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Biden hosts call on higher education By Kyle Mittan DAILY WILDCAT
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discussed issues in higher education during a conference call with student journalists across the nation on Thursday. The issues were previously outlined in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 24. During the call, Biden spoke
extensively about the affordability of higher education across the country, recalling his own experience with putting his children through college. “Being a father of three children who have a combined total of 20 years education — undergraduate and graduate school — there’s a reason why I’m listed as the poorest man to assume the office of vice president,” Biden said. “Like many of you, they worked all through
college, and they ended up with an extreme amount of debt.” Biden specifically referred to parts of Obama’s “Blueprint for Keeping College Affordable and Within Reach to All Americans” during his time on the phone, listing and explaining several aspects of the plan. In particular, Biden addressed the issue of students graduating with high levels of debt. The Obama administration, according to Biden, has proposed
a provision that would cap graduates’ loan repayments at 10 percent of their disposable income. “We think that when you graduate, you shouldn’t have to graduate buried in debt,” Biden added. “You’ve got to go get the highest paying job whether it’s the one you wanted or not.” The vice president also explained the administration’s plan to create an incentive for colleges and universities to bring
down costs for students. Called the “Race to the Top: College Affordability and Completion,” the initiative would allocate a $1 billion investment to states and institutions that make efforts to maintain tuition and keep costs low for students. Biden concluded by describing the significance of higher education, saying, “The universities in the United States of America remain the envy of the world.”
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Sander rejects guns on campus By Elliot P. Hopper DAILY WILDCAT
UA President Eugene Sander publicly declared his opposition to guns on campus on Thursday, as well as discussed his recent meetings with state legislators regarding the College of Medicine and the university’s budget during his fourth town hall-style meeting. Sander began the meeting by explaining some of the proposed legislation that would allow guns on campus, saying that because the UA is an academic hub that houses scholars, athletes, professors and children, having guns on campus would be neither smart nor safe. “I believe in the Second Amendment and I even own a host of guns, however this does not give me the right to take it in certain locations,” he said. “I stand by the newest right made by the Legislature that guns on campus are not permitted.” Sander also said he spoke with state legislators about increasing the overall class size of the UA’s medical school from 48 to 88 students. By doing so, he said, more students can practice medicine with a degree from one of the finest programs in the country. “We can look up from our hospital bed one day and have more comfort knowing that this physician attending us was possibly a graduate of the University of Arizona medical school,” he said. Sander was asked about the Incentive Program for Voluntary Retirement that began last year, which would allow qualified UA
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Dierdre Dimmick, 17, runs a booth in Alumni Plaza selling Girl Scout cookies. The Girl Scouts of the USA launched a campaign this week called ToGetHerThere, which strives to promote gender equality in leadership roles.
Girl Scouts of the USA makes an effort to become role model for women leaders By Savannah Martin DAILY WILDCAT
The Girl Scouts have announced a new initiative that will pave the way for women nationwide as they pursue their leadership goals. Led by UA alumna Anna Maria Chávez, Girl Scouts of the USA launched what it has called “the largest women’s advocacy cause campaign in the nation’s history dedicated to girls’ leadership” this week. The campaign, ToGetHerThere, seeks to reach balanced
leadership in the U.S. within one generation. “Balanced leadership” means “allowing everybody, irregardless of race, ethnicity, gender to have the opportunity, should they desire, to take leadership roles,” said Chávez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. “This is not boys versus girls or men versus women, it is literally allowing the talent in this country to participate in leadership.” Women make up only 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and 17 percent of U.S. senators, representatives
and governors, according to the Girl Scout Research Institute. “Girls are looking across the landscape and not seeing role models that look like them,” Chávez said. The problem isn’t that girls don’t aspire to be leaders, but that the ambition they have as children gradually diminishes as they grow older. When they are about 8 years old, girls’ desire to lead hits its peak, but around fourth grade, girls start to opt out of leading, and participating in male-dominated fields like math and science, according to
the institute. In order to reverse this trend, Girl Scouts hopes to create awareness surrounding the nation’s “leadership gap” and encourage adults to advocate for girls, Chávez said. Providing younger girls with positive role models is one of the first steps to increasing their drive to lead, according to Laura Lelicoff, a senior studying accounting and entrepreneurship and the founder of Campus Girl Scouts at
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While a large decrease in bike theft is due in part to an increase in promoting bike safety and more people locking up, some students still feel more can be done. The number of bike thefts reported to the University of Arizona Police Department decreased by 65 percent in 2011, according to police records. That year, UAPD logged 251 bike thefts around the UA campus, in comparison to 389 bikes reported missing in 2010 and 427 reported stolen in 2009. “The decrease can be from more enforcement, people paying more attention or locking up their bikes,” said Sgt. Juan Alvarez, public information officer for UAPD. “We do make arrests for people stealing bikes, but because there are so many bikes in and around campus, it’s always going to be appealing.” Over the past year, UA’s Parking and Transportation Services along with UAPD have made efforts to promote bike safety and education around campus. David Heineking, director of PTS, said he thinks the decrease in bike theft is due in part
to these actions. This includes the introduction of the PTS free bicycle station this semester, which is open every Tuesday and Wednesday on the UA Mall. Developed by PTS, students can visit the station to register their bikes as well as get information on how to properly lock it up when it is not being used. “At the tent we talk to students about getting good U-Locks, not the chain or wire locks because they are the easiest to break,” Heineking said. “We also teach them how to properly lock their bike, with the frame of the bike in the lock and not just the front tire.” Students who do not have a U-Lock for their bike can purchase one from UAPD for $15, and all money made from the sales gets reused to purchase more locks. On top of using a well-made lock, Alvarez said students should also register their bikes with PTS so it is more likely for a student to recover their bike if it goes missing. “It’s important that when a bike gets stolen students have a serial number and a description of the bike,” Alvarez said. “So, in order to do
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According to University of Arizona Police Department records, bike theft on campus has decreased from 389 in 2010 to 251 thefts in 2011.
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Alumni foster pit bulls, run rescue group By Brittny Mejia Daily Wildcat
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As part of Tough Love Pit Bull Rescue, UA alumnus Kris Carlson rescues pit bulls from the pound during the final 24 hours before they are scheduled to be put down. Tough Love is a pit bull adoption organization that is run by Carlson and other graduates of the James E. Rogers College of Law.
For some dogs, living in the pound is a last resort. But for 20 dogs fostered by the Tough Love Pit Bull Rescue, an organization founded by former UA law students, it was only the beginning. Prompted by euthanasia lists sent out to pet rescue organizations, former James E. Rogers College of Law classmates teamed up to create the Tough Love Pit Bull Rescue organization. “Red lists” show which dogs have 24 hours to be rescued before they are put down. Gemma Zanowski, president and a founder of the organization, works with her fellow alumni Kris Carlson and Susan Friedman to help save the dogs on these lists. “It’s very rewarding to be able to make a difference in a way that matters,” Zanowski said. “A lot of times we’re taking dogs that have been languishing in the shelter and after a couple of days, you see a completely different dog.” Zanowski originally created the Revamped Rovers organization in 2008, with a focus on rescuing older dogs. She later found that there was a higher need to rescue younger dogs, and most of the dogs in animal control centers were pit bulls. Last year, Zanowski shifted the rescue to focus on pit bulls and
UA students aid local Catholic monestary By Stephanie Zawada Daily Wildcat
Ordinarily, Catholic sisters learn domestic skills, such as cooking, gardening, and rosary making, but local members of the 18th-century founded Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are getting a crash course in financial strategy and business management courtesy of students from the Eller College of Management. Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have teamed up with Eller students by launching “Prayerfully Popped,” a gourmet popcorn retailer. This “Corn from the Cloister” hit the market on Sept. 1, 2011 and is currently only offered online. John Leavitt, a fifth-generation Catholic Tusconan and graduate student studying management information systems, helps manage Prayerfully Popped. Leavitt said he loves how Tucson is a big city that still has a small, cozy feeling. One of the things that helps give Tucson that feeling is presence of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, he said. “While in an accounting class, my group received word that the sisters needed someone to help them start a business to help them financially,”
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the UA. Seeing older women who have overcome gender stereotypes and have been successful in maledominated fields shows them that “everything boys can do, girls can do too,” she said. Campus Girl Scouts works with Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, a local council that serves more than 14,000 girls in the region. One of the council’s priorities is encouraging scouts to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to Audrey Bockerstette, membership experience specialist for the council and UA alumna. “Everyone thinks it’s cookies, camp and crafts, and it’s definitely not. We’re trying to break that stereotype,” Bockerstette said.
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Leavitt added. “I, some other UA students, and my teacher formed that group and started meeting with the sisters to discuss possible business ventures.” They drafted a plan to start a popcorn company to provide the means to support the sisters’ contemplative lifestyle. “We all really wanted to make sure that the sisters would be able to continue to sustain their lifestyle in Tucson,” Leavitt said. “It was especially important to me that they continue to remain financially secure.” Founding a business for a group of women who have taken vows of poverty, however, proved to be challenging. “The sisters strictly follow the Rule of Saint Benedict,” Leavitt said. “The Rule even governed some of the ways we had to set up and run the business.” Throughout their years of canonical existence, the sisters’ main sources of financial help have been charitable donations along with supplies and gifts for nearby Catholic parishes that they have made themselves. “It was interesting to help build a business around a Rule that has been around for over 1,500 years,”
Gender stereotyping is one of the largest obstacles women face as they try to assume leadership roles, according to Janae Phillips, a junior studying family studies and human development. Phillips is a member of the Arizona Blue Chip Program, a UA organization that teaches leadership skills. Outside of her academic life, she manages an online game development business. “A lot of people are really shocked when I tell them what I do personally,” she said. In fact, Phillips said that when she conducts business via the Internet, her peers often assume she is male. Phillips founded her business in 2008. When she began to seek funding for the company, many of her mentors directed her to grants designed specifically for female business owners. “Up until that point, I had never
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that, we recommend that they register their bike with the Parking and Transportation Services. It makes it much easier to recover the bike and gives the student a better chance to get it back if we find it.” During the 2010 to 2011 school year, PTS registered more than 900 bikes. This school year, the department has already surpassed this by registering more than 1,300. Students can register their bikes at the PTS office, the Bike Valet located by the Nugent building, the PTS bike station and the UAPD. In addition to registering bikes, students can also use safety programs provided by PTS like paying an annual fee for a bicycle locker and the Bike Valet Program, where students can park and have a PTS student employee watch their bike for free. “The important thing is if you see anyone acting suspicious around the bike racks, you would give the police department a call,” Heineking said. “If students trusted their instincts and called we can prevent a lot of thefts.” But for students who have experienced bike theft, like Laura Niverson, a senior studying English, more
really thought that much about my identity as a woman,” she said. “It was the first time I realized our struggle as women because people don’t often see women as leaders and small-business owners.” Women tend to perceive leadership as uniting communities around the common good, whereas men tend to see it as an opportunity to possess authority, according to Chávez and the Girl Scout Research Institute. However, some argue it isn’t necessarily female leaders who have something special to bring to the table, but leaders in general. “Not focusing on the gender would be the appropriate path to take if we want to move forward,” Phillips said. “In order for people to get to that point, we have to teach girls that they can be leaders and we have to teach others that girls can be leaders.”
employees willing to retire early with one year’s annualized salary. The university aimed to put 30 percent of qualifiers on the program, but they only reached 20 percent, he said. Now, his vision has changed for this program, he said. “We are truly looking for a steady, dependable amount of money where we can make it (the program) work, with a student aid package and other ways to solve these complex issues such as retirement funding,” he said. The university is also concerned with total cost of attendance for students, Sander said, and that $167 million worth of university needs have been cut in the last three years. Sander said one of his biggest worries within the next decade is the large amount of debt incurred by students. “I recently noticed that debt for college students is larger than the credit card debt that America is
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Leavitt said. Leavitt credited skills he learned at Eller with his ability to help this group of women who have dedicated their lives to helping others. “Eller helped me with the basic business concepts needed to understand a new business,” he said. “I’m sure it was really helpful that a handful of students and an accounting instructor, Jennifer Marshal, rose to help the sisters.” The opening of a store in Tucson that will market the popcorn is in the works. “My goal is that Prayerfully Popped continues to build revenue for the sisters and those charities that they donate towards,” Leavitt said. “I hope it continues to help sustain their communal life of prayer through the hard work of university students and the sisters.” In the future, students from Eller will work at the local Prayerfully Popped store. “Eller continues to produce worldclass business students with strong ethical compasses,” Leavitt said. He said he is certain that “the sisters will be as happy with the current and future business students as they were with us.”
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added an advocacy component to the organization. Carlson, who lives in Arizona, and Friedman, who lives in California, help Zanowski direct the organization. Each co-director promotes the organization, either through Tough Love on Facebook, through Zanowski’s blog, or even through fundraisers. If they find someone to temporarily foster a dog, the co-directors are able to take the dog from an animal control center and place it in a good home from there. “Our main goal is to save as many dogs as we can. Then, secondarily, it’s also to raise exposure,” said Carlson, a co-director. “People should not be going to pet stores to get pets, they should be going to animal control centers as much as possible.” To date, 20 dogs have been placed in new homes with only one dog returned because of a child’s allergic reaction. If adopters have a problem with their dog, Tough Love will take back dogs, but the thorough screening process allows the organization to ensure dogs are going to a good home, Zanowski said. The organization also coordinates a home visit for those interested in adopting a dog, in order to inspect the environment and gauge potential owners. Later, Tough Love organizes a meet-and-greet with a dog and potential owner, then does a follow-up
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a week later to ensure everything is going smoothly, Zanowski said. The greatest issues the organization sees is the lack of owner and breeder accountability, Zanowski said, in addition to the undeserved bad reputation pit bulls have. People are breeding pit bulls too often and they aren’t screening potential homes properly, she said. The lack of screening increases shelter populations and makes it hard for animal rescue organizations to keep up, Carlson said. And if more people volunteered for the organization, it would help increase the number of dogs rescued. “I think it’s a great cause and it’s one of the rescue groups that is good for beginners,” said Ashley Brown, a graduate student in business administration and a volunteer with the Tough Love Rescue organization. “You can learn at your own pace and you are able to do things on your own with a great support network behind you.” Brown fosters two dogs from the rescue and helps the organization promote education on issues regarding pit bulls. “I have a lot of college students volunteering for me because you can get skills that can help you pad your resume,” Zanowski said. “I am more than willing to help college students out any way I can if they do want to contribute to the rescue.”
can be done to prevent future thefts. During her time at the UA, Niverson has had two of her bikes stolen. The first bike was registered with PTS and went missing at the Cesar E. Chavez building during her sophomore year. “About a year after I found the bike around the same place it was stolen, (I saw it) chained up, so now someone else is using,” Niverson said. “They had peeled off the register sticker so they could ride it around.” The second bike was stolen by the Cherry Avenue Parking Garage in May 2011. This bike was also registered with PTS. Niverson said because she had already had a bike stolen, she was even more cautious. “What made this situation worse was that I had three locks on this bike,” Niverson said. Because of her experiences, Niverson said she thinks PTS and UAPD can do more to prevent bike theft. One of the things she suggested is reducing the price of bicycle lockers and enclosures to people who register their bikes. “You go through all the trouble to register the bike and you take care of it, and when it gets stolen you are led to believe the registration will help you get it back but it doesn’t,” Niverson said. “At least make it worth something.”
facing,” he said. “This worries me because it’s such a major issue for a new college graduate with only an entry-level job.” The UA is also planning on expanding into downtown, Sander said, and the modern streetcar project could make traveling there much easier. But fitting physical UA buildings downtown, he said, may be problematic. The UA has already constructed a science center in the area and plans to continue building there. In addition, Sander said he and Len Jessup, dean of the Eller College of Management, are looking to give Tech Launch Arizona a physical location. The program will allow UA students and researchers to get their inventions out in the marketplace. “As I and other university officials look at this more and more, we see Tech Launch being a huge participant to the Eller College of Management and to the university,” Sander said. “The MBA program and the Entrepreneurship program will greatly benefit from this new program.”
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University of Arizona Police Department officers responded to a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. A male student said he was riding his bike along Cherry Avenue and University Boulevard when he was suddenly “sideswiped” by a small dark SUV. The driver got out of the car and asked if the student was all right. The student said the driver was an older woman, about 60 years old, with short light hair. He said she inspected his wounds and decided that he was fine, then jumped in the car and drove away. The student did not suffer any major injuries. His knees and elbows were bruised and scraped, but only needed minor attention. Police officers are still searching for the SUV and woman who hit him.
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A UAPD officer was traveling down Sixth Street next to the Sixth Street Parking Garage when he saw a Volkswagen Passat make an illegal left turn into the garage on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. The officer pulled over the driver and his passenger, and immediately smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. He told the students that he had the right to have them exit the car because he smelled marijuana. The officer asked the two male students to sit on the curb. The driver said, “I can just give it to you and that be all.” Again, the officer asked the students to step out of the car and sit on the curb, adding that the student needed to leave whatever he was referring to in the vehicle. Officers found rolling papers, pipes, and marijuana in a prescription bottle and mason jars. They asked both students if either had a medical marijuana card. Both answered no. The two students were cited and referred to the Dean of Students Office.
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A UAPD officer pulled over a student for driving with a suspended license and a suspended plate on Wednesday afternoon. The student was driving down Sixth Street when the officer ran a records check on the man’s blue Nissan Maxima. The officer then pulled over the vehicle on Sixth Street and Park Avenue. He asked the student for his driver’s license and registration. The student handed him his license, but was unable to give him his registration and proof of insurance. The officer contacted UAPD to verify that the license and license plate were suspended, then arrested the student. Officers searched the car for illegal drugs or alcohol, but did not find any. The student’s personal items were stored at UAPD, and the car was impounded for a maximum of 30 days. Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. A complete list of UAPD activity can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.
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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 In the highly anticipated next chapter of the blockbuster The Twilight Saga, the newfound married bliss of Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world. After their wedding, Bella soon discovers she is pregnant, and during a nearly fatal childbirth Edward finally fulfills her wish to become immortal. But the arrival of their remarkable daughter, Renesmee, sets in motion a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens and their allies against the Volturi, the fearsome council of vampire leaders, setting the stage for an all-out battle. Gallagher Theater. Thursday, February 2 – Saturday, February 4, 10:00pm – 11:59pm.
Photo Fridays at the Center for Creative Photography “Photo Fridays” is an exclusive look at the Center for Creative Photography’s world-renowned, fine-art photograph collection. From 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the first Friday of every month, the public will be able to view original works of photographic art in the center’s print viewing room on the second floor. The works selected for Photo Friday will change every month, so visitors will likely want to come back for Photo Fridays throughout the year. Photo Friday will present unframed photographs for close inspection. Without frame or glass, visitors can examine each photograph’s surface, see detail otherwise obscured by protective glass and connect with the works on an intimate level. This is an extraordinary opportunity typically enjoyed by specialists. Friday, February 3, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road
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Steward Observatory Mirror Lab Tours A behind-the-scenes look on Tuesdays and Fridays at the cutting-edge optical technology involved in making giant telescope mirrors at Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, University of Arizona. Tours are conducted at 1 p.m and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Advance reservations are required and can be made by calling 520-626-8792. Admission: $15 adults, $8 students.933 N. Cherry Ave., N208 Mock Interview Event The best way to prepare for future job interviews is through University of Arizona Career Services’ Mock Interviews, where students can get valuable feedback from trained professionals and improve their interviewing skills when the stakes are not quite so high. Slots fill up fast. Students must sign up in person in Suite 411 of the Student Union Memorial Center, as soon as possible. This event is open to all UA students regardless of major or level. Student Union Memorial Center, room: 411. Friday, February 3, 2012 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Retirement Reception for Jack Roberts After 27 years of dedicated service, Jack Roberts, most recently executive associate in the Office of the UA Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, has retired. The University of Arizona and the UA Health Network communities are invited to wish Jack a fond farewell. Any acknowledgements or letters can be sent directly to Shelley Rench, Drachman B207 in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences. Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch (BIO5), Room: 103 Friday, February 3, 2012 from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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“Mapping Arizona: From Mexican Territory to U.S. State” (exhibit) This is new exhibit on display in the UA Main Library from Jan. 6 – March 28, 2012, details the path Arizona took to become a state – first as part of the Territory of New Mexico, then as the Territory of Arizona, finally attaining statehood in 1912. In addition to an array of historical maps, “Mapping Arizona” also includes books and unique documents selected from Special Collections extensive holdings. These additional materials offer insight into the stories that accompany the lines, boundaries, and borders within the maps. UA Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd.
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‘Earth Wisdom’ Book Launch Event Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez will discuss the book she coauthored, “Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman.” In this well-crafted collaboration, Pilulaw Khus, a Chumash elder and activist, and Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, a professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona, offer an activist Native woman’s perspective on California history and Chumash identity. Khus has devoted her life to tribal, environmental, and human rights issues. With impressive candor and detail, she recounts her struggles as well as her tribe’s cultural revitalization due in part to their successful activism. Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7 p.m.
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58th Annual Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows For two weeks every winter, the world meets in Tucson as it becomes a bustling, international marketplace of buyers and sellers at the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase. The “Gem Show” is much more than a single event at one location. Rather, there are thousands of participants and attendees at more than 40 sites around town. Dozens of shows take place at the same time - in giant white tents, at hotels and resorts and at exhibit halls. There’s something for everyone at the many open-tothe-public shows - from gold and diamonds to granite bookends and glass beads, and from fine specimens of dinosaur fossils to opals dug from the Australian Outback. View the following web page for specific dates, times, and locations of the Tucson gem and mineral shows:http://tucsongemandmineralshows. net/2012-tucson-gem-show.htm. January 28th through February 12th, 2012.
ATC Presents Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’ Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have … Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. A mind-blowing cast of four actors play over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure. Broadway’s most intriguing, most riotous, most unmissable Tony-winning comedy smash proves that anything the movies can do, the theatre can do more hilariously! January 14, 2012 - February 04, 2012. Times vary. Arizona Theatre Company presents at Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Church Ave. Phone: 520-622-2823
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olleges are prostitutes. They do their best to impress you so that you pay them tons of money to be in their company for four years. In the process of attempting to earn your business, colleges will try all kinds of tricks to make themselves attractive. They’ll boast about the size (of their classes) and their body (of students) so they can get the best applicants and be ranked among the best educational prostitutes in the country. Every year, U.S. News and World Report comes out with its prostitute — whoops, college — rankings. Each university in the U.S. earns a score based on a variety of factors. These rankings often will influence the choice of a prospective freshman, or of a wealthy donor. Recently, Claremont McKenna College admitted that a senior administrator had inflated the average SAT score of the school’s students to improve its rankings. A small private liberal arts college in California, Clermont McKenna was ranked the ninth-best liberal arts college according to U.S. News and World Report. The bigger question to ask is, who cares? Yes, the general public was lied to. Yes, it causes us to question the integrity of colleges. But the inflated scores only affect about 7.5 percent of the overall ranking. The real issue is the fact that a college would waste its time inflating SAT scores for a magazine ranking system. Colleges spend a lot of time boasting about the average SAT scores of their students, the retention rate and other statistics that don’t mean much more than the effort it took to calculate them. While a school may attract a higher-caliber student, the student may not be getting a higher caliber education. Our entire education system is based on a numbers game. Students try to get into colleges with their grade point average, while colleges try to impress students with their statistics. The vicious cycle causes both students and colleges to forget what is actually important — learning. GPA doesn’t measure how much students learn, in fact, often times it can detract from learning opportunities. Many pre-medicine or pre-law students stay away from classes that could jeopardize their GPAs, even if it means not learning as much in the process. While standardized tests are in place to bridge the gap between inflated GPAs and learning, they often fail to really grasp the extent of a person’s knowledge. The time has come for schools to focus on learning instead of grades. Grades are arbitrary numbers, based on the results of a couple of tests, not knowledge attained over time. Through forcing the intellectual bulimia of test taking, the American education system hurts the learning process. Students should be challenged and take a class not because of its easiness, but because of the amount of knowledge it offers. College administrators may lie to us, but it’s no different than the lies students are feeding to them. Resume building and GPA boosting are students’ ways of inflating their eligibility, but somehow that seems to outrage fewer people. A degree from an “elite” college may land you a better job, it’s true. But without knowledge, that job is pointless. In the end we’re all paying for the same educational prostitution, and unless we’re really learning, we’re screwing ourselves. — Dan Desrochers is a chemistry freshman. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatOpinions.
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Trump card: Billionaire mongrel — sorry, mogul — Donald Trump, announced he is endorsing Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination. This is a huge boon for Romney, since it ties him with opponent Newt Gingrich in the “endorsements from semi-wealthy pompous blowhards with no feasible grasp of how the economy works” category. Here’s looking at you, Herman Cain. And the mural of the story is: David Choe, an artist from Los Angeles, has millions of reasons to love Facebook. In 2005, he was commissioned to paint murals in the first-ever Facebook corporate offices. As compensation, he was offered up-front payment or stock options when Facebook became a publicly traded company. He chose to rock out with his stock out, and now he could potentially be worth as much as $200 million. All in a day’s work. There’s danger afoot-ball: Following a soccer match, 73 people were killed in Egypt during a brawl. The fracas was ignited immediately after the match, in part because fans stormed the field and chased members of one of the teams, Al Ahly, with knives and rocks. Well, that should settle the debate once and for all. American football fans may get drunk and boorish from time to time, but at least they’ve never turned into an impromptu militia following a win. Let this be a reminder, kids; no Super Bowl party is complete without chips, dip, beer and Kevlar vests.
They Komen and they go: The powers that be in the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure, a conglomerate dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer, have decided to discontinue funding to Planned Parenthood. While it remains unclear why the decision was made, it is evident that many women are not particularly pleased with it. And if women are mad at a foundation dedicated to breast cancer research and outreach, chances are that you messed up pretty bad. Groundhog the spotlight: Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s favorite son this side of Benjamin Franklin, predicted a longer winter on Thursday. This is despite the fact that most of the nation has seen higher-than-normal temperatures all throughout winter. Isn’t it time we all just admitted that we’ve had our Punxsutawney fill of this prognostication sensation gripping the nation every year? Turning the timetable: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced a specific timetable for the United States and its allies to give Afghanistan forces the dominant role in their country by next year. U.S. and allied forces will now assume a more advisory role in training Afghan troops, similar to the approach in Iraq. Well, since everyone’s in the mood, here’s some advice to Mr. Panetta: Look at what’s happening in Iraq right now. Is that really the blueprint you want to follow? — Daily Wildcat staff
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ollege freshmen who grew up in extremely conservative homes are now being exposed to sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. And, according to a nationwide survey of the 2015 class, they like it. This increase in liberalism among college students does not come as a shock. In an age where medical marijuana cards are the new fake IDs and fame and fortune come with being a pregnant teen, it is difficult not to form strong opinions about the issues that surround us. Although research in political science and sociology has shown our parents’ political leanings are indicators of our own views, college has its own impact. “Naturally, I kind of just follow what they (my parents) think, which is Republican,” said Gracie Yost, a pre-communication freshman.
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respondents described their views as far left or liberal and 23 percent as far right or conservative, leaving about 47 percent in the “middle of the road.” The survey’s findings prompt us Caroline Nachazel to question the reasons behind such DAILY WILDCAT major liberal opinions. Unfortunately, college students do not uphold “But I feel like when I take the time a reputation for being the wisest to really think about what being people. We are often looked down conservative actually means, I could upon because of our ability to live like have a lot of different opinions on adults but act like zoo animals. some relevant issues than what I was Most undergraduates’ only brought up with.” responsibility is to succeed in The Cooperative Institutional school. Two-thirds of students do Research Program at the Higher not work during their college years Education Research Institute of according to data from the Center University of California, Los Angeles of Postsecondary and Economic surveyed more than 200,000 full-time Success. It makes sense that we students entering four-year colleges have liberal views while living in our and universities around the country. university bubble. Unfortunately, The survey found that freshmen have living in the dorms does not prepare become dramatically more liberal us for society’s true colors. The toward the most polarizing social majority of students have volumes to and political issues of our generation: learn about the real world. abortion, marijuana legalization, Winston Churchill once said, “If illegal immigration and affirmative you’re not a liberal at 20, you have action. no heart. If you’re not a conservative The survey did not examine how at 40, you have no brain.” When first many freshmen actually register starting to discover what we think is Democratic, but about 30 percent of important and what we passionately
believe in, thinking liberally seems to be logical. But, without having jobs with salaries and benefits, we have a slightly skewed vision of society. We can write papers, research, and analyze scholarly articles to earn A’s, but our political and social opinions are somewhat naive when we don’t have real jobs with real tax dollars going toward real expenditures. Whether it’s using college as a way to stray away from generated political views or engaging in issues that are relevant to our generation, liberal opinions of freshmen are nationwide. Arizona students are not the only ones who have an opinion on border issues and green plants. For now, liberalism among college freshmen is logical, popular and invigorating. True “lefties” will remain loyal to their liberal perspectives but like Churchill predicted, a 20-year-old mind is much different from the mind of a working taxpayer. — Caroline Nachazel is a junior studying journalism and communication. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatOpinions.
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A breath of fresh air Tucson’s only oxygen bar delights, intrigues
By Greg Gonzales Daily Wildcat
It’s time to call attention to the absurd ways people use their lungs. People breathe air to live, smoke for a buzz or a high, use inhalers for asthma and other conditions, focus on breathing patterns to reach enlightenment — and they also go to oxygen bars for the countless benefits lauded by bar owners and patrons. According to the Chill Out Oxygen Bar website, some benefits include heightened concentration, more energy, better memory, immunity, sight, slower aging, reduced risk of heart disease, less stress and fast physical recovery from exercise. “(Oxygen) is just something that really gets you in the zone to really concentrate. And on the fun aspect of it, it’s really good for hangovers,” said Ricky Casillas, owner of Tucson’s only oxygen bar, Breathe, Drink & Design. Casillas is also a Latin American studies graduate student. “I
personally do it every time I’m writing or reading a big portion.” Oxygen bars first popped up in Mexico, Japan and South America — places where city dwellers sought a break from harsh pollution. According to Casillas, oxygen bars are now gaining popularity in other cities around the world. Despite the potentially positive effects, many people remain skeptical about the benefits of oxygen bars. The American Lung Association website says that recreational oxygen isn’t likely to benefit patrons. In other words, recreational oxygen is just a matter of breathing hot air. However, because some people with lung problems require prescription oxygen to breathe properly, the Food and Drug Administration classifies oxygen as a prescription drug. Luckily for the bars, it is up to the states’ discretion to enforce prescription drug laws, otherwise oxygen bars could be in violation of the law. I paid a visit to Breathe, Drink
& Design, where $20 buys tea and oxygen for two people. After a 20-minute session, I was ready to tear the town down. I managed to skate for five hours straight and get kicked out of a parking garage before my energy started to drain — and I even had enough zest left over to write for a few hours afterward. As a recovered caffeine fiend, I know for a fact that the tea alone was not enough to keep me going for so long. Either I got hit with a dart dosed with crack, or the oxygen paid off. But that’s just me — everyone’s body reacts differently to foods, supplements and drugs. Before trying anything, do your research. If it looks good to you, roll on down to Fourth Avenue to breathe for a while.
If you go Breathe, Drink & Design 416 E. Seventh St.
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Some of the oxygen offerings inside Breathe, Drink & Design, an oxygen bar and cafe near Fourth Avenue.
Whether biker, bomber Despite failures, or basic, leather rocks ‘Bachelor’ persists COMMENTARY
By Michelle A. Weiss Daily Wildcat
Now is the time to kick up any wardrobe a notch by investing in a stylish leather jacket. Many UA students seem to be ahead of the game when it comes to leather items this season. Between black and brown miniskirts, oversized bags and structured jackets, college fashionistas have the leather look down pat. Although this month’s InStyle featured 10 fabulous styles of the “moto jacket,” we can also learn a thing or two from trendsetters here on campus. Leather jackets look great on everyone and they instantly spice up any outfit. All you need to do michelle A. Weiss / Daily Wildcat is find one that best suits your Leather jackets, miniskirts and totes work to spice up a campus wardrobe. personal style. It’s well worth it to invest in a durable jacket, even if it’s influenced fashions that we still pricier. It will last you a long time Classic coats see today, and for the better. The and there’s a reason these jackets A classic piece with a longer bomber jacket isn’t just found in never left the fashion scene: They’re silhouette looks smoother, sleeker menswear nowadays, though. timeless. and more comfortable to wear. Women are rocking them too, Here are three basic but different Softer leathers feel nicer to the perhaps even more often than men. leather styles to try out: touch, which also means leather Because the bomber style conditioners are a must for proper packs a little bulkier appearance Rock on, biker style maintenance. Longer jackets can as opposed to the more formmake a statement with dressy fitted jackets, it’s best to wear Motorcycle jackets are instant ensembles and business wear, them in cold weather with layers admission into the cool crowd. or dress up a pair of jeans for a underneath. Leather is often There’s no easier way to look like a associated with this style, but rock star or a tough gal than to sport night out. Out of all the leather jacket styles, this one looks the many bomber jackets are also a fitted jacket with multiple zippers most slimming, feminine and found in softer fabrics or heavier and a bold collar design. This style winter material. They can be looks best in black if you really want professional. matched up with a pair of skinny to embrace your inner biker chick. jeans and combat boots for a true If not, it can be a statement piece aeronautical-inspired look. But if Lookin’ bomb-er for casual dresses, skirts or a pair of this is verging on too masculine for So you’re probably thinking skinny jeans. On a windier day, wear your taste, a pair of pumps with a it open with a colorful scarf. Any way 1980s “Top Gun,” right? The flight kitten heel will do the trick. wear from that movie surprisingly it’s worn, this jacket screams fun.
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idn’t the newest “Bachelorette” already find true love? Apparently, dating multiple people simultaneously while on national television isn’t an effective way to find true love. This week, ABC announced the newest Bachelorette: Emily Maynard. Does her name sound familiar? That’s because just last year, Maynard won season 15 of “The Bachelor,” when Southern stud Brad Womack proposed to her in a romantic season finale. Unfortunately, even though the show is clearly designed to form healthy, lasting relationships, the romance didn’t last. Just months after the season aired, the couple broke up. Ironically, this wasn’t Womack’s first failed attempt at a “Bachelor”style search for love. In an incestuous and yet wholly expected move by “The Bachelor,” the 38-year-old bar owner had already been on the show in 2007, when he rejected both finalists, DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft, and returned home from the TV show still single. It turns out it’s not exactly a “Bachelor” first to leave the show unmatched — or even to leave the
show single twice. In fact, after 15 seasons of “The Bachelor,” none of the couples created by the show are still together. And there are some “Bachelor” statistics that might surprise you:
Love by the numbers Although five seasons of the Bachelor have ended in proposals, none of them have ended in marriages. The longest relationship ignited by the show lasted for five years. After seven seasons of “The Bachelorette,” one couple (season 1’s Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter) is happily married with children — a first and only in “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” history combined. The most recent Bachelorette, Ashley Hebert, is still engaged to the man she chose at the end of her season, fiance J.P. Rosenbaum. Just like Bachelor Brad Womack, season 3 Bachelorette Jennifer Schefft rejected all of her suitors at the end of her run. Eight contestants have been recycled, moving from “Bachelor” to “Bachelorette” and vice versa. Two Bachelorettes (Jennifer Schefft and Emily Maynard) were chosen by the Bachelor before breaking up and becoming the next Bachelorette. Brad Womack was the Bachelor more than once, but after both seasons, he ended up alone. — Miranda Butler is the assistant arts editor. She can be reached at arts@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatArts.
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Radical collective: Analyzing Odd Future K.C. Libman Daily Wildcat
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ot just a group of bugeating skate rats, Tyler, The Creator and crew make up the polarizing rap collective Odd Future. The group members are quickly becoming the unlikely faces of a music industry overthrown by altering industry standards in an inventive way while still being the most diverse rap group of the decade. They are a revolutionary musical institution. They are known for penis jokes, cat print T-shirts, satanic references and one of the most effective marketing strategies in the music industry. They have a variety of talents, ranging from sheer lyrical genius to professional studio production. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, aka OFWGKTA or the group’s most popular moniker, Odd Future,
has skyrocketed into stardom from exceptionally humble beginnings. As a group of skateboarding, rapping suburban kids from Ladera Heights in Los Angeles, one wouldn’t expect Odd Future to produce the shockwaves that it has. Early incarnations of the group were punctuated by fumbling, tentative mixtapes such as The Odd Future Tape, on which the group began to hone its horrorcore values to an extreme. Its inclusion of skit-based and behind-the-scenes videos immediately granted it a fan base by reversing the industry standard — instead of crafting an image made to appeal, it tore any notion of a facade to pieces. This move was instrumental in Odd Future’s rise to power. Under the leadership of Tyler,
The Creator, members assumed roles in ways that mirrored their genre’s predecessors. While people still swoon over Earl Sweatshirt’s Earl mixtape and Tyler’s “Bastard,” they often overshadow the brilliance that lies in Hodgy Beats’ collaboration with fellow member Left Brain, forming the quick-witted MellowHype. Hodgy’s lyrical fire plays foil to Domo Genesis’ Rolling Papers, where the smoothest rapper in the group lays down track after track of Raekwon-esque hip-hop. Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia, Ultra deserves a mention, on which the oldest member of the crew croons like a codeine-laced Usher, and is the definitive atypical Odd Future release. Based on the viral success of Tyler’s gorgeous Goblin single, “Yonkers,” the pop-minded public became polarized. Tegan and Sara crucified the Supreme-wearing artist for his openly fictional misogyny while critics questioned his lyrical ability. What seems to have been missed in the fray was Tyler’s ability to utilize social media to ignite his little grassroots group into a pop culture wildfire. By
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engaging fans on Tumblr, Twitter and Flickr, he managed to maintain the same initial bare-bones connectivity that made the group so appealing in the first place. Despite your personal stance on Tyler, Odd Future, or any of its elements, it is undeniable that under Tyler’s direction, Odd Future has become a marketing juggernaut. Tyler’s nonsensical doodling is the unlikely badge for the band, lending an idiot-savant quality to the collective. The group has also become a brand unto itself, installing pop-up stores with city-exclusive
merchandise at each tour date, making its merchandise and its name collectibles. Outside of the business theme, it’s important to remember that while known for its shock-and-awe tactics, Odd Future is groundbreaking in a modern way: It can operate within itself, and still maintain a balance. For Tyler’s misogyny, we have Syd Tha Kid’s heralding as the first openly gay female rapper. For Domo’s polished flow we find Earl’s youthful brilliance, and for Hodgy’s neck-snapping side project there’s Frank Ocean’s soulful introspections. Odd Future is a multifaceted crosssection of a young, tangible unrest. Its members characterize this spirit by a lack of inhibition and a hunger to expand. Above all, they are more than a riveting image. Odd Future is forcing pop culture to redefine marketing and imagery while simultaneously carving an expansive niche like no one before. — K.C. Libman is a senior studying ecology and evolutionary biology and creative writing. He can be reached at arts@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatArts.
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NBA Chicago 105, New York Knicks 102
Golden State 119, Utah 104
NCAAB No. 9 Murray State 81, Southeast Missouri State 73
cats down bears Win is first for Arizona in a game decided by less than 8 points
‘Cats come full circle in Cal victory
By Alex Williams Daily Wildcat
BERKELEY, Calif. — The Arizona basketball team can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Wildcats went on a 36-12 run while hitting 13 of 14 shots at the end of the first half. Kyle Fogg nailed a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:23 to play and Arizona handed Pac12-leading California its first home loss of the season, 78-74 in Haas Pavilion on Thursday night. The Wildcats had lost their last four games that were decided in the final minute. “I told Fogg that we’re not losing again,” freshman guard Nick Johnson said. Cal broke open a 13-point lead in the game’s first 9:17, thanks in part to Arizona’s 1-of-8 effort from the free throw line. But then Angelo Chol scored a layup off of a Jesse Perry missed free throw and the Wildcats went on their massive run to enter halftime with an 11-point lead. Fogg sparked the run with 13 first-half points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field and limited Cal guard Allen Crabbe to 15 points on 4-of-12 shooting on the night. Miller said Fogg’s defense was a big contributing factor in Arizona’s win. The senior from Brea, Calif., used his 6-foot9 wingspan to knock away a potential game-tying Crabbe 3-pointer with 26 seconds to play. “I just was making sure I didn’t foul,” Fogg said. “I was able to get a finger on it and block the shot.” Arizona got some more defensive heroics when Johnson blocked a Justin Cobbs layup attempt with 24 seconds to play. Johnson leaped from the baseline and swatted the layup away at what seemed like the last possible second. “I really don’t care if they dunk on me or whatever,” said Johnson, who added that he and Cobbs used to be teammates on a youth team. “I’m going for it because I want my team to win … any way we can get a win right now is good.” Johnson said Arizona spent most of its preparation on dealing with Cal’s offensive sets and that the Wildcats were able to do everything they wanted to throughout the game. The freshman from Gilbert, Ariz., credited Miller’s philosophy of “honoring the process,” while Cal was knocking down shots, even though Arizona was well-prepared for everything it saw from Cal. But Johnson, who scored 11 points, wasn’t
Arizona tennis to host Cali schools By Iman Hamdan Daily Wildcat
For its fourth match of the season, the Arizona women’s tennis team will host a double-header on Saturday at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center starting at 10 a.m. Still ranked No. 30 in the ITA NCAA Division I Rankings, the women’s team will start the day off by hosting San Diego. After losing to San Diego last year 4-3, the women’s team looks to redeem itself in this match-up. Sophomore Kim Stubbe will rejoin the line-up after not playing in last weekend’s heartbreaking loss to Vanderbilt. “San Diego is a very good team, but I feel we have the advantage of playing at home,” women’s head coach Vicky Maes said. “This is a must win for us. I am confident the team will put up the effort to pull off the win.” Meanwhile, the men’s team looks to improve its undefeated record by hosting Cal Poly. “This team has been an at-large bid for the NCAA Championships, so it’s going to be a tough match for us,” men’s head coach Tad Berkowitz said. “We are still on that high road from our last match and I like our skills against the team.” This will be the first time since 2009 that Arizona and Cal Poly will face each other. In their last meeting, the Wildcats swept the Mustangs in a 7-0 defeat.
Next match Women’s: Saturday, 10 a.m. vs. San Diego Men’s: Saturday, 1 p.m. vs. Cal Poly
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“The coaches are really patient with me … they trust me so I’ve got to believe in myself,” Chol said. “I’ve just got to keep doing my thing. I can’t get down on myself.” California’s crowd of 9,690 was in a frenzy for nearly every second of the Wildcats win, but it reached a fever pitch when Cal guard Jorge Gutierrez got tangled up with Arizona assistant Joe Pasternack after going into the bench chasing a loose ball. Officials reviewed the play — Miller said it
ERKELEY, Calif., — Head men’s basketball coach Sean Miller knew it would take time for the Wildcats to develop. It was clear that with three freshmen playing major minutes, a 6-foot-7 small forward starting at center and last year’s role players acting as Arizona’s go-to-guys, the Wildcats weren’t in “win now” mode. Although it took four losses by four or fewer points and a handful of bumps and bruises along the way, the Arizona team that won in Haas Pavilion on Thursday night is the product Miller was looking for. Sure, it didn’t include Kevin Parrom, and may not feature sophomore Jordin Mayes, who could be out for the year with a broken left foot. But the Wildcats maximized their limited talent and did everything necessary to defeat a tough Cal team in a hostile environment — something that seemed unthinkable after Arizona fell at home to Washington last weekend. Miller said Thursday’s contest was virtually the same game the Wildcats have played numerous times this season, but this time they simply came up with the plays down the stretch. The reality is that this was a much different Arizona team than the one that’s lost every close game imaginable. Sure, Arizona missed big free throws down the stretch. Yes, the Wildcats didn’t play a complete 40 minutes and had several mental lapses in crunch time. But this was Arizona’s gutsiest performance of the year.
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Arizona’s freshman point guard Josiah Turner drives to the basket in Thursday’s 78-74 win over Cal. With Jordin Mayes potentially missing the rest of the season after breaking his foot, Turner will be asked to step up.
the only freshman factor in Arizona’s win. Chol scored eight points, including a pair of highlightreel dunks, blocked two shots and grabbed four rebounds in what head coach Sean Miller called his best game at Arizona. “He was a big reason we won tonight,” Miller said. “It was inspiring to watch him play.” Chol’s performance against Cal may have been his coming-out party. He took over the game for a two-minute stretch, and said that the coaching staff’s faith in him has helped him progress.
Wildcats drop fifth straight game to Bears in overtime By Cameron Moon Daily Wildcat
All season long, the Arizona women’s basketball team has shown flashes of talent, but inconsistency has plagued the team of late. On Thursday night, the Wildcats’ losing streak extended to five games after a loss to California by a score of 78-74 in overtime at the McKale Center. It wasn’t as close throughout as the final box score might indicate — the Wildcats trailed until the 9:57 mark in the second half. “I thought mistakes down the stretch hurt us a lot,” head coach Niya Butts said. “Our effort was good, we just have to keep fighting. We haven’t played this hard in a very long time, so I was certainly happy with our team’s effort.”
The roller coaster of a contest started almost immediately. Cal ripped off a 16-3 run right out of the gate and Arizona trailed by as much as 14. The Wildcats struck back with a 22-5 run of their own early in the second half, and led by as many as seven points, but allowed the Golden Bears back into the game in the final minute, forcing an overtime period. Sophomore starter Erica Barnes was held out of the game due to injury, forcing Butts to use her 10th different starting lineup in 22 games. Arizona gave up size by starting four guards, along with freshman center Aley Rohde, who had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. “Certainly they had size, but obviously we were up with less than
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Arizona guard Candice Warthen stumbles in Thursday’s overtime loss to Cal. With the loss, the Wildcats have now lost five games in a row.
New catcher has huge role to fill By Kyle Johnson Daily Wildcat
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he No. 20 Arizona baseball team has a talented roster returning this season, but it also has one huge hole to fill — that of star catcher Jett Bandy. Riley Moore, a true freshman from Santa Barbara, Calif., will have to be the one to fill it after Bandy decided to declare for the Major League Baseball draft. “It’s definitely some big footsteps to fill in,” Moore said. “(Bandy’s) a great catcher, and I respect him a ton.” Thanks to the offensive talent evident up and down the Wildcats roster, Moore won’t be under as much pressure to replace Bandy’s production, but if Arizona wants to live up to their preseason ranking and contend for a Pac-12 championship, they’ll need Moore to contribute, especially at a position
like catcher that is so important to the team. “We run everything through the catcher,” head coach Andy Lopez said. “It comes from the bench to him — the pitches, the pickoffs, the looks. It’s a lot of information for him to study.” After Bandy declared for the draft, and freshman David Schuknecht was lost for the season to a leg injury, all of the starting responsibilities now fall to Moore. “It’s birth by fire,” Moore said. “You get in there, you do it, and eventually you’ll learn, and I’m learning pretty quick.” Because Moore is new to the program and college baseball in general, he’ll have to learn a new system and adjust to catching with the speed and tempo of his Arizona teammates. “It’s been different, it’s a lot faster pace but it’s good,” Moore said. “I’ve been waiting for this for a long time
now. It’s good baseball all around; it’s tough, it’s tense, but I love it.” One of his most important duties will be catching for junior pitcher Kurt Heyer, a third team preseason All-American. So far, Heyer has been impressed with Moore. “He’s a great catcher, way more advanced than I thought,” Heyer said. “He makes me feel very comfortable (on the mound). Hopefully once the season starts, we get on that same page where he knows what I want without him trying to think too hard about it.” For the Wildcats to live up to their potential — they’re ranked No. 5 in the country by Baseball America — they will need Moore to step up and play like a seasoned veteran, but Lopez knows the learning curve will be steep for the freshman. “He’s had very good days, he’s had very average days, and he’s had a couple bad days which is par for the course for a freshman,”
Lopez said. Still, Moore’s raw talent should help reduce some of the growing pains he is sure to encounter. “He’s got a very good work ethic,” Lopez said. “He’s a talented young guy. He’s six-foot three, a switch hitter, good arm strength. So he’s a talented guy. All those things will let you go home and put your head on a pillow and say, ‘Hey, that’s a pretty good player’ and he is.” Once the season actually starts for the Wildcats, the team will be able to get a true indication of what Moore can bring them from behind the plate. But at least for now, Moore has already earned the respect of his teammates. “He’s definitely the kind of guy I want behind the plate,” Heyer said. “He’s almost up there with Jett (Bandy), because Jett was awesome last year. But Riley as a freshman to come in here and make a big impact; it’s definitely huge for us.”
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two minutes to go, and we had an opportunity to win the game,” Butts said. “It was about our heart in that case. It made up for a lot of that size difference.” At halftime, Arizona was only losing the rebounding battle 22-16, and had one more turnover than the Bears with seven. However, as the game progressed, the Wildcats began to struggle on the boards. The Bears ended the game, outrebounding Arizona 57–42 and scoring 46 points in the paint. The Bears’ hot shooting — 51.4 percent at the half — gave them a comfortable lead until about midway
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through the second half. Until that point, Wildcats’ leading scorer Davellyn Whyte had been held to nine points on 2-10 shooting. Whyte finished the game just 5-16, but was still able to score 17 points. Freshman sharpshooter Erin Butler provided a valuable spark off the bench, scoring six points. Her points came from two 3-pointers, both of which brought the Wildcats within one possession when a bit more than nine minutes remained in regulation. “She got in there when her name was called and made great plays, made things happen for us offensively and defensively,” Butts said of Butler. “That’s what it’s all about. When you get an opportunity to get in, make something happen, and she did.”
Fellow senior Jesse Perry played like the wily veteran Arizona needs from page 6 him to be, scoring 18 points on 7-of12 shooting while hauling in four The Wildcats could have mailed boards and dishing out two assists. it in. They trailed 22-9 in the early While the seniors did their job to going as Cal dominated the boards catapult Arizona to victory, it was and did pretty much whatever the freshmen that carried them over it wanted offensively, while the the hump. Wildcats couldn’t seem to find any Angelo Chol gave Arizona the rhythm with their offensive attack. interior presence its been missing Instead of fading away into all season as he went for eight halftime facing a major deficit, points, four rebounds and two Arizona answered with a huge 36-12 blocks in 16 minutes. run that’s been brewing for a long Nick Johnson finally broke away time. The Wildcats drilled 13-offrom his freshman funk to score 11 14 shots and showed an offensive points and dish out five assists in 30 prowess that was nonexistent minutes of action. against the Huskies last Saturday. Miller said this Arizona team was Behind the run, Kyle Fogg had a no different than the one that lost monster half, scoring 13 points, in overtime to Florida, or the squad Fogg played what Miller called that fell to Washington on Saturday. “his best game at Arizona” with 23 But from press row, behind Cal’s points, five 3-pointers, four assists, raucous student section, this looked two steals and only one turnover like a team on the verge of turning while holding Cal’s Allen Crabbe to the corner. 15 points on 4-of-12 shooting. The freshmen are gaining Fogg also came up with a monster confidence. Fogg wants to be the block on a would-be Crabbe go-to-guy. Plus the Wildcats snapped 3-pointer with 26 seconds left, Cal’s 17-game home winning streak quickly turning a wide-open look with its best player — Solomon into a turnover. Hill — scoring only six points and
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was the 15th consecutive Arizona game that’s featured a video review — and there were no fouls or ejections. “I was worried about (Pasternack), that they were going to eject him,” Miller said sarcastically. “God forbid if they would have ejected someone else on the other team.”
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Mayes may miss rest of season
Sophomore point guard Jordin Mayes left the game midway through the second half and was sitting on the bench with a bag of ice on his left foot — the same foot that he had offseason surgery on to repair a stress fracture — after it was stepped on during the game. Miller said that he’s not sure
The No. 4 Stanford Cardinal comes into McKale Center on Saturday, but according to senior point guard Shanita Arnold, the five-game losing streak has not deterred the team from remaining optimisitic. “When you fall all the way down, you have nowhere to go but up,” Arnold said. “We just have to keep fighting. Keep fighting, and something good is bound to happen.”
If you go Wildcats vs. No. 4 Stanford Saturday at 2 p.m. McKale Center
grabbing two boards before fouling out in 30 minutes of play. It’s been an up and down season for Arizona. One week the Wildcats are barely on the NCAA Tournament bubble, next they’re a few wins away from the conference title. The March Madness speculation can wait though, as the fact of the matter is Arizona played its best game of the season with the blueprint Miller had to envision when he sat in the Wildcats media room and called Cal the best team in the conference. Road wins like Thursday’s have a way of turning teams around. And with the Pac-12 still as wide open as any conference in the country, Arizona needed that victory more than ever. Can they build on it and make an unthinkable run at the Pac-12 title? If they replicate what they did Thursday night minus a few mishaps, anything can happen. — Mike Schmitz is a marketing senior. He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatHoops.
whether the foot is broken or not and that Mayes will undergo X-rays today. “Given his history, we’re not optimistic,” Miller said. The Los Angeles native scored six points in 13 minutes of action on Thursday. Online at DAILYWILDCAT.COM Check out a photo slideshow from the game.
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“Weird” Al Yankovic received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. He also served as valedictorian of his high school at age 16. Read the facts at the Arizona Daily Wildcat!
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