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Candidate appeals in wake of possible code violations By Eliza Molk DAILY WILDCAT
As GPSC elections results went live on its website on Tuesday, potential election code violations that may have affected the results were brought to light Wednesday through a formal appeal by one of the presidential candidates. At 10:54 p.m. on Tuesday, Edward Beck, one of the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s presidential candidates and a second-year public health graduate student, sent an email to the council’s executive board announcing his appeal due to “severe issues in how the GPSC elections were carried out.” In the email,
he stated that the online voting ballot was open during times not advertised by those who oversaw the elections, and Edward Beck that voters were former candidate unable to write in candidates online during the first day of voting. “These issues both should have been grounds for stopping the current elections and creating an entirely new one,” Beck said. He told the council’s executive board he felt the elections process violated two major parts of the
GPSC Elections Code. He cited Chapter 3 Section 6.2 of the code, which states that “all relevant election Zachary Brooks dates shall be president-elect set forth in the Elections Notification, as consistent with the GPSC Constitution” and Chapter 6 Section 3.F, which states “the ballot shall include space for a write-in candidate for each constituent unit and AtLarge Representatives, respectively.” Beck, the former GPSC presidential chief of staff, also served in the
role of elections commissioner before resigning to run for president on March 26. On March 30, Georgia Perrian, a first-year medical student, volunteered to be the new commissioner for the remainder of the semester. “As a director, I did it to the best of my ability working with a new system,” she said. “It was an election, people voted. There’s not a lot to be said about it really.” Perrian said she told the candidates at an elections forum on April 18 that online polls would close at 11:58 p.m. on Friday, but could not discuss how some candidates misunderstood the
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Protesters voice opposition to bill Anger persists at state level as US Supreme Court reviews SB 1070 By Stephanie Casanova DAILY WILDCAT
Protesters gathered at the State Building downtown to express opposition to Senate Bill 1070 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., the Supreme Court heard arguments for United States v. Arizona, the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the bill. Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law two years ago. The bill states that it intends to “discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States.” The Department of Justice questioned whether it’s constitutional for a state to create its own immigration laws separate from those of the federal government. “I don’t think it’s an issue of constitutionality,” said Zoey Kotzambasis, a political science
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As far as many of her friends are concerned, Luz Argueta-Vogel, a psychology senior, does not exist. At least not online. A Facebook search of Argueta-Vogel’s name yields no results. This is because she deactivated her account two months ago, and since then has been escaping the grasps of social media. “I thought it was going to be a little more difficult getting used to not having a Facebook than it was,” ArguetaVogel said when recounting her decision to deactivate her account. “I was starting to get anxiety thinking about Facebook when I wasn’t even using it, so when I deactivated it, I kind of felt relieved.” When it comes to feeling anxious online, Argueta-Vogel is not alone. New research indicates that people who spend more time on social networking sites are more likely to develop feelings of self-doubt. In a study conducted by Utah Valley University, researchers found the more time students spent on Facebook, the easier it was for them to believe their friends were happier than they were and less inclined to agree with the statement that “life is fair.” “When you use Facebook, you end up finding how easy it is to take up your time looking at people’s profiles and their history that can go back for years,” Argueta-Vogel said. “I can understand how people can get this feeling of not being good enough when it doesn’t seem like anyone else out there is having trouble and are posting happy
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UA community members aimed to show the importance of STD and HIV testing within the student body Wednesday at the Get Yourself Tested Resource Fair. The event, hosted by Campus Health Service, was held on the UA Mall and featured a variety of organizations including the Pima County Health Department, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation and Planned Parenthood, which offered various testing resources and information. Event organizers hoped to educate sexually active students about the importance of getting tested and explain the consequences if they don’t, according to Lee Ann Hamilton, assistant director of Health Promotion and Preventive Services at Campus Health. In order to educate students, several tables at the fair provided information regarding safe sex and STDs. The Pima County Health Department also provided free testing on the Mall for chlamydia and gonorrhea. “We want people to know that you can’t tell just by looking at someone if they have an STD,” said Carolyn Hardesty, a health educator at Campus Health who coordinated the event. “The only way to know is to get tested. We just want to bring awareness to the importance of getting tested.” Students sat outside the Pima County Mobile Clinic as they waited
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Community members gathered in front of the State Building in downtown Tucson on Wednesday to protest Senate Bill 1070. The bill is the subject of a lawsuit from the Department of Justice and now awaits judgement from the Supreme Court.
Researchers find Facebook lowers confidence, self-image among users By Samantha Munsey
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This type of behavior on the Internet has been coined “Facebook Depression” by researchers from a similar social networking study that was conducted to observe teens’ social media behavior. Both studies looked into the idea that self validation can be greatly diminished once people start comparing themselves to a friend they have online. “Facebook is kind of like being at a bar,” Argueta-Vogel said. “All of your friends are in that bar and you start to get overwhelmed. So when I deactivated my account it was like taking a break and going outside to get fresh air, knowing that if I wanted to go back my friends would be there, still doing the same things.” Laura Orlich, a certified counselor at Counseling and Psychological Services, said over the years more patients have been coming into her office concerned about the things they saw on Facebook. She said before social media, there was really no way for people to compare their feelings of self-worth and validation with others on the Internet. “An example of this would be when you give a person your phone number and they don’t call,” Orlich said. “You can just assume that maybe they lost it, or they misplaced their phone, or got run over by a truck. But on Facebook if you attempt to friend someone and they ignore it, there is really no
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