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MAKING (HER)STORY Maurissa Wortham is the first female Ranger Challenge captain in UA ROTC history to lead her team to victory in a regional competition

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NEWS | PAGE 10 SLUTWALK: STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARGUE SEXUALITY AND PROMISCUITY ARE HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE EMBRACED, NOT REJECTED

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CADET BATALLION COMMANDER OF the UA Army ROTC, Maurissa Wortham (second from the right) with her teammates at training for the ranger challenge Friday, Oct. 7. In October, Wortham became the first female ranger to lead her team to victory in the regional competition.

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Meet Maurissa Wortham: UA ROTC’s first winning female Ranger Challenge captain

BY ANGELA MARTINEZ @anmartinez2120

through her leadership positions and that she would go to him for any help she needed.

Haskins also serves as Maurissa Wortham, a the senior military science mechanical engineering senior instructor for the UA and has and cadet battalion commander served in the military for years. of the UA Army ROTC program, “I think you end joined to pursue a career up having first-class within the military. citizens who give back Wortham is one of to society,” Haskins the few female Ranger said. “I think that for Challenge captains the the most parts they’re UA has ever had and was all incredibly courteous the first to lead her team and respectful of others to success in the regional on campus, they seem competition this October. to be just great young The ranger challenge Americans.” is an extracurricular STEVEN SPOONER Wortham, who begins activity within ROTC /THE DAILY WILDCAT her active duty in May, made up of nine said most people in individuals that compete ROTC are committed to in tactical, technical and the military. physical fitness competitions with Wortham said she feels there other ROTC ranger programs from is a disconnect on campus and across the country. that ROTC is often confused as a “I didn’t request to be captain club going out to play army. of the team but the reason I “When people get injured accepted it was for the leadership we don’t receive any benefits improvement,” Wortham said. as far as going to see a trainer “Having to coordinate everything or UA Campus Health Services was completely my responsibility like some of the athletes do,” and my whole job is going to be Wortham said. “Our training is at working with people, so I wanted the experience of coming up with least as vigorous as theirs.”

Haskins said UA has a Special an entire training program and Forces Green Beret program— following through with it to help making it one of the few me develop more as a leader.” universities in the country that Wortham said UA Master Sgt. has one.

Carl Haskins helped guide her

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CADET BATALLION COMMANDER OF the UA Army ROTC Maurissa Wortham (left) trains with teammates Saturday, Oct. 8. Wortham, who begins active duty in May, believes there's a disconnect between ROTC and the public about what ROTC actually does.

“From a perspective, that’s a pretty neat thing for the young cadets to take advantage of,” he said.

Haskins said UA tends to provide some of the finest cadets.

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19-year-old grad named among AZ's top entrepreneurs

BY AVA GARCIA @ava_garcia1

Many 19-year-olds are just trying to navigate their first few semesters of college, but UA graduate Viputheshwar Sitaraman is running his own business and was recently named one of the Arizona Republic’s “35 Entrepreneurs 35 and Younger.”

Sitaraman, who graduated from the UA in May with a Bachelor of Science in molecular and cellular biology, is the CEO and founder of Explica, an automated news site that doesn’t put out articles, but rather turns news articles into infographics with “crazy visuals” and animations.

“We want the content quality of Vox— the quality is awesome, but we want the accessibility of Buzzfeed,” Sitaraman said.

Explica launched in July, but before that came years of work and preparation.

While in grade school, Sitaraman participated in and often won science fairs, but said one of the reasons that he won was because his presentation boards were “always presented very visually” with diagrams.

When he was 16 years old, Sitaraman started a blog where he made infographics about science news called Draw Science.

The entrepreneur then ran a crowdfunding campaign to further develop his ideas while working on other apps such as now-defunct KorkBoard. After he graduated, Sitaraman went on to land an investment from start-up accelerator, Seed Sumo.

Now, after acquiring more investments, the company has a total venture capital of $500,000, according to Sitaraman.

Sitaraman said the company recently moved to Austin, Texas, where it is setting up offices and “getting ready for a

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pretty big run.”

With its recent funding, the company is now working on developing narrow AI, or the automation of creating content for the site.

Sitaraman said this would include looking at what’s trending, who is looking at it and whether the website’s audience will be interested. From there, it would translate the information into a graphic.

Sitaraman’s interest in graphic design started when he was a child.

“I was just messing around most of the time, [and] never really considered it as a legitimate career,” Sitaraman said.

Sitaraman started at the UA at age 16, originally coming in as a pre-med student. once here, he participated in the Honors College’s first-year project and worked with other Honors programs, according to Chris Nordensson, an Honors College associate communication specialist.

Nordensson said he met Sitaraman at a school event and noticed his determination to be successful.

“He was one of those students where school just seemed kind of like a secondary thing and yet he absolutely excelled at it,” Nordensson said. “So he took advantage of a lot of the Honors programs.”

Through participation in different activities like the 1,000 Pitches Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge, Sitaraman realized his interest in business and entrepreneurship.

“I’ve always been pretty good at talking, but I didn’t realize that I could do sales and manage teams and all that kind of stuff,” Sitaraman said.

Sitaraman’s background in science also helps him with his business. He said at Explica, the team tests different products “aggressively” to find out what people are more likely to respond to. From there, Sitaraman said the company found its core of visual content works.

“I treat business as a science, and that’s the beauty of our team,” Sitaraman said. “It’s always about using the data to prove out something about some discovery and then build a business model off of that.”

Sitaraman said he loves being a CEO and he gets to fly around to different events frequently.

“I get to think on a much higher level than really anything I’ve had to do before in my life, so I’m always challenged and I have a lot of freedom,” Sitaraman said. “So honestly, life is pretty awesome.”

As for Sitaraman’s future, he said he is not looking to exit Explica soon and that he wants to make it “like a household recognized brand.” However, Sitaraman doesn't think Explica will be his last business venture.

“Anything that I decide to pursue as a business is based on market demand for it,” Sitaraman said. “I want to make something useful and useful to a lot of people, and so that’s all it is, is finding different ways to make the world a better, more interactive place with new user experiences.”

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Remembrance, on Sunday Nov. 20. There, the names, ages, dates of death and locations of all the reported victims were read by crowd members, who then lit candles to float in the fountain outside of Old Main.

The night also featured a speech by Monica Roberts, a transgender person of color from Houston, Texas, who runs her own blog.

Abby Jensen, an attorney and a transgender woman, introduced Roberts and said she has been fighting for the transgender community for a long time, and "gives no quarter to those who do not respect us."

Roberts spoke to a crowd of roughly 100 people.

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope," Roberts said, quoting Martin Luther King Jr. Roberts went on to urge attendees to continue to fight, addressing the concerns the recent election have raised in the LGBTQ community.

“The time for being angry about it is over,” Roberts said. “The time to act was on Nov. 8. We didn’t. We lost that round.

Not the war, just a battle.”

She stressed the importance of voting in local elections, calling out politicians who tried to pass bills damaging to the transgender community.

“We have to think about the fact that we come from stern stuff,” Roberts said.

“We come from a legacy of rebellion and fighting. We cannot let up on that just because some unqualified idiot got elected to the White House.”

Roberts said that transgender rights are human rights, and the well-being of everyone is bound together in a way that cannot be untangled.

Because of that, Roberts said there is no way the movement can lose.

“We’ve suffered losses and rebounded before,” Roberts said. “There is no moral way to oppress a community. We cannot lose.”

Roberts ended her speech by sharing words of support.

“You are part of the diverse mosaic of human life,” Roberts said. “Never let anyone tell you you’re not. We mourn today. Then we plan and fight for a better tomorrow.”

The crowd participated in a remembrance ceremony before walking in a procession down to the First United Methodist Church, where there was a dinner for those who attended the event.

Lanay Lindsey an intern at Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation Youth Prevention, attended the event and the dinner and said events like Transgender Day of Remembrance are important because they give the community a

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A PARTICIPANT IN THE Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil places a lit candle in the Old Main fountain Sunday, Nov. 20 in remembrance of those who have been killed and targeted for being transgender.

chance to come together.

“We get to talk,” Lindsey said. “We get to share the heaviness of it all. It’s not just on one, on the individual.”

Lindsey attended the event with a friend, Emery Squeer who is also an intern at SAAF Youth Prevention who agreed that the event fostered community.

“There’s a certain power and strength in coming together to remember those we’ve lost and to plan how we can stop that from happening,” Squeer said.

After the names were read, Jensen shared the statistic that every 29 hours, a transgender person is killed for being transgender, though that number is based of the deaths that get reported, and does not include the ones that commit suicide due to the oppression they face every day.

“The problem of violence against trans people around the world is so little recognized by people,” Jensen said. “It’s important that the trans community remembers those who have been killed just for being who they are.”

Though the night focused on those who have been lost, the overall message was of hope, support and love for a community that faces an incredible amount of hate, violence and oppression.

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MONICA ROBERT, AUTHOR OF TransGriot and human rights activist, gives a speech on surviving election results at the Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil at Old Main Sunday, Nov. 20. The vigil was held to honor of over 300 transgender people who have lost their lives for being a member of the transgender community.

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That’s not your water bottle A member of the UA Cancer Center staff called the University of Arizona Police Department when a suspicious man entered the office area at 12:13 p.m. on Nov. 7.

According to the report the male approached a faculty member and asked her about the side effects of tattoo removal.

She told the male he was in the wrong building and that he should probably ask those questions to a doctor.

When UAPD arrived, they began a search for the man who had apparently been spotted wandering around, carrying a painting and a clay flower pot around the Cancer Center.

Another staff member told UAPD he had seen the man walking toward the office carrying the 16-inch by 20-inch painting and flower pot at around 12 p.m.

One member of staff confronted the male as he grabbed a water bottle from the top of a small file cabinet, saying “That’s not your water bottle.”

The man replied that he didn’t know it belonged to someone and then set the water bottle, painting and pot down and walked away.

UAPD has instructed UA Cancer Center staff to call immediately if the man returns.

Periodic fraud UAPD responded to a call from a chemistry instrument and electronics faculty member with the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at UA regarding a department credit card at 2:50 p.m. on Nov. 7.

The faculty member told UAPD that the JP Morgan Chase Chemistry and Biochemistry department credit card, which is used for various purchases for department projects and was secured in his name, had been used twice fraudulently.

UAPD looked up the location in which the fraudulent charges were made and found that the card was used at Walmart and T.J. Maxx.

The card was used once at Walmart for a $423.45 purchase and once at T.J. Maxx for $453.10. Both charges were pending when they were discovered questionable.

The stores were traced and UAPD discovered that both were located in Grove Heights, Minnesota and Plymouth, Minnesota.

The faculty member had no leads or suspects in mind in reference to the fraudulent charges and has since been issued a new card.

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Critical Zone Observatory brings perspective UA’s research facility in the Catalina Mountains is funded by the National Science foundation and studies specific ecosystems with the goal of predicting how climate change will impact them in the future

BY HANNAH DAHL @DailyWildcat

The UA’s Critical Zone Observatory, located in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is a research facility funded by the National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency.

The main objective of the CZO is to study a specific ecosystem and then use that information to predict how the “critical zone” may react to variables such as climate change in the future. One of the CZO’s focus areas within the Catalinas is Mount Bigelow, a summit adjacent to Mount Lemmon.

“The CZO is a place where we have a lot of different scientists from different departments and different specialties all working together in one location,” said Rebecca Minor, a research specialist in the School of Geography and Development.

With a grant from the National Science Foundation most recently renewed in 2014, scientists from many different departments will be able to continue to do research at the Observatory, according to Minor.

The CZO itself was created in 2009 and is one of only six NSF-funded observatories in the U.S., according to Minor.

“One interesting thing about this particular spot is that [the CZO] is the only one that is in a semi-arid area, and it’s the only one in the Southwest,” Minor said.

This makes it an important piece to the puzzle, as many places on earth share similar climates to ours, according to Minor.

The extension of the grant will also make it possible to study the natural differences from year to year in a specific region, Minor said. This can be very helpful because there are different factors that influence how plant processes will work over time.

“We want to know what to prepare for, if climate change is going to have an impact on these forests or not. And we can really only do that if we have a really strong understanding of how the forests and other ecosystems function now,” said Patrick Murphy, a graduate student in the School of Geography and Development.

The CZO’s research centers on an area of earth known as the ‘critical zone’. The critical zone is the zone right around the earth’s crust where all living things exist and a lot of chemical processes happen.

It begins at the bedrock layer and extends up through several layers of the atmosphere in order to encompass the air we breathe, Minor said.

Because we depend on the critical zone

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MT. LEMMON IS PART OF the Santa Catalina Mountains, where the Critical Zone Observatory studies complex environmental interactions.

for clean air, water and food, it’s important for researchers to do everything they can to study it.

The interconnected, interdisciplinary structure of the CZO allows researchers who wouldn’t usually communicate with each other to work together, bringing a new perspective to earth sciences, Murphy said.

This connectedness creates an environment where researchers can work together to test their hypotheses and conduct experiments.

“My thesis project is trying to get a better understanding of the complexity in how forests function, depending on how topography is different,” Murphy said. “I hope to inform some of the models the CZO group is collectively putting together.”

Studying topography involves other areas of research at the CZO, such as soil creation, erosion, and movement of energy, Murphy said.

Rachel Gallery, a UA assistant professor of microbial ecology, also conducts

research at the CZO. She focuses on the soil microbiome and studies soil microbes from the soil surface down to the bedrock level. This helps us understand how soil forms, especially in extreme environments, Gallery said.

“Microbes are one of the most key, important players in helping maintain soil health and soil fertility,” Gallery said.

“They provide us with those ecosystem services that we rely on to grow our food.”

Aside from conducting science research, the CZO also focuses on education and outreach, according to Minor.

Engaging with the public and with state representatives is important, as it is our responsibility to bring issues such as climate change into the spotlight, Gallery said. She is currently involved in a research initiative called 500 Women Scientists, which focuses on increasing diversity in the science world.

Minor said other CZO outreach programs include offering sites for classes to come and conduct field

experiments, presenting research at conferences, and involving undergraduate and graduate researchers.

While the CZO puts a strong emphasis on scientific research, collaborating with other CZO scientists across the nation and sharing findings with the public is equally important, Minor said. She explained that without the grant from the NSF and tax money from citizens across America, this research would not be possible.

“We feel very happy to have gained that vote of confidence to continue our research," Minor said. "I think it’s really important to do the research and share it with anyone who is interested, because everyone in the United States is essentially providing us with this opportunity through the federal government."

To learn more about what is going on at the Critical Zone Observatory and how you can get involved, check out its website, criticalzone.org. The CZO regularly conducts talks and exhibits, making its research available to the public.

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ARTS & LIFE

BY ELIZABETH QUINLAN @DailyWildcat

For college students, Thanksgiving mostly elicits thoughts of a turkey dinner, gratitude and family. Some college students—particularly those who have taken out loans— are also familiar with the meaning of food insecurity.

If you are one of the unlucky few to be stuck in town without your family this Thanksgiving and want a free meal or are interested in helping out others who can’t afford one themselves, here’s a list of places offering free Thanksgiving dinners in Tucson.

Gospel Rescue Mission Thanksgiving Street Banquet This will be the 28th year Gospel Rescue Mission holds a Thanksgiving meal, which is funded primarily by private donations, for residents of Tucson.

“About 70 percent of the South Tucson community is at or below the poverty level,” said Victor Hightower, Gospel Rescue Mission’s public relations and outreach coordinator.

Hightower said Tucson is the poorest municipality in the state of Arizona, which means community dinners like these go a long way for socioeconomically challenged residents of the Old Pueblo.

Hightower added that Gospel Rescue Mission greatly appreciates donations, which donors can make online at www.grmtucson.com.

For those interested in attending the event, it is happening in the middle of 28th Street between 10th and Ninth Avenues on Wednesday, Nov. 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The meals will include turkey and mashed potatoes, among a plethora of other foods.

The Salvation Army and St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church For the 33rd year in a row, the Salvation Army will host its

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annual Community Thanksgiving Meal on Thursday, Nov. 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Community Thanksgiving Meal, held at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church at 1145 E. Fort Lowell Rd., is one of the largest Thanksgiving events to happen in Tucson and, like other events, is entirely donation-based. Shawna Kroh, the public relations director of the Salvation Army Tucson Area Coordination, said about 1,500 people attended last year—a decrease from 3,000 in earlier years.

“We serve it on the day of Thanksgiving,” Kroh said. The Salvation Army also delivers meals to people’s homes.

Canned vegetables and other foods are always appreciated and can be donated in-person to the Salvation Army Hospitality House on 1002 N. Main Ave. Monetary donations can be made to the Salvation Army on its website.

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona Although the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona doesn’t distribute special meals on Thanksgiving, the holiday season is nevertheless a busy time for the organization.

Lou Medran, CFBSA public relations manager, said last Tuesday, Nov. 15, was a bustling day for the food bank, as was Thursday Nov. 17, as the food bank’s parking lot was full of people visiting to pick up their monthly standard food box.

The Community Food Bank also hosted Thanksgiving on the Mayflower at Sam’s Club and fundraised for the upcoming holiday season, with multiple businesses coming out to show their support.

“We have year-round fundraising corporations that provide hunger release for people across Southern Arizona,” Medran said.

The food bank provides meals to 250 pantries, churches, rural communities and more.

According to Medran, the food

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SEVERAL PLACES AROUND TUCSON, including the Salvation Army and Gospel Rescue Mission, are offering free Thanksgiving meals to the public this week.

bank is never out of food because a bit of federal funding prevents it from turning people away.

For the week of Thanksgiving, the Food Bank will operate Tuesday, Nov. 22, and Wednesday, Nov. 23, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at 3003 S. Country Club Rd. People who bring picture identification or proof of residency can pick up one standard food box.

Free Community Thanksgiving Meal & Promotora Program Starting with Promotoras who wanted to help homeless and impoverished communities, this event is sponsored by Portable, Practical Educational Preparation, Inc., and Cenpatico Integrated Care, according to the event’s poster.

Connie Martinez, executive assistant to the CEO of PPEP, has been part of the Community Thanksgiving Meal since it began a year ago.

“We had over 400 people come last year,” Martinez said. “And we’re expecting to continue with that same outcome.”

Cash, check or food items are

acceptable for donations, with turkey and canned vegetables being the most needed.

For those interested in going, a traditional Thanksgiving meal will be served.

The Thanksgiving meals will be served on Monday, Nov. 21, at the Armory Park Center at 221 S. Sixth Ave. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event will also feature raffles, entertainment and a resource fair.

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Arts & Life • Monday, November 21-Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Luciana Dahdah’s philanthropic passion Originally from Guatemala, Dahdah has found a way to tie her cultural roots to her passion for helping others

BY LINDSEY OTTO @lindsotto

Behind her warm smile and chic vintage-denim clothing, freshman Luciana Dahdah has a unique passion for fashion, travel and change.

Born in Guatemala City, Dahdah lived there for 10 years before moving to Mexico. By the age of 13, she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where her passions further flourished.

“Moving so much has helped me grow,” Dahdah said. “I think that’s why I love traveling so much, as well. My mom and I travel together every summer to a new place and it’s such a cool learning experience, and that’s why I’m really excited to study abroad a lot during college.”

With a father from Guatemala and a mother from Mexico, Dahdah remains in touch with her Hispanic roots, but she found transitioning to life in U.S. difficult at first.

However, over time she felt that her struggle actually empowered her education.

“My fear was getting called on during class to read out loud because I wasn’t comfortable speaking English,” Dahdah said. “Then I started taking more Honors English classes and it was definitely a challenge, but it helped me get to where I am today—to applying and getting accepted to the Honors College.”

Dahdah is currently seeking a degree in political science and Spanish, and a minor in fashion. She said her ultimate goal is to AIDEN VENS /THE DAILY WILDCAT work for the United Nations, particularly with LUCIANA DAHDAH, A FRESHMAN studying political science and Spanish, grew up in both Guatemala and Arizona. Also a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, she hopes to women because she has seen her own cultural start a non-profit business that would support underprivileged girls in the U.S. and Latin America. differences and wants to give back to her community in that respect.

“I am very passionate about giving back blog, allowing her followers to purchase the “I share my college lifestyle and new trends, the U.N. and the Global Citizen Organization. to the Latino community shirts directly from the website. but I also want it to be an outlet for change,” “I’m really passionate because it’s where I am from, Dahdah said that figuring out logistics have Dahdah said. “Especially now, at the spot we about furthering education and especially now with been the most challenging part of establishing are in politically, I just want it to be a positive If I didn’t for women—I believe all the recent politics and page. It’s just a fun way to express my creativity her small business, but her passion for helping have a good that once you have a good stereotypes,” Dahdah said. “I others outweighs the intellectual hardships. education, you can pursue all because I feel like in politics there’s not really education your goals,” Dahdah said. “If I that outlet to express yourself fully with wanted to be a voice and an “I consider myself a very passionate person advocate for Latino women or speak both didn’t have a good education creative thinking. I can’t live without being since I’ve been a little girl, and just seeing how and children.” women are treated, I just feel something inside able to express myself in a different way.” languages or have or speak both languages or Dahdah said she originally and I want to do something about it,” Dahdah Dahdah strives to not only make change have the good experience the good experience wanted to pusue a career in said. “After brainstorming and designing my through politics, but also plans to utilize her that I’ve had up to this fashion, but recently decided that I’ve had up point, then I wouldn’t be as logo, every time I see it I just get so excited.” creativity to fuel her philanthropic appetite. politics would offer her more Dahdah also recently became a member of She hopes to start a small non-profit to this point, then motivated to give back.” humanitarian opportunities.

Gamma Phi Beta sorority. company called Reaching For the Stars Dahdah said most I wouldn’t be as “It just kind of hit me last She particularly connected with its One Girl at a Time, which would sell shirts Guatemalans tend to be motivated to extremely grateful, regardless with stars on printed on them to students year that I wanted to give philanthropy, Building Strong Girls, and back, and I saw political give back.” of socioeconomic status. In said seeing the members so passionate around campus. science as my gateway,” about giving back to women has served as “It’s a non-profit so the money that I get the U.S., she said while many Dahdah said. real encouragement. from it, 25 percent will go to buying more of us are also very grateful, —Luciana Dahdah, Dahdah took advantage “I really felt at home with the girls, but their shirts and production, and the rest will go we often overlook our Political science and inherent privileges. of every opportunity to get philanthropic mission, Building Stronger Girls, to the girls,” Dahdah said. “Either here or involved in what she loves, Spanish freshman is all that I am about, so that’s when I knew,” in other parts of Latin America, where they Dahdah recently created from joining the Spanish Dahdah said. “It has really inspired me to will receive the money and further their a personal blog and used Translation and Interpretation continue my project with girls.” education, or buy things they need and just the page to share fashion Program on campus to being Check out Dahdah’s blog at continue to be strong women.” trends, her travels and the to part of Global Goals, a movement through www.lucianadahdah.com She intends to connect her company to her movements she has joined.

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Arts & Life • Monday, November 21-Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Super Cool News

Surviving Thanksgiving, post-election

BY ALEC KUEHNLE @ThrowMeAnAllie

Editor’s note: Super Cool News is a Daily Wildcat feature that shares the, yes, coolest news happening around town and around the country. Try not to take what its writers have to say too literally.

Many Americans found themselves filled with everything from shock and disgust to anger and joy when it became official Donald Trump, who had attained 270 electoral votes, would serve as the 45th President of the United States.

Many citizens see this as the biggest crisis currently facing the nation. However, with the country so deeply divided, there looms a far greater issue facing America today.

You guessed it—Thanksgiving.

A day that once consisted of consuming massive amounts of food and politely trying to show your family you’ve had a more successful year than them will now likely turn into an unprecedented

political showdown.

If you will plan to interact with people from both sides of the political divide at this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, follow these tips to avoid the most awkward meal of your life. First of all, make sure everyone agrees beforehand on the type of turkey appropriate for this year’s festivities. In past years, many families seemed content with just about any big old bird, but a wrong choice in turkey this year could create tension lasting for generations to come.For example, a Trump supporter might want to deport the turkey back to wherever it came from, and may also insist on building a protective wall around the property so that no other turkeys like it can ever pass through again.

A Hillary Clinton supporter, on the other hand, could likely spend the rest of Thanksgiving pouting and crying over the turkey, saying they need “me time.” They may even go so far as to engage in an anti-turkey protest around town while Trump supporters are simultaneously devouring said turkey at their own leisure.

Also, be sure to ignore political conversation with family members at all costs. Keep a mental radar going at all times, and if any words such as Trump, Clinton, politics, president, wall, email, or others come up, act like you have just discovered a bomb in the room and get out of there immediately.

Resurface only when you know the environment is again safe—though using the term “safe space” might spark another unwanted debate.

Always ensure nothing about your appearance alludes to for whom you voted. This should seem pretty obvious, but it will still cause headaches for many students come Thursday.

Leave the “Trump: Make America Great Again” or the “I’m With Her” shirts at home. Please.

As much as you may love and want to emulate Trump’s beautiful hair, don’t go to Thanksgiving dinner sporting freshly-dyed blonde hair and full-on Trump-cut.

Thanksgiving should serve as a day to catch up with loved ones, watch football, relax and eat. Did you see pointless arguing over

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FAR LEFT MADALENA BIRR, an ecology and evolutionary biology sophomore and FORCE intern (right), walks down University Boulevard during the 2016 SlutWalk from the Women’s Plaza of Honor on the UA campus to Café Passé on Fourth Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 19. MIDDLE THE 2016 SLUTWALK takes Fourth Avenue on its way to Cafe Passe from the Women’s Plaza of Honor on the UA campus on Saturday, Nov. 19. SlutWalk is a march meant to challenge victim blaming, rape culture and sexual violence. TOP RIGHT LILI STEFFEN, a senior studying sociology and German (center) and one of the main organizers of the 2016 SlutWalk addresses the participants in the Women’s Plaza of Honor on the UA campus on Saturday, Nov. 19.

SLUTWALK

BY JESSICA SURIANO @suriano_jessica

SlutWalk 2016 took to the streets in Tucson on Nov. 19 to challenge rape culture, victim blaming and sexual violence with a resource fair, march and to speak out. A crowd marched from the Women’s Plaza of Honor on the UA campus to Fourth Avenue with the help of various Women’s Resource Center groups.

SlutWalk was created in 2011 in Toronto, Canada after police announced women could reduce the risk of sexual assault by not dressing like “sluts.” SlutWalk has since spread around the world as a feminist protest and movement to argue sexuality and promiscuity are human rights to be embraced, not rejected.

Lili Steffen, a sociology and German student and the community outreach coordinator for the Feminists Organized to Resist, Create, Change and Empower group on campus, made opening remarks in the Women’s Plaza of Honor moments before

the march to explain what the protesters hope to communicate to the community with SlutWalk.

“SlutWalk is a rally, march, protest and movement aimed to make visible the prevalence of victim blaming, rape culture, street harassment and sexual violence,” Steffen said. “To address these issues, we as feminists insist that this is a movement that holds zero tolerance for sexism, classism, racism, ableism, fat phobia, homophobia, transphobia or any other general forms of hatred.”

Steffen said the people participating in SlutWalk wanted to reclaim the word “slut,” disassociating it from a derogatory connotation and instead using it as a term of taking pride in one’s sexuality.

After these opening remarks, the march toward Café Passé began with protesters chanting, “It’s a dress, not a yes,” and, “No more shaming, no more blaming.”

Two keynote speakers, Adiba Nelson and Kati Standefer, opened the speak out portion of the event at Café Passé. Nelson

is an activist and body-positivity blogger and Standefer is a sexologist, teacher and sexuality writer.

Nelson spoke first and said she was 13 years old the first time she was referred to as a “slut.”

“An article of clothing cannot make you a slut, promiscuous, a hoe, “thot” or ratchet anymore than wearing a diamond-encrusted cross can make you a Christian,” Nelson said.

“It is high time we make people responsible for themselves rather than carrying the fragility of their ego and sex drive in our purse for safekeeping. Today, we give you back your body and empower you to reclaim it as your own. In the name of body autonomy, today and every day, your body is yours.”

Standefer took the stage next and started by sharing her personal story as a rape victim. She said she believes stories like hers have unfortunately become more normal to hear.

“I’m here tonight because there’s no logical sequence of events that leads to rape,”

FIRST YEAR LIBRARY SCIENCES GRADUATE student Zazil Davis-Vazquez walks through the Women’s Plaza of Honor wearing a handmade badge reading “not my president” on the UA campus before the 2016 Slutwalk to Café Passé on Fourth Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 19. “Donald Trump has clearly expressed misogynist views multiple times and the problem is that he feels comfortable enough to say these things in public. I think people who are oppressed by a patriarchal system are here to express their very much merited rage,” DavisVazquez said.

SlutWalk was created in 2011 in Toronto, Canada, after police announced women could reduce the risk of sexual assault by not dressing like “sluts.” It has since spread around the world as a protest movement.

Standefer said. “This story should not be normal, but it’s normal for us. It’s normal in this society.”

Jeanett Dalhoumi, a family studies junior, was one of the speakers who volunteered to share a personal story at the speak out after the keynote speakers. She wore jeans and a loose-fitting jacket, and stated it was the outfit she wore on the night she was assaulted seven years ago at age 19.

Dalhoumi said she wanted to show people what she was wearing when she was attacked to try to disprove any assault or rape victim is “asking for it” by wearing certain clothing.

She said her attacker hit her from behind while she was walking home, choked her and forced himself on her before finally attempting to kill her. Dalhoumi said her attacker is now incarcerated, but she was assaulted again two years ago by a different man.

“To the people out here: If you’ve been through something traumatic and you’re still mending and you’re still dealing with this

like it’s fresh, I’ve been there and I know how it is,” Dalhoumi said. “I’m really sorry and I validate everything you are going through.”

Dalhoumi said she wants assault or rape victims to speak up about their experiences even when there might be other people discouraging them to do so.

“Don’t ever stop fighting because you doubt that people will believe you,” Dalhoumi said.

UA alumnus Michael Webb is a prevention specialist at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, and also made remarks on stage at the speak out.

“To the men here: Spend more time investing in getting to know the experiences in the lives of women and girls,” Webb said.

Shevonda Joyner, an education junior and a member of FORCE, helped lead the protesters in chants before and during their march.

“We’re not going to stand for disrespect or invalidation of our own rights,” Joyner said.

“We are here and we’re not going to leave.”

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I was literally called a ‘slut’ and I still was—and still am—a virgin, and I feel very strongly about that word. I can say and do what I want and I’m tired of living in this body in fear.”

—Shevonda Joyner, Education junior and FORCE

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BOTTOM RIGHT EDUCATION JUNIOR and FORCE intern Shevonda Joyner leads a chant before the 2016 SlutWalk from the Women’s Plaza of Honor on the UA campus to Café Passé on Fourth Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 19.

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The numbers are very similar to vaginal sex: • First Years: 63% • Sophomores: 75% • Juniors: 76% • Seniors: 83%

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The numbers are much lower: • First Years: 16% • Sophomores: 20% • Juniors: 26% • Seniors: 33% While the majority of students report having had oral or vaginal sex at least once in their lives, we know that not everyone at the UA is “doin’ it” while at school.

Reasons that people cite for not having sex include religion, fear of sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy, and waiting for the right person.

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OPINIONS

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Anti-Trump safety pin protest isn’t a bad thing After the presidential election, a Brexit-based protest has found its place in America

BY JULIAN CARDENAS @DailyWildcat

P

eople all over the country are wearing safety pins on their tops to show solidarity with marginalized groups after President-elect Donald Trump’s election win.

This is their way of peacefully protesting Trump’s degrading, offensive campaign rhetoric that caused him to win over a large group of disgruntled voters across the country.

This is their immediate reaction to the hostility this election has awakened.

This is the beginning of a movement.

Celebrities, kids and regular people everywhere are uploading selfies with safety pins attached to their clothes all over social media.

I see people wearing pins at the doctor’s office, at school, at the supermarket—everywhere.

It’s become an impacting movement both on and offline.

The use of wearing safety pins to protest actually began in Britain after Brexit, which also disenfranchised many people. It was already established before Trump’s victory, but the win changed the way Americans everywhere saw themselves.

Immediately, the safety pin movement grew and became huge in the US. Wearing these safety pins is meant to show to discriminated groups that you stand in solidarity with them, and that you are a person who will be there for them while they

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struggle to voice their opinions while protesting against the oppressive forces discriminating against them.

It’s a way to signal to someone that you are approachable, supportive and open to talk.

It has allowed people to show their opinion in their everyday lives.

It’s another label—a positive one, yes, but a label nonetheless.

Our world seems to be consumed by more and more labels each day.

In essence, this safety pin movement is a good thing and should be seen as one. It’s a

new, easy way to rally support.

It’s a way of creating community.

It gets people together to protest and, regardless of how easy and silent this type of protest seems to others, it is effective.

It raises some awareness, which is a good thing. Some awareness is better than none at all.

But is this enough? Will this movement affect any change or just become the next cool thing to do? Do people see the issues being faced in this country as so simple that they can be combated with tiny metal pins?

A lot of people have criticized this movement, while others

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have praised it.

It seems that even when someone attempts to take a stand or show support, there is always someone else with the same goals and intentions who believes things should be handled differently.

Some people believe safety pin wearers should engage in more effective ways of protesting and actually take a strong stand.

Left-wing activists and protesters think wearing a safety pin is not strong enough to combat the grave and serious issues many face in wake of Trump’s election.

They’re hesitant about

those who wear safety pins, questioning whether their intentions are genuine, or if they’re just joining a fad.

Society wants people to work—not to be invested, aware or active.

But, this is work.

We can’t try to control how people stand up or show support. Real things are happening out in our country; real people are in danger. Why are we mad that others are trying to show solidarity through safety pins?

Even if we believe that a safety pin cannot solve issues, why do we need to degrade people’s methods of supporting our cause? Of course it would be great if they could do more, but at least they’re doing something.

Sure, I would love to have this be something that encourages people to engage in other types of vocal protests instead of becoming a trend or a hipster way of living. But we have to start somewhere.

We can’t tear other people down simply because their way of lending support is not as loud or big as we would hope—at least they’re being supportive or being minimally vocal about it.

At least they are aware that marginalized groups and disenfranchised groups are out there and are suffering. At least they aren’t going against us.

We shouldn’t be combating people within our own side of the issue.

People should be encouraging this safety pin movement. As silly, tiny and as pointless as you may think it is, it’s impactful at getting people talking.

I literally just wrote a full column on it.

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Arizona in the general election, the Despite inflation and GDP statistics, controversial raising-the-nationalthere are other reasons minimum wage minimum-wage conversation is due. should undergo reform.

There are plenty of misconceptions When workers make low wages, about the correlation between minimum they have a lower incentive to work wage and economic growth, with one of productively, and if they are unsatisfied these being that minimum wage with their pay, are more likely to leave causes inflation. their present jobs to find The correlation between other work, which ends minimum wage and Due to up decreasing respective inflation doesn’t work business’ revenues. inflation, in the manner many People against raising Americans think it living expenses minimum wage think does, though. have increased, raising the wage will Minimum wage is job growth, but but the federal decrease supposed to keep up with a review of 64 studies inflation which means minimum wage conducted by economists that as inflation rises, the has stagnated. The Hristos Doucouliagos, government must ensure last time the federal Ph.D., and T.D. Stanley, minimum wage increases.

Ph.D., found there is government raised no inherent correlation At the United States’ current federal minimum the minimum wage between minimum wage wage of $7.25, a full-time in the United States increase and job loss. minimum wage worker minimum wage does was in 2009.” notAnd makes approximately just affect the 1.532 $15,080 per year. million minimum wage For a single parent workers—it also impacts with one child, this wage the 1.8 million tipped would put them below the employees who make less poverty line of a $15,930 than minimum wage, according to a 2014 annual income. study by the Pew Research Center.

This means some low wage workers in When wages are increased, people are the U.S. can’t afford to pay for life’s likely to spend more, which raises the U.S. basic needs.

GDP and helps to boost the United States’ Due to inflation, living expenses have economy, which attributes for up to 70 increased, but the federal minimum wage percent of its makeup to has stagnated. consumer spending.

The last time the federal government People who are below the poverty line in raised minimum wage in the United the United States are also the most likely States was in 2009. Inflation has gone up to use government subsidies, but if their 8.1 percent since 2009, but the federal wages are increased to push them above minimum wage has not increased at all, the poverty line, they will not need to use according to a study by the Pew as much of the government’s money.

Research Center.

Increases in the minimum wage are Even though minimum wage has steadily not only beneficial to workers, but to the increased since its inception in 1938, the United States as a whole. The country is minimum wage adjusted to correlate with behind where its minimum wage needs to inflation has declined since its peak in be to support its lower wage workers.

1968. Some say minimum wage promotes Raising the wage is past the point of job loss, but in 1968, the unemployment being solely beneficial—it is now rate was actually lower than it is today. a necessity.

There are other factors that affect

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SPORTS

Editor: Saul Bookman sports@dailywildcat.com (520) 621-7579

Wildcats continue to piece together effective roster

BY CHRISTOPHER DEAK @ChrisDeakDW

The fluid puzzle that is Arizona men’s basketball is becoming more and more clear after three games.

Freshman Lauri Markkanen is the team’s best scorer, while senior Kadeem Allen is the best defender and unquestioned leader. The freshmen duo of Kobi Simmons and Rawle Alkins can go off at any time, and junior forward Keanu Pinder has a never-ending supply of energy. Sophomore Chance Comanche looks like a different player than last year, and after struggles in the team’s first two games, junior Dusan Ristic had a bounce back performance against Sacred Heart and logged the Wildcats’ first doubledouble of the season.

Markkanen has been Arizona’s offensive catalyst. He had back-toback 20-point games last week, and he sparked the Wildcats’ second-half surge against Sacred Heart on Friday.

Arizona will head to Las Vegas this week to take on Santa Clara on Thanksgiving Day for a second straight year, and will face either Vanderbilt or Butler the following day. With every game presenting a new test for Markkanen, these matchups in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational will be a step up from what the big man has seen so far.

It’s a long season and head coach Sean Miller has already toyed with multiple

lineups. His thin rotation, however, could haunt him late in the season.

After the career-ending injury to Ray Smith, Arizona had just nine scholarship players entering the season (not including redshirt Dylan Smith). Due to sophomore Allonzo Trier’s mysterious absence through the first couple weeks of the season, Miller has had only eight scholarship players dressed for each game. It’s a recipe for disaster.

One injury could mean a walk-on playing 20 minutes per game. It also means Arizona can not get into any kind of foul trouble, and that alters the defensive game plan and intensity game in and game out.

Allen played a mere five minutes against Sacred Heart on Friday due to a sprained left knee. Miller says the senior’s knee is structurally OK, but noted that Smith’s devastating knee injury had an impact on the rest of the team. Allen seemed hesitant against Sacred Heart, and without him, Arizona could get all it can handle in its Thanksgiving matchups.

In the two games Allen has missed, including the fiveminute appearance against Sacred Heart, Arizona has allowed 31 and 22-point scorers. Allen is this team’s defensive heartbeat, and without him on the court, inferior opponents have taken advantage of Arizona’s youth.

The mystery of Trier still hangs over this team as well. Rumors that the star sophomore would be out for the season started to swirl around the time of the Red-Blue Game, and came to a head when Trier did not travel with the team to Hawaii for its season opening tilt with the Michigan State Spartans. There are more rumors out

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ARIZONA GUARD KADEEM ALLEN (5) flies after a loose ball while playing against Sacred Heart in McKale Center on Friday, Nov. 18. Allen has been a key leader this season, according to head coach Sean Miller.

there from this weekend that Trier will return to the team at some point this week. But with emphasis on the fact that there has been no official word, Arizona would be in great shape if Trier were to return. The Wildcats would have all the puzzle pieces that a team needs to make a deep run.

It already has a player who causes a mismatch for any team in the country in

Markkanen, an elite on-ball stopper in Allen, and Trier would be the player who can create his own shot with the ball in his hands.

It remains to be seen how far a team filled with freshmen and first-time starters can go with only a few veteran leaders. If the Wildcats can get their returning scorer from last year back, the puzzle becomes much more clear.

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Week 2 Pac-12 basketball power rankings

BY IVAN LEONARD @Ivan14bro

Arizona already has a big win and big-time freshmen that may lead to more success, but who is on the Wildcats’ heels in this week’s rankings?

1. ARIZONA

2. OREGON

The Wildcats earned the top spot because they beat a ranked team without their best player. It is early in the season, but the Wildcats get the slight edge over Oregon at the moment. Arizona’s top three scorers are freshmen, so the Pac-12 Conference better beware of the diaper dandies.

The Ducks lost the top spot because they lost on the road to an unranked team without their best player. Dillon Brooks could return this month from his foot injury, but there is still no timetable on it. Chris Boucher has stepped up in Brooks’ absence, but they need more out of their guards.

3. UCLA

4. CALIFORNIA

Lonzo Ball is balling out at half-empty gyms for a ranked UCLA team. Bryce Alford is actually shooting well, so you know the season is young. UCLA started off last season very well before missing the tourney, so maybe the Bruins can be more consistent this year.

The Golden Bears entered the top 25 despite Ivan Rabb not playing a game yet. Every ranked team in the conference is missing their top player, with the exception of UCLA, but the Bruins do have Bryce Alford.

5. COLORADO

6. USC

The Buffaloes received top-25 votes last week so their stock is trending upward in the pollster’s eyes. Josh Fortune, Derrick White and others are stepping up with the loss of Josh Scott to graduation.

A solid sleeper pick in the Pac-12, the Trojans are again flying under the radar this season. Jordan McLaughlin and Bennie Boatwright could help the Trojans break into the top 25 at some point.

7. UTAH

8. WASHINGTON

If you are a fan of offense, the Utes are currently averaging 90 points a game with five double-digit scorers.

Utah lost its top two scorers in Jakob Poeltl and Jordan Loveridge and the Utes’ scoring increased by 13 points.

Despite having arguably the most talented NBA prospect in Markelle Fultz, Washington could miss the tourney. This has the makings of Ben Simmons 2.0 where Fultz drops 30 and the Huskies lose by 20.

He could be college basketball’s answer to Russell Westbrook this year.

9. STANFORD

10. ASU

I still believe the Cardinal should let Christian McCaffrey play for their basketball team. At best, he could energize the team and at worst, he could sell tickets. So what do they have to lose?

It is time for the Sun Devils to fatten up on nonconference opponents before Pac-12 play starts.

Unrelated, ASU head coach Bobby Hurley resembles Bart Simpson, in case you needed another reason to dislike the former Duke star.

11. WASHINGTON STATE Josh Hawkinson has looked exceptional for the Cougars, but it is non-conference. Last year, they won only one conference game, so the Cougars seemingly have nowhere to go but up this year.

12. OREGON STATE After coming off an 83-58 loss to Nevada, the Beavers find themselves at the bottom of the Pac-12. The last time Oregon State made the tourney without a Gary Payton was 1985, so history is not on their side.

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against No. 12 Stanford.

The Cardinal’s true freshman Kathryn Plummer has dominated this season, and continued her success by leading her team Arizona volleyball split its games with with 15 kills and 10 digs against Arizona in California and No. 12 Stanford in McKale McKale Center.

Center over the weekend. The Wildcats Kalei Mau became setter Penina Snuka’s surpassed the Golden Bears three sets to go-to option, but had a hard time putting one on Friday (19-25, 25-23, 27-25, 25-19), the ball away. On 43 attempts, Mau earned but No. 12 Stanford swept Arizona on 12 kills at a .047 hitting percentage.

Sunday (25-19, 25-23, 25-18).

“We rely on our hitters to “I think … we’re in the hold their own,” Mau said. worst place we’ve been “Everyone needs to do their since the season started,” I think ... we’re job 100 percent.” said Arizona head coach in the worst Arizona kept the sets Dave Rubio following Sunday’s loss. place we’ve been close in the sweep, but was outplayed. The The Wildcats hosted since the season ultimately Wildcats were out-blocked Cal in the schools’ second started.” 10 to four, had nine less meeting of the season assists and hit at a .121 on Friday. Arizona saw the end of a three-game —Dave Rubio, average. The one statistic winning streak in a 3-2 Arizona head coach which Arizona had nearly double the number of loss to the Golden Bears Stanford’s was attacking earlier in the season. The errors, with 23. situation didn’t get easier Yet, the team sees at home. promise in its future Rubio saw the team matches and pulled some positives put out an “uninspired” effort against the from Sunday.

Golden Bears that bred frustration.

“We played as a team more today which Arizona had to rely heavily on its bench I was really proud of, but the execution for energy against Cal. Makenna Martin wasn’t there,” Laura Larson said. provided a team leading 10 digs while Jade The Wildcats will look to turn the tables Turner replaced a struggling McKenzie this week as they host Utah before finishing Jacobson in the front row. the season at ASU. With 12 service aces and 23 attacking “I think things can turn very quickly,” errors, Arizona was frustrated with its Rubio said. “We’re not where we want to be lack of execution and, despite the win, so we hope to find that magic place soon.” was looking for a more promising match

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