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Law schools see drop in applicants proposal in December, benefiting UA students by allowing them to take the bar exam in their third year, as opposed to after graduation. “It effectively lowers the cost of education. It doesn’t The number of applicants to the UA’s law school has dropped significantly in the last several years, reflecting a actually change the tuition amount, but you’re able to start working in May rather than October or November,” decline in law school applications across the nation. Nationally, law school applications are leaning Miller said. “And many employers, public and private, will now say, ‘Until you’ve passed toward a 30-year low, according the bar, we won’t hire you.’” to the Law School Admission decision allows students Council,and all but four of more It’s a path that expands, to This get the “ball rolling quicker” than 200 law schools around the creates options, but I do when covering debts and finding country experienced a decrease after school, in applicants last year, according think that it’s important employment according to Tyler Broker, a firstto the American Bar Association. for everyone who’s year law student. The James E. Rogers College of Out-of-state tuition is $42,283, Law similarly saw this trend, with thinking about law while tuition for Arizona residents 1,372 applicants this past year, school to have thought is $27,272, but Broker said he compared to 2,492 in 2006. believes that after receiving a “I still think being a lawyer is about why and when diploma, the job opportunities one of the great professions in the they should do it. expand for law graduates. world,” said Marc Miller, interim “You can do so many different dean for the College of Law. “I — Marc Miller, interim dean for the College of Law things with a law degree that it think it’s very rewarding. I think does open it up,” he said. “For the there are many, many different paths. It’s a path that expands, creates options, but I do simple fact that completing any graduate degree shows think that it’s important for everyone who’s thinking that you’ve taken more initial step, you can complete about law school to have thought about why and when something.” As someone who’s always planned on attending law they should do it.” With a law degree paving new paths, Miller added the school, Broker said he recommends prospective students possess a set mindset in attending law school, rather than market demand isn’t declining, but rather is “different.” In order to address the changing market, the Arizona LAW SCHOOL, 3 Supreme Court passed a three-year experimental MAXWELL J. MANGOLD Arizona Daily Wildcat
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University students throughout Arizona will see one less charge on their tuition bill after the Arizona Board of Regents unanimously voted last week to change a university fee for a student lobbying group to opt-in only. The three state universities will no longer automatically collect the $2 per-student, per-semester fee for the Arizona Students’ Association. ASA is a lobbying organization that “works to make sure that higher education in Arizona is affordable and accessible,” according to its website. Following the vote, the organization will now rely on an opt-in fee from students to fund its activities. ASA collected about $600,000 every year from all three state universities through the fee. “The concern the students had is that most students don’t pay attention to that on their bill and so they don’t really have a choice,” said Rick Myers, chairman of the Board of Regents. “They pay their bill and their money automatically goes there so they’re not making a conscientious decision.” Four months ago, ASU student body presidents went to the regents and questioned the benefits of the organization, Myers said. These concerns were shared by the students regents, which led to discussions on what to do with the fee. Regent Dennis DeConcini suggested an opt-in fee and a final compromise was made to follow through with this suggestion, Myers said. “We have the stance where we wanted it removed completely, but we’re happy with the decision the regents made,” said Mark Naufel, president of the undergraduate student government on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus. “It’s kind of a win-win for everyone, now students can decide if they want to make a contribution to this non-profit, but they’re not being forced to pay into it.” The universities will finalize the system this summer and there will be a clear choice for students to check
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UA doctor revives soccer field in Honduras KAYLA SAMOY Arizona Daily Wildcat
It was the medical team’s first night in Honduras and, after the long trip, the team members just wanted to sleep. They were woken at 1 a.m. Confused and tired, they put on their scrubs and rushed to the operating room. A 17-year-old boy had been brought in, his thumb nearly amputated from a machete. The medical team included Dr. Joseph Sheppard, a University of Arizona Medical Center orthopaedic surgeon. The boy was quiet and in shock. The sight of his bloody hand shocked
everyone out of their fatigue. The doctors donned their surgical loupes to magnify their vision and began to perform the precise microsurgery required to save the boy’s hand. After a few hours of operating, they succeeded. The medical team was busy until 6 a.m. After a short break, the doctors were back in the free clinic at 7:30 a.m. to treat other patients. And that was just the first day. The weeklong medical mission was arranged by Evangelistic International Ministries; Shepphard went on his eighth annual trip to Honduras last month. After 25 years of practice and repetition, he has become interested
in teaching medicine as well as charity work. “I realized I felt as though I had something more to give than simply private practice,” he said. During an earlier medical mission, he’d seen the poor state of Hospital Centro Socorro De Lo Alto’s makeshift soccer field. The field wasn’t level and the goals were made out of branches, Sheppard said. People were rarely seen playing. When Sheppard returned to Tucson, the brief thought he had of improving the soccer field and sponsoring a team became a reality. Jamie Fleming, a third-year UA medical student, learned of Sheppard’s
plans. Fleming, the global health chair of Tucson’s American Medical Student Association for the 2011-2012 year, raised about $500 for the cause. Sheppard received about $2,500 that went toward a bulldozer to flatten out the field, new goalposts, nets, equipment and uniforms. “Now the people in the community know that the health professionals that are coming there aren’t just going for a week of service and then leaving,” said Fleming, who accompanied Sheppard on the trip. The health professionals are invested in improving the community
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DR. JOSEPH SHEPPARD and Jamie Fleming went to Honduras for a medical mission.