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LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS

New bike park rolls into Tucson Tucson City Council approved plans for a new 100-acre bike park to be built at Golf Links Road and Alvernon Way. The park will be built by the Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists, a Tucson nonprofit dedicated to maintaining the desert environment and building trails for mountain bikers.

The project will cost $2,528,041 and will include multiple bike trails, paths, bridges, hills and bike attractions — including dirt jump tracks for kids and adults.

When completed, Wood Bike Park will consist of seven miles of trails and a variety of skill challenges for both beginning cyclists and the more experienced.

In addition to these bicyclerelated features, several support facilities will be developed, including a new entry drive from Golf Links Road, a paved parking lot with dusk-todawn lighting system, secure maintenance and storage areas and several ramadas.

Construction on the park is expected to begin this winter and will continue in phases as the money needed can be raised, although the trails — over 11 miles — are expected to be done by next spring.

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UA recognized worldwide

The University of Arizona was named a “best buy” school by the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2019.

The guide was founded in 1982 and identifies schools offering quality academic programs to students for an affordable price.

UA was one of 320 schools recognized worldwide, with only 20 of those schools in the U.S. and only 10 being public universities.

The guide highlighted UA’s honors college in addition to its science, engineering and business programs as well as the “100 percent engagement” initiative.

“At the UA, we are committed to providing the best possible education at the lowest possible cost so that our students have the skills needed to be the innovators, leaders and global citizens in a rapidly changing 21st century landscape,” UA President Dr. Robert Robbins told the Daily Star.

The guide can be purchased online and identifies “stand-out” characteristics of each school, a self-quiz to help students understand what they are looking for in a college, lists of strong programs and popular majors at each college and exclusive academic, social and quality-oflife ratings.

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First phase of ‘I Rock the Rialto’ campaign to break ground

The Rialto Theatre will be undergoing expanded renovations as part of the “I Rock the Rialto” campaign this July.

The first phase of the project will bring updated, expanded and accessible restrooms to the building by this fall. These renovations are expected to last two months.

The theater will have temporary facilities in the alley adjacent to the building until the project is complete and excuses the inconvenience for its patrons.

The theater has raised over $700,000 toward the $1 million goal the campaign set for the entirety of the project. After the restrooms are finished, there are plans to tier the auditorium floor and upgrade the bar/concession areas in 2019.

This plan was set forth to improve the theater for its 100th anniversary in 2020.

Donations will remain open so the theater can reach its goal, and the Rialto staff encourages its patrons to help the cause. More information can be found at the theater and on its website.

The Rialto Theatre hosts music shows weekly. For a full schedule of their shows, view their calendar online.

-Pascal Albright

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Fourth Avenue is one of Tucson’s most popular and vibrant communities. Dubbed “The Heartbeat of Tucson,” this historic neighborhood is home to several locally owned businesses, bars and restaurants that are innately infused with funky vibes inspired by the city’s proud history and culture.

With several multi-story developments set to break ground in the next year, it’s only natural to be concerned about how this will affect Fourth Avenue’s unique culture.

Fourth Avenue in particular will be the site of two new high-rise apartment buildings, replacing both Maloney’s Tavern near the avenue’s south end, and The Flycatcher at the corner of Fourth and Sixth Street.

The Arizona Daily Star reported that one of the projects, proposed at the current site of Maloney’s Tavern, will include multiple buildings ranging from 80 to 160 feet in height.

The Flycatcher will also be replaced with another multi-level apartment complex, The Union on Sixth, which will include two-, three- and sevenstory buildings.

One of the biggest concerns about these new developments in the Fourth Avenue and University Boulevard areas is that downtown Tucson may begin to lose its oneof-a-kind flare. This community hotspot is particularly valuable to

Tucson culture because most of it is locally owned and operated, creating a unique identity and sense of community. That could be under threat with large, corporate entities looking for a piece of the avenue’s pie.

However, it’s important to be realistic and understand that Tucson will continue to develop, whether we like it or not. Development is inevitable in a city that continues to grow year after year, and it’s up to local residents to mold that development so that it fits in with our style and culture.

While some may not like the changes coming to the downtown area, it’s important to recognize the value of these investments and the economic growth they may bring to Tucson. Our community has a tremendous opportunity to capitalize off of these developments, not just financially, but culturally as well.

Pardon the cliché, but Fourth Avenue is more than just a place, it’s a people. The Tucson community made Fourth Avenue what it is today, and as long as we keep that spirit alive, a couple of new buildings isn’t going to change anything.

— Editorials are determined by The Daily Wildcat Opinions Board and are written by its members. They are Editorin-chief Jasmine Demers, Managing Editor Marissa Heffernan, Engagement Editor Eddie Celaya and Arts & Life Editor Pascal Albright.

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ARTS & LIFE | DESERT LIVING

History of rain: How monsoons have shaped desert culture

BY AMBER SOLAND @DailyWildcat

The monsoon rains are rolling in with all their tempestuous glory, and the desert is sure to bloom lush and green in the coming weeks, inviting life from the deepest trenches of the Sonoran Desert to celebrate.

Tucsonans know this season well.

The monsoons bring about a dynamic time of year that illustrates the duality of nature and life’s relationship with it.

Monsoon season brings whipping winds, pouring rain, flash floods, mosquitos and humidity to the otherwise dry desert, yet desert-folk still welcome it with open arms.

“It’s the most dramatic time of the year,” said Thomas Sheridan, a research anthropologist at the Southwest Center and professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona. “The purple clouds and lightning illuminate the entire skyline.

I look out my window at the mountains during the monsoon and it’s the greatest light show around.”

Over the past twenty years, Sheridan has been working with the rancher community in Southern Arizona in an effort to bring ranching groups that are often at odds with one another together to work on land and water conservation projects.

“Arizona is a generally arid or semi-arid state, so if you don’t have a reliable source of irrigation water, it’s very difficult to do agriculture out here,” Sheridan said. “So the most widespread use of land is stock raising, primarily cattle ranching.”

According to Sheridan, ranching doesn’t use as much irrigation water as most farming, but this can leave cattle ranches vulnerable in the wake of dry spells. This makes the summer rains imperative, and with Arizona several years into a significant drought, water scarcity has been a major concern.

“Water is one scarce resource that nobody can do without and because we are an arid and semi-arid region, water is in short supply in the first place,” Sheridan said. “[Ranchers] are pretty much dependent on natural forage so if it doesn’t rain, they may not have enough grass to feed their cattle and they may not have enough

JESUS BARRERA | THE DAILY WILDCAT

A LIGHTNING BOLT ILLUMINATES the Tucson night sky during a monsoon thunderstorm on Aug. 11, 2014. The storms run from mid-June until the end of September, bringing an abundance of rain to the desert.

water for their cattle to drink.”

Kendall Koesen, the community outreach coordinator at Mission Gardens, offered a different perspective on the scarcity of water in Arizona.

Mission Gardens is a live agricultural museum in the place of the garden once belonging to the San Augustine Mission on the old floodplains of the Santa Cruz river. Its timeline garden features recreations of agricultural techniques from every time period in Tucson.

According to Koesen, there is enough water for everyone to live, but it is used incorrectly.

“We use so much water that we are able to conserve it. If farmers used water more efficiently and lowered

their use of it by 10 percent, there would be no question of a water crisis,” Koesen said.

Koesen pointed to the long history of agriculture in Tucson as proof that food can be grown reliably here.

“We not only have the longest known period of cultivation in the United States, but we have the earliest evidence of canals being used to irrigate crops in the United States,” Koesen said.

Corn was first domesticated in Tucson about 4,100 years ago, likely after trade with native people in Mexico. Ancient people also domesticated beans, tepary beans, squash, chilies and sunflowers and harvested native plants like panic grass and devil’s claw.

“All of these [crops] grew during the summer. So we had the heat and the floodplains from the Santa Cruz and Gila rivers, which was a great combination,” Koesen said.

The Hohokam and the Tohono O’odham practiced ak-chin agriculture, in which they planted crops in the desert where washes come out of the hills and spread out on the plain. Regular summer rains would cause these washes to flow and water the crops.

“If you’re doing flood-water farming like the Tohono O’odham did west of Tucson, you were totally dependent on the monsoon rains because most of the time there was no water in the arroyo,” Sheridan said.

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Russian cuisine incomparable to Tucson COLUMNIST TONI MARCHEVA @DailyWildcat

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ood and everything that surrounds it happens in a uniquely Russian way here in Russia. And that “Russian way” is different than a lot of us Americans expected.

Kasha makes up a pretty large part of our diet, so I’ll give it its due place here.

Breakfasts at the university cafeteria always include kasha, which is a slightlysweet or savory butter-heavy grain porridge.

Russians love it, and many eat it regularly. Per capita, Russians eat 33 pounds of it a year, which puts them at No. 1 in porridge consumption.

Porridge doesn’t seem to have any dismal connotation. In fact, in the two weeks I’ve been here, I’ve seen it mentioned three times in children’s TV shows (which I watch for listening comprehension): once in a list of “yummy foods,” once in a list of foods in everyone’s kitchen and once in a song about grocery shopping — in the line “I buy milk for kasha because kasha is good for kids.” It almost sounds like pro-kasha propaganda.

Most American students agree that kasha tastes pretty good, but many can’t get over the texture and many can’t stomach eating the same thing for weeks straight.

As for me and a few others, we eat it happily every day. And that’s good for us.

We have a wonderful lunch lady named Lyoba who we are convinced believes that if we don’t eat all of our kasha, we might die. She scouts out our lunch room to make sure we eat our kasha before anything else, and that we finish it. Otherwise, we

get a hearty chastisement, “Child!”

When we think of foreign foods, we often think of a plethora of new dishes to try. Russians, though, seem pretty content without great variety. It’s a saying here that “kasha and shchi (cabbage soup) are our food.” I can agree that I’ve had both more than any other dish. It’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s making me re-evaluate how much Americans crave constant variety.

Moscow is not how I pictured many European cities, with old, well-established restaurants and cafes. In many ways, Moscow is similar to my chain-heavy newly-developed hometown of Mesa, Arizona. I think that a lot of foreigners, including me, hoped to see something different than that, but we’ve had to become comfortable with Moscow’s context.

Although Moscow is an incredibly old city, it had to re-invent itself after the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent collapse of the economy. Because of that, though, there are some leftover Sovietstyle restaurants and stores scattered around the city.

The grocery stores where I live, outside of the city center, are quite underwhelming for Americans. The biggest supermarkets are about one-quarter the size of a standard Fry’s and don’t look as nice, either.

The stores perform their function as well as they need to, though, and don’t lack variety because of their size. Again, it’s made me question what I am used to in America. I’m so accustomed to seeing ten kinds of Cheerios and five knock-off brands in one giant cereal aisle. That’s kind of excessive. I’m beginning to see the elegance in the simplicity here.

The produce here doesn’t look as glamorous as in the United States either.

Potatoes come with dirt and apples aren’t coated in wax. Carrots are often misshapen by our standards. Everything

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A GROCERY STORE IN Moscow, where the study abroad students shop for food. The language barrier means most students use their translating dictionaries to identify food, according to Marcheva.

spoils a bit faster. But the produce tastes about the same, which for many things like tomatoes means tasteless.

However, it’s also easy to taste berries and tomatoes at farmers’ markets here, which have thrived since the EU-US sanctions — but that’s another story.

There are some foods here that I have never seen in the United States. There are crab-flavored Lay’s (which actually taste like crab), popcorn chocolate (which is a chocolate bar with pieces of salty popcorn and pop rocks), tarragon soda, fried rye bread cut up like french fries, kephir (buttermilk to drink straight) and jams made from berries only found in Siberia.

By far my favorite cuisine here is Georgian. It includes kchacha puri, cheese breads, khinkali (dumplings),

vegetable purees, liver and onion dishes and bean dishes. It is probably the spiciest cuisine we can find here. In this way, I think it reminds us Arizonans of Mexican food, which is absent, including anything resembling hot-sauce.

Probably most interesting for me is learning that many foods my mom made me when I was younger are traditional Russian dishes. I’m just in love with everything I try here because it feels so familiar, no matter how strange some of it is. I’ll probably be enjoying kasha until the day I leave, and miss it afterward.

— Toni Marcheva is a junior honors student majoring in philosphy, politics, economics and law.

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Fourth Avenue freeze out?

With popular music venue and bar The Flycatcher closing, Fourth Avenue is about to enter a new era of change. Will new apartments kill the live-and-let-live vibe of Tucson’s most bohemian ‘hood?

BY JON RICE @JSCatReport87

A coalition of Fourth Avenue merchants, property owners and a nonprofit that promotes locally owned businesses came together recently to counter what some felt was encroachment on the historic avenue by developers.

Nearby neighborhood associations, Fourth Avenue business owners, residents of the surrounding area come together and Local First Arizona formed the group Save Fourth Avenue about five months ago.

‘Save Fourth Avenue’ finds its voice The move was in response to proposed development on Fourth Avenue in general, but specifically at an apartment complex, Union on Sixth, planned for the current site of The Flycatcher, a popular bar and performance venue on Fourth Avenue that closed July 15.

Shannon Riggs, co-owner of Pop Cycle located on Fourth Avenue, said SFA members want to be on the same page as Education Realty Trust Inc., better known as EdR, the developers of the proposed Union on Sixth Street apartment complex.

“We created the coalition in the effort to come to a Community Benefits Agreement with the developer,” Riggs said.

A CBA is a legal contract between a developer and the members of the community, where conditions for a proposed development can be negotiated.

It would require developers of projects like Union on Sixth to fit with the culture and lifestyle of the area, according to Riggs.

“This is our hope for all development going forward in the Fourth Avenue corridor,” she said.

At the beginning of July, SFA released a letter to the city council and local media that hinted at provisions that might be included in a CBA. Included were requests like “preservation of local businesses (existing and future) through appropriately sized store fronts (600-1000 sq. ft. maximum)”

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ALEXANDER PEET | THE DAILY WILDCAT

THE FLYCATCHER LIGHTS UP its signs for the final time on July 15. The venue was a staple of Fourth Avenue for decades, and was a popular destination for local musicians and bands to showcase their music in an intimate setting.

and “design that integrates our new Union on Sixth neighbors with the neighborhood.”

Riggs said that SFA is not looking to stop all development, or even the introduction of some large-scale projects.

The concerns SFA have come down to preserving what they feel is special about the avenue.

“There is worry that development will quash the independent spirit that has made Fourth Avenue such a vital part of our community,” Riggs said. “We are not anti-development. We just want to encourage ‘smart development’ that integrates with and enhances the daily life of everyone.”

Developer responds, Councilman unmoved Public Relations coordinator for EdR

Collegiate, Craig Wack, pointed out in an email interview that EdR has not met with members of SFA. “We have made no formal agreements with any organizations,” he said.

However, Wack said developers pledged to work with the neighborhood and other concerned parties to meet their needs. That included concerns about the projects height.

“The tallest tower of the development will be seven stories high, that section of the complex is located farthest from Fourth Avenue,” Wack said. “The part of the complex that faces Fourth Avenue will be three stories high.”

Wack also responded directly to criticism leveled against the project by Tucson City Councilmen Steve Kozachik in an interview he gave to Inside Tucson Business in February.

If Circle K opens a store saying, ‘We are not a convience market because we aren’t open 24/7,’ no one would buy that. And I’m not buying this.” — Councilman Steve Kozachik

In the interview, Kozachik criticized the proposed height of the apartment and the developer’s designation of the site as a multi-family complex, as opposed to student apartments. The difference in designation comes down to how space is rented: by room, which is family, or by bed, which is student.

“They are trying to thread the needle and rent in a way that makes it look like it’s not student housing,” Kozachik told ITB. “They’re not being up front with people.”

Wack asserted that since the proposed project is an apartment and not a house or commercial space, EdR is being up front about what it intends to build.

“It is by its very definition a multifamily structure,” Wack said. “The intended demographic for Union on Sixth are graduate students and young professionals, which is demonstrated in our unit mix.”

Plans for Union on Sixth call for mostly studio and one bedroom units, according to Wack.

“Housing targeting undergrad students feature mostly three- and four-bedroom units,” he added.

Still, Kozachik remained skeptical.

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SPORTS | SOCCER

RHODES REFLECTS ON CHAMPIONSHIP

BY MAURY URCADEZ @Wildcatsports

Last November, the Arizona men’s club soccer team navigated a path of six games in a span of three days en route to their first-ever national championship in the National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association tournament.

Recently, UA head coach Eric Rhodes reflected back on the unforgettable run.

“One of the things I love is, we won here, with kids from here,” Rhodes said. “We didn’t import a championship. We took the talent Tucson has, and they showed what Tucson is.”

Eleven players on last year’s roster are Tucson natives and have grown up representing southern Arizona for most of their lives.

The 2017 season was Rhodes’s third year coaching the men’s team. Every year, the goals for his teams remain the same: bring home three trophies — conference, regional and national.

Rhodes uses a different theme each year to have the players abide by.

This year, Rhodes said it was to “leave no doubt.” The Wildcats did just that in the NIRSA Tournament.

UA faced and defeated the University of Colorado Springs, St. Edwards and Miami in group play. Then they handled Xavier in the quarterfinal and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the semifinals to punch their tickets to the finals against the Texas Longhorns.

In the championship showdown, Arizona won a nail-biter by a score of 1-0 and were led in part by the heroics of junior forward Brian Molina, who had the game’s only goal.

Molina recalls that the game-winning goal was a “miss-hit,” but he kicked it and it worked for the ‘Cats. The Flowing Wells High School product scored five of the team’s 19 goals in the tournament, including another game-winner in the semifinal match.

“He’s a natural striker; the kid was born to score goals,” Rhodes said of Molina.

However, winning a national title is a team effort. One of Rhodes’s biggest takeaways was that his team came together at the right time.

“As a coach you love to see that stuff, you love the guy who just wants to be on the field,” Rhodes said.

Along with receiving the trophy for winning the national title, players were also acknowledged individually for their efforts.

Captain Karai Keil was given the recognition of Tournament MVP. Starting goalkeeper Chase Van Bibber was

COURTESY UA MEN’S SOCCER

THE ARIZONA MEN’S CLUB soccer team won the 2017 National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association tournament. The Wildcats beat Texas 1-0 in the championship game.

put on the National All-Tournament team alongside teammates Jeremy Siwik (Catalina Foothills HS), Peter Rudnick (Catalina Foothills HS) and Molina.

With six games in a span of 72 hours, the ball had to bounce just right for Arizona to make its title run.

“You need a lot of talent and a little luck;

we for sure got it,” Rhodes said.

So, with a new season rapidly approaching, what will the theme for next year be?

Rhodes said it will be “relentless.” Twentyone players will be returning for the fall of 2018. Expectations are high for the UA men’s club soccer team, and winning back-to-back national titles will be the new objective.

UA STUDENTS GET TASTE OF WORLD CUP FEVER

BY DAVID SKINNER @DavidwSkinner_

Every four years the world’s best soccer players put their long-awaited summer vacations to the side and take part in the most fervently followed and watched sporting tournament in the world, the FIFA World Cup. It’s a grueling and unforgiving tournament that has built and cemented legacies, while also tearing them down in excruciating fashion.

Many players’ failures and mishaps follow them and sometimes even define them long after their boots are hung up. In other words, it’s an experience unlike any other.

It’s that experience University of Arizona Assistant Professor in Russian/Slavic Studies Benjamin Jens and a handful of students who are in the UA’s World Soccer Study Abroad Program got to take part in.

This year, they took a trip to Russia, the host country of the 2018 World Cup. The program is based in the College of Humanities, so yes, this is an actual course on campus (HUMS 376).

While in Russia, the group experienced the live atmosphere of a FIFA match, watching the Iran vs Morocco Group Stage game.

“It was a great experience, even from the upper

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THE WORLD SOCCER STUDY abroad program allows students to study the history of soccer and of the host country. Currently students are in Russia, with guidance and support from the University of Arizona.

rows of the stadium,” Jens said. “Just being in the crowds on the metro on the way to the game, as all the fans were chanting, singing, jumping. It was a great build up, and they never seemed to stop once the game started.”

Jens and his students also got to experience the

buzz that Russia possessed being a host nation.

They got to watch the opening match of the tournament, Russia vs Saudi Arabia, with the locals in Moscow, which saw the Russians win by five goals, setting off a nationwide celebration.

“I think at the start we were all hoping Russia would win a game or two, but no one — not even the Russians — expected the team to go very far,” Jens said.

Russia kept winning, making it into the quarterfinals, keeping the party going for UA’s group to take in.

“I think having Russia do so well helped the program as well, as it meant the overall interest in the games and the energy in Moscow was at a high level throughout our stay,” Jens said.

Even though seeing the soccer being played all across Russia was exciting, the legendary tournament was a distant second to Jens.

“I’d have to say my favorite experience this year has just been seeing the students have an enjoyable time in Russia and put their humanities skills to use as they personally engaged with the people and culture,” Jens said.

As the tournament and trip came to a close, one thing is for certain — nobody who was in Russia this summer is going to forget what they experienced.

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NEWS | MILITARY OUTREACH PROGRAMS

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ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS and veterans engage in a discussion about emphatic verb use for college assignments on July 15 during the Warrior-Scholar Project. The program, aimed at helping members of the military better adapt to college life, runs on campus from July 13-29.

Academic ‘bootcamp’ exposes vets to campus life

BY ALEXANDRA PERE @DailyWildcat

A two-week program exclusively for veterans and active-duty military members has returned for its second year at the University of Arizona to help transition vets into college life.

Warrior-Scholar Project, which runs from July 13 through 29, is an independent organization that works with the UA to provide an “academic boot camp” that helps lead veterans toward degrees in higher education.

“We call it an academic boot camp because it takes a boot camp to transition from high school to military life, so we reason that it will take the same thing to transition a military person back to civilian life,” said Sidney Ellington, executive director of the program.

Buster Miscusi, 26, an active duty Marine Corps member, is participating in the 2018 program.

“A program like this helps you plug in with that purpose and asking those hard questions that need to be answered about what’s next and who we are and why we do what we do,” Miscusi said.

Many of the veterans joining the WSP have never been to college and are most likely firstgeneration college students, according to Ellington. The abrupt change in lifestyle can make college seem intimidating to veterans and active-duty members.

The WSP is a crash-course on college where veterans stay in dorms, meet with professors and experience student dining for free. They get a taste of the college experience while taking classes.

“What we do ... the first week is liberal arts classes, and then the second week is STEM classes,” Ellington said.

Jason Guba, 22, is an active duty member of the Marine Corps. While excited to go through both the STEM and liberal arts portions, he knows what he needs to focus on.

“I know that humanities and history are my weak points so trying to identify where I’m struggling with reading and writing will help me when I actually take on the humanities and

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the liberal arts in a college setting,” Guba said.

Ellington hopes the program will serve as a bridge from active duty to civilian life and wants to see WSP participants apply to state and private colleges and universities instead of for-profit colleges.

“We are trying to say that they don’t have to settle; we want them to rethink what their future could be like,” Ellington said.

Cody Nicholls is the assistant dean of students for Military and Veteran Engagement at the UA. Nicholls was introduced to WSP in 2016 and paved the way for the two-week program to be held on campus.

“Having the ability to engage with veterans in an academic setting prior to the first day of the semester is a tremendous opportunity for both the veteran and the University,” Nicholls said.

Arizona is not the first university to hold a WSP bootcamp on campus — it started at Yale in 2012. Since then, according to data from WSP’s 2017 national annual report, only three percent of warrior scholars who enrolled in college after WSP have either postponed or did not finish their degree.”

That figure contrasts with the rate of the general population of veteran students who didn’t finish a four-year degree within six years, which was 44 percent, according to the annual report.

The project gets most of its funding from grants and private contributors. Per the annual report, total expenses from the program last year totaled $1,260,097. With the help of private contributions, the program has already expanded and is offered at 17 schools, according to a recent press release.

Mike London, WSP’s chairman of the board, said in a preface to the group’s annual report that he is confident he and others built a program that helps veterans who want to help themselves.

“We are witnessing a new class of leadership in formation which will have a tempered, compassionate and intelligent sense of self-worth and community. These qualities will change how they think about themselves, how others think about them, and how we all will benefit,” London said.

They don’t have to settle; we want them to rethink what their future could be like.”

— Sidney Ellington, WarriorScholar Project Exc. Director

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OPINION | LIVE MUSIC

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BY PASCAL ALBRIGHT @pascalloves

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ith summer halfway through its course, Tucson night life is just beginning. A new concert season is upon us, so with that as an excuse, go out with friends and have a great time.

As young adults try to find their place in this world, it is most important for us to go out and try new things, while also living life to the fullest. The phrase “YOLO” — or “You Only Live Once” — became popular in 2011 with pop artist and rapper Drake, and the youth caught on soon after.

Even if the phrase means less today than it did in 2011, I think the amount of young people going to concerts, parties, live events and generally being active has increased. I try to do something in the community at least once a week, whether it be seeing a local band perform at a coffee shop or going roller skating with friends.

According to Isabella Goulden in an article published by The Odyssey, “going to a concert or a small show with friends and hearing someone

perform their music in front of a live audience is so much better than just listening to them on your phone or computer.”

She goes on to explain reasons why concerts are better than listening to music through headphones.

One reason is the atmosphere. Being surrounded by people who share the same interests, whether at a concert or other live event, brings your selfconfidence out and allows you to spark conversation with like-minded peers, which will definitely build your social skills.

Building a social network, especially away from social media, is an important factor in growing up.

One of the solutions for helping bolster up your social self is experiencing those live events.

There are several concert venues in Tucson, like The Rialto Theater or Club Congress, and bands perform in local coffee shops every other day. This is a great way to meet new people. I am close with several people I have seen at local rap concerts or coffee shop concerts.

Maxwell J. Mangold wrote in an Elite Daily article that, “while the mind is exposed to countless emotions each day, both good and bad, it influences stress for survival purposes when a danger is perceived.

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My main point is that everyone goes through life at different rates, but living life with social interactions is something that people, specifically young people, should take advantage of.

For those not of the legal drinking age, there is still a lot to do, so don’t feel discouraged. Concerts are a way to go, or you can take a group of friends to places like a bowling alley or skating rink. You can hit up a street festival or find a late-night party to go to and meet new people.

Broadening horizons and interacting with new groups of people not only builds self-esteem, but also gets you comfortable in larger groups, and that is what being young is all about. Yes, it is nice to sit on the couch and watch Netflix, but there is nothing like listening to your favorite band perform only a few feet from you. Live life and figure out who you are — and use live events to help you do that.

I get daily emails on concerts coming to town and am planning to see Desert Fish in the near future as well as Soccer Mommy this fall.

— Pascal Albright likes to attend concerts, parties, events and meet new people. The last concert he went to was $abor, a local rapper.

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ARTS & LIFE | DESERT LIVING

DESERT RAIN FROM PAGE 4

Although the monsoon rains have certainly influenced farming and agriculture in the Southwest, they have also deeply influenced culture.

“Tucson has always been a multicultural community,” Sheridan said. “There are all these rich traditions around the monsoons that are still prominent today.”

Sheridan outlined San Juan’s Day, which evolved to become linked to the monsoons when the Spaniards brought their traditions to the Southwest.

One of those traditions that existed long before the arrival of Europeans and still exists today is the harvest of saguaro fruit, a Tohono O’odham tradition, which comes to a climax just before the monsoons are welcomed to the desert. “[The monsoons are] usually the last thing to come,” said Tina Andrew, an ancestral ranger at Saguaro National Park. “The fruit is ripe and many of them have opened up, and then when the rain hits it and it’s hot the next day, most of the fruit spoils.”

Andrew grew up on a reservation in a village called Ghaka, where she spent much of her free time enjoying the outdoor world. She grew up harvesting the saguaro fruit, or bahidaj, every year.

The Tohono O’odham rise before dawn and pick fruit until not long before midday. Using saguaro rib picking poles, Andrew and others would knock

off a few fruits from every cactus and toss them in a bucket.

At the end of the harvest day, Andrew brought the sugar-sweet fruit to her grandmother, who fermented it to create ceremonial wine used to welcome the monsoon rains.

“Looking at it from a spiritual point of view — harvesting the fruit, then processing the fruit to create the ceremonial wine and then using the ceremonial wine, through song and dance, to call the rains in — it’s not only important to us and the native crops, but we understand that it’s important to all life,” Andrew said.

For that reason, the Tohono O’odham don’t harvest all the fruit on each saguaro and they don’t pick them the day they ripen, either.

“For O’odham, we’ve always understood the process that it’s important not to take all of the fruit,” Andrew said. “Even before we picked, when the fruit was ripe, we don’t go out there right away. We were always told that you let the animals take first because they are the ones responsible for spreading the seeds.”

It means a lot to Andrew that the Saguaro National Park allows her people to continue this tradition on their ancestral land.

“During the monsoons, there is just an explosion of life, and it’s important that we understand that the water gives that life to us, the plants and the animals,” Andrew said.

ANA BELTRAN | THE DAILY WILDCAT

THE TUCSON MONSOON CREATES clouds behind a barrel cactus before the rain. The cactus and other desert plant life rely on the rains for their water needs.

NEWS | CAMPUS NEIGHBORHOODS

AVENUE

would buy that and I’m not buying this,” Kozachik said.

Speaking with the Daily Wildcat, Kozachik still harbored doubts about what the apartment complex’s culture would be, regardless of EdR’s assurances.

He cited EdR’s status as the nation’s largest student housing developer and owner of nearby apartment student-housing complex the District on Fifth as cause for concern.

“It’s what EdR does, it’s their product,” Kozachik said. “It’s a different student housing product, but it’s still a product that they sell. You can’t do student housing on this property, because the zoning prohibits them from doing group dwelling. The only way that they’re getting around prohibition on group dwelling — which is student housing — is the way that they are leasing the rooms.”

Kozachik also cited his presence on the city council during the development and passage of Fourth Avenues’ Infill Incentive District — an amendment to Tucson zoning code in and around Fourth Avenue and the downtown district — and claimed EdR was violating the spirit of the code.

“If Circle K opens up a store saying, ‘We are not really a convenience market, because we aren’t going to be open 24/7, nobody

Local First encourages community involvement For its part, the non-profit Local First, known for its advocacy on the part of locally owned businesses, issued a statement through its director for Southern Arizona, Michael Peel, echoing Riggs sentiments for “smart development.”

“Promoting ‘smart growth’ in the economy and best practices to support localism are the most important areas for the movement to work towards in the future,” Peel said. “The new developments on Fourth Avenue present an opportunity to create a long-standing precedent that can support both developers and locally owned independent businesses and lead to a better mix of economic development benefits.”

Peel said Local First also encourages Fourth Avenue stakeholders, local businesses and developers to buy in to the concept of a mutually bargained CBA. “The CBA process is the best shortterm option to support locally owned independent businesses with new developments and can move quickly with enough support,” Peel said. “The CBA precedent is one that can be accomplished for the local economy.”

Riggs said she encourages locals and

FROM PAGE 7

ALEXANDER PEET | THE DAILY WILDCAT

A VIBRANT MURAL IN the outdoor patio pays ode to The Flycatcher’s former name, Plush. The previous club opened in 2001 and was later sold and renamed The Flycatcher in 2014.

students alike who are interested in helping preserve the culture of the avenue to get involved.

“If you are interested in helping out, check out the Save Fourth Ave: Heart of Tucson’s

Facebook Page or website,” she said. “We also put up times for pertinent City Council Meetings or other actions. I encourage folks to engage with our city government through letter writing or attending meetings.”

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ARTS & LIFE | NEW PROGRAM

COURTESY GLOBAL CAMPUSES

BRENT WHITE HAS BEEN appointed the interim vice provost for UA Global Affairs. He said he plans to grow the organization in the following years to reach more students across the world.

UA Global looks to redefine education

BY MONICA BARICEVIC @monicabaricevic

UA Global is the merging of International Education and the Office of Global Initiatives into one unit. Through strategic planning, and with the help of 70 stakeholders across campus, the process came to fruition in the fall.

Brent White is the new dean of Global Campuses and interim vice provost for Global Affairs and was previously the vice provost for International Education. He said he was pleased to be awarded the position.

According to a UA Global announcement provided by the University, White will lead the process of combining the offices of International Education and Global Initiatives into the singular unit.

“Through this newly-formed unit we will redefine global education in the digital age, setting a new standard for global engagement,” White said. “We will do so by embracing technology, building a global network of educational partnerships, scaling global research and expanding access to global experiences for UA students.”

UA Global consists of several units including UA Study Abroad, International Student Services, International Education, International Partnerships, International Faculty and Scholars and International Admissions.

“Essentially, if it’s global, it’s here,” White said.

UA Global is excited to continue to grow its global micro-campus network, enrich student abroad opportunities, recruit and support international students and help to improve the planet by tackling and solving grand global challenges, according to White.

“At UA Global, we are committed

to expanding access to study abroad opportunities for students. We offer programs at varying durations, even during spring and winter breaks. Many semester abroad programs cost less than a semester in Tucson … we’re sending more Wildcats abroad than ever before, and we are constantly seeking out new pathways,” White said.

There will be four new UA micro-campuses opening this fall and White said that “the goal is 20 or more locations by 2025, setting the UA apart as one of the most global universities in the world.”

Through White’s background of attending universities such as Duke and New York University as well as study abroad experiences he said he has become passionate about the study abroad experience.

Suzanne Panferov Reese, associate vice president for global engagement at UA Global, said studying abroad provides diversity for students.

“Studying abroad is important because it exposes students to new places and often new languages and cultures. We need to be able to work with and understand diverse points of view and studying abroad changes the lens we see the world through,” Panferov Reese said. “Even a short experience abroad can help a student learn about another world and that will help the student down the road in job placement and even further studies.”

Study abroad options are available to all students, including incoming freshman, that can participate in the Global Bridge Program, a program that allows them to earn six credits over the summer in places like Orvieto, Italy.

“We can’t do any of this work alone.

We will continue to work with and engage people across campus, Tucson, Arizona and beyond,” White said.

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POLICE BEAT

BY JON RICE @JSCatReport87

You’re suspended!

A University of Arizona Police Department officer traveling northbound on Park Avenue noticed a Chevy sedan being pursued by a silver Saab at approximately 1:15 a.m. on July 7. Both vehicles proceeded south on Park and turned west on Second Street at high speeds.

As the officer followed, both vehicles failed to stop at stop signs located at two intersections on Park.

The officer continued to pursue, believing the Saab was actively pursuing the Chevy and that the driver of the Chevy was aware of the pursuit and was attempting to evade.

The officer eventually caught up to the Saab as the driver came to an abrupt stop in front of Wildcat Laundry. The officer initiated a traffic stop. While the officer contacted dispatch, the driver of the Saab exited the vehicle.

The officer told the driver to get back inside the Saab. The driver refused. The officer then unholstered his weapon and approached as the driver raised his hands. The officer asked the driver if he had any weapons on him, to which he responded no.

The officer then asked the driver for his license and why he had exited his vehicle. The Saab driver responded that he was trying to show the officer that he was cooperative.

The Chevy that the Saab was pursuing then suddenly stopped behind the officer. The driver of the Chevy started shouting at the officer that the driver of the Saab was chasing her.

Another officer soon arrived on scene to interview the driver of the Chevy. The driver said she wanted the Saab driver to know he couldn’t drive like that in the future and wanted him to learn from the incident.

When the original officer continued questioning the driver of the Saab, the driver said he had been exiting Jack in the Box’s parking lot as the Chevy was entering it. The Chevy had almost struck his vehicle and he chased her down as a result.

The officer asked the driver of the Saab if he had engaged in road rage and if he had a short temper.

The driver responded yes to both questions. The Saab driver’s license was found to be suspended.

The Saab driver was arrested on one count of reckless driving and one count of driving with a suspended license. The Saab was sent to the impound for a mandatory 30-day period.

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NEWS | ALUMNI & GRADUATES

Alumni Association changes rules

BY EDDIE CELAYA @Reportereddie

The University of Arizona Alumni Association expanded its membership base recently without even holding an extra graduation ceremony.

On July 2, the association issued a press release announcing its decision to make all UA graduates eligible for general membership. Previously, membership had been limited to those willing to contribute money to the association.

According to Melinda Burke, president of the UA Alumni Association, the change was in response to what other peer institutions have done with their alumni associations. However, Burke said the change is all in the name of being more welcoming.

“There have been examples of alumni associations who have changed their model in order to … be more inclusive and by opening membership to all alums, we can truly embrace the idea that we are Wildcats for life,” Burke said.

The addition of all graduates as general members raises membership in the association to an estimated 290,000 members worldwide, according to Burke. That’s a significant jump from nearly 15,000 members before the change.

Like American Express before it, membership in UAAA has its privileges, according to Burke.

“Throughout the institution, we have embraced the idea that we want to have givers instead of joiners,” Burke said, noting that discounts will be available to alumni from various retail stores and services, such as 1-800-Flowers. The change in membership should also help with using those benefits, Burke said.

“They were, quite frankly, not very well utilized,” she said.

Graduates who become sustaining members by giving money are also eligible for benefits and discounts, in addition to knowing their contribution, or “gift,” is going towards programs UAAA supports, Burke said.

“We are trying to generate programming and benefits that benefit everybody,” Burke said. “So for example, we have two years into this career lab, the alumni career lab. And we have webinars, we have resources for young alums for resume development and interview prep.”

According to the press release, alumni who graduated five years ago or sooner are subject to a $15

CHRIS RICHARDS | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

RECENT GRADUATES CELEBRATE DURING the 154th University of Arizona Commencement Ceremony.

There are now over 290,000 world-wide members of the UA Alumni Association.

CHRIS RICHARDS | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

A GRADUATE IS EMBRACED by Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat during the 154th University of Arizona Commencement Ceremony. Beginning July 1, all UA graduates are general members of the UA Alumni Association.

renewal fee. Those who graduated longer than five years ago are subject to a $50 renewal fee. All membership contributions are tax deductible, according to the press release.

Sustaining members also receive a decal, mailing labels and three issues of Arizona Alumni Magazine a year on top of the discounts at UA arts and sporting events, according to UAAA’s website.

For UAAA, all contributions and gifts are turned into funds to help either the UA itself, or packaged into scholarships and leadership programs for current students.

Alumni who are already sustaining members will not have their membership changed, according to the press release.

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SPORTS | ALUMNI IN SPORTS MEDIA

ESPN’S Draft expert shows off scouting skills

BY ALEC WHITE @AlecWhite_UA

If you tuned in to see any of ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage last month, you also saw Mike Schmitz.

ESPN’s draft expert was practically in your living room, feeding you information about the top selections and breaking down their NBA potential.

Schmitz’ basketball analyses have recently become a staple of some of ESPN’s most viewed shows.

From SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt to the Draft special, Schmitz is now one of the more recognizable faces in a company branded as “The Worldwide Leader in Sports.”

Before any of that, Schmitz, a University of Arizona alum, spent three years as an Arizona Daily Wildcat sports writer, working three different beats at one point. Eventually, he broke into the UA basketball beat.

Schmitz started playing basketball at the age of three and played until he was 18. Later, he began to apply what he learned to his analytical eye for the game,

DAVID SKINNER | THE DAILY WILDCAT

ESPN DRAFT EXPERT MIKE Schmitz poses for a photo on July 7 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

specifically in video work, which he started at ValleyoftheSuns.com.

“Sure, I’ll teach myself how to use video,” Schmitz recalled. “I think I have a good feel for players’ strengths and weaknesses, so I started creating these video packages.”

Quickly advancing from there to DraftExpress, then to Yahoo and now to ESPN, Schmitz’ draft analysis has been defined by dedication to the craft of advanced scouting and attempting to see as many prospects as possible.

“You can’t fake it,” Schmitz said. “You can really tell if people are trying to fake it, especially in terms of scouting.”

The 2012 UA graduate now spends his days traveling, not just around the United States, but internationally as well, to see the top up-and-coming basketball players in the world.

Schmitz went overseas to scout 2018 lottery pick Luka Doncic several times this past year, including going to a game in Belgrade, Serbia, where Doncic shot the game-winning shot.

The 2018 NBA Draft class turned out to be one of the most heavily dissected

groups in recent memory, with several potential franchise-changing players such as Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley III and Doncic in the fold.

Despite being one of the cornerstone voices of ESPN’s draft reports, Schmitz isn’t worried about how close his analysis will match a player’s pro career, nor how his rankings hold up years later.

“The confidence comes from putting in the work,” Schmitz said. “Our reps are making sure we are scouting everyone and we’re making calls, getting the right intel.

So as long as I do the work to make the best evaluation possible, then you live with it. Nobody’s perfect in this business.”

The 2018 Draft may be in the rearview mirror, but Schmitz’ process starts all over again.

He spent a few days at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas to see how the top picks fared in their first few games, appearing on air several times to give his breakdown.

Schmitz then heads to Sofia, Bulgaria, where work begins for the 2019 and future draft classes.

SPORTS REPORTER’S JOURNEY COMES FULL CIRCLE

BY ALEC WHITE @AlecWhite_UA

The road to being an NBA reporter — and this year’s Summer League reporter — has been a long one for Ashley Nevel.

A 2013 University of Arizona journalism grad and co-founder of the Sports Journalism Club on campus, Nevel covered UA basketball and football as part of the inaugural ESPNU Campus Connection program.

It was an experience that she says still amazes her and got her foot in the door in the sports media world.

From there, Nevel got credentials to cover Summer League, showing up to the chaotic Vegas environment with nothing but a selfie-stick and a phone looking to take advantage of an opportunity.

“I had no one to film for me,” Nevel said. “I was just grabbing interviews left and right. I was getting Devin Booker, Damian Lillard, Tom Thibodeau, big NBA names.”

That’s when she met the genius behind Sin City’s Summer League extravaganza: Warren LeGarie.

Nevel stayed in touch with the director of NBA Summer League, sending him occasional reels.

The connection payed off, as Nevel now works for LeGarie as an official Summer League reporter.

“It’s just crazy how things go in full circle,” Nevel said. “I’m not gonna say the journey hasn’t been hard because you might have something so great for the moment but then you’re thinking ‘what’s my next move?’”

On top of that, Nevel also has her own show titled “The Nevel Up-Date,” which is anywhere from 5 to12 minutes long.

While it may sound easy, she is a one-person army putting it together, so it’s not a stroll in the park.

“Making and editing a show like that is very tiring; it’s very difficult,” Nevel said. “Because not only do you have to be getting what you’re talking about [on] camera, but you have to write it down, you have to get the clips — all this other stuff.”

The biggest aids for Nevel have been the relationships she has built with others in the sports media industry and not being afraid to reach out.

From making stops covering AAU

games to covering the Super Bowl and Final Four, Nevel has had a well-rounded but everevolving exposure to sports.

Recently, Nevel has even appeared as a “Your-Take” guest on ESPN’s morning debate show First Take, facing off against Max Kellerman.

In this year’s Vegas Summer League, Nevel gets personal oneon-one interviews — as well as her own camera man — with players and any NBA celeb that might walk into the scene.

Nevel’s key to working her way into this position has been her exuberant on-camera personality.

“I like to be fun and interactive and not always ask the hardest questions,” Nevel said. “I like the guys or girls to feel comfortable when talking to me about anything. Sports are supposed to be fun.”

And what better place to have fun covering sports than in Vegas?

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!! 2nD STREET houses – luxury living minutes from campus ‑ $565/ month individual lease (includes furnished living, dining, back porch & internet). https://universityren‑ talinfo.com/property/2nd‑street‑ houses/ CALL 747‑9331 2 bEDROOM/1 bATh, covered parking, water/sewer paid, AC, 6th/ Euclid, $795 if paid early, APL Prop‑ erties, 747‑4747 2bED/1bATh, newly remodeled, off street parking, water/sewer paid, AC, Speedway/Euclid, $800 if paid early, APL Properties, 747‑ 4747 nO nEED FOR roommates! Furn/ unfurn, studio and 1 bdrm within walking distance to campus. Free wifi, gated community, sparkling pool, off‑street parking, laundry on site and pet friendly. University Manor 1525 N. Euclid 520.624.3836 STuDIO, OFF‑STREET parking, Speedway/Euclid, water/sewer, gas pd, $550 if paid early, APL Proper‑ ties, 747‑4747 unIvERSITy gARDEnS AnD Uni‑ versity Park Apartments are waiting for you! Stop by to reserve your spacious, quiet apartment now at 1333 N Tyndall Ave! Walking dis‑ tance to U of A. 1 bed starting @ $750, 2 beds starting @ $950 and 3 beds starting @ $1100. REMOD‑ ELED 2 beds start @ $1150. Prices are for the whole unit per month!

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+++++++++++++++lARgE 5 & 6 BEDROOM HOUSES ‑ $500/month – Individual Leases (includes fur‑ nished common areas & internet) minutes from UA. Call 747‑9331 https://universityrentalinfo.com/ property/blacklidge‑houses‑6‑bed‑ room‑individual/ 2 bEDROOM ADObE Casita for rent furnished or unfurnished. Lo‑ cated next to Tucson Racquet & Fit‑ ness Club, which offers 24 hr ame‑ nities including tennis, pickleball, racquetball, handball, classes for yoga, heated pools and hot tubs, as well as dieticians, personal trainers, and message therapists. Sports bar and restaurant on premises. Starts at $995/mo, can negotiate for lease less than 6 mo. Pets ok. Call Ed at 219‑5017.

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Large backyard w/ covered patio and misters. Plenty parking. Avail‑ able July 2018, short‑term lease negotiable. Call 323‑363‑5913. lOOkIng TO ShARE large 3bdr/2bath townhome with 1 other person in McCormick Place (Ft Lowell/Columbus.) Easy access to U of A. $575 all inclusive. Elec‑ tric, A/C, W/D, carport, Direct TV, WIFI, pool, jacuzzi. Contact Karol 520‑326‑4157.

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