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Tribes, UA examine mining aftermath The UA Center for Indigenous Enviornmetal Health Research is currently working on two research projects with the Hopi and Navajo Nations.

BY CHASTITY LASKEY @chastitylaskey

The UA’s Center for Indigenous Environmental Health Research recently received a $5.1 million grant to enhance its efforts and expand its work in indigenous communities.

The center, which was established in the fall of 2015 and has members who have been collaborating with native tribes since 2008, recently became fully funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National

Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Housed in UA’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, CIEHR is funded to help with environmental health disparities with efforts concentrated in partnering with tribes and native communities.

Stephanie Rainie, UA assistant professor of public health and CIEHR assistant director, said the goal of the center is to provide expertise through collaborative work on projects focusing on environmental hazards that the

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A UA gradaute found a unique planet with three suns using the Very Large Telescope in Cerro Paranal, Chile

NEWS | PAGE 10 Black Lives Matter Tucson holds vigil and march in response to the recent police killings of two black men

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Not Your Average Lunch Break On June 29, the University of Arizona Police Department received a report of two women sitting in a car on the third level of Main Gate Garage smoking marijuana.

When two UAPD officers arrived and questioned the two women in the reported vehicle, the women appeared to be fumbling with unknown items on the floor in the two front seats. When one UAPD officer questioned the passenger side woman, she appeared nervous and said she and the other woman had only been chatting in the car. She said they worked at the Aveda Institute on University Boulevard and were on a break.

The woman then admitted that she and the other woman had been smoking marijuana, according to UAPD. The officer searched the vehicle and found multiple prescription bottles with marijuana inside, a pink glass pipe and a lighter; all of which contained marijuana residue. Both women were cited and released for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

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A BLANK FOIA REQUEST on Tuesday, July 12. David Cuillier, director of the UA School of Journalism, testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee to advocate for changes to the Freedom of Information Act.

J-School head fights for FOIA fix

BY LAUREN RENTERIA @lauren_renteria

Director of the School of Journalism David Cuillier, testified to the Senate Judiciary

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Committee on Tuesday, advocating for changes to the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA was signed into law in 1966 and has helped citizens request access to federal records,

unless the request falls under nine exemptions. Last month, President Barack Obama signed into law the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, which was the most recent amendment since 2007.

This isn’t the first time Cuillier, who is the former president of the Society of Professional Journalists, has advocated for

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A Mysterious Slasher At approximately 8:30 p.m., a UAPD officer responded to the UA Main Library in reference to a report of criminal damage to a bicycle tire and tube on June 26.

A homeless man said he parked his bicycle at the racks at the north end of the library at 9 a.m. The man said he only used the wifi and stayed by the vending machines so he wouldn’t bother anyone.

When the man returned to his bike at approximately 7 p.m., he noticed the tire was flat. Because of heavy rain, the man did not check the rest of the bike. When he returned after the rain had ended, the man said he noticed a hole in his bike tire approximately two inches long.

According to UAPD, the man said he didn’t know anyone who would want to damage his bike. He said he believed it was possible that someone who did not want him to come to campus to use the wifi could have damaged his bike.

There was no suspect and there were no cameras facing the bicycle racks.

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News • Wednesday, July 13-Tuesday, July 19, 2016 UA FINANCE PROFESSOR MITCH Towner (center) poses for a photo with Nick Adamakis (right), Clyne Namuo (left) and Paul Lane (back center) with Towner’s winnings during the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Towner won over $1 million in the Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament.

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UA prof wins over $1 million in Vegas Mitch Towner, assistant finance professor and poker rookie won a monster stack playing in the 2016 World Series of Poker.

BY ANGELA MARTINEZ @anmartinez2120

UA Finance Assistant Professor Mitch Towner won over a million dollars playing in the 2016 World Series of Poker’s Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament in Las Vegas last week.

“We watched for an hour and a half witnessing, and it was just amazing,” said Nicolas Adamakis, former associate director of the Arizona Student Unions, who was in the crowd chanting “UA” as Towner won in Las Vegas.

Adamakis said it was a happy coincidence he got to watch Towner play and thinks that everything aligned for him that day.

“It’s more about the card play and challenging yourself and thinking specifically about different things,”

Towner said. “A lot of people play poker for the money. That’s never really been my intention.”

Towner is a native of Salt Lake City and received his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Although he’s been playing poker since he was 16, Towner said he only travels up to Las Vegas about once a year to play poker.

The professor said he has never played poker in a serious manner because he never really had time for it, but the game always interested him, regardless.

“I’ve always played a lot of card games and that was how I got interested in poker,” Towner said. “I studied math and economics, and these subjects pretty much use a similar part of the brain—very analytical and probability-oriented, which

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2. Take your time – A lot can come to light in the period between when you “meet” someone online and before the big offline reveal.

Chat with them until you feel comfortable sharing your number, but not before. As the Tinder website states, “We don't conduct criminal background checks on our users, so it’s up

to you to do your own research and remain cautious.”

3. Meet in public – Ready to see if the real thing matches that perfect profile pic? Meet up in the daytime, in a public place – local coffee shops are usually a good bet.

Consider bringing a friend along or at least choose a place where you know a friend is not far away.

4. Bring yourself – Be in control of your own transportation to the meet up spot, whether it’s driving, taking a cab, walking, etc. Don’t accept any offers to get picked up at home.

5. Tell a friend – If you are heading out alone, be sure to tell a friend who you are meeting and where you are going. Charge your phone beforehand out so you can stay connected.

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Currently, the Navajo In 2007 the Nation’s land spreads EPA developed over three states a five-year plan to address the encompassing uranium contamination 27,000 miles. in conjunction with Navajo Nation EPA, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy and

Indian Health Services.

Due to this land being rich in uranium and the high demand for atomic weapons near the close of World War II in the 1940’s, around four million tons of uranium were mined from Navajo lands between 1944 to

1986.

Today the mines are closed, leaving workers’ homes, water sources and 521 uranium mines with elevated levels of radiation The all abandoned, posing as inhalation environmental hazards of radioactive with the potentials particles can cause to cause health lung cancer, while the issues. exposure to radionuclides in drinking water can lead to impaired kidney function and bone cancer.

The United States EPA has maintained a strong partnership with the Navajo Nation since 1944 in hopes of cleaning all the mines up as soon as possible.

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Ingram, who is a member of the Navajo Nation, said a lot of her students working FROM PAGE 1 on the project are also Navajo members.

“It’s important for the research not to be tribes themselves have identified. done by outsiders, but people interested in “We want to make a link between science, what’s going on in their own community,” data and decision making,” Rainie said. Ingram said.

“We hope to inform tribal communities’ Mary Kay O’Rourke, UA professor of decisions by responding to their need to public health and co-leader of the center’s learn information and increasing their respiratory health examination project access to this relevant data.” with the Hopi Tribe, said one of the most Rainie said with the important aspects of the correct information, the center is they aren’t just I believe we tribe can best determine making up topics to do should all have equal how to address the issues research. opportunity when it in their community.

“This evolved comes to clean environment The CIEHR is currently over a long-standing and access to those things working on two research relationship with the that will make us healthy. projects with the Hopi tribe and what we’re and Navajo Nation tribes. doing are issues that Jani Ingram, a — MARY KAY O’ROURKE, the tribe identified professor of chemistry that they wanted to UA PROFESSOR OF and biochemistry at have information on, PUBLIC HEALTH Nor thern Ar izona so [the tribe] could University, is the improve conditions for principal investigator of people who live in their the center’s project, Health and Well Being community,” O’Rourke said.

Impact of Contamination of Traditional O’Rourke said they’re examining Food and Water on the Navajo. aggregate exposure looking at the intake “The project is looking particularly at the of water, food and inhalation, and whether contamination of water and mutton, which there’s an increase in infectious disease or is traditional food of the Navajo and how asthma due to increased exposure. that’s related to the contaminated areas “I think people—wherever they are— near the old uranium mine sites,” Ingram should not have differential health said. “There’s lots of environmental and outcomes because of exposures in their analytical chemistry involved, collection environment,” O’Rourke said. “I believe we and analyzing samples.” should all have equal opportunity when it Ingram said the research they’re doing comes to clean environment and access in the environment will impact the to those things that will make us healthy.” community. Their goal is to actually take O’Rourke said they’re particularly the data they gather and develop policy concerned because there seems to be that has a foundation in Navajo traditional MINE EXPOSURE, 6 law.

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MINE EXPOSURE FROM PAGE 4

an elevated asthma rate in the Hopi Tribe and that they will be sampling air quality inside and outside of homes, getting access to dietary records and taking water samples.

“The goal is to figure out what the exposures are, identify ways to mitigate those exposures and relate those things to health so we can try and figure out actions the tribe can take to resolve some of the health issues,” O’Rourke said.

Robin Harris, the co-leader on the project, and the rest of the researchers will begin field work in the fall—which will entail collecting samples from 30 houses each year for three different years.

In addition to these two projects, Rainie said they are in the process of creating pilot programs. These pilot programs will take a broad perspective of what environmental health is and what environmental hazards are, taking into consideration the home environment and violence in the neighborhood and community.

Rainie said the center also

News • Wednesday, July 13-Tuesday, July 19, 2016 puts giving experience and opportunities to students and community members as a priority, so they can address these issues in their own communities.

Connor Kelley, a UA graduate research assistant on the Hopi Project, said he appreciates the opportunity to work and the experience he’s getting.

Currently Kelley is working on questionnaire development with the institutional review board, which is responsible for the human rights aspect involved in research.

“This is really good experience for [me],” Kelley said. “Not many grad students get to join a project at this stage, when it’s still in preparation.”

O’Rourke said it’s important to her and her co-lead to increase the number of scientists who can actually do field work that is complex and involves years of receiving and analyzing data.

“Some groups are happy with their students just analyzing data, but to our group it’s really important that all of our students have real field experience,” O’Rourke said. “That is what will make you a viable scientist in this area.”

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FOIA

said. “Despite the improvements, our FOIA is still not very strong compared to other laws and other countries. There are FROM PAGE 2 a lot of countries that have stronger laws FOIA improvements. than [us], including México, Russia and Cuillier, who said it’s a cause he’s been Kyrgyzstan.” a part of for over a decade, last stood Cuillier said the act still has a long way before the same committee to advocate to go in order to match the way other for a change in how citizens gain access to countries handle the dissemination of government information in 2014. government information.

In the latest update to During his testimony, FOIA, Cuillier said that he proposed five Well there’s a lot to some of the changes he additional changes be done. Despite the advocated for in 2014 that should be made to improvements, our were seen in this new ensure the passage of FOIA is still not very strong amendment. information to citizens: compared to other laws and Cuillier said these new other countries. There are • FOIA training for changes will help instill a lot of countries that have government employees a sense of openness stronger laws than [us], • User-friendly online rather than secrecy. including México, Russia and system to store “What it does is it Kyrgyzstan. documents really strengthens the • End the overuse of Freedom of Information — DAVID CUILLIER, exemptions Act so that citizens have a better chance of DIRECTOR, UA SCHOOL • Enforce punishment getting information that OF JOURNALISM if officials or agencies they deserve to have,” don’t comply with FOIA Cuillier said. “It puts into • Charge commercial law the presumption requesters’ higher fees. of openness, that our government

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information and records are public and accessible to anyone.”

Even with the new amendment that helps the law transition to a more digital age, Cuiller said that there are still further improvements to be made.

“Well there’s a lot to be done,” Cuillier

“The law really needs enforcement provisions,” Cuillier said. “If a government employee breaks this law, there are no repercussions.”

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law, but since it didn’t get passed this time, they need to revisit it.

In his testimony, Cuillier cited the work of Jeannine Relly and Carol Schwalbe, both associate professors at the UA School of Journalism, who co-authored a study that examined six decades of congressional testimony on commercial lobbyists and the effects they had on FOIA. Their study was published earlier this year in Government Information Quarterly and they found that commercial representatives made an effort to weaken policies that would make information available.

Relly said the study found that “different industry groups, give or take the generation or the decade, were interested in curbing information that the government would release to the public.”

Within the past two years, there were multiple attempts to update the FOIA that never made it into law.

Relly thinks that the reason for this new piece of legislation has a lot to do with timing.

“This is what happens with legislation quite often—when certain things occur and line up at the same time, in this particular case it was the fiftieth anniversary of the FOIA,” Relly said. “It would been quite surprising for it not to get adopted the year of the 15 anniversary [...] But it wasn’t like this just started this year, there has been a lot of effort for several years.”

POKER

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is sort of how I think about stuff.”

The tournament, which had over 6,927 entrants, accumulated a prize pool totaling $9,351,450, allowing the top 1,040 finishers to collect prize money, WorldSeriesOfPoker.com reported.

Towner knew when to fold and when to hold, which ultimately allowed him to take home $1,120,196 in winnings.

“I mean, it’s pretty life changing,” Towner said. “It’s gonna be helpful to pay off some loans that I had for grad school. My body is still feeling it a couple days later—I don’t think its fully registered.”

Towner, who has worked at the university for a little over a year teaching an investment class, said everyone has been nothing but positive about his success.

“It’s not all that surprising—he’s got a map for doing this sort of thing,” said Aazam Virani, an assistant professor of finance who has conducted research with Towner.

Virani doesn’t think Towner’s personality will change because of the win, though.

“Mitch is very down to earth so I don’t know if this is going to change his attitude,” Virani said. “I just saw him today and it seems like the same old Mitch to me. I’m just happy I don’t have to buy lunches anymore.”

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Hundreds of people gathered at Armory Park Saturday evening to attend a vigil hosted by Black Lives Matter Tucson in response to the recent killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The group organized the event before five Dallas police officers were killed and seven others wounded in a shooting on June 7 in Dallas, Texas.

Representatives of BLMT, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and members of the crowd spoke at the rally.

Christopher Smith, a 2013 UA graduate and one of the speakers at the vigil, said he was hurt by the events that happened in the past month and wanted to come to the rally to show his love in any way he could.

“I find myself honestly so confused and not knowing what to do, and I felt like it was time for me to do more than just sit at home and be worried,” Smith said. “I needed to be somewhere, I needed to do something whether it was just come to a rally and speak.”

Smith said he was happy to see so many people he knew as he addressed the crowd on stage.

“I saw students that I taught, I saw friends, I saw people who I celebrated Ramadan with in high school, I saw all of that,” Smith said. “I saw just a genuine happiness that I was there and I wasn’t expecting as positive of a response as I got.”

Smith said being black, white, gay and Muslim has allowed him to understand and interact with a wide number of people that he may have never met otherwise.

“Because I have that, I feel the love and I feel the pain of so many different groups, and it makes me want to do more and it makes me want to change more,” Smith said.

At the end of the speeches gatherers moved from Armory Park to downtown Tucson.

The crowd walked north on Sixth Avenue,

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GILBERT ROBLES HOLDS UP a sign that reads “We love our officers. God Bless. Thank You” at a Black Lives Matter vigil. The Tucson group hosted the event in Armory Park on Saturday, July 9.

along Toole Avenue and up and down Fourth Avenue before returning west on Congress Street.

Dozens of Tucson Police Department officers were located throughout the route to direct the crowd and ensure public safety.

“With the vigil organizers, they wanted to definitely make sure that we understood that

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this is a vigil, not a protest,” said TPD detective Kristopher Goins. “It has been outstanding, outstanding working and shaking hands and just mingling with the community.”

Goins said it was a great opportunity for local law enforcement to interact with the community and let them know the police were there to make sure the vigil was peaceful.

“Not only am I an officer, but I’m also a member of this community,” Goins said. “So the opportunity to allow our community members to express their frustration of what they see nationwide and then be able to communicate that in a civil way … it was refreshing, it was very nice.”

UA student Caleb Rashad Stewart said one of the reasons he attended the rally was to spread the word about a protest he’s trying to organize on the UA mall on August 21 after students return to school.

“I’m just trying to get the word out there so we can organize and we can get something way bigger than this,” Stewart said. “I’m trying to have 100,000 at least standing strong with me on the UA mall.”

Stewart, who studies criminal justice, said he came to the UA knowing that if he could get a degree in the field, then one day he could become a police officer and understand what it means to be one.

“I don’t know what it means right now,” Stewart said. “I can educate myself that way, I can put myself up there and see what it means, and then once that has happened, I can find out what needs to change.”

Stewart said that people have forgotten how to love each other and need to learn to love each other no matter what has been said or done to them.

“We just need to learn how to love,” Stewart said. “I don’t even really know what that means myself, all I know is that that is what we need to be doing.”

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TOP LEFT YOLONDA FAWCETT holds a candle in the crowd during a Black Lives Matter vigil and march at Armory Park in Tucson on Saturday, July 9. Hundreds of people gathered in response to the recent killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. (Top right) A participant emphatically chants as the march proceeds down Sixth Ave. and into downtown Tucson. The march followed the vigil at Armory Park and continued through downtown Tucson.

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LEFT A FAMILY WALKS hand in hand away from the vigil while the young boy looks back as the crowd begins to sing “This Little Light of Mine.” (Center) Ronald Williams speaks with Tucson Police Department officers about officer conduct after explaining his prior arrest which landed him in jail for 20 years. (Right) A bystander on Fourth Avenue fist bumps a protestor as the Black Lives Matter vigil and march makes itself heard in downtown Tucson on Saturday, July 9.

BOTTOM LEFT "NO JUSTICE No Peace" sign created by one of the vigil attendees lies on a table next to vigil candles. Attendees came to the vigil equipped with signs and candles to show their support for the lives lost and the community. (Bottom center) A protestor holds up a sign that reads "All lives can't matter until black lives matter" while leading a march on Fourth Avenue. (Bottom right) An attendee laughs at a comment from a speaker during the vigil and march at Armory Park. Members of BLMT, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Tucson community spoke at the march.

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Head to head: College censorship Two columnists debate the issue of free speech on college campuses and across the nation. Who’s right? You decide.

BY NICK HAVEY @DailyWildcat

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he UA has a history of self-righteous ideologues loudly shouting that sorority girls, small children and tour groups of potential students “deserve rape.” While this isn’t an uncommon practice on college campuses, it represents a perversion of the First Amendment granted right to freedom of speech. Not so shockingly, the bigots, sexists and commonplace assholes that are generally condemned for saying unspeakable and incendiary things think that their First Amendment-protected right to freedom of speech is under attack.

Unsurprisingly the same people that are up in arms about their reduced public presence—sorry that your historically unavoidable, predominantly white ideas are being hedged out by better spoken, nicer minorities—also seem to think that their belief in God protects constitutional rights from being amended or infringed upon. Let’s get one thing straight: your rights are not “God-given,” they were created by a ton of straight, white men, and are amendable.

When universities take action to disinvite problematic speakers they are simply curating a campus climate that is less harmful to students, faculty and staff alike.

When they require speakers/demagogues to move to designated zones—often referred to as “free speech zones”—they are likely just enforcing the First Amendment and campus-use policies for their institutions.

The UA is restricted from “placing selective limitations on speech/expression

if it is insensitive, boorish or expressive view points on disfavored subjects” and forbidden from “regulating or punishing speech or expression of ideas/messages because they are offensive or controversial,” which is legalese for they can’t stop you from being an asshole.

Speech which is likely to incite imminent lawlessness can be regulated. You’re more than welcome to stand in the middle of the grass and speak your truth regardless of the xenophobia, homophobia, sexism or racism it represents, you just can’t verbally assault people without potential consequence.

It’s been argued that certain political groups or student organizations on college campuses have been disbanded, prevented from forming or threatened on the basis of their statements. The UA has hundreds of clubs which exist regardless of the stupidity of their content or message.

In regards to speakers being disinvited from campus events, it’s not surprising that any institution of higher education would act to protect its students from verbal harassment that they would end up paying for in student fees. Ben Shapiro, notorious Breitbart columnist and Twitter victim, was disinvited from a speaking engagement at the Los Angeles campus of California State University because of his generally xenophobic, racist and sexist comments and specific opposition of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Removing vitriolic speakers and regulating the location, volume and time of hate speech is not an infringement, it’s only serving to stop a sorority girl from punching you in the face—looking at you, Brother Dean. If you think your First Amendment right to freedom of speech is being violated, it might just also be a coincidence that you’re saying some things that are better reserved for the privacy of your own thoughts, or the 1800s.

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ur ancestors fought a revolutionary war in part for it. The founding fathers put it first among the amendments.

For centuries, soldiers have fought and died to protect it.

Freedom of speech is our God-given and constitutional right.

Unfortunately, there are those across today’s college campuses who seek to do away with it.

University administrations have taken a role in restricting students’ and others’ First Amendment right by disinviting speakers and in the case of other universities, relegating free speech to “free speech zones”.

As described by Jennifer Ross in the San Francisco Law Review, censorship by university administration harms students by “trampling on their rights” and weakening their critical thinking skills needed for their future careers.

Students have played a leading role in silencing others whose views do not fall in line with their own.

Take for example, the student Senator at the University of Tennessee–Chattanooga.

She chalked pro-Donald Trump messages on campus and was asked to resign by students and the student government for perpetuating “hatred” and “bigotry”.

Student governments have exercised their control over students’ free speech by denying platforms for free speech. Look at the Universtiy of Oregon, where they denied group status to Students for Rand or at Wesleyan University, where they threatened to cut funding for the newspaper over an op-ed criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement.

Much like students, guest speakers are also silenced.

Democratic strategist Kirsten Powers explained how students deny speakers their freedom of speech when she wrote, “When the mob is unsuccessful in pressuring campus administrators into canceling a speech, or shaming the speaker into withdrawing, then they utilize the ‘heckler’s veto’ to harass and intimidate”.

When Ben Shapiro, a conservative columnist and commentator was invited to speak at California State University, Los Angeles, he faced intense protests on campus from students as he opposed the Black Lives Matter movement. At the event, student protestors, like “mature” college-aged students, pulled the fire alarm so as to silence him.

Conservative guest speakers are now twice as likely as liberal guest speakers to be disinvited from a college/university speaking engagement, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)—an orgranization founded by a self-described liberal.

Yet these students don’t only muzzle conservatives—they do the same to liberals.

Particularly, liberals who can appreciate a difference of opinion and who do not share the same radical vision.

As explained by Powers in her book, The Silencing, “While watching the illiberal left in action, it’s easy to forget that it was the political left that championed free speech in America”.

At Yale, Erika Christakis, a liberal sociology professor, responded to an email that asked people to consider the cultural impact of their costume, replying no one should control costumes. Consequently, students yelled at her husband and asked her to resign.

The evidence is endless, but the point is that our freedom of speech is God-given and constitutional and no one has the right to take it away.

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Review: “Beach Blanket Be-Bop” hangs loose with audience members

BY VICTORIA HUDSON @torihudson_

Stuck in Tucson this summer when you would rather hit the beach? If so, the cast members of The Gaslight Music Hall’s “Beach Blanket Be-Bop” will transform your desert days into rad, beachfilled experiences.

This fun and lively comedy revue takes place at The Gaslight Theatre’s new venue, The Gaslight Music Hall, every Thursday night through August 25.

Popular songs featured in the show included “Surf City,” “Surfin USA,” ”Wipe Out,” “Help Me Rhonda” and many other beach classics. The Gaslight performers delivered hilarious jokes between musical numbers, and audience members got the chance to participate in games hosted by the cast of the show.

The Gaslight’s interactive style of theater made “Beach Blanket Be-Bop” a fun and engaging experience.

The show opened with the song “Surfin Safari” sang by Rhonda, played by Brittany Mazur; Bonnie, portrayed by Samantha Cormier; Glen, brought to life by Brian Paradis and Mickey played by Jeremy Vega. Filled with dancing and fantastic vocals from the cast, the opening act foreshadowed the high-energy and entertaining show that followed.

The Big Kahuna, performed

by Jesus Limón, hosted the show and frequently joined the cast in singing and performing songs.

The five-piece band, the Wave Riders, accompanied the cast on stage to play the show’s music.

Cast members shot out jokes— usually beach-related ones— to the audience between songs, along with the music. The Big Kahuna had some of the most memorable lines of the night— “What do you call a surfer that just broke up with his girlfriend?

Homeless.”

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a unique show format.

Different from the scripted plays that The Gaslight Theatre puts on, this combination of comedy and great live music was a refreshing summer treat and left the audience engaged and entertained the entire time.

The talented cast of the show hosted activities that encouraged the audience to participate throughout the show. Three members from the audience, selected by the cast, took part in a hula-hoop contest. A little girl named Julia won the contest and

took home some prizes—a flower lei and a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

The show’s next activity brought children in the audience up on stage to participate in a limbo contest. The cast members kept it uncompetitive, though— all children walked off the stage as winners, and each child received a plastic lei.

After a night full of endless laughing and engagement, many members of the audience seemed delighted that they could refuel with food served at the music hall.

Filled with circular round tables that all face the stage, Gaslight exuded the optimal restaurantmeets-concert-venue ambiance.

Most show attendees ate pizza and thanks to Gaslight’s newly obtained liquor license, drank the music hall’s boozy drink of the night—the bahama mama.

Each table also had a basket of popcorn set on top of the tables for the guests to snack on upon arrival.

Food, liquor and interactive activities made this show a night to remember.

The cast kept the audience laughing and performed each song with gorgeous precision and enthusiasm.

Filled with plenty of quality live entertainment and summer feels, “Beach Blanket Be-Bop” is well worth the trip up to Oro Valley.

Tickets can be purchased on the Gaslight Music Hall’s website or in the box office. They cost $18.95 for adults, $16.95 for students, military members, wheelchair users and seniors and $8.95 for children.

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What can I do to avoid weight gain?

Whether you’re a new student trying to avoid the infamous “freshman 15,” or you’re a seasoned Wildcat looking to lose a few pounds, maintaining a healthy weight while adjusting to life on campus can be tough. Here are a few tips to skip unwanted weight gain and stay healthy at the UA. 1. Resist “non-hunger” cues that drive you to eat like boredom, loneliness, procrastination, stress, and fatigue.

Have low-cal snacks on hand (baby carrots, popcorn, apple slices, grape tomatoes, frozen juice bars, etc. ) or make a list of things to do instead of eating (go for a walk, call a friend/ family member, take a power nap, etc.).

2. Watch what you drink. Calories from alcohol (and food after), soda, energy drinks, juices, smoothies, coffee drinks and sports drinks can add up quickly.

3. Don’t skip meals! Mainstream diet advice tells us to eat smaller, more frequent meals to achieve a healthy weight, but research shows that

while increasing meal frequency does not promote greater weight loss, it may help decrease hunger and improve appetite control. Bottom line? It’s important to eat regularly to avoid energy slumps, cravings and eventual “catch up” overeating.

4. Watch your portions. Eating oversized portions can be a big obstacle if you’re trying to control your weight. Save yourself some calories and money by boxing up half of your food when eating out and saving it for later. If you’re preparing your own food, fill at least half your plate with vegetables and/or fruit and the remaining space with the other parts of your meal. You can also eat from smaller plates or drink from smaller glasses for better portion control.

5. Keep moving. If you haven’t checked out Campus Rec, now is the time!

Whether you like exercising alone or with a friend, they have tons of activities and programs to choose from. For a full list of activities visit rec.arizona.edu.

NutriNews is written by Gale Welter Coleman, MS, RDN, CSSD, and Sarah Marrs, RDN, Nutrition Counselors at the UA Campus Health Service.

Food and nutrition services (including healthy eating, cooking skills, weight management, digestive problems, hormonal and cardiovascular diseases, and eating disorders) are offered year-round at Campus Health. Call (520) 621-6483 to make an appointment.

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THE LOFT MARQUEE ON Speedway Boulevard on Thursday, July 7 in Tucson. The independent cinema hosts a wide variety of events throughout the summer.

This summer at The Loft Unique films and retrospectives galore, The Loft Cinema hosts a wide-variety of movies and events this summer

BY ALFRED CIREROL @DailyWildcat

The Loft Cinema offers moviegoers a multitude of novel experiences, from art house cinema to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Known as Tucson’s premiere independent cinema, The Loft’s wide variety of film events make it a unique experience for Tucson moviegoers.

So, what’s happening at The Loft this summer?

“We’ve got a lot of fun and diverse programming going on here at The Loft this summer,” said theater program director Jeff Yanc.

Despite the UA summer break, he hopes the cinema’s events will bring in viewers.

The Complete Studio Ghibli: A 22 Film Retrospective series has been going on all summer and runs through the end of July. This retrospective will screen 22 of the Japanese animation studio’s popular films.

A Nicolas Cage tribute series will screen every Thursday night in July with a different Nic Cage movies including “Raising Arizona” and “Con Air” playing each time.

The 10th annual Loft Kids Fest offers kids nine days of free movies and activities from July 23-31.

The Loft also plans to host a couple of sing-a-long events. “A Hard Day’s Night” will play July 16, and a Beatles music video

Sing-A-Long will screen before. A “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” Sing-A-Long and Quote-A-Long will play August 13.

Subtitles will play with each film so audience members can follow along.

The cinema will host their annual SciFi Slumber Party August 19, which will feature seven sci-fi classics including “They Live” and “The Fifth Element,” screened back-to-back, overnight from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

“And, as always, we have our late night Cult Classics series every weekend throughout the summer,” Yanc said.

The Loft will also host screenings of cult classics. This summer’s lineup includes “The Goonies,” “Ghost in the Shell” and “Shaun of the Dead.”

The Loft also teamed up with The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson to hosts free outdoor screenings of art house films every fourth Friday of the month.

The next event will take place July 22 at 8 p.m. and will feature the 1996 film, “Basquiat.”

The cinema’s First Friday Shorts contest, hosted by Red Meat’s Max Cannon, is a contest which allows aspiring filmmakers to screen their work to the public in attempts to win a monthly grand prize of $200, or an annual grand prize of $1,000.

Films must be less than 15 minutes, presented on a thumb drive, DVD or BluRay and brought to the theater the day of the screening.

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BannerUMC to host 3 July events

BY BAILEY BELLAVANCE @WCbellavance

July is a big month for outreach at Banner-University Medical Center, as free presentations and a wellness fair will happen throughout the month. Here’s what you need to know to take part in these events.

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Graduate finds a planet with three suns

BY BAILEY BELLAVANCE @WCbellavance

A UA graduate student just made a very large astronomical discovery using the Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.

Kevin Wagner, a first year astronomy graduate student, identified and directly imaged the first planet to be found inside a triple star system. The planet is in a wide orbit within the star system.

Wagner made the discovery while observing about 100 stars using the VLT, according to Arizona Public Media.

Planets in triple star systems are expected to be unstable—all the forces acting on them usually end up ejecting them from orbit.

However, the planet found by Wagner—which is four times the mass of Jupiter—is stable, even though it’s located in a trio of suns 320 light years away.

“We were surprised to find the planet in an orbit so long that it could be influenced by all three stars,” said Daniel Apai, assistant professor of astronomy and planetary sciences in an interview with USA Today. Apai was a coauthor on the study with Wagner.

The planet, called HD 131399Ab, is about 16 million years old and is unlike any other known planet to date.

Studying planets in orbits around multi-star systems can help scientists understand how planets form, and what the effects

of influences from stars can have on a planet.

“This planet that we have just discovered orbits out in the middle in between the stars, so the gravity of these other stars can pull it into irregular orbits and cause exotic behavior that we haven’t seen in any other exoplanet before,” Wagner said in the interview with AZPM. The VLT is certainly not new to impacting observation astronomy.

It is the most productive groundbased astronomy facility, according to the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere. This has led to an average of one peer-reviewed paper published per day just from results sourced from the VLT.

The telescope itself has 8.2 meter mirrors that weigh in at 23 tons. The large mirror allows for more light to enter the telescope and results in a larger image of space. Being a ground-based facility, the VLT is able to be larger than telescopes in orbit, such as the Hubble Space Telescope.

In its 18 years of operation, the VLT has imaged an extrasolar planet, tracked stars moving around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, observed the afterglow of a gammaray burst—which is the furthest one known to date—and detected carbon monoxide molecules from a galaxy that is nearly 11 billion light-years away.

July 17, Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Cancer presentation 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UA Cancer Center – North Campus, 3838 N. Campbell Ave. Professionals including doctors and professors will discuss slow-growing cancerous tumors and cancers that form from the endocrine and nervous system cells at this free-to-the-public event.

The presentation is sponsored by the UA Cancer Center, Arizona Carcinoid and Neuroendorcine Foundation and Banner-University Medical Center.

Speakers include Yi-Zarn Wang, professor of surgery at Louisiana State University and member of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at Ochsner Medical Center in Louisiana; Marian Porubsky, assistant professor of surgery at Banner-University Medical Center and Michelle Bratton, a dietitian at the UA Cancer Center and certified specialist of oncology nutrition.

While the event is free, reservations are encouraged and can be made by contacting the Arizona Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Foundation on their website or by calling them at (520) 7626757.

July 20, Diabetes and Wellness Fair 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Diabetes Prevention and Education Center, 3950 S. Country Club Rd. The free diabetes and wellness fair, sponsored by Banner-UMC and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the UA Department of Medicine, is open to everyone in the Tucson community. There will be cooking demonstrations, various vendors, workouts for the workplace and a chance to consult with a dietitian.

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Education Center will also be given during the fair.

The YMCA will also provide $10 A1C tests, which measures a person’s blood glucose levels over the past three months. The center itself will provide diabetes self-management free of charge for people with Type I, Type II, gestational and pre-diabetes.

Diabetes self-management will involve topics of nutrition, wellness, fitness, management for insulin and medication, weight loss and healthy lifestyle support.

During normal operation, the center provides educational sessions in both English and Spanish. Patients who want to join can selfregister or be referred by their primary care physician.

July 28, Open House and Presentation on Cancer Clinical Trials 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the UA Cancer Center, 3838 N. Campbell Ave. The UA Cancer Center and Banner-UMC are hosting an open house and public lecture on clinical trials, or research involving human subjects.

Daruka Mahadevan, director of Phase I clinical trials and the co-director of experimental therapeutics at the Cancer Center will give a talk on clinical trials. Dr. Mahadevan will be discussing cancer clinical trials in particular, which are designed to observe how certain anticancer strategies affect patients, attack cancer and impact survival rates. Before being widely available, treatments must be proven safe and effective to patients.

No reservations are required to attend, and light refreshments and entertainment will be provided. Questions can be emailed to margaret. eller@bannerhealth.com.

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game (5.7).

“It is a completely different game,” Ashley said of his time in Germany. “The game out there is a lot slower, a lot more focused on skill. Over here [in the United States], athleticism is a big part of it. It’s a different game, different style, and different pace and all of that.”

Despite the success he had in Germany, Ashley isn’t ready to give up on making the NBA just yet.

This July, Ashley has played for the Mavericks in the NBA’s Orlando Summer League, and the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League.

He averaged 10 points and eight rebounds in two games in Orlando, and through three games in Las Vegas, he’s averaged 9.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, while shooting nearly 46 percent from the field.

They’re respectable numbers, but Ashley admitted he isn’t playing as well as he would like.

“So far it honestly hasn’t gone the way I’ve wanted it to,” Ashley said Sunday after scoring 11 points and grabbing five rebounds in the Hawks’ win over the Washington Wizards. “I don’t think I’ve performed the way I’ve wanted to. I definitely want to pick up my level of play.

I have to show that I’m a consistent ball player, that I can go out there, knock down open shots, finish at the rim, catch the ball and make plays for other people.”

He said he hopes he can showcase himself

well enough so an NBA team extends him a training camp invite. From there, he’d have to continue to stand out in order to earn an NBA roster spot.

It would be an unconventional—yet not necessarily uncommon—path into the league.

After all, Ashley’s former teammate, T.J. McConnell, successfully did it last summer.

Still, the odds are surely stacked against him, given that several other players are in a similar position.

And if he fails to make an NBA team, Ashley says he’ll remain with Alba Berlin and continue his career as a professional basketball player overseas.

It’s not quite the NBA, but Ashley will still be making a living playing the game he loves. Not to mention that if he can continue to develop as a player—which he believes is easier for him to do as a professional than it would’ve been to do as a student-athlete—the jump to the NBA will continue to be a possibility.

But regardless of what happens before now and late October when NBA rosters are finalized, Ashley said he remains certain that leaving Arizona after his junior year was the right decision. Besides, had Ashley not suffered a season-ending foot injury against California mid-way through his sophomore year, he would have left even earlier than he did.

“I do believe so,” Ashley answered when asked if he would’ve entered the 2014 NBA Draft if not for the injury. “It was definitely something I was considering at the time. I think I was in the mock drafts at that point, and so I definitely think it was something that could’ve worked out for me.”

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Rodriguez isn’t putting out a nationally recognized product like Sean Miller does with basketball, but there is a line of consistency that follows the same way basketball did. In Miller’s first year, Arizona didn’t even make the NIT, let alone the NCAA Tournament. And the primary reason the Wildcats went to the Elite Eight in 2011 was because Derrick Williams was arguably the hottest player in college basketball, next to Connecticut’s Kemba Walker.

Then, in 2012, Arizona basketball returned to mediocrity, losing to Bucknell in the first round of the NIT, but what was the conversation after a disappointing season? The incredible recruiting class highlighted by Kaleb Tarczewski, Brandon Ashley and Grant Jerrett.

And then the following season, we were all back at it again talking about what went wrong against Ohio State in the Sweet 16 and how Aaron Gordon and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson were the saviors of the program moving forward.

It’s a constant cycle for a program that hasn’t been to a Final Four in the Miller era, but then again it’s the feeling that Arizona was right there in the mix to win a national championship just because of consistency.

What about consistent programs like the 8-time national championship softball team under Mike Candrea, or even the late-great baseball squad that battled its way to the College World Series twice in five seasons with a national title in 2012?

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ARIZONA BASEBALL HEAD COACH Jay Johnson waves to a crowd upon his arrival back to Tucson after winning the NCAA Super Regionals in Starkville, Mississippi. The baseball team was one win shy of its fifth national championship.

It took Jay Johnson just one season to earn a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, and blowing the expectations out of the water, while Arizona basketball seems to disappoint every season.

And that’s not a knock on Miller and the basketball program, because, after all, Arizona basketball is a brand name, but why does the UA have to be a strictly “basketball school” when there is success in other departments?

The whole reason why people act like rabid dogs for hoops in the Old Pueblo is the consistency and the mystique of Arizona basketball—in reality, it’s a smoke screen that covers other sports.

Arizona is not a basketball school. It’s an allsports school, and that’s not going to change any time soon.

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Rich Rodriguez and the Arizona football team desperately needed an infusion of talent at some key positions after posting a 7-6 record last season.

The Wildcats hope they achieved their goal, as they were able to add some offensive playmakers and some maulers in the trenches.

The biggest additions came on the defensive side as the Wildcats were able to add significant talent at defensive line and linebacker.

This recruiting class won’t excite the recruiting gurus, but Wildcat fans should rest easy knowing that these student athletes will eventually develop into valuable contributors.

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THE ARIZONA FOOTBALL TEAM runs onto the field through a human corridor formed by the Pride of Arizona Marching Band at Arizona Stadium before the 2014 Homecoming game against Colorado on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. The incoming recruits will play their first game with the Wildcats in August.

the fall.

Britt can run the fly sweep, though, as he’s an extremely quick, versatile receiver that will create matchup problems for opposing defenses.

Tight ends are usually ignored in spread attacks, but Jamie Nunley is good enough to change that. Nunley is can block at the point of attack, catch the ball well and is versatile enough to play the flex position.

There’s a lot of talent in the skill positions, but the true signing day coups came on the offensive line.

Offensive line coach im Michalczik has a lot to work with, because the Wildcats signed some of the best young bruisers in the country.

Michael Eletise is one of the highest touted guards in the country, and he should be a future allconference selection.

Keenan Walker is an athletic marvel that has the physical attributes to play tackle. Harper Sherman arrives from Canada, where he was one of the best tackles in that country. Sherman, like Walker, is a grayshirt, which means he was signed in 2015, but arrived on campus this spring.

Bryson Cain is another tackle prospect with immense potential.

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While the group is experienced, it’s not the most skilled unit in the Pac12 Conference, so the new arrivals will be welcomed with open arms.

JUCO receiver Shawn Poindexter is a big, physical receiver that is fearless across the middle.

He stands at 6-foot-7 and his size will come in handy inside the red zone, where he will be a welcome target for Wildcat quarterbacks.

Jessie Britt has an interesting story—he almost lost his life last December when he was hospitalized with a heart condition. With that experience behind him, the talented speedster will look to put that harrowing incident behind him in

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Offense The Wildcats have their signal caller of the future in Khalil Tate.

Tate is a perfect fit for Rodriguez’s spread attack. He’s a dynamic athlete that can create big plays with both his feet and arm.

Tate can make all the throws required, but his mechanics are a work in progress, making him unlikely to crack the two deep this season.

While explosive running back Nick Wilson will be the featured ball carrier for Arizona, he will be assisted by some talented freshman backs.

J.J. Taylor is an elusive scat back who is at his best in space. Russell Halimon, like Taylor, is a small back, but he brings power to the position.

Halimon is returning to the field following an ACL injury suffered during his senior year of high school, but may challenge for playing time in fall camp.

Last year, Arizona’s passing game was mediocre, and a lot of that could be attributed to the Wildcats’ receiver corps.

the tenets of Arizona Desert Swarm, but that ethos has been missing in recent years.

New defensive coordinator Marcel Yates will look to bring aggressive defense back to the desert, and this year’s defensive class is a good first step.

Kahi Neves, a physical linebacker form Utah, is the highest rated defensive recruit.

Joining Neves in the linebacker corps is Jacob Colacion and Jalen Cochran.

Colacion is undersized, and he will need time in the weight room before challenging for significant playing time.

Yates’ 4-2-5 defensive scheme requires four defensive linemen, which is a drastic change from the 3-3-5 previously used by Arizona.

As a result, defensive line depth is paramount, which makes highly touted JUCO defensive end Josh Allen a true signing coup.

Allen not only pressures passers— he is also not afraid to make plays against the run.

Francisco Nelson isn’t as polished as Allen, but is an agile pass rusher.

Defensive tackle Justin Holt can be a force on the interior.

Yates’ blitz-heavy scheme puts secondary players on an island regularly, so it’s imperative cornerbacks have the attributes needed to survive in the wilderness.

Isaiah Hayes and Lorenzo Burns are bursting with athleticism, and they will be key players in the secondary.

Safeties Gavin Robertson, Jarrius Wallace and Tristan Cooper are all three-star recruits, but should be able to challenge for playing time immediately, especially on special teams.

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LAS VEGAS — Every year, dozens of college basketball players forgo a year, if not multiple years, of NCAA eligibility in order to try to make their dream of playing in the NBA a reality.

The chance to make a living as a professional basketball player in the world’s premier basketball league is not easy to pass up, and for some players, the decision to leave college early to jump into the NBA immediately pays dividends.

Former Arizona Wildcats Stanley Johnson and Aaron Gordon, for example, left college after one season and wound up being taken in the first round of the NBA Draft.

Now, both are making seven figures while playing on the team’s biggest stage.

Their decision to skip school cannot be questioned— they made the right choice. But not every player is as fortunate as those two.

For every player like Johnson or Gordon, there’s another like their former teammate, Brandon Ashley.

Ashley played three seasons at Arizona, where he averaged 10.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in 95 career contests.

Rather than returning for his senior year to earn a degree and help the Wildcats reach a Final Four, however, Ashley decided to enter the 2015 NBA Draft, believing it was the right choice for his development as a player and his career.

“With all the talent we had at Arizona, it was hard for me to showcase my full skillset,” Ashley told DraftExpress.com in a pre-draft interview.

Yet, 60 players were selected in the draft, and Ashley wasn’t one of them. He’d wind up starting the season in the NBA Development League, a distant step from the NBA itself.

Because he wasn’t in the NBA, his decision to enter the draft was immediately questioned, but Ashley believes leaving after his junior year was the right choice, nonetheless.

“I kind of feel like everybody develops differently at different times at different paces,” Ashley told the Daily Wildcat at the Las Vegas Summer League while sporting a blue shirt with the Arizona ‘Block A’ on it. “But for me, personally, I think me going to the D-League and getting out of college was probably a good move for me for the simple fact that I feel like I’ve grown since I left school.”

Ashley said that growing since leaving UA doesn’t mean to knock Sean Miller, though.

“He’s a fantastic coach, and he brought a lot of out me, but I just felt like I learned more

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THEN-ARIZONA FORWARD BRANDON ASHLEY holds up his trophy to the crowd after receiving the Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player after Arizona’s 80-52 win over Oregon in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on March 14, 2015. Ashley was a key player for the Wildcats in his three seasons in the cardinal and navy.

being on my own and kind of having to do a lot more stuff for myself.”

And despite not playing in the NBA, Ashley did get a taste of the NBA lifestyle.

He played for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas during the summer of 2015, which resulted in him receiving an invite to participate in the Dallas Mavericks’ training camp.

There, Ashley had a chance to learn from veteran NBA players and got a first-hand look at the work it takes to become an NBA player.

“It was a good experience,” Ashley said.

“Being around veterans that have been around the game and have been big parts of the game for such a long period of time—it definitely meant a lot.”

One of those players was Dallas’ star forward Dirk Nowitzki.

“He’s kind of in his older days now, so he’s more focused on being smart with his time rather than spending hours and hours in the

gym,” Ashley said. “Just making sure that he’s really efficient with the time he does have in the gym.”

Ashley didn’t earn a roster spot with Nowitzki and the ‘Mavs, but he did sign with the Texas Legends, the team’s D-League affiliate.

Ashley averaged 14.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game with the Legends in 33 games, and shot 39.3 percent from the 3-point line, an area of his game that he’d worked hard to improve. “[The NBA] wants guys that can space the floor out, that can knock down open shots,” Ashley said.

His success with the Legends led him to be named to the D-League’s West All-Star team, but he’d eventually leave the D-League a month later to play overseas for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga.

Ashley averaged 19.5 minutes per game with Alba Berlin, and led the team in rebounds per

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From the first week of November until the final game the Arizona basketball team loses (whether it’s in March or April), Tucson comes alive for college basketball season. The pulse and constant crave for basketball is second to none, especially for a city that doesn’t have a professional organization to cheer for until a minor league hockey team comes.

Think about it—whenever the UA comes up in context, basketball, for the most part, is a trending topic. The conversation usually starts with talking about what went wrong in the NCAA Tournament in the previous season, the stellar recruiting class that is supposed to bring a national championship (or at least a Final Four appearance), and then it ends with conducting different rotation lineups and posting them on Twitter to look like a basketball guru.

I’ve been guilty to do that a time or two—or three—but that’s the nature of being sucked into the basketball frenzy at Arizona.

Despite only one championship to show for it, the consistency on the winning side for Arizona provides hope that there is a possible chance to cut down the nets in April. However, the consistency of the monstrous men’s basketball program has taken the attention away from other programs that are arguably more successful, especially in years past.

Just look at the football program and the movement Rich Rodriguez has embraced since taking over head coaching duties in 2012. Rodriguez took over a team that was in shambles after former head coach Mike Stoops hit a plateau of mediocre performances.

Sure, Rodriguez has been on the hot seatsince he’s battled for in-state recruits with Arizona State, which has had a better track record in history. Even more, it’s not easy to take the cream of the crop from Southern California with the mystique surrounding the USCs and UCLAs of the world. Rodriguez even took a hit when he flirted with the South Carolina job. Many doubted him for even thinking about accepting an SEC coaching job, because how can any coach thrive in the almighty SEC with the spread offense and the infamous 3-3-5 defense?

Comparing Rodriguez to Stoops in four years, it’s night and day. The first four seasons under Stoops, the Wildcats went 17-29, while the first four Rodriguez teams went 33-20 to go along with three bowl wins and a Fiesta Bowl

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