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The UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, the first of its kind, has mapped natural history through the beauty of tree rings

Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 – Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 VOLUME 110

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THE BRYANT BANNISTER TREE Ring building, located in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, holds multiple samples of both large and small tree rings for public viewing.

This building is the home to a two-ton tree ring sample of a Giant Sequoia tree that once stood in Sequoia National Park.

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OSIRIS-REx: Countdown to Bennu

BY NICHOLAS JOHNSON @DailyWildcat

The countdown clock that has been hanging in the UA Kuiper Space Sciences building for the past five years will see its end on Sep. 8 when

the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins its mission to the asteroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx is tasked with the mission of retrieving a sample from the surface of Bennu and returning it to Earth’s surface—a mission that will take seven years.

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A panel discussion was held with some of the top scientists working on the OSIRIS-REx project during the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory’s Summer Science Saturday this weekend.

“Sept. 8 is the first attempt at the launch, of course this

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Flandrau opens newly-renovated theater The Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium celebrated its new renovations by hosting a grand reopening full of activities, fun and science

BY JESSICA SURIANO @suriano_jessica

The UA Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium hosted its grand reopening of the Eos Foundation Theater on Saturday, Aug. 27. The theater underwent numerous renovations over the last four months.

The renovations were made possible due to donations from the Eos Foundation, a private foundation that invests in opportunities and projects that will provide children with higher levels of education.

The planetarium celebrated the new theater’s opening day by offering free admission for the surrounding exhibits, and a discounted $3 admission to the planetarium shows.

Jhoedi Sellers, an astronomy sophomore and a student-staff member training to become a planetarium operator, detailed the newly renovated planetarium.

Before the renovations even began, Flandrau retired their beloved star projector after 40 years.

“There was a giant mechanical robot type of thing that had about 109 or 110 ‘eyes,’ kind of like lenses, and his name was ‘Hector Vector Our Star Projector,’” Sellers said. “He was sitting right in the middle of the REBECCA NOBLE/THE DAILY WILDCAT planetarium this time last year, and LILYROSE BRYANT, AGE 6, plays with an interactive installation within the “Puzzles, Proofs, and Patterns: Experience the World of Mathematics” exhibit at the Flandrau Science we had to retire him.”

Center and Planetarium during the planetarium’s grand reopening on Saturday, Aug. 27. Bryant and her father, Nate Bryant, came to check out the grand reopening of the planetari-

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um after hearing about it at the Children’s Museum Tucson last weekend and bought tickets to see the first show of the day.

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GPSC deals with $150,000 budget loss

BY MICHELLE JAQUETTE @MichelleJaquet

The Graduate and Professional Student Council is currently figuring out how to work with a smaller budget this year due to budget cuts and overspending funds last year.

With a budget that typically runs around $900,000, GPSC is now looking to work with about $150,000 less.

As a result, GPSC will be able to provide 300 fewer travel grants than last year.

Recently reappointed GPSC President, Zachary Brooks said the budgetary loss is a “huge hit.”

“It’s the way I think we impact graduate students the most,” Brooks said about GPSC’s travel grants.

“So graduate students will get the money from us and go present at a conference in their field and there will be maybe a famous professor or researcher or someone else, and that famous professor or researcher they meet at that conference could change their entire life.”

GPSC’s funds come from three

different sources: the Graduate College, Student Affairs fees and student services fees. Most of the money given to GPSC must be used for a specific purpose, such as grant programs.

Last year the council had a $200,000 surplus from the 2014-2015 school year, according to Brooks.

“There was a series of communication breakdowns surrounding this situation that resulted in GPSC mistakenly believing that virtually any 2015-16 surplus would expire at the end of the fiscal year,” said Jasmine Sears, GPSC administrative vice president, via email. “To avoid losing money unnecessarily, we spent a fair portion of the year finding non-recurring ways to improve grad student life in as many different areas as possible.”

Some of the non-recurring purchases GPSC made last year included new computers for the English department and a communal research drone for the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, according to Sears.

Though Sears said she recently

found out that GPSC would have been allowed to have $50,000 rollover from the 2015-16 school year to this year, the council did not find out before they had spent most of the rollover money. Now only about $5,000 of the 2014-2015 surplus is left to roll into this academic year.

GPSC’s executive board held its first meeting of the fall semester Thursday night. Topics of discussion included the budget and allocation of monies, as well as some possible restructuring.

GPSC treasurer Jim Collins expressed concern about the council’s past record of spending.

“Again I’ll just keep reiterating my concern which is that we don’t have any record of what we have actually spent on operations in years past,” Collins said.

To make the allocation of funds more traceable in the coming year, the executive board came to a consensus on moving money allocated by their last budget into sub-accounts, such as event spending, rather than a general account.

The executive board also talked about a potential restructuring of

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MEMBERS OF THE PROCESSING team guide NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft into position on a work stand inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft is being prepared for its upcoming launch, targeted for Sept. 8 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

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so when it launches is kind of up in the air. When it comes back is sort of ironic, we know to the minute when it will come back.”

OSIRIS-REx is the first NASA mission set to capture an asteroid sample and bring it back to earth. Scientists working on the project had to come up with a unique system for collecting their sample from the surface of Bennu, which they often refer to as a touch-and-go maneuver.

Lead Astronomer and Science Operation Planner for the project, Carl Hergenrother, explained the design for collecting the sample. “[It’s] like an old round air filter for a car,” Hergenrother said. “We touch this air filter to the surface, and blow these inert nitrogen canisters. This kicks up the dirt, which gets caught by the air filter and like a pogo stick it kind of bounces off the asteroid.”

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft contains an

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ASTEROID SCIENTIST MICHAEL NOLAN, left, answers a question from the audience while OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite lead Bashar Rizk, center, and astronomy lead Carl Hergenrother, right, listen during the panel discussion as a part of the Countdown to Lift-Off! OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Pre-launch event in the Kuiper Space Sciences building on Saturday, Aug. 27. OSIRIS REx begins its mission to the asteroid Bennu when it launches on Sep. 8.

OCAMS camera suite, which consists of means it’s primitive, carbon rich and three cameras: a Polycam, which will be hasn’t significantly changed since its formation nearly 4.5 the first to acquire an image billion years ago. of the asteroid; a Mapcam, Scientists expect to find which searches the area We’re ready organic compounds and around Bennu for satellites for launch. water bearing minerals like and outgassing plumes; and a Samcam, which will It’s out of our clays on Bennu because of continuously document hands and into its characteristics.

The hope is that the the sample and the touchthe hands of the samples collected from and-go maneuver used to rocket people. As Bennu may give some collect it.

“The [OCAMS] suite will long as the weather insight to the origins of life Earth. make the job of gathering cooperates … we’re on“We’re ready for launch,” a sample from the surface in as good of shape said Michael Nolan, of this asteroid a lot safer, and a lot more of a low risk as we can imagine.” senior research scientist, science chief and physical operation,” said Bashar for the project.

Rizk, senior staff scientist —Michael Nolan, scientist “It’s out of our hands and OSIRIS-REx OCAMS senior research and into the hands of the leader. scientist rocket people. As long as The reason that Bennu the weather cooperates … was chosen as the optimal we’re in as good of shape asteroid to visit has to do as we can imagine.” with its composition, size During research for the mission, it was and proximity to the earth.

Bennu is a rare B-type asteroid, which determined that Bennu is actually one of

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the most likely asteroids to collide with earth. Nolan said the odds are somewhere around one in 3,000.

In the off chance that Bennu would collide with Earth, it would not do so for around 175 years, which means that, given the time window, current technology could prevent any sort of collision, according to Nolan and Hergenrother.

UA is hosting an OSIRIS-REx launch event on Sept. 8 from 2:30-5 p.m. The event offers a live stream of the Florida launch, and includes snacks, drinks and activities. To attend, register on the UA Foundation’s website by 10 p.m. on Sept.

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Ken Thurston, a local Tucson resident and father said he brought his daughters to Saturday’s panel, hoping they would learn something new.

“We’ve been really pleased with how engaging the people here are, you can go right up to and talk,” Thurston said. “It’s a fascinating prospect sending something out into space, and bringing samples back in.”

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Sellers said there are now two projectors named after actual stars, Sirius and Procyon, that project onto each half of the planetarium’s theater dome.

These two projectors were installed about two years ago to replace Hector Vector, and still currently allow audience members to be completely surrounded by space’s infinite beauty and mysteriousness.

“That’s what gives us our nice, full dome experience, and it’s beautiful in there,” Sellers said.

Sellers said that the theater also received new carpeting, seating, a new console and more space for seats for the disabled.

While the theater holds roughly 150 people at a time, there were around 250 people in attendance at the grand reopening.

Annabelle Loveridge, a sophomore studying neuroscience and cognitive science and a student-staff member said, “Asteroid: Mission Extreme,” the first show played in the new theater, was sold out this morning.

The planetarium offers multiple different learning environments for visitors, including the “Puzzles, Proofs and Patterns” exhibit and the UA Mineral Museum.

The UA Mineral Museum showcases a wide variety of colorful minerals and jewels, and it’s comprised of samples from many collectors, scientists and curators.

Walking around the “Puzzles, Proofs and Patterns” exhibit, adults and children alike can learn about different ecosystems through interactive projection games and play with puzzles that build mathematical skills.

Carrie Kempf, a technician at UA’s Medical Research building, brought her young son to the planetarium and experienced all that the exhibit had to offer while waiting for the next showtime to begin. “[Flandrau] has very hands-on learning, and a lot of things [children] don’t normally see,” Kempf said.

Noël Hensley, the education coordinator for the Science Center and Planetarium, is in charge of managing field trips for students as well as youth programs such as the UA Fusion Camps, which are offered over the summer for students in kindergarten through the sixth grade.

“It totally excites kids,” Hensley said.

“They can look at the night sky anytime, but they can actually have an operator, someone to guide them through the stars and planets. The kids are convinced the seats move because it actually feels like it. We can actually fly beyond our solar system looking at other universes, it just kind of blows their minds.”

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Journalism professor snags SBS excellence award

BY ANGELA MARTINEZ @anmartinez2120

“She cares so much about students, for her teacher course evaluation she often averages a five which is phenomenal, that means each student gives her a five,” Professor and Associate Director of the Cuillier said.

UA School of Journalism, Sharkey began teaching Nancy Sharkey, won the at the School of Journalism 2016 SBS Dean’s Award in 2010 after working for the for Excellence in Upper [Sharkey] New York Times as a senior Division Teaching from has a way of editor for over 25 years the College of Social and connecting and as a graduate student Behavioral Sciences. at Columbia with students professor David Cuillier, director of University’s School of the School of Journalism, where they just feel Journalism for over 20 years. and Elizabeth Eaton, a “What I love about important and journalism senior and undergrad teaching is the valued.

I think former student of Sharkey, enthusiasm, excitement and nominated her for the she’s probably development of students as award. single-handedly they go through their four “She goes beyond to kept 10-20 percent years,” Sharkey said. “I think engage students in all sorts are by nature of activities,” Cuillier said. of our majors just journalists explainers and that had a lot “She has a way of connecting because of her to do with it.” with students where There are two other engagement.” they just feel important awards given out under the and valued. I think she’s of SBS teaching probably single-handedly —David Cuillier, category awards: the Dean’s Award kept 10-20 percent of our journalism for Excellence in Lower majors just because of her director Division Teaching and the engagement.”

Dean’s Award for Excellence Sharkey also won the in Graduate Teaching.

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“The very first day of class she was telling us about her career at the New York Times and it made me realize that what I write can have an impact on other people,” Eaton said. “Hearing that you can actually make a change as a journalist, I talked to her after class and she had me change my major and put me into JOUR 105 that very day.”

Eaton said despite Sharkey having a successful career, she felt that Sharkey has no arrogance as a professor and genuinely knows she still can learn a lot from her all of her students.

“Nancy is just the best person ever and anyone who has the opportunity to have her is just blessed because she has helped me so much,” Eaton said.

Eaton has had Sharkey as a professor in many classes and is now her teaching assistant for her JOUR 105 class.

“It’s been really rewarding to see the younger reporters grow,” Sharkey said “There’s a consistent experience that happens with every class—I feel the class wakes up and engages in the material and becomes very interested and passionate about the material. That to me is the most exciting part of teaching to me, is seeing that enthusiasm.”

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UAPD to start traffic education program

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As snowbirds return to Arizona for the cooler weather and students return for classes in August, the University of Arizona Police Department sees an increase in injuries to pedestrians and cyclists at the beginning of the school year.

To address this issue, UAPD will begin a Traffic Education and Enforcement Program that aims to lower the number injuries, educate the public and enforce traffic laws on the UA campus, according to a UAPD press release.

Police officers will be deployed to the following locations: • Cherry Avenue and University Boulevard • Fourth Street and Highland Avenue • Second Street and Highland Avenue • Second Street and Olive Street • The pedestrian tunnels at Warren Avenue • Highland Avenue and Olive Street • Sixth Street between Warren Avenue and Tyndall Avenue.

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Med school is for students, not chauffeurs While it seems administrators value personal comfort above student needs, corruption can’t be hidden behind closed doors or impressive titles

BY RHIANNON BAUER @rhiannon_bauer

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eadership at the UA College of Medicine is under accusation of mishandling tax dollars and other administrative issues that need to be addressed swiftly and with no mercy to those at fault.

It’s not entirely clear exactly what is happening or whether all relevant details have come out, but two of the most obvious and apparent details are the following.

First: Dr. Stuart Flynn, the former dean of the College of Medicine-Phoenix campus, and multiple other top leaders of the school, inexplicably resigned to work for a new medical school in Texas. Next: it’s been revealed that Dr. Joe G.N. “Skip” Garcia, vice president for UA’s Health Sciences, enjoys upgrading his airplane seat and taking unnecessary chauffeured vehicles when commuting from Phoenix to Tucson—all on the taxpayers’ dime.

There has to be something wrong here.

Flynn served as dean of the school from 2008 into 2016 and played massive roles in growing the student body and successfully educating hundreds of future doctors. It’s odd that someone experiencing noteworthy success would give that up for something new that could ultimately fail to provide for one equally as well.

Granted, Flynn could have viewed the new school as a wealth of potential and felt that the move would likely be beneficial.

But it’s another major red flag that five of his closest and top team members would follow suit.

The group departure of a dean and their staff is unprecedented, according to the Arizona Medical Association. What could

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the school have done to drive off some of its most integral leaders?

Even more troubling to taxpayers is the report about Garcia’s travel funds.

According to The Arizona Republic, his luxury trips across the desolate highway that connects Phoenix to Tucson can cost an upward of $475 per trip—over $300 more than it would cost to drive himself.

On top of that, the man made $870,000 last year in base salary and bonuses; if you can easily afford the unnecessary expenditures, there’s absolutely no justification for using tax dollars instead.

UA President Ann Weaver Hart may not be a favorite of many UA students

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and faculty members, but she’s certainly made the right move by calling for an independent legal investigation of the leadership of the UA medical schools.

There cannot be questionable leadership, especially at the highest administrative level. The individuals in charge have an impact on the futures of medical students trying to achieve their dream of helping other people. This impact on their future could easily become negative if the wrong people are trusted with the most responsibility.

To be clear: Any person acting in their own interest when it conflicts with the moral responsibility that comes with their

position—spending tax dollars on luxury experiences—should be fired or made to resign. These are problems that indicate poor administrative practice, and there’s no place for that in higher education.

Corruption can’t be hidden behind closed doors or impressive titles. Educating students and enabling them to have success in their careers needs to be the school’s top priority.

If the coming investigation reveals that students are not being prioritized, via mishandling of tax dollars or any other possible administrative issues, then I expect Hart or the UA’s next president to fire those who are at fault. Simple as that.

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City parking fines unreasonably high Part of the city’s annual budget comes from parking fines, but a reliance on that income disproportionately impacts the city’s lower class individuals than it does on their wealthy counterparts.

While it’s likely that proponents of parking fines and violations would point out that they are largely avoidable and

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“Just being friends” is perfectly fine – as long as both parties are on the same page. If you are stuck in the Friend Zone but have more romantic aspirations for that certain someone, you might consider taking a different approach. While there is no guarantee they will change their take on the relationship, there are a few things you can do to help:

Time (isn’t) on your side.

We hate to say it, but it’s often the rule: the longer you occupy the Friend Zone, the harder it will be to get out. If you like someone and the timing seems right, why not summon up the courage to express it? Just make sure you keep your sense of humor along the way.

Make yourself scarce.

If you are always the easy, go-to option when it comes to hanging out, you may not be doing yourself any favors. Being independent is, ironically, a good way to get people to cultivate an

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Be mysterious.

While you don’t need to lurk in the shadows (yeah, please don’t do that), the truth is attraction thrives with a certain element of mystery. That doesn’t mean you have to go incognito, just that sometimes in life, less can be more. Note: if you are currently documenting every meal on social media – you’re officially not mysterious.

Be confident.

You might be stuck in the Friend Zone if you don’t know what to say, how to say it, or the thought of bringing it up is just too daunting. These are good kinds of risks to take during your college years, and yes, there will be rejections. But that’s life.

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Tree rings: The art and age of nature

BY SARAH BRIGGS @DailyWildcat

The UA has plenty of special features to offer, but one of its more overlooked aspects is its abundant plant life—specifically, that of the Laboratory of Tree-ring Research.

UA’s tree-ring lab right is one of the best in the country, and the only only one located throughout the entire southwest, at that.

“This is the biggest and most diverse lab in the country,” said Ronald Towner, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology. “We do a tremendous range of activity in this lab revolving around trees. Most other labs in the Western Hemisphere were started here.”

The lab studies dendrochronology, otherwise known as tree-dating, which is the study of discovering the age of a tree based on its inner rings.

Towner said that scientist Charles Douglas, the founder of the lab, actually started the study of tree rings right here in the Grand Canyon State.

One could argue there is an essential beauty that lies behind treering research.

By finding out more about what happens in nature, we can learn more about our world.

“Trees are natural archives of information—they stand in one place and don’t move,” Towner said.

“Throughout their life, they record information.”

Studying these trees provides in-depth information about how humans treat our forests and how we can improve our environment.

Towner said that the benefits of treering research are quite incredible.

In addition to taking up water, trees also suck up metals and isotopes into their roots.

These trees can therefore be used in pollution studies and for research on droughts.

Visiting the tree ring lab is quite an experience. The walls are covered top to bottom in various pieces of wood that display intricate tree-rings.

Towner said the oldest tree that the lab analyzes is a core sample of a living Bristlecone Pine from the White Mountains of California.

“Our lab dated it back to over 4,800 years old,” he said. “What’s really interesting about that is that there was dead wood lying on the ground beside the tree, and it’s much older— we just don’t know how much older.”

A lot of what goes on at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research can be attributed back to archaeology, specifically at the Mesa Verde world heritage site in Colorado—an area that demonstrates an extreme amount of wood resources.

“Archaeology made the lab famous,” Towner said. “Because of Charles Douglas, we were able to date the Mesa Verde.”

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ALL PHOTOS THE BRYANT Bannister Tree Ring building, located in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, holds multiple samples of both large and small tree rings for public viewing.

This building is the home to a gigantic two-ton tree ring sample of a Giant Sequoia tree that once stood in Sequoia National Park.

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Hotel Congress: The historic heart of Tucson

BY NATASHA CASTANEDO @DailyWildcat

If you have ever found yourself in downtown Tucson, you may have noticed a bright neon red sign atop a building that reads, “Hotel Congress.” The sign gleams brightly, inviting whoever sees it to explore what lies inside.

Walking in, the hotel’s distinctive décor immediately evokes nostalgia of its long and colorful history.

“The ambiance [of the hotel] adds to the overall experience—it’s unique,” said Hotel Congress General Manager Todd Hanley.

“With the penny floor, chandelier and a 100-year-old building, it makes for a oneof-a-kind setting.”

The site of the capture of notorious bank robber John Dillinger in 1934, Congress— built in 1919—stands as one of Tucson’s most historic buildings.

The hotel has worn many hats throughout its years.

Not only is it a place to sleep, but there are five bars (yes, five), a club with live music almost every night of the week and a café that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If you want breakfast from the Cup Café on the weekends though, plan in advance.

It is one of the most popular eateries in town and was recently featured on USA Today, among other news outlets.

“I recommend baked eggs for breakfast, especially because it was ranked as the best breakfast dish in all of Arizona in 2015 by the Arizona Foodist,” Hanley said.

In order to have the complete bar experience, head over to the Tap Room, order a bloody Mary and ask for bartender Thomas Ziegler, a.k.a. Tiger, who has been working at Congress since 1952 and is as iconic as the hotel itself.

“It’s the best place ever in the world to work for,” Ziegler said. “I have the best bosses and customers, I love every minute of it.”

He has no plans to retire anytime soon, because even at 83 years old, he still loves his job. The Tap Room was renamed “Tiger’s Tap Room” in order to honor Ziegler’s 80th birthday and commemorate his dedication to Congress.

The history of this hotel runs deep. Even the hotel rooms themselves are reminiscent of Tucson’s past, contributing to Congress’ early twentieth-century style even more.

“It was a unique experience to stay at the hotel because it is really cool to stay at a place with that much history and to be able to see that reflected in the rooms,” said

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A LOOK AT THE neon sign on top of Hotel Congress, located on Congress Street in downtown Tucson. The iconic sign is a centerpiece of the downtown skyline.

business junior Raven Raines.

Raines also said Cup Café’s cuisine was notable, and Club Congress’s DJ sets were lively.

Hotel Congress attracts an eclectic group

of individuals from all over for its distinct style, decor and live music.

Jam packed with history, Hotel Congress is one of a kind hotel and quintessential part of the Tucson experience.

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Local band Mute Swan expands its horizons

BY NINA ULLOA @nine_u

Local band Mute Swan prepares to expand its reach beyond Tucson with its new EP, Ultraviolet, and a west coast tour that begins on Sept. 30.

Five songs make up Mute Swan’s second release. Its first release Feel How It Sees came out in 2015. Since then, the band has had time to learn how to work together as a unit, and now Mute Swan has shifted its focus to developing their sound. The band’s efforts have paid off so far—The Fader premiered the band’s lead single, “Never Born.”

Mike Barnett, Prabjit Virdee, Thomas Sloane and Roger Reed make up Mute Swan.

Reed plays drums, Sloane is a guitarist, Barnett handles guitar and lead vocals and Virdee covers bass guitar and vocals.

Virdee and Sloane said they met while attending the UA. Virdee hadn’t played in any bands before meeting Sloane, and he said it took going out and finding other musicians for him to start playing in one.

Mute Swan described its sound as “guitarheavy dream pop.” Barnett said the band strived for a specific sound on Ultraviolet based on the bands they listened to in 2015, which included Beach House, Wand, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine and Stereolab.

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PRABJIT VIRDEE, LEFT, ROGER Reed, center, Mike Barnett, right, and Thomas Sloane, not pictured, of Mute Swan perform during their set at The Screening Room in downtown Tucson on Saturday, Aug. 27. The show was coordinated by Downtown Radio and included performances by Carmina Robles, Baptista and Sorry About the Garden.

This inspiration definitely seeps into Mute Swan’s sound.

The band selected its geometric album art from local artist Paul Jablonka’s work. Jablonka created the patterns by hand in the 1970s, but

the lines are so crisp, they look like they could have easily been created with a computer today.

Mute Swan’s live show is tight, polished and appropriately drenched in fuzz and reverb,

similar to performances from Tame Impala and DIIV. Virdee has an oscilloscope—a device used to check electrical signals—that he brings out at shows. It tracks the input and output of electrical signals, displaying it as a wave of light. If the input and output are the same, a perfect sine wave lights up.

The Arizona Daily Star recorded a live session of “Never Born” that shows off the use of the oscilloscope, which Virdee said he hopes to someday showcase on a larger scale.

He also hopes to bring in other effects to their live show, but for now, the band sticks to fog machines—allowing them to set the mood while evoking an element of mystery in their performances.

Mute Swan will get ready for their west coast tour with a couple local shows. The band will open for Giant Sand at Hotel Congress’ annual Hoco Fest on Sept. 2, as well as play an album release show/tour kickoff at Congress on Sept.

30.

Mute Swan’s west coast tour will include dates in California, Oregon and Washington.

Mute Swan will release Ultraviolet on cassette and digital download. They plan on printing and disseminating the album’s download code on rolling papers.

Download codes will come with purchases of shirts, tote bags and other merchandise on Mute Swan’s Bandcamp page.

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That’s the beauty of the trees, according to Towner—tree-ring records have no bias and can be dated back thousands of years.

Towner said that trees can record up to 5,000 years of rainfall. A record like this without any bias is a truly unique thing.

Trees don’t lie, and because of their record-keeping abilities, humans are able to study them and begin to make progress in aspects of nature such as ecology, fire history, insect outbreak and climate change.

The lab remains a truly interactive part of the UA. “What really interests me are the intersections of historical human history and natural history,” said Nick Kessler, an anthropology graduate student. “That takes place a lot here in this lab. I’m an archeologist, so I look at the trees as a tool for telling time and climate proxy.”

The tree-ring laboratory provides students, faculty and staff an excellent source of culture and history for both the university and the world.

The lab is located on campus next to the Highland Bowl and is open at UA students’ disposal, but it’s really for anyone who wants to see the beautiful works of art tree-rings are, and learn more about the effects of tree-ring dating in the process.

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Twice in the past two years, Nick Johnson has taken time out of his busy schedule to do something he loves.

Teaching young ones about the game of basketball is something the former Wildcat has had a passion for ever since he himself got involved with basketball camps.

At the Nick Johnson Basketball Camp, kids receive, along with a picture, autograph and T-shirt, hands-on teaching from Johnson and some of his basketball buddies, like former ‘Zona teammate, Kaleb Tarczewski.

“I went to camps like this when I was little, so I just know the benefit of all these camps,” Johnson said. “Even if these kids only pick up a ball one time, and it’s at my camp, it’s going to be an environment where it’s fun, and they’re going to learn a little bit—about life, about sports or whatever.”

The camp is divided into two age groups, with kids ages 6-12 and 13-18. For the little ones, it’s about learning basketball techniques, but also how to have fun and display good sportsmanship. The older kids focus more on the basketball side and developing into the best player they can be.

Johnson has had plenty of success on the court, leading Arizona to the Elite Eight his sophomore and junior years, and foregoing his final year of college eligibility to be a second-round pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.

Johnson hopes that all the campers take a valuable lesson from his camps, words that he lives by.

“Trust the work you put in,” Johnson said.

“If you work hard—no matter what it is in life—if you work hard in it, eventually it’s going to pay off for you.”

Johnson can be seen running around the gymnasium hosting the camp as though he is one of the young campers, but it’s not

College football is back at the uA, where the game itself is just a part of the party

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ARIZONA GUARD NICK JOHNSON (13) shoots a 3-pointer during Arizona’s 68-59 win against Weber State during the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament at the Viejas Arena in San Diego, on Friday, March 21, 2014. Johnson holds camps for kids several times throughout the summer in Arizona.

only his enthusiasm that makes Johnson such a great teacher.

“I would like to think I’m very charismatic,” laughed Johnson. “I’m always the loud one in the room, so I’d say that definitely helps me.”

Whatever it is, Johnson seems to have a knack for running these camps, and although it’s only twice a year, the lessons learned and the fun had is something that is completely invaluable for the next generation of players.

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Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne has one key goal when it comes to Arizona’s football game day experience: Have fun… with everything.

“It’s a time when the entire community comes together,” Byrne said of those days each fall when football takes over the UA campus.

“We are all sharing the Arizona Wildcats and it’s something where they can watch a great ball game in a good environment.”

From Bear Down Fridays, to tailgating the UA Mall, to the Wildcat Walk – and, of course, maybe a big Wildcat win – Byrne is optimistic everyone will be able to find something to do and enjoy. Maybe they’ll even be seen on Arizona Stadium’s massive 5,352 square-foot video board – that’s more than 47 feet wide by 112 feet tall, putting it as one of the 10 largest video display screens in all of college football.

“In reality, there are a lot of different reasons why people come to the games,” said Byrne, who is now in his seventh year at the UA. It all starts the day before the game UA VISITOR GUIDE FALL/WINTER 2016

College football is back – and so are the UA campus community’s annual celebratory rites of passage itself; that’s when the public enjoy Bear Down Fridays, a block party in the heart of Main Gate Square, located on University Boulevard near the westernmost entrance to the UA campus. That’s where cheerleaders, the Pride of Arizona Marching Band, UA Pomline and fans join forces for a good time. The event is hosted in part by Arizona’s loudest and proudest supporters – the ZonaZoo, a 12,000-student strong group that gets the party started.

“The objective of Bear Down Fridays is to get the students as well as the Tucson community excited for the football game,” said ZonaZoo executive director Kortney Shea Aguilar. “At the event, there are tables where local vendors are able to gain exposure in the community.

“...The event has been very successful in getting everyone excited for the game, providing quality, local entertainment to help the community as a whole feel connected to the event and the university.”

Then comes “game day” itself, where one of Byrne’s creations – the Wildcat Walk – has become a hit.

Knowing fans would embrace it, he brought it over from his days as athletic director at Mississippi State University – starting a tradition that sees fans line up to greet and motivate the Wildcat players as they embark on foot through the crowds and toward the stadium.

“This is something we really felt families would really enjoy being a part of,” Byrne said. “It’s their chance to say ‘hi’ before the game and slap a high-five with them. It’s become a nice tradition at Arizona.”

The players appreciate it.

Former UA linebacker Jake Fischer experienced the five-minute walk on Cherry Avenue from University Boulevard.

“It was a great feeling,” said Fischer, a native of nearby Oro Valley, of going through the line where thousands of fans line up to greet

and encourage players. “Everybody is there to support you. The music was awesome. There are kids who you are a role model for asking for gloves and giving high fives. It was like you and the Tucson community were getting ready to go to battle. It’s not just the team, but the entire community.”

The fans, of course, come from the tailgating area where the party has already started. At least 324 tailgating spaces are sold – more for some bigger, high-profile games – where fans mingle, eat, drink and party in preparation for the big game.

“When we tailgated our first game we showed up right at the start of the tailgate and we were the second people to arrive,” said longtime fan Chaz Elsten, whose tailgate is called “The Red Army” and is now in year 15.

“Now for a game, we get there six to eight hours before the actual tailgate starts. We would have maybe eight to 12 people there. But now we have anywhere from 75 to 100 people.”

They are part of the thousands who enjoy all parts of the pregame festivities like the Fan Fiesta, set just west of the tailgating area. It’s a family-friendly environment with food, a bounce house, ball toss and a place where game sponsors have giveaways.

“It’s for the fan who wants to enjoy the outdoor tailgating scene and who doesn’t have a tailgate to go to,”

said Ben Chulick, the UA’s assistant athletic director for marketing. “But it gives them a chance to get in the atmosphere before the game.”

The party doesn’t stop once you get into Arizona Stadium. In fact, the party just gets brighter (and louder) with the video board set on blast.

“It’s obviously a big attention grabber,” Chulick said. “You can’t help but see it. A lot of people like to see themselves on the board. People act crazy and that’s contagious behavior.”

Then, of course, there’s the music, which “drives the energy of the stadium,” he said.

And gone are the days when things used to be scripted on what was played. Now, it’s all about being impromptu and unpredictable … kind of like head football coach Rich Rodriguez’s no-huddle offense.

“We will go with high-energy music and something engaging like the dance cam,” Chulick said. “We’re trying to provide the best atmosphere for the fans and for the players. They feed off the energy and we want to maximize that.”

From (below) pregame tailgating to the (left) fan-friendly Wildcat Walk, to (facing) a rousing fireworks display just before kickoff in Arizona Stadium, the game day experience at the uA continues to be action-packed.

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The toughest back in the Pac Arizona football’s running back, Nick Wilson, has a pain threshhold that is higher than yours, and he can prove it

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year, I had two broken collarbones and I didn’t even know that I was playing with both of those,” Wilson said. “I mean, for the most part, it’s just a As the college football season quickly approaches, mindset, it’s just what you can take. And I always the Arizona Wildcats look ahead to the 2016-17 thought I had a really high pain tolerance, and campaign with plenty of optimism. One reason apparently I did because I just recently found out that happened.” for that enthusiasm, and When asked what goes maybe even for a little through his head when cynicism, is the group of he gets the ball, Wilson running backs that are referenced a Marshawn expected to take on the Lynch interview, in which rushing loads.

Lynch said that you just The primary reason for have to run through positive outlook could somebody’s face. simply be because of “I’m not gonna say the fact junior Nick exactly what he said,” Wilson, who has Wilson said, “But you been a workhorse, just got to keep going, for better or for and going, and going, worse, appears and most people can’t ready to go for take that ... I’d rather hit the upcoming somebody than have season.

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The 5-footRUNNING BACK NICK WILSON (28) runs with the ball It’s that type of physical 10, 208-pound during UA’s 58-13 win against UNLV on Aug. 29, 2014 at running that had head running back out of Fresno, Arizona Stadium. Wilson played with two broken collarbones coach Rich Rodriguez without knowing durring the 2015-16 season. saying this in an interview California had an with the Arizona Daily injury-riddled 2015 Star: “Sometimes, I wish season, appearing he’d try to make a guy in only nine miss, but sometimes he contests due to looks for a guy and wants nagging foot and to run him over.” knee injuries.

But it’s not only his In those nine physical game that Wilson games, Wilson claims has him feeling rushed for 729 good about the upcoming yards on 134 season. He says that he carries, while has worked on the mental adding eight side of the game as well. touchdowns.

“I feel that as I’m older W h e n now, I definitely know healthy, he the game more,” Wilson TYLER BAKER/THE DAILY WILDCAT proved to said. “I think I have an be one of ARIZONA RUNNING BACK NICK Wilson (28) on his way to a the more touchdown against Arizona State during the 2014 Territorial Cup advantage over other people because I know p r o d u c t i v e at Arizona Stadium Nov. 28, 2014. Wilson returns with the most what the quarterback’s backs in rushing yards among current Arizona running backs for the doing, what the receivers the Pac-12 2016-17 season. are doing, what the line is Conference, doing. So I definitely feel if not the more confident in the offense.” country. In the 2014 season, when As for what to expect in the season opener against he played in 13 games, he rushed BYU, Wilson said that he and the team had a large for 1,375 yards and 16 scores while averaging just under six yards per and heart-felt piece of motivation.

“We definitely got to pull this one out for Zach carry. He also accumulated 105.8 yards per game, which led Pac-12 [Hemmila],” Wilson said. “He’s definitely on our rookies. All of those stats earned him shoulders and in our hearts.”

With that type of motivation, along with an an All Pac-12 Honorable Mention.

A little known fact about his freshman improved mental skill set and taking the correct season was that Wilson was playing precautions to avoid injury, Wilson is poised to have another huge year for the Wildcats. through a pretty severe injury.

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Get to know BYU ahead of the season opener

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Arizona football will face the BYU Cougars this Saturday in their first game of the 2016-17 season.

So, who is BYU? BYU, or Brigham Young University, hails from the snowcapped mountains of Provo, Utah. The Division I, private university has been a football Independent team since 2011 and finished up last season unranked with a 9-4 record, the best record for the Cougars since 2011.

BYU recently hired a new coach and offensive coordinator, both previous BYU football players. Kalani Sitake, BYU’s new head coach, was a three-year starter at fullback from 1998-2000, team captain and most valuable running back. Offensive Coordinator, Ty Detmer, played as a quarterback for the Cougars and won the Heisman Trophy in 1990. This new coaching

staff has energized the BYU fan base, especially because of Detmer, the last BYU quarterback to orchestrate a win over a number oneranked team.

BYU returns with a strong, experienced returning lineup after naming fifth-year senior Taysom Hill the starting quarterback over sophomore sensation Tanner Mangum.

In 2013 Hill played 13 games and had a 53.9 percent completion percentage. Hill was plagued with injuries in the following seasons, only playing one game last season and five in 2014.

The Cougars offensive line took a hit this season. losing two of its most experience players, Kyle Johnson and Brad Wilcox. Strong returning starters for BYU’s offensive line, however, include top rusher Algernon Brown and running back Jamaal Williams, who both show a lot of promise for the upcoming season.

BYU also welcomes back a

familiar defensive line with linebacker and leading tackler Harvey Langi, defensive linemen Sae Tautu and Travis Tuiloma, as well as defensive backs Michael Davis and Kai Nacua.

This is Nacua’s third straight season as a starter; he’s a strong asset for BYU as an experienced and talented safety, something the Wildcats will have to account for. In 2015, Nacua had six interceptions and a BYU record of 137 return yards and two touchdowns, making him a key player for the Cougars’ defense.

BYU has been known in the past for having a strong offensive line and seems to be continuing that legacy leading into the season opener against the Wildcats.

On the other side of the coin, the Cougars defensive line proves to be a weakness in the upcoming season. After losing Bronson Kaufusi to the NFL, the Cougars are down one of their strongest tacklers.

Many more of the defensive line players have been out with lingering injuries and have had less playing time in the past, thus showing room for improvement.

The Wildcats definitely have a strong chance against BYU in the season opener if they maintain a strong defense and put pressure on the Cougars weaker defensive line.

BYU, however, is as dangerous a matchup as they come. They are fundamentally sound and have been known to pull off the upset, such as last year when they beat Nebraska at Nebraska on a Hail Mary throw by Tanner Mangum, snapping the 29-game home opener winning streak of the Cornhuskers.

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“It wasn’t something I was holding my breath on,” Simon said. “Now that it’s happened, it’s obviously just a huge honor.

What was going to be a usual go-through- This is one of the premiere basketball the-motions kind of day for former Arizona programs in all of college basketball and to shooting guard Miles Simon, turned into have your number up there with five other quite the opposite. Arizona Athletics players in Arizona basketball history is truly announced Wednesday that Simon would an honor.”

“I’m still part of one of the greatest be honored at halftime of the McDonald’s programs of all-time and it’s just a cherry Red-Blue game on Oct. 14. He will become the fifth jersey retired for UA men’s on top of what happened in my career,” Simon said. basketball.

He didn’t have the ‘sexiest’ career after Not the usual day in the Simon household, college, considering his but the breaking news of the NBA career was only a program officially retiring year old. But his mind for his No. 34 is a gesture that he Miles Simon basketball kept him around will gratefully and humbly Career Highlights the game, playing overseas accept. and eventually becoming Simon, the 1997 Final Four an assistant coach for UA Most Outstanding Player, from 2005-2008. said he’s been absorbing • 1997 Final Four Most Simon then decided all of the encouragement Outstanding Player to take his talents and and has been smothered by intelligence to the positive comments. He has • 1997-98 First Team broadcasting booth by every right to puff out his becoming a color analyst Consensus All-American chest and relish the praise. and in-studio analyst “It’s just an overwhelming for ESPN during college amount of support and love • 1997-98 John Wooden basketball season. and the positivity thrown my First Team All-American Simon noted some key way has been truly amazing,” differences about being a Simon said. “So I’ve been on broadcaster compared to • 1998 Second-round a high since [Greg Byrne] NBA draft pick (Orlando) his time as a player and made the announcement.” coach.

Hall of Fame head coach “It’s a lot less stressful Lute Olson was one of the than coaching because I first that reached out to Simon after the news broke. It’s safe to don’t have to take any wins or losses, but say Olson was a part of the majority group mostly losses,” Simon said.

Opportunity came knocking for another that was thrilled for Simon, but Olson was impatiently waiting for this moment to coaching stint, but Simon would rather wonder where he’s taking his family out to happen.

“His text message said ‘congragulations’ dinner rather than planning recruiting trips and ‘it’s about time,’” Simon said. “He was and practice schedules.

“I’ve had a couple of opportunities to get very congratulatory and saying how much I deserved it, so it was awesome and we told back in, but they haven’t been better than each other how much we look forward to what I’m doing right now,” Simon said.

An accomplishment like having a jersey seeing each other at the reunion.”

Simon received the news once UA retired is something to feel proud of. But changed its requirements to have a jersey when it’s with Jason Terry, Steve Kerr, Sean number retired. The original checklist Elliott, Jason Gardner and Mike Bibby, ensured a player had either been a national there’s a surreal feeling that goes along player of the year or receive a major national with it.

He provided the most Miles Simon answer athlete of the year award. Even though it when asked where this ranked on the Simon took nearly 20 years to change the policy, meter by saying it’s a close second.

Simon wasn’t losing any sleep over it.

“National championship is number one He helped Arizona knock off three No. 1 seeds in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. and this is 1A,” Simon said. “Both of them are team accomplishments. I didn’t win a Breaking barriers is Simon’s niche.

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national championship by myself. … To be able to get my jersey hung in the rafters was because of those guys.”

The former player, assitant and current analyst placed the team’s accomplishment

over the personal accomplishment, and that could be the very reason why he’ll go down as one of the greatest Wildcats of all-time.