for eight days. “Things are happening nationwide, so it’s very, very exciting,” Richard added. “It’s good to connect here at home.” Protesters for Occupy Tucson are also participating for personal reasons. Laura Dennison, a 39-yearold Tucson resident and student at Pima Community College, said she has struggled financially, and hopes to make a difference with the protest. “For a long time, I had been struggling. I applied for food stamps, and all I could get was $65,” Dennison said. “But I am going back to school now and trying to change my life. There’s a lot of problems going on in America that need to be addressed.” Claire Tyrpak, a 52-year-old Tucson resident, is also spreading the word after experiencing
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Karla Terry leads protesters in chants during the Occupy Tucson march from Armory Park to the UA Mall on Thursday. Around 30 made the trek, which was meant to raise awareness of the movement.
“Things are happening nationwide, so it’s very exciting. It’s good to connect here at home.” — Mark Richard, Tucson resident
personal hardships. “I was once middle-class, I got laid off, so I have a very low income through unemployment,” Tyrpak said. “I have no health care, my house is financially underwater and my 401K is tanking.” Tyrpak said she is helping with the movement’s outreach because she wants to help spread the word. “I’m hoping that students will come and join us as well,” she added. But despite the confidence and optimism of protesters, some students on the Mall were not as impressed. “I don’t really know exactly what they’re talking about, something about Wall Street, I’m guessing,”
said Brandon Welbourn, a physiology junior. “I haven’t heard of it, and now would not be the best time to hear about it, because I’m not really focused on that kind of thing.” Steve Baldwin, a microbiology junior, also said the group’s timing was inappropriate, and that protesters should not have gathered on the Mall where UA students were busy supporting the football game. On the other hand, the movement did have some popularity among students. “I enjoy it,” said Zac Maes, a physiology junior. “I support it 100 percent. Whatever the movement is, I enjoy peaceful walkthroughs like this, whatever the cause is.” Even though the movement began in September, organizers don’t plan to stop anytime soon. “This is going to help because … everything that ever came about happened through this (protesting),” Tyrpak said. “Leaders don’t bring about it on their own most of the time — it’s because people express their First Amendment right to free speech and to assemble, and it raises the consciousness.”
NOTING This weekend on campus: >> Saturday: The Arizona men’s basketball Red-Blue game starts at 2 p.m. in the McKale Center. >> Sunday: CATwalk, a race to benefit women’s cancer research, begins at 8:30 a.m. on the UA Mall. CATwalk is sponsored by the Arizona fraternity and sorority community.
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