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Student teller robbed twice

Armed robbery occurs at UA

By Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

An armed robbery of a student occurred on Monday at 1:13 a.m., according to the University of Arizona Police Department.

A student was walking down Fourth Street between Vine and Cherry avenues, when a man pulled up in a white car, according to police reports. The man then pointed a handgun at the student.

The student described the driver as a Hispanic male, about 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9, 140 to 150 pounds, in his early 20s and wearing blue jeans and a white hooded jacket that had multicolored designs on it.

The suspect demanded that the student hand over personal property and the student complied.

The suspect then got back into the car and left the area. The student was not injured and reported that there were two other people in the car with the suspect.

The investigation of the armed robbery is ongoing. and additional information will follow.

Board to hold forums on fees

Tucson Police Department officers responded to a report of a robbery on Monday at the Bank of the West branch on 3175 N. Swan Road, according to TPD media release. Officers received a call from the Great Western Bank at 2955 E. Grant Road 40 minutes later, while investigators were still at the Bank of the West robbery scene, according to the release. The suspect, seen in this series of bank video stills, is described as a white male in his mid-50s to mid-60s, approximately 5-foot-9 to 6 feet tall, with a thin build and gray hair, gray mustache and beard.

By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Bank teller and UA student Kaeli Barrett experienced her second bank robbery in less than a year on Monday.

Barrett, a School of Art senior, called the police when a man entered and robbed the

Great Western Bank on 2955 E. Grant Road .

There was one other teller at Great Western Bank, Barrett said. She said she could not release details of the case due to the ongoing investigation and company policy.

The robbery marks the second time the bank has been robbed

since Barrett started working there about a year ago. A man with a handgun robbed the bank on July 19, 2011 during Barrett’s shift, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

The Great Western Bank was robbed around 10:45 a.m. and the second to be robbed within an hour, according to a Tucson Police Department release. The Bank of

the West on 3175 N. Swan Road was also robbed.

The suspect entered both banks alone, approached the tellers and fled with undisclosed amounts of money, according to the release.

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Q& A Daniel Ference

Distribution of Student Services funds discussed

First federal ambassador from UA promotes government jobs

By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Senior Daniel Ference is the first Federal Service Student Ambassador at the UA. He applied for the program after completing internships with the Arizona Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. State Department. The 47 student ambassadors around the country promote jobs and internships in the federal government on their campuses.

Ference, who is studying management information systems, business management and entrepreneurship, will finish the year-long ambassadorship in May. Daily Wildcat: You’ve been an ambassador for more than a semester. What kind of change do you think you’ve made on campus so far?

Daniel Ference: I think I’ve brought an awareness about all the opportunities available. I’ve focused a bit on Eller. A lot of the recruiters at Eller are from Fortune 500 companies, private companies.

I’m trying to bring a sense of opportunities available in the federal government. A lot of students don’t know they’re available.

What kinds of opportunities are

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What a lot of students don’t know are there are opportunities for students in every major. I feel like a lot of students think government work is only for poli sci (political science) majors or econ or international relations majors. In reality, there are opportunities in a variety of disciplines, whether it’s business, arts or history … Another myth is also the pay. A lot of people … feel like the federal government doesn’t pay its employees well, but in reality they’re very competitive with some of the private industries. Again, people who work in the federal government may get a sense that they’re giving back to a cause greater than themselves.

What were your internship experiences with the federal government?

This past summer I interned with the U.S. State Department and more specifically in their law enforcement arm, which is the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. I worked primarily with the Diplomatic Security Service. Their primary mission is to oversee security at U.S. embassies throughout the world, and they also provide security protection for vis-

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Daniel Ference, management information systems senior, also studying business management and entrepreneurship, was named a Federal Service Student Ambassador and now helps students get jobs in the federal government.

iting foreign dignitaries, so anyone below the Heads of State. I worked primarily with special agents in the Protective Liaison Division. They coordinate with foreign embassies

in Washington D.C. Which foreign dignitaries came to the U.S. during your internship?

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Hearings to help determine future allotment of student fee money will take place on Wednesday and Thursday at 5 p.m., in the Saguaro Room of El Portal.

The Student Services Fee open board hearings will discuss how best to apportion funds raised through the $80 fee students pay every year. All told, the board will be able to use more than $2 million to fund various proposals from around campus.

The hearings help determine where the money should be allocated and are overseen by the Student Services Fee Advisory Board, which is a year-round board that ensures the money is spent efficiently toward programs that are beneficial to the Wildcat experience, according to Leo Yamaguchi, the co-chairman of the Student Services Fee Advisory Board and a junior majoring in nutritional and physiological sciences.

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U.S. forces enter Mediterranean Sea as officials ponder response to Libyan crisis

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Youths loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi demonstrate in the Green Square in Tripoli, Libya, Monday.

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS BENGHAZI, Libya — The United States is moving naval and air forces, including an aircraft carrier, into the Mediterranean Sea near Libya, U.S. officials said Monday, as the Obama administration and its allies consider how to respond to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s brutal efforts to suppress a widespread rebellion among civilians and army troops.

The U.S. decision comes as Gadhafi appeared to be making a concerted effort to retake control of Zawiya, a town about 30 miles west of Tripoli that has been in rebel

hands since last week. Two people reached separately by phone said heavy fighting had broken out in the early evening Monday as militias loyal to Gadhafi attacked from both the east and the west.

U.S. officials said no decision had been made on how the U.S. forces would be used, but that one option under consideration is the imposition of a no-fly zone designed to prevent Gadhafi from using aircraft as he fights the rebels.

“We have planners working and various contingency plans, and I think it’s safe to say as part of that we’re repositioning forces to be able to provide for that flex-

ibility once decisions are made,” Marine Col. David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters.

Another official, who requested anonymity to discuss the issue, said the pre-positioning of military assets “doesn’t mean to suggest that there will be military intervention.”

At the same time, he said, consideration of imposing a no-fly zone “has picked up a little speed.”

Gadhafi opponents in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi, have said they oppose foreign military intervention, a message they reiterated in comments on Twitter after the

Pentagon moves became public.

A no-fly zone would seek to prevent Gadhafi from using aircraft to attack protesters, move equipment and personnel, or ferry in foreign mercenaries who have been killing Gadhafi’s opponents.

The White House, which has called on Gadhafi to leave power, said Monday that “exile is certainly one option” for the Libyan dictator.

It was not immediately clear which countries would be willing to take Gadhafi in or whether the United States had made efforts to arrange asylum. Gadhafi and his family have publicly declared they would not leave Libya.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said implementing a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace is “an option we are actively considering.”

Carney spoke as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conferred with colleagues in Geneva, Switzerland.

President Barack Obama and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice were to meet Monday afternoon in Washington with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon.

The administration officials could not say which U.S. aircraft carrier will be dispatched as part of the international response, as there currently are none in the Mediterranean.

Carney declined to describe the level of contact between the U.S. government and Libyan opposition forces. He said it is “premature to make decisions about recognizing one group or the other,” but that the administration has “a variety” of channels through which to communicate with opposition forces.

Holdover from Ben Ali resigns MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS TUNIS, Tunisia — The last of the ministers in Tunisia’s transitional government to have served under ousted leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali resigned Monday.

Planning and International Cooperation Minister Mohamed Nouri Jouini, a minister since 2002, resigned hours after industry minister Mohammed Afif Chelbi tendered his resignation.

Their resignations, which follow that of prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi Sunday, means the government of national unity is now entirely free of former members of Ben Ali’s regime.

The three politicians had come under pressure to step down after clashes between security forces and demonstrators left at least six dead in Tunis over the weekend.

The demonstrators were demanding a completely new administration.

Beji Caid Essebsi, 84, a former prime minister in the administration of post-independence leader Habib Bourguiba, has been named the country’s interim prime minister.

Essebsi’s government is tasked with running the country until elections, scheduled to be held by mid-July.

Tunisia was the first Arab state to overthrow a despotic leader through street protests in January.

Ben Ali went into exile in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 14 after a monthlong campaign of countrywide protests, in which more than 200 people were killed.

Israeli students in Oscar-winning film face deportation MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS TEL AVIV, Israel — Students and teachers at an innovative Tel Aviv school profiled in this year ’s Oscarwinning short documentary “Strangers No More” celebrated Monday with balloons and gold-foil wrapped chocolates, far away from the glitz of Hollywood.

But the post-Oscar party at BialikRogozin School, where many of the students have escaped poverty, war and even genocide, was dampened by a government threat to deport as many as 120, or nearly 15 percent, of the pupils under a controversial new policy aimed at reducing Israel’s illegal migrant work force.

“I hope the film stops the deportation that hangs over our friends,” said Shira Mollo Musikanda, 18, a student from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Though she is not among those at risk for deportation, Musikanda said she hopes the attention raised by Sunday’s Academy

Award honor will change the way some Israelis view foreign workers.

“I hope the film makes people see we are all people,” she said. “No matter how different we look, we all have the same thoughts and dreams.”

Neahama Seinberg, director of the school’s elementary program, expressed hope that the movie will bolster opposition to the deportation policy, which has not been fully implemented yet. “Films and media have tremendous power,” she said. “I hope it can generate change too.”

“Strangers No More,” produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for HBO, follows the travails of three students at Bialik-Rogozin, one of Israel’s most diverse schools. The student body comprises hundreds of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers hailing from four dozen countries.

Though not Israeli-produced, the film — which celebrates racial harmony in a country struggling with ethnic and reli-

gious hatred — could have been a public-relations boon for Israel. Instead the documentary has drawn attention to one of its most divisive policies.

Struggling with a flood of illegal workers, the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in August that it would deport up to 400 children who did not qualify for residential status. Many were born and raised in Israel, speak Hebrew and have known no other home.

Esther, one of the three young students featured in the film, is at risk of deportation. She and her co-stars couldn’t attend the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood because they would not have been able to return to Israel.

An Interior Ministry spokesperson said Monday that it is proceeding with the deportation policy. But numerous critics, including Israel President Shimon Peres and Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, have urged the ministry to reverse

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Rotem Ilan, founder of the advocacy group Israeli Children, questioned how the same country that produced a school praised for its tolerance and assistance to children facing hardships can also pursue such a policy.

“It’s the same country that just announced completion of the jail where children will be locked up before being deported to a country they have never known,” she said, referring to a planned detention facility for children. “With all due respect, pictures of SpongeBob SquarePants and Pooh-Bear on the walls don’t change a thing. A jail is still a jail.”

“They are wonderful, loving children and they will be wonderful Israeli citizens,” she said. “We are not doing them a favor by allowing them to stay.

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Frank Buckles, last American veteran of World War I, dies at 110 LOS ANGELES — Frank Woodruff Buckles, a one-time Missouri farm boy who was the last known living American veteran of World War I, has died. He was 110.

Buckles, who later spent more than three years in a Japanese POW camp as a civilian in the Philippines during World War II, died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Charles Town, W.Va., family spokesman David DeJonge said.

A total of 4,734,991 Americans served in the military during World War I. When 108-year-old Harry Landis died in Sun City Center, Fla., on Feb. 4, 2008, Buckles became the war’s last standing U.S. veteran.

“I always knew I’d be one of the last because I was one of the youngest when I joined,” Buckles, then 107, told the New York Daily News. “But I never thought I’d be the last one.”

Earning that distinction resulted in numerous honors for Buckles in 2008.

In March 2008, he met with President George W. Bush at the White House, then attended the unveiling of an exhibit at the Pentagon of recent photographic portraits of nine World War I veterans, including himself, who had lived to age 100 or older.

In April, then-West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin formally dedicated a section of the new, four-lane state Route 9 in honor of Buckles, who lived with his daughter, Susannah Flanagan, and her husband on a cattle farm near Charles Town, a small community in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle.

And on Nov. 11 — the 90th anniversary of the signing of the armistice — Buckles was

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World War I veteran Frank Buckles reminisces about the war at his home in Charles Town, W.Va., May 22, 2007. The last known living American veteran of World War I died Sunday at 110 years old.

recognized by the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as “our last living link” to World War I. He was born Feb. 1, 1901, on a farm near Bethany, Mo., and moved with his family to a farm in Oklahoma’s Dewey County as a teenager.

When the United States entered the war in April 1917, Buckles was eager to enlist — even though he was only 16.

Obama endorses allowing states to opt out of health-care mandate MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama endorsed a significant change to his health reform law Monday, signing on to bipartisan legislation that would allow states to opt out of federal requirements — including the individual mandate — three years earlier than scheduled.

The announcement came during a meeting with the nation’s governors at the White House, in which Obama said he was responding to state leaders’ requests for greater flexibility in meeting the requirements of the landmark 2010 legislation.

Under the original health reform law, states would be allowed to opt out of the requirements of the federal proposal in 2017 if they implemented their own health reforms. To obtain a waiver, states need to

demonstrate that their own reforms meet the goals of the federal law, including extending coverage to as many citizens as would be available through the exchanges in the federal law, lowering overall costs and not adding to the federal deficits.

The change Obama embraced Monday is based on an amendment co-sponsored

by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Scott Brown, R-Mass.; and Mary Landrieu, D-La., which accelerates that timeline to 2014.

“I think that’s a reasonable proposal,” Obama said. “It will give you flexibility more quickly while still guaranteeing the American people reform.”

In announcing the move, Obama also tweaked one of his potential Republican rivals for his 2012 re-election campaign, highlighting the health reform law enacted in Massachusetts.

After being rejected by Marine and Navy recruiters, Buckles tried the Army. When the recruiter asked to see his birth certificate, Buckles said Missouri didn’t keep birth records when he was born and the only record was what was written in the family Bible.

His word was good enough for the Army.

Buckles enlisted on Aug. 14, 1917, and went through basic training at Fort Riley, Kan. “I was a snappy soldier,” he told USA Today in 2007 while looking at a sepia-toned photo of himself in his uniform. “All gung-ho.”

In his Daily News interview, Buckles recalled that an old sergeant told him, “If you want to get to France in a hurry, then join the ambulance service.”

He shipped off to England in December 1917 on the RMS Carpathia, the ocean liner that had rescued survivors of the Titanic in 1912.

Initially stationed in England, where he drove dignitaries around, he successfully hounded his officers for an assignment in France. He never got close to the action. But, as he told columnist George F. Will in 2008, “I saw the results.”

When the war ended, Buckles remained in Europe to help escort prisoners of war back to Germany.

After returning home a corporal, he attended a business school in Oklahoma City for several months and, among other jobs, worked for a bank. But he grew bored.

Satisfying a desire for adventure, he got a job with the White Star Line shipping company and traveled the world. He was in Manila when the Japanese attacked the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941, and was among the Western civilians later taken prisoner.

Buckles spent about 31/2 years at the Santo Tomas and Los Banos internment camps. At Los Banos, he said in a 2009 interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, he once saw three prisoners nearly beaten to death.

“There was no mercy as far as the Japanese were concerned,” he said.

Buckles, who led daily fitness classes in the camp, said food became scarce as Japan began losing the war. He had gone in weighing 140 pounds and had lost more than 50 pounds by the time the camp was liberated in February 1945.

After returning home, Buckles married Audrey Mayo, whom he had met in California before the war. In 1954, they moved to the 330-acre West Virginia cattle farm.

“I had been bouncing around from one place to another for years at sea,” Buckles told the Charleston Daily Mail in 2007. “It was time to settle down in one place.”

Buckles’ wife died in 1999, the same year French President Jacques Chirac awarded him the French Legion of Honor.

He continued to live on his farm and reportedly drove a car and a farm tractor until he was 102.

Just before his 108th birthday in 2009, Buckles told The Philadelphia Inquirer that he always knew he’d live a long life: His father died at 97, a sister at 104. And other relatives on his mother’s side of the family hit the century mark.

As for living long enough to be the last U.S. military veteran of World War I, he grinned and said, “If it has to be somebody, it might as well be me.”

He is survived by his daughter, Susannah Buckles Flanagan.

Public employees should not lose rights, Obama says

Obama said in televised remarks. “We need to attract the best and brightest to public service. These times demand it.”

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed increasing the amount of money that public employees would have to pay for health care and pension benefits. The Republican governor has also sought to limit collective bargaining rights for most public employees.

The plans, which have passed the Wisconsin Assembly, are stalled in the state Senate, whose 14 Democrats have fled to Illinois, making it impossible to have a quorum.

On Monday, Walker gave the Democrats 24 hours to return. He said if his proposals weren’t passed, the state would be unable to finance part of its debt, leading to some layoffs.

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama on Monday waded into the labor standoff in Wisconsin and warned that the rights of public employees should not be infringed upon.

Speaking to the National Governors Association, Obama noted that many states as well as the federal government face tough economic choices. But the president, who has been criticized by some labor allies for not speaking out more forcefully on the Wisconsin situation, noted the fight between Wisconsin’s public unions and the Republican administration in Madison.

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Legislature ‘defends constitution’ by acting unconstitutionally Andrew Shepherd Arizona Daily Wildcat

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he Arizona Legislature has a tendency to pass some pretty senseless bills, so I’ve decided to get a group of friends together and form a committee. In this committee we’ll decide which laws are worth following and which ones aren’t.

Law against murder? Sure, we’ll keep that one around. Law requiring me to register my car every year? Good as gone. It’s way too much work, and it intrudes on my privacy. Sound stupid?

It is, but it’s not far off from what the Legislature is up to now.

Apparently with nothing better to do, Sen. Lori Klein (R-Anthem) recently introduced Senate Bill 1433, popularly known as the Arizona nullification bill. If passed, the Legislature would form a committee to verify the constitutionality of different federal laws, then decide whether those laws would be followed in Arizona.

Supporters argue that this provides a necessary check on the broad overreach of the federal government, but this is simply another childish, meaningless and attention-grabbing move from our increasingly incompetent Legislature.

First of all, the federal government hasn’t done anything to warrant nullification. Advocates of nullification would point to the new health care law and claim that the federal government has no power to force people to buy health insurance. While I disagree, that’s a legitimate argument; but it’s currently being worked out in federal court, not in state capitols. Besides that, what other possible examples are there of the federal government acting unconstitutionally?

Some people claim that any law passed by the federal government dealing with an issue not explicitly mentioned in the constitution is an overreach of power. These people rely almost entirely on the 10th Amendment, which states “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” While the 10th Amendment is important and exists for a reason, it doesn’t validate claims made that the federal government is acting unconstitutionally. Even if the federal government was acting in violation of the 10th Amendment, it would be an issue to decide in the courts.

The most interesting part of this debate is that supporters of nullification claim to be defending the Constitution, but apparently haven’t read much of it. If they had, they would be familiar with the supremacy clause, located in Article VI, which establishes federal law as the “supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby.”

States simply don’t have the power to override federal law.

According to one of the most influential Chief Justices in Supreme Court history, John Marshall, “if the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery.” It’s ironic that a bill said to defend the Constitution only makes a mockery of it instead.

This bill is nothing more than a waste of time, designed to distract Arizonans from the very real problems our state faces. Even if it manages to pass the Legislature and make it to the governor ’s desk, there is no doubt the courts will strike it down. So, this begs the question, when will the members of the Legislature quit playing dressup and actually govern? It seems all they’re capable of is turning Arizona into the laughingstock of America.

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

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ONLINE COMMENTS On ‘Editorial: Baja Arizona: 51st state a firstrate idea’ (Feb. 28):

Even though this is clearly satire (or an incredibly poor attempt at a legitimate editorial) the secession idea is incredibly stupid. You will always have differences with people in politics. Do you think Republicans in California (myself included, as I’m registered there) want to split away even though we sure as hell aren’t represented by the idiots in Sacramento? No, we man the f*ck up and deal with it. That’s a basic reality of politics. You won’t always agree with those in power. Stop whining and DEAL WITH IT! Republicans may be the “Party of No” but Democrats are clearly the “Party of Whine.”

Kevin Wos

In response to Kevin Wos:

Even though I’m Republican, I can still see that there really is a problem here. To the detriment of good debate, Maricopa really does have a stranglehold on politics in this state.

You said yourself that you’re a California resident, so what experience do you have with the Arizona political climate?

What the author of this article is trying to point out is that Arizona State Legislature is trying to defy Federal Law. If Arizona is trying to not follow Federal Law, that is effectively a centralized government, separate from the United States.

This would set a terrible precedent, and Southern Arizonans want nothing to do with it. The problem is that Pima County’s voting demographic is so weak in the poles, compared to Maricopa County, that we virtually have no say in the matter.

There is no need for name calling, open debate is a much better option.

Taylor English

Real cowboys need phallic reassurance Johnny McKay

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rizona is becoming more and more like an attention-seeking reality TV star. The initial fame from its wacky hijinks is beginning to wear off, and since obscure normalcy is the seventh ring of hell, Arizona had to once again come up with some controversial nonsense to fuel its reputation.

Fearing that Arizona would fall from this coveted spotlight of “stories you wouldn’t want attached to your state,” heroic Sen. Ron Gould took a bold step and created another debacle out of thin air. This brave man, immediately following our personal time of strife and controversy from the Giffords attack, decided that it would be a great idea to declare a state gun. To use a common staple of opinion column writing: Are you kidding me? (Bonus staple: You have to be joking.)

We have just emerged from a media firestorm and fierce debate about gun control laws and political rhetoric. A national tragedy has launched Arizona, and more specifically Tucson, onto the global stage. Why? Because a maniac was able to easily secure access to an advanced military-grade firearm, and used it to go on a shooting spree. Surely the last thing we need, in the realm of common sense and respect, would be the declaration of a state firearm at this moment in time. The level of insensitivity and superfluous nature is mind-blowing, leading me to believe that Gould and the 42 politicians supporting the bill have

Arizona Daily Wildcat just emerged from some sort of weird manly-overcompensation rock. It’s the only sound explanation why they feel the need to declare such a polarizing and incendiary symbol of our state.

If passed, it would find itself situated among the company of the other amazing emblems of our state: The state bird, the state flower, the state mammal and the state fossil. Five of you reading this knew what those were (hope that’s a low percentage of my readership).

For the rest of you clueless Arizona residents: the Cactus Wren, the Saguaro Cactus Blossom, the Ringtail and petrified wood. As seen by these icons (especially with the last one), the “state arbitrary object” distinctions have almost no worth. Even if they did have value, they are timeless by their random nature, and there is no need to rush a new one in, especially given the incredibly poor post-tragedy timing.

It seems Gould is having an internal overcompensation crisis of sorts. Like most men who feel inadequate by their own persona and various bodily attachments, he needs to be reassured by external imagery and possessions.

It takes a true man to confidently drive a scooter; it takes an insecure one to command a Hummer (outside of military missions, of course). Gould takes it one step further, needing to secure his state some phallic imagery. I can imagine his conversation with a Vermont senator now: “Well, yes, your wife is very pretty, and your state budget is impeccable …

but, uh, how big is your state gun? Oh … you don’t have one? (snicker) No, no, it’s not a big deal.” At this point he probably dons his giant cowboy hat and bolo tie (state neckwear: can this get any more pointless?) and saunters arrogantly over to his red sports car. He might then fire his state-representing Colt single action Army revolver into the air to hammer home his point, or to kill any left-leaning birds hiding in nearby trees.

This bill is just another in a long line of random and increasingly senseless gun laws emerging from Arizona’s political finest. These people of power are chasing their dream of a Wild West theme park where Arizona used to be, pursuing it with the passion of “Avatar” fans trying to make Pandora on Earth.

Unfortunately for us, these gung-ho cowboys actually have governmental authority behind them, whereas the “Avatar” nuts are largely confined to their basements.

The mission isn’t even a secret, as seen in a quote by Gould: “I think Arizona has a tradition of being a Wild West state … The Colt single action Army revolver epitomizes the Wild West heritage of Arizona.” Between this and the law allowing concealed firearms in bars, the agenda seems quite clear.

With any luck we’ll complete this degeneration in a decade or so, immediately following the bill that requires every bar to install bat-wing doors, and for every pair of boots to come with mandatory spurs. At the very least, when I am gunned down in a bar over a poker game gone bad, I’ll have the honor of knowing that it was by the Colt single action Army revolver, my dear state gun. Yippie-Kay-Ay. — Johnny McKay is the multimedia editor for the Daily Wildcat. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Student Council, three members from the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, and four student members from various departments. The board is charged with providing student fee recommendations to Melissa Vito, the vice president of student affairs.

She has the “ultimate say� as to where the fee goes but takes the recommendations of the board into account when making her final decisions, according to Yamaguchi.

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and the audience will be able to give comments. Department heads and other UA staff affiliated with funding proposals usually attend the hearings to see if their requested programs will be funded, according to Yamaguchi.

Student input is taken into account through the annual Student Services Fee survey that allows the board a direct connection to student opinion, said Yamaguchi.

A professional staff creates and administers the survey to ensure that there are no biases, according to Yamaguchi. “In a time where budgets are tight, students are sensitive to the word fee, because it’s more money that they have to pay out of pocket,� Yamaguchi said.

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and beard at both locations.

No weapons were displayed during the robberies. The suspect has not been found.

Barrett said friends and family helped her overcome the experience the first time. “I think it’s one thing to be robbed one time, and I kind of got through that ‌ but I can’t believe it happened again,â€? Barrett said. “I’m in shock. I don’t know what to think about that, that it’s happened more than once.â€?

Barrett said she stayed focused during both incidents. “I don’t know how I do it, but it’s happened both times now,� Barrett said. “I just stay calm and I just make sure that the goal is to get the person out the door as soon as possible and no one gets hurt. I guess I just keep that in mind.�

Barrett said the robberies have made her reconsider working at the bank. “I had some seconds thoughts (after the first robbery), and I’m having second thoughts now,� Barrett said. “But I really like my job. I’m going to go back again after this.�

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The Defense Minister of Israel came while I was there, so I got to see how that worked. I also saw how Hillary Clinton’s detail worked, so that was really interesting. I also got the chance to meet the ambassador to the U.N. It was a great experience. I got to see the inner workings of the federal government, which a lot of people don’t get to see very often.

What did you gain from your internships that you were able to bring back as a person and also as a student ambassador?

I think what I gained from that internship was sort of a bigger picture of what our country goes through on a daily basis. I gained an appreciation for the work that the federal government does. My experience has allowed me to teach other students about what great opportunities are available. I think when students hear from

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other students about their experiences, they’re more prone to go after it. I think if there’s someone a lot older from a specific department talking about it, it’s taken a little differently.

Do you encounter a lot of students looking to go into the federal government?

I think some of the students are surprised about all of the opportunities available.

There are others who know about them but don’t know how to pursue them. I’m here to kind of push them along a little more and teach them how to find those opportunities.

What would you like to accomplish in your remaining few months?

I’d like to continue to give presentations to the larger classes. I know there are a lot of students graduating in May. Hopefully someone will see the type of work I’ve done this semester, find an internship and want to take over the ambassadorship when I graduate in May. I want to leave sort of a legacy so some other students can take the reins and continue what I’ve started.

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about their family history of alcohol-related problems, abuse or dependency issues. There are those who don’t like the taste or potential consequences. Most people understand that not consuming alcohol moderately may interfere with healthy decision making and relationships. According to the 2010 UA Health & Wellness Survey only 14% of UA undergrads drink heavily while most students drink moderately or not at all. The same survey revealed that 33% of UA men and 44% of UA women did not even drink weekly.

Most students, especially those who drink heavily, are quick to believe that everyone else drinks even more than they do.

However, most people actually drink less. In a University of Texas study,average students guessed that 43% of students drank more than they did. Yet, the actual percentage was only 17% of students drank more. Right here at the UA, 75% of students drink only 25% of the alcohol.

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answer is simple: PLAY! So, play often and play fairly.

A. The Contentment and joy seem to be directly related to our

successful relations with others. Laugh, dance, and have fun by being connected to and engaged in people and activities. Be smartly fearless, self-assured and don’t think you have to conform to the myth or pressure that you need to drink to have fun. Peer pressure doesn’t stop right after high school. You can make your own personal choices. The exciting thing about being at the UA is that there are so many fun things to do on and close by campus. Find your bliss, your capacity for joyous fun, and most important of all, others to share it with you.

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By Alexander Vega Arizona Daily Wildcat

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A male UA student was arrested for marijuana possession on Feb. 24 at 10:40 p.m.

A University of Arizona Police Department officer was on patrol and pulled over a sport utility vehicle at Fourth Street and Park Avenue for driving without headlights.

The officer spoke with the female UA student driver and smelled an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.

The officer asked the woman to step out of the vehicle and asked her about the marijuana smell.

The woman did not know anything about the marijuana and said that it was probably in the vehicle.

The officer then spoke with the male passenger in the car.

The student admitted to having marijuana and handed the officer a plastic bag containing a few grams of marijuana.

The man had smoked from a bong earlier in the car and claimed to be the sole owner of all the marijuana in the vehicle.

The male student was arrested, cited and released for possession of marijuana and was referred to the Dean of Students Office for a code of conduct violation.

Disgruntled former AEPi blackmails chapter

A former member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity threatened to reveal chapter secrets after being denied permission to visit the chapter house.

A UAPD officer responded to the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house on Feb. 24 and spoke with a member of the chapter’s executive board.

Members of Alpha Epsilon Pi said that the fraternity was currently undergoing changes and “cleaning up membership.�

Last semester, a brother’s membership was revoked for repeatedly urinating on another brother’s property.

The former brother has since left the UA and enrolled in a local college in his hometown.

Recently, the former brother contacted the president of Alpha Epsilon Pi and requested permission to return to the chapter to visit.

The former brother said that his behavior was the result of drug usage, claimed to have attended drug rehabilitation and to no longer be associated with drugs.

Alpha Epsilon Pi agreed to allow the former brother on the property to visit, but the fraternity found conversations on Twitter indicating that the he was still involved with drugs.

Because of this, the former brother was revoked of any permission to be on the chapter’s property.

The fraternity sent the former brother this information through e-mail, text message and a voice mail.

The former brother then threatened to expose the hazing practices, secrets and rituals of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity if not allowed back to visit.

Alpha Epsilon Pi said that the hazing occured in the past, before the current executive board’s term, and was no longer a practice of the chapter.

Alpha Epsilon Pi did not want to press charges at the time but wanted the incident to be documented in case the former brother followed through with his threats.

Student harassed by strange man

A female UA undergraduate student reported a case of harassment to UAPD on Feb. 24 at 3:35 p.m.

A UAPD officer met with the student at the SALT Center where she said that a man had been following and harassing her.

The student said she met the non-UA affiliated man on the UA Mall two weeks prior and he asked for her phone number.

She said she gave the man her number because it is hard for her to “say no to people.�

The student spoke with the man on the phone a few times, but the man made the student feel uncomfortable and she began to see him waiting outside of her classes.

When he started trying to follow and talk with the student, she contacted UAPD for information on how to make him stop contacting her.

At that time, the student said she wasn’t threatened but did not want to continue talking to the man.

She received a phone call on Feb. 20 from the man and she asked him stop contacting her.

The student then received five more phone calls, which she did not answer, on Feb. 22.

The student left class in the Integrated Learning Center on Feb. 24 and saw the man waiting outside.

The man approached the student and began speaking with her. She told the man that she had a boyfriend and didn’t want to talk to him. “That’s pretty disappointing,� he said.

The student walked upstairs to ground level while the man continued following and attempting to talk to her.

The student walked to the SALT Center and contacted UAPD. The officer contacted the man and told him to cease contact with the student. The man agreed to comply.

The student said that she would contact UAPD if the man attempted to gain contact again and might pursue an injunction against harassment if the contact did not cease.

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Nancy Kelly

Undergraduate program coordinator for department of communication Are you a dog or cat person?

Cat, because they are furry. I just prefer cats. I don’t like walking dogs.

I have always been a cat person. Unfortunately I am very allergic to them.

Cat people tend to be more diva-ish, is that you?

Absolutely not. I like sparkle and bling, but I am definitely not a diva. If you knew me you would know that. I was a tomboy growing up.

What is the biggest risk you have taken in your life?

Besides surfing on my 1962 custom made, eight and a half foot long board from the ages of four to 16, I would have to say jumping off a cliff into a rock quarry. I was 17 years old in Safford, Maine.

What inspired you to do such a task?

Oh, you know, somebody dared me and I am the dare girl.

Number one thing on your bucket list?

Number one thing? I’d get back on the surfboard.

Number two is, my grandmother sold hot dogs at Fenway Park and I come from Boston so it’s been probably 25 years since I’ve seen a Red Sox game and I’d really like to do that. My third one is to make sure I get to my girl friend’s 50th birthday next year in Dublin, Ireland and maybe see a little of Europe while I am there.

Caroline Nachazel Odds & Ends Reporter 520•621•3106 editor@wildcat.arizona.edu

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This fellow was selected King Puck on Monday in Killorglin, Ireland, a country where St. Patrick’s Day is a religious celebration.

Arts Editor Brandon Specktor

Monopoly fanatics have a Monopoly on weirdness Almost everyone has played Monopoly, but for some people it’s a way of life.

In fact, some people have gone so far as to have their backs tattooed with a complete Monopoly board, while others have decorated their bathrooms in a Monopoly scheme.

Filmmaker Kevin Tostado isn’t that obsessed, but he still dreams of being a Monopoly champion and representing the U.S. in the world championships in 2013.

But besides playing the game,

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he’s done a bit of gamesmanship.

You see, by interviewing the best players for his new documentary, “Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story,” he was able to get all sorts of tips for strategies that have improved his game.

“I’ve been wanting to play in the U.S. championship ever since I was 12,” Tostado told AOL News.

“Growing up, Monopoly was always around. I played it with my family and I liked it since I was good at math.”

That was 14 years ago, but

•Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls, however, don’t seem to have this problem.

•The murder rate in the United States is about four times greater than in Japan, where no private citizen can legally buy a handgun.

•Halifax, in Nova Scotia, Canada, has the largest bar per capita than anywhere else in the world.

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Aries (March 21 - April 19) — Today is a 7 — There’s a time to be nurturing with your friends, and a time to be alone and focus on yourself. You can have both. Trust your instincts.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) — Today is a 7 — Express the love you have for your community. It’s a good time to plan a neighborhood garden exchange or block party. Embrace change: It brings you luck.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) — Today is a 7 — Love is triumphant again. It’s time for an expedition to a faraway land, or to your artistic side. Paint, draw, play with colors, even if unsure.

Explore.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) — Today is a 7 — Be thankful for what you’ve got. The end of one idea can represent the birth of another. Clear your thoughts with some quiet time. It all works out.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Accepting other people’s differences allows for amazing partnership.

There’s always something to learn. Pay attention to your surroundings to chart the terrain.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Love is the game and the prize. Work also holds both the game and the prize. Learn to balance both today. Friends are impressed by this

Campus Events Off-Campus Housing Fair! March 1-2, 10am -3pm UA Mall. Get moving, and get info and insight for successful off-campus living without leaving campus. FREE door prizes, games, refreshments and details from Tucson apartment complexes, property management firms, real estate agencies and key local businesses and services.

Tuesday Talks: Should Government Regulate Food Advertising to Children? March 1 at 11am-12pm in the main library.

Public Library Bookmobile @ UA. March 1 from 11am-2pm on the UA mall, east of Old Main.

Arizona Men’s Baseball vs. Rice on March 1 & 2 at 6pm at Frank Sancet Field. Call 520-621-CATS for ticket information.

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Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Check in with a favorite friend or sibling.

Try a new art or practice today: abstract painting, veggie roasting, karate kicking — the possibilities are endless.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Follow mom’s advice to win. Home is where the heart is, especially today. Pay attention to the ghosts of the past, then make your own decision.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Demand the facts and get them, to figure out what’s next. Work on that novel, poem or letter that you’ve

Multimedia Editor Johnny McKay Web Director Colin Darland Asst. News Editors Bethany Barnes Jazmine Woodberry Asst. Sports Editors Michael Schmitz Asst. Photo Editor Mike Christy Asst. Arts Editor Heather Price-Wright Asst. Copy Chief Kristen Sheeran News Reporters Mariah Davidson Brenna Goth Steven Kwan Eliza Molk Lucy Valencia Alexander Vega Michelle Weiss Sports Reporters Kyle Arps Vince Balistreri Nicole Dimtsios Ryan Dolan Kelly Hultgren Tyler Johnson Daniel Kohler Kevin Nadakal Zack Rosenblatt Bryan Roy Alex Williams Kevin Zimmerman Arts & Feature Writers Remy Albillar Miranda Butler Christy Delehanty Kim Kotel Jason Krell Steven Kwan Kellie Mejdrich Kathleen Roosa Johanna Willet Dallas Williamson Jazmine Woodberry

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been waiting to write. You’ve got the words.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Money comes easily. Nevertheless, get even more efficient. A penny saved is better than two earned.

It’s easier and faster. Don’t forget to rest.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — You’re irresistible. Kindness gives you an inner glow. You can do anything you want. What do you want for other people? What do you want for yourself?

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) — Today is a 7 — The day can be more challenging than you wanted it to be. Stick to it. You’re rewarded with sweet satisfaction and experience points.

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Tostado, 26, put his dream aside to pursue an engineering degree at Olin College near Boston and then went into filmmaking to work on projects such as webisodes for the now-canceled sci-fi series “Heroes.”

But he never forgot his love for Monopoly. He even dressed up for Halloween as its iconic character, “Mr. Monopoly,” whose top hat and handlebar mustache was modeled on early 20th century robber baron J.P. Morgan.

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•Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines in attempts to get free merchandise.

•The three wealthiest families in the world have more assests than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.

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Columnists Storm Byrd Nyles Kendall Mallory Hawkins Caroline Nachazel Heather Price-Wright Andrew Shepherd

Campus Events Campus Events Women of the UA-Our History is Our Strength – A Conversation &Exhibit Mar 1, 5:30pm – 7:30pm at the UA Main Library. Join the University Libraries and the WRC for a conversation with Dr. Myra Dinnerstein, the founding director of the UA Women’s Studies Department, and Dr. Sally Stevens, the current Executive Director of the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW), to reflect on the rich history of women at the UA. Light refreshments will be served. Main Library – University Blvd at Cherry Avenue. Part of Women’s Herstory Month 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 10am-5pm. $5.

520-621-6302 The Charles Darwin Experience Mar 1, 10:00pm – 11:30pm. Student Improv Comedy Group. Free Upper Division Writing Workshop on Mar. 1, 4pm-5pm in Psychology, rm 306.

College of Science Lecture Series: Cosmic Origins March 1 from 7pm-8pm in Centennial Hall.

“Treasures of the Queen” Exhibit at UA Mineral Museum Feb. 06 — May 31 1601 E. University Blvd. 520-6214516 The UA Mineral Museum presents a special exhibition celebrating historic Bisbee and collections of rare Bisbee minerals, including specimens from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

Exhibit Commemorates Stewart Lee Udall Legacy “I’m for Stew: The Life and Times of Stewart Lee Udall” will be on display through June 15 in the gallery at Special Collections at the University Libraries, located at 1510 E. University Blvd.

Peace Corps Fellows/ USA 50th Anniversary Exhibition Feb 15 – Mar 4 in the Kachina Gallery. While overseas, Volunteers are inherently exploring their sense of place...and pace. Their thoughts, ideals and values are often evolving, in transition, and in conflict.

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.

Music

The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Concert March 1 at 7:30pm in Crowder Hall. Admission is $5.

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

Of Note

The third annual Tucson Festival of Books—March 12 & 13, 2011 Free and open to the public, this two day festival endorses the community celebration of reading and knowledge by featuring hundreds of authors, publishers, and exhibitors.The Tucson Festival of Books is sponsored by the Arizona Daily Star, the University of Arizona and University Medical Center (UMC). It is planned and staged by an all-volunteer group of Tucson community, commercial, civic and educational leaders. Proceeds from the event benefit literacy efforts in Southern Arizona.Tucson FestivalofBooks.org

To sponsor this calendar, or list an event, email calendar@dailywildcat.com or call 621.3425 Deadline 3pm 2 business days prior to publication

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Washington or No. 3 BYU. Sure, the way Southern California and UCLA manhandled Arizona in the paint this weekend wasn’t a good sign at all — steps backward never are.

But in the process of a growing young team, it was silly to think the streaking Wildcats, with three former USC commits and a number of Los Angeles-area members, would be “Going Back To Cali� without an ego the size of The Notorious B.I.G. Human nature allowed success to catch up with a team who has no player with significant NCAA Tournament experience on the roster. No matter what Miller said, there was no way to stop the Wildcats’ heads from swelling like balloons and drifting high enough for the atmospheric pressure of the top 10 to pop them.

Well, nothing other than losing.

Back down to Earth they go.

Though his coach said no loss is a good thing, forward Kevin Parrom said losing to USC might be a good thing, hinting the Wildcats needed to face some adversity before the postseason.

It’s not so bad though. Last time I checked, McKale Center is back, and against an Oregon Duck team that has found a groove and an Oregon State squad with nothing to lose , the Wildcats have two games left.

In both, they have everything to lose, and, who knows, a little pressure might help them refocus.

Being among the last group of reporters to leave the old Pauley Pavilion Saturday, I tweeted a photo of the empty arena to my personal Twitter account. “Did they clean the Arizona bodies off the floor?� replied @ StatFreak101.

In fact, they did.

ended their threat.

The game ended with a 6-0 win for Arizona, but the lack of capitalizing on opportunities is something Candrea said he knows the Wildcats will need if they hope to go far this season. “We’re still a long ways away from playing the game we need to be competitive in the Pac-10 and later on down the road,�

Candrea said.

For now, Candrea said his team needs to find its identity.

With exactly one month remaining until the Wildcats open Pac10 play at Stanford, Arizona is trying to match winning with playing with a winning attitude every game. “(It’s) a lack of I don’t know.

(I’m) trying to put my finger on it right now,� Candrea said. “We have a lot of growing to do in all facets of the game.�

— Kevin Zimmerman is a journalism senior. He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu.

Chambers watch

Catcher Stacie Chambers hit home runs in Arizona’s wins against Loyola Marymount and Virginia. The long ball against the Lions was her third grand slam of the season. She leads the Wildcats with eight jacks on the year and is just 10 shy of the Arizona record and 15 shy of the NCAA record.

SEEMANN continued from page 11 first-timers ranging all the way up to age 28.

Seemann and the team arrived in Beijing in early August and competed shortly after. Not only was she in a foreign country, she was also with coaches and swimmers foreign to her. Seemann remembers maintaining composure up until the final moments before she walked onto the deck to race. “I was calm that day until right before my event,� Seemann said. “The coaches were like, ‘Wow, your coach would be so proud of you

FOOTBALL BRIEF

Walters promoted

The search for a secondary coach for the Arizona Wildcats football team ended with an inhouse name on Monday.

Head coach Mike Stoops announced Ryan Walters as the Wildcats’ new secondary coach. Walters served a year as Arizona’s defensive graduate assistant during the 2010 season. “After exploring our options, I felt Ryan (Walters) is the best fit at this time for our team,�

Stoops said in a press release. “He brings a youthful energy to the staff and solid knowledge of our system. We’re able to continue preparations for spring ball immediately.�

The announcement came after Duane Akina chose to return to the University of Texas Longhorns after Stoops hired him early February.

Walters is the second youngest current football coach in the Pacific 12 Conference. “Obviously I’m more than excited about getting this job and opportunity and the fact Coach Stoops has the confidence to hire me,� Walters said. “I have a lot to prove and this is and how calm you are.’�

However, they didn’t see her in the ready room. “I didn’t freak out until I walked into the ready room and I was by myself,� Seemann said. “From there on out, it was all my doing. I walked in there and looked around, and I had no idea of what I was supposed to do.�

Seemann endured her race, but she didn’t perform as well as she had hoped to, and after the Olympics, Seemann needed a break. By age 16, Seemann had already accomplished what many swimmers seek to work toward their entire careers, but unlike those swimmers, she wasn’t already focusing on the 2012 games.

BASEBALL continued from page 12 “I’m really excited ‌ I know they’re a good team,â€? said the Las Vegas native. “Hopefully, we can go out and compete and take two games.â€?

Finding the ‘pen Ryan Walters Secondary football coach a great situation for that.�

Walters is only 25 years old and played collegiate ball at the University of Colorado at Boulder, for four seasons under former-Wildcats secondary coach Greg Brown. He played 46 games for the Buffaloes, who will enter the Pac-12 next season.

Returners for the secondary include cornerbacks Robert Golden, Trevin Wade and Jonathan McKnight as well as safeties Marquis Flowers and Adam Hall. “We have a great group of players in the secondary, a good mix of veterans and young talent,� Walters said. “I’ll be working tirelessly to get the job done the way it’s supposed to get done.� —Nicole Dimstios She had college on the brain.

According to Seemann, not many American schools recruit internationally for swimming, so she took matters into her own hands.

She had her eye on Arizona. “I knew some swimmers, I loved the program and I loved Frank (Busch),â€? Seemann said. “I really loved the program ‌ so I contacted them.â€?

Head coach Frank Busch welcomed her into the program.

However, not everything about her transition was easy. Seemann didn’t have health on her side at the beginning of the semester, as she was diagnosed with mono. “I thought I was out of shape for

Even though Arizona’s team ERA is a miniscule 0.68, Lopez still has concerns about the pitching staff.

Lopez is still trying to figure out the team’s middle-relief roles, and who is going to get the ball to closer Bryce Bandilla . “I wish I could have thrown more guys (over the weekend),�

Lopez said, “but it’s hard to take guys out of a game when they’re throwing shutouts through 6 innings every time out.�

Lopez is going to get a chance to see what his middle-relievers have to offer against Rice if he ends up going with Heyer and Simon as his two starters on low pitch counts.

IF YOU GO

What: No. 18 Arizona vs. No. 22 Rice When: Tuesday and Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Where: Frank Sancet Stadium a long time, because I had taken a couple weeks off,� Seemann said. “I got diagnosed at the beginning of October, and I don’t think I started swimming until the beginning of November. There was a solid week I laid in my bed and didn’t move, I was sleeping like 16 hours a day and when I was awake, I would just lay there.�

Fast-forward to today, Seemann is healthy and continuing to improve.

With the 2012 Olympics a year away, is Seemann up for round two? “Wow, 2012, you know what, it will be just as hard as the first time,�

Seemann said. “People say you’ve done it once, you can do it again, but it’s hard every single time.�

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A. Despite the fact that people tend to focus on their differences, oral herpes (HSV-1, which stands for herpes simplex virus) and genital herpes (HSV-2) are very similar. In fact, these two clinically indistinguishable viruses are so alike that even their preferred area of infection can flip flop. This is especially true of oral herpes, which can infect the genitals during oral sex. You read that right: a person with oral herpes (cold sores) can transmit the virus to their partner’s genitals while “going down” on them.

Genital herpes is most likely to spread during sex without visible symptoms. That means that you may be at risk even though your partner doesn’t have an outbreak, due to asymptomatic shedding of the virus. On the other hand, there’s a very good chance your partner doesn’t know they have genital herpes to begin with, since of the estimated one in five Americans that have HSV-2, 90% are not aware of their infection. Oral herpes is even more common, with 50-80% of the population testing positive for it – many of them being first exposed as children through a social kiss.

The main difference between HSV-1 and HSV-2 tends to be related to our perceptions of the viruses. Oral herpes is seen as the “good one” that results in cold sores or fever blisters on the mouth, while genital herpes is often viewed as the “bad one” that infects below the belt.

The reality is more complex.

While there is no cure for either type of herpes, antiviral medication can help speed healing, decrease pain and virus transmission, and even prevent future outbreaks. Fortunately, outbreaks tend to lessen over time on their own and many people may be able to identify and avoid factors that trigger them. Managing stress, getting enough sleep, eating well and engaging in physical activity are all good ways to help keep herpes dormant, thereby preventing outbreaks.

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arizona daily wildcat • tuesday, march 1, 2011 • Lindsay Seemann proclaimed she would be an Olympian when she was young. Now a Wildcat, Seemann hopes to return to the Olympics after competing in 2008.

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Born to swim

Seemann’s youthful ambition paying off

By Kelly Hultgren Arizona Daily Wildcat When 11-year-old Lindsay Seemann announced she was going to make the 2008 Olympic team in four years, she wasn’t stating it as a goal, but as a fact.

Four years later, Seemann was in Beijing, China, representing her home country, Canada, in the 2008 Olympic games.

“When I was 11 and said that I was going to make the 2008 Olympic team, it was clearly ridiculous, stupid and naive to say, but I did it,” said Seeman, who’s finishing up her freshman season as a Wildcat. “Even right after I did it, I was like, ‘How the hell did I do that and why would I even think it was possible.’”

Seemann’s journey began with backyard swimming lessons that progressed into her joining a club team at the age of six.

After only five years of swimming competitively, Seemann’s passion and confidence in the sport was evident with her Olympics proclamation.

“Even the year before, in the fall of (2007),

I still said I was going to make the Olympic team in (2008),” Seemann said. “The only person I had told that to was my coach, and I had told him that I was going to make the 200 backstroke, the time I wanted, which was the “A” standard, and everything just panned out perfectly. At trials, I had a fantastic meet.”

Seemann’s future predictions came true, and at 15, she was the youngest swimmer on Canada’s team, racing in the 200 backstroke just like she had set out to do. After qualifying, she realized she needed to mature.

“From there on out, things were crazy. My maturity level had to spike in three months,” Seemann said. “My whole mentality around swimming changed, because I was around all these older people for our team, who had gone through so much more than me and who had tried to make the Olympic team many more times than I had.”

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Wildcats finish fifth

By Kelly Hultgren Arizona Daily Wildcat Arizona’s No. 7 women’s swim and dive team placed fifth at the 2011 Pacific 10 Conference Championships on Saturday at the Weyerhaeuser King Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.

Stanford was the champion of the fourday meet, followed by California, Southern California and UCLA. Head coach Frank Busch went into the meet knowing these would likely be the results.

“I didn’t expect a whole lot, maybe fourth would have been the best we finished,” Busch said. “It’s not a meet we put all of our eggs in, the next one is. If we don’t do well at the NCAA’s, then I’ll be very disappointed.”

Despite mentioning room for improvement in some races, Busch said he is optimistic about the next meet.

Day one

On the first night of the championships, Arizona got off to a shaky start when it was disqualified in one of the first two events. In the 200-yard medley relay, sophomore Ellyn Baumgardner showed her eagerness to win by leaving too early from the blocks.

“It should never happen,” Busch said.

“It cost us probably fifty some points, you don’t make those mistakes. We lost the national championships two years ago because of that mistake.”

Redemption came on the 800y medley team comprised of junior Alyssa Anderson, freshman Margo Geer, sophomore Monica Drake and freshman Sarah Denninghoff took fourth in the event. It was the first time the four swimmers raced in this event all season.

Day two

After strong performances in the preliminaries, Anderson, Geer and freshman Samantha Pickens had standout times on

the second night of championship racing and diving.

It was battle of the siblings for Anderson, who had qualified earlier that day in the 500y freestyle by beating out her younger sister, Haley Anderson, of USC. However, Haley Anderson took the reins in the championship race, making her older sister the runner-up.

“It’s not a spoken rivalry, it’s just kind of understood,” Alyssa Anderson said. “I’m happy for her and excited, but of course it stings when you lose, especially to your sister. Of course the goal is to win, but if it had to be someone, I’m glad it was her — keep it in the family.”

Alyssa Anderson said regarding her mother choosing sides, “My mom hates going to the meets, she’s like ‘I just cant do it, it’s too hard.”

Day three and four

On the final night of racing, the Pac10 honored Busch with a video montage showing other conference coaches’ admiration, praise and well wishes. Busch will be leaving Arizona at the end of the season to take over as USA Swimming’s national team director position.

“I had no idea about it, it was really nice,” Busch said. “I’ve known most of those coaches for a long time.”

After his standing ovation, the racing began. Senior Susana Helms brought in Arizona’s first points of the night by placing sixth in the 1,650y freestyle.

Following Helms, Denninghoff placed third in the 200y backstroke, while freshman Aubrey Peacock took fifth.

Alyssa Anderson, who brought in the most points for the Wildcats over the course of the meet, placed fifth in the 200y butterfly championship heat. The women’s team is now back at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, preparing for the national championships later this month.

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BASEBALL ANALYSIS

What we learned

By Alex Williams ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

After the Arizona baseball team rallied to take two of three from Long Beach State, the Wildcats are sitting at 5-1 heading into today’s much-anticipated showdown with Rice University. Here are three things we learned from Arizona’s first roadtrip of the season:

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Pitcher Kurt Heyer is usually reserved for Friday-night starts, but head coach Andy Lopez didn’t discount starting his ace tonight against No. 22 Rice. Whether or not Heyer gets the call, the Arizona pitching staff will have its hands full with Owls third baseman Anthony Rendon.

By Alex Williams ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT It’s not often that two top-25 baseball teams square off in non-conference action, but No. 18 Arizona will get that chance when it hosts No. 22 Rice University for a two-game set on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Games like this, that’s what you come to Arizona for,” said 10th season head coach Andy Lopez . “You hope you can play a lot of ranked people and measure up with them … our guys are going to be excited.”

Arizona (5-1) is coming off of a series in which it took two of three from Long Beach State and continued its dominant pitching performance.

Although Lopez hadn’t decided on who his starting pitchers are going to be as of

Monday afternoon, he said that throwing Kurt Heyer and Kyle Simon — the team’s top two starters — was an option against the Owls (5-3) .

“It’s not an outrageous idea for Heyer and Simon to go out there and have lower pitch counts,” Lopez said. “Those would usually be their days to throw a bullpen, so maybe they’ll get out there in live action.”

Neither pitcher has given up more than two runs in an outing, though Heyer took the loss in Friday’s 2-1 pitcher ’s duel at Long Beach State.

Should Heyer get the nod as the starter in one of the games, it would set up a marquee showdown with Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon — Baseball America’s 2010 player of the year and predicted choice as the No. 1 pick in the

Burning bandwagon?

Despite bad losses, Arizona’s fate still in good shape

COMMENTARY BY Kevin Zimmerman sports writer

If I’m trying to get people’s gut reaction on any issue from pop culture to Arizona men’s basketball, I can always count on Twitter.

So after two surprisingly mediocre losses this weekend, the reaction to the Wildcats fell into two categories. Some fans thought No. 18 Arizona’s slip-ups were an anomaly and last week’s No. 10 ranking was a true mark of the Wildcats’ achievements. “@WildcatHoops … Were not over rated we had a couple bad games thats it!” @TaylorRose14 tweeted at us during UCLA game.

Others left the weekend thinking the Wildcats are in big trouble. “@WildcatHoops Right now, I don’t see the Cats winning the PAC. UCLA peakin at right time,” @thebellows wrote afterward.

Neither of these are the reality. The truth lies somewhere in between.

The Wildcats control their own destiny, one that if you take a step back and look at in perspective, shouldn’t cause you to hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband because Arizona is losing

to everybody out here.

Arizona’s reality, as it was during the preseason, is a young team with a young star.

The Wildcats will make the best of it.

In a Pacific 10 Conference dry of talent, or at least national respect, the Wildcats needed to run off a strong winning streak to even be considered for an NCAA Tournament berth, thanks to a weak schedule.

Check.

They’d need to win close to 75 percent of their conference games and reach the 25-win mark to do so, tasks that former head coach Lute Olson didn’t accomplish during three of his last four seasons in Tucson.

Almost check.

At 12-4 in the Pac-10 and holding strong with a No. 19 overall RPI, the Wildcats are still ahead of expectations. They can even afford dropping two in a row now, all thanks to the previous eight-game winning streak.

It shouldn’t be surprising, either.

Head coach Sean Miller said he saw a storm brewing in the Wildcats’ defensive execution well before Thursday. Youth means inconsistency, and while winning has made it appear as though UA is consistent, there’s still a ways to go.

This team can drop a close game to a troubled Oregon State squad or against currentNo. 2 Kansas. The Wildcats can also get blasted by an unranked ZIMMERMAN, page 9

2011 MLB Draft.

As highly touted as Rendon is, he won’t be the only player putting up offensive numbers at Frank Sancet Stadium this week. Arizona is averaging almost eight runs per game, and the emergence of freshman left fielder Johnny Field is a big reason why.

Field is hitting .421 on the young season and is second on Arizona’s squad with 15 total bases . Field said adjusting to college baseball at its highest level hasn’t been too difficult for him.

“It’s not too big of a difference from where I played to now,” Field said. “The game’s a little quicker but that’s about it.”

Field added that he’s looking forward to taking the field against one of the top programs in America.

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1. Arizona’s rotation is deep Kurt Heyer gets the recognition as the workhorse in Arizona’s rotation, but Kyle Simon and Tyler Hale are turning into two of the better Saturday and Sunday starters in the country. Heyer, Simon and Hale have combined to pitch 42.2 innings in two starts each, with a WHIP of only 0.76. The starters have been so effective that the bullpen has seen only 10.1 innings of work so far, with Matt Chaffee seeing 5.1 of those.

2. Jett Bandy is human The preseason All-America selection at catcher by Louisville Slugger/TPX has struggled out of the gate in 2011. He’s hitting .174 through six games, including a key failed sacrifice bunt attempt in the season’s only loss. After hitting .354 a year ago, struggling — at least until now — is foreign to Bandy. Credit Bandy for not letting his struggles at the plate affect him in the field — he’s been in charge of the Arizona pitching staff that has racked up a microscopic ERA of 0.68.

3. Johnny Field won the battle in left It’s not that Bobby Brown or Bobby Rinard struggled in the competition with the freshman to start in left field while Steve Selsky is nursing a broken bone in his hand, it’s that Field is playing so well that head coach Andy Lopez can’t take him out of the lineup.

Field is hitting .421 through six games, the third highest average on the team, and is also in second with 15 total bases. The freshman credits his high school’s competitive schedule for helping him make the transition to college baseball almost seamlessly.

SOFTBALL ANALYSIS

Not ready for the spotlight Arizona’s struggles against elite teams concerning

By Nicole Dimtsios ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT If having a winning attitude was the only measure of success, the Arizona Wildcats wouldn’t be among the top teams in college softball. At least, not according to head coach Mike Candrea.

“Sometimes we don’t play like we’re 14-2 ,” he said.

“Sometimes we play the game like we’re 2-14.”

Arizona, with a No. 1 preseason ranking and a strong core of returning players, looked poised to battle confidently through pre-conference season before reaching the toughest league schedule in the nation, the Pacific 10 Conference.

Three weeks into the season, Candrea had some lingering questions about the Wildcats’ consistency.

Although the weekend saw four out of five wins for the Wildcats, Candrea said he saw some questionable play in Palm Springs, Calif., this weekend.

“We had a little timely hitting, but not enough,” Candrea said.

“We weren’t able to sustain our energy.

“That kind of concerns me a little bit. We need a lot more consistency and passion to play at this high level.”

The Wildcats picked up a 4-1 win on Friday against Louisiana State University, but it wasn’t what Candrea said he considered “dominant.” Sophomore pitcher Kenzie Fowler had to work out of three bases-loaded situations throughout the game, and the Arizona batters were only able to record three hits.

Candrea said he is currently

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Head coach Mike Candrea’s plan of spelling starting pitcher Kenzie Fowler with freshman Shelby Babcock should help preserve Fowler’s arm down the stretch, but Babcock has struggled against elite competition like Oklahoma. The Wildcats are 14-2.

searching for a viable eight-hole hitter to help solidify the bottom of the lineup and drive in runs to give the Wildcats the opportunity to put games away early in the contest.

Arizona repeated its lackluster offense against Georgia on Saturday, again recording three hits, but seeing different results.

The Bulldogs handed Arizona its third run-rule loss of the year, 8-0 in five innings on Saturday.

Fowler suffered from flu-like symptoms and freshman pitcher Shelby Babcock was forced to enter the game after just one inning. Babcock, who was touted as Fowler’s reliable back up, hasn’t been able to answer the call against top-rank teams so

far this season. According to Candrea, Babcock’s downfall begins with her inability to find the strike zone early in the count.

“I don’t think she has enough command right now,” Candrea said. “She tends to shoot herself in the foot.”

At 14-2, the Wildcats are still among the top teams in the nation, but the way the games are being played is what’s concerning, Candrea said.

Against Loyola Marymount University, the Wildcats had the opportunity to cash in when they loaded the bases in the second inning via a walk, hit and error.

Three straight outs, however, SOFTBALL, page 9