Daily Wildcat — November 1, 2011

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Tarczewski chooses Arizona over KU By Mike Schmitz DAILY WILDCAT

Center Kaleb Tarczewski was Kansas’ No. 1 target for the better part of the last two years. “Kansas invested so much time in Kaleb,” explained ESPN recruiting analyst Dave Telep. The interest was mutual. The 7-foot center from Claremont, N.H., reportedly developed a strong relationship with Kansas assistant coach Joe Dooley and, as a Jayhawk, would have the opportunity to develop under heralded big man coach Danny Manning. But Arizona head coach Sean Miller wouldn’t be outdone.

Miller and his staff once again flexed their recruiting muscles, stayed on the ESPN No. 6-rated recruit, and eventually stole Tarczewski from the Jayhawks as the center committed to the Wildcats on Monday. “For Arizona to get him, to beat out Kansas for a Kaleb guy like this, it’s Tarczewski a huge commitment,” Telep said. Tarczewski also had offers from North Carolina and Kentucky, but it was down

to the Jayhawks and Wildcats. He visited Kansas during its Midnight Madness on Oct. 14 and came to Arizona for the Red-Blue Game on Oct. 22. While Kansas was the frontrunner for months, Tarczewski went with his gut. “I had great programs and great coaches recruiting me,” Tarczewski told CBS Sports’ Jeff Goodman. “It just felt right at Arizona. I fell in love with everything — from the current players to the staff to Brandon Ashley, Grant Jerrett and Gabe York.” With the 7-foot, 220-pound center, and power forwards Jerrett and Ashley the Wildcats now have what Telep

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called “an embarrassingly talented frontcourt.” Ashley, a 6-foot-8, 215-pound athletic forward from Findlay Prep, is the No. 4 ESPN-rated recruit, while Jerrett, a 6-foot-10, 220-pound skilled forward, comes in at No. 9. York is the only guard in the group and is rated the No. 36

player in the 2012 class. “I think all three of those guys have a real good chance to be professional basketball players,” Telep said. “They’re all very different. It’s an imposing collection of guys. I think it’s interesting how they just re-tooled the backcourt and retooled the frontcourt for the following years.” Telep says Tarczewski, who’s played at St. Mark’s School in Massachusetts for the last three years, will mesh well with both Jerrett and Ashley. According to former UA point guard and LaVerne Lutheran coach Eric

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App simplifies scheduling for students By Alexandra Bortnik DAILY WILDCAT

after just meeting me at a restaurant. That happened to me several times.” On his blog, followers could donate money to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona. By the end of his ride, Mauser raised $4,499 on donations alone, surpassing his original goal of $4,000. Jimmy MacKenzie, a senior studying physiology and business, kept in touch with Mauser during his trip and said it was exciting following him online and with some phone calls over the last few months. “It’s pretty cool. I have been talking to him on the phone and he has been giving me updates about where he is at and what he has been doing,” MacKenzie said when setting up the finish line for his friend created with black and white streamers and balloons. “He actually made incredibly good time. He’s way early, about two weeks (earlier) than when we thought he was going to arrive.”

Since its launch last September, the student-created iPhone application Academic Aid has received 423 downloads. Co-founders Austin Brueckner, a marketing senior, and Blake Nordlund, a finance junior, created the app to help students stay organized. Both Brueckner and Nordlund are members of the Entrepreneurship Club, and began working on the app last May when they recognized that their peers were struggling to stay on top of assignments. Users can organize tasks under their respective classes and categorize each task as a test or assignment. Once the task is programmed into the phone, users can set reminders as frequently or as far in advance as they prefer. Reminders appear as text messages in order to avoid the inclination to ignore popups, Brueckner said. For more info “I think the nice thing about the application is that Learn more at it’s not catered to one parwww.peekido.com. The ticular group of students,” application can be downBrueckner said. “If you have loaded from the iTunes the over-achievers who like store for a one-time fee to start an assignment a week before, they can do of $.99 cents. that, or you can set the reminder for a day before,” he added. “This is my first semester in (Eller College of Management), so I’ve really found it to be beneficial with the increasing workload,” Nordlund said. “I find that programming the assignments into my phone and being not only reminded when an (assignment) is, but also when I should start tackling the assignment, to be very beneficial.” Kendall Udoutch, a communications senior, said Academic Aid has helped her balance her schoolwork, a job, an internship and her position in her sorority. “(Academic Aid) has allowed me to stay organized and on top of stuff,” Udoutch said. “It’s kind of like having a personal assistant without being too invasive.” Nordlund said that creating this app has given him and Brueckner an opportunity to experience the process of selling a product. “It was a way that we thought we could help others out, and being students in the Entrepreneurship Club, we thought it was great way to get the ball rolling and figure out what it takes to launch something,” Nordlund said.

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Justin Mauser, a UA alumnus, finishes an cross-country bike ride on the UA Mall on Sunday. Mauser rode across the country within two months to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona.

Alum pedals for wishes Graduate finishes his cross-country journey with return to UA Mall By Samantha Munsey DAILY WILDCAT

Justin Mauser could hear supporters chanting “just-in time” on the UA Mall as he burst through a finish line of black and white streamers and ended his biking tour across the U.S. on Sunday night. Mauser, who received a degree in biochemistry in May, raised money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona, an organization that tries to grant the wishes of children who have potentially fatal medical conditions, while on his cross-country tour. “UA I think has meant a lot for him (in) becoming who he is and deciding what he wanted to be for the rest of his life,” said Tess Kalle, a recent graduate from the UA who traveled from Phoenix to see Mauser cross

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the finish line. “It’s a good meaning for him to finish here where he kind of realized this idea to bike across the country and do it. I think ending his biking here really encompasses all of that.” During his journey, Mauser biked though 12 states. He began in Maine on Aug. 25 and ended at the Mall by Old Main on Sunday at 6 p.m. He logged in a little more than 3,000 miles of biking and averaged about 70 miles a day. “I’m just happy to be home,” Mauser said, adding that he missed things such as restrooms and a bed to sleep on while he was biking. People followed Mauser online though his Make-A-Wish traveling blog where he shared some of the experiences on the road along with a GPS map of his progress. “The nature of people on the road and their kindness to touring cyclists was really surprising and something that I didn’t expect.” Mauser said. “I didn’t expect to have people take me into their homes

Professor meets with Dalai Lama By Brenna Goth DAILY WILDCAT

Diana Liverman, co-director of the UA Institute of the Environment, was one of 13 participants in a conference including the Dalai Lama last month. “Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence,” held in Dharamsala, India, addressed ethics and the environment. Liverman studies human impact on climate change and gave a presentation detailing the effects of humans and PHOTO COURTESY OF DIANA LIVERMAN society on the earth. The five-day Diana Liverman, left, the co-director of the UA Institute of the Environment, was part of conference ended Oct. 21.

Watch online See Liveman’s presentation at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=OjMWC1Bz2xA

(Colorado), brought the group together in the summer to make sure the talks complemented each other and we were speaking in accessible language without technical jargon. It was different because we rehearsed what we a conference including the Dalai Lama, right, that addressed ethics and ecology. were going to do to make sure it Daily Wildcat: How did you feel Did you prepare for this Dalai Lama? fit together into a story, but I knew when you heard you were chosen for The group that organized that the Dalai Lama knows quite a opportunity differently than for this opportunity? Diana Liverman: I was excited and other conferences because you the seminar, the Mind and Life DALAI LAMA, 3 intrigued … I’m flattered, to be honest. knew you’d be speaking to the Institute, which is based in Boulder


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