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Faculty seeks early feedback
en Bradlee, the 1. B editor who was in charge of the Watergate
coverage, died at age 93 on Tuesday. orth Korea released 2. N one of three Americans who had been imprisoned for almost six months.
.S. federal officials 3. U announced that American law enforcement stopped three teenage girls from joining ISIS.
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ALLISON VAILLANCOURT, vice president of institutional effectiveness and human resources, talks about faculty relations and student employment during the forum for her five-year review in the Kiva Room of the Student Union Memorial Center on Tuesday. During the forum, Vaillancourt emphasized the need for early employee review.
The forum for Allison Vaillancourt’s five-year review addressed concerns about the need for employees to receive earlier performance feedback
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Allison Vaillancourt pressed the importance for earlier employee feedback at the forum for her fiveyear review on Tuesday. Vaillancourt, vice president for human resources and
institutional effectiveness, started the lecture discussing problems with student employment. She said the issue regarding student employment is that it is dispersed among four different sectors on campus: Human Resources, the
Dean of Students Office, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid and Career Services. “We can be so much better,” Vaillancourt said. “We can offer so many more opportunities for students.” She said the department will coordinate a discussion
among people to talk about creating more opportunities for students. Vaillancourt also discussed the problem of the ratio between Human Resources staff to employees. Vaillancourt presented the numbers that showed the industry
average for this ratio is 1:150. However, the UA’s ratio is 1:333. “This lack of resources, this decision to be a B-plus kind of place means we don’t have the obvious things that our peers have,
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An initiative to legalize recreational marijuana will be on the 2016 ballot, but Rep. Ethan Orr (R-District 9) suggests that a voterapproved measure is not the way to go. If recreational marijuana is approved by voters, having to change any of its policies would be nearly impossible because of the Voter Protection Act. Orr said he believes elected leaders should be the ones to take the initiative on the proposal, because it is a complex system that would require proper planning of rules and taxation for the drug. “Let’s decide what we want to do, because the reality is that’s my job as a leader,” Orr said. “My job as a leader is not to pander to people. It’s to facilitate difficult discussions and come up with a good policy.” Orr said he plans on having this discussion at the legislative session of Arizona on Jan. 12, 2015. Orr added that recreational marijuana could potentially be a billion dollar industry. “Protective revenue could be about $250 to $300 million dollars, and then if you look at the additional burden of the system of incarceration,
BY ARIELLA NOTH
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REP. ETHAN Orr (R-District 9) talks with community members before the start of the Old Main renovation opening ceremony on Oct. 8. Orr is pushing to legalize
that’s an additional $75 to $100 million dollars that the state is putting in to enforcing the act of marijuana law,” Orr said. “Right now, that money and that control is going to the cartels and into the black market.”
There are questions and concerns regarding how marijuana would be regulated if it becomes open to the public. Orr has worked with the medical marijuana
The Eller College of Management recently received three sizable donations that will allow it to build a new facility and fund faculty. The donations came from the college’s namesake, the Eller family, the Diamond family and the McClelland family. Vicki Fleischer, senior director of development for Eller College, said the donors had specific intentions for their gifts. Fleischer said the McClellands’ gift will be used to create an endowment for faculty support. Fleischer added that 4 percent of the endowment annually will be allotted for Eller College to recruit and retain faculty. The endowment will also fund research grants and faculty fellowships. The McClelland family donated $3.5 million, through the Shamrock Foods company, of which Norman McClelland is chairman. McClelland is also an alumnus of Eller College. Karl and Stevie Eller have committed a gift with a more specific goal in mind. “Karl and Stevie Eller have committed $1.5 million toward our campaign priorities for the current year, which is our Eller College Professional Development Center,” Fleischer said. “It will be a facility that will be a building
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Fast Facts This day in history resident John F. Kennedy announces 1. P in 1962 that Soviet missile bases were found in Cuba.
coal mine explodes in New Mexico in 2. A 1913, which kills over 250 people.
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gay Vietnam veteran speaks out in 1975 on the ban against homosexuality in the U.S. — All facts courtesy of history.com
Program adds more diversity to med school BY ALYSSA SCHLITZER The Daily Wildcat
A recently introduced yearlong medical program to give economically and educationally disadvantaged students a chance to attend medical school aims to bring more diversity to the College of Medicine. According to Francisco Moreno, deputy dean of diversity and inclusion, Pre-Medical Admissions Pathway seeks those who are registered members of affiliated American Indian tribes, but disadvantaged people from border areas, such as blacks, Asians, whites and Hispanics are eligible to apply as well.
“Race should not be a disqualifier or qualifier, necessarily,” Moreno said. “We definitely want all those populations that are traditionally underserved in medicine.” According to Moreno, the program currently has 10 students, two of whom are black. Moreno said he believes the biggest benefit of this program is that it will facilitate students’ success in their academic performance during medical school. “We also hope that it will help us accomplish our mission of serving the broader diversity of our state,” Moreno said. Tanisha Price–Johnson, executive director of admissions
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MARISELA MARISCAL (left), Sylvestor Moses and Lacy Manuelito are among 10 students admitted to Pre-Medicine Admissions Pathway at the UA College of Medicine. P-MAP is a program designed to help economically disadvantaged students get into medical school.
and financial aid, said P-MAP offers opportunities for students
who may have a distinct pathway
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