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‘Hands up, don’t shoot!’ BY MAX RODRIGUEZ The Daily Wildcat

Members of the Black Student Union and their allies were asked to leave the Student Union Memorial Center twice for protesting on Wednesday despite positive responses from student witnesses. The protesters marched around and through the student union to bring attention to the ingrained discrimination that black men and women face in the U.S. As they marched around the student union, they were met with clapping from organizations on the UA Mall. Some people put their hands up after hearing the group shout, “Hands up, don’t shoot!” The protesters laid down in front of Gallagher Theater at one point to represent the black men and women killed by police brutality. After doing so, Glen Loftis, event services program coordinator in the event services office at Arizona Student Unions, and other staff members asked the protesters to leave

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PHYSICS SOPHOMORE Elsa Gebreyohane wears make up and lies down on the floor in the Student Union Memorial Center on Wednesday in order to show what a gunshot victim looks like and represent lives lost to police brutality.

the union. Loftis said they did so because the student union is a place they try to keep “politically free.” “This is a place for students to come without being hassled,” Loftis said.

“This is a safe haven, so that’s why we politely asked them to go outside.” The student reaction was largely one of support for the protesters. “To see people speaking out and refusing to forget

what has happened is absolutely crucial because as soon as you forget, that’s when things happen again,” said Jordan Neubauer, a political science freshman. Mallory Corrus, a political science senior,

Students carry their mattress in solidarity

said it is important for the community to speak out against police brutality. “I think [the protest] was really powerful,” Corrus said. “I’m really proud of our community for embracing it

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Students from SPEAC and FORCE carried and displayed pillows and a mattress on the UA Mall on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with a student at Columbia University who was sexually assaulted . S t u d e n t s P r o m o t i n g Empowerment and Consent and Feminists Organized to Resist, Create and Empower are student groups that combat sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking . Similar acts of solidarity are happening at campuses across the U.S. For the UA, FORCE requested students who wished to take part to carry a pillow with them rather than a mattress. The mattress and pillows displayed the hashtag #CarryThatWeight. Mallory Corrus, a political science

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SIMONE LA LONDE, a sophomore studying public health and Spanish, tapes a sign to a mattress during Feminists Organized to Resist, Create and Empower’s sexual assault booth on the UA Mall on Wednesday. FORCE included a mattress at its table to show solidarity with Emma Sulkowicz, a student at Columbia University who is carrying around the mattress upon which she was sexually assaulted until her rapist is expelled from the university or she graduates.

FORCE requested funding for two conferences at the ASUA meeting on Wednesday. Marisa Calegari, student director of the Women’s Resource Center’s Feminists Organized to Resist, Create and Empower, told the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Senate that FORCE is hoping to send two people to Feminist Camp in New York from Jan. 4-10, 2015. Calegari told the senate that the conference focuses specifically on educating college-aged individuals on feminism so they may bring their knowledge back to their campuses. Calegari also asked for funding to send two students to South by Southwest’s Celebrate Digital Creatvity conference from March 13-17, 2015. The students would have the opportunity to learn more about marketing and programming, in addition to networking with other creative, forward-thinking individuals. The senate was also informed that this marketing conference would allow FORCE to better reach the student body. Calegari told the senate the budget for both conferences is $9,512, and that the WRC only has $3,300 for conferences and FORCE only has $1,000 allocated for conferences. Based on these numbers, Calegari said $4,500 was still needed to send

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A UA graduate student received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, helping her work toward reducing health disparities in the U.S. Heather Coats, a registered nurse for 18 years and a nurse practitioner since 2006, is a nursing graduate student pursuing a doctorate of philosophy in nursing through the UA College of Nursing’s online PhD program. While Coats lives in Jackson, Miss., she is able to meet online with her mentor, Anne Rosenfeld, associate dean for research and a professor at the College of Nursing. Rosenfeld is chair of Coats’ dissertation committee and her sponsor for the National Research Service Award.

“She is a mentor extraordinaire,” Coats said. Though Rosenfeld wasn’t initially her adviser, she became so after finding out about Coats’ past experiences, similar research methods and similar content area research. Coats said she credits not only her mentor but the available resources at the UA as well for her achievements in the program. “Between her and the Office of Nursing Research, they guided me through every step of the way,” Coats said. “Without them, without her, this … would have been impossible.” Rosenfeld said not everyone who applies for the competitive fellowship receives it. “Only the top percent get funded,” Rosenfeld said. “It’s very rigorous.” Coats not only identified the gap in research concerning palliative

and end of life care in AfricanAmerican elders but was also innovative and successful in putting together a proposal, Rosenfeld said. According to the National Institutes of Health website, the fellowship is intended to provide predoctoral students with supervised research training in specified health-related areas leading toward the research degree. “NIH is very interested in funding research and also in preparing our next generation of researchers,” Rosenfeld said. “[Coats] is identified by them as someone who has very strong potential to be a successful research nurse scientist and conduct research over the next 2030 years.” Coats’ specific area of research is palliative care. She said palliative care is an all-encompassing type of care focusing on a holistic approach

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HEATHER COATS, a nursing graduate student, recently won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. Her research focuses on palliative care, which she said focuses on a holistic, patientcentered approach to take care of patients with serious illnesses.

and is also known as patientcentered care for someone who is experiencing a serious illness.

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Fate of election lies with young voters BY brian valencia

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When Arizona voters go to the polls Tuesday, the younger demographic could have a big impact on election results. Voters will elect a new governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general and decide on several congressional races, including the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District seat held by Democratic incumbent Ron Barber. Young voters have historically had a huge influence on elections, but it is a struggle to get people to vote in a nonpresidential election year. Clubs and organizations at Arizona’s universities are rallying students to go out and vote. “Definitely a lot of people don’t realize how important midterm elections are since they are not as glamorous as presidential elections,” said Renee Cloutier, president of Arizona State University Young Democrats in Tempe. Historically, voter turnout decreases in nonpresidential elections. In the 2012 presidential

election, 74 percent of Arizona voters cast ballots compared to 56 percent in 2010. Among 18 to 24-year-olds, there was only a 38 percent voter turnout in 2012 nationally. “We’ve [set up tables to] register people to vote, canvassed neighborhoods near campus to engage voters and held a phone bank to call voters and talk to them about the election,” said Nick Mahon, president of the UA Young Democrats at the UA. College Republicans at ASU have made similar efforts to inform young voters in and around campus. “Between this semester and last, we have hosted pretty much every major Arizona Republican candidate at our meetings to reach out to students who are interested in learning more about what they have to offer,” said Kevin Calabrese, a spokesman for ASU College Republicans. The club has hosted governorhopeful Doug Ducey, secretary of state candidate Michele Reagan, 9th Congressional District candidate Wendy Rogers, 2nd Congressional

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Two students leave a polling place at the UA on Tuesday. Historically, young voters have had a large impact on the results of elections.

District candidate Martha McSally and 1st Congressional District candidate Andy Tobin. Efforts seem to have been working, with young voter turnout on an upward trend in the past

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all four members to their respective conferences. FORCE requested $4,300, stating the extra $200 would be funded from miscellaneous budget that can be moved around. The senate asked Calegari why the two separate conferences for two separate duos were necessary. Calegari informed the senate this was due to the fact that not all of them being able to go to a single event at a certain time. She said she was sending the junior members to Feminist Camp so they could receive an intensive feminist training, whereas the senior members would be attending the marketing conference. A major concern from the senate regarding South by Southwest was that it is also a music festival. Lili Stoffen, marketing

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That can include symptom management, goals of care and advance care planning. Coats’ dissertation on psychological, social and spiritual healing came from her belief that it’s necessary to look at the whole person

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Representatives from Feminists Organized to Resist, Create and Empower ask the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Senate for funding to attend two different conferences. The first conference will teach attendees how to bring feminism to their campuses, and the second will teach attendees how to strengthen their marketing skills.

director for FORCE, said they would be going earlier in the week when the marketing portion would take place. She told the senate the music festival would take place later that week. This then led to the question of if registration was a different cost than what was

on the proposed budget. Stoffen said the registration listed on the proposed budget was the registration for only the marketing event. The senate also said this was the first time this year the senate had received a request for funding for two

as they’re going through a serious illness. Coats said she believes culture is a key factor to understanding how to take care of these patients. “You can’t look at those three things without looking at the cultural aspect,” Coats said. Although her short-term goal is to graduate in August 2015, when asked about the

big picture, Coats said she hopes to work towards taking culture into account in order to provide better health care. “My end goal would be to impact the way we provide palliative care for minority groups, to really make a difference or an impact on incorporating that whole person,” Coats said. Coats added that she wants

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and understanding the gravity of the situation and how important it is to fight against police brutality.” Kevyn Butler, president of the BSU, and Trinity Goss, vice president of the BSU, did not understand why they were kicked out the second time because they did not chant and only held their signs as they walked through the union. Goss noted the discrepancy in how student stances were treated versus the stances of corporations, such as Chick-fil-A, which had received criticism for its stance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community two years ago. “I just want … more clarification

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on what they consider taking a stance on something,” Goss said. “If it’s bringing money to the university, is it just swept under the rug and OK?” Kathryn Adams Riester, associate dean of students for parent and family programs, said the UA applies something known as a “Forum Test” when deciding whether or not protests are allowed in an area. “The type of forum that you’re in determines what kind of expressive activity can occur in that space,” Adams Riester said. Adams Riester said the inside of the student union is not a public forum because it is supposed to be a place of business, and no types of protests are allowed inside the building even if they are not being disruptive.

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10 years. Young voter turnout in a presidential election hit an alltime low in 1996 with 32.4 percent nationally but rose to almost 44 percent in 2008. Out-of-state students are not

conferences and asked which would be preferred if only one could be funded. “The reason we split up is because we couldn’t both make it at the same time for each,” Calegari said. “It was mostly an issue of who could make what dates.” Stoffen and Calegari were also asked if they had looked into other conferences that may be cheaper. “We have looked extensively into our conferences,” Calegari said. “We have looked at them at our past meetings every month. A lot of them are either more expensive, or they don’t fit our times or they don’t fit our needs.” When they were asked what they would bring back from the conferences, Calegari said it was a matter of their information and how they spread it.

allowed to vote in Arizona, but all clubs recommend using mail-in ballots and encourage friends at home to vote.

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senior, said an incident at Columbia University was what sparked the protests. Emma Sulkowicz, a student at Columbia, was sexually assaulted and started carrying her mattress around campus to represent the burden of being a sexual assault survivor after the university did not expel the perpetrator. Jane Otenyo, a public health senior, said it was significant because it was the same mattress that she was assaulted on. “[Sulkowicz] made a pledge to herself that she was not going to stop carrying that mattress around until her perpetrator is either expelled or she graduates from school,” Otenyo said. “I think that speaks volumes about the weight that she has to carry around. Not only the psychological and emotional stress of the assault, but also the mattress.” Corrus said Sulkowicz’s friends organized this day for students across the nation to carry mattresses around their campus as a sign of support for sexual assault survivors. “It’s a serious problem that universities have not done an adequate job addressing across the board,” Corrus said. The mattress at the booth for the event displayed a sign stating “Ask us about our mattress,” and a banner with hands that invited individuals to sign a pledge against domestic and sexual assault. The banner prompted a community member to come over and share her story with one of the people at the table. Julie Wernick, a mathematics freshman, said she was participating by carrying her pillow with a sign saying “carry that weight” pinned to it to show support for sexual assault victims. “I’m carrying a pillow today to show support for victims of sexual assault, to show them they are not alone and that campuses need to make a change with their policies,” Wernick said.

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to help patients along their journey as they live everyday with their serious illness, from diagnosis to end of life. “That’s the big goal, the vision, the passion that keeps me going,” Coats said.

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Butler said being asked to leave could end up being a positive thing for the visibility of BSU’s cause, and that they had talked about the possibility while planning the protest. “Now it’s gotten to a point where they’ve asked us to leave twice, that it’s not going to even be a thing that is brushed under the rug,” Butler said. “Now we’re not just reaching the undergraduate or the graduate student body, but the administrative level as well.” Butler said they were trying to bring awareness to the amount of black individuals being killed by police brutality. “We want to highlight this experience on our campus because us, as black individuals, these issues pertain to us even though

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we’re on a predominantly white campus,” Butler said. “So we’re kind of out here to make sure that black individuals who lost their lives, like Michael Brown, like Jordan Davis, like Trayvon Martin, that their deaths don’t become trends and that they actually become statements that we take into our society to change our views and our policy systems.” Butler directed the #OurLivesMatter demonstration as part of the Black Life Matters organization and led the protesters in chants. Those chants included, “Black lives matter,” “Hands up, don’t shoot,” “We won’t forget,” and, “No justice, no peace.” They also chanted in solidarity with black teens killed in recent years, including Michael Brown, Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin.

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The protesters carried signs that displayed messages including, “Black is not a probable cause,” “Stop killing us,” and, “Black blood bleeds red, too.” There was also a sign with a list of black men and women killed, under the heading, “The fallen — We will always remember.” Some of the protesters, including Elsa Gebreyohanes, a physics sophomore, donned facial paint meant to represent bullet wounds from police brutality. “It makes it more real,” Gebreyohanes said. “It’s not just us holding our signs. You can see the effects of what it is.”

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Pirate Mansion pioneers innovation BY tyler mcdowell-blanken Arizona Sonora News Service

One of Stephen Ost’s best ideas came when he was eating lunch alone. The then-freshman wanted to find a solution. He recalls thinking, “Why am I eating alone right now? There’s got to be someone who’s also free.” These days, he is rarely alone. Stephen Ost and seven of his peers live in the Pirate Mansion, an unassuming house on East Drachman Street, near the UA campus. The house is used as a collaborative living and working space for the young entrepreneurs who are predominantly UA graduates or students. All of its current members are men. Dan James, a local entrepreneur and investor, owns the property. Each member pays about $600 a month for rent. “We want everybody to live together … so we can give that feedback. You get a whole different perspective on things,” said Stephen Ost, a 2013 computer science graduate. “It gives us access to pretty much everybody’s brains and who they know.” Stephen Ost’s younger brother, Isaac Ost, moved into the house in January. The general studies junior previously lived in the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house but jumped at the opportunity for a new experience. “It’s not about who has the biggest ego or idea,” Isaac Ost said. “[Stephen Ost] was the person who motivated me to put myself out there. It gives me a clear route and path to follow.” Stephen Ost and fellow entrepreneur Nick Morin are working on eFIT, an online platform in which students or employees can earn rewards for exercise. The ultimate goal for both men is to market their product to Fortune 500 companies, equipping employees

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with the opportunity to earn benefits such as discounted health care plans or gift cards. “The idea of having a health and wellness platform is validated,” Stephen Ost said. “I met Nick and thought he was someone I wanted to work with.” Morin, a junior from Seattle, has seamlessly transitioned since moving into the house this semester after living last year at The Retreat, an off-campus apartment complex. He is studying computer science and

eSociety, a new academic degree program offered through the School of Information Resources and Library Science that focuses on innovations in communication and computational technology. “It’s the connections I’m making,” Morin said. “We’re all on the same page.” Aside from classes, his focus is on launching eFIT into another stratosphere. He can name off partnerships that he has developed with organizations like Startup Tucson as if he were

reciting lyrics from this week’s Top 40. “My vision is to have a healthier corporate America,” Morin said. Elliot Ledley also has a vision. Or maybe more appropriately, visions. Ledley, a 2012 communications graduate, is one of the original pirates; he and his partners prefer not to use the term “founders.” His days typically start at 7 a.m. and end at 7 p.m., juggling time between his recently promoted full-time position as United Way

of Tucson’s marketing director with his newest startup, 2shoes. 2shoes is an app that aspires to be more than just a catchy name. Ledley recalls being a shy student in college, afraid to ask questions in his larger lecture-style classes. His app allows presenters — teachers, more often than not — and attendees, such as students, to create an account, obtain an event code and send questions or give feedback for the speaker to see throughout the session.

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Police shootings racially motivated BY ASHLEIGH HOROWITZ The Daily Wildcat

ne day before the two-month anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, an 18-year-old black teenager was shot and killed by a police officer. At 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, about 16 miles from Ferguson, Mo., an off-duty police officer was patrolling for his second job at Hi-Tech Security when he came across Vonderrit Myers Jr., according to the Washington Post. USA Today reported that St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson claimed Myers ran away and shot three times before his gun jammed, prompting the officer to return fire with 17 rounds, killing him. Relatives claim Myers had a sandwich, not a gun, and that the officer shot simply because he was black. Today, this statement is, sadly, in no way outrageous. Brown, Myers, 16-year-old Kimani Gray in 2013 who was fixing his belt, 19-year-old college student Kendrec McDade in 2012 who was mistaken to be a part of a robbery and countless other black teenagers have lost their lives because of racial profiling. According to The Huffington Post, from 2010 to 2012 black males between the ages of 15 and 19 were killed by police at a rate of 31.17 per every million compared to young white males at 1.47 per million. In addition, 68 percent of black deaths at the hands of the police are committed by white officers, and 46 percent of the people killed by white officers are people of color, more than the percentage of people of color in the U.S. Not only is this a startling statistic, but it’s also proof that the young black teenage “thug” and “gang” stereotypes are being acted upon. A 2002 study called “The Police Officer’s Dilemma” tested the firing reaction of police officers when they see a person holding either a threatening or nonthreatening object. The results found that officers were more hesitant when presented with a white target than when presented with a black one. White police officers automatically assume black men are guilty or armed. All the deeply-ingrained stereotypes about black men are coming to a head in these tragedies: Police are racially profiling, and it’s deadly. In general, encounters with teenagers are noted by police to be initiated because the teenagers were fleeing or resisting arrest, and 67 percent of those encounters that turn fatal are with black teens. The Daily Kos points out that, initially, after all these incidents, officers tell the public what was done was correct. According to FBI records, in 2012, 409 police homicides and 330 citizen homicides were recorded justifiable, and 313 of those people killed were black. Of those, 136 were unarmed and 83 at the time of the shooting were falsely claimed to have a gun, though only 62 were actually armed with a knife or gun. The Huffington Post calculated that black men are 21 times more likely to be killed by police over white people, which is not a fact to be proud of. Not only the public but also the police cannot continue to accept and defend racial profiling as a valid means of judgement on an armed officer’s account. The UA African American Student Affairs had a Black Lives Matters rally around campus Wednesday to protest police brutality against black people. It’s a problem that hits close to home, here and everywhere in the U.S. It’s the 21st century, and it’s time Americans began acting as if it was instead of continuing to point fingers at the victims of crime.

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Union changes still green BY NICK HAVEY

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his year, I thought to myself: “I’m a junior — time to be responsible and pack healthy lunches.” And yet, here I am, sitting in the Student Union Memorial Center exclusively eating chicken nuggets. If I can’t treat my body well, at least I can try to help the planet. Recently, though, that’s become more difficult in the student union. Some of its sustainability-promoting initiatives and fixtures have gone kaput — vanished and replaced with different, and less sustainable, options. Takeout uses non-compostable waste like plastic utensils and containers and doesn’t benefit from in-restaurant reusable wares like ceramic plates and metal utensils. But when it was unavoidable, students used to be able to get the grey, recycled compostable takeout containers many of the union eateries — Core, Sabor and Cactus Grill specifically — offered. By replacing compostable options and encouraging excess paper waste with prettier plastic containers and less labor-intensive paper ordering slips, the student union strayed from an important effort toward sustainability. This is especially glaring, considering that the UA — along with 71 other American and Canadian universities — has a STARS gold rating recognizing its sustainability efforts. But a little digging proves that the Arizona Student Unions are trying. They are training employees, encouraging them to monitor customer behavior near the recycling stations and considering the macro scale of sustainable options, said Jonathan Todd Millay, assistant director of Arizona Student Unions.

And it’s true that striving to be as green and has resulted not only in higher traffic as possible is a herculean task that, due to for the unions but also in more successful a variety of external factors — expecting recycling and waste management because the students, the hoi polloi, to recycle and plastic containers are recyclable and do not fall compost properly and the labor required victim to improper disposal. to maintain these initiatives in terms of Along with aesthetic updates, the new employees monitoring and being cognizant plastic packaging is easier to order and has themselves — is never going to be perfect. resulted in a minimization of waste from a The primary goal for the unions in macro perspective — the new packaging is eliminating certain initiatives is “closing the ordered to be used and is not optional or loop,” Millay said. available for request like the old — and an With the introduction of a new head chef to increase in efficiency. the staff and an interest in maintaining positive Some of the packaging, however, is boat-like revenue, the unions have focused their efforts and comically excessive — I’m looking at on being a successful business before tackling you, Sabor; my burrito could fit in a third of any other goals. that. Millay said the unions In their efforts to be are working on remedying the financially responsible, packaging, however. The unions Millay said the unions need Millay added that a have focused to be aware of aesthetic and majority of waste mitigation their efforts functionality. happens behind the scenes. on being a “The previous, Arizona Student Unions compostable containers employees receive training, successful were simply not complemented by the help business... aesthetically pleasing,” of the Compost Cats, which Millay said. “They would ensures they make informed get soggy and were an decisions about what to underwhelming experience compost. for the [students]. Packaging is effective The unions also participate in the Eller marketing for the union, and with the updated College of Management’s Zero Waste Initiative, recycled plastic containers, consumers are catering meals for MBA students and ensuring able to see the bright and colorful salads, along any produced waste is properly disposed of. with other options the union has to offer.” It’s not a perfect process, but steps are A simple revert to an easier option, plastic, is being taken to mitigate waste in the student still unimpressive. union while also considering revenue and It makes sense to bail the dingy packaging financial responsibility. All things considered, of the past but not at the expense of progress. the unions are actually doing a great job of It doesn’t make sense to dirty a brand image, maintaining Arizona’s reputation of being a especially with the rebranding of the entire leading school for sustainability. university to a more sleek and modern fit, for a secondary functionality. — Nick Havey is a junior studying However, the change makes sense for other physiology and Spanish. Follow him reasons. @NiHavey Millay said the change has been cost neutral

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To: The Daily Wildcat The Phi Beta chapter of Delta Delta Delta would like to express our sincere apology and regret over the events transpiring on October 27, 2014. We are aware of the culturally insensitive attire worn by four members who affiliate with our chapter. Immediate action has been taken to remedy the situation including a formal apology, a commitment to educating all chapter members on cultural sensitivity and correspondence with campus organizations. What individual members expressed in apparel is not consistent with the values or purpose of Delta Delta Delta as an organization, or the Phi Beta chapter. According to the Delta Delta Delta Fraternity Policies, Procedures & Forms, “[Delta Delta Delta] does not discriminate on any basis other than gender in selection of members, and collegiate chapters will not discriminate on the basis of ethnic

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heritage, national origin, personal appearance, personal beliefs, race, religion, or sexual orientation/ preference.” This situation is reprehensible, and we are committed to making sure that it does not happen again. We strongly believe that every [UA] student should feel valued, respected and safe on campus and [Delta Delta Delta] hopes to contribute to a campus culture of this nature.

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In retaliation I am dressing up as a rich, white, sorority girl for Halloween. I’ll wear leggings, boots, greek letters and carry my Pumpkin Spice Latte around. Of course I’ll need a giant purse to hold all of Daddy’s money, too. Now that the tables have turned, it’s not so funny is it? —Anonymous

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How dare you anonymous, my culture is not your costume!! Where do you get off making a mockery of the sacred letters of my sisters. We consider what we wear to be a uniform, one worn with endless pride. Would you satirize a military uniform, or a policeman uniform (no matter how sexy)!!! This is America, land of the free and home of the freedom of costume choice. I am so disgusted in the reactions of the UA, shame on you Arizona! —Brunette_Barbie, in response to Anonymous Oh, wow! This makes me rethink whether I should let my 6 yr. old granddaughter wear a complete Swedish cultural outfit, sent to me, from Sweden, by a gr. aunt. The outfit is 65 yrs. old, & is worn by each child, & now grandchild, as they reach the size to fit in it. By the way, I am first generation America on on side, 2nd generation on another, and go clear back to the 1600’s, on another. My children have also further diversified the family tree. Is this wrong, to celebrate diversity? — Suzanne Bondi Hudson

I think the rest of Tucson really just dislikes the UA, and for good reason mostly. —Mr AZ If it’s racist to wear to a mariachi outfit and a sombrero or a mustache, then the impression is only Hispanic wear them, and anyone and everyone else that wears them is racist. So these lil punks, that happen to be Hispanic are wearing what? American clothing? Who the racist one here? Who are they to talk when they are wearing clothing that is not of their heritage. This is ridiculous that they can bully people into complying with their racist ways. Get over it Mecca. I think they need some serious sensitivity re-training. I am done with all this hypocritical junk being shoved down our throats. You don’t like it, go home, like it or not, this is America, and we have the freedom to have Halloween and dress as we please. If you are offended, grow up, and find another country that will accommodate whinny bullies. The real problem here,is that these Mecca people were not invited to their party. —Septemberswhisper

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A University of Arizona Police Department officer responded to a physical altercation between two residents of Apache-Santa Cruz Residence Hall on Oct. 21. A UAPD officer was dispatched to Apache-Santa Cruz, where he met with one of the residents who was having problems with another student in the hall. The resident had told the other student he no longer wanted to see him in his room and that he was not welcome there. Around 5:50 p.m., the resident had some friends over in his room to hang out when the other student knocked on his door. He claimed he had to tell the resident’s roommate something, and the resident allowed him to. After the roommate and the student had talked, the student was asked to leave about 10 times. The resident became upset and agitated and asked the student to leave again. The student asked, “Are you going to cry?” The resident responded, “No, I’m about to pop you.” The resident had grabbed the doorknob to let the student out, and his arm grazed the student’s arm. The student then shoved the resident into the wall and left the room, slamming the door. The officer then went to check on the student who shoved the resident. The student said he believed the resident had been stealing from him. The student was sent to the Dean of Students Office for a referral for violating the Student Code of Conduct.

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Sex, beauty determine punishment BY KIMBERLIE WANG The Daily Wildcat

A UA graduate student recently conducted a study to determine if gender and attractiveness affects people’s opinions on sexual offenders. Emily Mackelprang, a clinical psychology graduate student, is studying how these qualities influence the punishments given to sex offenders. Mackelprang did her study in two steps. First, she collected pictures of male and female sex offenders and asked UA undergraduate students to rate the offender based on attractiveness and how old they thought the person was. The pictures were all of white individuals to avoid confounding variables, and attractiveness was determined on a scale of one to 10. After collecting her data, Mackelprang surveyed 432 UA undergraduate students and had them read a vignette and answer questions. “The vignette described a teacher who engaged in a sexual relationship with a student,” Mackelprang said. “The teacher was 35 and the student was 14. It describes how the student came into the classroom after school for tutoring, and the teacher would start rubbing their back, and the student felt uncomfortable but thought it was okay because this was a teacher. It talks about how it slowly progresses from back rubbing to massaging to kissing to intercourse.” The stories were given under four different conditions. Participants would read either about a male teacher with a female student or vice versa. Furthermore, participants would either see a picture of an unattractive or attractive teacher. The photos were the same ones that Mackelprang had used in her

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EMILY MACKELPRANG, a clinical psychology graduate student, studied how punishment for sex offenders was affected by their gender and attractiveness. Mackelprang found attractiveness was not a factor in determining punishment for male sex offenders, but was a factor when determining punishments for female sex offenders.

previous experiment, and she compared teachers of the same attractiveness rating and age against one another. Mackelprang asked the participants to answer questions about bail cost for the sex offender and the incarceration length and amount of time they believed the sex offender should spend on the sex registry. She also asked how responsible the teacher or student was and how harmful this relationship was to the teacher or student. The study found women were

viewed more leniently for all variables. The results also showed that attractiveness made no difference in any variables for male sex offenders, but it did for females. Mackelprang explained that participants rated female teachers as being less responsible for the relationship, and that the victims of female sex offenders were less harmed. “People were more lenient toward attractive females and thought they were more harmed by the relationships, so they were more sympathetic toward them,”

Mackelprang said. Mackelprang recently submitted her study to the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Judith Becker, director of the Forensic/Sex Research Lab and Mackelprang’s adviser, was not surprised by the results. “Our society appears to really value beauty, and historically, women have not been held to the same standard of responsibility in the criminal area as men,” Becker said. Mackelprang expressed concern over the implications of her

results and the overall reticence to recognize the reality of female sexual offenders. “When we are judging them more leniently, we’re sending a real message to victims of female offenders that they are not victims, that they weren’t really raped and [that] their trauma doesn’t really count,” Mackelprang said. “… I think that’s very damaging.”

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THE FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER and Planetarium displays Halloween decorations in celebration of Halloween on Wednesday. Various science clubs at the UA teamed up with Flandrau to host Spooktacular Science, a Halloween-themed event aimed at get kids excited about science.

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Calling all mad scientists: The Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium is hosting Spooktacular Science, a Halloween-themed event with activities ranging from a collection of brains to homemade slime. Staff at Flandrau will be teaming up with science clubs across campus to host the family-friendly science event for the sixth year. Though the event is family oriented, all ages can enjoy the demonstrations, which combine science with Halloween spookiness. One of the clubs participating is the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Association of Students. Kendra Liu, a senior studying neuroscience and cognitive science and molecular and cellular biology, is the event coordinator of the club and one of the volunteers for Spooktacular Science. “We get a lot of excitement about neuroscience,” Liu said. “We expose [people] to basic neuroscience; in this case, [it’s] canned brains.” Farid Ghamsari, a sophomore studying neuroscience and cognitive science and a Spooktacular Science volunteer, recommended the jelly bean experiment, where kids try eating different jelly beans with their noses plugged. The experiment shows how important smell is when tasting food. “[We want to] get kids more excited about science and rectify some common misconceptions of

recommended the Halloween neuroscience,” Liu said. Other science clubs on campus laser show, which features classic will also be at the event, including Halloween songs such as “The the Chemistry Club, the Pre-Dental Monster Mash” and “Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars.” Club and more. “The science is still great, so the “There’s a lot of science that seems supernatural,” said Shipherd Reed, kids learn science, plus they get operations and communications the Halloween fun,” Reed said. “I manager at Flandrau. “The think that’s pretty satisfying for the Chemistry Club usually tries to do parents, too.” In addition to the Halloween some cool things involving flames activities, all and sparkles.” of the other The event e x h i b i t s benefits Flandrau not just its We expose has will be visitors, but its [people] to basic available. This volunteers as neuroscience; in includes the well. this case, [it’s] UA Mineral “For college Museum, the students, it’s canned brains. — Kendra Liu, Exploring Sky a great way to Neuroscience and Island exhibit get practice Cognitive Science and the Marine with outreach Association of Students Discovery and work with event coordinator Lab. The new kids,” said Flandrau Shiloe Fontes, FullDome will the graphic also be open designer for Flandrau and one of the for planetarium shows. Admission, normally $5 for coordinators of the event. “This weekend, Girl Scouts came and students, is half off to those wearing visited and got their hands dirty a costume and includes the “Fright making slime and dissecting Lite” Halloween laser and music show. eyeballs.” The event will continue today Flandrau also has demonstrations such as dissecting cow eyes and a and Friday, so there’s still time slime demonstration. The slime for students and families to come is meant to show the reaction of out and get, as Reed said, “A little polymers using glue, borax, water science for your spooky.” and food coloring. “It’s definitely a lot of fun,” Fontes said. “You’re never too old to play with slime.” — Follow Amy Nippert Reed and Fontes also both @DailyWildcat

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October is a time for costumes, pumpkin carving and horror movies. In the classic “Frankenstein,” Victor Frankenstein stands in a crowded room filled with electrical machinery. Different parts continuously spark and rumble, while he continuously exclaims, “It’s alive!” But this is only Hollywood’s version of the Frankenstein creation; Mary Shelley’s original “Frankenstein” dwells less on the visual and more on the implications of discovery and creation. Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” in 1818 and arguably created one of the first science-fiction stories. But unlike the cinematic emphasis on electricity, Shelley only alludes to the science in the 1818 version. It isn’t until the 1831 revised version where Shelley names galvanism as a method of creation in her preface to the novel. Galvanism was named after the Italian physicist Luigi Galvani after he discovered that he could make frog legs twitch when subjected to electrical stimulation. “There is no literal science [in the novel], but there is a kind of pseudo-science behind it,” said Charles Scruggs, an English professor. Victor Frankenstein never explicitly used electricity to animate the lifeless, gruesome creation in the novel, Scruggs said. Unlike the movie, much of the science in the novel is based on Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus, philosophers in the Middle Ages who largely influenced Victor’s ideas, Scruggs said. These figures studied alchemy, a field that included the goal of turning base metal into gold. Scruggs said the alchemist idea of turning base metal into gold could have been translated to animating dead matter in “Frankenstein.” Historically, “Frankenstein” was written in a time when things were rapidly changing. “Frankenstein came out of this period of great turmoil, following the French Revolution and then the rise of Napoleon,” said Charles Bertsch, an adjunct lecturer in the Honors College. “Old institutions had to be ripped up and created again and in different ways.” According to Bertsch, this

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changing environment was the ideal wellspring for new ideas in science to develop because people decided they didn’t have to do things the way they had been done previously. “Initial studies in the 1800s gave scientists of that age a bit of understanding about the electrical potential in cells,” said Michael Miller, a neuroscience graduate student. What Galvani thought was a mysterious electrical force that made his frog’s leg twitch back then is what we now call electrophysiology. “In the sense of the nervous system, electrophysiology — not unlike a wire in the wall — is transmitting a current of one thing to another,” Miller said. “In a wire in the wall, that’s electrons moving across the metal surface of the wire. It’s different in biology because it’s not electrons that are moving, it’s ions. It’s a mix of sodium and potassium ions that are moving in and out of the cell and transmits from one cell to another cell and so on. That’s the electrical potential of cells in neurons.” While it may be regarded as the progenitor of the science-fiction genre, the novel “Frankenstein” is more fiction about science than it is science fiction.

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Every year on Selection Sunday, anxious basketball teams across the country gather around televisions and wait to see if their name is called for the NCAA Tournament. It is the beginning of what dominates American sports for almost a month: March Madness. Next month, Arizona soccer will be participating in a similar wait-andsee game when it will be decided if the Wildcats have the resume to be selected as one of the 64 teams invited to play for the Women’s College Cup. You could call it November Nonsense. As of right now, Arizona soccer, which sits at 9-5-2 (3-4-1 Pac-12 Conference), is in good shape to make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 when the Wildcats made it all the way to the Sweet Sixteen under then-head coach Dan Tobias. Tobias also led the team to the first round of the tournament in 2004, the only other time Arizona has made it to the postseason. For current Wildcats head coach Tony Amato, the possibility of a tournament appearance is not exactly how his team approaches its season. “We haven’t set a goal for the year that we need to make the NCAA Tournament,” Amato said. “It’s all about approaching each game individually, and I know that sounds really cliché and sounds like coach talk, but from day one, even from last year, that was our approach. Do what we need to do in order to win the game ahead of us, and that’s not going to change.”

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McDonald’s All-Americans will just get to play and not battle it out like the navy blue Wildcats. Arizona will sorely miss Nick Johnson and Gordon, but it returns junior forward Brandon Ashley, with whom it was 21-0 last year. The UA is loaded and looks like a better bet to win the national championship than Kentucky. In fact, Calipari and Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim said Arizona should be No. 1 on an ESPN podcast. After all, Calipari’s a bit of an expert on Wildcats.

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ARIZONA SENIOR GOALKEEPER Gabby Kaufman (1) saves a goal kick during the first overtime of Arizona’s 1-1 tie in double overtime against California on Sunday at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium. The Wildcats have a chance to go to the postseason for the first time in almost a decade.

Senior midfielder Julia Glanz, who was part of an Arizona team that won just a single game back in 2011, believes in the same approach as Amato but admits the chance of a first postseason appearance is difficult to ignore. “I feel like the tournament is in the back of all our minds,” Glanz said. “Still though, we try and take it one game at a time.” Going into this weekend’s matchups on the road against two competitive teams in Colorado and Utah, Arizona will look to improve on its already impressive RPI rank, which

currently sits at 23. With UCLA and Stanford running away with the Pac12 crown, the Wildcats would have to secure an at-large bid in order to make the tournament. In terms of their schedule, the Wildcats certainly have the resume built for an at-large bid. Arizona’s nonconference schedule consists of impressive results such as a 3-1 victory over Oklahoma State and a 2-2 tie with RPI No. 4 Texas A&M. Once Pac-12 play began, the Wildcats maintained their early season success. Going into this weekend’s games, the Wildcats currently stand at seventh place in the

conference. UA senior goalkeeper Gabby Kaufman said you cannot take any days off in the Pac-12. “It’s a competitive conference,” Kaufman said. “You can’t take any team lightly because we have one of the toughest conferences in the country.” Amato noted that the Pac-12 is not only tough, but also likely the best conference in the country this season. “Everyone knows that every year we have one of the top-two conferences in the country,” Amato said. “I think with so many teams in it this year with a shot at the NCAA Tournament that it is probably from top to bottom the best women’s soccer conference in the country this year.” Last weekend, Arizona helped its chances at a postseason berth when it rebounded quickly from a disappointing 3-2 overtime loss to No. 4 Stanford to tie RPI No. 19 Cal 1-1. The last three games do not get any easier for the Wildcats as all three are on the road, including the season finale at RPI No. 40 ASU. It is worth noting that to conclude last season, the Wildcats knocked off ASU 2-0 in Tucson and, in the process, kept the Sun Devils from making last year’s NCAA Tournament. Will ASU return the favor this season, or do the Wildcats have what it takes to do something the program has not been accomplished in almost 10 years? November Nonsense it is.

side of the ball for the Bruins, is still capable of putting on an offensive explosion. Just ask ASU about how FROM PAGE 10 many points the Bruins can score shellacking at the Rose Bowl in 2012. when clicking. The 56-point loss For an Arizona was the biggest secondary that has UCLA just defeat in the Rich struggled to limit pass Rodriguez era. presents a heavy offenses, this UCLA presents a problem bigger threat quarterback Brett that Utah does not. to delivering Hundley, then in No one is saying the Wildcats his first season as the Utes aren’t a good their second a starter, threw for team or they won’t loss of the three touchdowns challenge Arizona in a and star running couple weeks, because season back Jonathan clearly they will. UCLA Franklin tore up the just presents a bigger Arizona defense to threat to delivering the tune of 162 rushing yards and two the Wildcats their second loss of the TDs. It was an overall massacre by the season. Bruins. This year, Hundley is in his third year as the starter and, while things — Follow Roberto Payne have not been great on the offensive @HouseofPayne555

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game on the ground to opponents. Utah, on the other hand, is 6-1 overall and 3-1 in Pac-12 play. In addition, it is averaging 35.9 points per game. Utah has much more of a team mentality and its defense has been holding opponents to just 21.6 points per game this season. The Utes are averaging 200.1 yards rushing per game and 192.1 yards passing per game. Led by junior quarterback Travis Wilson, Utah has been dynamic on offense, with Wilson not throwing an interception the entire

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Li said. “We’re going to be able to do a better job [at the Pac-12 Championships] and I think the athletes are excited about that.” In order for the Wildcats to have a shot at top-place finishes in Oakland, they will need another strong showing from those two, as well as other less-heralded runners. Leading the men this season have been seniors Sam Macaluso and Kenji Bierig, along with sophomore Collins Kibet. The trio is expected to be among Arizona’s top finishers once again, while Roth, freshmen Patrick Leary and Jeff Gautreau, sophomore Matthew Beer and senior Jonas Legernes will also be competing. For the women’s side, senior Kristina Aubert has led the Wildcats in each meet she’s run in, and the Pac-12 Championships should be no different. Competing with Aubert include five seniors who were on the team last season when Arizona won the conference title. Formaz, Stephanie Bulder, Kate Penney, Hanna Peterson and Amanda Russell will all be competing in their final Pac-12 race. Junior Molly Callahn and freshmen Claire Green and Kayla Ferron will also hope to contribute to the Wildcats’ score.

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season. On the rushing attack, junior running back Devontae Booker has rushed for 844 yards and eight touchdowns. The Wildcats have shown so far this season that they are not afraid of any noise factor, as displayed against Oregon. In the overall record against each other, Utah leads 20-17-2 over Arizona, but that statistic won’t phase the Wildcats. If Arizona wants to hold its own in the Pac-12, staying undefeated the rest of the way until its game against ASU is top priority.

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UA should be top Wildcats BY JAMES KELLEY The Daily Wildcat

n Halloween, the AP is expected to rank the Wildcats preseason No. 1 in men’s basketball, but it might be the wrong Wildcats. Arizona is ranked No. 3 by Fox Sports, Lindy’s Sports and Athlon Sports, No. 2 by the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, Blue Ribbon and ESPN and No. 1 by the Sporting News. Kentucky is No. 1 in all of those except, of course, for Sporting News. Preseason rankings don’t mean much, but remember, Kentucky was preseason No. 1 in the AP poll last year and made it to the national championship game. Arizona was sixth and lost in the Elite Eight, so maybe, just maybe, these two are on a collision course for another national championship game in Indianapolis. Kentucky is loaded, with nine McDonald’s All-Americans. UK returned all its stars from a national runner-up team last year except Julius Randle and James Young. Meanwhile, Arizona lost two key players early to the NBA, Nick Johnson and Aaron Gordon. According to ESPN, Kentucky had the No. 2 recruiting class this year and Arizona had the sixth best. Last year, ESPN ranked Kentucky’s recruits No. 1 and the UA’s fifth and had Kentucky’s class ranked second and Arizona’s third. Kentucky’s roster features four freshmen, seven sophomores, two juniors and three seniors. Meanwhile, the UA has four freshmen, three sophomores, five juniors and four seniors Of those Arizona seniors, forward Drew Mellon is a walk-on, forward Ryan Anderson is ineligible this year after transferring from Boston College and forward Matt Korcheck won’t play much. The other senior is point guard T.J. McConnell, who is in his fifth year. Kentucky’s top-two point guards, Andrew Harrison and Tyler Ulis, are a sophomore and a freshman, respectively. Harrison started 39 games last year and Ulis is a five-star recruit according to ESPN, but a fifth-year senior like McConnell is the better leader for a team. UA head coach Sean Miller is excited about McConnell, the first returning starting point guard he has ever coached. “I can’t believe in a point guard more than I believe in him,” Miller said. Kentucky will also rely heavily on those freshmen. Arizona’s starting lineup figures to be two juniors, a senior, a sophomore and a freshman; the only freshman the Wildcats need is

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ARIZONA SENIOR GUARD T.J. McConnell (4) motions to the audience after Arizona’s annual Red-Blue Game on Oct. 18. The Arizona Wildcats are ranked No. 2 in the majority of polls around the nation, behind the Kentucky Wildcats.

Stanley Johnson, the MaxPreps National Player of the Year. Dusan Ristic can push junior Kaleb Tarczewski at center, forward Craig Victor can provide energy off the bench and point guard Parker JacksonCartwright will give McConnell some time to rest during games, but this sixth-rated class is mostly reserves. The biggest impact these rookies will have is on practices, making the competition for playing time brutal. This season will be a continual war for the gold jersey, which the UA player who does the best in practice gets to wear.

Meanwhile at Kentucky, John Calipari is going to employ a platoon system of two groups of five players. If the platoon system works, it would be great for college basketball — impatient players would be less compelled to transfer. But if it worked before, people would be doing it. Line changes aren’t anything new; hockey has been doing it for ages. It sounds like the royal blue Wildcats are eliminating that practice competition; all of those

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ich Rodriguez has coached the Arizona football team to a 6-1 record so far this season, outperforming all expectations. The Wildcats are tied for second in the Pac-12 Conference South and have several huge games coming up on the schedule, chief among which are this weekend’s road matchup with the No. 25 UCLA Bruins and a Nov. 22 road matchup with the No. 18 Utah Utes. Utah is in the middle of a resurgent 6-1 season, with its only loss coming against Washington State. UCLA is 6-2 but has struggled to maintain a high level of play after being named the No. 7 team in the preseason AP Top-25 poll. UCLA still presents a tougher road game for the Wildcats than Utah does, though. Arizona has traditionally had troubles handling the Bruins, as UCLA leads the all-time series 21-15-2. Apart from a recent stretch from 2007-2011 where Arizona won five straight matchups, the Bruins have held the upper hand. The two most recent matchups have seen the Wildcats outscored 97-36, including a 66-10

t the beginning of the season, no one could have predicted how well the Utah Utes football team would be doing a little more than halfway through the season. After defeating UCLA and USC in the past month, the Utes are in contention for the Pac-12 South Division Conference title in a three-way tie with both ASU and Arizona. Plus, they are ranked No. 17 in the recent College Football Playoff Rankings. With many speculating the Wildcats might take the Pac-12 South title, the Utah road matchup will be much more difficult to face than UCLA. Sure, UCLA fans at the Rose Bowl will be rooting hard for their team, but Utah has something on their side that UCLA does not: no expectations. In the beginning of the season, analysts predicted that nobody would be able to stop the Bruins redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley and his high-powered offense. Unfortunately, the UCLA defense is giving up 30.2 points per game this season, including giving up 167.1 yards per

The Arizona men’s and women’s cross-country teams will compete at the Pac-12 Conference Championships on Friday in Oakland, Calif. With the NCAA Championships only three weeks away, both sides need to bolster their profiles if they want to earn an at-large bid. Friday’s meet, held at Metropolitan Golf Links, will provide the perfect opportunity to do so, as both the men and women face a loaded field. In the men’s 11,000-meter race, defending national champion and No. 1 ranked Colorado will be a heavy favorite along with No. 2 Oregon. Stanford, UCLA and Washington are also ranked in the top 15 nationally. The women’s 6,000-meter race should be just as competitive, with six nationally ranked opponents, including No. 3 Oregon and No. 7 Colorado. Arizona’s women are unranked in the national poll but place No. 13 in the west region. “We’re not going to worry about where we finish [or] what it means for our chance to compete at nationals,” UA cross-country head coach James Li said. “We’re just going to run our race. Given the Wildcats’ performances against other nationally competitive opponents this season, Arizona will go into both races as a heavy underdog. In what has been a rocky season, Arizona has yet to find topto-bottom consistency to place itself with the country’s best. Two weeks ago at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, the men finished 32nd out of 38 teams while the women finished 32nd out of 40 schools. Arizona is riding off some momentum from the ASU Invitational last week, where freshman Bailey Roth was the top finisher on the men’s side and senior Clea Formaz was the winner in the women’s race. “We feel like we have people performing at the level of our abilities,”

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FOOTBALL 11/1 at UCLA

SOCCER 10/31 at Utah

VOLLEYBALL 10/31 vs. Colorado

QUOTE TO NOTE “I can’t believe in a point guard more than I believe in him.”

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UCLA THENREDSHIRT SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK Brett Hundley (17) escapes the Arizona defense during Arizona’s 31-26 loss against UCLA at Arizona Stadium last season. The Daily Wildcat writers debate whether UCLA or Utah presents a bigger road challenge to the Arizona football team this season.

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