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IN THIS EDITION | VOLUME 112, ISSUE 40 News

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A Q&A with UAPD Chief of Police Brian Seastone

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OPINION | GREEN PARTY

Three was never a crowd in electoral politics

BY CLAUDE AKINS @claude_akins

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n July 5, the Green Party of Pima County won in court to ensure the party would be on the ballot this November.

The dispute was over whether the party met the requirements for ballot status; they claimed they did and that the court made an error. The court agreed with the party in clear language — starker language certainly than Mike Cease, the secretary of the Pima County party, had used in a conversation with me prior to the ruling.

It is understandable that he wanted to remain cautious, and the intention of the city clerk

remains unknown.

The judge ruled: “The City of Tucson and its clerk abused their discretion and acted arbitrarily and capriciously by not including the Green Party as a political party qualified for the August 27, 2019 primary election ballot.” So there you have it.

But why is this significant? Right now, some type of three-plus party electoral politics is less about actual governance than symbolic action.

What is more pertinent to where we are in 2019 is the ideological expansion of political discourse.

Some have claimed that Jill Stein, the 2016 Green Party presidential candidate, was a “spoiler candidate.” What these critics are saying is if Jill Stein hadn’t run, Hillary Clinton might be in the White House. This assumption is odious. It assumes if Stein hadn’t run, those voters would have gone to Clinton and she would have won in Wisconsin, as if there weren’t any distinctions between a Clinton voter and a Green Party voter.

In some ways, the Green Party is ahead of the Democratic Party. The call to meaningfully address climate change has been a pillar of the party for a long time while the Democratic Party has only now made it part of the national conversation, and that is due to the newcomers, not the old guard.

One of those newcomers — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, another insurgent outsider party.

The same goes for the right wing. The Libertarian Party is to the GOP as the Green Party is to the Democrats, perhaps with more success: There have been Libertarian governors, like former presidential candidate Gary Johnson.

Christopher Cole of the local Libertarian Party said that the ideological divide between the GOP and the libertarians has had a real effect on the ballot, not dissimilar to what the Green Party experienced.

“The Libertarian Party believes that the more choices the better,” Cole said via email. “There are issues between the AZ GOP and the AZ Libertarians and the AZ GOP has worked to keep us off the ballot.”

According to Cole, the Libertarian party is winning an increasing number of elections at the state and local levels. But winning seats isn’t the only effect. Both Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders won as Democrats, though the differences between them and say, Joe Manchin, are about as big a divide as you can have within the same party.

Third party politics act as a change agent. The next mayor of Tucson will probably not be a Green Party candidate, but the wider the parameters of discussion, the more room to develop ideas, and soon the status quo begins to change.

At least we can hope.

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OPINION | GREEK LIFE

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Get to the greek

BY ARIDAY SUED @Aminaj__

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reek Life… oh so very known but yet so many questions on how to get involved. At the University of Arizona, we are fortunate enough to have 53 fraternities and sororities on campus. There are three governing councils that the 53 different groups belong to. Greek Life exists at the UA to strengthen students’ academic and co-curricular experience while also being immersed with developmental opportunities to create purpose in greek members all around.

The United Sorority and Fraternity Council is home to 12 identity-based sororities and 9 identity-based fraternities, including the Divine Nine fraternities and sororities. They require a minimum college GPA of 2.5, meaning that you can join after your first semester! If you’re looking to join a USFC sorority, the process for joining can vary by organization. However, you can start by filling out a USFC interest form and they will be in contact with you regarding the events the council will host for those interested to meet and learn about the different chapters.

The Panhellenic Council represents 13 sororities at the UA that belong and are represented through the National Panhellenic Conference. The main way to join a Panhellenic sorority is to go through formal recruitment.

Some sororities participate in informal recruitment in the Spring. It is encouraged to go through formal recruitment with a minimum of a 3.0 core GPA from high school or a 2.75 college GPA if you have 12+ college units. Formal recruitment allows all the women interested to visit and interact with the women of each chapter. The week-long process consists of three sets. Throughout the week, the women will visit less chapters and attend longer events based on

mutual likeness.

By the end of the week, the women going through formal recruitment have to make a final decision by choosing the Panhellenic sorority that they feel the most comfortable in. Set One is the first two days, where the first day each woman visits half the houses the first day then the other half the second. Set One is all about getting to know the women, the chapter and, most importantly, the women in the chapter getting to know how awesome you are. Set Two is also two days, and the potential new members will visit up to nine chapters and learn about the chapters’ philanthropy. Set Three, also known as “Sisterhood Day,” is where potential new members will visit up to six chapters and consists of house tours if the chapter has one. On the last day, known as “Preference,” the women will visit up to two chapters wearing more formal clothing to ultimately make their final decision afterwards.

The women will receive their bids August 25 and celebrate with their group off campus. Final registration closes August 1.

The Interfraternity Council is home to 27 national fraternities that require those going through formal recruitment in the fall or informal recruitment in the spring to have a minimum 2.75 core GPA from high school or a 2.5 college GPA if you have 12+ college units. Similar to Panhellenic formal recruitment schedule, IFC has rounds instead of sets. Round One will be two days consisting of the first day visiting half of the IFC organizations and visiting the next half on day two. Round Two is two days where potential new members will visit up to 12 organizations between the two days. Throughout the week, similar to Panhellnic recruitment, men will visit less and less houses throughout the week and will have to choose the one that fits them best.

The men will receive their bids on the first day of classes and celebrate with their chapters. Final registration closes August 1.

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NEWS | SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

UAPD Police Chief talks safety for the new school year The Daily Wildcat sat down with Chief Brian Seastone of the University of Arizona Police Department to discuss what the UAPD does for students, how to be safe on campus and ways to enjoy your time here at the UA.

BY SADIE CRUZ @SadieMCruz

Daily Wildcat: How long have you been with the University of Arizona Police Department?

Brian Seastone: 39 years. It’s been a long time.

DW: How did you get involved with UAPD? BS: When I moved down here from Colorado in 1980, I had been a deputy sheriff in Colorado. I had the opportunity to work a lot with the University of Colorado Police Department and I really enjoyed the type of policing that you get to do. In many ways, it’s a lot like being a county sheriff, only on a smaller basis, because you get to know the community, you can get out and interact a lot more. And so I put in my application here and, lo and behold, here I am today.

DW: What would you say is the best part about your job?

BS: As cliché as it sounds, it’s being at the university.

It’s working with and beside just really incredible people. From students, faculty and staff, to the visitors that you get here, because it’s just such a wide range of people. The university keeps you young. I’m not quite the brown-haired guy I used to be many years ago, but it just keeps you young, and each year there’s a new excitement with a new class coming in. And that just kind of reinvigorates you every year.

DW: What are some other services that the UAPD offers to students?

BS: Oh, we have a number of things. We have a crime prevention unit that provides presentations throughout the year, starting with orientation and really through the faculty, staff and students on just about any topic. We have our intern program, which we started about two-and-a-half years ago now, that allows us to have up to three interns each semester for students that are interested in law enforcement and want to see how we work or how law enforcement works. Our program has gotten a very good response.

We have our community service officer program, which are students that work for us. They’re our additional eyes and ears out there. It gets them, again, a behind the scenes understanding of law enforcement. You don’t need to be a criminal justice [major]. We’ve got folks that’ve been engineers and everything else that wanted a job, wanted to see what we do. We have our liaison program in our residence halls and the greek system, where we have officers

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assigned to those areas that can be a one-on-one resource.

We know people coming from some areas of this country, the university is bigger than their hometown.

So it gives them a contact and it allows the officers to get to know people in that residence hall or that greek affiliate house. Besides the day-to-day law enforcement functions, we really want people to know that we’re their hometown police department and we know that people sometimes come with a different view of what law enforcement is. One of the things we really try to do is get people to understand that we’re here for you, we want you to succeed, we want to help you be safe and that it really is a community effort.

So, being out and engaged and involved, I think, is another one of our big assets.

DW: What are some ways that students can help keep others safe on campus?

BS: Just being really great citizens, and, that is, if you see something that just doesn’t seem right, go ahead and give a call. We’ve got our LiveSafe app because, for some reason, people are afraid to call 911, but with the app, they can go directly into our dispatch and report whatever is going on and our dispatcher can then communicate back and forth. If it’s a crime inprogress, we ask that they call 911 just because we can get the information faster, we can relay it, et cetera.

But watching out for each other, we know that with the environment, you can kind of get comfortable and so you may not be paying attention, et cetera.

Especially in that first six weeks of school, it’s tough for people to get acclimated. So that buddy system of, “Hey, just checking on you,” or if you’re going out to a party, maybe go in pairs. Watch out for each other.

Don’t be afraid to ask somebody if they need some help. I think that’s probably the most important thing.

Or just be a caring person. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen somebody fall or something and people just keep on walking by. You don’t see that very often here. Somebody’s always going to stop and help

COURTESY BRIAN SEASTONE

BRIAN SEASTONE IS THE UAPD Chief of Police.

people up. That’s just being a good person and a good community member.

DW: How can students keep themselves safe?

CHIEF, 5

We’ve got our LiveSafe App because, for some reason, people are affraid to call 911”

— Brian Seastone, Chief of Police

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NEWS | SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

CHIEF

FROM PAGE 4

BS: For all the years I’ve done crime prevention, it almost feels like I preach, but it’s not meant to be. It’s being aware of your surroundings. You know, you’re new to Tucson or you’re going out and you’re not really sure about this person, let somebody know where you’re going, with whom and when you expect to return home. We know that we can never eliminate alcohol and drug use, but realize that if you’re not used to drinking, it doesn’t take a whole lot to impair your decision-making. So be cautious with that, especially that first six-to-eight weeks of school because of that, “I’ve got to go to that party, I’ve got to fit in.” You should still be yourself, watching your own behavior, locking your doors, even in your residence hall.

You know, we all want to think we’re safe and everything, but it only takes a minute for somebody to find an open door, and if your computer is sitting there, laptop or iPad, it can go away.

Remember to watch stuff in the library if you’re studying there. Just don’t leave your backpack and those types of things. A lot of the same things we’ve been told since we were little kids, lock

the doors and watch out.

We’re very fortunate here on our campus that we don’t have a lot of crimes against individuals. It’s more of the property crimes, the theft and burglary, that type of thing, so minimizing that risk is really important.

From another safety standpoint, we’re all addicted to [cell phones] right now.

You’ll see so many people paying attention to [them] instead of looking around, crossing streets without looking, headphones in while running or walking, and you can’t always hear what’s around you. So be cautious with [them] as well. Don’t text and drive. You know, Tucson has the city ordinance and there’s now the state law that will go into effect in 2021. But right now it’s on the books, but it can’t be a citable offence. People need to be aware of those things, because it only

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takes a second. Honestly, a second to distract and all of a sudden, you’ve hit somebody or somebody has hit you.

DW: Do you have any advice for our incoming students this year?

BS: My advice is what I’ve done for years, and that’s enjoy. Get to know people, get out of your comfort zone a little bit and just meet people.

We’ve got 100-and-some countries represented here. There’s 500 clubs and organizatiwons to get involved with.

Being involved helps people feel that ownership. Be careful. Don’t succumb to peer pressure. Be yourself. Study!

That’s why you’re here! Get into a habit, a routine.

Reach out to the folks back home every once in a while, because they still worry about you. Moms and dads and family members and friends are always

there for you. It’s really important that they’re a part of your life and engaged.

I miss mine a lot, I want to call them and they’re just not here anymore to do that, so keep in touch. And just… enjoy. This is such a great place. Not only the university, but the Tucson area, all of Arizona. There’s just so much to see here.

Another thing is that college is a different environment [than high school]. Set realistic expectations for yourself and don’t get down on yourself. There’s so many resources for students to utilize, like the ThinkTank.

Get to know your instructors. You may need a letter of recommendation or something like that down the line and it’s easier to get it if you have a relationship with them.

Get to know people, get out of your comfort zone a little bit and just meet people”

— Brian Seastone, Chief of Police

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ARTS & LIFE | LION KING

Lion King reboot surpasses expectations

BY DESIREE GUERRERO @des__guerrero

One of the most highlyanticipated, long-awaited movies of the year has arrived, and certainly does not disappoint.

The Lion King, the CGI remake of the 1994 animated classic, hit theaters this past weekend, and, as expected, has already broke boxoffice records.

Raking in more than 500 million dollars its opening weekend, The Lion King has surpassed previous Disney remake records, with an all-star cast including Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Seth Rogan, and James Earl-Jones (reprising his role as the voice of Mufasa).

The visuals are stunning, truly displaying the warmth, color and power the movie is hoping to convey. Being a CGI remake, this has given the opportunity for realism, which exceedingly surpassed all expectations. From the animals to the background, the realism shown in this movie is a wonder to see and experience.

The plot is familiar to those who have seen the original, with scenes that mimic the animated classic, something many were expecting and hoping to see. Although the visuals and realistic CGI are a strong force in the film, the voice actors bring the characters to life with an impressive force. These key components make the movie whole, strong, powerful and an overall delight to experience.

Throughout the movie, the plot is fluid, with the story solid and an amazing performance by the cast. There aren’t many plot holes or anything lacking in the overall story.

Everything seems to tie together, making it easy to watch while truly enjoying it. Many of the movie’s scenes were destined to seem familiar to those movie-goers who have seen the original. In spite of this, the remake was able to include new scenes in addition to the story, making it seem like you weren’t just watching the 1994 story scene by scene. The directors of the movie were able to make it all connect, flow and throw in that

PHOTO COURTESY IMDb

A SCENE FROM THE 2019 remake of Disney’s The Lion King, showing Timon, Pumba and Simba on their journey.

bit of nostalgia the audience was hoping for.

Another appeal to this movie was not the film itself, but the soundtrack. Featuring music from its cast, the film did not disappoint as far as its musical numbers and sequences.

One memorable song featured in the film is the duet between vocal powerhouse Beyoncé and soulful singer Donald Glover, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” a remake of the song performed by Sir Elton John in the 1994 original.

Although the film includes many favorite songs from the original, it also boasts new ones that add power to this remake. One being “Spirit” performed by Beyoncé, which contains elements of a boy’s destiny in becoming a man, which highlights Simba’s path to finding himself and fulfilling his destiny as king.

SPOILER ALERT: Fans of the original are aware of most of the spoilers bound to repeat in the film, one of the most prominent being when Simba’s father, Mufasa, is ultimately killed

by his brother Scar.

With the help of hyenas, Scar is able to come up with a plan to set up Mufasa and Simba. Scar leads Simba to a ravine and has the hyenas set off a stampede of animals his way. He then seeks his brother Mufasa to inform him of the danger Simba is in.

By doing so, Mufasa hurries to help his son. Although Mufasa is successful in saving his son, he finds himself hanging off the cliff and hoping for Scar’s help. Scar does not assist Mufasa, and lets him fall to his death. This remains one of the most emotional parts of the story, which is the key element to Simba’s narrative.

With the mixture of astounding visuals, life-like CGI, powerful moments and an amazing soundtrack, The Lion King 2019 is a true summer blockbuster.

PHOTO COURTESY IMDb

THE MOVIE POSTER FOR the 2019 remake of The Lion King

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OPINIONS | ZONE OUT

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Get out of your WILDCAT comfort zone SPIRIT!

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BY SELENA KUIKAHI @DailyWildcat

Incoming freshman, this one’s for you.

How to better ensure your success at the University of Arizona: A preachy tidbit regarding autonomy, self-actualization and anxiety.

Initially I was going to construct some sort of list-icle that’d cover over-stated study habits, best places to eat that take CatCash, and the coolest bathrooms around campus.

However, in digging through my own memories of freshman year I realized that those were some of the least important facets that contributed to my personal definition of success. Eventually, everyone finds their academic groove. The real, unspoken challenge for a new student is securing a sense of belonging and comfortability in their new environment.

Ensuring social success is just as important to the college experience as its academic counterpart.

If you’re coming into college with your high school friends, kudos. You might be less worried about assimilating into your new surroundings than someone who doesn’t have a flock to lean on. I’d still advise both versions of college-newbie to branch out beyond their comfort zone every once in a while. It’s absolutely easier said than done, and although the idea of throwing yourself into a civic mosh-pit can seem daunting, it’s foundationally crucial.

At times, it may feel like you’re not connecting with the people you’re supposed to connect with. Collegiate social circles can consist of clubs, honoraries, Greek life and etc.

The honest search for close friends can seem like an endless cycle of getting to know someone then realizing you just don’t fit as solidly as you’d hoped. Some people find their best friends within the first week, and some fall into those friendships right when it seems like it’s too late. Don’t be quick to be disheartened. At no other time in your life will you be surrounded by so many people that also want to make friends than in your freshman year of college.

If you happen to be a transfer student

and/or past your first year, the odds can seem slightly more out of favor for you.

I’d like to pass on the advice of a friend of mine that went through exactly this: join a few extra clubs to place yourself among people whom of which you share common interests.

Pack on some communal responsibilities, meet new people and weed out which spaces you want to return to. You don’t have to stay in a club if you later realize it’s not your thing or doesn’t fit in your schedule. But, by going to a few meetings and talking to the other members, you’re sure to make a few connections that could possibly develop.

Aside from active friend-making, a key factor that contributed to saving my sanity freshman year was countering my anxiety with exactly what made me anxious. If you’re anything like the first-year version of me, being in public alone can be dispiriting.

It can be easy to coop yourself up in your dorm and count down the days until the next break, but in doing so you’re actively prosecuting your own defense.

Absolutely take the time you need to amp yourself up for life outside of the dorm, but don’t let that personal time turn to isolation. Afford yourself the illusion of company.

It may sound nutty to some, but it’s proven that merely being in public spaces is good for your mental health. Simple things like not taking a meal back to your dorm but eating it outside, or doing homework in the library rather than in front of the same boho tapestry and string of twinkly lights give you opportunities to simply be around people.

With a student population of nearly fiftythousand, I can assure you that you are not alone in your feelings. Give yourself the chance to not only get comfortable with doing things by yourself, but also the chance to see some familiar faces and, wait for it, exchange some “hello’s” once in a while.

This strategy also helps in strengthening your confidence and autonomy. Finding yourself is just as, if not more important than finding your people.

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NEWS | RAINY SEASON

KGUN 9 meteorologist Cuyler Diggs talks monsoon safety With the monsoon season’s beginning, Tucson should be expecting many much-needed rainy days this summer. However, monsoon season brings with it a whole list of safety hazards, some that are obvious and some that aren’t

BY SAM BURDETTE @samburdette4

To prepare for the desert’s coming rainy months, the Daily Wildcat spoke with KGUN 9 weather anchor Cuyler Diggs for more details on monsoon season and how to stay safe throughout it.

Daily Wildcat: When does monsoon season usually start in Tucson?

Cuyler Diggs: A few years ago we changed the system where it used to be a measure of a 54 degree dew point for three days in a row and then monsoons started, but for keeping records and everything, we found that it was just a better idea to switch to a calendar start and stop date. So on the calendar it starts June 15 and ends September 30.

Now, that’s the calendar. In reality, the monsoon usually kicks into gear around Tucson and Southeastern Arizona around the Fourth of July, but this year it’s obviously gotten off to a slow start … It’ll get into gear here, but I think it’s not really going to really kick into gear this year maybe until August the way it’s looking right now. We’ll have a couple of active days here and there, but nothing real widespread or consistent probably until we get into August.

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about our monsoon is that it occurs over a very dry desert region, and obviously with that we can get some pretty heavy thunderstorms and flooding and gusty winds and dust storms and all that kind of stuff. That’s probably something they don’t see too much of in India where they see a monsoon as well. They don’t have the desert and the dust issues that we do here.

DW: Can you explain some safety hazards that come with monsoon season?

CD: Our biggest threat that we see are dust storms and flash flooding, and of course we’ve got lightning in there as well. But our biggest threats are the dust storms that get kicked up by these thunderstorms. So you get the thunderstorm that develops and it displaces a lot of air.

That air needs to move somewhere, and we call that outflow from the thunderstorm. That outflow goes along the ground and it’ll kick up anything in its path including the dust, and obviously dust is very easy to be picked up by the wind, so you get these blinding dust storms that unfortunately cause real problems on our highways around the region and it can even disrupt air travel.

And then we have flash flooding, and the flash flooding is a real issue. We hear about these unfortunate incidents every year where we’ve got a swift water rescue, and sometimes there’s a good ending to the story and sometimes there’s not, and that’s why we just continue to hammer on that: Don’t drive through flooded washes because it only takes about six to eight inches of rushing water to carry you away and even move a vehicle.

Turn Around Don’t Drown,”

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DW: How do Tucson monsoons differ from rainy seasons elsewhere?

CD: It’s a seasonal shift in wind. So a lot of folks will hear the term monsoon and they’ll think maybe like India or someplace like that, and it’s basically the same thing that’s happening in areas that do get a monsoon around the world, it’s just a seasonal shift in wind. The one here, it’s unique. They’re all unique in their own way. Over the desert, it’s pretty amazing that you can see dewpoints as high as we get – into the 60s and maybe even the 70s sometimes – because everybody thinks of the desert as being this hot, dry place and they’re just always shocked when they come here in July and August and it feels almost like you’re in the Deep South of the United States. That’s probably the most unique thing

DW: How can people protect themselves from these safety hazards?

CD: The best thing during a severe thunderstorm or a strong thunderstorm that’s producing these gusty winds and heavy rain and even hail and lightning is … to stay inside. And obviously that doesn’t work too well for working people or students at a college campus or a high school campus. So if you’re in that situation, try to stay inside those areas, just wait to go home until that storm has passed. You usually really only have to wait about 20 or 30 minutes. If you’re caught driving in the storm, just remember: “Turn Around Don’t Drown.” We can’t say it enough. If you come upon a place in the road where there’s water that’s running across that road, even if it looks safe to cross, don’t do it, because you never know,

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that road may have washed out underneath that water.

And then you end up with a real problem trying to go through there, and all of a sudden, your car sinks or you get stuck in there.

As far as the gusty outflow wind, well, if you’re stuck out in that, just find a place of shelter if you can. The same goes for lighting. One of our other little catchphrases is “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors,” and that’s absolutely true. You don’t want to mess around with lightning bolts, not something that can reach about 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That’ll kind of ruin your whole day.

DW: What are the dangers of flash floods?

CD: Well, they happen so quickly. And the thing that catches a lot of people off guard is that – a thunderstorm

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happens over the mountains, and they’re very likely to happen over the higher terrain first. Well, here you are down in the city or maybe you’re out in the desert, and you see that thunderstorm off in the distance, it’s dumping some pretty good rain in the hills, and you’re thinking, “Eh, we’re fine.” Well, just remember, that water has to go somewhere, and it’s going to go downhill and follow those washes. So even several miles away from that thunderstorm, give it enough time, if it’s dumping enough rain, that water will come down those washes, and it might take a half an hour to and hour to reach where you’re at. But, sure enough, all of the sudden, you look up and here’s this rushing water coming down the wash … You got to pay attention to these days where we have thunderstorms in the forecast, if you’re planning on hiking or going to these swimming holes or whatever, just make sure you’re aware of your surroundings, and that includes watching the skies.

DW: How should people prepare for the upcoming monsoon season?

CD: Just make sure that you’re educated. We try to help people do that. Tune in to your local media. Try – especially if you’re new to the area – try to learn a little bit about what the monsoon is and what it can bring. And, as far as physical preparation, make sure you’ve got things locked down. If you’ve got patio furniture or a trampoline out there or something like that, make sure it’s secured, because these winds can pick up a trampoline and carry it a block away … But education is the biggest preparation … If people are just aware of the dangers, then they’re more likely to avoid those dangers.

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NEWS | SPACE TRAVEL

Apollo 11’s moon landing celebrates 50 years

BY SAM BURDETTE @samburdette4

On Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m., in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11’s moon landing, University of Arizona graduate student Amanda Stadermann spoke in the Warden Oasis Theater at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum about the moon’s continuing scientific significance.

Stadermann, a UA graduate student of geosciences and planetary sciences and lunar and planetary geologist at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, created an interactive presentation to illustrate both the importance and difficulty of NASA’s lunar missions.

According to Stadermann, a Desert Museum member, the Planetary Science Institute found her through her website and asked her if she would speak at the Desert Museum to honor the Apollo 11 moon landing, which occurred 50 years ago on July 20, 1969.

“I love the Desert Museum, personally … so I immediately said yes and was very grateful for the opportunity,” Stadermann said.

In her presentation, Stadermann encouraged the audience to design their own moon mission based on a few steps.

Participants chose their preferred landing site, decided what to bring on the mission and drew their spacecraft, keeping a theoretical budget of $500 million.

Stadermann explained that the activity served as a simplified version of the process NASA goes through when designing a moon mission.

A variety of options for potential landing sites were given, and Stadermann explained the scientific significance of each, including a pit that could protect astronauts from harmful radiation and frozen water on the moon’s north and south poles. Both features could enable astronauts to stay on the moon longer.

Of all potential landing sites, Stadermann said she thought the best area to study would be the South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest impact basin on the moon.

“The interior of the moon is so important, and its composition is so important,” Stadermann said. “If you sent a sample return mission [to the South Pole-Aitken basin], that would be amazing … that would give us the best possible opportunity to study the mantle of the moon, which we don’t have.”

Stadermann said there is still so much more scientists can learn from the moon.

“For one, it’s a testing ground for a lot of other missions,” Stadermann said. “And … it has processes in its pure form, so if you want to study impact cratering or volcanism, then the moon is basically the

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LUNAR AND PLANETARY GEOLOGIST Amanda Stadermann at the Jet Propulsion Lab with the prototype Axel Rover that Moon Diver will use.

best place for that because not much else happened on the moon and not much else will happen on the moon.”

Stadermann went on to note the moon’s importance to interdisciplinary studies, including how radio astronomy would be easier from the far side of the moon than it is from Earth.

Several audience members left the presentation more educated about NASA’s lunar missions and the moon in general.

Kate Robinson, an attendee of the presentation, said she was “surprised and happy that we’re still working to go back to the moon,” but that she was disappointed to learn how much NASA was limiting creative minds.

Others gained more information after the formal presentation when they were given the chance to ask the lunar and planetary geologist questions.

Jeff Freeman, another audience member, said he had a better understanding of why viewers on Earth only see one side of the

moon and “never get to see a different view.” Stadermann explained it takes exactly the same amount of time for the moon to rotate once as it does to complete a revolution about the Earth, meaning only one side will ever be visible.

Stadermann stayed after her presentation to speak one-on-one with attendees who wanted more information on the topic.

Annette Henderson, who spoke with Stadermann after the presentation, said that she liked how Stadermann “explained what a moonquake was – how it could occur,” since there are no plate tectonics on the moon. Stadermann explained to Henderson that moonquakes could be the result of impacts or expansion and contraction due to temperature changes.

As for the future of NASA missions, Stadermann is hopeful for a return to the moon and a change in NASA’s primary goals.

“I would like a continued focus on not just engineering goals, but science, and I

think that is definitely going to happen,” Stadermann said.

She also said she thinks there will be NASA missions to the far reaches of the Solar System.

“That’s a very exciting place,” Stadermann said of the outer Solar System, “and there’s a lot of … possibility for habitability out there. So, there’s oceans underneath crusts of ice … that could be really important for … finding other life in the Solar System, which is NASA’s main goal.”

Stadermann said her ultimate career aspiration is to be a lunar astronaut, and she said she believes her experience would make her a contender for the position.

“I think I’d be a great candidate since I’ve been studying the geology of the moon for six or seven years now,” Stadermann said.

Second to a trip to the moon, Stadermann said she would like to be a professor or a researcher at a university or NASA.

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TINO’S PIZZA IS LOCATED at 6610 E. Tanque Verde RD. Here is a large selection of on-tap beer available for purchase at Tino’s Pizza.

From pizza fanatic to pizzeria owner Around the Corner is a new series by the Daily Wildcat that focuses on niche places students can visit.

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Just about every town has its own favorite local pizza place. For many in Tucson, it’s Tino’s Pizza.

Located at 6610 E. Tanque Verde Rd., Tino’s Pizza has been serving Tucson since 1984. Though its address changed around in the past, it found its home at its current location in 1993.

Tino’s Pizza is owned and operated

by Dino Choinis, who got his start in the business as he was growing up, working in pizzerias through high school and college.

His time in the industry prompted him to open his own pizzeria – Tino’s Pizza.

“I just grew up working in [the pizza business] and I had an opportunity to get one going so I went for it,” Choinis said.

According to Taylor, an employee at Tino’s Pizza, the pizzeria’s name is a mixture of the owner’s name Dino and his sister’s name Tina.

Tino’s Pizza’s a more traditional pizzeria, differentiating it from pizza chains, Choinis said.

“Everybody has their own take on pizza,”

Choinis said. “We just consider ourselves like a traditional kind of pizza, with a family atmosphere.”

Over the years, Choinis has employed his family members but now focuses on hiring youth in Tucson.

“When my kids were little, they worked here, but now I just have employed a lot of younger people from the community and schools – U of A, Pima,” Choinis said.

Beyond the community focus, everything at Tino’s is made to order from scratch. “[The dough] is hand-stretched,” Choinis said. “We make all our products daily, fresh dough, grate cheese, make tomato sauce, chop fresh vegetables, things like that.”

Additionally, Tino’s Pizza has options for pizza-lovers with dietary restrictions and will do their best to be accommodating to any request, according to Choinis.

“We do … vegan, vegetarian, we have a gluten free crust,” Choinis said.

As for what sets Tino’s Pizza apart from other restaurants, their focuses are customer service, high food quality and supporting local businesses.

“I think that’s why we’ve sustained 35 years,” Choinis said.

Tino’s Pizza also has a wide local following and sees many people come back for more.

“We probably get about two to five [regulars] depending on the day,” Taylor said.

One such regular, Thatcher Klumpp, has been eating at Tino’s for 23 years. Right out of college, Klumpp began working at National Semiconductor, an electronics manufacturer, at its location on the same stretch of Tanque Verde as Tino’s Pizza.

Klumpp discovered Tino’s when a coworker took him there and has been going back ever since.

“Because [Tino’s Pizza] was practically right across the street, sometimes we would just walk there,” Klumpp said.

According to Klumpp, he ate there at least once a month, and some of his coworkers went more often than he did.

Although he has since moved jobs, Klumpp still occasionally stops by the restaurant. For him, Tino’s Pizza stands out for its tasty menu, good prices and consistently great service.

“It’s in my top five favorite pizza places,” Klumpp said.

Other long-time customers Debbie and Chris have been coming to Tino’s for over 20 years. They had begun going to the restaurant when it was located in Marana but followed it to its current location on Tucson’s east side.

When asked how Tino’s held up to other pizzerias, both said it was better than others, with Chris adding with a laugh, “We come back.”

As for what to order there, Taylor recommended either the buffalo chicken pizza or the buffalo chicken sandwich.

Debbie said her “go-to is the meatball sandwich,” with Chris in agreement, saying it was one of his favorites as well.

Tino’s Pizza offers a variety of hot wings, breads, salads, sandwiches, alcoholic beverages and, of course, pizza from personal pizzas to pizza by the slice to “The Big Mo,” a 20-inch party pizza. The menu also features a few University-of-Arizonathemed specialties like the “Calzona” and “The Wildcat,” as Choinis is an Arizona Wildcat fan.

For more information on Tino’s food and prices, visit their website at tinospizza.com.

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ARTS & LIFE | FILM FESTIVAL

UA Alumni bring Native American stories to life

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Native American stories are coming to life on the big screen with the help of four University of Arizona alumni.

Presented by the UA’s Hanson Film Institute and the Cline Library at Northern Arizona University, the Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival celebrates indigenous world cinema, featuring short films made

by UA alumni.

“I think that diversity film festivals are so important because it brings different stories and different worlds to a screen and to audiences who might have never seen these films before,” participating filmmaker Christopher Nataanii Cegielski said.

Cegielski began his filmmaking career by making comedy films out of Legos for his friends. He eventually traded his Legos in for real people and made his short film “Bloodlines” while he was a junior at the UA. Since then, he has been making films for six years.

“The whole aspect of storytelling inspired me to become a filmmaker,” Cegielski said. “I think that I am more drawn to storytelling and creating a story that makes people feel different emotions.”

At the festival, Cegielski will be showing three short films, including the aforementioned “Bloodlines,” which was his senior thesis.

“It’s about two brothers trying to get the acceptance and respect from their father by killing the wolf that’s killing their sheep,” Cegielski said.

Cegielski described his time working on “Bloodlines” as a slow burn. He said making the film was a long process, working on and producing it for half of a semester.

“Half of the time, it felt like it was going to happen and at other times it felt like there was no way it could happen,”

Cegielski said. “It would all fall apart but come together at the same time.”

The next short film Cegielski will show is called “BE KNOWN.” It is a oneminute commercial piece for a non-profit organization called Wings of America, which promotes healthy lifestyles in native youth around the country through running.

“I was part of a program called Project Involve in Los Angeles and that program awarded me the Sony Pictures Diversity Fellowship and gave me a little grant,” Cegielski said. “I put some of it aside for a project, which is “BE KNOWN.” I got some good old friends together and we went up to Gallop, New Mexico and shot it over a course of four days.”

Last but not least, Cegielski will be showing another short film, titled “The Fight Before the Fight.”

“It’s a portrait piece I made about a Muay Thai kickboxer out of Sylmar, California named Jake Ramirez,” Cegielski said. “His whole deal is that he was young and a little bit out of control and didn’t really have a grasp on his life. He paid the price for that and got beat up at a party and went to Muay Thai to learn how to protect himself, but as he started taking Muay Thai, it consumed him in the best way possible.”

In addition to the Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival, Cegelski has showed some of his short films at other film festivals.

According to Cegielski, “Bloodlines” went to imagineNATIVE, the largest indigenous film festival in the world, as well as Berlinale National Film Festival and Sun Valley Film Festival.

Similar to Cegielski, Stacy Howard, is another UA alumna who will be screening one of her short films at the festival.

Howard wants to bring Navajo stories to the big screen, taking inspiration from movies she watched while growing up on the reservation.

“Smoke Signals was a film that was pretty inspirational because it was a film about Native Americans,” Howard said.

“Watching it was an inspiration because it was like, ‘Oh hey, somebody is making native films.’ It was something that sparked in me.”

Howard will be showing her film “Amásání” at the festival. She describes the film as a tender story about a rebellious young girl’s relationship with her traditional Navajo grandmother.

“The story starts off with the little girl getting in trouble at school, and her mom tells her that she is going to go stay with her grandmother,” Howard said. “When she goes there, she experiences how her grandmother lives every day.”

“Amásání” has been shown at 12 film festivals, including imagineNATIVE and the Native Cinema Showcase, which was a presentation of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

“I was able to attend the Native Cinema Showcase and it was totally awesome to see all the native films there,” Howard said.

Donavan Seschillie, a UA alumnus as well, will also be showing his short film, “The Rocket Boy,” at the festival. After convincing his grandfather to go to watch “Saving Private Ryan” with him, Seschillie was inspired to make movies just like it.

“The Rocket Boy” is a story about a young boy who loses his father, so he builds a rocket ship in order to find him. Seschillie said that it is his most personal film.

“It took about three years,” Seschillie said. “I was getting ready to go to the UA and at the same time I was writing the short film. Then we shot it over three months and another year to edit it.”

Seschillie’s hard work paid off when “The Rocket Boy” was picked to be showcased at Sundance in 2011.

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CHRISTOPHER NATAANII CEGIELSKI’S FILM “Bloodlines” was his senior thesis and will premiere at the Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival this week.

it,” Seschillie said. “During the time we finished it, it was hard to get into any film festival.”

Sarah Del Seronde is the final UA alumna that will be showing a short film at the festival. According to the festival’s website, her film, Metal Road, explores the dynamics of livelihood, family and the railroads through the lens of a Navajo trackman.

The Flagstaff Red Screen Film Festival will be held in Flagstaff from July 24-28.

For more information on the festivities, visit the festival’s website.

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NEWS | ASTEROIDS

$3 million from NASA enables UA to study asteroids

BY NICHOLAS TRUJILLO @fantastic_nick

The University of Arizona was recently chosen as one of the colleges for the Minority University Research and Education Project Institutional Research Opportunity, or MIRO. The grant gives the UA, and Puerto Rico $3 million over three years to study what Jekan Thanga, the principle investigator of the MIRO project, simplifies as asteroids.

“Asteroids are an important issue in terms of planetary defenses,” Thanga said. “We need to know and learn about them sufficiently so that we can mitigate such an impact in the future.”

In the case of an impact of a large asteroid, Thanga and his team hope to create ways to study asteroids, first with robots and then with humans.

Instead of training like Bruce Willis and detonating a bomb to destroy an asteroid, the team instead will first create CubeSats, or a miniature satellite, that could study the environment around it by using the humans controlling it back on Earth.

According to Thanga, the CubeSats come in varying sizes with the most smallest one named the 1U. The 1U versions have a volume of “... 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm and have a mass of 1.3 kg. The more popular configuration, the size of a loaf of bread, is the 3U, with a volume of 34 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm and mass of 4 kg.”

However, the CubeSats have more functions than acting as lone satellites.

“With this platform, what we are seeking to do is to get students to build on the CubeSat platform and build the CubeSats into a centrifuge,” Thanga said. “In other words [a spacecraft] that’s going to spin in space, and by having the spacecraft spin, it’s going to produce a centripetal force which simulates gravity.”

The reason that Thanga and the team want to get to an asteroid is it could give humans new ways of looking at asteroids.

The asteroids could hold the reason why it affects people in certain ways when they pass overhead and could also reveal new fuel or access to more of the same fuel we use on Earth. According to Thanga, it could also tell us where humans came from.

“Just being able to monitor and figure out what the composition of asteroids are, what material they are made of, would actually help us figure out our own origin, the origin of Earth and the origin of life,” Thanga said.

The project will dive into studying the geophysics “in a way

DIGITAL RENDERING COURTESY UA NEWS A DIGITAL RENDERING SHOWS what the CubeSats, that are built by students, would look like in space.

no one has done before,” according to Erik Asphaug in a press release from UA News.

The research behind this project could also help scientists get in tune with the technology behind space travel. While humans have not been to the moon in 50 years, the technology has stayed the same since then, which contrasts the mini computers in the pockets of the world.

“If you don’t continue to mingle with it, you, in a sense, forget it,” Thanga said.

However, the current trend seems to have been leaning back toward space travel. For 19 years, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin aerospace company has researched ways to get back to the moon and even further.

The Amazon owner’s company does get about $1 billion in revenue each year, according to an article by IEEE Spectrum.

Blue Origins, according to the same article and another from Blue Origins, has a goal to get people to the moon by 2024.

Although the research team at the UA won’t be sending people to the moon any time soon, the small steps are a part of a process that Thanga is currently spearheading with his team.

To get to the asteroid, Thanga and his team hope to have this first step of the process push them forward to the next step, which could mean training astronauts differently than before.

“We want to build a semi-permanent facility,” Thanga said.

“It would be spinning in space. At that rate of spin, you can simulate asteroid conditions, you could simulate the surface of the moon.”

The facilities would also have the tools necessary to keep training the astronauts until they feel comfortable with going to the asteroid or moon.

Thanga hopes that the research also changes the culture of how science is currently practiced. According to Thanga, scientists don’t talk to engineers, content with using the equipment they are provided.

“Our model is to include the science folks right from the beginning in terms of how the ship will start out,” he said. “We feel that this will be more powerful.”

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What’s next for the big Screen Due to the recent hype around biopics, the DW staff wanted to share their thoughts on films that should be made Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora

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Princess Diana

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s biopics rise in the cinema scene, I would love to see a remake of Diana, Princess of Wales. While captivating America in the British monarchy for the first time, Princess Diana was an activist for areas ranging from the impending AIDS epidemic to the use of landmines. She inspired others around her to be compassionate of others.

Her personal struggles were on display for everyone to see. But that did not stop her from being kind. I

would love to see a movie about her life and ultimately her tragic death.

She modernized the royal family, acted as a fashion icon and showed compassion for the people.

I think that watching a movie about Princess Diana would show young girls that struggling with things like depression and eating disorders happen to everyone, even princesses. Highlighting that everyone is human shows that everyone struggles but, moreover, that we should be nice to all. The world’s fascination with Princess Diana has not ceased and a movie about her would reflect that.

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n world history, the story of Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora always captivated me. Justinian ruled in the sixth century during a tumultuous time for the Eastern Roman Empire.

Unlike many ancient royal marriages where the empress acted mostly as an heir-giver, Theodora

Tom Petty

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ith music biopics on the rise, I think it is time we pay tribute to one of the greats in the rock ‘n’ roll industry, Tom Petty. With his passing in 2017, it is only in due time that a film about his life be made. Also, the soundtrack would be badass.

His career as a multi-instrumental musician started in 1968 and only skyrocketed with his appearances in his band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and supergroup The Traveling

Willburys.

His career has led him to produce some of America’s greatest songs, including but not limited to “American Girl,” “You Got Lucky,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Into the Great Wide Open” and “Breakdown.”

He was also known to collaborate with some of the greats like Stevie Nicks and George Harrison.

Not to mention his success as a solo artist.

I’m just saying, I think it would be super cool to see a biopic about this rock ‘n’ roll legend and Hall of Famer. Let’s make the right choices and cast someone dope to portray Petty and give him a final honor. Also, again, the soundtrack would be dope af.

exercised much control over her husband Justinian.

In fact, during a riot directed squarely toward the emperor himself, it was Theodora who convinced Justinian to stay and essentially deal with the consequences, shaming his desire to run.

Considering her unorthodox influence over her husband and humble beginnings in a class lower than the one she married into, Theodora would be a great candidate for a biopic and be a refreshing difference from Hollywood’s recent focus on modern stars.

Rukmini Callimachi

BY NICHOLAS TRUJILLO @fantastic_nick

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he podcast “Caliphate” took listeners by storm when it was first released. It detailed Rukimini Callimachi’s findings on the Islamic State and the fall of Mosul.

The podcast gets juicy during the second episode when she finds and interviews a former ISIS member about why he joined and how he got out.

The podcasts detail his involvement and what he had to do to join, which includes killing innocent people and other things of that grave nature.

Her team also stumbles across a building that was destroyed, yet she found piles of papers that linked prominent members of

the Mosul community back to the group. A wild ride of information if you ask me.

Then, during the later episodes, it turns out that everything that was being shared from the former member was a lie. The team checked back on many things the informant said and his stories did not match up with anything he previously said.

This movie would make a great biopic because of how gritty they can make it. The podcast rarely hid details and it used natural sounds to immerse the listener. I know it sounds like I’m just giving a shoutout to the podcast, but it was a great listen and giving it a visual narrative would be killer in today’s biopic rave.

Just don’t make it into a musical like “Rocketman.” Probably not the best tone.

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MOVIES

FROM PAGE 16

George “The Rube” Waddell

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G

eorge “The Rube” Waddell was born in 1876. He learned to pitch by throwing rocks at birds. The 1800s were weird.

He was an unpredictable person. During games, he would leave to go fishing. If a fire truck went by, he’d run after it mid-game. He was easily distracted by puppies and shiny objects.

Here’s how baseball historian Lee Allen described one year in the life of The Rube: he began “sleeping in a firehouse at Camden, New Jersey, and ended it tending bar in

a saloon in Wheeling, West Virginia. In between those events, he won 22 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, toured the nation in a melodrama called ‘The Stain of Guilt,’ courted, married and became separated from May Wynne Skinner of Lynn, Massachusetts, saved a woman from drowning, accidentally shot a friend through the hand, and was bitten by a lion.”

But he was good. In 1905, Waddell won a triple crown in pitching, finishing 27-10 with 287 strikeouts and a 1.48 ERA. In 1904, his 349 strikeouts would go on to be the modern era record for 60 years.

Dear Coen Brothers, I am begging you.

COURTESY DAN O’BRIEN

GEORGE “THE RUBE” WADDELL’S win-loss record was 193-143. Many of those losses were due to his frequent in-game desertions.

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College of Medicine gets $8 million scholarship gift

BY CLAUDE AKINS @claude_akins

The University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson has received an $8.8 million gift from the estate of 1975 alumnus Dr. Ronald K. Baker.

Included in the grant is a $5.9 million scholarship endowment — the largest of its kind to ever be received by the college — to help financially needy students pay for their education.

“This gift is an incredible vote of confidence in the enduring value of a UA education,” UA President Dr. Robert C. Robbins said in a UA News press release.

“His legacy will live on to shape the future of medicine through research and teaching, but particularly in the careers of students who are given the opportunity to excel and become compassionate physicians, regardless of their financial circumstances.”

This scholarship will help reduce the cost for an expensive education. Tuition for Arizona residents begins at $33,930 and at $55,508 for out of state students and students are expected to spend a

minimum of four years in the program.

Debt for medical students is significant — the median debt for medical school graduates in 2018 was $200,000, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

That high cost of attendance might discourage some students.

“We suspect the cost of medical school dissuades some students from pursuing a medical education, particularly individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in medicine,” said George Humprhey, the assistant vice president of UA Health Sciences and Communication, over email.

“Student educational debt is a significant concern for the College of Medicine – Tucson,” Humphrey said. “At the same time, the College has no problem filling its incoming classes. In fact, last year we received almost 10,000 applications for 120 slots. Nearly one-third of the Class of 2023 self-identifies with a racial or ethnic group that is underrepresented in medicine, such as Mexican American, African American and Native American.”

That is why expanding philanthropic

support will be a continued strategy for the college, Humphrey said.

Other support for students is coming from the legislature. HB2747 appropriates $8 million to Arizona medical students at both the Tucson and Phoenix colleges who intend to work as primary physicians in under-served areas of Arizona.

“Like the Baker gift, this scholarship program, which we hope to have in place in spring semester 2020, won’t be able to help all students,” Humphrey said.

“But it does begin to help students enter primary care professions, and it will help address Arizona’s shortage of primary care physicians, which currently is estimated to be more than 550 statewide.”

Cost and student debt will continue to have an affect on medical students, and reducing those costs are a “major concern that both UA Colleges of Medicine, the UA Health Sciences and the entire university are committed to address,” Humphrey said.

This scholarship is not the only contribution Baker has made to the school, having established the Ronald Baker Chair in Anesthesiology, which provides funding for faculty positions.

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AN ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR of the college of medicine works with DNA in a lab.

Baker earned both a doctorate in chemistry and a medical degree from the university and went on to work as an anesthesiologist in Denver for his entire career. He died June 8, 2017.

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