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Textbook rental offers cheaper option By Laura Donovan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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The Student Recreation Center had its $28.5 million expansion grand opening Monday. Due to a lack of state funding, a motion is going through student government to decide on adding a new student fee in order to staff the new expansion.
Doors open at Rec Center By Brian Mori ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
Three-and-a-half years after breaking ground, the Student Recreation Center’s highly anticipated expansion opened Monday, adding more than 42,000 square feet of exercise space. The $28.5 million facility houses hundreds of new, state-of-the-art workout machines — several featuring individual television screens — an outdoor bouldering wall, two outdoor volleyball courts, a transformable multi-activity court and a projector that will broadcast
sporting events. At 1 p.m. opening day, Rec Center counts reflected 133 users in the new, two-story weight room, exceeding the maximum 130 person occupancy limit of the old one. “The students who planned this had the foresight to look at establishing a facility that they felt was necessary,” said Campus Recreation Director Juliette Moore. Most of the current students agree with the planners and were happy with the new extension. “I was in awe. It’s the nicest gym
in Arizona,” said Melissa Watkins, a psychology junior who also instructs Zumba and Muscle Pump at the Rec Center. “It’s spacious and the equipment is fantastic.” Kyle Greywall, a freshman, said the higher ceilings help him stay cool while doing cardio. Watkins, who teaches classes at two other gyms in Tucson including L.A. Fitness, also said she likes that there is equipment tailored for women on the second floor. “This equipment is top-of-the-line, the other stuff was older than I am,”
said Michael Crowe, a criminal justice junior overseeing the weight room on opening day. People who have used the gym over the years are excited for the new opportunities. “There’s more options to do different things,” said Mike Figueroa, a UA alumnus who still uses the Rec Center. Even first time visitors were impressed with the addition. “We don’t have anything like this back at home, not at the university
With new options around campus, textbook renting might become more popular than purchasing. The Arizona Bookstore will begin renting about 450 different textbooks today, said Donny Berecz, the store manager. “We’ve chosen titles that we feel like will be used in the future at the UA, and we wanted students to have the option of at least renting one book from us. We scaled every department, and the majority has five to 10 books for rent,” Berecz said. Political science sophomore Aaron Elyachar shared his take on the new textbook rental option while on his way to the UofA Bookstore to pick up his pre-ordered textbooks. “It seems like a great deal if you’re only taking one or two classes, but kind of a waste for a full-time student,” Elyachar said. The Arizona Bookstore started the program to adapt to students’ needs and requests and to compete with other textbook-renting companies. “We had suggestions from students, and other sources on the Web have started to do renting, so we figured it was the right time to bring in more clientele,” Berecz said. RENTALS, page A6
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‘We are the Daily Wildcat’ Lance Madden
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Editor in chief
ournalism isn’t dead and it’s not dying. It doesn’t even have so much as the common cold. Sure, it’s seasoned and keeps changing its appearance. How and where it is consumed is changing quickly. But journalism certainly isn’t dying — especially on the campus of the University of Arizona. Here at the UA’s independent student newspaper, which has lived a hearty life since 1899 , we have a new slogan: “I am the Daily Wildcat.” It represents each of the 100-plus students who work tirelessly to put out a product each school day for you, the reader. Since I started working for the newspaper in fall 2006 as a sports reporter, I have swallowed the slogan, digested it and, in turn, lived by it. Now, as the editor in chief of the
Arizona Daily Wildcat, I am encouraging everyone on staff to live by the same code. Because when each one of us believes that “I am the Daily Wildcat,” reporters dig deeper, columnists analyze harder and designers’ creative juices flow better. And sure enough, journalism’s heartbeat keeps thumping with the same fervor as your curiosity about news on campus. Every part of this newspaper belongs to you. Pick up a copy from the newsstand for free and take it to class with you. Then take it home, make it dinner and cuddle with it at night if you’d like. That’s the beauty of journalism and newspaper writing: It’s by the people and for the people. Suddenly, you are the Daily Wildcat as well. And just like that, “We are the Daily Wildcat.” Oh, but you don’t have to settle for a print product. You could do the same with an online issue at DailyWildcat.com, where videos and photo galleries are housed. Or do the same on our Daily Wildcat iPhone application. Or get quick updates on our
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1) What musical draws much of its plot and characters from Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohéme”? 2) “Wicked” opened on Broadway with which two leading ladies playing the roles of Elphaba and Galinda? 3) List four of the top 10 longest-running Broadway musicals. Send your answers to arts@wildcat.arizona.edu. Please include your name, major and year in your e-mail. The deadline is 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17. Two winners will be randomly selected from entries with the correct answers. Winners will be announced in Monday’s issue. Student Media employees are ineligible.
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