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Red tags show where the party is

BY ALEX FURRIER @badjazzmaverick

Work hard, play hard.

So goes the unofficial motto of college students across the country. The UA is no different, where

a subset of the student body celebrates Turn up Tuesday as a weekly holiday—much to the chagrin of neighbors everywhere. From this relationship comes the infamous “red tag”

issued by the Tucson Police Department when the party gets too wild.

The Daily Wildcat set out to answer the ageold question: Where’s the party at?

An elusive conundrum

that has plagued students since the dawn of freshmen year. To get to the bottom of this mystery, the Daily Wildcat obtained red tag citations that TPD issued between August

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2015 and May 2016 and used the data to create a map of all the unruliest gatherings from the last school year.

Red tags have become

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Due to frustrations concerning funding and clashing personalities, Graduate and Professional Student Council President Zachary Brooks is resigning in hopes of moving GPSC forward.

“A lot of people within GPSC don’t get along very well,” Brooks said. “It’s extremely frustrating and tiring. And ultimately, we’re not representing the people we serve while we’re fighting so much. I could say I’m not a part of the problem, but of course I am.”

Brooks served as GPSC president from 2012-2014 and was elected a fourth time last spring. He said that, while it wasn’t an easy decision to make, he hopes that removing himself from GPSC will improve the group’s communication.

Although he received almost 60 percent of the vote against opponent Sarah Netherton, who was running for her second term after being the 2015-16 GPSC president, Brooks said he could tell immediately there were many people within the GPSC

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ASUA SafeRide to launch app next week In hopes of improving student accessibility, SafeRide has created an app that will launch on September 6, allowing students to request rides at the click of a button

BY LEAH MERRALL @leahmerrall

ASUA SafeRide, the UA’s free transportation service, is launching a free app on Sept. 6 that will make requesting rides more accessible to users.

The app will function similarly to ride-share services like Uber and Lyft, allowing users to request a ride at the click of a button, track the progress of their driver and enter their pickup spot and destination.

The development of the app began about a year ago when previous SafeRide administrative director Dakota Maness moved to find a way to make it happen.

SafeRide collaborated with UA Parking and Transportation Services to begin development.

PTS uses a company called TransLoc to track the CatTran’s location in real time. A partnership SafeRide joined in on and the process to build the app began.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Saile Daimwood, SafeRide’s current administrative director.

As of right now, the system is being tested in small, closed groups before being widely released. The app, which is called Rider by TransLoc, will allow students, faculty and employees to track the CatTran during the day and request SafeRide at night.

Jenna Malkin, a psychology Daimwood said TransLoc requires all cars to have iPads that senior, is one of many students will help drivers track ride requests who hopes this app will change that experience. and get turn-by-turn directions.

“I think it’ll be good because I He said that he hopes this newly remember when I used implemented it having to wait forever system will to talk to anyone,” help to improve I think Malkin said. “And I S a f e R i d e’s functionality. it’s going to think it’ll make it faster “[The app] bring a new and more convenient. I use it.” should give you element of safety would ASUA Administrative an estimated to our campus Vice President Tatum time of arrival, and also it will community, and Hammond, who has SafeRide text you when I think just the attended conferences and your driver way it’s going to been talking about is actually on their way to make SafeRide the implementation you, and it more accessible to of the app for over three years, said she is will text you students is all about looking forward to the when they’re our vision.” app finally becoming outside, which available. will hopefully “I think that’s one then reduce —Tatum thing we’ve seen the amount of Hammond, ASUA with SafeRide in how calls that are administrative vice it can improve its missed and president accessibility and I that we have think it’s just going to to scratch and, change how students by that, reduce get around on campus frustration overall for both sides,” Daimwood and get around in the surrounding areas,” she said. said.

Hammond added that Oregon Students in the past have had complaints about how long is State, which adopted its own takes to use SafeRide, sometimes SafeRide app two years ago, has deciding that it is not worth the since had to double its fleet of vehicles due to increased demand. wait.

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While that may be a hope for the future, Hammond said that UA’s SafeRide is not currently at a place financially for that to happen right away.

The funding for the app comes from the student services fee.

Daimwood said that Maness had to write a full grant request to be able to use the student service fee, citing how he thought the grant would improve SafeRide.

Once the app becomes available for the public to use, SafeRide will continue to provide the same services as in the past,

just more digitally.

“Currently with SafeRide, we do like a carpooling system where drivers may pick up multiple calls if they’re going similar directions, and the app also does that,” Daimwood said. “So we’ll be able to route all of that and it will hopefully be able to make us more efficient.”

SafeRide’s boundaries extend two miles north of campus, and one mile out in every other direction and operates from 6:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. every Sunday through Thursday.

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RED TAG DATA FROM PAGE 1

BY THE NUMBERS 52 percent of red tags in Tucson occur within 2.5 miles of UA

$45,000 The rough

amount in red tag fines for parties near UA last year

30 red tags issued on Saturdays in the past year

shorthand for a party that has gotten out of hand, and legally fall under the Tucson City Code section 16-32 for “unruly gatherings.” According to the city code, an unruly gathering is defined as one “of five or more persons on any private property (including property used to conduct business) in a manner which causes a disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of private or public property by any person or persons.”

The term “red tag” arose from the prominent red-colored notice of an unruly gathering that must remain visible for 180 days after being cited. A red tag also signals the end of the party, as the attendees must disperse to find mischief elsewhere.

About this time every year, residences around the UA begin receiving informational pamphlets on red tags to educate the public. The pamphlets cover the basics of red tags with advice for both those throwing a party and the potentially annoyed neighbors. The simple advice goes a long way in preventing

frustration for both sides.

“The best advice I can give is this; whether you’re having the party, whether you’re the nextdoor neighbour having to deal with the party, I just tell people: Be reasonable and put yourself in the other person’s shoes,” said Jamie Burnett, TPD’s field service liaison for red tags.

TPD advises party-throwers to inform neighbors of parties ahead of time to allow time for addressing concerns—this applies during the party as well. Simply warning neighbors does not permit the ability to throw an outof-control party.

“Unfortunately, in this day and age, a lot of people don’t know their neighbors or don’t feel comfortable going over and talking with their neighbors,” Burnett said. “That’s definitely the first step, to try and approach somebody and try to resolve it that way.”

When the situation gets out of hand, neighbors should call 911 and ask to report an unruly gathering at a specific address.

Just over half of the 172 red tags issued by TPD between August 2015 and May 2016 came from residences within 2.5 miles of the UA campus. Of those, the clear nexus for parties around the UA appears to be just north of campus between Park Avenue and Sixth Avenue. Neighborhoods like Sam Hughes and Blenman-Elm seemingly live up to their quieter reputations.

The takeaway is unsurprising: The party is always going on at the UA. The facts back up “Thirsty Thursday” and “Turn up Tuesday” as more than bad nicknames.

While the weekend remains the prime time to throw a party—with 30 red tags issued on Saturdays— Thursday stands as the secondmost popular time to party, with 17 red tags itself.

To the horror of parents and

professors everywhere, students apparently found enough time to party and receive 10 red tags on Tuesday nights. Even those Tuesday night partiers faced the fiscal fallout that accompanies a red tag citation.

To deter potential unruly gatherings, the hefty fine for a red tag increases for repeat offenders.

The first red tag costs $500, while second and third offenders will pay $750 and $1,000, respectively.

Scratch pad math, not accounting for the repeat offenders, would suggest the area around UA accounted for at least $45,000 in fines for red tags.

TPD also informs the UA Dean of Students when a citation is issued to a UA student. As part of the student Code of Conduct, the Dean of Students office reviews the police report to determine additional sanctions.

Red tags, like much of life, boil down to following the golden rule: Everyone likes to have a good time, but don’t let that get in the way of common courtesy. Party unto others as you would party unto yourself.

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administration who weren’t happy with the election’s outcome.

“When you feel like a lot of [other people’s] efforts are working toward simply not having your agenda go forward at all, that’s extremely frustrating,” Brooks said.

“If by stepping away, the dynamic of GPSC could change, kind of shake things up, that would be good. I also think it’s time for new graduate and professional students to come in.”

He said that, at this point, the personality dynamics of GPSC are counterproductive to the people who matter most—the people they serve and represent.

Brooks said he thinks GPSC has a deficit of dignity because its members aren’t treating each other with respect, but that it will always go away eventually and the group will go back to doing the good work it’s always done.

Summer of sunlight When running for office last spring, Brooks called out the 2015-16 executive board for failing to report to the general council that they had created a private travel fund for some members within the board. After being elected at the beginning of the summer, he emphasized GPSC’s need to refocus on their core goals.

“The frustrations stem a little bit from last year, but last year in a lot of ways is irrelevant,” Brooks said. “It wasn’t the best year in many

News • Friday, Sept. 2-Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 ways ... Just the process of trying to say, ‘We made a mistake, move forward,’ is extremely difficult because there’s so many debates about the facts.”

He said GPSC members have so many arguments about every detail that it obfuscates what they’re doing.

To fill seats left open after the election, GPSC is holding a special election this month. Packets for candidates are available now and due by Sept. 14. Campaigning starts Sept. 15, voting takes place Sept. 21-22 and winners will be announced online Sept. 23.

Brooks said that if no one runs for president, the GPSC’s constitution and bylaws outline that the two vice presidents will co-lead.

He said that he would be happy to help if someone called him asking for advice. But Brooks said he’ll probably just say goodbye and wish everyone a huge amount of luck, so the new leadership can figure it out for themselves.

“When I left GPSC the first time, I didn’t go back into the office for an entire year,” Brooks said. “I didn’t do anything involved with GPSC and I did that very intentionally to let all the new people come in and have their own experience and be leaders themselves.”

Brooks said he hopes things really do change as he steps down, but if they don’t, it won’t last forever and will only be a small rough patch in GPSC’s 25-year history.

Looking back “It’s hard to separate GPSC from my graduate student experience,” Brooks said.

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“I think my first week on campus, I went to a GPSC meeting. Within three or four weeks, I was elected and while I had my program— second language acquisition—I also had GPSC.” Brooks said he’s proud that he has raised money for travel and research grants, increased GPSC’s childcare grant and improved its relationship with the Associated Students of the University of

Arizona.

He said GPSC can’t say it raised graduate assistant salaries but hopes to see the council get back on that path.

“I’ve had a lot of success with it,” Brooks said. “I’ve really enjoyed it, and it’s the hugest honor of my life to represent graduate and professional students at the university. I had every intention to finish. But I think at this point, it’s good if I move on.”

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Former prof. pleads guilty for meat fraud

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On April 7, 2015, The University of Arizona Police Department, in conjunction with the Tucson Police Department, arrested and charged John Marchello, former UA tenured professor of animal sciences, with 10 felonies:

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He remained on the UA payroll for the entire year during his court proceedings, being paid $106,000 while being accused of stealing nearly a quarter-of-a-million dollars from the university.

Marchello was accused of skimming over $220,000 from the student-run meat market he oversaw on Campbell Road. The market sold meat to the public that was prepared by his students in the animal husbandry education program at the UA. Marchello was immediately placed on administrative leave with pay in April 2015.

As of May 2016, he has resigned from the UA. The School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences would not comment on the matter.

On Aug. 11, Marchello plead guilty to one count of theft of property or services, a class -four felony, and agreed to pay approximately $83,000 in restitution, a little more than one-third of what he admitted to stealing, according to court documents obtained by Carol Ann Alaimo at the Arizona Daily Star.

As part of the plea deal, Marchello and his lawyers came to an agreement with the state to drop the nine other felony charges in return to entering a guilty plea to the class-four felony.

The crime committed by Marchello took place between Jan. 1, 2013, and Nov. 30, 2014, according to Pima County Superior Court documents.

During that nearly two-year period, he was a tenured professor at the UA, and his thenwife, Elaine Marchello, was an assistant dean for agriculture academic programs, earning an annual salary of $106,558. Six months after her husband’s arrest, she stepped down as assistant dean and was appointed assessment coordinator with the Office of Instruction and Assessment and took a lower salary of $88,000, according Chris Sigurdson, vice president of communications.

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Burnett said, while the work of UAPD officers with TPD officers will mostly be concentrated in the area around campus, TPD’s Red Tag unit works throughout the city of Tucson, as unruly gatherings happen everywhere.

“It really is a quality-of-life issue for those people that live in those neighborhoods where either they’re constantly having problems or maybe they have just one particular neighbor,” Burnett said. “It’s not necessarily just a college issue.”

Though red tags happen all over the city, they are now monitored within a centralized unit of TPD—the Red Tag Unit, which was formed several months ago.

TPD used to track red tags by their division, with each division using their own system.

Now, the tracking and enforcing of red tags is done within one central unit “for consistency’s sake,” Burnett said.

Burnett said neighborhoods affected by red tag incidents appreciate the enforcement of these tags.

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The University of Arizona Police Department will soon partner up with the Tucson Police Department to work with their recently formed Red Tag unit, which works with citations for unruly gatherings.

Beginning Aug. 27, UAPD officers will ride with TPD officers every Saturday for calls of unruly gatherings off-campus where UA students are believed to be present, according to UAPD Public Information Officer, Rene Hernandez. When students are cited with unruly gatherings, the Dean of Students Office will be notified and disciplinary action may follow.

“We want to make sure that our students are being upstanding citizens and really represent the UA in a good manner with their names in the community,” Hernandez said.

The idea for the partnership was influenced by a discussion between the chiefs of the two police departments about how many college students live within a mile radius of campus.

Hernandez said he thinks that collaboration

for dealing with it or curbing between the two departments some of the issues,” Burnett will benefit them both.

We want said.

“It’s not the case that “We have a really good to make sure anybody thinks that when working relationship with that our you’re in college you should TPD and this is only going to enhance it,” Hernandez said. students are never be able to go to a party have a good time or gather While UAPD and TPD have being upstanding or with friends, that’s not the worked together in the past citizens and really issue. The issue is just when with education initiatives, this combination of jurisdictions represent the UA in those gatherings get to the where it’s disturbing between the two departments a good manner with level other people.” adds a new way for the their names in the While UAPD works with departments to interact. community.” TPD with red tag incidents, TPD Officer Jaime Burnett TPD will be the one to take said this partnership between calls that notify officers the departments can help —Rene Hernandez, the of an incidence of an unruly familiarize UAPD officers with UAPD public gathering, and so these city code implications and information officer incidents will not be included also help the departments in the UA’s annual Campus collaborate on “better Safety, Security and Fire solutions to resolve the Safety Report or Clery report, community’s quality-of-life according to Hernandez. issues.”

Red tags, which are posted when there is a “If [UAPD] can get a handle on what it is that is the problem out here on our end, they may citation for an unruly gathering, are not limited be able to offer some resolutions or solutions to the UA area.

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Maya Sabbagh, are aware of the problems that can arise with noisy situations.

“I remember when I used to live in my apartment that was right next to a neighborhood, they would get a lot of noise complaints, and I honestly don’t blame them because a lot of the times it was like multiple parties at once so it was like almost too much,” Sabbagh said. “It’s just when it’s in a small place it just seems to exacerbate the problem.”

Sabbagh said she thinks that some students might not respond well to receiving a red tag.

“When you’re told to do anything, most people respond negatively,” she said.

Red tags are more than a warning to be quieter. Unruly gatherings, or gatherings of at least five people that create a disturbance, are issued citations, and the residence of the gathering has a red tag posted on it that remains there for 180 days.

The minimum charge for a first offense is $500, with charges increasing if there are additional violations in that residence during its 180-day period.

Hernandez said he thinks UAPD’s work with TPD on red tags will be positive and will let students know that they want them to be good neighbors.

“We want them to represent the university in a good light whether they are on campus or off campus, so I think this is going to be a positive thing, not only for the UA but also for the communities out there, that they can say

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A LOOK AT A violation tag that is on the window of Apartment 1502 at the Retreat student housing complex on Wednesday, Aug. 24. UAPD officers will ride with TPD officers every Saturday for calls of unruly gatherings off-campus where UA students are believed to be present.

we’re actually trying to make their standard of living higher,” he said.

Burnett said that the departments’ partnership can offer a new way for TPD to

network with the UA. “If we can build those good communications, we can all work toward finding that balance and resolving the problem part of these gatherings

and hopefully making it so that everybody can enjoy their individual experiences without impeding anybody else’s enjoyment, [or] use of their property or their peace,” Burnett said.

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BY SCOTT FELIX @Scotty_Felix

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he Phoenix Trump rally started just like any other—and it ended the same way, too.

Vendors hawked signs with “lock her up” slogans that were quickly thrown into the waiting hands of sweaty, but passionate, Trump supporters.

Protesters performed their frustrated dissent theatrics for the nauseatingly long line that wrapped around Phoenix Convention Center. And the Trump supporters, to their credit, were an incredibly receptive audience for the angry demonstrators that flocked to the front doors and played along, almost as if the whole event were scripted.

Trumpites seemingly feed off these protests. In the same way plants need the sun to photosynthesize, every Trump rally needs protesters to reinvigorate the ancient loins of the archaic masses.

As they made their way into the entrance of the vast PCC, the atmosphere began to grow sour with the smell of Sulphur.

On-loan TSA agents confiscated the shiny “Hillary for Prison” signs that many in this patriotic community had bought before coming in. At first sight of the agents, a few of the Trumpites started to discuss various conspiracy theories they held about the U.S. government.

“We know the Pentagon had interstellar travel in 1973,” one man speculated. “They’re thousands of years ahead of where we think they are.”

After passing through security, the crowds thinned and began to descend the long escalator to PCC Hall 6. As the escalator descended into the depths of the building, a lone Trump merchandise table materialized in the distance.

The vast crowd surrounding the table was no problem for the angry Trump supporters who recently had their $7 signs confiscated by that cruel government agent at the TSA checkpoint.

Police and private security guards guided the flock of observant Trumpites into the waiting maws of the hall, where they were treated to the opening chorus of Credence Clearwater Revival’s classic song, “Born on the Bayou.”

After disputes with music licensing early in the primary election, it seemed the only songs left to play at the rally were classic rock jams by the Rolling Stones and CCR. Their songs, with an occasional sprinkling of classical symphony, were played in a hypnotic loop for the rest of the rally and provided excellent background noise for the Trumpites to reflect on the cryptic movings of their great leader.

An all-star team of fallen Republicans introduced Trump, a “great guy” who will make America great again. His majesty’s warm-up speeches were heavy on anecdotes and light on policy, a necessity given that there is only one man who knows the inner workings of Trump’s mind.

The crowd nodded along with chants of “USA, USA” to voice their satisfaction with the jefe’s head executives.

As Trump took the stage, his

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supporters exploded in gleeful celebration. This enigma, this man of renown and gold-lined everything had taken time out of his busy schedule to speak to them.

What an honor.

It started with “the Don” announcing his intention to deliver a detailed policy speech, rather than his usual senseless ramblings. Some in the crowd began to leave. These folks weren’t interested in hearing how or why, they came for venomous rhetoric and bloodshed.

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A shame they didn’t stay, if they had remained 10 minutes longer, they would have discovered that Trump’s “detailed” speech would again be quite light on actual details.

After a rather interesting but tired tirade of Republican immigration policies from Christmas past, Trump brought his “Angel mothers” on stage.

Each of these mothers— as well as two fathers—had suffered the tragedy of their children being murdered by an undocumented immigrant.

Each one shuffled up to the

microphone at Trump’s urging, told the story of their dead child and followed it with their promise to vote Trump. The crowd erupted in cheer at the end of each mother’s speech.

The Trump supporters in the rally actually seemed delighted at the mother’s loss, knowing these dead children would help them prove their point about immigration.

As the rally concluded and Trump thanked the crowd, Mick Jagger fittingly crooned over the loudspeaker that “you can’t always get what you want.”

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Farewell from GPSC Pres. Zach Brooks

BY ZACHARY BROOKS

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ear UA Graduate and Professional Students and the UA Community, In June, I penned a guest column “The Summer of Sunlight,” outlining budget challenges the Graduate and Professional Student Council faces in 2016-17.

I shared our goal of transparency.

With our budget discussion and budget vote set to conclude on September 13, I wanted to update you on GPSC’s budget and goals.

GPSC will be able to offer approximately 300 fewer Travel Grants than last year and our overall budget will be $150,000 less than last year. You will still have funding opportunities, they will just be more competitive.

We will have $175,000 in travel grant funding, $60,000 in research and project funding, $100,000 in childcare grants, and $15,000 in club funding. Beyond budgets, GPSC has open seats that will be available

during our special election to take place from September 21-22.

I urge you to consider serving on GPSC. We need your voice, your vision, and your energy. We need your brains, your leadership, your desire to serve your colleagues and your ability to cooperate with other GPSC representatives for the good of 9,500 UA graduate and professional students. We need YOU to improve GPSC. We need YOU to lead GPSC for its next 25 years.

This year, like every year, our advocacy goals remain constant: lower fees and tuition, improved childcare and healthcare, and of course, improved compensation levels, better workload rates and a more inclusive campus. This year the UA, along with Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, will come together to consider bids from insurance companies who would like our business. Get involved and ask questions to your GPSC representatives about the kind of health care insurance you have and you want to have.

Speaking of health, it is normal to need to see a doctor regarding your physical health during your stressful graduate studies. And it may be just as normal to seek out mental

health services. Two years ago, GPSC conducted a survey and found that graduate and professional students overwhelmingly report that their sleep, exercise, diet and mental health worsen during the course of their studies. Fortunately, Campus Health Service offers counseling services at Counseling and Psych Services. Remember to look out for each other. It is normal to feel all sorts of strains and stress whilst working abnormally hard.

Finally, I would like to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You and Thank You. Four times, you voted for me to be the graduate and professional student body president at the UA. Serving the graduate and professional students from all over the world who study in 16 colleges has been a special and unique privilege. I may never have the fortune of representing so many people I admire again.

I will resign as the graduate and professional student body president effective September 27, 2016.

This isn’t easy because of the absolute joy I get from serving as your president.

Tell me that the most hardened critic cannot get excited about being in a room full of future doctors, lawyers, nurse practitioners, engineers, professors and

professionals of every background. I won’t believe you.

Tell me you don’t get thrilled rubbing shoulders with the truly gifted and the hardest working people you will ever meet.

I won’t believe you.

Tell me you can remain a cynic with so many beautiful minds. I won’t believe you.

It makes me want to get a BBQ. During my time with GPSC, we have been able to increase our travel grant funding, launch the research and project grant, increase childcare grant funding and sign two memorandum of understanding’s, which strengthened our role on campus and in the community.

We have grown our events and have made a quantitative and qualitative impact on the lives of those we serve. Despite our success, our goals to increase compensation levels have not been as successful.

Now, it is your turn. The UA has 10 top 10 and 20 top 20 programs in the U.S. and it is a top 100 university in the world because of YOU. GPSC will continue to serve the graduate and professional students of UA because of YOU. If it does not, it is your right and duty to demand that GPSC reflects your values and struggles.

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NICHOLAS PILLOT OF BLEACHED drums at 191 Toole in downtown Tucson on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Bleached is made up of sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, bassist Micayla Grace and touring drummer Pillot.

Bleached: A punk rock band that grew up

BY NINA ULLOA @nine_u

Los Angeles-based rock band Bleached came through Tucson to play a show at 191 Toole on Wednesday. With recent concerts and exciting activity taking place, 191 Toole is quickly becoming one of the best concert venues in town.

Bleached is touring the country in support of the band’s second album Welcome the Worms, released in April. The tour will take Bleached across the country, including sets at beloved punk festival Riot Fest and Carnival.

Bleached is a fun band full of energy.

From its recorded music to its live shows, to the way Bleached describes their own work, you can tell the group loves what they do.

Nina Ulloa of the Daily Wildcat sat down with the band before the show Wednesday night to talk about the band’s new album.

Bleached said it finished recording a new EP last week, the day before it left for tour, but a release date for the EP has not yet been set.

Sister duo Jennifer and Jessica Clavin make up two-thirds of Bleached. Jennifer plays guitar and sings, Jessica plays guitar, bassist Micayla Grace rounds the group out and drummer Nick Pillot plays with the band on the road. Prior to the creation of Bleached, the Clavin sisters were in popular garage rock band Mika Miko until the band split in 2009.

Jennifer said she unintentionally used Welcome the Worms as a way to release frustrations about an emotionally abusive relationship and depression.

Jessica used the album as an opportunity to find her youth again after she had become self-conscious of her guitarplaying abilities. Finding confidence and trying new things while playing became important to her. Jessica wanted to return

to the uninhibited method of playing she had employed in previous bands.

“I started looking back at previous bands [we had been in] and the performance and we’d just go crazy,” Jessica said. “We didn’t care what other people were thinking.”

Grace, who had had first joined the band as a touring bassist, contributed to the writing process for Welcome the Worms, a first for the band. Being a part of the writing process was an exciting yet nerve-wracking experience for her. For a time, she worried about messing up the album but came to enjoy the experience of writing as a group.

Bleached learns from every release it puts out, but the group doesn’t dwell on the past. Jennifer doesn’t like to listen back to their records after they’ve come out. The band does soak up the experience, using it to become better musicians moving forward.

“We learn from each thing that we do,” Grace said. “So everything you do matters,

because it always leads up to the next experience. There is a lot of growth in this group, we are always ready for the next thing.”

The members of Bleached took what they learned from Welcome the Worms and used it to improve their upcoming EP. Grace said the band has been attending vocal practice and Jessica has been working on her guitar playing. They are focused on making their live show the best it can be.

The L.A. punk scene is an important inspiration for the band. Jennifer said allages DIY venue, The Smell, is an important part of the band’s journey.

“Without The Smell, I maybe wouldn’t even still be in a band today,” Jennifer said.

“The Smell was needed to let this side of the youth punk scene out—that wouldn’t have existed without it.”

The band looks forward to playing festival dates with its favorite band Misfits and touring in Australia.

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Arts & Life • Friday, Sept. 2-Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016

UAMA exhibit creates new artistic understanding

BY KRISTI RUCKER @DailyWildcat

The UA Museum of Art is the best university museum I have ever been to.

This space is on the level of better-known art institutions from all over the world. The UAMA creates an amazing opportunity for students, faculty and Tucson residents to see top-quality art from all over the world throughout all different time periods.

The museum currently displays a dynamic group of modern artwork.

“Modernist Intersections: The Tia Collection,” is on display until Oct. 9. This art is from a private collector in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The number of celebrated artists featured in this collection is mindblowing—it includes Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and many more. When viewing this show, you will notice that art has been grouped together in relation to a theme in order to create dialog and produce a new understanding of the topic addressed.

Visitors walk up the stairs and toward the back of the museum to see this extraordinary assemblage of art.

Calder fostered his fame from creating moving mobiles and large sculptures using sheet metal, but he also made jewelry and paintings.

“La Botte (maquette)” (1959), is one of his sculptures on display.

It is made from organically cut black pieces of sheet metal. There is a large amount of negative space underneath the artwork, producing an energetic balance.

The sculpture has very small contact spots touching the table, created by forms starting at an almost-point and gradating up into the larger structure. From one angle, it almost looks like animals raising their heads.

There are multiple curved shapes that start from the center of the sculpture and reach upwards.

If you look closely, there are extra pieces of sheet metal layered on top of each other.

Since the pieces are riveted together, these extra layers are placed only as design elements. After Calder made the sculpture, he then painted it entirely black.

Calder’s “La Botte (maquette)” was grouped in the exhibit with Robert Mapplethorpe’s “Phillip Prioleau” (1979) and Joel Shapiro’s “Untitled” (2010) based on each piece’s relation to the concept of balance.

Erin Currier’s “The Raft” (2010) shows a frightening scene from a plane crash in the ocean. A plane is being tossed around by waves behind a raft full of people struggling to survive. The artist uses recycled material, which is seen peeking through the outer layer of paint.

Currier comments on civil rights by illustrating the struggles of people by her use of dull, but highly contrasting, exaggerated colors.

“The Raft” is placed with Lajos Vajda’s

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KAYAH BYRD, A FRESHMAN majoring in molecular and cellular biology, spends the afternoon looking at “Modernist Intersections: The Tia Collection” at the University of Arizona Museum of Art on Thursday, Sept. 1. The museum serves as a great on-campus resource for those who are natural lovers of art, much like Byrd herself.

“Young Laborer” (1930-1933) and other paintings by Currier, all focusing on the theme of civil rights.

Peter Hurd’s “The Month of July” (1962) is a beautiful landscape. The viewer is on a hill, looking down in a valley divided into farmland and mountains. The other side of the valley has mountains painted in neutral tones with a strong contrast emphasizing light that is breaking though the clouds above.

Behind the mountains is a huge rain storm about to engulf the landscape below.

The clouds are bellowing up the mountains, colliding and bursting into rain.

The use of color and lines shows the movement of the rain pouring out of the sky. This painting is reminiscent of Tucson during the monsoon season, as the weather interacts with the landscape here similarly as it does in “The Month of July.” Hurd’s stunning piece was grouped with some Maynard Dixon paintings, but you’ll have to go check it out to see more.

“The Tia Collection” is on display at the UA Museum of Art until Oct. 9—don’t miss it.

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A LOOK AT “MODERNIST Intersections: The Tia Collection” at the University of Arizona Museum of Art on Thursday, Sept. 1. The artwork will be on display until Oct. 9.

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RENEE LARRICK, A CUSTODIAN at the University of Arizona for her third school year, answers questions at Colonia De La Paz on Thursday, Aug. 25. Larrick has spent a lot of time working in assisted living homes because she likes to care for those in need.

Res Life custodian: ‘It’s the little things’

BY LINDSEY OTTO @lindsotto

Among the labyrinthine staircases of Colonia De La Paz, Renee Larrick smiled at students old and new as she navigated through the A300s and B300s with her housekeeping cart.

A Tucsonan for over 30 years and a UA custodian for the past two years, Larrick gave the Daily Wildcat a glimpse of her life beyond La Paz’s cinderblock halls.

After growing up and graduating high school in Indiana, Larrick moved to Tucson with her parents and has remained in the Old Pueblo ever since. After graduating high school, Larrick said helping people became her greatest passion.

“My mom always used to say I was always looking out for the underdog, so I think I’ve always been like that,” she said.

Before coming to the UA, Larrick worked at various nursing homes in the Tucson area, including Brookdale Senior Living. As she recounted her grandparents passing, she said she felt a particular connection to assisting the elderly.

“I’ve always had a soft spot for elderly people,” Larrick said. “They need people to look out for them.”

As Larrick settled down and started a family, a change of pace complimented her new life.

Larrick said that the hours don’t fluctuate as much in custodial work, so it’s a steadier lifestyle for her.

Larrick, with a genuine grin plastered on her face, said that working on campus and seeing the students reminds her of her two daughters—Heather, 26, and Brooke, 23.

Once the end of a long work week rolls around, she likes to spend time relaxing with her husband.

“On the weekends, we like to play Wii Golf or just watch Netflix,” Larrick said. “My goal is to retire in a few years. I’ve been doing custodial work for a long time.”

Our conversation paused as one of the residents in the hall asked if he could shower.

Larrick gestured him into the bathroom, gently warning him of the slippery floors.

“I don’t want these kids to go somewhere that’s dirty,” Larrick said. “It doesn’t look good on me, but it’s also not good for them.”

Larrick said she finds a subtle joy in what she does, confident in her strong work ethic.

Students play a large part in her motivation.

With a slight shake of her head, Larrick told me how it’s the little things that keep her smiling throughout the year.

“My first year here, there were some kids making a mess in the hall and the other kids were going after them saying, ‘No, we’re not going to have Renee clean up after you, you need to clean that up,’” Larrick said. “And I really appreciated that.”

Despite working on the UA campus for only three semesters, Larrick spoke fondly of the students she encounters—sounding as if she had known them for their entire lives.

“I even remember the students from my first year here, and I always wished they would come back and say hi,” Larrick said.

So when wads of tangled hair flood the drain and soapy paper towels stick to the floor, maybe take a moment and appreciate the heroes who tackle the dirty horrors of the residence hall bathrooms.

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Sports • Friday, Sept. 2-Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016

BYU reporter gives inside look at Wildcats' opener Daily Universe Sports Editor Nate Cunningham explains why the Cougars will be victorious over the UA on Saturday

BY JUSTIN SPEARS @JustinESports

It's the moment and date we’ve all been waiting for: the first weekend of college football.

There will be some cheers echoing around the country, but prepare to see teams with their hearts broken.

Saturday will be a day that Arizona and BYU will really discover what they’re capable of. The Wildcats will be tested more than usual, because the last time the Wildcats faced BYU was in the 2007 season opener.

That was the same year BYU went 11-2 and beat UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl.

The Wildcats' quarterback situation is still a mystery, with Anu Solomon and Brandon Dawkins sharing reps while head coach Rich Rodriguez refuses to announce a starter until the opening kickoff.

No one truly knows how Arizona's defense will look in terms of schemes, but first-year defensive coordinator Marcel Yates said he would throw multiple defenses at BYU. Regardless of Arizona’s concerning situation, the Cactus Kickoff Classic at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, should provide some home cooking for the Wildcats.

The neighbors sometimes think the grass is greener on the other side, and BYU is in Arizona's backyard looking to steal one from the Wildcats.

Daily Universe sports editor Nate Cunningham is making the trip from Provo, Utah, and he shared his thoughts on what to expect from the Cougars moving forward.

Daily Wildcat: Why will BYU knock off Arizona?

Cunningham: BYU wins this game because the Cougars are the more talented team, which isn't something that

can often be said about BYU. A perfect storm of excellent recruiting, transfers filling needs and returning stars make the Cougars as dangerous as they've ever been. Defensively, they're as good as they've been in years, and the switch to a 4-3 scheme will only help emphasize the talent they have.

Linebacker Fred Warner and safety Kai Nacua are impact players who will make their presence known on Saturday.

Offensively, the team welcomes back two of the most explosive players to ever come through Provo, in Taysom Hill and Jamaal Williams. The Cougars also have a massive offensive line—the average weight is 307.7 pounds—and should be able to impose their will on the Wildcats.

Who will be a breakout player against Arizona that no one knows about?

Cornerback Troy Warner has too much talent not to be a breakout star for the Cougars. The former Oregon commit came to Provo to play with his brother, Fred, and 'The Warner Bros.' will wreak havoc on opposing offenses all season long. He's just a true freshman, so he's bound to show his age at some point, but he's immensely talented and extremely athletic. I expect big things from Warner starting in Week 1.

Who are newcomers that will shine not only Saturday, but for the rest of the season?

Everyone knows about the return of Taysom Hill and Jamaal Williams. But two lesser-known offensive cogs may prove to be just as important for the Cougars in 2016: Andrew Eide and Keyan Norman. Eide and Norman are both transfers from Southern Utah and both were All-Big Sky Honorable Mentions a season ago. Now, they'll slide into BYU's left tackle and left guard spots. They're both massive

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HEADSHOT PROVIDED BY NATE Cunningham. Cunningham is the sports editor for the Daily Universe and covers BYU football.

players—Eide is 6-foot-5 and 301 pounds and Norman is 6-foot-3 and 305 pounds—who should anchor an offensive line that struggled at times last season. Sure, everyone loves the ball carriers, but they can't get going if the line isn't moving bodies. Eide and Norman shouldn't have a problem doing that.

Cunningham is confident in what BYU is bringing to the game Saturday, and although there are several questions remaining concerning the Wildcats, one thing is for sure: After four quarters of play, things will be a lot clearer for UA fans.

Defensive players ready for season kickoff

BY IVAN LEONARD @Ivan14bro

After a long offseason, we finally get to see Arizona’s new, and hopefully improved, defense on Saturday.

Arizona knows that if it's going to contend in the Pac12 Conference, it will need the defense to cause turnovers and get off the field.

The Wildcats allowed at least 38 points in all six of their losses last season, and over 50 points in three losses.

A defense that ranked 113th last season is looking forward to the challenges that await it this season.

The Wildcats are eager to show their improvements Saturday against BYU. While the Cougars return 16 starters, including a massive offensive line, Arizona is still confident they can get the job done when the time comes.

“I am expecting a good team, but that does not stop us from our goal," said sophomore

free safety Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles.

"We want to compete and win."

With the addition of defensive coordinator Marcel Yates from Boise State, the defensive players are extremely optimistic about their chances this season.

“Coach Yates is a great coach," said sophomore cornerback Jace Whittaker. "He is surrounded by great coaches as well, and [cornerbacks] coach Donte Williams is an amazing coach."

The defense is excited to display what they have been working on all summer with new coaches Yates and Williams.

“We are going to play hard and bust our tails and show you guys what we have been doing in the off season and in the summer," said senior linebacker Paul Magloire.

The defensive backs also attribute assistant coach Jahmile Addae and Williams’s intensity in practice for an improved unit.

Many defensive players boasted about

their intensity and passion for the game they bring.

“Coach Donte just knows football and he knows you as a player and he has the same personality,” Whittaker said.

While some coaches take on a more passive role during practice, they are lacing up their cleats with the players to help them improve.

“I am still worried one of them is going to pull a hamstring, but yes, they have been way more active,” Flannigan-Fowles said. “[They are] great coaches, teaching us great technique and getting us ready for this first game."

The older players on defense may be learning a new system, but they are still taking the time to help the younger players adjust to the game. The younger players have relied on their older teammates in the past and still want help improve their game for this season.

“I watched Will Parks, Anthony Lopez and Tellas Jones and they basically took me under their wing last year,” said freshman

Bandit Chacho Ulloa. “Throughout the spring and fall, I have had great teammates coach me up on what I am doing wrong and coach Addae talks to me.”

One player Ulloa said is under the radar and could have an impact this year is freshman safety Isaiah Hayes.

“He is a hard worker," Ulloa said.

"He does exactly what coach wants him to and he has a great football I.Q., and I have mad respect for him."

BYU is not a tune-up game, unlike a lot of season openers. The Cougars are a big, physical team and Arizona is going to need this game to have success down the road. The Wildcats face a tough conference schedule with Utah, USC, UCLA and Stanford all in a four-week stretch, so they need some momentum before conference play.

This game could end up determining the expectations we have for the 2016 Wildcats, and they would love to start their season with a statement up in Phoenix.

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Sports • Friday, Sept. 2-Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016

DeGracie-Bailey cherishes record

BY RYAN KELAPIRE @RKelapireUA

A text message from her aunt broke the news.

Jaden DeGracie-Bailey had just set Arizona soccer’s all-time assist record, and she didn’t even realize it. That is until she received a congratulatory text message.

“My aunt Debbie, who lives in Tucson, follows soccer on Twitter,” DeGracie-Bailey said. “She’s the one that sent it into our family group text and everyone was so excited. … I had no idea until everyone was saying congrats, and I was like, ‘congrats for what?’"

In a 2-2 tie with Texas Tech on Friday, DeGracie-Bailey tallied her record-breaking 20th career assist, putting her atop the program’s alltime leaderboard.

DeGracie-Bailey launched a flip-throw toward the opposing box late in the second half, where it was gathered by teammate Cali Crisler, who knocked it in for a go-ahead goal.

Despite taking a 2-1 lead against a top-20 team on the road, the assist record didn’t even cross DeGracie-Bailey’s mind.

“I had no idea, actually,” she said. “When I throw the ball, it’s always a jumble. So I was just excited that we scored. I didn’t even think about if someone touched it or if it came just from me or what happened. I just knew that we scored and we had to keep the lead.”

DeGracie-Bailey, lost in the moment, may have needed her aunt to deliver the news, but it’s not like she was unaware of the record altogether.

When DeGracie-Bailey arrived at the UA in 2013, becoming the school’s all-time assist leader was her goal from the get-go.

“This is what I wanted to do,” she said.

Arizona soccer’s motto is “building a legacy,” and DeGracie-Bailey has done just that.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Arizona head coach Tony Amato said. “We recruited Jaden and talked to her about doing something special here as a program and how she would be a piece of that.”

While DeGracie-Bailey has already done something special, the senior still has almost an entire season left to continue building her legacy.

“It is amazing,” DeGracie-Bailey said. “I’m kind of in season mode right now, so I took just a second to think ‘wow, this is what I’ve been working for.’ But at the end of the day, I can’t just let that define who I am. I have to keep pushing forward and [I am] still looking and hoping to get more.”

DeGracie-Bailey’s key to success is her work ethic and ability to embrace who she is as a player.

“She’s a strength-oriented person [who] knows we want her delivering crosses to get assists and using her flip-throws and she’s gotten assists both ways,” Amato said.

Fittingly, a flip-throw is exactly how DeGracie-Bailey recorded her historic assist.

“It wasn’t going to happen any other way,” Amato said. “It was perfect.”

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ARIZONA SOCCER PLAYER JADEN DeGracie-Bailey runs toward ball in game against Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. DeGracie-Bailey is now the UA's all time leader in career assists with 20.

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ARIZONA SOCCER PLAYER JADEN DeGracie-Bailey throws in the ball during a match against Washington on Sept. 25, 2015. DeGracie-Bailey is now the UA's all time leader in career assists with 20.

The Daily Wildcat • 19

Sports • Friday, Sept. 2-Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016

UA soccer heads to Tempe for tourney

BY RYAN KELAPIRE @RKelapireUA

Three games have provided three different results for the Arizona women’s soccer team to begin the 2016 season.

The Wildcats lost their seasonopener 3-1 to Pepperdine on the road, then beat Utah Valley 5-1 in Tucson, then tied 2-2 against No. 16 Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.

Something will have to give when the Wildcats head to Tempe this weekend for two games in the Sun Devil Desert Classic.

The Denver Pioneers are Arizona's first opponent of the weekend.

“They’re a team that likes to get their outside backs forward and wants to possess the ball,” Arizona head coach Tony Amato said. “Their goal kicks will go far, their free kicks will go far, but mainly, they’re trying to keep the ball and build an attack. We want to make sure we don’t allow them to get four or five passes in a row, so we’ll try to break that up and once we get it, we have to connect that first pass out and when we do that, we’re a different team.”

ARIZONA ATHLETICS

ARIZONA GOALKEEPER MEREDITH REINHARDT (0) high fives team before game against Utah Valley on Sunday, Aug. 21.

The Pioneers, members of the Summit League, are 1-3 this season and have been outscored 7-2 by opponents this season.

“I’m expecting us to make sure that we do everything in our power to keep them out of the back of the net,” Amato said. “One

of their players, [Leah Swander], has a majority of their shots.”

The Pioneers have taken 40 shots this season and Swander has accounted for 21 of them, giving her a team-high by a wide margin.

“We expect them to play

through her a little bit and we need to make sure she doesn’t hurt us,” Amato said.

While the Pioneers have been outscored 7-2 this season, the Wildcats have outscored their opponents 7- 3 in the last two games.

Amato credits his team’s defense for the recent offensive surge.

“When we defend well, it leads to attacking chances,” he said. “When you start back with the Utah Valley game, we did a good job of disrupting what they were doing and that led to rebounds and goals and chances and corners and free kicks. We want to make sure we do that on Friday.”

Arizona’s defense could be getting a boost this weekend.

Sophomore goalkeeper Lainey Burdett, who has yet to make her season debut because of an illness, returned to practice this week and will be available in Tempe, barring any setbacks.

“You never know if there are any fatigue issues,” Amato said.

“Sometimes you get little tweaks

because you haven’t been in training. So if there aren’t any setbacks, I would suspect that she would play some role this weekend.”

Freshman Meredith Reinhardt has been starting in Burdett’s place and has been "solid," according to Amato. But Burdett’s return will certainly be a welcomed addition.

Along with being a more experienced goalkeeper, Burdett’s leadership—specifically her tendency to direct the defense in front of her—is much-needed for the Wildcats’ young backline.

As Amato noted, the better Arizona’s defense is, the better its offense is. The Wildcats have outshot opponents 51-34 this season.

Kickoff against Denver at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m.

The Wildcats will face Columbia at 11 a.m., Sunday, to conclude the weekend. The Lions, who play ASU on Friday, are 1-1 this season.

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College football opens with a bang A lineup full of perennial powerhouse matchups provides a stellar slate for college football's opening weekend

BY FERNANDO GALVAN @fgalvan35

The 2016 college football season is set to kick off with a bang and is considered by many to be the best opening weekend in college football history.

Here is a list of the must-watch games taking place this weekend, and why college football fans should be excited to tune in.

No. 8 Stanford faces off against Kansas State Friday night will present the country its first glimpse of Christian McCaffery coming off of his record-breaking season.

Kansas State is not ranked, but they consistently field a competitive team and could be a trap game for Stanford.

Last year, the Cardinal opened the season against Northwestern and were upset on the road.

That turned out to be the game that would keep them out of the College Football Playoff.

If Stanford heads into Friday night’s game underestimating its opponent, a similar outcome could become a reality.

Watch: Friday, 6 p.m., FS1 Perennial power house No. 3 Oklahoma against No. 15 Houston Houston has seen a dramatic increase in its programs' production in recent years and is on the verge of being the first nonpower five conference team to make the playoff.

A win over Oklahoma would do wonders for Houston's argument that it belongs at the big boy table.

Unfortunately for the Cougars, Oklahoma is coming off of a playoff appearance of its own and has its sights set on another national championship.

History may be on Houston’s side, however.

Every time Oklahoma has been ranked in the preseason top five in the last

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decade, its has failed to finish the season ranked in the top 15.

Either way, this game should be entertaining. Both teams return talented and confident quarterbacks.

Watch: Saturday, 9 a.m., ABC Powerhouses LSU and Wisconsin clash at Lambeau The afternoon game is another matchup of college football powerhouses, as LSU faces Wisconsin at Lambeau field. LSU is a strong pick to compete for

the SEC championship, while Wisconsin is rebuilding.

Expect LSU running back Leonard Fournette to have a big game; the junior almost rushed for 2,000 yards last season and is a favorite for the Heisman Trophy this year. When you consider the high level of competition on the field and add the atmosphere of Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, you have the making of a very special college football game.

Watch: Saturday, 12:30 p.m., ABC

Defending champion Alabama faces Pac-12 powerhouse The game of the weekend is the night game between defending champion No. 1 Alabama and No. 20 USC. This is a matchup of college football blue bloods. Both of these programs can make their claim as the best program in the country because of the illustrious histories each has. National championships and Heisman Trophy winners are a regular for both schools.

However, this might be the first

time these schools have been so unevenly matched. Alabama is in the middle of a dynasty, winning four titles in seven years, while USC is trying to find its way to the early 2000s when winning was not only expected, but it was easy.

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Watch: Saturday, 5 p.m., ABC