ARIZONA LOSES AT STANFORD
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UA STUDENT WINS ACADEMIC AWARD
NO JOY TO RELEASE ‘WAIT TO PLEASURE’ ALBUM
ARTS & LIFE - 12
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ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Printing the news, sounding the alarm, and raising hell since 1899
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
VOLUME 106 • ISSUE 142
DAILYWILDCAT.COM
Digging for water UA, Tucson
at odds over streetcar costs RACHEL MCCLUSKEY Arizona Daily Wildcat
The UA is failing to pay its fair share of streetcar construction costs, city leaders say. Although the Tucson Modern Streetcar might not be operational until 2014, the UA has contributed by offering students subsidized SunLink passes and collaborated with the streetcar management team on marketing and giving input on the design of the routes. But those contributions aren’t enough and the UA should contribute more financially, said Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik, who represents Ward 6. “I think the university is a direct stakeholder in the success of the streetcar and for that reason they should be contributing a fairly substantial amount of money to its success,” Kozachik said. “Giving away reduced fare passes to me does not even begin to address the value that the
streetcar has to the university.” Kozachik said the streetcar is expected to cost $4 million to $5 million in operations and management every year. In terms of financial contributions, Jaime Gutierrez, vice president of external relations at the UA , said the subsidized bus passes the UA offers to students costs the UA $300,000, with the money coming from parking fees. “We’re figuring that it’s probably going to cost another $300,000 for streetcar passes,” Gutierrez said. Gutierrez said he expects the UA to benefit from a streetcar subsidy as 3,100 students and faculty have used the discount for bus passes this year. The hope is that students living in housing along the streetcar line won’t bring their car since the streetcar will be so close, Gutierrez said. “Throughout this whole
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I think the university is a direct stakeholder in the success of the streetcar and for that reason they should be contributing a fairly substantial amount of money to its success.
— Steve Kozachik, Ward 6 councilman
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Farewell to old Wilma, Wilbur MARK ARMAO/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
HAZEL COX, adjunct lecturer in the department of soil, water and environmental science, works with students digging basins for a rainwater harvesting system on the UA campus on Friday.
UA students install water harvesting system on campus as part of class project you can save a whole bunch off your water bill,” Cox said. The project was coordinated with Facilities UA students have begun installing a passive water Management, which will add other plants to the harvesting system just west of the Art building on Park area after the basins are constructed, according Woody Remencus, grounds crew chief for Facilities Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. The project is part of a course taught by Hazel Cox, Management. The plans also call for a large basin in an adjunct lecturer in the department of soil, water which a tree will be planted though that effort will be and environmental science. Designed by students carried out by a future class. “It’s a tremendous benefit to the environment,” who took the course in 2009, the system will divert said Chris Pennick, a sustainable rainwater that runs off of the Art environmental science senior. building’s roof into basins which Cox said she thinks it is unfortunate will feed trees and other plants. All it takes is some that Arizona over-pumps the Rainwater harvesting is the shovels and a bit of groundwater aquifer and draws water collection and use of rainwater time, and you can from the Colorado River when it should for landscaping or other needs. save a whole bunch off be taking advantage of rainwater. There are two types of rainwater “You can have a lush landscape harvesting: active and passive. your water bill. in the desert without having to use Active harvesting collects run-off —Hazel Cox, adjunct lecturer additional irrigation water,” Cox water in a cistern for later use, added. while passive harvesting involves Having practiced rainwater the manipulation of the landscape harvesting all year in the classroom and in the field, to divert water toward plants. The system, will consist of multiple basins lined some students said they are enthusiastic about creating with stones to prevent erosion. The basins will collect a permanent fixture on the campus landscape. “I haven’t done a lot of manual labor, so it’s hard. 30,000 to 80,000 gallons of water that run off the building every year, Cox said. Previously, that water But it’s cool to know that it will be at the UA forever would have quickly flowed into the street and then to and that the UA supports it,” said Morgan Anderson, a senior studying biology and art. “I think it’s a great the sewer. “All it takes is some shovels and a bit of time, and thing.” MARK ARMAO
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KIMBERLEY JACOB, a marketing senior, and Forest Gmitro, a journalism junior, are the outgoing Wilma and Wilbur mascots. Both became the UA mascots in February 2011.
process to be the married mascot couple of the UA, but have since become best friends and the two said they don’t see that changing. ilbur and Wilma Wildcat “We have been lucky enough were married on Nov. 21, 1986 and will be together that our two personalities do mesh that well that, you know, if we need forever. However, for the students somebody that is the in the suits, their person we call,” Jacob time has to come Wilbur and Wilma said. “So we went from to an end. really represent, complete strangers Kimberley are the mascots of and not knowing Jacob, a [each other] and even marketing the community... different backgrounds.” senior, and because Tucson Jacob came Forrest Gmitro, is such a college from a background a journalism town. of cheerleading, junior, have dance and being finished their run — Roberta Quiroz, director a Disneyland Park as Wilbur and for community relations parade performer, Wilma Wildcat. while Gmitro had The pair has no previous mascot or cheer been portraying the UA’s beloved mascots since February 2011. Jacob experience. and Gmitro didn’t know each WILBUR & WILMA, 2 other when they started the tryout RYAN REVOCK
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