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Student council brings back ball
VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 137
BREAKING BREAD The Rev. Bart Hutcherson will leave his post as head pastor of the Newman Center after 10 years
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Engineering students will be putting down the books and putting on masks for a night. The UA’s Engineering Student Council is holding a ball for the first time since the 1990s on May 10, according to Ari Auerbach, a chemical engineering sophomore and the social outreach chair for the ESC . The ball, which will be held at the Arizona Historical Society, is masquerade-themed and will be open to all students, said Ericka Tucker, a mining engineering sophomore. There will be food, dancing and photos, and guests 21 and over can purchase a wristband to gain access to the open bar. The ball is supposed to be a fun social event that will give everyone a chance to relax, Auerbach said. “The whole goal of Engineering Student Council is to give engineers an opportunity to do something social,” Auerbach said. “We do so much studying that … we deserve a night off.” ESC had some trouble finding a place to hold the ball due to limited funds, Tucker said. ESC is not funded by the College of Engineering, so the main fundraiser for the event was the Engineering Career Fair. ESC decided to hold the event at the Arizona Historical Society, which gave it a great deal because it is affiliated with the UA, Tucker said. The ball, which used to be an annual event for ESC, stopped being held when the council lost momentum back in the 1990s, according to Auerbach. This is the first year that ESC has made a big comeback on campus, Auerbach added. While in the past, members of ESC seemed to join just to include it on their résumé, this year saw more motivated people join ESC with a legitimate interest in making it better, he said. The ball is entirely run by ESC . The DJ is a member of the Freshman Engineering Council and the photographer is the
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We do so much studying that ... we deserve a night off.
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— Ari Auerbach, chemical engineering sophomore
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THE REV. BARTHOLOMEW Hutcherson gives communion to churchgoers during Easter Mass at St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center on Sunday. After serving there for 10 years, Hutcherson will soon leave his post at the Newman Center.
Hutcherson designed the cross that has become the symbol of the Newman Center at the UA to closely resemble the block “A.” The Rev. Bartholomew Hutcherson had a sizable In Hutcherson’s time at the UA, he has developed turnout for the Easter Vigil Mass, which was held in numerous programs, especially ones targeting the St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center on the freshmen at the beginning of their college careers. UA campus Saturday night. He preached at the Mass, “If you don’t get people involved when they are baptized and confirmed several students, and also freshmen, they won’t get involved later,” Hutcherson received a student who is an adult convert. said. This will be the last time Enhancing the Newman Center’s presence at freshman orientation Hutcherson gives communion for Easter in the church located next to is important to Hutcherson, he He always has said, as he hopes to welcome them greek row. Hutcherson, known by energy, always parishioners as Father Bart, will be into the university community. is thinking of leaving his post as the head pastor Since the summer of 2004, when the students Hutcherson began working at the of the Newman Center after 10 years and puts them serving there. Newman Center, the freshman number one. retreat was an event that was very A Newman Center is a Catholic — Michael Fritz, community on a university campus, important to him. He said he hoped geosciences junior and there are Newman Centers to create a home base for students who come to the UA from out-ofat college campuses across the nation, according to Hutcherson. state. Stacey Webb, a UA alumna who received her The proximity to campus allows Hutcherson and the entire staff to maintain a strong relationship with the bachelor’s degree in 2010, has known Hutcherson for university community. eight years. “It makes no sense for there to be a parish on a “His work at the Newman Center gave me a university campus, except that it’s here to serve the community I can trust, a faith I can rely on and a home university,” he said. “Our mission is specifically tied to away from home,” Webb said. the university community.” To further connect the church to the campus, PRIEST, 3 BY LAUREN NIDAY
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ROHAN RAO, a management information systems senior, created a new app called Channel Links that allows users to share their favorite videos. The app is set to launch this week.
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