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![A "Vote here" sign sits outside First United Methodist Church on Nov. 5. Polls opened as early as 6 a.m.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_3620-1200x800.jpg)
A brief rundown of the major elections that faced Tucson voters this year and the controversies surrounding certain candidates.
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![Police Beat 10: Fumbled heist fuels frat furniture diplomacy](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0905-e1733388797379.jpg)
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![Vice President and Chief Safety Officer Steve Patterson gathers students and staff outside of the Modern Languages building to demonstrate emergency procedures using the Blue Light Emergency Phone. The demonstration occurred during an event called "Safety Stroll with Steve" on Oct. 25.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-12.58.18 PM-1200x904.png)
![Dr. Francisco Garcia was announced as University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella's chief of staff on Jan. 6. Garcia's most recent role was deputy county administrator and chief medical officer for Pima County. (Photo Courtesy University of Arizona)](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/n-ua-leadership-changes.jpeg)
Since beginning his term in October, UA President Suresh Garimella has appointed several leaders to key administration positions
January 28, 2025
![View of the Old Main from the University of Arizona Mall Memorial on Sept 9. According to the National Register of Historic Places, Old Main is one of the oldest standing educational structures in the Western United States.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hat-3-1200x800.jpg)
Tuition for resident students will not increase next year
December 19, 2024
![Proposition 139 passes the right to abortion in the Arizona state constitution.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PG-8-1200x1200.png)
![The College of Veterinary Medicine students work with smaller animals.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/vetdog-1200x609.png)
![On Dec. 4 the University of Arizona Chief of Police Chris Olson sent an email and released a video to the university community announcing new updates the the system many students deem as “flawed.”](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/police.jpg)
![The Aggie house, the oldest fraternity at the University of Arizona, put a “farmers for Trump” flag on their house several weeks before the election, it still remains up.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/n-trump-youth-vote-1200x848.jpeg)
![Ahliz Soto and Noemi Lopez proudly hold their certificates of achievement from Mexican American Student Services Department’s College Academy for Parents.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/n-tusd-1200x1150.jpg)
Decades after a landmark case, the department continues to address systemic inequities with innovative programs and outreach
Zoe Montaño, Arizona Sonoran News
December 4, 2024
![The CHaSE program at the University of Arizona offers a offers a single-day spacesuit training program and is working to make space travel and spacesuits more accessible.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-10.23.47 AM-1-1200x982.png)
The newly developed Center for Human Space Exploration program works with NASA and other programs across campus to create new and improved technology for space exploration.
December 4, 2024
![UA President Suresh Garimella and the Arizona Board of Regents listen to a student speak during an ABOR meeting on Nov. 21. Members of the public were invited to voice their concerns for a call to the audience in which they were given 3 minutes to speak.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_5092-2-1200x800.jpeg)
![A "Vote here" sign sits outside First United Methodist Church on Nov. 5. Polls opened as early as 6 a.m.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_3620-1200x800.jpg)
A brief rundown of the major elections that faced Tucson voters this year and the controversies surrounding certain candidates.
November 26, 2024
![Glenda Perez draws up a COVID-19 vaccine at the University of Arizona vaccination clinic on Monday, Sept. 19. (Photo by Hannah Cree from El Inde Arizona)](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/b489b261-b061-4f00-9612-9fba0d0416e0.sized-1000x1000-1-900x705.jpg)
![A woman enters the College of Engineering building on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture has collaborated with the UA College of Engineering Civil Engineering department to create a new architectural enginerring degree program.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1eefa300-6857-4a9c-93f1-000ea6a5b571.sized-1000x1000-1-900x600.jpg)
![Ronald Marx (left) and John Arnold (right) take the stage at a town hall held by ASUA on Nov. 20. The town hall focused on the voices of the students](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEELE-1-1200x519.jpg)
Students and student organizations share their concerns over the possibility of being removed from the fourth floor of the Student Union Memorial Center.
November 21, 2024
![Bo Yang, lead researcher, explains the irrigation system of a sapling in the tree lot at the UA Campus Agricultural Center.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-10.18.15 PM-1200x889.png)
A UA agricultural research project has been selected for an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
November 20, 2024
![A student walks to class in front of Old Main on Oct. 9 at the University of Arizona.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0479-2-1200x800.jpg)
![The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health on Martin Avenue and Helen Street on Feb. 23. The Center for Rural Health was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant that will be used to provide assistance in rural hospitals across Arizona for the next three years.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/c9732f95-3c65-44f4-ac83-37f29544efa6.sized-1000x1000-1-900x600.jpg)
![University of Arizona students walk throughout the center of campus.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13dad846-6b6f-40bd-befa-9e91c5368793.sized-1000x1000-1.jpg)
![A sign hangs up in the lobby of the WGRC, deeming it a “healing space” for all on Nov. 6. The space is located in the Student Union Memorial Center in Room 404DD.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/unnamed-1-1200x871.png)
Resources on campus and in the community are offering spaces to destress like the Women and Gender Resource Center, which hosted a movie night for students after Election Day.
Grace Garfoot and Aiden Williams
November 8, 2024
![Associate professor of political sciences Pat Willerton discusses the use of obscenity in foreign languages with his Russian politics class in room 411 of the Social Sciences building on Tuesday, Jan. 19.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3928997c-6c65-48b4-a7af-b6e414e9ed7b.sized-1000x1000-1-900x600.jpg)
![Members of UA College Republicans watch the NBC live election report in the Mesquite Room on Nov. 5. Polls closed at 7 p.m. in Arizona.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_3753-1200x800.jpg)
![The line at First United Methodist Church stretches out the door on Nov. 5. There are no on-campus polling locations on Election Day.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_3614-e1730833309272-1200x736.jpg)
Voters express thoughts while waiting in the polling lines at the First United Methodist Church
November 5, 2024
![Member of the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition holds a sign that
reads “Climate Justice Now!” alongside other observers and students while
public commentary is made on the Climate Action Resolution. The Climate Action Resolution was passed on Oct. 29.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-04-at-10.02.21 AM-1200x895.png)
“Most comprehensive in the country”: Arizona Youth Climate Coalition’s climate action plan strives to achieve a cleaner future for Tucson schools.
November 4, 2024
![Early voting is set up on the University of Arizona campus to make voting more accessible for all students. The General Election is Nov. 5.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_7946-1200x900.jpg)
![Students walk to drop off their ballot or early vote. Early voting continues on the third floor of the Student Union Memorial Center, Santa Cruz room. Early voting continues through Thursday Oct. 31 and election day is on Nov. 5.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/F5261413-71A3-49F8-8D2E-A98ACC241186_1_102_a-1200x960.jpeg)
Students across the aisle share their political motivations and having their voices heard.
Mohim Jahongirova and Sophia Hammer
October 30, 2024
![Two students walk at night toward the campus underpass on Oct. 10. Walking with a friend at night is a precaution encouraged by UA safety officials.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/4383-782-1200x684.jpg)
Programs committed to improving campus safety emerge from the Office of Public Safety
October 30, 2024
![Matthew Mackleit enteris the Tyndall parking garage before class. Tyndall is just one of the garages included in the University of Arizona's new weekend parking policy.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_5913-e1730148283497-1200x720.jpeg)
![Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke speaks to students on the UA Mall on Oct. 24. O'Rourke, from Texas, ran for president in the 2020 election cycle.](http://wildcat.arizona.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_3058-1200x800.jpg)
The former congressman, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, emphasized the importance of the youth vote during his visit.
Emma LaPointe and Nandini Manepalli
October 24, 2024