TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A press conference organized by the Arizona Students’ Association (ASA) to address student voting access was unexpectedly postponed today after a tragic shooting on the University of Arizona (U of A) campus.
The event, which was set to focus on the limited voting centers available to students, was rescheduled out of respect for the victims and the close proximity of the incident.
Miranda Lopez, regional director of ASA and a graduate student at the U of A, shared her decision to delay the press conference.
“I did not feel that it was appropriate to be having a press conference,” Lopez said. “Especially when it’s so close in distance to where it actually happened.”
Lopez also voiced concerns over the university’s response to the shooting. While classes proceeded as scheduled, she criticized the administration’s decision, calling it “crazy, for lack of a better word.”
She compared the administration’s response to the 2022 shooting of Professor Thomas Meixner, which Lopez …