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ARTS & LIFE | BORDERLANDS
Understanding borders lands a spot at the UA BY JAMIE DONNELLY @JamieRisa11
A new University of Arizona digital humanities project allows French and Russian language students the opportunity to learn about various borders around the world while working with students from Canada and Kazakhstan. “The idea was to bring young people who reside in different borderland regions in the world and get them together to talk about their experience,” said Liudmila Klimanova, an assistant professor of Russian and
Slavic Studies. Klimanova and Emily Hellmich, an assistant professor of French Studies, created the program about a year and a half ago. Both professors had similar research interest and had been looking at the idea of borders as spaces where cultures and languages mix, inspiring them to create the borderlands program. “It’s a way for us to bring up the notion of borders and have students talk about their experiences and see how different the experience of borders can be,” Klimanova said. Klimanova said that one of the
goals for the program was to bring the younger generation together to look at the various borders and gain different perspectives. Klimanova was in charge of overlooking the part of the program that looked at the Kazakhstan and Russian border. Throughout the program, her students would interact with students that attended Kostanay State University. “We did a number of things. We interacted, did assignments and we did debate-like activities, asynchronous,” Klimanova said. “Students were also working in small groups. They would
meet at certain times and actually have a session on Zoom and discuss their experiences with borders.” The bigger project the students worked on was a story-telling map where students would add videos and pictures that represented their borders. “Students would also collect different artifacts from the border in their community and then they would exchange the artifacts and discuss them,” Klimanova said. “For that, we used a platform that was created specifically for this project and it allows participants to post the video
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on a very detailed map. You can geolocate up to the street level and you can connect a certain location on the map to a story, and that story was told by one of our students.” Hellmich and her students focused their research in the northern Québec region. Similar to Klimanova, Hellmich’s students also created a digital story that allowed them to document their experience. “The students were given a task to go out and document a kind of border in their lives and community,” Hellmich said. “At the end of the semester, my students would create a digital story that would document all the kinds of learning that they did about borders.” According to an article published by the UA College of Humanities, Leticia Marie Harris, a student in the program, described the similarities between the Quebec border and the borders in Arizona. “We were talking about the types of borders that are here in Tucson, where a lot of people are bilingual in English and Spanish, with people in Québec, where a lot of people are bilingual in French and English,” Harris said in the article. “By sharing our language barriers between the two locations, we were able to find similarities.” Working with students from another country allowed UA students and professors a unique opportunity to interact with people that come from different backgrounds and cultures. “It was a really great experience. As an instructor, it was really fabulous to work with the teachers we collaborated with,” Hellmich said. “The students also really enjoyed talking to the other students in Canada.” Not only did the students enjoy
interacting with one another, but it gave the students from Kazakhstan and Quebec the chance to talk to people outside of their country. “It was a very interesting experience,” Klimanova said. “For one, we were connecting with a group of students in a small town, so for many of these students it was the first time for them to speak to someone from outside Kazakhstan.” Most importantly, the borderlands program let students learn more about how borders work and how they differ from the ones we see in Arizona. Klimanova said that she could see that her students developed a better understanding of borders and became more observant in their daily lives. “It brought new perspectives, let students see outside our own borders and they were able to learn about regions that don’t make it on the news very much,” Hellmich said. Hellmich hopes that program impacted her students and allowed them to think differently about the borders around the world. “What I really hope is that my students’ understanding of borders changed,” Hellmich said. “I wanted the experience to impact them in some way and to sort of make them think differently about something we talk about locally in Tucson and nationally and to push them to expand that understanding a little bit.” As for the future of the program, Klimanova said she wants the program to expand and become a global initiative. They are currently working on finding an area in Mexico they can collaborate with.
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SPORTS | SUMMER LEAGUE
Former wildcat paves his own way to NBA BY RAY DIAZ @RayDiaz__
Over the past couple of seasons, former Wildcats such as T.J. McConnell and Allonzo Trier have proven that you don’t need to be drafted to find success in the NBA. Former University of Arizona guard Brandon Randolph is hoping to add his name to that list. Randolph declared for the draft early after two seasons at Arizona. After playing behind Trier and Rawle Alkins his freshman year, Randolph stepped into the starting lineup last season and looked early on like a potential Pac-12 Player of the Year candidate before his scoring and shooting numbers dropped off considerably during conference play. Despite the slump to end the season, Randolph was encouraged by the coaching staff to pursue his professional options. “Coach Miller taught me a lot,” Randolph said. “It was good learning from him because he’s been around and got a lot of guys into the league. He told me I can definitely make it and to stay ready.” Trier and former Arizona teammate Deandre Ayton were in attendance for the Summer League, each coming off impressive rookie campaigns. While it would have been easy to ask them about their first year in the NBA, Randolph said it’s more personal when they meet up. “I don’t really talk about basketball with them,” Randolph said. “ It’s just good catching up with them every time I see them.” Like every athlete at Summer League, Randolph will have to fight for playing time. He was signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves after going undrafted and will be competing for minutes against two players with NBA regular season reps already in Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop. Despite battling the two for minutes, Randolph has been able to learn from playing alongside them. “Keita was in the G League for a little while and basically said how he used to work all the
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time just trying to get to the NBA,” Randolph said. “I know I just got to keep working, just learning from them, picking their brains and be prepared for my moment.” Since his departure from the UA, Randolph has been working all offseason to adapt to the new style of play at the professional level. “The space is just a lot more open, so I’ll still have to adjust to it,” Randolph said. “I think this system kinda fits my game. I’ve been working with a bunch of my trainers in New York and California. I’ve got to be mentally and physically ready for this challenge, got to stay focused and ready when my name is called.” Besides Trier and McConnell, there have been a number of success stories of players who went undrafted, apparent this past season with Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet, who went undrafted in 2016,
playing valuable minutes in the NBA Finals. Not having as easy a path as some does not discourage Randolph. In fact it does the opposite. “It definitely motivates me a lot more,” Randolph said. “That’s one conversation that I had with Coach Miller. We talked about all the people that went undrafted and still were able to make it to the league like, T.J. for example. He was still able to make a name for himself and he’s doing very well.” Randolph says he will use being undrafted as the motivation that keeps him pushing towards making an NBA roster. “That’s definitely my goal,” Randolph said. “To make a name for myself and get to the spot.” AMY BAILEY | THE DAILY WILDCAT
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NEWS | BRAIN FOOD
‘New-rons’: Team makes discovery BY SAM BURDETTE @samburdette4
Researchers with the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Arizona have discovered neurons within the brain that control one’s urge to eat in response to inflammation. On June 24, their findings were published in the Nature Communications journal. Members of the neuroscience research team and co-authors of the paper, Yong Wang, JungMin Kim, Mathew Schmit, Tiffany Cho, Caohui Fang and Haijiang Cai, Ph.D., investigated the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis’ (BNST), a region of the brain, and it’s connection to feeding behavior. According to the paper, titled “A bed nucleus of stria terminalis microcircuit regulating inflammation-associated modulation of feeding,” in the BNST, which is closely related to the amygdala, researchers found “a population of neurons” that regulate “general feeding behaviors.” This cluster of neurons may provide a new target for treating anorexia and other eating disorders, said Cai, an assistant professor at the UA and BIO5 fellow who heads the lab that made the finding. “A mid-term goal of my lab … is if we can tease out the neural circuitry that control feeding and the neural circuitry that control anxiety,” Cai said, “hopefully in the future we can design drugs for … eating disorder patients.” Schmit, a UA graduate student of neuroscience, noted the
importance of these neurons to more targeted treatments that control feeding without side effects. “People don’t eat for reasons that are usually unpleasant,” Schmit said, citing nausea, sickness and undesirable food. “Let’s say that we want to stop feeding but not in an unpleasant way … These cells, when you turn them on, you don’t feel [worse].” In other words, though the BNST is associated with feeding as it relates to inflammation, which usually makes one feel ill, activating or deactivating those neurons does not have an effect on the way one feels. The research team experimented on mice to reach their conclusion. Using a method known as optogenetics, researchers injected a virus into mice’s brains that allowed them to activate a neuron at will using light, Schmit said. “What we’ve done is we’ve hijacked a protein from a bacteria,” Schmit said. “What it does, basically, is every time light hits it, it pops open and lets a bunch of positive charges into the neuron and that makes it fire. That means we can shine a light on a neuron … and make it fire. We can literally control neurons with light.” Schmit wrote the behavioral analysis program that allowed researchers to monitor mice’s eating behaviors while the neurons were active or inactive. “Basically … we videotape the mouse in its cage and … look at things like how long it takes the mouse to approach food … [or] measure how long it’s eating for or … to know if [the mouse] is sated,”
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Schmit said. Research technician Cho, who, at the time of the study, was working on her bachelor’s in neuroscience and cognitive science, helped analyze the mice’s behavior. “I … watched videos of mice and … recorded time points of when they were eating and when they weren’t,” Cho said. The research team concluded that when the group of neurons in the BNST were activated, mice would stop eating. Likewise, when they were deactivated, the mice would eat. “Neurons in this brain region called BNST … are activated during this inflammatory response [that suppresses feeding behavior], and so this type of neuron is interesting because when we silence these neurons … then we can … block the feeding suppression,” Cai said. In 2014, Cai identified a region
within the central amygdala, the brain’s emotional hub, that controls a portion of feeding behaviors. “Because the BNST is so closely connected with the central amygdala … which is Dr. Cai’s post-doc work, we’re just looking for whatever comes out of the amygdala,” Cho said. “We’re kind of seeing what offshoots from that. So, kind of everything is pretty much stemming from Dr. Cai’s 2014 paper.” Combined with the recent discovery in the BNST, the Department of Neuroscience at the UA endeavors to better understand the brain’s full process behind feeding behaviors in future research, Schmit said. “We like to tell a nice, neat story when we write a paper, but really research is a chain of events,” Schmit said. “A paper is just a snapshot of events that might go further.”
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NEWS | PLANETARY SCIENCE
New Planetary Sciences professor orbits toward UA Amy Mainzer, Ph.D., is an astronomer and astrophysicist. She is one of the world’s leading asteroid hunters at NASA and the host of popular children’s show about astronomy “Ready Jet Go!” BY SADIE CRUZ @SadieMCruz
In September, Mainzer will join the University of Arizona’s Department of Lunar and Planetary Sciences as a planetary sciences professor. The Daily Wildcat sat down with Mainzer to talk about her career and upcoming plans at the UA. Daily Wildcat: What inspired you to become an astronomer and astrophysicist? Amy Mainzer: I got interested in astronomy when I was a pretty little kid, actually. When I was probably six or seven, I actually had a kid book on Greek mythology. It was just one of those little kid books that you had. At the time of course, there was no internet, so I went to the library and I looked in an encyclopedia to look up some of the characters from the Greek myths that I liked to read about then and it turns out that most of those names have two meanings. So if you look up Perseus, you get the Greek legendary character but you also get a constellation. And I remember looking up one of the names, it might’ve been Andromeda, and I just remember seeing a very beautiful picture of a galaxy and I thought, “Wow, that’s really cool, I want to learn more about that.” And after that, I kind of got really interested in astronomy. But I like all kinds of science. DW: So you’re the principal investigator for NASA’s NEOWISE project, which is part of their Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, and it focuses on asteroid hunting. Can you tell me a little bit about how the NEOWISE project came to fruition? AM: So, like a lot of NASA missions, NEOWISE is a mission that has outlived its original purpose and is onto a new mission now. It was originally designed to be the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE mission, and the principal investigator was Professor Ned Wright from UCLA, where I did graduate work, and so WISE was originally designed to take a map of the whole sky at four wavelengths of infrared light. So light that is a lot redder than the reddest light that our eyes can see. And the reason for doing this was so we can learn a tremendous amount about the universe by looking at all these different wavelengths. WISE was able to do that very quickly. In about six months, it was able to accomplish its primary mission objective. So then after that, we found that it was actually quite useful in looking for asteroids and comets, so that’s when it
became the NEOWISE mission, the Near Earth ObjectWISE — we love our acronyms at NASA. And it’s still orbiting the Earth, taking data on asteroids and comets today. DW: What are some other projects you’ve worked on at NASA? AM: You know, I’ve been really lucky to work on a variety of different projects and one of them that I’m really happy about is the Spitzer Space Telescope. That is a telescope that is also using infrared red to look at the universe, but instead of a wide-field mapper, it’s more of a zoom lens. It’s good at taking very detailed, close-up pictures of stars and planets and galaxies in infrared light, and that telescope is nearing the end of its life. It actually launched in 2003 and it’s slowly drifting away from the Earth, but it’s done some amazing science. It’s gotten to see all kinds of things about the temperatures of exoplanets — planets that orbit stars other than our own — and it’s learned about the formation of galaxies and how they assemble. Lots of other things like that. I’m very happy I’ve gotten to build a little piece of that. DW: You’re also the host of a PBS Kids program, “Ready Jet Go!” How did you get involved with that project? AM: One of the things I’m really, really excited about is trying to get other kids excited about science. In fact, it’s really easy; kids are excited about science. It’s just a matter of providing them more opportunities and letting them really know that science is truly for them too, wherever they are. So in my case, it was just kind of a question of finding the right folks to work with and to do some of that outreach work. I knew a friend of a friend was looking for someone to serve as a science adviser on this show and to host some of its live-action segments, so when I met up with the folks at “Ready Jet Go!,” I just was immediately struck by how excited they are teaching science to kids and making not just TV, but TV that has a purpose and a mission to educate. So yeah, it’s been a blast. I really like working with them. DW: You start work with the UA in September as a professor of planetary sciences. Is this your first position as a professor? AM: Yes, so it’s definitely a big change for me! I spent my career so far working with a company, Lockheed Martin, on the Spitzer Space Telescope and also as a
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AMY MAINZER, PH.D., IS an astronomer and astrophysicist with NASA. Mainzer is the principal investigator of the NEOWISE mission.
staff scientist — I’m a senior research scientist here at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and I’ve been on the staff since 2003. So, yeah, I’m really looking forward to being back at a university. I haven’t been at a university since graduate school, so it’ll be a fun change. DW: What are you most looking forward to doing in your classes this upcoming semester? AM: Well, I’m going to start off teaching this semester because I won’t be there in time to start, but the thing I’m really looking forward to doing is working with students at all different levels, and that’s something that’s kind of a new dimension for me and I’m really excited about it. I’ve been working with elementary kids for the PBS Show, and of course we have research interns here at JPL, but to get the opportunity to work with some of the graduate students and undergrads and post-docs at the UA is really exciting to me. DW: And finally, what is one thing you want your students to know about you before classes start? AM: That I like to roller skate!
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NEWS | INCREASED RATES
City Council considering raising parking meter rates BY DESIREE GURRERO @des__guerrero
Tucson city council leaders are currently in talks proposing to raise parking meter hourly rates downtown and some areas near the University of Arizona campus. The proposal not only includes raising the current hourly rates by a quarter, but also to limit parking times to two hour increments. Parking is also currently free after 5 p.m. during weekdays, which city officials want to change. The change would only have free parking after midnight. According to Downtowntucson.org, Tucson is considered to currently have less expensive rates than other cities. “With over 13,000 spaces, parking downtown is quick and easy. Metered street parking is less expensive than in almost any other city (free on evenings after 5 p.m. and weekends),” the website states. Local small merchants downtown have some questions and hesitation about the potential parking changes. Nadia Yuhl, a bookseller at Antigone
Books located on the historic Fourth Avenue downtown, has some worries about how the price hike might affect businesses along the street. “I definitely can see it affecting most of Fourth Avenue because there isn’t any parking,” Yuhl said. “We are, like, one of the only businesses that has a parking lot for our business, so it would make it a lot more difficult.” Not only do the proposed rate raises and limitations cause concern, but also begs the question of even finding parking due to the changes, according to Yuhl. “Especially with the new apartment complexes that are going in, since they aren’t providing enough parking for even the people who are going there or enough people to live in their building, those people are going to be parking on the street and taking up parking from consumers,” Yuhl said. Although the proposed changes are causing some concern for local businesses and customers, not all are against it. One local Tucsonan and frequent Fourth Avenue customer, Tyler Montaño, believes the potential changes could generate more
business overall in the downtown area. “One thing I can see happening with these new changes if they pass is creating more customer turnover for businesses downtown and even near the UA campus,” Montaño said. “Limiting it to two hours will make customers leave because they are shopping quicker, which helps other people find parking.” A petition has been created on Change.org to stop the parking proposal and currently has more than 6,000 signatures. The petition was created to urge the city council to end the proposal until another efficient parking solution is created in the area. “I understand why our community would be upset about the changes and want to sign that petition, I can understand the hesitation,” Montaño said. “I am all for the changes, but at the end of the day, if small local businesses believe it will hurt them, then we need to maybe stop and listen to them as well.” Currently, the proposal is still being planned and will not be presented to the mayor and council for another few months.
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ARTS & LIFE | MOVIE REVIEWS
‘Midsommar’ stimulates visual emotions BY NATHAN GOSNELL @DailyWildcat
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“Midsommar” is one of the most visually striking films of the year. Its setting is perfectly chosen. The lush forest creates geographic isolation and a backdrop of contrasted beauty. This allows for harrowing moments of the film to be juxtaposed by natural beauty, playing into a plot that attempts to center the cycle of life as a frame that justifies the horror taking place. Captivating moments drenched in offsetting psychedelic experiences create the suspense and odd beauty in the film’s truly horrifying moments. The scenes feature VFX less derived from fantasy and more rooted in reality, slightly morphing the world so it seems just distant enough from real life to cause a cognitive dissonance in the background. Breathing plants and fluctuating trees, reminiscent of a sci-fi thriller like “Annihilation,”
move unhinged to reality while still planted in the unending sunlight of a real Swedish countryside. Despite its visual qualities, “Midsommar’s” plot ultimately fails to intrigue past a base level. The overarching plot is immediately assumable and the side-plots for the various characters, while all done with impressive performances, are left at a basic stage and cut off before any real development can occur. Throughout the film a sense of dissatisfaction remains after characters are introduced and led down a plot line that is left underdeveloped. While director Ari Aster offers a diverse set of characters with differing influences and backstories, their place in the story often feels lacking. Spoiler Alert: The best example of this is Josh (William Jackson Harper), a graduate student in anthropology who is looking to do research on the festivities. Their slow discovery of the group’s dark practices was part of an overall slow
descent of the characters into terror but ultimately ended in a quick and unsatisfying death. Each of the characters faces a similar descent. The distance that grows between Dani and Christian, the drama over a thesis topic or the manipulation from Pelle all come together to integrate everyone into the hostile and off-putting environment. It’s here in the stressful tensions placed on their friendship that the film’s story begins to take off, leaving the hurried endings of the characters hollow and the overall plot lacking. Despite this, the visuals, the setting and the performances (combined with the dialogue, which Aster wrote) are what hold “Midsommar” together and make it into a striking film. While its story lacked in many places, especially when compared to Aster’s film “Hereditary,” the rest of the movie is impactful in its exploration of visuals.
Neighborhood Spider-Man takes on Europe BY SADIE CRUZ @SadieMCruz
Sony’s latest blockbuster, “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” swung into theaters on July 2. By its second weekend, the film grossed more than $840 million, according to IMDb. The film sees Tom Holland, Zendaya and Samuel L. Jackson returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and welcomes an MCU newcomer, Jake Gyllenhaal. Set in a post-“Avengers: Endgame” world, “SpiderMan: Far From Home” follows Peter Parker (Holland), the boy behind the Spider-Man mask, as he embarks on a muchneeded vacation to Europe with his classmates. While in Europe, Parker has big plans to woo his crush MJ (Zendaya), but those plans are quickly thwarted by a surprise visit from Nick Fury (Jackson) and the possibility of the world ending — again. It is revealed that the
infamous snaps of “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” created a tear in Earth’s dimension, bringing a new and dangerous breed of villains called Elementals from a different Earth — Earth-616. Following the Elementals from Earth-616 is Quentin Beck, also known as Mysterio (Gyllenhaal), a soldier whose only goal is to stop the Elementals from destroying Peter’s planet like they did his. Spoiler Alert: When it is revealed that Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio is actually an unhinged evil-mastermind, the tone of the movie shifts drastically. The realization that Mysterio had taken advantage of not only Peter’s trust in him, but his grief over losing mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) and his insecurities over being such a young and inexperienced superhero, felt as if Peter wasn’t the only one being betrayed; as an audience member, Mysterio’s betrayal is
felt deeply. Holland’s portrayal of a vulnerable and broken Peter Parker is a shining light of “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” This is a side of Peter that hasn’t been seen in other MCU films he’s been in. Peter’s pain is palpable to an audience member, and when he steels himself to fight back against Mysterio, his shift from a meek Peter Parker to a determined Spider-Man is brilliant. Gyllenhaal’s ability to keep Mysterio charming and a bit likable even after his true intentions are revealed is another touch of brilliance. Mysterio as a villain is reminiscent of the “Captain America: Civil War” antagonist Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl): a regular person who takes the world’s biggest heroes head-on with little more than his own intelligence. Because of this, Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio is one of the MCU’s best villains yet.
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OPINION | ECO-FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS
Environmental activism: beyond the straw BY SELENA KUIKAHI @selenaaavanessa
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ike so many of you, I care to think of myself as an environmentalist. The title is defined as someone who is simply “concerned for” and/or “advocates” for the protection of the environment. This term is easy to adopt because of its inherent generalities, similar to how boutique brand deals have diluted the appellation of “influencer”, or LinkedIn’s infamous “Decision Maker” description. But, my assumed eco-friendly Wildcat, are you truly an environmentalist? I presume you have at least a baseline interest if you have ventured beyond the headline. If this is true, then it can also be assumed that you have refused a plastic straw or two in your day. As noble as the restraint may seem, allow me to expand on why it does and doesn’t matter. Plastic straws alone are not the enemy but the face we needed in regard to sustainability. Straws symbolize Western throwaway culture. Even though the diminished use of plastic straws come with its own set of social issues (i.e. the exclusion of the disabled), it is still highly encouraged that you take this small step away from plastic consumption. That facet aside, let’s discuss the double-dealing truths of corporate greenwashing. Ultimately, the world’s demise isn’t solely at the hands of the 7 billion people that inhabit it, but rather the 100 Fortune 500 companies that control the global market. Environmental activism has been rebranded and displaced into the hands of consumers to make the masses feel predominantly responsible for the climate crisis. As much as you may get down on yourself for taking a long shower or getting that extra car wash, those small slipups won’t alter the status of Earth’s expiration date in comparison to the 20 percent of global waste water produced by the fashion industry annually, for example. In the midst of capitalism it is difficult to be a mindful consumer when the only solutions publicized to you are to not ask for a straw. Nonetheless, participating in this one-ofmany buyer habits is important because of the general shift in social consciousness it catalyzes, rather than its literal effect on the environment. Companies seek to appease and cater to customers in pursuit of maximum fiscal return. If a majority of said customers constantly choose to take the eco-friendly route, businesses, in response, will follow. Capitalism comes full circle in that consumers
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have the option, given the monetary means, to essentially protest and vote with their dollar. Reasonably, not everyone can shop at Madewell, or trade in their car for a brandnew electric one. There are some options our budgets just can’t circumvent. However, there are a few things we as patrons can start with: 1. Research the clothing brands you frequent. Fast fashion is riddled with humanitarian misfortunes, one of them being that it is now second only to the oil industry as the largest polluter in the world. If, like many of us, you can’t afford to entirely make the shift to sustainable clothing brands, simply buy less. Invest in singular, multi-use pieces that lean toward timelessness. Take the time to pick up a sewing needle or get your items altered when they don’t fit rather than throwing them out. Contrary to popular belief, outfit-repeating is sensibly in-style. 2. Buy your food locally. Along with farmers markets and mom-and-pop grocers, Tucson is now including the San Francisco-based company Imperfect Produce to its roster of environmentally and socially conscious food accommodations. Bankrolling local business owners and companies such as this one is one of many ways you can not only support our domestic economy, but also feel good about what you’re eating and who you’re giving your money to. 3. Yes, skip the straw. It’s not so much that it helps but that it doesn’t hurt.
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OPINION | OUT OF THIS WORLD
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If you have a favorite moment you’d like to share, With the 50th aniversary of the U.S. Moon landing approaching tweet us @dailywildcat with #FaveSpaceMoment soon, the staff at the Daily Wildcat Opportunity and Spirit wanted to share their favorite stuck in the massive dust storm. BY JAY WALKER moments in U.S. space history Despite trying to clear the dust from @jayelizabethw
UFOs BY CLAUDE AKINS @claude_akins
For those that view The X-files as a documentary with a few embellishments, there’s been a strange and encouraging trend: an uptick in UFO sightings among Navy pilots. The problem has gotten to such a point that navy officials have briefed senators and congresspersons and a guideline has been created to help pilots better report UFOs. Although officials have said they do not believe aliens are interfering in U.S. airspace (they would say that, wouldn’t they?), the faithful are on high alert. A million people have signed up on Facebook to storm Area 51 — most of them are joking, but are they all? — and former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge says, “Everyone will know the reality soon.” Ominous. There is a long history of belief in UFOs and extraterrestrials. In 1566 in Basel, Switzerland, there were mass sightings reported in a broadsheet (“we saw strange shapes in the sky above Basel”) and ufologists have since interpreted this as an alien battle. But perhaps the truth is more mundane. Recent work suggests the belief in aliens acts as a kind of religious stand-in for those who have eschewed traditional faiths. Two studies led by North Dakota State psychologist Clay Routledge concluded that, “In this way, we view belief in ETI (extraterrestrial intelligence) as serving a function similar to religion without relying on the traditional religious doctrines that some people have deliberately rejected.” But where’s the fun in that?
Landing on the surface of Mars in 2004, the twin NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit embarked on what was supposed to be their 90-day Mars exploration. According to the NASA website and against all odds, the two little machines ended up lasting for years. In 2018, a planet-wide dust storm swept over Mars, threatening the Opportunity’s solar panels’ ability to take in sunlight. As the storm swept across the planet, the solar panels slowly got covered up by dust. After going silent in early June 2018, NASA hoped for their Opportunity rover, “Oppy,” to send any sort of message after getting
the panels and sending multiple messages, Oppy remained silent. Finally in February 2019, NASA declared Opportunity deceased after the rover didn’t respond to the final message. According to Ars Technica, NASA’s final message to Opportunity was Billie Holiday’s “I’ll Be Seeing You.” Despite this heartbreaking goodbye, Opportunity was able to gather plenty of information to help the U.S. learn more about Mars’ present and past climate conditions. Without the work of Oppy, we would be further behind in our knowledge and understanding of other planets near us.
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Voyager I BY PASCAL ALBRIGHT @pascalloves
Space: The Final Frontier. That is something we are too familiar with hearing and indeed it is true. That is why my favorite moment in Space history is the creation and success of Voyager I. Voyager I is the furthest man made object from earth withstanding over 36 years of service in space. It was launched in 1977 and went out of our solar system on Sept. 12, 2013, 12 billion miles from the Sun, according to NASA. Voyager has done some amazing things like detecting the pressure variation in between the edge of the solar system and interstellar space. “NASA placed a more ambitious message aboard Voyager 1 and 2, a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials,” said NASA on their website. “The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record, a 12-inch goldplated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.” This is beyond cool and continues to expand the mystery that is space. The thrill of adventure and not knowing what is ahead. That is a feeling that will be prominent in me always. As for my favorite moment in space history, Voyager I continues to be at the top of my list.
“I’ll find you in the morning sun And when the night is new I’ll be looking at the moon But I’ll be seeing you.” -Billie Holiday
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OPINION | OUT OF THIS WORLD
SPACE
Space Shuttle Columbia
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BY NICHOLAS TRUJILLO @fantastic_nick
When I think of space, I think of all the YouTube videos I’ve watched about the impending doom of the universe. Whether it be the Great Filter or a galactic empire hiding, nothing scares me more than black holes. Yet, nothing fascinates me like them as well. The first picture of a blackhole blew up on April 10 and it opens so many doors to different ways we can think about them. This may have been recent, but it still is one of my favorite memories of space even if I didn’t help code the processors or move the telescope to the right area in space. It’s tantalizing to wrap my head around the science behind the photo. In order to see things, light has to bounce off of the object and into our eyes. If black holes don’t let light escape its grasp, then, how did we come to having an image of it? Reading about how they took the picture will always amaze me. For more information on just how they did it, Wired, ScienceNews and NASA are all reputable sources, in my eyes, about how scientists did the unthinkable yet again.
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THE TIP OF THE “wing” of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy, photographed in 2013.
On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) began its journey to space as the first vehicle of its kind, according to NASA’s website. Though it still launched with its nose pointed skyward, its occupants in seats perpendicular to the earth like a classic rocket, STS-1 would land just like an airplane would. This meant, for the first time, the most important part of a spaceship — the part that holds people — was completely reusable, an innovation that led to a whole new era of space missions, one that was much more cost-effective. Columbia’s story, however, ends on a sad note as on its 28th mission in February of 2003, it broke apart upon reentry of the Earth’s atmosphere. According to Space.com, this fatal failure coupled with the Challenger’s explosion in 1986 ended NASA’s shuttle program. However, I still believe the Space Shuttle Columbia’s flight marks a huge achievement in space travel and, even as imperfect as shuttles were when the program ended, it was an important step to another new era of space travel where flying to space might be as simple as taking a commercial plane — just with a bit more turbulence.
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Wednesday, July 17 - Tuesday, July 23, 2019
ARTS & LIFE | NEW HIRE
Fresh face enters the UA classroom Awndrea Caves, a University of Arizona alumna, will be joining the faculty at the College of Humanities as a lecturer of Africana Studies in fall 2019. Caves spoke with the Daily Wildcat about her background, hobbies and teaching style BY PASCAL ALBRIGHT @pascalloves
Daily Wildcat: What made you want to teach for Africana Studies? Awndrea Caves: Well, I earned my Ph.D. in English from the English department at UA in 2017, and while I was there, I was a graduate grader and then became an adjunct for Africana Studies. So really my association with them began about six years ago, and since I graduated, I’ve been teaching summer and winter online courses with them. And so, when the opportunity came up for a lecture position, I of course applied because I think it’s a wonderful and very supportive department. DW: What kind of classes have you taught through Africana studies? AC: Overall, I have a very strong background in teaching writing. I have about 15 years of teaching experience with that at this point. I’ve taught at Pima Community College as an adjunct and I taught in the writing program at the UA. For Africana Studies, I primarily teach Intro to African American Literature and Intro to Africana Studies. Two courses I enjoy teaching most are the autobiography course for African American women and African American Slave Narratives. My Ph.D. is in minority American women writers of the 20th and 21st century. So African American women writing fits right in there. DW: What made you come back to the UA to lecture? AC: Well, actually I got my Ph.D. at the UA. I’m originally from Oklahoma, so Oklahoma, Ohio, then to Arizona. I had a bit of a break in between teaching at UA. I was still teaching online courses, but the last two years I actually taught English and social studies at a charter school. And believe me, that’s very hard. DW: What does your teaching style look like, both inside and outside of the classroom? AC: Well, I like my classes to be interactive. Of course, courses always have some sort of lecture component to them, but I want my students to be able to interact as much as they can. I do usually have some sort of group projects, mostly because learning is very collaborative, especially with a background in teaching writing and with a focus on peer review. The concept of collaboration in your
work is already important to my teaching pedagogy, so I want my students to interact with each other. I want them to interact with me, and I always try to stress that my students bring a wealth of knowledge to the classroom already. I’m there to bring them new knowledge and then we can collaborate together. I tried very carefully to make sure that my students feel welcomed so that they can ask questions and come up with new ideas without feeling like they’re going to be shut down if they’re not perfect. You know what I mean? DW: Do you have any advice you want to give students, who want to pursue a career in Africana studies? AC: Well, I believe that courses and a wide variety of literature as in cultures are really important, especially as we become a more integrated global community. We really need to learn more than just what our basic history and literature textbooks from high school tell us. And so that’s one reason that the Africana Studies program is so wonderful, is that you’re really coming to understand the world more specifically and in global ways that you have not even thought of before. DW: Do you know what classes you are going to teach in the fall? AC: Yes, I do actually. I know my spring courses as well. I am teaching two sections of Intro to African American Literature and two sections of Intro to Africana Studies. In the spring, I’m teaching those two courses again, but also the slave narrative course and the African American women’s autobiography course. DW: Several articles online mention that you enjoy ballroom dancing. Can you talk a little bit more about that and how you got started? AC: It is very fun. I started when I was working on my Ph.D., and I enjoy ballroom dancing because it’s very artistic. It’s also physical exercise. All of the studies about exercise and elderly people show that ballroom dancing is one of the best for helping people retain their ability to hold memory. That’s just a random aside. It’s something I found out, but I do more traditional ballroom, like Tango and Fox Trot, but then also sleek and Latin dance. Not very much country though, that’s not my favorite. DW: Are there many opportunities in town to
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AWNDREA CAVES, A UA alumna, is a new facaulty member in the College of Humanities, Africana Studies Program. Caves encourages interactive learning inside and outside the classroom and likes to ballroom dance as a hobby.
ballroom dance? AC: Oh yes, definitely. There’s actually a pretty big dancing community in Tucson. There are multiple west coast swing clubs. There is the National Ballroom Dancing group, USA Dance. There’s a monthly dance for that at Armory Park. There are multiple studios, a lot of teachers, because you really want to do it. You can find ways to dance every week. Definitely. That’s, besides if you want to take private lessons.
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SPORTS | ADAPTIVE ATHLETICS
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This past weekend, wheelchair basketball players of all different ages, skill sets and affiliations with the University of Arizona converged at the South Gym of the UA’s Student Recreation Center for a summer wheelchair basketball camp. Both the men’s and women’s teams were well represented. Over the weekend, Jenn Poist, Team USA’s wheelchair basketball coach, was impressed by “the number of athletes that we have here this weekend.” Arizona Athletics has had a championship pedigree for many years now in a variety of sports. The wheelchair basketball program is starting to get that same taste of success. Arizona’s men’s wheelchair basketball team had a breakout performance this past season in the Toyota National Adult Division I Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in Tallmadge, Ohio in March 2018. There, the
‘Cats finished third, an improvement on the years prior. “Last year’s third place finish was awesome,” men’s Head Coach Mike Beardsley said. Beardsley has been with the team for nine seasons. This year’s camp was the first co-ed camp, with the last few years being an exclusive girls camp. UA features a unique opportunity for adaptive athletes, as they are one of the only premiere colleges on the west coast to field an adaptive athletics program. Roberto Cruz, a native of Riverside, Calif., has only been playing basketball for a year. The camp offered him an opportunity to improve his skills by facing others with different backgrounds. “When I started playing with people who were 15- to 20-year veterans, I never learned fundamentals,” Cruz said. “So coming here, they were teaching me fundamentals that I didn’t learn back home with my team.” The camp started Friday night, July 12, with layup lines and drills, followed by about
30 minutes of scrimmaging for both the men’s and women’s teams. Stephen Hernandez, an incoming UA freshman from Phoenix, has high expectations for the team’s first year back in the collegiate ranks “I got really high hopes for this team,” Hernandez said. “We got a bunch of talent and new players, so I’m really excited for this season.” Garnett Silver-Hall is a high school senior and UA team hopeful. He said having the adaptive athletics program is an important opportunity for him. “It means a lot for me, just seeing more opportunities for people with disabilities around the country, and I think UA is definitely spearheading this as a trend,” Silver-Hall said. Another camper, Michelle Bautista, is no stranger to the game of basketball. She’s been playing for 10 years. Just like Poist, Bautista — who considers herself a shooter — was also ecstatic to see the turnout of this camp.
“The first year I went, it was just women, and now its all combined now,” Bautista said. Saturday brought more drills and more opportunities for the campers to improve their games. Beardsley and Poist, along with their coaches and staff, walked through each drill and stepped in to help the campers while they practiced. Saturday’s afternoon session ended with a game of five-on-five, with two teams of campers and one team of coaches. Eric Francis, one of the campers, enjoyed the challenge of playing against the coaches. “It was a challenge because they are faster and have more experience,” he said. “But you just got to communicate with your teammates ... just try your best, its gonna be hard anyways.” Sarah Heinzl, a coach at the camp, said she was impressed by what she saw from the campers during the quick scrimmage. “They definitely gave us a run for our money.”
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Wednesday, July 17 - Tuesday, July 23, 2019
SPORTS | UA ALUMNUS
Former ’Cat plays for NBA contract at summer league BY HARRISON MORENO @hmoreno7474
For a lot of young NBA players and prospects, the NBA Summer League is an opportunity to improve on your game and showcase your skills in front of the NBA and overseas personnel. While this isn’t his first Summer League, the experience is no different for former Arizona guard Kadeem Allen. A two-year starter with the ‘Cats, Allen was a PAC-12 All-Conference Second Team and All-Defensive Team selection his senior season at Arizona before being drafted with the No. 53 pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. Allen is going into his third Summer League but is looking to do many of the same things that got him to the NBA to begin with. “I’m out here playing hard and we’re playing as a team,” Allen said. “We’re trying to get as many wins as we can get.”
Allen is coming off a season where he averaged 9.9 points, 4.0 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 21 games for the New York Knicks, splitting time between the NBA and the G League. He has started in the team’s first two games, averaging 8.5 points while playing alongside No. 3 pick R.J. Barrett and top draft pick of the team last season Kevin Knox. Allen isn’t the only former Wildcat on the New York Knicks Summer League team, however. While the team is coached by former UA great Jud Buechler, Allonzo Trier and Allen were teammates for two seasons at Arizona, each coming into the NBA on a two-way contract. Trier eventually played his way into a guaranteed contract with the Knicks, with their familiarity helping Allen continue to get better. “It’s the same as when we were in school,” Allen said. “We are trying to compete and get each other better, trying to feed off each other and the team’s energy and hopefully get some wins out here.”
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ARIZONA’S KADEEM ALLEN DRIBBLES past a USC defender during the UA-USC game on Thursday, Feb. 23 in McKale Center. Allen was selected 53rd overall by the Boston Celtics.
Even with the busy NBA schedule and the fight to earn a place in the league, Allen still finds time to keep up with the program that got him to this
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ARTS & LIFE | AROUND THE CORNER
Experience Tucson culture on property at Hotel McCoy Around the Corner is a new series by the Daily Wildcat that focuses on niche places students can visit. These businesses are spread across Tucson and offer a variety of services to the community BY NICHOLAS TRUJILLO @fantastic_nick
On the right side of the freeway sits a hotel that few know for its local taste. Hotel McCoy took over the spot for Silverbell Inn and has refurbished the hotel to give it a retro look and feel, according to creative director Nicole Dahl, but the space is more than a place to sleep at night. “Hotel McCoy is a celebration of Tucson,” Dahl said. “We have a bar with a lot of Tucson-native drinks and murals that are done by Tucson natives.” The hotel focuses on three pillars of conservation, as Dahl put it: building, culture and the art of hospitality. The hotel has certain points of views that all tie around conservation. “We wanted to take an older building that was being neglected, a chain hotel, that we could revive,” Dahl said. After they refurbished the inside of the hotel, Dahl decided that she needed more art on the outside, which is where the ideas of the mural came about. “[‘Serenity’] is meant to reflect a sense of peace, contentment and tranquility,” said Jessica Gonzales, the artist behind a mural titled “Serenity.” “I think the management and staff at the Hotel McCoy have taken a lot of care to create an environment where guests feel able to relax and have a good time during their stay.” During their stay, guests aren’t pressured to enjoy it all in their rooms; however, according to Dahl, they are more than able to immerse themselves in the community just by staying on the property. The hotel hosts a bar and a patio area that Hotel McCoy uses for events such as All Female Comedy Night. Last month, they hosted Black Renaissance, a month-long series of events celebrating black artists. “So many amazing black artists but no central gathering spot,” Dahl said. “Every Saturday in May we celebrated black culture, spoken work, hip hop nights, visual nights, and you got to interact with artists in those mediums.” Like the drinks in the bar and the artists behind the murals, the people that help host events like Black Renaissance are usually all locals. Sourcing locals isn’t the only thing Dahl wanted to change about the hospitality industry. According to Dahl, they want to take a step back from automation. Guests of main brand hotels can check in with their phones and never interact should they choose to, but not at Hotel McCoy. “In this world, especially in the travel industry, everyone is trying to get the next big thing to make things go faster,” Dahl said. “We want to go backward and have you meet our staff and make you feel like a family or friend.” The hiring process for the hotel involves vetting people for kindness, because, according to Dahl, it’s a great feeling when you revisit the property and
people know the dog’s name and why the guest is there. The hotel has also made partnerships with some of the local businesses. Right now, the hotel is working with the app OndaGüey. It works like Postmates, but the food will be delivered by a local Tucsonan on a bike. “We partner with them because its also someone with a handlebar mustache or a dress from Buffalo Exchange,” Dahl said. “They also pick up laundry and get it washed and folded and bring it back.” Hotel McCoy also has a discount deal with ExoCoffe, where patrons of Hotel McCoy can get 10 percent off their purchases at the small coffee shop. For those who want to explore the town, the dressers of the hotel hold a McCoy “Must See Guidebook.” The guidebook shows patrons what places in Tucson they should visit for a view or a bite to eat. “My favorite place in Tucson in there is El Tiradito,” Dahl said. “You can go light a candle for someone who passed away or say a prayer. All that is near downtown.” The hotel will also be hosting a one-yearanniversary party on Oct. 5. They will host local music, art, beer and wine. For more information, visit hotelmccoy.com.
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Top: Outside the hotel’s front lobby is a colorful mural titled “Serenity” by local artist Jessica Gonzales. Bottom: Mural of John Wayne, located on the hotel’s outdoor patio and lounge.
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ARTS & LIFE | AROUND THE CORNER
PHOTOS BY DESIREE GURRERO | THE DAILY WILDCAT
Top left: The Hotel McCoy, a local hotel, art gallery and bar, located near the I-10 freeway and 29th Street. Top right: Local artist Jessica Gonzales’ mural along with a poem created by Brian Lopez, located on the north end of the hotel’s exterior. Bottom: The Hotel McCoy also has a craft beer and wine bar, located inside the hotel’s lobby, with local art for sale decorated on the walls.
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NEWS | ARIZONA MEDICS
Mobile IV therapy services expanding to Tucson BY DESIREE GUERRERO @des__guerrero
Arizona IV Medics, a completely mobile IV therapy company founded in Phoenix, has expanded its way to Tucson. The company offers IV therapy services to those wanting fast, convenient relief from migraines, cold symptoms, dehydration, hangovers, flus and more. They also provide IV services to those wanting a boost of hydration, vitamins or even pre-game energy for athletes. The services can range from $100 to $225 depending on the type of fluid you get, according to Jonny Weber, chief operating officer of Arizona IV Medics. Weber says a popular service is the $175 “Myer’s Cocktail,” an infusion of vitamins and antioxidants used to treat a range of symptoms and illnesses, including hangovers and fatigue. “The Myer’s cocktail has B complex, which is Vitamin B1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, and we also have B12 in the Myer’s cocktail, glutathione, Vitamin C, zinc, and magnesium chloride,” Weber said. “All these are beneficial to your body. We all produce it, you know, we have it in our body naturally. If you’re hungover, it definitely helps. Glutathione actually is ... beneficial for the liver,
so it actually cleanses your liver.” Weber, a U.S. Air Force veteran and now firefighter/paramedic, helped create the company in 2016 with owner Matt Heistan when they noticed a demand for the service. “We saw a need ... when the flu goes around, food poisoning, things like that,” Weber said. “We have used it on calls and emergencies that we go to, to treat people, treat patients, and we’re like, ‘This should be a service around here,’ and we talked about it, and, you know, we’ve done that in the military, in the fire department, and they were like, ‘Let’s see how we go about this,’ so we found out what we needed.” To receive any IV services, the patient must let their medic or nurse be aware of any health issues or limitations they might have for their own safety and benefit. Sophia Vizmanos, a registered nurse in Tucson, said IV services that are mobile can be helpful in certain cases for patients seeking treatment. “I think mobile IV administrations can be very beneficial in cases where the patient doesn’t need further evaluation or treatment,” Vizmanos said. “It could benefit patients who are dehydrated as a result of multiple ailments.”
While the company website explains that their services should not be seen as a sole cure to any illness, it can be used to alleviate symptoms in patients that are feeling ill. “I would recommend they be physically assessed by a physician and only allow an EMT or RN to start and administer IV fluids. I would have them keep in mind that they should also be reassessed and follow all doctor recommendations,” Vizmanos said. Jonathan O’Neil, who has received mobile IV services out of state in the past, says that he is particularly looking forward to Arizona IV Medics’ expansion in Tucson to use their services locally. “Using a mobile IV service is great because it is so convenient, especially when you can’t or don’t want to go to the emergency room,” O’Neil said. “There are times when I’ve had extreme migraines and was just feeling horrible and I was able to get care and was feeling better quickly.” Arizona IV Medics currently do not accept insurance but do accept major credit and debit cards, cash and health savings account cards at this time. “When I’ve used mobile IV services in the past, I didn’t mind paying out of pocket
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because the prices are reasonable,” O’Neil said. “I didn’t have health insurance at the time anyways, but it wasn’t an issue because I could afford the treatment prices and felt like they were worth the cost.”
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$1695‑ 2 BeD aCrOSS from U of a! $500 Gift Card, Washer/ Dryer + all Utilities & WiFi in‑ cluded. Stainless Steel appli‑ ances, Quartz Countertops, Open Floor Plan + $500 Gift Card! Call now: 520‑884‑9376. Zonaverdeapartments.com !!! Great alternative to the dorms. Mountain/Adams area. 1 room studio $430. Most utilities included and free wifi. Limited kitchen, refrigerator only. AC, ceiling fan. Quiet, no smoking, no pets. 520-539-8118. Email uofahousing@outlook.com <www.uofahousing.com> reServe nOW SUMMer/Fall University Arms 1 bdrm furnished apartments. Yearly $635/mo; 9 mo. lease $695/mo. Wifi included. units available mid-June to lateAugust, limited availability. Special summer-only rates June and July $475/mo. 1515 E. 10th St. 6230474. www.ashtongoodman.com StUDiO aPartMent, UnFUr‑ niSHeD. Miramonte, 5th St. & Country Club. $525/mo, pay gas + electric, wifi included. 3122 E. Terra Alta. 623-0474. www.ashtongoodman.com
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At Sahara, enjoy the privacy of your own studio apartment for a lot less than a single occupancy room at the residence halls, or sharing an apartment at one of the high rise buldings with people whose lifestyles may not be compatible with yours
• Furnished studio apartments with ALL utilities included • Swimming pool • Whirlpool • Poolside barbeque • Exercise room • Socializing lounge • Game room, with pool table, air hockey, foosball & ping pong • Study room with computers, Wi-Fi and laser printer • Movie theater with 24 seats and 102 inch screen and satellite TV • Game consoles you can play on 102” movie screen
Services • Free wired and Wi-Fi Internet service • Free access to local broadcast channels in high definition
919 N. Stone Ave. • (520)-622-4102 www.SaharaApartments.com