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The UA’s new course numbering system is replacing all general education class designations in an attempt to make registration easier.

“The problems with articulation (transferring credits) and GRO (the grade replacement oppportunity) have been around

for a few years and it always annoyed the advisers because they have to deal with it … but it really became a problem last summer,” said Tom Fleming, chair of the University-wide General Education Council and associate professor in astronomy.

He came to the university as a faculty member in 1995, and saw that students needed a more generalized system for

designating courses.

Members of the council created a road map detailing the different class options for students, but they soon realized the problems with the system were more extensive and it needed more substantive alterations.

Freshmen registering under the new system during the summer saw all natural sciences 102 classes or all individuals and societies

101 classes with the same general heading and course description, making it impossible to know the differences between courses with the same heading.

This was why the numbering was changed, Fleming said.

“They had no idea if they were taking a Chinese course, or an African course, or an Islam course,” Fleming said.

Now the department that

offers each class will have it identified under its name. For instance, Fleming’s natural sciences 102 class will now be numbered as an astronomy 170 class.

Instead of having different numbers like 102 and 104 distinguishing between classification of courses, all classes that were labeled as 101s contain an “A” COURSES, page 2

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Despite increase in students, permits sales stagnate

By Eliza Molk ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT While the number of UA students has increased this academic year, the number of parking permits sold has not.

A good alternative transportation program, subsidized bus passes, carpools and convenient paths and racks for bicycles are just a few of many contributing factors to the decline in passes sold, according to David Heineking, the director of Parking and Transportation Services.

“As things like the cost of driving get more expensive, people look for other ways to get here,” he said.

There are currently 22,000 total parking permits available including garage, motorcycle, disabled and other permits, according to Heineking. All parking garages have permits available except for Second Street Parking Garage and Main Gate Parking Garage. The South of Sixth Street parking lots are a zoned area with 300 available permits, and there are six off-campus lots and seven “lot specific” areas with available permits.

Garage permits are the most expensive, costing $568 for an annual permit. Lot-specific and street permits are $468, and Zone 1 and South of Sixth Street are $353.

However, some students cannot justify spending hundreds on parking permits.

Justin James, a pre-business sophomore, owns a car but chooses to bike to school.

“I save money because I don’t have to drive to school everyday,” he said.

He explained that bike riding is efficient because there are many places students can live that are close to campus.

Alyssa Busse, a history freshman, said she walks everywhere.

“Who can afford cars?” Busse asked. “There’s gas, traffic and nowhere to park around here. If you find a spot you could get a ticket and not even realize that you couldn’t park there.”

Although Busse does not currently own a vehicle, she said she would not buy a parking permit even if she did.

“I can’t do that (buy a permit). I have student loans, clubs and toiletries to pay for.”

The most expensive parking permit costs about $11 per week or $2 a day, Heineking said. For people who have class multiple times per day, it might make financial sense for them to purchase a permit so they do not have to continuously pay for parking throughout the day.

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Mary DeCamp and Doctress Neutopia, along with the Raging Grannies and other local women’s groups, performed a mock wedding on Monday on the UA Mall. A large black skeleton represented corporations in the ceremony, as the women mocked getting married to Raytheon.

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Local women’s groups host mock-marriage to protest corporation rights

By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Several Tucson women’s organizations celebrated Valentine’s Day by performing a mock wedding between brides and corporations on the UA Mall.

About 15 women and a single man participated in the event.

Members from the Tucson

Raging Grannies, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and Code Pink acted and sang while wearing lace wedding dresses and formal clothing during the 25-minute ceremony. The groups believe corporations have so many of the same rights as individuals that they are nearly “eligible bachelors.”

of Love” but replaced the lyrics with lines like “corporations are so special” and “no protections for anything but profit galore.”

The corporation “groom” was a large, black skeleton. PutnamHidalgo’s mother in the skit tried to dissuade her from marrying “Ray.” GRANNIES, page 2

Q& A Old dog, new tricks ASUA chief of staff aims for presidency, talks access for all

By Eliza Molk ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT James Allen is one of three men running for president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. He is a political science junior.

Daily Wildcat: Why are you running for ASUA president?

James Allen: First and foremost, I am running because of my honest and raw passion for student advocacy. I enjoy what I do in ASUA every day, which makes it easy to get up and want to go do it. I believe I have a collage of experiences here at the UA — as a freshman I got to know the campus, the classes and meet people.

Then I took steps to get involved in leadership roles. Now I know what it’s like to be a backbone of ASUA operations. Relating with other students is something I love, and it gets me up in the morning. I want to be able to sit at the head of those tables advocating and fighting for students.

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“They’ve been long-time considered people, and the Supreme Court extended their rights.”

Putnam-Hidalgo was a bride marrying Raytheon in the performance. The group sang “Chapel

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variety of places on campus. Being involved in an honorary, Greek Life and ASUA can help me bring more involvement into the office and represent different sides. As the ASUA safety director, I helped put on a forum on gun control, a state of the student address, and it prepared me as a policy leader. Now, as the chief of staff, I work with the president and each entity of the office, which has given me huge insight to what I think is great. It’s been a great journey, and it became so clear to me that I want this.

If elected, what changes do you plan to make at the UA? Being the student body president means putting the student first. My platforms are all about access, affordability and accountability. Access means giving students more access to clubs and groups, as well as ASUA. Many students aren’t aware of what we do and how we can represent their interests. Accountability means showing students how we come through for them through blogs, streaming live senate meetings, and communicating well overall. I want my presidency to hold all ALLEN, page 2

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COURSES continued from page 1 suffix, everything with 102 has a “B,” and 104 has a “C.” The Office of the Registrar has reserved three 100-level numbers for general education courses: 150s are individuals and societies, 160s are traditions and cultures, 170s are natural sciences. If a department offers more than one class that falls under the guidelines, it will have another number assessed.

Fleming’s course would then be labeled astronomy 170B-1.

These were the least-used numbers for 100-level classes and those courses that did use those numbers have been relabeled to ensure only general education courses are enumerated as such.

The general education program currently in use began in 1998. Before that, each individual college had their own set of general education courses, which made transferring between majors much more difficult, according to Fleming.

But the interdisciplinary focus the university required of the general education units placed several different classes under the same course title. This presented problems for transfer students and those utilizing the GRO, where it was unclear what classes counted toward what requirements.

Any class taken from before, and up to, this semester will still be classified as a natural sciences, individual and societies or traditions and cultures course.

“In another four years, we won’t hear the words TRAD and INDV anymore but we still have to use those terms in discussing things,” Fleming said.

“Upperclassmen are just going to have to realize, the numbers are going to change but the classes are equivalent and the registrar knows that.”

Fleming has been addressing university advisers to make sure the change goes smoothly and taking questions if they need to be addressed.

“It will take some time to adjust to the new Tier 1 numbering system and, undoubtedly, we will face some unexpected problems. But in the long run, I am certain that the benefits of adopting this new numbering system will far outweigh any unintended consequences,” Fleming wrote in his statement to advisers around campus.

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continued from page 1 “Corporations are only interested in one thing — short-term profits,” said Carole Edelsky, co-chair of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. “Not what’s best for your or anyone in the long-run.”

The women advertised the ceremony to students by walking around campus in their wedding dresses and shouting questions like “What do we have to do to get you to understand what’s happening to our country?”

Putnam-Hidalgo said the organizations chose the Mall because it is highly trafficked. The audience neared about 10 people including a few students.

“We were hoping there’d be lots of people,” PutnamHidalgo said. “It’s amazing how much noise you can make

INDV 101 ……...XXXX150A1: Mind, Self & Language INDV 102….....… …XXXX150B1: Social Interactions & Relationships INDV 103…….........……………XXXX150C1: Societal & Institutional Systems NATS 101……….........………..XXXX170A1: Earth & Its Environment NATS 102……………….……..XXXX170B1: Beyond the Earth in Space & Time NATS 104……………...………..XXXX170C1: Biological Sciences TRAD 101………….…....….XXXX160A1: Non-Western Cultures & Civilizations TRAD 102…………...............…….XXXX160B1: Western Cultures & Civilizations: Classical to Renaissance TRAD 103….............……………..XXXX160C1: Western Cultures & Civilizations: Renaissance to Present TRAD 104…………............……..XXXX160D1: Topics in Culture & Civilizations **NOTE: The “XXXX” represents the department prefix.

In the event a single department is responsible for multiple subtitles within the same grouping, the last number in the new course numbering system will vary accordingly. For example: Within INDV 103, HIST department has 5 subtitles for that course. The new course numbers for those courses are as follows: Was INDV 103 subtitle code 01. NOW: HIST150C1: “Europe in Modern World” Was INDV 103 subtitle code 05. NOW: HIST150C2: “Modern Latin America” Was INDV 103 subtitle code 10. NOW: HIST150C3: “U.S. Society and Institutions Since1877” Was INDV 103 subtitle code 13. NOW: HIST150C4: “World History from 1600-Present” Was INDV 103 subtitle code 15. NOW: HIST150C5: “Comparative History of North America”

ALLEN continued from page 1 offices accountable as well.

Affordability is the biggest thing, and I want huge improvements on fees and student input on fees. Students are fair, and they need the option to say what they need and understand why decisions are made the way they are. I want to focus on financial aid and fight the rising costs.

How are you feeling about the campaign process?

I am genuinely really excited to have this unique experience. It’s good knowing I can look back and say I had the honor to run. I have loved meeting new people since I got to the UA, and the scale I am doing it (at) now is just awesome. A lot

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and how much of the campus you can cover and people don’t really notice you.”

Joyce Smith, a supporter of Tucson Raging Grannies, said students should be aware of the impact of corporations.

“We now have a government of the corporation, by the corporation and for the corporation,” Smith said. “It’s really up to we the people to reclaim democracy.”

Molecular and cellular biology senior Charity Adusei came to the end of the performance. She said the mock wedding was a unique way to prove a point.

“It is a very effective way (to draw students),” she said. “We came over because of the outfits. That’s the only reason.”

Adusei said she thought the women were students from a distance and was surprised by the group.

“It’s cool though,” she said.

“They’re seniors and they’re still going.”

of times, people look at who they know and what they are involved in to get the votes, but, as president, it’s your role to represent an entire community. While it’s great to look at influential groups that are great and necessary, I want to “unlook” the underrepresented groups and have a collage of support.

Students have a voice, and it’s heard when someone is there to listen.

How are you feeling about your competition?

I am excited to know we have so many candidates running for all the positions; it’s such an important part of the democratic process. To have the diversity and the amount of candidates running makes it exciting for students because they have a choice. And students should have choices.

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Two killed in Kabul suicide bombing MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber struck a hotel and shopping complex in the heart of Kabul on Monday, killing at least two people in the second highprofile attack in the capital in less than three weeks.

The thunderous explosion at the entrance to the shopping mall, which came just as the lunch hour was ending, triggered panic in the bustling district. Street vendors ducked into alleys, and women in enveloping blue burkas wailed as gunfire erupted. Fleeing passers-by splashed through puddles of slush left over from a weekend snowfall. Motorists made abrupt, screeching U-turns.

A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out by a team of four “martyrdomseekers.” It was not clear whether the gunfire following the blast came only from police, or whether assailants had been involved.

The attack represents a setback for Western military commanders who had recently touted nearly a year of relative calm in the capital, crediting tighter security measures and a concerted campaign of strikes against

the Haqqani network, a Taliban offshoot group that has carried out other attacks inside Kabul.

Although violence has crept upward during the last two months — including, most notably, a Jan. 28 attack on a Western-style supermarket in Kabul’s diplomatic district that killed at least eight people — the last previous large-scale strike in the capital was last spring.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack as “un-Islamic,” denouncing the targeting of innocent civilians.

Monday’s attack came two days after a team of gunmen and bombers in the southern city of Kandahar overran a complex of shops and a wedding hall, then used it as a staging ground to aim rocket-propelled grenades at the provincial police headquarters across the street.

Mujahid said the Kabul attackers had intended to use the multistory hotel and shopping complex to fire on nearby government buildings. But that effort failed because guards stopped the bomber before he could get inside, resulting in a much lower death toll than the 19 people, mostly police, who were killed Saturday in Kandahar.

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Palestinian prime minister disbands Cabinet MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE JERUSALEM — In a second shakeup in three days, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Monday he would disband his Cabinet and form a new one in the coming three weeks.

Many were surprised by the decision since the Palestine Liberation Organization, which created the authority, announced Saturday it would hold long-delayed presidential and legislative elections within the next eight months, potentially replacing the government.

Palestinian officials presented the Cabinet reshuffling as a move to quell growing public calls for democratic reform, which elsewhere in the Arab world have already led to regime changes in Egypt and Tunisia.

“But even before Egypt, there has been a consensus for some time that the Cabinet needed to change,” said government spokesman Ghassan Khatib, noting that several positions have been left vacant for months. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas “believes we are about to enter a new period with new challenges, and we need a new and

fresh Cabinet.”

In addition to preparing for elections, the Palestinian Authority is planning for a possible U.N. campaign this fall to seek international recognition of a Palestinian state.

Fatah, the dominant PLO political party, has been pushing for a new Cabinet for months, complaining that the party is underrepresented in the current government. Fatah currently occupies 11 of 21 Cabinet posts.

Some Fatah leaders have lobbied to unseat Fayyad from one or both of his roles as prime minister and finance minister because Fayyad is not a member of Fatah.

But Abbas has asked Fayyad, an independent and former World Bank economist, to remain as prime minister in the next government. And the international community, which donates more than half of the Palestinian Authority’s budget, has signaled that it would not support replacing Fayyad as head of the Finance Ministry, where he is credited with improving the administration’s transparency and accountability.

Fatah leaders are still grappling with the party’s reputation for corruption and nepotism that plagued the Palestinian Authority since its creation in 1994.

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Budget will add $7 trillion to debt MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a federal budget for fiscal 2012 that would pare back record budget deficits, but still add nearly $7 trillion to the nation’s debt over the next decade.

Obama stressed that his plan would slash the federal budget deficit by $544 billion in one year, from $1.6 trillion this year, fiscal 2011, to $1.1 trillion in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

He also emphasized that his budget for fiscal 2012 and the following decade would cut the red ink by $1.1 trillion from what it would total if current policies were left unchanged.

He’d do it with a combination of

spending cuts and tax increases.

But that falls far short of the recommendations from his own bipartisan budget deficit commission, which in November urged cutting deficits over the coming decade by $4 trillion.

Republicans won’t even wait for the next fiscal year to start before cutting spending. They plan to start cutting current year spending, with votes in the GOP-led House of Representatives this week, though final terms must be set through negotiations with the Democratic-led Senate and Obama.

“He’s going to present a budget … that will continue to destroy jobs by spending too much, borrowing too

much and taxing too much,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“It looks to me that it is going to be very small on spending discipline and a lot of new spending on so-called investments,” said House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. “Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity.

Today’s deficits mean tomorrow’s tax increases, and that costs jobs,” Ryan said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Obama aides said the budget would set up a clash of ideas with the Republican-controlled House over how best to rein in the government’s soaring deficits and skyrocketing national debt.

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Jump off the almighty bandwagon Johnny McKay Arizona Daily Wildcat

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K, here’s everyone’s stop, time to get off the bandwagon. Seriously, hop off now. The transmission’s shot and you’re riding off a cliff of mindless conformity, plunging to your homogeneous doom like a Roadrunner cartoon. As the animated “poof” floats up and you curse the Acme wagon that got you here (and perhaps this entire metaphor), maybe you will finally come to realize that everything you think you hate or like as an individual is a scam.

Let’s first examine that wonderful phenomenon of something enjoyable getting too enjoyable too fast, and then becoming not only un-enjoyable, but despised. Way too many good things in life have been struck down by the desperate need to show that you are an individual because you and only an elite group of people like a substituent of pop culture. I made a resolution to not make fun of hipsters anymore, but … wink, wink.

The point is that people cannot stand to endorse something endorsed by everyone else, and must turn on it, not realizing that everyone else is doing this at the same time.

The process seems most defined when something blows up quickly, and everyone’s knee-jerk reaction is to go, “Hey, this is good,” simultaneously, and then, “Wow, this is awful,” as a response to the first embarrassing synchronized stimuli. Deep in your heart, you know that if Dane Cook was still underground with Retaliation-like albums, you would be championing him to your friends like he was the next Animal Collective. However, that very thought in today’s world just made you spit up a bit of your Highland Market burrito.

Also, to the people who shout back at ranting mall preachers (Brother Jed) on the slanted grass pods (henceforth known as “the Shire”?), your stop has arrived as well. Every time a well-meaning, liberal arts-studying, sexually-liberated college kid stands up and shouts back at the religious nonsense, I cringe a little. Brother Jed is easily winning the battle for the Mall. You are giving him misguided God points every time you leap up and say, “But I can kiss guys and smoke weed, so lifestyle Falcon Punch to you, good sir.”

That’s great for you. Every single college student does that. You are just yelling for your own benefit and for the people on the Shire, so that everyone knows that you are a cool kid. Brother Jed could just as easily be a sheet of paper that says, “God hates all, tell me why you’re edgy and awesome” and people would exhale arguments with just as much gusto.

Obviously common sense and high school level science refute most of his arguments, but yelling at him just sinks you to his level. Stop empowering him, go home and tweet about how you feel. He’ll be left spitting nonsense to an empty slanted grass pod. Hell, he’ll probably just get up and go home.

Get off of the Fourth Avenue trolley. It is the physical manifestation of the malicious bandwagon. Just kidding, it’s only a trolley.

Get out of Greek Life. Most clubs, teams and other social dynamics join through some common interests. Drinking and seeking sex don’t count. Everyone does that. Welcome to the human experience. There is not a club on campus that doesn’t drink or attempt to get some (Abstinence Crusaders and Liver Squad notwithstanding), so what else does your social group offer? Forced philanthropies to get your super-pledge badge don’t even come close to counting. Ben’s Bells loves your business, but you spend most of your time throwing clay at each other while high, so it hardly ranks as a philanthropic moment, especially on a cosmic scale. Serenade is good for campus-wide entertainment, but the walk from house to house in matching outfits is like a “March of the Drunken Penguins” toward proving my point.

We live in a weird and fascinating world.

It’s about time you jumped out of the wagon (tuck and roll) and tried some new, obscure and genuinely unique activities in your life.

Get arrested, rise through the ranks of the chess club, spend a day meditating to the musical stylings of Tuvan throat singing or an old Kylie Minogue album. It doesn’t matter, just that you tried.

Chances are you’re still stuck on the wagon through the inescapable travesty of our culture and society, but you might find you at least made it to the sidecar.

— Johnny McKay is the multimedia editor of the Daily Wildcat. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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‘Race’ a limiting social construct

I don’t know about you, but since I was young, I’ve always felt awkward filling out those little empty boxes indicating my identity. To minimize confusion, my teacher used to tell us in grade school, “Just mark Hispanic, it’s easiest.” Then, when it came to applying for college, and money was involved with what box you decided to check, the complication got worse.

And to top it all off, I learned in various classes how race is a social construct designed to categorize people to save time and money.

The money part is where it gets to me. I’m Mexican and a good chunk of Filipina and of course I’ve got some indigenous background (I am from North America, after all), but I never check Native American or Asian, even though I’m all of the above. It’s based on my cultural awareness. I asked my co-worker really quickly what he puts

down on paper and in just the time he took to consider the context first he told me that I’m not the only one who’s confused about when to fill out what on paper.

Call me “too analytical,” but this new America of mixed-races is stirring up issues with the still existent achievement gap in education, from kindergarten to where we are now as college students.

According to the New York Times, “students of non-Hispanic mixed parentage who choose more than one race will be placed in a “two or more races” category, a catchall that detractors describe as inadequately detailed.” Inadequate is the perfect word for the possibility of a certain “race” losing funding for educational resources. But hey, it’s not my fault the term “race” was created for economic purposes in America.

Even reading an article on this new movement toward balancing accountability among all social groups is con-

fusing to understand. It was never meant to be an easy subject because race continues to be directly tied to economics. But what isn’t tied to economics and something we, as students, have to come to terms with is this shifting ideology of what “American” really is. We have to balance our own identities with a new incoming population of individuals who don’t fit in a checkmarked box.

— Elisa Meza is a junior studying English.

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ast Thursday, Arizona politics got a little more interesting with the news that the state’s junior senator, Jon Kyl, will not be seeking re-election. Kyl, who also serves as the Senate minority whip, enjoys a 47 percent approval rating (above average compared to other politicians) and was not considered to have a strong challenge in 2012. With his departure, Arizona will now have its first open Senate seat since 1994 and a neverending supply of political drama to look forward to.

While Arizona has the reputation of being a reliable red state, the fact is that Arizona voters are relatively moderate.

With the creation of an open seat, it’s very possible that the next senator from Arizona will be a Democrat. For example, Democrats and Independents make up 63 percent of all registered voters in Arizona, and the last time this seat was up for grabs, 2006, Kyl just barely won re-election. At the moment, Kyl may be a popular figure, but that doesn’t mean the voters feel the same way about the Republican Party in general.

However, the odds are still in the Republicans’ favor. It cannot be forgotten that just a few months ago,

Arizona voters re-elected Gov. Jan Brewer and added to the Legislature’s Republican majority. It’s also important to mention that this will take place during a presidential election, and much of the Republican base will be motivated to vote.

Of course, it’s too early to talk about specifics. Who knows what the public will think about the Republican Party a year from now? The only thing that is certain is that this Senate race will draw significant national attention and will turn into a fast-hitting episode of political hardball.

So, who is likely to run? Rep. Jeff Flake has already announced his bid for Senate. A congressman representing the east side of the Phoenix metropolitan area, Flake has served Arizona since 2001 and is a favorite among the conservative wing of the Republican Party. There’s a very good chance that he could win.

Some people are bringing up the possibility of Rep. Trent Franks putting his hat in the ring. Franks is about as conservative as one can get, representing the west side of Phoenix, as well as rural areas of Northwest Arizona, but he isn’t as well known as Flake. If Franks were to challenge Flake, there’s no question that

the two would have a nasty primary battle fighting for the hearts of the party’s base.

It isn’t so certain with the Democrats.

Some possible candidates are Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, and representatives Gabrielle Giffords and Raul Grijalva. After spending the last few years in Washington, D.C., it’s very unlikely that Napolitano would be able to win, and there’s no way that a partisan candidate like Grijalva could win statewide office. Gordon doesn’t have the name recognition outside of Phoenix, but his moderate stances on the issues could very likely sway Arizona’s independent voters.

The most interesting possible candidate is Giffords. She had been rumored to be considering a run as far back as 2009, and if she were to run, she would most likely win. However, it’s unlikely that she’ll be able recover fast enough to make such a run. In fact, there would have to be a miracle for that to happen.

The next year and a half will truly be interesting. Open seats usually mean bitter primaries and more national attention. What could have been a relatively quiet re-election bid for Kyl is turning into the Arizona version of a political circus. While it’s entirely too early to tell what will happen in the 2012 elections, for Arizonans, this election will prove to be a drama-filled episode of modern political theater.

— Andrew Shepherd is a political science senior. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Campus Health Service emphasizes the importance of getting tested for infections

By Michelle Weiss ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT An estimated 65 million people in the U.S. have a viral sexually transmitted disease or infection, according to the American Social Health Association.

By age 25, half of those people that are sexually active will come in contact with an STD or STI. UA students are encouraged to get tested as many may be unaware that symptoms and warnings of sexually transmitted diseases are not always present.

MTV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Planned Parenthood will partner to host the “Get Yourself Tested� event for STD awareness month in April.

On average, about 65 percent of UA students say they are having vaginal intercourse, according to Lee Ann Hamilton, the assistant director of Health Promotion and Preventive Services at Campus Health Service. Most other students claim to be virgins, she said. “Some people think, ‘Oh, well as long as I’m a virgin I can’t get anything,’� Hamilton said.

However, sexual intercourse isn’t the only cause for spreading diseases. Some diseases, such as herpes and genital

warts, can be spread via skinto-skin contact with another person or through oral sex.

Nearly 2,000 students at the UA get tested for sexually transmitted diseases each year, according to the annual Health & Wellness survey results , she said. The data is kept anonymous due to privacy concerns but is demographically representative.

There tends to be an increase in STDs at the UA after spring or fall breaks, Hamilton said, and more people get tested upon returning to classes from breaks.

At the UA, females report that they usually use a condom 58 percent of the time, while males use a condom 67 percent of the time. Next to abstinence, condoms are the best protection against disease, Hamilton said. “We’d like to see that be higher,� she said. “If you have a penis, or you’re having sex with a penis, put a condom on it every time, from start to finish.�

Hamilton recommends that knowing the recent test results of one’s sexual partner is crucial.

However, just because someone says their results are negative, it doesn’t make it true, she said.

Some people get tested together. “The time not to ask if somebody has a disease is when you’re both naked and you’re

ready to do it,� Hamilton said. “It should be before then.�

Using a reliable method of birth control is also important for heterosexual relationships, according to Hamilton.

However other common forms of birth control, such as contraceptive pills and the NuvaRing, do not offer protection against STDs because they are hormonal. Condoms are helpful for STD and pregnancy protection, Hamilton said. “Sometimes people get in the heat of emotion and don’t put on a condom,� said Garrett Bright, a economics graduate student visiting the UA from the University of Utah.

While not all people prepare for safe sex, most are aware of the consequences, Bright said. “They try to wrap it before they tap it,� he said.

The UA Women’s Resource Center offers a program called Sex Ed College Style , which seeks to educate students about safe sex. The most recent event was held last Thursday.

Not knowing one’s status can result in infecting other people, Hamilton said. Untreated infections can lead to infertility, disfiguring problems or worse. “With treatment, almost all STDs can be managed and the first step is getting tested,� she said.

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Now he’ll be really late for class

A male UA student was arrested for shoplifting on Thursday at 12:42 p.m.

At 12:31 p.m., a University of Arizona Police Department officer responded to a call from the UofA Bookstore regarding a shoplifter.

The officer met with bookstore staff and found the suspected student in custody.

The bookstore Loss Prevention employee said that the student was being cooperative.

The officer went into the conference room where the student was being detained and saw a pair of Skullcandy earbud headphones on the table.

The officer asked the student to provide identification and explain what happened in the bookstore.

The student said he was in the bookstore to get headphones when he realized he was late for class.

The student placed the headphones in his backpack and left the bookstore without paying.

Bookstore staff immediately detained the student as he left.

The student said he had enough money on his bursar’s account to pay for the headphones but he was in a hurry.

The bookstore employee confirmed the student’s story.

The student was cited for shoplifting and released on the scene. The officer filed a Dean of Students Office code of conduct referral.

The headphones were valued at $42.83.

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A UAPD officer found graffiti on the third level of the Tyndall Avenue Parking Garage on Thursday at 8:18 a.m.

The officer was on patrol and noticed the spray paint on a cement wall.

The graffiti was a stenciled female face in blue paint.

The picture also had accompanying text around it.

“How Human?” and “Dex” were the messages written around the graffiti.

There was no other graffiti in the area or any recoverable evidence concerning the picture.

The officer took a photo of the graffiti and submitted it into UAPD evidence.

The officer advised Parking and Transportation Services of the graffiti so it could be cleaned or removed.

Fingerprints found in fraternity car theft

A male UA student’s vehicle was broken into sometime during the night of Feb. 8.

A UAPD officer responded to the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house on Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. regarding the theft.

The officer met with the student in the parking lot of the fraternity.

The student said that he had parked in the parking lot on Feb. 8 and returned to it the next morning and noticed the passenger side window broken.

Various items were scattered all over the front seat.

The student said that he had touched all of the doors in the car and items.

The student took an inventory of the items in the car before the officer arrived and found that his wallet, driver’s license, credit cards and sunglasses had been stolen.

Some CDs and cases were scattered on the driver’s seat. The student said that the CDs were taken out of their normal place in the center console and that he had not touched them.

The officer processed the CDs and was able to lift two viable fingerprints left on a clear plastic CD case.

The officer could not find out exactly how the passenger window was broken.

No other items appeared to be missing from the car.

The student cancelled his missing credit cards.

There were no witnesses or suspects regarding the theft.

The officer sent the fingerprints to the Arizona Department of Public Safety for analysis to try to find a suspect.

The portal is cracked

A UA residence life employee found a damaged window at El Portal on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m.

A UAPD officer responded to El Portal and met with the employee.

The employee said that the bottom panel of the building’s northwest window was cracked.

The damage was done to the exterior pane of the 3 foot by 2 foot window.

The damages were cracks spreading from a small point of impact approximately 6 inches off of the ground.

It is unknown what caused the damage to the window.

There was no evidence on scene and it is unknown how much the damaged window is valued at.

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The man was stopped at Adams Street and Euclid Avenue because the rear lights of his rental car were not working.

The man was given a warning for the violation.

The unknown officer did not return the man’s Maryland driver’s license.

The man did not know which agency made the traffic stop and tried to contact UAPD and Tucson Police Department to recover the driver’s license.

There was no evidence at UAPD to substantiate that a traffic stop was ever made on the man.

The man was referred to TPD.

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Corporation Bride Who is getting married today?

We are the brides! We are looking for eligible partners around. The university is going corporate to take care of that budget, so we have come here to find corporate husbands.

Are you brides making a parody out of the university policy?

No, no, we are looking for the most eligible men out there just like any woman.

Have any caught your eye so far?

I want Ray Theon, the big missile producer out in South Tucson — billion dollar contracts.

They’ve got so much money. You bet.

Have you ever been or are actually married?

I am eligible at this time.

Do you believe in life after love?

Oh yes, I live for love! Love is life.

That is why we are here today. Hopefully we are going to have offspring, especially since corporations are so good at screwing you. I should have interesting sex for the rest of my life. I just hope he doesn’t use me for corporation anchor baby.

What are you going to wear on your wedding night?

(Lifts skirt up and reveals) I have UA panties! What else?

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Aries (March 21 - April 19) — Today is a 6 — It’s a good day to take one stride at a time. You don’t have to venture far if you don’t feel like it. Trust yourself. You can do it.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) — Today is a 6 — Communication seems easy today. However, measure your words.

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said it would keep any patented kisses in the public domain.

“Should this patent be approved and registered by the U.S. Patent Office,” the Toronto publisher announced in its seven-page patent application, “we will immediately make the method freely available to all persons everywhere in the interests of enhancing romantic love and generally making the world a better place.”

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Harlequin attempts to patent the kiss Talk about lip service: Harlequin Enterprises, renowned publisher of pulp romance novels, has applied for a patent on the romantic kiss.

The application, if granted, leaves open the possibility that we may one day have to pay a licensing fee to lock lips with the ones we covet.

Don’t start worrying yet.

Harlequin, which releases 110 novels a month and publishes in 115 countries around the world,

Managing Editor Ken Contrata

Design Chief Olen Lenets

of public relations for Harlequin, emphasized that Harlequin hadn’t considered charging for kisses.

When asked whether the company’s stance may one day change, Renaud gave a succinct “No.” The application, filed last week with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, provides a summary of the “invention,” as well as six diagrams demonstrating what Harlequin calls the “Essential Romantic Kiss” or “The Kiss.”

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• In New Mexico, more than 11,000 people have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it.

• John Bunyan, who was a popular writer from the 1600s, was put in prison for 12 years for preaching.

• The idea of Boxing Day (Dec. 26) was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor.

In some countries it’s now viewed as a good time to get

merchandise at reduced prices.

• Seven out of 10 people believe in life after death.

• Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls appeared for sale in the June 1, 1954 issue of the Wall Street Journal.

recommended in love and business relationships. Leave your money in the bank. Take it easy.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) — Today is a 7 — Your personal confidence is on the rise. Your economic confidence may take a couple more days to reach its peak this month. Plan and budget wisely.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Complaints can take you far, but only if you take them to someone who can do something about them.

Otherwise, you may as well save your breath and focus on being productive.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — You may have to be cautious in your romantic and professional relationships today, but you can always depend on a good friend. Talk it over.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Do you think you’re the only one that worries too much? Go ahead and worry, if you must, but everything works out in the end. Be open to new work opportunities.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Your sense for adventure takes you down the

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Wildcat Calendar Campus Events Meet author Ben Bova. Legendary Author and Space Expert Ben Bova to Visit Campus Tuesday, February 15, 4:30pm UA Bookstores SUMC

Advanced Screening of PAUL Feb15, 7:30pm – 9:30pm at the Gallagher Theater

College of Science Lecture Series: Cosmic Origins Tuesday, Feb.15, 2011 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Michael S. Turner, professor in the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, will give a talk titled “Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Inflation: The Big Mysteries of Cosmology.”

Where: Centennial Hall Feb. 15 7-8pm The Charles Darwin Experience Student Improv Comedy Group.

Every Tuesday at 10-11pm in the Gallagher Theater. Free.

News Reporters Brenna Goth Steven Kwan Eliza Molk Lucy Valencia Alexander Vega Michelle Weiss

OVERHEARD Woman: “Why would you drive two hours for a boy? There’s plenty of penis to go around.”

— Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall

Sports Reporters Vince Balistreri Nicole Dimtsios Kelly Hultgren Kevin Nadakal Bryan Roy Alex Williams Kevin Zimmerman

submit at dailywildcat.com or twitter @overheardatua

road less traveled, even if you hesitate or question your judgment. Go ahead and play full out.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Today you may question your purpose in life.

Why are you really here? Inquire openly, and listen to what comes back. For clues, examine what you love most.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — A power play may occur behind the scenes. If confusion ensues, take time to get clear

Arts & Feature Writers Remy Albillar Miranda Butler Christy Delehanty Kim Katel Jason Krell Steven Kwan Kellie Mejdrich Jason Krell Johanna Willet Dallas Williamson Jazmine Woodberry

Columnists Storm Byrd Nyles Kendall Mallory Hawkins Caroline Nachazel Heather Price-Wright Andrew Shepherd Photographers Robert Alcaraz Gordon Bates Hallie Bolonkin Janice Biancavilla Will Ferguson Farren Halcovich Valentina Martinelli Virginia Polin Ernie Somoza Designers Kelsey Dieterich Freddy Eschrich Jessica Leftault Chris Legere Adrienne Lobl Rebecca Rillos Zack Rosenblatt Copy Editors Nicole Dimtsios Chelsea Cohen Jason Krell James Neeley Melissa Porter Sarah Precup Lynley Price Stephanie Ramirez Advertising Account Executives Ryan Adkins Kirstie Birmingham Sarah Dalton Liliana Esquer Zach McClain Grego Moore Siobhan Nobel Luke Pergande John Reed Daniela Saylor Sales Manager Courtney Wood Advertising Designers Christine Bryant Lindsey Cook Fiona Foster Levi Sherman Classified Advertising Jasmin Bell Katie Jenkins Christal Montoya Jenn Rosso Sales Coordinator Sarah Dalton Accounting Nicole Browning Brandon Holmes Luke Pergande Joe Thomson Delivery Colin Buchanan Kameron Norwood

about your ideas. A female pays you back for a previous kindness.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Seek help from a female teacher. Pay special attention to color today, and find harmony in your projects.

You give it extra significance and special shine.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) — Today is a 7 — What if you could view every challenge as just one simple step toward reaching a goal? Each test could win you some new, invaluable skill.

February 15 Campus Events Portions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Feb. 2-28, Arizona State Museum, Park Avenue and University Boulevard. Extra Info ASM is open Monday through Saturday, 10a.m. to 5p.m. Admission is $5 for adults; free for ASM members, UA and Pima students with ID and children 17 and younger. A free public symposium and teacher workshop on Saturday, Feb. 12, will be led by experts who will discuss the ongoing significance of the treaty. 520-626-8381 “Ansel Adams: Arizona and the West” exhibit is being shown in the Center for Creative Photography until May 15, 2011.

The Aesthetic Code: Unraveling the Secrets of Art, through April 12, 2011. University of Arizona Musem of Art.

“Face to Face: 150 Years of Photographic Portraiture” exhibit is being shown in the Center for Creative Photography main auditorium until May 15, 2011.

Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera exhibition at the Arizona State Museum (1031 E. University Blvd). January 24, 2011 through November 17, 2012. Mon-Sat 10am5pm. $5. 520-621-6302

Of Note

“Peripheral Neuropathy” Lecture

by Dr. Young Min Song from 9am10:30am at Tucson Medical Center on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

Visit www.tmcaz.com for more information.

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.

Located at The Rialto Building, open until February 20, 2011.

Tickets available at http://www. titanictucson.com.

Costumes & Textiles of Morocco exhibit January 15- February 28, 2011 in the historic Tophoy Building on Fourth Ave. (225 N. 4th Ave).

Free Admission. Open 7 days a week 10am-4pm. (520) 250- 2786 for more information

Theatre

Old Time Radio Theatre An evening of new and vintage radio stories presented live by our casts for a nostalgic look and the Golden Age of Radio. $8, discounts available. For more details, go to www.beowulfalley.org. Jan. 18, Feb1 & 15, March1 & 15 at 7pm at Beowulf Alley Theatre 11 S. Sixth Ave.

Theatre

“Gunsmokin’ or Have Fun, Will Travel!” at The Gaslight Theatre 7010 E. Broadway starting Jan 19- March 5 $17.95; discounts available! Contact Box office for correct showtimes 886-9428

Galleries

“Musical Compositions of Ted DeGrazia” January 21, 2011 January 16, 2012 Musically inspired artwork from throughout the artist’s career is on display, including the complete collection of paintings from his 1945 Master of Arts thesis at the University of Arizona titled “Art and its Relation to Music in Music Education.”

DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN 6300 N. Swan Road Tucson Sculpture Festival February 04, 2011- February 19, 2011 Address: 640 N Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705 Tucson Sculpture Festival showcases sculptures and art in multiple mediums at studios located in the heart of Tucson’s Warehouse Arts District at Tucson Sculpture Center.

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Men’s basketball

Pac-10 Power Rankings No. 1 — Arizona (21-4, 10-2 Pacific 10 Conference) Not much has changed since last week — the now-No. 12 Wildcats took care of business against the Sun Devils, but perhaps should be wary of how sluggishly the offense was executed in the first half. That won’t fly against the Washington schools.

No. 6 — Stanford (13-11, 6-7 Pac-10) Struggling early in the year, the Cardinal is hanging in there as its leading scorer, Jeremy Green, has found his stroke, scoring in the 20s during the last four games. A win at Washington State is impressive and an 11-point loss to UW isn’t anything shameful.

No. 2 — UCLA (18-7, 9-3 Pac-10) The Bruins looked ill-prepared when they came to McKale Center, but that must’ve been a fluke. The second-hottest team in the league, UCLA is 9-1 in its last 10 games, the sole loss being at Arizona.

No. 7 — California (13-12, 6-7 Pac-10) A three-game slide to Arizona and the two Washington schools isn’t so bad. But being blown out of Hec Edmundson Pavilion by 32 before a stinging four-point loss at WSU is a step in the wrong direction for the Golden Bears’ egos, if anything.

No. 3 — Washington (17-7, 9-4 Pac-10) Simply put, the Huskies are nearly impossible to beat at home, yet very mortal on the road. After being swept at the Oregon schools, UW got back to its winning ways in Seattle, Wash., by easily dispatching Cal — by 32 points, nonetheless — and Stanford.

No. 8 — Southern California (13-12, 5-7 Pac-10) Like ASU, the Trojans have terrible offensive statistics. Unlike ASU, they have a semblance of talent. A split at home against the Oregon schools is fine, but it’s not going to help USC climb out of the hole they’ve dug themselves.

No. 4 — Washington State (17-8, 7-6 Pac-10) Four teams in the Pac-10 are a win or a loss away from being .500 right now. Of those teams, the Cougars are the only one above average, so we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Plus, any time Klay Thompson is on the roster, that team has the star advantage.

No. 9 — Oregon State (9-15, 4-9 Pac-10) Aside from a Feb. 3 win against UW, the Beavers haven’t been able to come out victorious in what are usually close games. Having gone 1-6 in the past seven games, maybe a win against Oregon next week can put the fire out.

No. 5 — Oregon (13-12, 6-7 Pac-10) They’re supposed to be devoid of talent, but the Ducks are fighting night in, night out. Forward Joevan Catron is coming into his own and leading the team picked to finish dead last in the league into a potential finish in the top half.

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— Kevin Zimmerman

continued from page 12 This is not to say Miller can’t win the award in final few weeks of the season, but his team still has work to do.

Though Arizona is ranked No. 12 in the AP Top 25, the fact is none of their wins have come against ranked teams.

The Wildcats played well against now-No. 1 Kansas in November but didn’t have enough to close the deal in the end.

Against No. 7 Brigham Young, Arizona got “Jimmered” for the second straight year in an 87-65 loss.

More recently, the Wildcats didn’t have enough in the tank against a then-first place Washington team on Jan. 20.

Nationally, everyone recognizes the Wildcats’ 21-4 record, but they also recognize the losses against the better teams. Causing people to hesitate before giving a full vote of confidence to Arizona.

Sure, you could argue an East Coast bias, but right now the national media has Arizona right where it belongs.

This weekend against the two Washington schools will give Miller and the Wildcats

AKINA continued from page 12 such a heralded defensive mind that would serve as his top and highest-paid assistant.

Akina added a newfound confidence to Arizona’s defense, especially its young but talented secondary. He even brought in a handful of recruits, while boosting Arizona’s Polynesian recruiting presence, as Akina hails from Oahu, Hawaii.

Needless to say, Akina’s departure is a letdown for Stoops, who said on National Signing Day that his trio of new coaches — Akina, Robert Anae and Joe Salave’a — were the “best pickups we could have gotten.”

“We are disappointed,” Stoops said in the release. “We

an opportunity to prove their validity.

Neither Washington State nor Washington is a ranked team, but the Huskies are close and the Cougars have the talent to beat anyone.

A loss will only fuel the detractors who are unsure Arizona is all that good.

Though Miller has done an admirable job, it’s too early to hand him any awards.

Arizona leads the Pac-10, UCLA is on their tail and winning the Pac-10 may determine whether he can receive coach of the year accolades.

Miller is in his longest win streak of his tenure at Arizona (six games) but he knows that his team must keep focused or their current success can change with a snap.

“We always walk that fine line of being who we’ve been or changing,” Miller said after winning at ASU. “And when we change, we will lose.”

That will be what determines whether Miller receives the accolades at season’s end.

— Vincent Balistreri is a communication senior.

He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu. were excited to have Duane (Akina) on our staff. We respect his decision and wish the best for him and his family.”

Akina will take over as the Longhorns’ defensive coordinator, filling the void left by Jerry Gray, who recently left UT to become the defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans.

The Wildcats, on the other hand, will start their search for a replacement immediately.

Although Stoops may not find another Akina, he’s confident Arizona will find the right person to handle the secondary.

“We have always hired good people to come into our program,” Stoops said. “We’ve always had great coaches for our system and players. We will make sure that we hire another quality person.”

COMICS

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Alcohol is made by fermentation, when yeast convert sugars into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. The sheer variety of spirituous beverages is, in effect, a reflection of the many sources of sugar from which alcohol can be made.

For example, malted barley gives us beer, grapes become wine, rice turns to sake, agaves yield mescal, and apples ferment to hard cider.

Most sugars are converted to alcohol during fermentation, leaving little left over in the final product. The exceptions to the low sugar rule include sweet wines, liqueurs, mixed drinks, or other beverages where sugar is added, such as the whopping 60 grams of sugar in a can of Four Loko. The taste test is the best indicator of sugar content in alcohol – if it tastes sweet, it’s probably in there. Avoid these if you want to keep your sugar intake in check. Most beers, wines, and liquors, on the other hand, are sugar-free or close to it.

In fact, it’s not the sugars or the carbs that are the primary concern here, but the calories. Alcohol has lots of them at 7 calories per gram, which is almost as much as fat and nearly double the amount found in carbohydrates (including sugar) or protein. Brewers8 andout distillersof have10 jumped on the “low-carb” UA students bandwagon in an attempt to paint their products as friendly to but if you want to avoid packing on theregularly. pounds, it’s not read the dieters, Arizona Daily Wildcat what you drink, but how much of it that makes the difference.

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Individuals with diabetes and others with low blood sugar have to be particularly mindful about their alcohol intake because alcohol can cause glucose levels in the bloodstream to drop.

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Scoreboard

Game of the night

SPORTS Miller not yet coach of the year Syracuse

West Virginia NCAA Men’s Hoops 1 Kansas 46, KSU 56 Men’s Hoops

NCAA Women’s Hoops

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2 UConn 86, 12 Okla. 45

NBA

Spurs 102, Nets 85 Lakers 89, Bobcats 109 Hawks 94, Pistons 79

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Head coach Sean Miller has the Arizona men’s basketball team in first place of the Pacific 10 Conference and No. 13 in the AP top 25 midway through his second year as a Wildcat. Miller belongs in the conversation for several Coach of the Year awards, but the hype is premature as of now.

COMMENTARY BY Vincent Balistreri sports writer

Men’s basketball head coach Sean Miller is everything that Arizona could ask for in a successor to a legend like Lute Olsen.

After a disappointing first season, McKale Center is buzzing again and this Wildcat team has “special” written all over it.

This Arizona team has the same feel of the 2008 Sweet 16 team, with the tripleovertime win against California looking like the “Chase Face” game that catapulted the Wildcats into a magical March.

It may not be a team that could win a national championship this year, but Miller has the Wildcats heading in that direction.

The Wildcats already have a 21-win season, and since they jumped into first place a couple weeks ago there has been one question floating around: Is Sean Miller the national coach of the year?

As Miller likes to say, don’t put the cart before the horse.

At this point, Miller deserves a look. But if the season ended today, he shouldn’t be the national coach of the year. He hasn’t even locked up the Pacific 10 Conference Coach of the Year award.

If the season ended today, San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher, who has his Mountain West team ranked in the top-10 nationally, may be more deserving of the national title.

Better yet, one of Miller’s mentors in college basketball, Ohio State’s Thad Matta, may deserve it more, as his team just lost its first game on Saturday against Wisconsin.

Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

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Baxter battles injury

Football

Former Arizona center overcoming knee surgery on his way to the NFL Draft Center Colin Baxter started 48 consecutive games in his career as an Arizona Wildcat. Baxter, who underwent knee surgery in December, said he is one of the best centers in the NFL Draft this year.

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Akina heading back to Texas

By Mike Schmitz ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Less than a month after agreeing to leave the University of Texas to coach Arizona’s secondary, Duane Akina informed football head coach Mike Stoops on Monday morning that he’s headed back to the Longhorns, citing family reasons as the “driving force.”

“I’m not happy that I had to put both of these institutions in this situation,” Akina said in a press release. “It’s been a tough month for me and my family making these decisions. Any time you have younger children, it becomes a very difficult

decision and that was the driving force behind this decision.

“Mike (Stoops) and Greg (Byrne) have been terrific to me,” Akina added. “Arizona is a wonderful place that is special to me. I came here because this is a solid program that is on the rise. Mike is an outstanding coach and I am sorry it didn’t work out. He has a tremendous staff in place.”

When Akina was hired on Jan. 16 he expressed pure excitement to return to the place where he coached under former Wildcats’ head coach Dick Tomey for 14 seasons. Stoops was even more thrilled to bring in AKINA, page 10

Women’s basketball

Ibekwe earns Pac-10 Player of the Week

By Alex Williams ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

By Mike Schmitz ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Brooks Reed played in the heralded Senior Bowl, Ricky Elmore and Adam Grant stood out in the East-West Shrine Game and even Nic Grigsby found his way to the Eastham Energy All-Star Game.

On top of that, Reed, Elmore, Grant and D’Aundre Reed all received NFL Combine invites.

Between the all-star games and the NFL Combine, those former Arizona standouts and current draft prospects are poised to gain the necessary exposure to make their NFL dreams come true on April 28.

Former Wildcats’ center and ironman Colin Baxter, however, hasn’t been so lucky.

Baxter underwent knee surgery in early December to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and will have to rely on strictly game film and Pro Day to entice NFL teams. Luckily for Baxter, he has 48 consecutive starts worth of film to make up for his lack of visibility, but he said he still thinks his draft stock may take a hit.

“I’ll probably go a little bit later (in the draft) because of the knee,”

said the 6-foot-4, 310-pound center in a phone interview with the Daily Wildcat. “I got a lot of film over the past four years and you know teams can look at that and pretty much know what they’re getting. Hopefully, it doesn’t hurt me too bad.”

Although he was considered to be one of the Pacific 10 Conference’s best centers and arguably the greatest in Arizona football history, Baxter’s bum knee has his draft stock falling.

ESPN ranked him as the 16thbest center in the draft, and he’s been tabbed undersized by some analysts.

Baxter, however, scoffs. He said he believes he’s far better, and bigger, than the analysts think.

“I think I’m one of the best centers in the draft this year so hopefully I’ll go high,” he said.

“Maybe I won’t go so high and some team will get a good deal on me, who knows. I think I’m right up there with all the other centers. Some people have a perception that I’m small, but I’m 310 right now.”

Baxter said that his agent — Rob Slavin — has been talking to teams for him and “getting some

good feedback,” and he has no preference in terms of where he wants to play.

“I want to go wherever wants me because that’s where I’m going to get the best shot and get to show them what I can do,” Baxter said.

Although the NFL Draft is the ultimate goal, Baxter’s health is priority No. 1. He’s been in rehab for months and says he’s about “80 percent” healthy, but should be around 100 percent in a month — just in time for his March 12 Pro Day. He’s been training at Rehab Plus and Fischer Sports in Phoenix, focusing on mostly strength and range of motion exercises. But the 23-year-old Baxter just recently started running again and is on track to return to football soon enough to finally show NFL teams what he can do.

“It set me back a little bit but I’m not too worried about it because I can’t do anything about that,” Baxter said of the injury.

“I’m just worried about getting ready for my pro day and showing up there and doing everything I can to get back to full speed.”

For the second time in her career, senior forward Ify Ibekwe was named the Pacific 10 Conference Player of the Week — this time earning it for her 22 point, 22 rebound performance on Sunday against ASU. Sunday’s performance was Ibekwe’s ninth double-double of the season, but this time she got it before halftime, tallying 11 points and 10 rebounds before the break.

Ibekwe led Arizona to its first victory over ASU since Jan. 26, 2005, snapping an 11-game losing streak. The forward’s 22 rebounds are the most by any player in the Pac-10 this season, and the sixthhighest total in NCAA Division-I women’s basketball on the year.

Ibekwe said she didn’t even realize she was putting up rebounding numbers that high, even though she had more rebounds (22) than the rest of the team combined (17).

“I don’t know how (that happened), I was just playing,” said the senior from Carson, Calif. “It was nothing different, just knowing this was my last game against ASU at home.”

Arizona head coach Niya Butts

Ify Ibekwe said that she is going to be sure to point out to Ibekwe what she was doing differently against ASU. “I’ll be sure to tell her, that it was because … she boxed out tonight,” Butts said. “She didn’t just rely on her athleticism and ability, but she actually boxed out.

We’ve been really sticking to that as coaches.”

Grabbing rebounds wasn’t the only area Ibekwe dominated in on Sunday.

On her way to 22 points, she shot 50 percent from the field and hit 2-of-3 from behind the arc. She also committed only one turnover while blocking a shot and recording two steals.

Arizona improved to 14-9, and 5-7 in the Pac-10 — matching the Wildcats’ win total from all of the 2009-2010 season.