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Parking woes persist near campus Policies in the Sam Hughes neighborhood bother residents, students, visitors By Kyle Mittan DAILY WILDCAT

For some residents and students, parking on the street in the Sam Hughes Neighborhood, near campus, is a problem in terms of information, availability and enforcement. Located just east of Campbell Avenue, the neighborhood is a popular place to park, especially for students and sporting event spectators. But the City of Tucson’s strict policy enforcement and lack of information is a problem, according to some people who live in the area. One parking policy within the neigh-

borhood requires that drivers leave at least a 5-foot space between their car and the nearest driveway to allow for easy access. Kathy Renno, a Tucson resident who regularly swims at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, has been parking across from Sam Hughes Elementary School for the past five or six years. Last week, Renno was issued a $188 citation for leaving 2 feet, 3 inches between her car and the nearest driveway. Tickets are handed out regularly in that area, she said, and she feels that the cost of the citation was far too much. “$25 would have done it for me to teach me a lesson, $50 I could have handled,” Renno said. “$188 was really, really annoying, so I sent back in the form saying that I would like to have a hearing with the judge.” Renno said her plans to meet in

court were later canceled after a friend advised her that parking tickets of that nature are rarely dismissed. “I feel it’s just a moneymaker for the city of Tucson, (which) is in financial straits, to go after citizens for a minor crime like this,” she said. Sheila Hoban, vice president of the Sam Hughes Neighborhood Association, was also issued a ticket for the same violation while parked in front of her own house. Hoban said information about the law is ambiguous, and the city could do a better job letting people know what is allowed and what isn’t. “Basically what I found out was that the police measure one way and ParkWise (Tucson’s governing body for parking-related issues) was measuring

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A note sits on a car that is illegally parked in the residents-only parking area of the Sam Hughes Neighborhood. The note was left by a resident.

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Obama weighs new exclusions to mandate on contraceptive coverage By Michelle A. Weiss DAILY WILDCAT

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Law student Caroline Hoyt takes a break to pet Gus, a 3-year-old golden retriever, at the Law Library at the James E. Rogers College of Law on Monday. The dogs are part of Delta Society’s pet therapy program, which is intended to help people relieve their stress.

Law school goes to the dogs By Alexandra Bortnik DAILY WILDCAT

The anticipated stress of finals week inspired law student Cindy Hirsch, to organize a pet therapy program for overwhelmed law school students. Students can play with and pet therapy dogs brought to campus. The dogs and their owners can be visited in the Law Library at the James E. Rogers College of Law of Fellows Room 51 and are available for the remainder of the week between noon and 2 p.m. This is the latest in a string of pet therapy programs in law schools that began this past March when a dog named Monty appeared in a law library at Yale University. Hirsch said several schools began implementing pet therapy after Monty’s success. Law student Caroline Hoyt, has already

scheduled a second visit, she heard about the program through Facebook. “It’s nice to step away from studying and instead of looking at something else on the Internet you’re actually having live interaction,” Hoyt said. Anne Conyard, volunteer at the Delta Society, a national non-profit organization specializing in providing pet therapy, and volunteer for the UA’s pet therapy program, works with her 3-year-old golden retriever Gus at a hospice center every Friday. For the past year Conyard and Gus have been visiting patients, families and staff. “I think that it takes peoples’ minds off what they’re dealing with and all the business in their minds,” Conyard said. In addition to Gus, 2-year-old golden retriever poodle mix Gidget volunteered

on Monday. Gidget’s owner, Linda Grim is also a volunteer for the Delta Society. Gidget has been training for three months and completed his first job working at the law school on Monday. Katy Grounds, assistant director of admissions and financial aid, said she heard about the program from a UA student blog where law school students can share information. Grounds said the dogs are a good distraction, especially for first-year students experiencing their first week of finals. Conyard said her experience in hospice has shown her the positive effects of pet therapy and why dogs are the ideal candidates for the job. “They (the dogs) are unconditional and they just love to be petted, and to be loved and to give their love,” Conyard said.

Contraceptive care is already an out-of-pocket expense for many women, and a new provision could make it even harder for them to access this care for free. On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which would expand medical insurance coverage, including contraceptive care. But a new proposal from Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, suggests that universities, schools and hospitals be part of the exemption for providing contraceptive care in health plans. Religious schools and institutions already qualified for the exemption. Obama still has yet to announce his decision about the provision. “I think it’s really the Catholic bishops that are putting the most pressure on the president to provide what they’re calling a ‘conscience exemption’ for this,” said Democratic Rep. Katie Hobbs, from District 15 of the Arizona State Legislature. “What’s frustrating to me “I really don’t is you have 227 bishops think you have a that are supposed to be speaking for an entire right to say ‘you church, but 99 percent can take birth of Catholic women have control or can’t, used birth control.” Hobbs added the bishor if you do, you ops aren’t really speaking have to pay for about the people in their it out of your churches and she said it pocket.’” should be up to each individual whether or not — Rep. Katie Hobbs they choose to use conDistrict 15, Arizona traceptives. State Legislature As of now, exemptions are limited, said Republican Sen. Nancy Barto, from District 7, in regard to the new provision. “If they provide an exemption to health plans and insurers that they don’t have to cover it (contraceptives) based on their moral convictions, then that’s an improvement to prior guidelines,” Barto said. Bryan Howard, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona, said the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires that Americans have access to basic prevention-oriented services. Planned Parenthood is encouraging the administration to stand behind this act, which already expands an exemption to places

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Blitz winner helping to understand how pesticides get into farm workers’ homes By Amer Taleb DAILY WILDCAT

A UA student’s research is contributing to the reduction of pesticide impacts on farm workers in Yuma. Depending on their ingredients and how often people are exposed to them, pesticides can have some detrimental effects. Pesticide exposure has been linked to brain cancer and said to lower IQ levels and takes a substantial toll on pregnant women and children that are exposed prenatally, said Anastasia Sugeng, an environmental health sciences graduate student whose work on the topic garnered first place in the 2011 Environmental

Grad Research Blitz. The competition showcased UA graduate students’ environmental research. Sugeng focused on how pesticides get into the homes of farm workers in Yuma, where roughly 45 percent of the residents work in agriculture, she said. “If a parent works with a certain type of pesticide in the field, we can see that in their child’s urine. We know

Anastasia Sugeng Environmental health sciences graduate student

pesticides are getting into their homes,” Sugeng said. “What’s uncertain is how.” Workers bringing pesticides home on their hands and clothes could be one way the pesticides get in, Sugeng said. Others include pesticide spray drifting into homes through the air or via the soil, which can cause contamination during a dust storm. “We need to pay attention to the whole picture,” Sugeng said. “In terms of research for the air pathway, not much has been done. It’s much more significant than people are realizing.”

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At the UA’s Future Teachers Club, students get educated on potential careers in education. The club, which is recognized by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, aims to inform UA students about possible job opportunities in teaching and also provides education workshops and meetings to those who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the field. “It’s a great experience,” said Chava Lederman, an elementary education junior and president of the club. “It’s a club that gives students the chance to meet people who have similar interests and goals in teaching to come together.” Over the semester, the club has been involved in a variety of education projects around campus and in the Tucson community, including beginning a food drive in schools throughout the Tucson Unified School District and raising money during the UA’s Homecoming to provide school supplies for a recent UA graduate who is a first-time teacher at an elementary school. “She is working in a school that doesn’t really have the funds necessary to purchase all the supplies that are needed for her classroom,” Lederman said. “It’s definitely great to help out with that.” The club meets every other Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the College of Education, Room 257, where members typically have guest speakers from the teaching community come to talk to UA students. The next meeting is scheduled today where

GPSC meeting The Graduate and Professional Student Council, an organization representing all graduate and professional students, will have an open meeting this Wednesday. Its agenda includes ways to improve the organization and promote academic, economic and social life for graduate students. The meeting begins at 6:30 and lasts until 8:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Medical Research Building. For more information about meetings and the opportunities in GPSC contact Ryan Saxby at 520-626-7526 or visit gpsc.arizona.edu.

CESL closing ceremony The Center for English as a Second Language department is hosting a party for all second-language speakers this Friday from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Z Mansion, which is located downtown at 288 N. Church Ave. For more information regarding the party or directions, contact Kathleen Hertenstein at 520-626-3637.

Student Ambassadors host video games and study break party Google Student Ambassadors Iris Charcos and John McGowan are hosting a party with video games, free food, drinks and prizes for students. You must register online to attend. The party will be this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the ninth floor of the Gould Simpson Atrium . For more information contact Charcos and McGowan at icharcos@email.arizona.edu or t3jem3@email.arizona.edu.

The UA’s Future Teachers Club meets every other Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the College of Education, including today.

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Students pass through the door of Education building on Monday. UA students in the Future Teachers Club have the chance to meet professionals in education, and to prcatice building teaching skills early.

they will be talking about how to incorporate multiple religious and cultural holidays in the classroom. “Generally in meetings we try to have topics presented that future teachers can use in their classroom, and techniques they can have to get hired” Lederman said. “This one in particular is going to show us how not to be biased when

talking about particular holidays.” Projects the club will work on this spring semester include helping out with Tucson High School’s prom and creating care packages for U.S. soldiers deployed overseas with children in elementary school. “It’s a good feeling helping out with something like this because I personally know people who are serving which makes it extra special to share that with the kids,” said Bailey Frahm, an elementary education junior and vice president of the club. The club is open to all students. Lederman said some of their club members come from a variety of majors who are looking into teaching after college. “It’s a pretty diverse group of people,” Lederman said. “Since the secondary education major was cut a few years ago, a lot of want-to-be high school teachers are members in the club.” Next semester, the club plans to expand more of its projects and services into the community. “What we really missed out on last year was community service so this is our major focus this semester,” Frahm said. “We want to be the kind of teachers in the future that college students look up to.”

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking to slow down its delivery rate, the agency announced Monday, in an effort to help save $2.1 billion a year and fend off possible bankruptcy. The proposed plan, which would go into effect next spring, would relax delivery standards for first-class mail, so that it would arrive within two to three business days, largely doing away with overnight delivery for stamped mail. The delivery delay would be a byproduct of the closure of 252 mail processing plants — more than half of the total, a change the postal service announced in September. “The U.S. Postal Service must reduce

its operating costs by $20 billion by 2015 in order to return to profitability,” said David Williams, a USPS vice president, in a statement. “The proposed changes to service standards will allow for significant consolidation of the postal network in terms of facilities, processing equipment, vehicles and employee workforce and will generate projected net annual savings of approximately $2.1 billion.” Approximately 28,000 employees would lose their jobs as a result of the closures. The spokeswoman for the mail carrier’s union decried the move as one that would “hasten the demise of the Postal Service.” “This is precisely the wrong direction

for the Postal Service,” said Sally Davidow, spokeswoman for the American Postal Workers Union. “The Postal Service should be modernizing and improving its service for the American people so it can remain relevant in the digital age, not slowing service and making mail less relevant.” In the last five years, mail volume has declined by more than 43 billion pieces. The Postal Service’s bottom line has suffered from the resulting loss of revenue; it is faced a $14 billion budget shortfall next year. In response, the agency has proposed a series of cost reductions, including closing approximately 3,700 post offices. Officials have also considered ending Saturday delivery.

UA President Sander welcomes all students to seminar UA President Eugene Sander is hosting a seminar for the university community where he will discuss the health-sciences population. He will conclude with a question-and answer session focused on the topic at hand. The event will be this Thursday beginning at noon and lasting until 1 p.m. in the DuVal Auditorium in the University of Arizona Medical Center — University Campus. — Compiled by Elliot P. Hopper

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a different way,” Hoban said. “They still haven’t resolved that.” A ParkWise representative was unavailable for comment as of press time. Some UA students living within the Sam Hughes area said they don’t have issues, but are hard-pressed to find places for their friends and families to park. Marisa Koven, a senior studying retailing and consumer sciences, said she and her roommate share two parking spaces in her apartment complex’s parking lot. Extra spaces for visitors are hard to come by, and determining which ones are permit-only is also difficult, Koven said. “Every time I have a friend Sam Hughes coming over, they always have to call and check with me and permits make sure that they can park Annual parking permits outside,” Koven said. “I always for areas around the UA have to go outside and assess campus range from $150 the situation and see if the to $450, depending on the parking lot is full.” Julia Leclerc, a junior studyindividual zone. ing speech, language and hearing sciences, shares a house 282 out of 1,560 residential with three roommates. Despaces have been sold. spite having minimal parking and several restrictions on the space that is available, Leclerc 1 out of 16 non-residential said parking in general really spaces have been sold. isn’t a problem. Source: ParkWise “We do OK because only two of us have cars,” she said. “If there were more of us, it would be difficult.” Game days, Leclerc said, are the most difficult to deal with in terms of parking. Sporting event spectators often park on the street, despite the restrictions that don’t allow parking on the curb. While the parking enforcement in Sam Hughes may seem strict to some, others say that it is not only necessary, but effective, too. “I would say they’re effective because they’re in place so that students don’t just come and park for free in Sam Hughes and walk to school,” Leclerc said. “They’re well-enforced because there isn’t ever any stray cars parked on school days. Clearly it’s working.”

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of worship, Howard said. Preventive services could include diabetes or HIV prevention, Barto said. But drugs and procedures that prevent pregnancy “have obvious morally-objectionable implications for a lot of people in the health care industry. To mandate that all insurers cover them and provide them, at no cost, is really an unprecedented move for the federal government.” Barto said the government needs to respect freedom of conscience. Howard said the law shouldn’t be broadened to non-religious places or workplaces that aren’t specifically about religion. “To have this proposal go forward will really discriminate against employees of all faiths,” Howard said. “It’s really out of step with the view of mainstream Americans.” Republican Sen. Linda Gray, from District 10, said contraceptive care should be the “personal responsibility” of individuals, not the taxpayers. “They should be paying on their own,” Gray said. Barto said if the provision goes through, it would put the decision back into women’s hands. They would be the ones

to decide how to deal with her health care service. “But it doesn’t put the burden of providing for potentially life-ending services or devices in the hands of mandating insurers to provide it,” Barto said. “So it definitely puts the responsibility where it belongs.” Hobbs said the provision impacts reproductive health care. She added that there are “gender disparities” in health insurance coverage and a more inclusive approach would make access more equal. “I really don’t think you have a right to say ‘you can take birth control or can’t, or if you do, you have to pay for it out of your pocket,’” she said. If the proposal goes through, Hobbs said, “I definitely think it will have some electoral consequences. I think women are a large voting block and this is an issue that’s important to women.” Hobbs and Howard said they agree this proposal would be a reversal of the progress made so far for reproductive rights. Barto said the exemptions of the provision “should include anybody that morally objects because it has to do with ending life.” Howard said at some point in everyone’s lives, birth control plays a role in planning education and careers so people “can afford the families they want to have.” “This is really trying to roll back 50 years of health care progress,” he said.

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Attention lawmakers: We need a debt cure Storm Byrd Daily Wildcat

n Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, the Arizona Board of Regents met in the Student Union Memorial Center to discuss financial aid, a new football coach and football stadium expansion. Regents approved renovations to Arizona Stadium, approved new head football coach Rich Rodriguez’s contract — although they were upset that they didn’t play a bigger role in the hiring process. Most importantly they acknowledged the necessity for Arizona lawmakers to place higher education as the highest priority. It’s no secret that education costs are jumping higher and higher. Perhaps even more well known is that the economy is still in a slump. If you’re looking for financial aid, it would appear you’re in luck, because financial aid allotment jumped by over 75.4 percent over the last five years. Unfortunately though, that’s a deceptive statistic. A majority of that spike in financial aid is due to an increase in student loans. Larger tuition price tags combined with a struggling economy equals more of a financial hardship on college students. Thus they seek out financial aid, and sometimes have to settle for loans. But when the debt soars and the job market shrinks, it only leaves debt ridden unemployed scholars behind. Fortunately, the board recognizes this. The regents could have countered the cries of tuition hikes by saying that financial aid is on the rise, but the board was thorough in its 2011 financial aid report and acknowledged that just because financial aid is increasing doesn’t necessarily mean that the cost of education is being lessened. The board stated the need to have Arizona lawmakers appreciate the importance of fostering afford“While it is able higher educapromising that tion. In fact, Regent Dennis DeConcini the regents was more direct, recognize the saying that educaissues with stution is an investdent debt and ment and that Arizona lawmakers financial aid, need to treat it as there needs to such and not as an be some sort expense. The board also of cohesive discussed the poseffort to see sibility of raising to it that the the requirements same epiphany of full-time status to 15 credits in occurs at the hopes of remedycapitol.” ing the financial aid and student loan problems. At the UA, full-time status is considered 12 units. Unfortunately, this plan doesn’t seem to provide an actual solution when you consider that many students are already taking more than the minimum. According to Dan Anderson, the regents director of institutional analysis, the number of full-time equivalent students is greater than the overall headcount in the Arizona University system. Or, in other words, more students are taking on bigger loads. While it is promising that the regents recognize the issues with student debt and financial aid, there needs to be some sort of cohesive effort to see to it that the same epiphany occurs at the capitol. The regents should be aware of these realities because it’s their job. The problems with financial aid are so evident that anyone who pays even the slightest attention to education can recognize them. So why can’t Arizona lawmakers? Perhaps the problem is that they are in fact aware of the student struggles to pay the academic price tags, but the lawmakers just don’t care. But as several regents have expressed and as statistics show, education is truly an investment with the possibilities of big returns not only for students but for states. Anderson presented numbers that showed 80 percent of students who graduate from an Arizona university are employed, and they made an average of 80 percent more than their peers. That’s more people employed, at higher wages. This inevitably results in higher tax income for the state. As Anderson put it, “that sounds like a great way to raise taxes without raising taxes.” Perhaps an even better way to phrase it is: it increases tax revenue without even touching the tax rate. If Arizona lawmakers can recognize this reality, then perhaps education will become the top priority it deserves to be.

Illegal immigrant students deserve an education too now was his legal status. Even though he was bilingual, graduated with above a 3.0 grade point average and had never been arrested, his dreams of going to college looked dismal. In a rare happy ending for these stories, Michelle A. Monroe Gonzalez got a scholarship to attend Grand Daily Wildcat Canyon University where he plans on majoring in biology before going to medical families were torn apart and these students ducating children should be exempt school. feared being arrested. from politics. The Arizona Republic However, most immigrant students won’t Then Robert N. Krentz Jr., a rancher on the get that chance. The DREAM Act, which prorecently published a story about three boys who came to the United States illegally Arizona-Mexico border was killed. vides a pathway to citizenship for illegal immithrough their families’ efforts. “That changed things,” Gonzalez said in grants who graduate high school and attend Gerson Gonzalez, Alejandro Sau and The Arizona Republic article. “I felt like people college or serve two years in the U.S. military, Jonathan Labrada told their story— at the were looking at me differently. I didn’t kill that states on its website that “over three million insistence of their parents — about coming man. I have never hurt anybody.” students graduate from U.S. high schools illegally into the United States, assimilating Those who are living in the United States every year” and that “a group of approximateinto high school and learning a new language. illegally for employment or education, are not ly 65,000 youth do not get this opportunity; They lived with different members of their the same as those who are trying to smuggle they are smeared with an inherited title, an families, some that they had never met before, drugs or weapons across the border. Certainly, illegal immigrant.” just to be a part of the American education those who were brought here and live here Children should not be punished for the system. and do so without committing crimes are not actions of their parents, and if they spend Once SB1070 took effect however, families the same as those who killed that rancher. their lives being educated in the United States, had to separate, and parents chose to leave School administrators look the other way they should be welcome to stay. their children in Arizona to continue school, when it comes to a student’s immigration While the federal government has yet to according to Nina Rabin, a UA law professor. status, because they believe every child in pass the DREAM Act, California and Illinois These children are left to fend for themtheir district has a right to an education, The have passed state-level solutions. Arizona selves, and act as their own monitor for Republic said. should be next state to embrace this. homework, attendance and grades. They Unfortunately, there isn’t much help for shouldn’t have to worry about being deported them after they graduate. For Gonzalez, as he — Michelle A. Monroe is a journalism or arrested for being in the state illegally. But waited to walk across the stage at graduation, senior. She can be reached at in the beginning months of SB1070, many he realized that all that would really matter letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

MAILBAG In response to “Slaughterhouses: Hold your horses” (Dec. 2 issue): An animal is an animal, no matter how much you value it How is eating horse different from eating cow? The claim that horses are an ‘icon’ falls short - should we stop eating cows because Hindus

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— Selena M. Bush

online comments In response to “AZ isn’t just the ‘crazy state’, it has its shining moments” (Nov. 30 issue): Media misrepresents Arizona’s efforts

In response to “UA patents generate revenue, prestige” (Nov. 30 issue): Arizona now competitive with more prestigious schools

I’ve heard it said, “capitalism without failure is like religion without sin.” Neither is perfect and yet, the world is better off with both. This university we call Arizona started out of the sand, deemed not as good as the Harvard’s & Yale’s of the world. Today, The University of Arizona has risen to be one of the best universities in the world. Our school has taken advantage of the free-market enterprise and it is indeed, the free— James market place that advances this great university. Whether it be advances in science or the arts or a tally of patients, without (the) freedom that The University of Arizona (has) enjoyed, our school would be dictated to by more the Harvard’s and the Yale’s of the world to its ‘little place in the sand.’

Call us crazy or whatever you want, but the media doesn’t live here, nor do they care about what’s going on. Call us racist, but we are defending what is ours because we do not want to see it turn into the disgusting filth Mexico is.

In response to “What studying means” (Nov. 29 issue):

— Ron Berkley

Business majors can’t do what engineers do The thing about engineering and business majors is that any engineer could easily do business major math. That’s Mickey Mouse stuff. But could your typical “Eller” student ever hope to solve the same kind of math problems engineering majors do? Doubt it.

In response to “Immigrant initiative: Hiding may be finished” (Dec. 5 issue): Hiding redefined

Is marching and demanding more from the country they have — Sergio sneaked into hiding? That sure is a new kind of hiding.

— Storm Byrd is the Perspectives editor. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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and some Kemetics worship cow deities? If you are going to eat meat, accept that you are eating an animal. It is perfectly okay to not want to eat horse, but we should remember the meat we eat comes from animals with their own inherent value outside of providing us with food. Value life equally, not based on which animal you like better.

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Police Beat By Rebecca Rillos Daily Wildcat

Damaged dash A University of Arizona Police Department officer went to Sky View Apartments at 1:30 a.m. on Thursday in response to a theft. The officer met with a man who reported the dashboard of his gray Mitsubishi had been damaged and the faceplate to his stereo stolen. The man said he parked his car in the lot at the apartment building at noon on Nov. 30. He said he left his car unlocked and there was no forced entry. The only item stolen was the faceplate to the Kenwood stereo, which the owner estimated cost $150. There are no suspects or witnesses. Victim’s rights forms were given to the man.

Greek graffiti A UAPD officer went to 1244 N. Fremont Ave. at 9 a.m. on Thursday in response to vandalism. The officer noticed blueand-white graffiti on the blue metal UA sign at the building. The graffiti on the left side of the sign was indecipherable, but the Greek letters Delta, Alpha and Kappa were clearly stenciled in white spray paint in the center of the sign. The officer also found that a wooden gate on the southeast side of the building was broken. The officer photographed the damage and notified UA Facilities Management. Victim’s rights forms were mailed to the UA.

Fraudulent funding request A UAPD officer responded to Old Main at 9 a.m. Thursday in reference to a fraudulent letter sent to the UA Admissions Office. The officer met with an employee who said the letter was from an organization that identified itself as the Federal University of Technology located in Owerri, Nigeria. The letter was a request that funding be voluntarily sent to a Nigerian back account number. The letter was placed into UAPD Property and Evidence.

Drugs and guns A UAPD officer was monitoring traffic at Campbell Avenue and Seventh Street at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday when he noticed a yellow Chevrolet Cavalier driving 53 mph in a 35 mph zone. The officer conducted a traffic stop and spoke to the driver, who provided his information and admitted he was not wearing his seatbelt. The officer conducted a records check on the man and found out that his driver’s license is suspended and that he has two outstanding warrants from Tucson Police Department for criminal speeding and marijuana possession. The officer searched the car and found a pipe and a grinder with marijuana residue in it. Behind the driver’s seat, the officer found a black backpack containing an unloaded Intratec DC9 pistol and 30 round magazine with three 9mm rounds in it. There were 13 more rounds in a bag in the backpack. The man said the weapon belonged to a friend. The man was arrested and booked into Pima County Jail for driving on a suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and the two TPD warrants. The backpack and its contents were placed into property and evidence at UAPD. Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. A complete list of UAPD activity can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.

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rizona’s played eight games in 26 days, and its freshmen are experiencing the daily grind of college basketball. Meanwhile, the Wildcats’ veterans are playing 30-plus minutes a game for the first time in their careers. Even head coach Sean Miller is feeling the burn. “I don’t know if personally I’ve gone through a harder month than the one we just went through in November,” he said after the Wildcats defeated NAU on Saturday. “Well, it’s about to get harder.” Starting Wednesday, the Wildcats will spend their next 10 days in Gainesville to take on No. 12 Florida, in Tucson to host a well-tested Clemson program, coming from the ACC Clemson program and finally in Seattle to face the No. 22 Gonzaga Bulldogs. If Miller thought November was difficult, these 10 days will be nearly impossible. Sure, the Wildcats have a road win over a solid New Mexico State team. Yes they took down St. John’s in Madison Square Garden. But Arizona also looked mediocre in back-to-back games against Mississippi State and San Diego State. Florida and Gonzaga aren’t San Diego State or Mississippi State. The Wildcats should like their chances against an average Clemson team, but Florida and Gonzaga may be the two best teams they play all season. The Gators are a legitimate top-10 team with pedigree and a head coach in Billy Donovan that has won two na-

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NCAAB Detroit 69, St. John’s 63

Florida State 76, Charleston Southern 51

Providence 80, Brown 49

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Coaching friendship spurs UA, UF series

Sean Miller and Billy Donovan met as players, and the games’ two rising coaches will now go head-to-head By Nicole Dimtsios Daily Wildcat

The Wildcats’ meeting with the No. 10 Florida Gators on Wednesday has been a long time coming. Head coach Sean Miller said that the series first began when he and his staff came to Tucson in the spring of 2009. Miller had a previous series planned with Gator head coach Billy Donovan when he was at Xavier, but left the school before the Musketeers played against Florida. Miller said the series came to fruition due to his relationship with Donovan, who was a senior at Providence College when Miller took his official visit as a senior in high school. From there, Miller said, the relationship has continued because of the places both he and Donovan have coached. “I respect him more than or as much as any coach in college basketball,” Miller said. “It’s that relationship that got this series started.” The Wildcats will play in Gainesville, Fla., tomorrow, and the Gators will play in McKale Center next season. Arizona also hosted San Diego State on Nov. 23, and will host Clemson on Saturday. “We want to be able to play great programs on our home court, and to do that you have to go to theirs as well,” Miller said.

Turner might start

Although Miller said the lineup for Wednesday night’s game wasn’t final, he said that there was “no question” that freshman guard Josiah Turner could return to the starting line up. Miller said Turner had been practicing better and he’s been evaluating Turner’s progress based on his everyday practice performances, not necessarily how he’s been playing during games. “He knows what college basketball and life as a student athlete is all about, much more so than he would have this summer,” Miller said. “It’s every day. That’s the expectations at Arizona. Not every other day, or once every three or four days, you do a great job in practice.” The last time Turner started was Arizona’s first game of the year against Valparaiso on Nov. 7.

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Arizona freshman Josiah Turner could earn his starting spot back after a string of productive practices.

Hill garners Pac-12 Player of the Week

Junior forward Solomon Hill was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for his performances against New Mexico State University and NAU. The 6-foot-6, 226-pound Los Angeles native averaged 13.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5 assists through both games. “He’s just really a valuable player for us. He right now is our team’s best player,” Miller said on Monday. “The fact that he got Pac-12 Player of the Week is an honor that he deserved because his performance at New Mexico State was a really, really pivotal performance.”

‘No comment’ on Sidiki

Miller said he wouldn’t comment on the status of former Wildcat Sidiki Johnson, who was officially dismissed from the team on Sunday. A press release announced that Johnson intended to transfer to another school.

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Hill coming into his own in all facets

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UA quarterback Tom Savage, seen above at an Aug. 20 team scrimmage, will transfer for personal reasons. Freshman quarterback Daxx Garman is also transferring, leaving redshirt senior Matt Scott as the lone quarterback going into next season.

Assistant coaches officially hired, two QBs transfering By Alex Williams Daily Wildcat

Tony Dews Receivers coach

Tony Gibson Secondary coach

Calvin Magee Ass. head coach

Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez made his first three coaching hires official on Monday and more will likely be coming soon. The Wildcats announced the hires of Tony Dews, Calvin Magee and Tony Gibson, who left the Pittsburgh Panthers to join Rodriguez’s staff. “I’m hoping by the end of the week I can get a couple more spots filled,” Rodriguez told the Daily Wildcat on Monday, adding that he looks at hiring a coaching staff much like recruiting in that it’s a competitive world. Magee will act as a offensive coordinator and associate head coach. Gibson will become the Wildcats’ secondary coach and Dews will coach wide receivers. Rodriguez said he has standing offers to a few coaches, and other prospective assistants are still sending him information every day. But for the first time in his career, Rodriguez is taking as much time as possible to find the right fits. “It’s tough, I want guys right now getting on the road recruiting and all that,” Rodriguez said. “I’m being more deliberate than I’ve been in the past, but I think I’ll like the way it is in the end.”

from Rutgers, where he was a Freshman AllAmerican in 2009. He said his departure is a personal issue and wasn’t related to any schemes that Rodriguez would implement. Garman was the third-string quarterback this season but didn’t see any snaps for the Wildcats. The moves leave redshirt senior Matt Scott as the only returning quarterback on the roster, though receiver Richard Morrison, a sophomore, originally came to Tucson with the intention of playing quarterback.

Switching it up

At his first two Division I head-coaching stops, Rich Rodriguez’s teams played on FieldTurf, a synthetic turf that’s filled with sand and rubber pellets designed to mimic grass. Now at Arizona, Rodriguez is trying to make sure his third head-coaching gig will have the same surface. “It’s not going to happen this year,” Rodriguez said. “We don’t know for sure, but it may happen as soon as the 2013 season.” The first-year head coach called FieldTurf “the safest surface that’s out there,” and said its biggest advantage is that the team can practice Quarterbacks transfer Signal-callers Tom Savage, a redshirt junior, on it every day without it getting torn up like a and Daxx Garman, a freshman, said Monday grass field. they will transfer from Arizona. Savage sat out this past season after transferring

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Remember when Arizona didn’t have a go-to-guy, and the Wildcats were composed of a group of role players and talented freshmen hoping that mix would translate into wins? Solomon Hill is making those days seem like a distant memory. Over the last six games Hill has emerged as Arizona’s clear-cut best player, averaging 14.0 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 54.7 percent shooting in 33.5 minutes. Hill may not be the one to take a last-second shot, but he’s proven that on most nights, he’ll be Arizona’s most productive player. He scored 15 points on 6-for-11 shooting, hauled in seven rebounds, dished out three assists and drilled two triples against the NAU Lumberjacks on Saturday. He gave the Wildcats an interior presence on the glass and in the paint as the Los Angeles native grabbed four offensive rebounds and dropped in four buckets at the rim. “He played very well again today,” head coach Sean Miller said of Hill. “Some of his offensive rebounds, like Kyle (Fogg’s) 3s, almost became the difference in the game. He does a lot of good things for us.” Hill’s always shown flashes of his diverse skill set, but it’s never come with consistency. He’s scored in double-figures in six consecutive games, the longest such streak of his threeyear career. Consistency and Solomon Hill can finally be said in the same sentence as he’s doing his part to fill the void left by Derrick Williams. “I’m just becoming a different player than I have my first two years,” Hill said. “Just being somebody that can be in there and produce day in and day out. “I knew it would be hard, especially with so many people expecting somebody to take the full load of what Derrick had. But (I’m) just coming into my own, being relaxed, not really buying into the pressure

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Arizona forward Solomon Hill has been the Wildcats’ playmaker of late, averaging 14 points and eight rebounds a game in the UA’s last six contests.

and focused on that.” Hill’s been thriving as Arizona’s power forward, although he called himself a small forward early in the season. He said playing the four “feels natural” and he’s able to take advantage of slower big men guarding him. Hill has taken advantage of his new role thus far, but with a step up in competition on the horizon, Hill has to stay on top of his game and remain the Wildcats’ No. 1 option. “It’s just important that he stays humble, he stays hungry, that he keeps working every day and that’s what got him to where he is now,” Miller said. “To me this is nothing more than a good start. I feel like he can continue to get better as our season grows.”

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SEATTLE — Mike Leach had just gotten the Texas Tech coaching job in 1999 when he and an assistant coach flew from Lubbock down to Odessa to recruit a decorated receiver named Roy Williams. “Amazing looking kid,” said Manny Matsakis, the former assistant. They told him they’d throw the ball all over the place at Texas Tech, and at the end, they told him, “Before we’re done, we’re going to beat Texas.” Of course, Williams went on to a prolific career at Texas. But on a November night in 2002, Tech beat the Longhorns, 42-38, and afterward, Williams met Matsakis at midfield and shook his hand. “He goes, ‘Coach, nothing against the University of Texas, but if I had it to do over again,’ ” Matsakis recalls, “ ‘I’d have come to Texas Tech.’ ” But for what? For the 65 passes the Red Raiders sometimes threw at opponents? For the card trick the head coach regularly plays on recruits? For a window into the eclectic soul of Mike Leach, who is as apt to be up late at night discussing 18th-century pirates or the politics of Herman Cain as he is the options on the forward-passing tree? Here’s the advisory from Hal Mumme, Leach’s old passing co-conspirator, on what’s in store at Washington State, which just hired Leach: “You’re going to have more fun than you ever had.” Apparently, it’s not going to be boring, on the field or off, and you suspect that’s exactly what athletic director Bill Moos had in mind. “If you ever want to sit down with him,” says Wes Welker, the New England Patriots receiver, “take a seat. You could be there for a while.” To read his 2011 biography, “Swing Your Sword,” and then to hook up with some of Leach’s old players, coaches and cronies is to realize that a school with a long tradition of characters might have just signed the king of them. “He’s infinitely curious about everything,” says actor Matthew McConaughey, a friend, in Leach’s book. Leach, son of a forester, grew up mostly in the mountain West. In Cody, Wyo., he idolized Bart Starr and Billy Martin. Raised Mormon, he went to Brigham Young and was fascinated by the offense there, but didn’t play football, one of few such major-college coaches. He got a law degree from Pepperdine, but mulling a career path, something told him to write to the famed trial lawyer Gerry Spence. “Was it worth it?” Leach relates in his book. “Do you love law? Do you hate law?” Spence wrote back: “If you are consumed by law, go be an attorney. If you are not, find something else.”

So Leach got an advanced degree at the U.S. Sports Academy in Daphne, Ala., then convinced his wife, Sharon, whom he had met at BYU, to take a flyer on a part-time football assistant’s job at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo—at $3,000 a year. In the late 1980s, he heard Mumme was looking for an offensive coordinator at bare-bones Iowa Wesleyan. “I only had like two or three people even interested,” Mumme says. “I got his resume and saw it had BYU on it. At least he had some familiarity with the offense. “We had more fun than anybody deserves. It was a blast.” Mike and Sharon Leach lived in a trailer. “Not a double-wide,” Mumme says. “A camp trailer, like you pull behind your car. Some guy donated it to the booster club, and they set it up in a campground. I’m not sure what it was used for before Mike and Sharon had it. It probably wasn’t anything good.” They won there, and it all took off. Mumme and Leach were at Valdosta State from 1992 to ‘96, setting all sorts of passing records. Mumme got hired as Kentucky’s coach and Leach went with him, and they had future No. 1 NFL pick Tim Couch at quarterback. Then Leach split with Mumme and joined Bob Stoops’ staff at Oklahoma in 1999. He was there just a year — “I think Bob thought he could keep him a little bit longer than he did,” Mumme says—before Texas Tech hired him. In wind-swept west Texas, Leach went 84-43 and got his teams in 10 straight bowl games. One year, Tech scored 70 on Texas Christian and then did it again three weeks later against Nebraska. The Raiders put up all sorts of astronomical numbers, using what Mumme says is a spread offense heavy on BYU accent but with elements of the Mouse Davis/June Jones runand-shoot, in which receivers and quarterbacks have options depending on the defense. Welker clicks off the hot offenses of today— Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Houston, West Virginia—and says, “They’re all his scheme.” Several NFL players from Texas Tech contacted by The Seattle Times spoke enthusiastically of Leach. “I don’t think you could ask for a better coach,” said Manny Ramirez, a guard for the Denver Broncos. “I don’t care if you’re an All-American or a walk-on, he’ll treat you the same,” says Daniel Loper, a Cowboys offensive tackle. “If you talk to the guy, you’ll see he’s on another level intellectually,” says center Dylan Gandy of the Detroit Lions. “But he’s not pretentious or pompous in any way. He’s very approachable.”

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coming against NAU on Saturday. The Wildcats defeated the Lumberjacks 53-39. But Miller said the close games could help prepare Arizona down the road in conference and postseason play but added that the closeness could come with consequences. “I do think it’s helped us,” Miller said. “We’ll see the benefits of that down the road where maybe we’re more comfortable in close games. “The negative is it can really wear you out a little bit. Not a little bit; it can wear you out a lot, mentally and physically.” The Wildcats play Florida on Wednesday before traveling back across the country to play Clemson on Saturday and then heading to Seattle to face Gonzaga on Dec. 17. Miller said he wished that Arizona could have a situation where some choice players could see more time based on the Wildcats’ leads. He specifically cited Angelo Chol, who he said could have played more on Saturday against NAU.

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Miller would not confirm if Johnson was still enrolled at the UA, or if he was in Tucson. He did not say if there were red flags that he noticed previously in the season. “I’m not going to comment on Sidiki Johnson,” Miller said. Johnson made three appearances for the Wildcats, totaling seven minutes and one point on one made free throw. Miller said he wouldn’t comment after Johnson transfers or when the semester is over. Johnson was suspended indefinitely on Nov. 21.

No easy games

Arizona’s season has been riddled with close games, with the largest margin of victory

Schedule

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tional championships. Florida took No. 3 Syracuse down to the wire in the Carrier Dome and have two lethal guards in Kenny Boynton and Erving Walker, along with Bradley Beal, one of the top freshmen in the country. “Winning at Florida for every team in the country is difficult,” Miller said. “We know that.” And then there’s Gonzaga. While the Bulldogs are fresh off of a loss to Illinois and aren’t unbeatable by any means, they’re still a well-coached Mark Few team with a longstanding history of success. Senior 7-footer Robert Sacre is one of the better big men in the country and could have his way with a vertically challenged Arizona team. This isn’t to say Arizona can’t hang with the Gators and Bulldogs. They have the talent and the head coach to steal a win or two. But if the Wildcats play like they have been, they’re in trouble. They can’t afford slow starts

against Florida, and they can’t give up offensive rebounds and second-chance points against Gonzaga. This stretch is Arizona’s first true test of the season, one that could go a long way in catapulting them toward an impressive Pac-12 season, or one that could hurt the confidence of a young team. “The next three games are going to decide our future,” forward Solomon Hill said. While Hill may be going a little too far with that statement, he clearly understands the importance of these three games. And after the buzzer sounds on Dec. 17 in Seattle, it will be apparent who this 2011-12 Arizona basketball team really is. “Can we win one, can we win two? My goodness could you win three, or can you get shut out?” Miller asked rhetorically. “I think all are possible.”

pulling that direction.”

Coming soon

While at Michigan, Rodriguez told the athletic department that he thought his fourth year at the school would be when the Wolverines would start having success. He didn’t make it that far, and Rodriguez said he hasn’t had a similar conversation with Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne. “I’m hoping it doesn’t take that long,” Rodriguez said, adding that he’ll be able to make a more accurate projection after spring practice. But Rodriguez wasn’t shy about saying what level he wants his football team to be at and where he wants it to stay. “The level I want is top 10 every year,” Rodriguez said. “You may be one, you may be five or six, but you’re going to be in that conversation every year. We’re not there right now. I’ll keep working as hard as I can until we get there.”

Arizona is scheduled to break ground on its North End Zone project sometime in January, and Rodriguez said he couldn’t be more excited. “I look at (the plans) every day,” Rodriguez said. “I want to put them all over campus for everyone to see. For me, that’s a big deal. I can’t say enough about how important that is to show that we take football seriously here at the University of Arizona.” Rodriguez said that once his coaching staff is finalized, it will sit down with the athletic department and make any minor tweaks to the facility that it thinks are necessary. “The athletic department has been great,” Rodriguez said. “I feel so good about everybody

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Overheard on campus

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Man 1: (On phone) He just shit his pants again? Man 2: Wait, we haven’t even started drinking yet, and Vulture already shit himself? Man 1: (Covers phone mic) Forgive this one. He took three shots of Everclear, and there’s plenty left for us. Submit your overheard on Twitter @OverheardAtUA

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Keeping warm in the dorm room It’s cold as shit outside this morning. How are you feeling about that? It’s kind of a nice change in Tucson, but I like the sun more. As long as the sun’s out, it’s okay. If it were snowing right now, what would you be thinking? I’d be playing in the snow! Gordon Bates / Daily Wildcat

The moon rises in the east sky behind the Steward Observatory on Monday afternoon. The observatory has a 61-inch telescope. Brian Sheridan

horoscopes Today’s birthday: You’re full of ideas for making more money. Get them down in writing, and develop the top three. A golden opportunity suddenly opens up; go ahead and say yes. Use your charm and your connections, and get what you ask for.

Very good answer. Have you ever gotten frostbite before? I have not. I hope not to.

undeclared Same here. If you did have frostsophomore bite, however — let’s say, in your big toe — what would you do with it? Just trick people into believing I still have sensation in it? I think I might. You gotta take advantage of situations like that. Did you have to scrape the ice off your car this morning? I did not. Luckily, I didn’t have to drive this morning.

Aries — Today is a 9 — It’s getting easier to step forward. Deep breathing defeats what’s overwhelming. Besides, what you have to say is important. Tap another income source.

Leo — Today is a 9 — Your career gets a

boost for the next couple of days. Important folks watch. Handle your responsibilities and thrive. Dream big, or it could get boring. Shoot for the moon.

Sagittarius — Today is a 9 — Boost the action. Pay bills before you go shopping. Keep track of business expenses. Changes are happening in your career field. Read to stay current.

Do you live on campus? I don’t, but I stayed over the night.

Taurus — Today is an 8 — Your

Virgo — Today is an 8 — You’ve got it

Capricorn — Today is an 8 — Love

Oh, okay. I’ve done that before. Yeah, cutting down on gas.

experience helps you avoid a mistake earlier in the day. Reject a far-fetched scheme in favor of a practical solution. Give away something you don’t need.

Gemini — Today is a 5 — You

accomplish more in private. Defer to the budget, and stick tight to your list. There may be temptations! Pay the boring bills first. Consider travel and romance.

Cancer — Today is a 7 — When your

standards get challenged, find support with friends to stand your ground. You can also reconsider; do those standards still serve you?

all today. Conditions are good for travel and romance. There’s been a philosophical shift. Make a change for the better.

Libra — Today is a 7 — Avoid distractions, and increase your productivity in private. Discover buried treasure. Get better organized, and handle a thorny obstacle. Scorpio — Today is an 8 — A person

who could assist you in getting your house in order is closer than you think. A great partnership can help you see things from a different perspective.

and creativity are all around you for the next two days. Complete a contract or other document. Investigate new options. Far horizons beckon.

Do tell! Just sleeping at a friend’s dorm.

fast facts • Dec. 22 marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter. • Areas with lakes have what is called lake-effect snow, which happens when the lake’s water temperature has not dropped far and the winds pick up water vapor from the lake. As the vapor moves, it freezes and drops a lot of snow in a

Aquarius — Today is an 8 — Cutting

corners could cost you. Clarify instructions before doing the work. Home and domesticity call to you, so get into decorating and coziness.

Pisces — Today is a 9 — Take care not to double book. Reconfirm appointments, and call if you’ll be late to dinner. It’s easy to get lost in your research since it’s so fascinating.

short amount of time. • If you find yourself in a car during extreme winter weather, pull over and do the following: stay in the car, only turn the heat on once every hour for 10 minutes at a time, open the window once in a while to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning and make sure the gas pipe isn’t blocked by piling snow.

December 6

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An Evening of Opera Scenes December 6, 2011 7:30 p.m. Students in the University of Arizona School of Music Opera Program present a variety of scenes, fully staged and costumed, under the direction of Kristin Dauphinais. Admission: $5 Music Room: Crowder Hall Tech Tuesday - “Holiday How-to: Custom Greeting Cards & Calendars” Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Apple® authorities Shon Gale and Wes Childs rejoin University of Arizona BookStores for the December Tech Tuesday for a custom greeting card & calendar how-to demonstration, plus an overview of the new Card app available for Apple iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. They will also lead a discussion about iCloud, iOS5 and some great new apps that students and educators will ﬁnd interesting. UA BookStores Room: Lower Level

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After a semester of using iPads in place of printed materials, students in the UA College of Medicine say the devices made their studying more organized, streamlined and efficient. At the beginning of the semester, the college implemented a pilot project to go paperless by allowing students to have the option of carrying around an iPad instead of thousands of pages of notes. According to Dr. Kevin Moynahan, deputy dean of education for the College of Medicine, 107 out of 116 medical students of the class of 2015 decided to receive an iPad instead of the printed syllabi. Moynahan said next year the iPads will be mandatory for students. He said the cost of giving an iPad to a student is beneficial for a number of reasons. The cost is cheaper in the short and long term, it is more environmentally friendly and it is easier for the students. All of the course material can be received on the iPad and online instead of having students lug around a huge number of books and printed material. “I thought it was pretty useful. It’s different from what we used in undergrad,” said Andy Chuu, a medical student. “With all the apps that came out that people are designing there are a lot of cool quiz and flash-card programs that you can use that integrate really well with it.” He said he was glad to have it because it was more convenient than carrying books and printed material. Medical student Cheryl Mcintosh said the iPad has been useful to her. “Right from the beginning (of the semester) I started using it for everything. It has worked out really well,” Mcintosh said. For some students, the iPad has changed the

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Awareness campaigns, using better air filters and developing methods for pesticide growers to ensure dangerous material doesn’t end up in a worker’s house or the food consumers eat are methods to combat the problems. Yuma exports cotton and alfalfa, and is the winter lettuce capital of the world, Sugeng said. “Unless you actually implement changes, the research doesn’t mean a whole lot,” she said. Vivien Lee, another environmental health sciences graduate student, received honorable mention in the Environmental Grad Research Blitz for studying a disease called Schistosomiasis that is contracted when skin is exposed to parasites found in water. Agricultural workers and children living in rural, underdeveloped

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countries are most at risk for infection, according to a press release. The master’s program in environmental health sciences has only existed for two years, so Sugeng and Lee winning top prizes is a testament to the program’s potential impact on the UA’s environmental research, said Paloma Beamer, an assistant professor of environmental health sciences in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Sugeng’s faculty adviser and Yuma research collaborator. Sugeng is still analyzing the data, but said she hopes her research contributes to long-term improvements to the living conditions of farm workers and their communities, especially women and children. “We tend to think about pesticides only from a consumer point of view,” she said. “A lot of times we forget about the farm workers and how risky their profession really is.”

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way they study. “It has streamlined everything and made it more efficient,” said medical student Chris Shultz. In addition, he said that he looks forward to seeing where this technology will be useful in the future. He said he can envision doctors eventually carrying iPads into the rooms with the patients to show them all the necessary information that they need to know. “It seems like this will definitely change the medical system,” Schultz said.

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