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Students: licensed to marry

By Eliza Molk ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The Universal Life Church Monastery has ordained more than 20 million ministers online since its inception, and 104 of them come from the UA. Why let just anyone, like a UA student, perform weddings, baptisms or funerals?

George Freeman, the chaplain of the ULC Monastery, said that the better question is why not.

“The most important thing about a wedding is that it is a commitment of two people destined to spend the rest of their life together,” he said. “Why can’t your brother, sister or favorite uncle marry you?”

Freeman explained that ministers are often strangers to the couple getting married, and that having a family member

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Till the wall comes down College Republicans erect memorial honoring fallen border patrol agents

By Lucy Valencia ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Bolting and hammering until 2 a.m., about 15 members of the UA College Republicans built a memorial for border patrol agents and law enforcement officers who have lost their lives near the Mexican-American border.

The memorial was a direct response to the nearly 1,000foot mock border wall running along the south side of the UA Mall, paid for by various student groups.

Trey Terry, a political science sophomore and director of communications for the UA College Republicans, called the mock border wall “leftist

propaganda.” He said many students have complained about the fence getting in their way when going to class.

According to Zach Saxman, a freshman majoring in marketing and entrepreneurship, the 112 flags in glass containers on the memorial serve as a reminder of border patrol agents who have lost their lives. Bundles of

fake red and white roses were placed between each container.

Located on the north side of the Mall, the structure is eight feet long, 10 feet wide and covered in blue cloth. It is about 4 feet tall, with a flag at the top that heightens it another 4 feet.

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Tanning not a beauty secret

By Michelle Weiss ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Students have returned from spring break with bronze skin, ready to visit the pool as the warm temperatures rise.

Ultraviolet light causing skin cancer is not a new discovery, yet people continue trying to achieve the “perfect tan” during the sunny seasons. Whether lying in tanning beds or in the sun, the same dangers are present.

Students probably tan because they want to look good, said Caroline Mills, a pre-nursing freshman . Mills said she wears sunscreen and doesn’t care to go tanning.

“Some people feel like they look better if they’re tan,” said Erin Gazecki, a psychology freshman .

Gazecki said tanning is relaxing and feels good on her skin.

She occasionally tans outside, but not in tanning beds.

“There’s no amount of sunlight or ultraviolet that’s totally safe,” said Dr. Robert Segal , a dermatologist at the TANNING, page A2

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Protesters against a proposed tuition hike and state cuts to education gathered in front of the UA Administration building on Wednesday. The rally was led by members of the Arizona Students’ Association.

Students rally against cuts Arizona Students’ Association led protests on campus, across the state against tuition and fee hikes in response to budget shortfall

By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Students and community members spoke out against proposed budget cuts to higher education, chanting, “Can’t survive 235,” during a rally at Alumni Plaza on Wednesday.

The Arizona Senate released a budget proposal cutting $235 million from Arizona universities on March 16. The Arizona Students’ Association responded by organizing rallies against the cuts at campuses across the state.

The Senate’s cut is $65 million more than that proposed by Gov. Jan Brewer. The UA will receive a $92 million cut under the Senate’s budget proposal.

Around 400 members of the UA community gathered to listen to speakers, sign petitions and make

paper chains to create a “chain of death” in resistance.

“I came to the University of Arizona four years ago because I believed I could stay in-state and get a quality education for a low cost,” said Emily Fritze, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. “It’s hard to believe that in such a short period of time, the state has cut the University of Arizona alone (by) $100 million.”

Affordability is one of the main reasons students from Arizona stay in state, said Daniel Hernandez, a director of the Arizona Students’ Association.

“When the state Legislature cuts us, we no longer have education that’s as nearly free as possible,” he said.

Undeclared freshman Alex McClellan said the increases in

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tuition resulting from budget cuts will affect her college career. She said she receives the Pell Grant but still has to borrow money from her family.

“I am scared to have to take out a loan,” McClellan said. “Because of that, I think I’m a financial burden, not only to my family but to myself. I need to start taking out loans soon because of all these increases.”

It is not the job of students to balance the state budget, said Emily Connally, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Even large increases in tuition cannot offset the budget cuts, she said.

“The only benefit to cutting higher education is to keep the populous stupid,” she said.

The proposed cuts could also affect the community. The UA

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depends on its funding for research and innovation, Connally said.

“Our research guides progress,” she said. “No funds, no research, no future.”

Cutting funding for higher education could affect future generations, according to Ann-Eve Pedersen, president of the Arizona Education Network. Pedersen has a son in fourth grade and said she is worried about his generation.

“I’m very concerned,” she said.

“I’m concerned that if the state Legislature follows through with these cuts, skyrocketing tuition is going to make it impossible for young people like my son to attend college here.”

Pedersen suggested students contact local CEOs about the effect these cuts will have on businesses.

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Tanning ages the skin and increases the risk of skin cancer, he said. While non-melanoma skin cancers are most common, melanoma cancers are more dangerous, Segal said. Segal sees approximately 25 nonmelanoma cancers a day and one melanoma cancer a week.

Melanoma, which is the most dangerous type of skin cancer, can spread to different places such as the heart or the brain, sometimes without warning.

“It’s just so scary because young people can get it,” Segal said. “It’s frightening.”

Melanoma occurs mostly in older people but can also occur in children, teens and adults in their 20s, he said. Nonmelanomas occur almost exclusively in older people.

A child born today in America has about a one in 67 chance of getting melanoma during his or her lifetime, Segal said. This is a high risk, he said, but melanomas are luckily being caught earlier.

“I work at a clinic with a lot of high-risk skin cancer patients and a lot of them used tanning beds when they were younger,” said Lisa Quale, the health educator at the Skin Cancer Institute, “and they’re

thinking that’s probably where their skin cancers are coming from now.”

Non-melanoma skin cancers are generally sores that don’t heal, Segal said. The sores tend to be located where the sun hits the hardest, such as the face, neck and back.

Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma are the two most common nonmelanoma cancers, according to Segal. They are less aggressive than melanoma and affect different layers of the skin, Quale said. Generally, they don’t metastasize to other parts of the body, but squamous cell carcinoma has shown to do so on occasion.

A dark brown or black spot that changes color is a sign of melanoma. Sometimes other colors such as red, white or blue are present, Segal said.

Melanoma usually develops on fresh skin but it can also develop from a pre-existing mole.

If someone already had a non-melanoma cancer, the chances of it coming back depend on how it was removed.

For example, if it was scraped out, the cure is 98 to 99 percent successful, Segal said.

“With melanomas, it depends on the depth, and how good the treatment was on the first pass,” he said. “About one out of 11 people with melanoma will die from it.”

Someone who has already had melanoma is very likely to get it again, Segal said, and it constantly needs to be monitored. After the treatment is finished, the patient has to come in every three months for several years to make certain the melanoma doesn’t come back, he said.

Segal said if someone has tan skin, they are getting too much sun.

“That tan is a protective mechanism, it’s not a beauty secret,” he said, “it’s a skin response to the harmful ultraviolet rays of telling the little pigment cells to make more pigment.”

The most dangerous time to be in the sun is mid-summer at noon, Segal said.

“If you’re standing up on level ground and your shadow is shorter than yourself, the sun is dangerous,” he said.

Quale recommends that people stop tanning and try spray tans as an alternative. Segal’s advice is that people wear sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 30 or more that has both chemical and physical blockers. He also gave advice for people that frequently tan.

“Save your money, because you’re going to need to see the dermatologist,” Segal said.

“You’re going to get skin cancers and you’re going to prematurely show aging.”

RALLY “You are advocating for the children who want to follow in your footsteps,” Pedersen said.

Students broadcasting this message to their friends and banding together with others across the state can make a difference, said Arizona Students’ Association Board Chair Elma Delic.

“We have a very, very strong voice in the state of Arizona,” she said.

Recent alumna Megan Young said she attended the rally because she has benefited from public education.

“When the economy is struggling, it’s not right to cut education,” she said. “It’s just going to get worse in the future if we don’t have educated people.”

Political science junior Shelly Jackson said she skipped French class to attend the rally.

“I have an AIMS (Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards) tuition waiver, but it doesn’t cover an increase in costs,” she said. “I can’t imagine paying more and more each year. If it’s this much this year, think of how much it’ll be in future years.”

Jackson said many of her classmates had not heard about the event.

“I feel like the rally today didn’t get enough (students),” she said. “People need to be doing more.”

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ASUA opposes ethnic studies law

By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT ASUA joined the list of groups to oppose the state Legislature’s law banning ethnic studies at its Wednesday meeting.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona passed a statement of opposition to the law, formerly House Bill 2281, and efforts to ban ethnic studies curriculum.

An unnamed UA coalition wrote the resolution against the law, which passed on May 11.

The Tucson Unified School District is being audited to see if its ethnic studies courses are in compliance with the law. If the audit finds the courses are not in compliance TUSD faces a 10 percent budget cut.

Sen. Dominick San Angelo said that, as someone who attended a TUSD school for all of his pre-collegiate education, he knows TUSD can use all the money they can get.

“I think that a 10 percent cut would be absolutely detrimental for what I see, for lack of a better word, a stupid reason,” San Angelo said.

Michael Weingartner, a member of the coalition and a sophomore majoring in creative writing and molecular and cellular biology, said that because the factors that qualify a course can also be used to disqualify it, the Arizona Department of Education and superintendent of public instruction are able to cut courses as they see fit.

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Bradford Melrose, a teaching and teacher education and educational leadership graduate student, has performed two weddings since joining the ranks of the 104 UA University Life Church ministers.

Melrose and his wife were married by a ULC-ordained minister, and a friend of his later asked Melrose to become ordained so he could perform the friend’s wedding.

“I made it informal and heartfelt rather than traditional,” Melrose said. “It (the ceremony) wasn’t ritualized, and

A course is considered not in compliance if it promotes the overthrow of the government or resentment toward a race or class of people, is designed for a specific group of students or advocates solidarity instead of treatment of students as individuals.

The law states that it does not affect courses that include the history of an ethnic group that are open to all students, courses that deal with controversial aspects of history, that teach about the Holocaust or other genocides, or the history of oppression of a particular ethnic group.

Attorney General Tom Horne helped write the law and has been attempting to end the TUSD ethnic studies program since 2006.

Francisco Lara García, a member of the coalition and a senior majoring in political science and Latin American studies, noted that if the texts used in the TUSD ethnic studies program are considered dangerous then the UA’s ethnic studies courses are at also risk. “(Horne’s) clearly going to target the university next because we’re doing the exact same thing,” Lara García said.

Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal has previously stated his belief that the ethnic studies ban should be extended to universities as well, though the bill only applies to elementary and secondary public schools.

ASUA also passed a statement of opposition against increased state budget cuts in higher education.

San Angelo, who wrote the it was a great time.”

The heartfelt part, he explained, was that he incorporated Beatles lyrics into the ceremony because the bride and groom were big fans of the Beatles.

Danielle Kazibutowski, a sophomore majoring in family studies and human development and ULC -ordained minister, will be officiating her first wedding for her best friend this summer. Kazibutowski said she became ordained to help out her best friend, after her friend’s parents “freaked out” over the interracial marriage.

“It seems really interesting with all of the different kinds of ways to perform weddings,” she said. “I am interested to keep going with it after my best friend’s (marriage).”

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Bryan Ponton, a club advocate for ASUA, addesses the ASUA Senate on Wednesday.

Ponton informed the board of upcoming events, including Spring Fling.

statement of opposition against the budget cuts, said that both statements of opposition were “a

good reminder on how important it is to vote on intelligent and effective leaders.”

She said the ministers’ social network blog on the website helped her learn why different people wanted to become ordained. She added that the blog is what initially interested her in performing weddings.

education and tolerance under the credo “we are all children of the same universe.”

Freeman explained that while some people have found their god or deity, others haven’t, and people must come together and search for something based on scientific evidence instead of biblical stories.

“What we (the University Life Church) are simply saying is that we need to search for an understanding,” Freeman said.

It is free to become an ordained minister through the University Life Church website. Once ordained, ministers have access to a ministers’ social network, a blog discussing social issues, and a ministerial training center.

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In order to build the memorial, the College Republicans raised $1,000 in 12 hours, according to Terry. The group then purchased materials from The Home Depot with the money and got to work.

Saxman designed a website in four hours, where donations could be made via PayPal. Terry, who works for former Republican congressional candidate Jesse Kelly, said he spread the word and got donations through political connections from his job. Terry said he also spoke on the radio, which helped raise money.

At noon, Terry and Saxman stood by the memorial and spoke to media outlets. At the same time, Elisa Meza, a junior studying English and Arizona Daily Wildcat columnist, hung up photographs on the mock border wall of Hispanic people singing, speaking publically and doing a number of activities.

Meza said the College Republicans’ opposition to the mock border wall was “a direct effect of not understanding the difference between you and another person.”

Raul Alcarez-Ochoa, a resident of Tucson, helped Meza secure pieces of yarn that ran through the photographs to the fence. He said that borders can also exist in the form of mental borders, and joked that he was surprised they didn’t ask for his papers at the end of the fence.

A few feet away, students stopped and used their phones to take pictures of the College Republicans’ memorial.

“We don’t like the wall. We’re against the mock wall being put up,” Saxman said. He added there is “a lot of inaccurate information” on the mock border wall.

Terry said he told members of the College Republicans to respect the mock wall and others’ opinions, though they do not see eye to eye. Terry added that he opposes members doing any harm to the wall.

According to Terry, the UA has told the College Republicans that they must take their memorial down each night or keep someone on watch at all hours of the day.

“We will gladly stay here 24/7 until they take that fence down,” he said, referring to the mock wall.

Coty Mckenzie, a student majoring in political science and history and state chairman of College Republicans, said he and Terry would be taking turns watching over the memorial tonight.

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In defense of Rebecca Black (seriously)

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can’t stop listening to Rebecca Black’s “Friday.”

At first it was because the song is so unbelievably, excellently bad. But soon, Black’s nasal, auto-tuned voice wormed its way into my soul. Now, I have to admit, I sort of love this song.

However, the pitchfork-wielding mob that is the Internet disagrees. Since Black’s song went viral last week, the 13-yearold amateur pop star has been lambasted from pretty much every corner. The song has repeatedly been called the worst song ever, with its accompanying music video receiving similar superlatives. Black has even received death threats, which just proves that people who comment online aren’t just evil, but have absolutely nothing going on in their lives.

The whole affair mostly makes me want to give Rebecca Black a hug. She’s 13 years old. She’s about to star in her school’s production of “Oklahoma!” She’s cute, but not “ew” cute. In fact, in the “Friday” video, Black’s wardrobe is classy, age appropriate, and, unlike the rest of the pre-pubescent pop tarts out there, not disgusting. She looks like a savvy, puttogether preteen. I didn’t even know those still existed.

The oft-maligned lyrics of “Friday” are, yes, pretty bad. But like Black’s appearance, they’re also refreshing. Black didn’t write them, and was offered a choice between two songs by Ark Music Factory, which produced the song and video. She chose “Friday” because, “The other song was about adult love — I haven’t experienced that yet.” A young woman entering the music industry who doesn’t want to sing about topics she feels are too mature for her? I think we might be able to call that unprecedented.

But the point shouldn’t be whether “Friday” sucks. It kind of does. What’s the last thing a non-professional 13-year-old entertainer produced that didn’t suck? Do any of the people blasting Black actually remember being 13? It sucked!

The bigger question is, what is Black’s video doing online? It’s disturbing any way you slice it. Either her parents are so attention hungry they exploited their daughter’s amateur music project; Ark Music Factory owns the video and gets to do whatever it wants, even and especially exploit its talent (the most likely scenario); or 13-year-old Rebecca Black has unrestricted, unmonitored Internet access and can unwittingly exploit herself.

The problem is how easy it is to misunderstand and misuse tools like YouTube, especially when there are children (and yes, a 13-year-old is still a child) involved. To Rebecca Black’s parents: What on Earth is your young daughter’s likeness doing all over the Internet? She isn’t a professional musician, and the song is pretty clearly not awesome. Why allow it to go online at all? The “Friday” video would be a great thing to own on DVD, maybe to show to agents if she ever decides to go pro. Someone could show it at the rehearsal dinner for her wedding. That’d be cute. But YouTube? Really? What did you people expect?

For that matter, other parents of the world: What is a video of your toddler mispronouncing the word “ass,” or accidentally mixing up the phrase “fire truck” or tripping out after a visit to the dentist doing online? It’s funny now, but that little munchkin is someday going to be a teenager, and then an adult. And that stuff doesn’t go away. Just because the video is no longer viral doesn’t mean it can’t still profoundly influence the rest of your child’s life. Do you really want people to ask your kid, “Hey, aren’t you ‘David after Dentist’?” forever?

The Internet is still kind of a new toy, so it’s understandable that people are still trying to navigate its usage. But some things should be sacred, even in our horrible culture. The stupid little video you made at age 13 shouldn’t get to define you, or haunt you for the rest of your life.

I’m sure Rebecca Black, who is quickly becoming my idol, will recover gracefully from this hiccup. But the adults in her life should be ashamed. And Rebecca, if you’re reading this, just know you’ll always be kickin’ it in the front seat of my heart.

— Heather Price-Wright is the assistant arts editor for the Daily Wildcat. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Mock wall misrepresents border issues

I just read Brenna Goth’s article: “Mock border wall blocks Mall,” and am amazed to hear that this project was actually approved! As a prior UA student, I would have been outraged if my route across campus was significantly impeded by a demonstration by a special interest group. The worst of it is the completely flawed logic of the concept: The groups responsible are equating illegal immigration to students crossing campus to get to their classes or go to lunch! As is obvious, UA students are authorized to move across campus

at will. There is no parallel between illegal border crossing and a student walking to class. Did the campus staff who authorized this demonstration also fail to detect this logical fallacy? What does that say about our institution of higher learning? Why is our university condoning such a sensational misrepresentation of the issue? I only wish that I was still attending UA so that I could participate in any effort to protest this ridiculous demonstration.

— Erik Nelson Former UA student

O nlin e C omm e nts On ‘Outcry over ‘Asians in the Library’ misguided’ (March 21):

Thank you Kristina for this article — you have put into words what I have been thinking all along; you can’t fight stupid with stupid. There is no question as to the offensiveness of her video, but I am equally disappointed in the resulting threats made to her personal safety. Her words and actions are not just a reflection of herself but of the need for better cultural awareness within the education system, including at the university level.

Some white UCLA students responded with their own video, saying that Wallace’s sentiments do not represent theirs, and that in fact, race is not discussed often at their school. Clearly, if ethnic diversity were encouraged as a topic for friendly discussion among students on campuses today, bigoted views like Wallace’s would be more successfully challenged.

— Sharon Xie

Broadcasting her racism to the world was the mistake … she may have been ignorant and childish but she was also racist. Why are her statements being marginalized and watered down to equate a mere mistake? I don’t think people, including Alexandra, are accurately identifying what the mistake was in the incident. How is a person mistakenly a racist? You don’t mistakenly think bigoted thoughts … thoughts are, by their very nature, intentional. She outed herself as bigot in very public and inappropriate way and is suffering the consequences of both her racism and stupidity … and the lessons that people may want her to learn will only happen if she has the capacity to learn them.

—­­Sonja Carlson

On ‘Guest Column: Mock wall aims for understanding’ (March 23):

No, the border is not prevalent for most

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of Tucson, because most of Tucson abides by the law, which the US government has every right to enforce. These people setting up the wall are stupid and naive and somehow believe that a government doesn’t have the right to protect its sovereignty. Countries are nothing without borders, and quite frankly, I find it offensive that these people are, in a way, advocating the destruction of our country.

— Kevin Wos I am sick of people conflating antisemitism with anti-zionism. They are absolutely NOT one and the same.

Finally the UA Wildcat publishes a piece written with a critical, analytical eye.

Dare I disclose my own Jewishness, but here I go: Critical Anti-Zionist Jews for Peace. I stand in strong solidarity with this article. Well-written, and fantastic work on the border wall interruption.

— Brooke Willock

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Borderline hoarders

N

ot to sound like a nagging mother, but now that spring has officially sprung, it is time for a little spring cleaning. Now is as good of a time as any to throw out the collection of old papers and exams that has been accumulating in your backpack for the past two semesters. Who knows, you might even find that missing notebook, or worse, a ziplock full of fermenting grapes. Ew! Besides, if you start the cleaning now, you’ll have one less thing to distract you when finals roll around in a few weeks.

Let’s start the cleaning in your car.

Assuming that you don’t live in the car, there’s no reason to have five outfits and 10 pairs of smelly-ass shoes strewn about.

Nobody, especially not your friends trying to get rides, is impressed by your never ending collection of empty water bottles and fast food trash. Maybe it’s time to call in a favor to the garbage man and see if he can arrange weekly pickups.

Anything is worth a try at this point.

This has already been said in another piece, but it warrants reiteration. If you

have shirts in your closet that bear the name of a university other than Arizona, say sayonara. You are an Arizona Wildcat, clearly not a proud one, but still you’re a Wildcat. You should wear UA all day, e’eryday … or at least on Fridays, according to Greg Byrne. We are in the Sweet Sixteen after all!

In case you haven’t already done so, say goodbye to your Bumpits, ladies.

Snooki is no longer relevant and neither is her hairstyle.

If you’re single (and not by choice) it is time to adopt the “out with the old and in with the new” philosophy for your hygiene cabinet. If you’re trying to score with a UA girl, there’s a 90 percent chance she is into the metro bro type.

Speaking of being single — I don’t want to rub it in, but you and your ex have been Facebook “official”ly over since the beginning of the semester.

That’s practically a decade by college relationship standards, which means you’ve been holding onto his sweatshirt for far too long. I know, I know; it used to smell just like him. Now, however, it

smells like stale cologne and salty tears.

Let it go. You’ll feel much better once you’ve donated it (or burned it if it was a bad breakup). If you don’t feel better, go buy yourself a new one that is actually your size and smells like an expensive department store.

You’ve done a good job of spring cleaning so far, but there’s one thing left — you must purge your freezer of the thinly iced bottles of tequila and vodka you’ve been holding on to for the past few weeks. By a normal college student’s standards, those bottles should have been consumed long before they reached the point of being frosty. The best way to carry out this purge is by throwing a party, duh.

So put on your new deodorant and newfound hairdo because it’s going to be a good night.

Who said spring cleaning can’t be fun?

— Mallory Hawkins is a communication senior. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Police beat alumnus arrested for marijuana

A non-UA affiliated man, who was reported being ejected from the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center in yesterday’s Police Beat, was arrested for marijuana possession on Monday.

A University of Arizona Police Department officer responded to a carwash on Sixth Street after receiving a report of a man with a knife from Tucson Police Department.

The officer made contact with the man and asked if he had a weapon in his backpack.

The officer then asked to search the bag for weapons, the man agreed to the search but said that he did not carry any.

Inside the backpack, the officer found a glass marijuana pipe with marijuana reside and a clear blue plastic grinder.

The man said that the pipe belonged to a friend who is currently not in Arizona.

He put the pipe into his backpack two months earlier and didn’t know that it was still there.

He admitted that the grinder was his and that he put in his bag a month prior, but had believed it to be lost.

The officer arrested the man for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, issued him a citation and released him on scene.

The marijuana was submitted into UAPD evidence.

When I think about books, I touch myself

A concerned non-UA affiliated student reported a suspicious individual who she said had been masturbating in the Science-Engineering Library on Monday.

A UAPD officer met with her near the entrance of the Science and Engineering Library.

Sometime last week, she said that she saw a man in his 20s put both of his hands inside of his pants and begin to touch his penis.

She said that the man was touching his penis in a manner consistent with masturbation — “stroking” it she said.

After a while, she alerted library staff of the incident.

Staff warned the man that it was against library policy for anyone to have their hands inside their pants.

The man was also not looking at pornography on the computer.

Early in the afternoon on Monday, she saw the same man and reported it to UAPD because she said that she felt uncomfortable again.

The officer searched in the building for the suspected man. He made contact with a suspect matching the woman’s description and escorted him to the entrance of the building.

She confirmed that he was the male that he saw the previous week.

The man was a UA student and said that last week he was using the computer but his crotch began to feel itchy.

Because of the itch, he put both of his hands into his pants pockets and began to itch his penis.

He said that he understood the difference between itching himself and masturbating, and insisted that he was itching himself.

Because he was a student, the officer informed her that he could not be excluded from the library.

This was not the first time that the man had been found with his hands in his pants at the UA. A report from over 2 years ago said that he was observed touching his penis inappropriately while in the Main Library.

However, he was not cited for any criminal charges.

Are you there vodka? It’s me Urinator

A non-UA affiliated man was arrested for criminal littering and nuisance after urinating in public on Monday.

A UAPD officer responded to the Student Union Memorial Center after an employee in the CatCard office noticed a man urinating near the tables on the north side of the union.

The officer made contact with the man and immediately noticed a smell of alcohol coming from him.

The officer told him that people had seen him urinate in public.

“I did, but I really needed to pee,” he said.

A records check on the man showed no previous warrants.

He was arrested for criminal littering and, for urinating so close to a public building where students eat, was also cited for criminal nuisance.

Less than one hour later, a few other officers found the man sitting on the stairs of Pima Residence Hall yelling loudly and drinking from a bottle of vodka.

Earlier, when he was charged with littering, the man was told to leave campus immediately.

“I’m just drinking and having a good time,” he said when asked why he had not left campus.

The officer then arrested him for consuming alcohol in public and loitering.

He was transported and booked into Pima County Jail.

The vodka bottle was disposed of at the scene.

Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. A complete list of UAPD activity can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.

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Please recycle your copy of the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

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TriCats secretary What would happen if I were to tell you that you could never leave this bike, for the rest of your life?

I’d kinda cry, but then I would realize that I love biking so it would be OK in the end.

How do you feel about those amateur bikers that are all over the place on campus, running over people’s heels?

Well it’s kind of annoying because people see them running into people and swerving all over the place and they just get mad at bikers in general, but really, not everyone is like that.

What is something you would never be caught dead wearing?

A mink coat. I love animals.

Have you ever been bike-streaking?

I’ve been streaking on a run, not a bike.

Going back to our first question, who would you want to be on this bike with you for eternity?

My boyfriend.

That’s it?

Maybe Ashton Kutcher.

I don’t want to cause any relationship drama with this interview …

Oh it’s fine, he goes to ASU.

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Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat visit Ellen DeGeneres on her show on Wednesday. Arizona gained the support of DeGeneres, who successfully picked the last two Super Bowl winners.

scheduled to begin March 27.

Since the errant messages were discovered shortly after 4 a.m.

Sunday, they have become a sort of mystery to Department of Transportation officials.

“It wasn’t obvious that someone broke into it,” said Jason Johnston, a DOT district construction engineer. “It’s not our board, so we can’t program. We can’t look at the records to see what happened.

And we don’t know if it was left unlocked.”

Ken Wilson, resident construction engineer for the state’s Lancaster County DOT, told The Herald that someone

would need to be physically present at the sign in order to tamper with it.

“It’s my understanding that they would need a key to get into the box and a certain code to change the wording,” Wilson said.

Wilson added that as far as mischief goes, a night of the living dead isn’t all that bad.

“The message could have been a lot worse than it was,” he said.

“In my opinion, it was a prank.

They could have put something more sinister, something causing more panic.”

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“Zombies Ahead,” “Watch for Hunters” and “Be Alert for Tanks” are the three warnings that drivers on Lancaster County’s S.C. 160 recently encountered from two seemingly tampered with electronic road signs, the Rock Hill Herald reports.

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Aries (March 21 - April 19) — Today is a 6 — If you gaze out farther into the distance, you’ll see not only the bend in the road, but also the signs, obstacles and stoplights ahead. Keep your hands on the wheel.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20) — Today is an 8 — Your adaptability has allowed for a regeneration of purpose that ultimately moves you up a rung on the career ladder. Travel to spread words of bright outlook.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re in the zone. You know just what to say.

Your career moves to a new level,

boosted by patience, thorough attention to detail and harmony at home.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22) — Today is a 7 — You’re good at what you do, and others are recognizing that. Your optimism and friendly nature add to the project.

Use diplomacy and attention to detail for best results.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — New ideas thrive with creativity.

The basic support is there, the groundwork already laid. Plant seeds and water them lovingly and patiently. Tend them well.

Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Your confidence rewards you with increased professional stature and increasingly interesting projects (and travel). Use diplomacy via the written word.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Clear communication between siblings and peers allows for harmony at home and work. This shows up in greater productivity, happiness and increased income.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Confident, adaptable and plugged in, you’re set up to move

Campus Events

An Uncommon Heroine: Scarlett, Edna, Sula--and More Than 20 Other of the Most Remarkable Women in Literature. March 24, 4:30pm – 5:30pm at the UA BookStores. Literature has provided us with some of the most unforgettable women in history, and Jamie Cox Robertson has compiled them in one book, covering women young and old, wise and weary, flamboyant and cunning, from Bronte’s Jane Eyre to Capote’s Holly Golightly. Join the author to discuss and celebrate the women we envy, admire, and are inspired by-generation after generation.

Real Women, Real Beauty Exhibition Mar 2 – 31. Student Union Gallery DescriptionChallenging the media’s unrealistic portrayal of women, these photographs of real UA women focus on the reclamation of the female form and celebrate realistic health. Exhibit open March 2-31st with an opening reception on March 9. Part of Women’s Herstory Month Rec Center classes open for registration: Small Group Yoga, Small Group Personal Training, TRX Training, and Fire Dancing. Register by Friday, March 25 at the Rec Center or call 621-8717 for more info.

Distinguished Speaker Series - Anil Kashyap March 24, 5:15 p.m. - 6 p.m. Anil Kashyap is the Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics and Finance, Richard N. Rosett Faculty Fellow for the Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago. His focus will be a Fathauer Lecture in Political Economy. A reception will follow the lecture. http:// www.eller.arizona.edu/speakers/2011/kashyap.asp “Ansel Adams: Arizona and the West” exhibit is being shown in the Center for Creative Photography until May 15, 2011.

Photographers Robert Alcaraz Gordon Bates Janice Biancavilla Will Ferguson Farren Halcovich Valentina Martinelli Virginia Polin Ernesto Somoza Annie Marum Koby Upchurch Rebecca Rillos David Venezia Designers Kelsey Dieterich Freddy Eschrich Jessica Leftault Chris Legere Adrienne Lobl Rebecca Rillos Zack Rosenblatt Copy Editors Chelsea Cohen Nicole Dimtsios Emily Estrada Greg Gonzales 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

home. Indulge curiosity. Learn something new.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — When a good friend is around to reassure you, nothing can stop you. Let them boost your ego, but also listen openly when they point out things that don’t work.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) — Today is a 9 — Your patience pays off in matters of work. Enjoy when everything flows with ease, instead of worrying that it’s too good to be true. Be receptive.

Be generous. Be thankful.

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things forward powerfully.

The written word figures prominently. Give a thorough edit, and release it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Others respect your ability to adapt to the situation, to connect easily with needed resources and to handle tasks without breaking a sweat. There’s power in your communication.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Be mindful of selfimposed limitations.

Use today to rejuice, even while taking care of business. There’s no place like

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Campus Events Campus Events

Debating Diversity: Pima Chancellor Roy Flores “Ensuring Access and High Quality Education for Diverse Students” March 24, 12:30 p.m - 1:45 p.m. Roy Flores, the Pima Community College chancellor, will present his talk, “Ensuring Access and a High Quality Education for Today’s Diverse Students: A Community College Chancellor’s Perspective.” Student Union Memorial Center Rm: Catalina Room http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/debating_ diversity The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, known as SBS, will present Immigration Week focusing on immigration issues in Arizona during the week of March 20. March 24, 6-8 p.m. – In the panel discussion “Healthy Communities: Immigration and Public Health,” health specialists will discuss the many ways that public health is related to immigration. Panelists include Scott Carvajal, associate professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Center for Latin American Studies; Tom Weaver, professor emeritus in anthropology; and James Greenberg, research anthropologist in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology. The discussion will be moderated by Antonio Estrada, head and professor of Mexican American studies. The event will be held in the Social Sciences Building, Room 100.

Jostens, in partnership with the UA Bookstore, will sponsor the Grad Fest (for May 2011 Grads). One-stop shopping to pick up cap/gown/tassel, order graduation announcements, purchase diploma cover or frame, take picture in cap/gown and final opportunity to order your UA official school ring at the Main Bookstore Tues, Mar 22 and Thurs, Mar 24, 9am-5pm with extended hours Wed, Mar 23, 9am-7pm.

Country Strong March 24, 10pm – 12am A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter who sparks with a fallen star. Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband/manager and a beauty queen-turned-singer. $3.00 “Face to Face: 150 Years of Photographic Portraiture” exhibit is being shown in the Center for Creative Photography main auditorium until May 15, 2011.

Campus -Experiences of Womanhood - Open Mic Expression and Inspiration Night March 24, 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Women are invited to share a piece of their own writing or read the work of authors who have inspired them as women. Men may read pieces that have given them greater insight and understanding into what it means to be a woman. All creative forms of written word that relate to the evening’s theme are welcome.

Free dessert provided! Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, Persona Literary Magazine, Ocotillo Poetry Slam and the English and Creative Writing Club for Women’s Herstory Month. Student Union Memorial Center Rm: Cellar Bistro Street Art // Graffiti March 24, 6pm – 8pm in the Union Gallery. Through the introduction of street art and graffiti, students will engage in the issues and research topics related to art and visual culture in relation these contemporary forms of art. Using visual aids to introduce various street art and graffiti as well as discussion into the implications these arts forms have on our daily lives.

Discussion will also revolve around how street art and graffiti play into questions about what is art, what is vandalism, and how these topics converge. Please sign up for this event in the Union Gallery

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.

Galleries

Bill Schenck: The Serigraphs at Tucson Museum of Art March 21 - June 05. 140 N. Main Avenue, 520-624-2333 Contemporary painter Bill Schenck’s serigraphs at Tucson Museum of Art encompass fictionalized Western histories, Native American subjects, and depictions of the modern cowboy/ cowgirl.

Galleries

“Legados” is being exhibited during the month of March in conjunction with the celebration of César E. Chávez Day (March 31). In honor of César E. Chávez and his legacy, “Legados” presents work by over 20 artists that honors and exemplifies the working individual, education, literacy, human rights, social rights, and the environment.

March 5 through April 16. Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop 218 E. 6th St. (1/2 block east of 6th St. & 6th Ave.) (520)881-5335 “Musical Compositions of Ted DeGrazia” Jan. 21, 2011 – Jan. 16. 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

Event at UA Will Support Scholarship Fund, Promote Cancer Awareness April 3 Run / Walk to Commemorate Life and Work of Consuelo I. Aguilar On Sunday, April 3, a 5-K Run and a 2-K Walk will take place starting at 7:30 am on the University of Arizona campus. Funds raised will support the Consuelo I. Aguilar Scholarship Fund, administered by the UA Department of Mexican American Studies. For a Registration Form, route map, and sponsorship information, go to: http://masrc.arizona. edu/news/ConsueloAguilarScholarshipFund_2011.htm

Attention All Classified Staff or Appointed Personnel / Artists and Family Members too!: The University of Arizona Staff Advisory Council Presents “On Our Own Time” The 1st Annual National Arts Program® Staff Art Exhibit Wednesday, March 30th - Thursday, April 21nd. Student Union Gallery This Exhibit is Open to the Public – Opening Reception 12 Noon, Wed. March 30th To register online: http://www.nationalartsprogram. org/venues/university-of-arizona-az Entries Accepted Thursday, March 24th at the Student Union Gallery, between 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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! 1-5 BEDROOM Houses and Apartment Units located close to UofA. PRELEASING FOR SUMMER AND FALL 2011! www.PrestigiousUofArentals.com Call 331.8050 for showing appts ! 4BLKS TO UOFA. Studio$435, 2Bdrm.- $750. Hardwood floors, private patios, laundry. All in quiet gated courtyard. Serious students only. No Pets. Available June. 520-743-2060. www.tarolaproperties.com. ! ALL UTILITIES PAID. 1Rm studio $350. Giant studio w/kitchen $660. A/C, quiet, no pets, security patrolled. 299-5020/ 624-3080 !!!FAMILY OWNED &OPERATED. Studio 1,2,3 or 4BD houses & apartments. 4blks north of UofA. $360 to $1800. Available now or pre-lease. No pets, security patrolled. www.uofahousing.com 299-5020, 624-3080.

1BLK FROM UOFA reserve your apartment for summer or fall. Furnished or unfurnished. 1bedroom from $610. Pool/ Laundry. 5th/ Euclid. Call 751-4363 or 309-8207 for appointment.

2BR 1BA $675/MO, $500 deposit with fenced in backyard. 415 E. Drachman. & 1BR 1BA $435/mo $300 deposit. 427 E Drachman. coin-opt laundry. 272-0754. Available March.

2BR 4BLOCKS TO campus.

Tastefully remodeled, light, modern, spotlessly clean. Quiet, wellmaintained, 6unit building w/patios. Cats ok. Laundry. Available June 1st or August 1st. $735/mo.

623-9565 billpippel@gmail.com.

For more info and 80 photos: http://www.pippelproperties.com/860 CASTLE APARTMENTS. LEASE in March, get $100 off first months rent. Leasing for April, 1studio left at $600. utilities included, Near UofA. www.thecastleproperties.com 406-5515/ 903-2402.

CUTE LARGE 1BEDROOM, kitchen, tile throughout, extra large walk in closet, private backyard, A/C and evap cooling, gas heat/ stove, landscaped, off street parking, laundry facilities, available now $615 month, $615 Sec Deposit, Pets OK w/deposit 520-2066281 for more info -3blocks from campus (mountain/ drachman)

PERFECT FOR ROOMMATES 1mile from UofA. We offer 2BD 1BA, 2BD 2BA starting at $408/ student. This includes high-speed Internet, expanded cable, heating, A/C, water, sewer & trash. We also have a pool, spa, fitness center &2 laundry facilities. Pet friendly. Call us for a tour & movein special 520-323-1170 PRE-LEASE NOW FOR fall! 1BR $495/mo. Pool, laundry & offstreet parking. 824 E 10th St. Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc. www.peachprops.com

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SAM HUGHES PLACE 2BDR, 2BA, UPSTAIRS, AC, STLS STEEL APLNCE, W/D, FIREPLACE, AUDIO SYSTM, BAR, CVRD BALCNY, $2K MO. 520.370.4640 (JOHN, CBRE)

ON UA CATTRAN route, preleasing for 2011 school year, newer duplex, 3BD/ 2BD, small fenced yard, upgraded appliances, W/D, close to Campbell corridor and UofA. $1395/mo, $1395 deposit.

520-909-4089

! 2BDRM. 3BLKS TO UofA. $925. Beautiful 1200Sq.ft. duplex.

Granite counters, dishwasher, W/D, A/C, covered parking, private landscaped yard. Great location.

No pets. Available June. 520-7432060. www.tarolaproperties.com.

WALK TO CAMPUS Large 1Bedroom 1bath Duplex, oak flooring, high ceilings with archways, lots of natural light and windows, covered porch, a/c, Pre-Leasing $750 ALSO GREAT LOCATION! walk to campus, 1Bedroom Apartment over Garage, huge covered balcony, covered parking, a/c, water paid, Available June $680 CALL REAL ESTATE DIRECT 520-6232566

SANDPIPER APTS ALL utilities included. Great move-in specials 1BD available. 520-795-2356

! 3BR/ 2BA, $1275/ month, close to campus, only a few years old, AC, W/D, very nice, 520-891-9043 or www.UAoffcampus.com

SPECIAL! 1BED/ 1BATH $320 and 3Bed/1Bath for $575. 2Bed/ 2Bath and 4Bed/ 2bath also available. Call (520)888-2111 or visit www.oasisapartments.net

!!!!!1BD W/POOL, laundry, fountain, ramada, oak floors, covered porch. $550/mo. 2806 N. Tucson Blvd. Cell: (520)240-2615, (520)299-3987.

STUDENT SPECIAL $375. Nice, quiet, & clean, furnished. 1.07 mi north UofA. 882-6696

1BD/ 1BA NEAR UMC. Carport, newer appliances, carpet, covered porch, &private yard.

Only $595/mo. Available June 1st.

1410 E. Adams. 520-240-2615

STUDIOS FROM $400 spacious apartment homes with great downtown location. 884-8279.

Blue Agave Apartments 1240 N. 7th Ave. Speedway/ Stone. www.blueagaveapartments.com UTILITIES INCLUDED $505*/MO. Pool & laundry. Wood floors. *Special pricing. 770 N Dodge Blvd.

Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc. www.peachprops.com 2BD W/POOL, A/C, laundry, dishwasher, fountain, ramada, oak floors, covered porch. $700/mo.

2806 N. Tucson Blvd. (Tucson & Glenn intersection) Cell: 520-2402615 or 520-299-3987 3BR/ 2BA CONDO for rent 2mi campus. Walk to restaurants, grocery, CatTran, banks. SS appliances, 2pools, covered parking, fitness center, tennis/racquetball, gated. $1200/mo. Pete 401-9105.

CHARMING CONDO FOR rent.

2miles UOFA. 2BR W/balconies, 2bth, office room, new appliances, washer and dryer, patio, 2covered parking + visitors parking. Quiet/ safe.(Campbell/ Glenn) $825. Contact 520-906-2325

1BR AVAILABLE JUNE 4th in West University. 638 E. 4th St. #2 $515/mo. Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc. www.peachprops.com 2BEDROOM DUPLEX BEHIND UMC. Available June 10th.

1419 E. Adams $925/mo. Call 7983331 Peach Properties HM, Inc www.peachprops.com 2BLK NORTH TO UA/ UMC. Awesome 3bedroom ($1350) 2bedroom ($700) 1bedroom ($485).

Nice, quiet environment. Available 6/1, 8/1. Call 591-8188 2BLOCKS FROM CAMPUS, $780. Large 2BR 1BA, ceiling fans, tile floors, carport, yard, W/D, linen closet security bars. www.thecastleproperties.com. 882-8153.

! HISTORIC WEST UNIVERSITY Studios and 1Bdrm. Properties. $425 to $675. Beautiful 1920’s architecture with wood floors, private patios, W/D. No pets. Available June. 520-743-2060. www.tarolaproperties.com.

! 1-5 BEDROOM Houses and Apartment Units located close to UofA. PRELEASING FOR SUMMER AND FALL 2011! www.PrestigiousUofArentals.com Call 331.8050 for showing appts ! 1/2/3/4 BEDROOM HOMES. Renovated, updated and new homes available. Walk/Bike to UA. Great Amenities. wildcatrentals@gmail.com or 310.497.4193

2BR DUPLEX WITH fenced yard.

Available June 10th. 1419 E. Adams $850/mo. Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc www.peachprops.com

! 1918 CALIF. BUNGALOW in Historic West University. $950.

Beautiful 1000sq.ft. 1bedroom Craftsman home in pristine condition. Oak floors, fireplace, A/C, W/D, security system and professionally maintained walled grounds. No pets. Available June.

520-743-2060. www.tarolaproperties.com.

4BD/ 2BA FABULOUS property w/green grass & tall trees behind UMC. 3carports, fireplace, gas, bbq, A/C, and evap. cooling, D/W and laundry. Only $2,000/mo, available Aug. 1st. 1418 E. Adams 240-2615.

! 2BDRM. COTTAGE 4BLKS. To UofA. $825. Hardwood floors, dishwasher, W/D, A/C, covered parking, walled landscaped grounds.

No pets. Available June. 520-7432060. www.tarolaproperties.com.

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! 3BLOCKS TO UA. Two houses, great condition. 2BR +den/ofďŹ ce+ central air AND detached 1Bedroom/1Bath. Washer/Dryer. Start May 1st. $1375/mo. The Property Management Group. 721-7121 ! 4 OR 5 BEDROOM 3BATH. $2200 all new inside. Mountain Lee area. Quiet, no pets, security patrolled, security bars. Available 6/1 299-5020/ 624-3080 ! 5BR/ 3BA, $3030/ month, BRAND NEW, walk or bike to campus, AC, W/D, great house, 520891-9043 or www.UAoffcampus.com ! 7 BEDROOM 7 BATH BRAND NEW Huge 3900sqft luxury home.

4car garage. Huge common areas, 7 Large Master Suits. Balconies. Monitored Security System. Available August, Be ďŹ rst to live in this amazing home. 8841505 www.MyUofARental.com. ! AUGUST AVAILABILITY UNCOMPARABLE LUXURY- 6bdrm 6BATHS each has own WHIRLPOOL tub- shower. 5car GARAGE, Walk-in closets, all Granite counters, large outside patios off bedrooms, full private laundry, very large master suites, high ceilings. TEP Electric discount.

Monitored security system. Very close to UA. 884-1505 www.MyUofARental.com ! HISTORIC WEST UNIVERSITY 1bdrm. cottage. $675. 1920’s Santa Fe adobe with oak oors, ďŹ replace, W/D, wonderful natural light and beautiful grounds. No pets. Available June. 520-7432060. www.tarolaproperties.com.

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!!! 5BLOCKS TO UofA Lee St near Mountain. One bedroom house $590 plus gas and electric, completely remodeled with $35,000 in new stuff, wood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, AC, No pets, security patrol, quiet, <uofahousing.com> 624-3080 or 299-5020. !!!!!SIGN UP now for FY11â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2, 3, 4 & 5bdm, Newer homes! 1mi to UofA, A/C, Garages & all appl. included. www.GoldenWestManagement.com 520-790-0776 !4BR/ 2BA, $2500/ month, BRAND NEW, walk or bike to campus, AC, W/D, great house, 520891-9043 or http://www.UAoffcampus.com !5BLOCKS NW UA HUGE Luxury Homes 4br/ 4.5ba +3car garage +large master suites with walk-in closets +balconies +10ft ceilings up and down +DW, W&D, Pantry, TEP electric discount, monitored security system. Pool privileges.

Reserve now for August 884-1505 www.myUofArental.com !RESERVE YOUR 2 or 4 or 6 bedroom home now for August. Great homes 2 to 5 blocks to UA. Call for details. 884-1505 or visit us at www.MyUofARental.com. $800-$2400 FY11 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3, 4 & 5bdm, BRAND NEW homes! 2mi to UofA, A/C, Garages & all appl. included. www.GoldenWestManagement.com 520-790-0776 1BLK NORTH OF UMC, Walk /Bike to UA, 2BD/ 1BA CLEAN! A/C, W/D, $995/Mo, 520-9900783, http://tucson.craigslist.org/apa/2278568496.html 1BLK NORTH OF UMC, Walk/ Bike to UA, NEW! CLEAN! 3BED/ 2BA, A/C, W/D, $1490/mo.

520.990.0783 http://tucson.craigslist.org/apa/2278616197.html 2BEDROOM 2BATH WALK to Campus Beautiful Historic building all updated with stainless steel appliances, custom cabinets, granite countertops, oak ďŹ&#x201A;oors, two private decks, walk in closets, water paid, street assigned parking, intercom security with remote front door control PRE-LEASING $1495 Call Real Estate Direct 520623-2566

2BEDROOM HOUSE, A/C, wood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, garage, ďŹ replace, washer/dryer, fenced yard, covered patio $825 ALSO WALK TO CAMPUS, Available June Newly remodeled, 2Bedroom 2bath House a/c, washer/dryer, fenced yard, pets ok $930 CALL REDI 520-623-5710 WWW.AZREDIRENTALS.COM 2MIN TO CAMPUS IN FY11â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5bdm, homes & apartments! 1mi to UofA, A/C, Garages & all appl. included. www.GoldenWestManagement.com 520-7900776 3BD/ 2BA SPACIOUS home with brand new A/C, and W/D. New kitchen and master suite, large walled yard and off-street parking.

A short walk from north campus.

Available August. $1600. Call John 429-0396.

3BED, 2BATH, A/C, Tile ďŹ&#x201A;oors, ceiling fans, dishwasher, washer & dryer, pantry, large enclosed yard, covered parking. Immaculate. Available now. Pima & Columbus. 3miles to campus. $1050.

Call 631-7563.

3bed. 1040 Edison. Fantastic location, walk to campus, large rooms, outdoor ďŹ replace, huge yard, updated kit., concrete ďŹ&#x201A;oors, laundry, AC. $1500/mo.

Available August. Call Ryan 312203-9024.

3BEDROOM 2BATH HOUSE, den, ďŹ replace, washer/dryer, walled yard, GREAT LOCATION $1200 ALSO WALK TO CAMPUS 3Bedroom 2bath House 2500sqft, a/c, ďŹ replace, washer/dryer, fenced yard, covered patio $1600 CALL REDI 520-623-5710 WWW.AZREDIRENTALS.COM 3BR 2BA HOUSE available August 10th. Dishwasher. Washer/ dryer. 1901 & 1909 N Park Ave. $1325/mo. Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc. www.peachprops.com 3BR/ 2BA HOUSE 1578sqft N Los Altos (1mi from UofA) Appliances, Furniture. Fenced yard. $940/mo Available now. Call for application 602-568-9806 3BR/2BA WITH POOL. 1 1/2 miles to UofA. Washer/ dryer, fenced yard, garage + 2carports, covered patio, includes pool service- $1575/Mo. Call Lynn 831320-3127.

4BD 2BA AUGUST 2011. GREAT LOCATION! $1900 Spacious rooms, ďŹ replace, W/D, A/C, addiitonal storage. CALL AMY 520440-7776 5BD 4BA AUGUST 2011. Huge rooms, W/D, A/C, Walk-in closets, Vaulted ceilings. NICE! CALL AMY 520-440-7776 5BD FOR AUGUST 2011. Large bedroom, laundry, A/C, additional storage $2250. BEST DEAL! CALL AMY 520-440-7776 5BR HOUSE WITH pool available July 15th. Ceramic tile ďŹ&#x201A;oors.

Newly remodeled kitchen. $2,100/mo. 819 E. Alturas Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc. www.peachprops.com 6 OR 7 BEDROOM. AWESOME ďŹ&#x201A;oorplan, big rooms, blocks to campus! Front door parking! Rent $645/ person. 520-398-5738 www.casabonitarentals.com.

A CLOSE TO campus, close to play, and close to perfect new home. We have 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes with private entrances, separate leases, roommate matching if needed, fully furnished, most utilities paid and much more. Call or come by for this weeksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; special 520-622-8503 or 1725 N. Park Avenue.

AWESOME 6BEDROOM, 3BATH House. $3400/month. Available August 2011. Large ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan with huge covered porch, washer/dryer, A/C, two balconies, walk in closets, alarm system, pets welcome, plus more. http://www.UniversityRentalinfo.com No security deposit (o.a.c.) Call 747-9331.

BEAUTIFUL FURNISHED HOUSE for rent. 4BD 3BA. Water included. Located on 5acres in River/ Pontotoc area. $1250/mo.

Available April 1st. Call Kathy 7924589 BRAND NEW 5BEDROOM 2BATH HOUSE $3300/month.

Walking distance to UA. A/C, washer/dryer, three covered balconies, walk in closets, extra storage, alarm system, pets welcome.

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No Security Deposit (o.a.c.) http://www.UniversityRentalinfo.com Call 747-9331.

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CLOSE UA AND Pima. Great location to school and 4th Avenue area. 3BD/ 2BD, recently painted and newer carpet, huge fenced backyard, W/D, preleasing for fall 2011 school year. Rent $1050, deposit $1050. 520-909-4089 DECORATORS DREAM HOME! 3BD, 2BA, 3blocks from UA. 1927 California bungalow rebuild w/all mod cons. Maple ďŹ&#x201A;oors, claw-foot tub, gorgeous tile work. Available 8/1/11. 1yr lease. $1350/mo w/1month security deposit. Contact Jack at Windsor Property Investments 520-620-6206 DMT PROPERTIES. PERSONALIZED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES SINCE 1999.

1,2,3, and 4 bedroom homes available. Close to UofA with many amenties.

Call Ilene 520.240.6487. pavon@cox.net.

GREAT DEAL! LOOK! 4Bedroom. $575/ person. LOW MOVEIN COSTS. Close to UofA. Clean open ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan. CALL FOR DETAILS! 520.398.5738.

NEWER HOME 3BD/ 2ba, 2story w/garage in desirable River Haven. Ft. Lowell/Columbus. All appliances including W/D. $1225/ mo. Available May. 360-9098.

POPULAR UOFA LOCATION 4Bedroom 3bath House a/c, ďŹ replace, washer/dryer, fenced yard, 6car parking lot $1350 ALSO 4Blocks to Campus 5Bedroom 2bath House, washer/dryer, walled yard, pets ok $1850 CALL REDI 520-623-5710 WWW.AZREDIRENTALS.COM PRICES STARTING AT $390 per room, per month. Individual leases, private entrances fully furnished 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes available for immediate move in.

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SAHUARO POINT VILLAS A class of their own. We offer 5BD 2BA gorgeous homes. 2story with polished concrete ďŹ&#x201A;oors. W/D included, fenced yard, your new home has it all. Located 1mile for UofA. Call today to reserve Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best kept secret. 520-3231170 or visit us at 2326- 2366 N 6th Ave SAVE YOUR QUARTERS for playing pool down on 4th Ave. We have washers and dryers in select homes! Imagine the time and money youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll save doing laundry in your own home! 5blocks from campus- 10minutes walking 5minutes on a bike. Close to University Boulevard and 4th Ave. Call for specials 520-622-8503 or 1725 N. Park Avenue.

TWO 4BD/ 2BA beautiful Sam Hughes homes just 2blks from the UOfA on 1st St.(attached by one common wall) Rent both for 8BD/4BA or rent just one. Call 907-230-2389 for more info. $2,600/ $2,400 Both $5,000 info@stayinak.com

PERFECT HOME 3BD 2BA August 2011. $1650. Big rooms, W/D, A/C, yard, 2car garage.

CALL AMY 520-440-7776

A GREAT LOCATION, at an incredible price! M/F needed for a fully furnished HUGE apartment close to campus. Most utilities paid, private entrances, separate leases. Call for our move in specials 520.622.8503 M/F NEEDED FOR great apartment close to campus (5blocks away), fully furnished, most utilities are paid, private entrances, separate leases! MUST SEE! Call Astrid 520.622.8503.

ROOMMATES WANTED/ ROOMATES needed! 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms open for immediate move in. M/F ok, Smoking/Non-smoking available, starting from $390. Individual leases, private entrances.

Call for appointment 520.622.8503.

4BR TOWNHOME AVAILABLE June 10th. Dishwasher, Washer/ dryer. 1013 N. 6th Ave. $1,300/mo. Call 798-3331 Peach Properties HM, Inc. www.peachprops.com BIKE TO CAMPUS IN FY11â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1, 2 & 3bdm Townhomes & Condos!

A/C, Garages, FREE WIFI & all appl. www.GoldenWestManagement.com 520-790-0776

ARIZONA ELITE CLEANERS We are a maid, housekeeping and cleaning service. Having a party, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll clean the mess. www.AzEliteCleaners.com Call 520-207-9699 AZ ELITE LANDSCAPERS We provide landscape service to residential, vacant lots and commercial properties www.azelitelandscapers.com Call 520-207-9699

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2008 KYMCO PEOPLE 150. Low miles. Butter yellow color. 16â&#x20AC;? wheels. Comes with 2jackets, 2helmets, windshield, storage bin. $1,500 548-3192

VERY COOL HOUSE! 2BR, 1BA + den/dining room, walk to UofA, fenced yard, pets OK, $1,000/MN, Debbie 520-419-3787 VERY COOL HOUSE! 2BR, 1BA, walk to UofA, fenced yard, pets OK, $1,000/MN, Debbie 520-4193787 VERY COOL HOUSE! 5th St, 4BR, 3BA, 2car gar, HOT TUB, fenced yard, pets OK, 42â&#x20AC;? ďŹ&#x201A;at TV!, $2,350/MN, Debbie 520-419-3787 VERY COOL HOUSE! 5th St, 4BR, 3BA, 8 car park, HOT TUB, fenced yard 1/2acre lot, pets OK, 42â&#x20AC;? ďŹ&#x201A;at TV!, $2,350/MN, Debbie 520-419-3787 VERY COOL HOUSE! Campbell & Spdwy, walk to UofA, 6BR, 4BA, 5 car park, POOL, fenced yard, pets OK, 42â&#x20AC;? ďŹ&#x201A;at TV!, $3,200/MN, Debbie 520-419-3787 VERY COOL HOUSE! Helen St, 5BR, 3BA, walk to UofA, 2car gar, 8 car park, POOL, fenced yard, pets OK, 42â&#x20AC;? ďŹ&#x201A;at TV!, $2,750/MN, Debbie 520-419-3787 VERY COOL HOUSE! Helen St, 5BR, 2BA, walk to UofA, 5 car park, HOT TUB, fenced yard, sport court, pets OK, 42â&#x20AC;? ďŹ&#x201A;at TV!, $2,400/MN, Debbie 520-419-3787 WALK TO CAMPUS 1Bedroom House, ďŹ replace, water paid, den, washer/ dryer, walled yard, no lease $650 ALSO 1Bedroom House 900sqft, wood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, ďŹ replace, washer/ dryer, fenced yard, covered patio $750 CALL REDI 520-623-5710 WWW.AZREDIRENTALS.COM

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Football feeling good

Playing the Field

Freshman outfielder key to Arizona’s offensive explosion

By Alex Williams ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT When Johnny Field stepped onto the Arizona campus in August, neither he nor head baseball coach Andy Lopez knew how much he would contribute as a true freshman.

Now 21 games into the season, both have their answer — Field’s invaluable.

Field has appeared in 18 games, is fourth on the team with a .358 batting average and leads the team with a slugging percentage of .612.

“It’s not too much of an adjustment (to college),” Field said.

“Where I played was pretty competitive. We traveled around and played top teams. It’s not too big of a difference. The game’s a little quicker but that’s about it.”

If junior Steve Selsky hadn’t been suffering from a broken bone in his hand during the preseason, Field wouldn’t have gotten a chance to be an everyday player. But Selsky returned on March 15, and Field is now relegated to a role as Arizona’s fourth outfielder.

Still, the Las Vegas native will be a key part of Arizona’s season.

Lopez said that having someone like Field will make it easier to give some players off days throughout the season, which only helps with successfully completing the grind of a Pacific 10 Conference season. “(Field) is making a pretty comfortable spot for himself right now,” Lopez said. “He’s a good player, a real good player.”

Field, who was also a standout wrestler at Bishop Gorman High School, came to Arizona as an infielder, but Lopez said that he would only be playing in the outfield for the foreseeable future.

Even though that transition might be difficult for some, Field has made it almost seam-

By Alex Williams ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

Freshman Johnny Field wasn’t expected to play much heading into this season. But after Steve Selsky went down with an injury, Field was inserted into the starting lineup. The outfielder hasn’t disappointed, hitting .358 in the first 18 games of the season.

lessly, and is usually good for at least one highlight defensive play per game.

Field has also shown a mindset that focuses only on the team, and not individual accomplishments.

“As long as I can help the team out,” Field said, “I’m happy.”

Frenzel on fire

Coming into the 2011 season, first base was the only position that Arizona needed to replace after losing Rafael Valenzuela to graduation. But a casual observer wouldn’t have noticed up to this point in the season, with everyday first baseman Cole Frenzel starting the season

on a tear — reaching base in all 21 of Arizona’s games so far.

Frenzel is second to only Joey Rickard in batting average and onbase percentage, hitting .413 and reaching base at a .510 clip.

The 6-foot-1, 215-pounder has also proven to be a threat on the base path, converting on all five of his stolen base attempts in 2011.

There are still 163 days until Arizona opens its football season at home against Northern Arizona, but the Wildcats have already started spring practice.

The 2010 season ended on a fivegame skid including a 36-10 beatdown by Oklahoma State in the Valero Alamo Bowl, but quarterback Nick Foles said that Arizona isn’t using the poor finish as motivation.

“You learn from it,” Foles said.

“We looked at the film. We’ve looked at what we messed up on. It’s not something we’re going to get mad about. We just have to be as good as we can be.”

Foles said that Arizona can only focus on what is in the future, and that having fun during spring is key.

“The thing I liked is that no one was afraid to make a mistake,” Foles said. “People weren’t getting down, they were fixing it. That’s what I like to see.”

Head coach Mike Stoops said that a big change for the Wildcats in 2011 will be using the pass to set up the run, as Arizona is in the early stages of implementing a full-time spread offense.

“We’ve got to get the ball to our skill guys,” Stoops said. “Our skill level has never been this high — this is the best group of receivers we’ve ever had.”

That group of receivers includes Dan Buckner, a transfer from the University of Texas that sat out last season because of NCAA transfer rules.

“He’s an extreme talent and a competitor, and that’s the thing that I love about him,” Stoops said.

Defensive tackle Justin Washington and cornerback Shaquille Richardson didn’t practice because of minor injuries. Quarterback Cam Allerheiligen left the program to play baseball at a junior college.

Scouting the Wildcats

The Daily Wildcat breaks down Arizona’s baseball team as it nears Pacific 10 Conference play At the plate They say that hitting a round ball thrown at 90-plus miles per hour with a bat is the single hardest thing to do in sports. This is the reason that offense in baseball is so inconsistent.

There have been games that teams have won 19-1, and then will come out the next day and lose 19-1.

Luckily for the No. 15 Arizona baseball team, the offensive production has not been an issue.

During their first 21 games, the Wildcats (16-5) averaged 7.9 runs per game, and have seven hitters with at least 67 at bats with an average over .300.

By Dan Kohler ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Here’s what the Wildcats will need to continue doing as they move into Pacific 10 conference play.

The team leaders

Joey Rickard, Cole Frenzel and Bryce Ortega are at the top of the heap for the Arizona hitters with batting averages over .400 since the start of the season.

Of the three, Rickard leads by a significant margin, batting .495 with 45 hits.

Frenzel, the first baseman, who’s also been touted highly on the defensive side this year, is hitting .413 with 33 hits, including four doubles, a triple and a home run. His 25 RBIs also lead the team.

Ortega is always a threat to squeeze one into the gap, and with a .408 average and 31 hits on the year, he has proven that all doubts of his abilities after coming off a serious back injury should be shaken off immediately.

The power

Freshman Johnny Field leads the charge for the Arizona power hitters with a .612 slugging percentage. He also has two home runs, and leads the team with nine doubles.

Designated hitter and first baseman Josh Garcia paces the Wildcats with five home runs and a .565 slugging percentage.

Preseason All-American Steve Selsky hit two home runs, and plated 6 RBIs last series after missing the beginning of the season with a wrist injury.

Selsky led the team last year with a .370 batting average last season, and his return is right on par for where the team and coaching staff thought he would be this year.

The table setters

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Sophomore Robert Refsnyder leads the team with a trio of triples to go along with his .341 batting average.

Both Alex Mejia and Seth Mejias-Brean are hitting .313 and .325, respectively, and have also hit for a combined 20 RBIs on the season.

An APB for Jett

Despite being given the title of Preseason All-American by several publications, catcher Jett Bandy hasn’t quite lived up to the offensive hype.

Bandy was named to the All Pac-10 team last season and finished second on the club with a .354 batting average, Bandy was also a

finalist for the Johnny Bench award.

This season, though, it seems as if Bandy’s prior successes have created a hangover affect, as he trails the starters with a .253 batting average and is slugging just .316.

Head coach Andy Lopez will be always be the first to come to Bandy’s defense, however, saying that he will eventually get back in the groove.

In the field With its conference schedule set to get underway this weekend, the Arizona baseball team is comfortable with where it stands.

With a 16-5 record, the No. 15 Wildcats appear ready to take on the buzzsaw that is its Pacific 10 Conference schedule.

At the start of the season, head coach Andy Lopez talked about the inconsistencies that an offense can bring — the only way is to balance it on the defensive side of the ball.

Lopez said he goes through the same thought process before every game.

“We have to pitch. We have to pitch and play defense,” he said. “If we can do that then we gear ourselves offensively to manufacture some runs at some point in the game.”

With the controllable factors of pitching and defense taking pretty solid form throughout the start of the season, let’s take a look at the keys, defensively, for the Wildcats.

The starters

In their first few weeks as the Arizona starters, Kurt Heyer, Kyle Simon and Tyler Hale have proved to be dominant innings eaters.

Returning to the No. 1 role on the pitching rotation was Heyer, who led the team with a 3.26 ERA and 109 strikeouts as a freshman last year.

With a 3-1 record backed by a 1.12 ERA, Heyer looks primed to take on his conference opponents, especially after his 11 strikeout performance against the University of San Francisco.

Simon made headlines the first weekend of the season when he was named one of three Louisville Slugger Players of the Week after striking out 13 North Dakota State Bison hitters, a career high, over 7.2 innings on the hill.

Simon is a perfect a 5-0 with a 1.77 ERA. Hale, a sophomore Sunday starter, is 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA. Despite having only 23 strikeouts — compared to Heyer’s 52 – Hale is able to drop a lot of balls toward the lower half of the strike zone, creating ground outs and double play opportunities.

The relievers

As golden as the starters have looked at times, the game is only won if the bullpen can come out and close the game.

This is the biggest issue plaguing the Wildcat pitchers so far this season.

The 6-5 loss in 11 innings against Wichita State was a result of the Arizona bullpen blowing a 5-1 lead in the eighth inning.

According to Lopez, most of it is immaturity. The freshmen on the staff don’t have the necessary experience to pitch successfully at the collegiate level yet.

A silver lining remains, however, in middle reliever Konner Wade and closer Bryce Bandilla.

Wade, a freshman, has a 3.21 ERA in 14.0 innings pitched on the season, while Bandilla, a junior, recorded his first win of the season on a wild Arizona 10-8 win over the Rice Owls.

Around the diamond

Short of a few errors that have just been blips on the radar, the Arizona fielders have been consistent throughout the season.

With Bryce Ortega making diving catches across the infield and Cole Frenzel digging balls out of the dirt at first, Arizona’s pitchers have the luxury of knowing that a ball put in play has a good chance of being an out.

Pac-10 Champs

NCAA Second Round

Arizona 77 Memphis 75

NCAA Third Round

Arizona 70 Texas 69 NCAA Sweet 16

6:45 p.m., CBS

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3 Reasons: Who will win and why?

Arizona has home court, clutch player

Duke has super frosh, size

By Laura Keeley The Chronicle

By Kevin Zimmerman Arizona Daily Wildcat

Home-court advantage

Six of Arizona’s players hail from the Golden State, and after last Sunday’s game against Texas, some of those players were plotting to collect any leftover tickets they could from their East Coast pals’ respective allotments.

What about the fans from UConn and San Diego State? The Aztecs will likely have a solid following coming up the interstate. Just a guess here, but there’s a good chance both schools from the other half of the bracket will be rooting for the underdog Wildcats.

That’s not even considering the whole, “Everyone’s tired of Duke winning all the time,” reasoning.

And obviously, Durham, N.C., is five times as far away from the Honda Center as is Tucson — 2,550 miles compared to 469 miles, to be exact. Arizona will likely have the crowd on its side, and if it’s even close to simulating the McKale Center, where the Wildcats went undefeated this year, that’s a definite advantage.

Versatility and depth

Sure, Duke has the length and height advantage in the paint, but the Wildcats will be able to negate that with a more skillful front court. With Williams starting at center, the Duke bigs will be forced to cover him and his 58 percent 3-point percentage on the perimeter.

Even if Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski elects to go with Kyle Singler on Williams, UA starting power forward Jesse Perry will also have a skill and quickness advantage against either of the Plumlee brothers.

And with the Blue Devil big men forced give chase on the perimeter, their aggressive defense becomes vulnerable if Arizona’s wing players or guards break down their defenders.

In addition, UA center Kyryl Natyazhko has come into his own on the defensive end as of late. Though he’s been shy to shoot, the 6-foot-11, 275 pounder can play alongside Williams, and, like Duke’s Ryan Kelly, he can step out and hit a jumper or two.

Natyazhko is just one of Arizona’s

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Two words: Kyrie Irving

On offense, it all starts with the Blue Devils’ best facilitator. After sitting on the sideline for more than three months with torn ligaments in his right big toe, Duke’s star freshman returned to the court last weekend.

Just how important was Irving’s presence in the top-seeded Blue Devils’ 73-71 win over Michigan last round? “We wouldn’t be going forward if he didn’t play today,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said of Irving after the game.

Duke wasn’t able to replace Irving’s explosiveness while he was on the sideline. Now that he’s back, his ability to penetrate defenses and drive to the basket will result in his scoring double digits (he’s never failed to hit that mark in his brief 10-game career) but also in more open looks for the rest of the team. Sophomore forward Ryan Kelly described Irving as a “pass-first” point guard, in contrast to Nolan Smith’s training as a “shoot-first” guard. Smith, as one of the four finalists for the Naismith award, is no slouch himself. And his return to his natural shooting guard position won’t just benefit Duke on offense, which leads to …

10-deep rotation, which some might say can be even deeper with the versatility giving head coach Sean Miller a number of options as far as match-ups are concerned.

‘Superman’

Forward Solomon Hill swears that Derrick Williams leaves the game with 10 seconds to go and puts on his Superman jersey (not cape, apparently), ready to save the day.

Three times now he’s done it, having two potentially game-saving blocks on the season. Then, last Sunday against Texas, Williams scored on an And 1 bucket and hit the ensuing free throw to give the Wildcats the go-ahead point.

So against the Blue Devils, Williams will once again be the focal point on the offense. Even if he’s not scoring, Williams commands enough attention for an otherwise average shooting team to get hot from beyond the 3-point arc.

In essence, his statistics don’t tell the whole story. If Duke is forced to change up their usual defense, that hand goes to Arizona. If Duke stays with a strict manto-man without a hefty double, it runs the risk of Williams torching them himself — early this season Kansas did just that, and Williams put 11 combined fouls on the Jayhawks’ best three big men while scoring 27.

And of course, he’s a good weapon to have in a close game down the stretch. ­— Kevin Zimmerman is a journalism senior. He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu.

Duke’s defensive answers

Krzyzewski said most of Duke’s preparation for this game has focused on the Blue Devils’ defense. The Wildcats led the Pacific 10 Conference in 3-point shooting, a fact that hasn’t escaped Krzyzewski. Irving will play on the ball defensively, so all of his attention will be on Momo Jones. That frees Smith and Seth Curry, who had been sharing point guard defending duties, to take on Arizona’s other deep threats.

But of course every conversation about the Wildcats starts with Derrick Williams. Krzyzewski said he considers Williams a firstteam All-American caliber player and isn’t sure why he doesn’t get more coverage on the East Coast. It would be foolhardy to suggest any one player could stop Williams, but expect Kyle Singler to be the main man on the job.

Singler, who was named to the Associated Press Preseason All-America team, has struggled to find his shot recently, but his shooting woes haven’t affected his defensive play.

For example, he held fellow Preseason All-American Harrison Barnes to 6-of-15 shooting in the Blue Devils’ Atlantic Coast Conference championship win over North Carolina. And if Singler is successful in disrupting Williams’s shot, Duke has McClatchy Newspapers a few men ready to attack the boards.

Exploit the height advantage

No one averaging more than 10 minutes a game for Arizona is taller than 6-foot-8. Duke’s typical starting lineup features Singler, 6-foot-8, and Miles and Mason Plumlee, who both check in at 6-foot-10. Kelly, who was a starter until the ACC Tournament but still plays significant minutes, is the tallest at 6-foot-11.

Quick history lesson: Why did Duke win the National Championship last year? Nowgraduated center Brian Zoubek’s midseason metamorphosis into a rebounding machine was arguably the spark that put Duke over the hump.

This season, Miles Plumlee is undergoing a similar evolution. Since the Blue Devils’ last regular season game, the elder Plumlee is averaging 7.5 points per game and almost eight rebounds per game as well. Those numbers show his recent improvement compared to his statistics for the rest of Duke’s regular season — 4.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, respectively. His younger brother, Mason, averages similar numbers and has posted five double-doubles against opponents from the traditional power conferences this year.

If one of Duke’s big men can corral rebounds consistently and get the ball into the hands of one of the many talented guards in the Blue Devils’ backcourt, well, that just might spell the end of Arizona’s season — again.

— Lauren Keeley covers the Duke men’s basketball team for The Chronicle.

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Coaching comparison

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Sean Miller

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Mike Krzyzewski Age: 64 Record: 900-283 Milestones: Four NCAA Tournament Championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010) Eight NCAA Championship Games (1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2010) 12 Elite Eights (1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010) 13 ACC Regular Season Championships (1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010) Three-time Naismith College Coach of the Year (1989, 1992, 1999)

“What he’s done at Duke speaks for itself, and that’s part of playing Duke is playing against a coach who has been there so many times that it’s never to your advantage going against them in this tournament.”

Age: 42 Record: 165-69 Milestones: Atlanic-10 Regular Season Champions (2007, 2008, 2009) Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year (2008) Pacific 10 Conference John R. Wooden Coach of the Year (2011) Pacific 10 Conference Regular Season Championship (2011)

“He’s a basketball guy. I think he’s — I consider Calhoun, Williams, myself, the old guys who got in it for the right reasons and love the game a certain way.

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— Mike Krzyzewski Duke head coach

— Sean Miller Arizona head coach

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Path to the Sweet 16

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Hang with anyone: Kansas — Nov. 27, 2010 Ranked No. 6 in the country at the time, Kansas faced Arizona in Las Vegas, Nev., and the Wildcats — untested up to that point — didn’t know if the they could handle the talent of the Jayhawks and twin brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris.

To everyone’s surprise, the Wildcats held strong behind Derrick Williams’ 27 points and eight rebounds before they fell 8779 in a competitive game.

The game was viewed as Williams’ national coming-out party, and, in general, it gave Williams and his team the belief that they were no longer the young 16-15 squad from a season ago.

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Reality check: BYU — Dec. 11, 2010

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Series of the year: The humbling Huskies

Sean Miller didn’t want to play Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and after last year’s Cougar blowout in McKale Center that saw guard Jimmer Fredette drop 49 on the Wildcats, he had good reason.

So Arizona traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah., at a neutral site, but it might as well have been at home for the Cougars. BYU blew out the Wildcats 87-65, and it was essentially over in the first half.

The loss signaled to Miller’s young team that playing timid would lead to embarrassment. Just showing up wouldn’t cut it.

In essence, the BYU game was a hubris check after the Wildcats competed well with Kansas two weeks earlier.

Washington romped all over the Wildcats during the final five minutes in the teams’ first meeting in Seattle, the 17-point loss on Jan. 20 considered the turning point of the season in terms of maturity.

Then, weeks later, there was forward Derrick Williams’ final-second block, where the Wildcats exacted revenge to win 87-86 in Tucson on Feb. 19.

And in the Pacific 10 Conference Tournament title game on March 12, the Wildcats learned the pain of heartbreak, as Isaiah Thomas lifted Washington on a buzzer-beater that gave players the losing feeling they never wanted to have again. Since then, they’ve avoided a loss.

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No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Arizona Roster breakdown

Blue Devils

Wildcats

Starters

Starters

Kyle Singler Senior, SF 6-foot-8, 230 pounds The rock in the front court for the Blue Devils can score inside and out, and his seven rebounds and 17 points per game averages don’t do his importance to the team justice.

Miles Plumlee Junior, PF 6-foot-10, 245 pounds He averages five points and the same number of rebounds per game but will be an asset to Duke in stopping Arizona’s Derrick Williams.

Mason Plumlee Sophomore, PF 6-foot-10, 230 pounds The younger and more talented of the Plumlee brothers, Mason averages over eight rebounds per night along with 1.6 blocks a game.

Seth Curry Sophomore, SG 6-foot-2, 180 pounds Like his father, Dell Curry, and older brother, Stephen Curry, Seth Curry will shoot with deadly accuracy behind the 3-point line, 44 percent to be exact.

Nolan Smith Senior, PG 6-foot-2, 185 pounds Duke’s best player averages 21 points, five rebounds and five assists per game. He’s also a pressure defender that helps head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s on-ball defense.

Solomon Hill Sophomore, SF 6-foot-6, 226 pounds Arizona’s small forward will be a huge key in grabbing rebounds against Duke’s size and, more importantly, keeping Kyle Singler in check.

Jesse Perry Junior, PF 6-foot-7, 210 pounds Providing Arizona’s defense with energy and help for Derrick Williams could negate the size of the Blue Devils’ front line.

Derrick Williams Sophomore, PF 6-foot-8, 240 pounds “Superman” will need to be assertive in getting the ball, then attacking Duke’s defense when he does. Even with the size of the opponent, he still holds the athletic advantage.

Kyle Fogg Junior, SG 6-foot-3, 180 pounds Hanging with shooter Seth Curry will be Fogg’s focus, but he’ll also deal with Kyrie Irving when Krzyzewski plays the freshman guard with Nolan Smith.

Momo Jones Sophomore, PG 6-foot, 196 pounds Like against Texas, Jones will need to take care of the ball against an extended man defense of the Blue Devils. He’ll also be a key component in stopping the Nolan Smith/ Kyrie Irving duo of point guards.

— Kevin Zimmerman

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Rock bottom: Los Angeles trip On Feb. 24, ranked in the top 10 for the first time in the Sean Miller Era, the Wildcats were sent back down to earth in a 65-57 loss to the Southern California Trojans in Los Angeles.

They said it was a good thing, a reminder they couldn’t lose focus due to rankings and achievements.

But two days later, against UCLA in the last game at the old Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins drubbed Arizona in a 71-49 rout that left a huge question mark on the Wildcats’ season.

Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

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Clutch game: Three OTs in Berkeley — Feb. 5

Their star player fouling out in regulation, the Wildcats didn’t take a step back, hitting clutch shot after clutch shot to sweep the California Golden Bears on the season in the 107-105 triple-overtime victory on the road.

As usual, it was the two New York kids, forward Kevin Parrom and point guard Momo Jones, hitting all the big shots.

Jones connected on a 3-point play to take the game into the first overtime, hit on a 3-pointer to again tie it at the end of the second overtime then scored on the go-ahead lay-up for the win.

Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

They’re back: Texas — March 20 Culminating everything good and bad that’s happened to them, the Wildcats jumped out to a 36-25 halftime lead with stifling defense against the Longhorns in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

After the Longhorns rallied, Arizona clamped down to force a five-second inbounds call with 14 seconds to play, and forward Derrick Williams completed a three-point play at the foul stripe to give Arizona a 70-69 win.

That put UA in the Sweet 16, and it was also the first signature win for Sean Miller at Arizona.

— Kevin Zimmerman

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Stepping his way to the top Tracing the exponential growth of Derrick Williams’ brief college career Badgering Wisconsin

COMMENTARY BY Kevin Zimmerman sports writer

The first conversation I had with Derrick Williams wasn’t about NBA aspirations, wasn’t about his upcoming freshman season and really wasn’t about him.

Word had it that first-year head coach Sean Miller was using a painful disciplinary tactic on his players — show up to practice late or make a mistake, and get a workout on the StairMaster.

So in late 2009 during Arizona’s first media day, I thought I’d write a feature story on it. I figured asking a player that was not surrounded by the other reporters and didn’t have anything better to talk about was a good plan of attack.

Williams happened to be that guy.

“Can you tell me a little about the stair-stepper machine?” I asked.

“The StairMaster, that’s what it’s really called,” he corrected me. “That happens when you’re late to a practice, late to workouts. A whole hour on level 15. You don’t want that to happen to you.”

It hurt. That was pretty much the gist of it. So much for a fun feature.

“That’s all I had,” I said.

“Thanks.”

Little did I, or anyone else there for that matter, know that the supposedly raw and unheralded big man, not even a year and a half later, would be considered a top-5 NBA draft pick.

My StairMaster story didn’t ever pan out.

Williams did. The workout machine became symbolic of how quickly he’s climbed the steps from unknown to stardom. This is how a kid from La Mirada High School went from a late bloomer into the “Superman” who took the Wildcats’ to the Sweet 16 in year two of the Miller era.

Then a freshman, Williams started behind Kyryl Natyazhko in his first game at Arizona, jumped to the starting line-up in the second, then bashed the Wisconsin Badgers for 25 points and eight rebounds in his coming-out party on Nov. 23, 2009, setting a school record of 21 free throw attempts.

Revival in Pullman

Following a loss at Washington on Jan. 20, where Arizona fell apart in the final minutes, Williams declared that he wouldn’t let his team quit down the stretch ever again.

He backed that up by scoring 17 points and pulling down a careerhigh 19 rebounds as the Wildcats rebounded against Washington State two days later.

No he Gant

Taking the pain of the first Washington loss into a home game against the Huskies on Feb. 19, the sophomore swatted Darnell Gant’s hook shot into the stands to seal the victory with 0.3 seconds on the clock and the Wildcats leading 87-86, giving them the win and the season’s defining play.

Withering Wesley

After dropping 22 points and 10 rebounds, Williams found his team up 77-75 and a hectic missed free throw gave Memphis’ Wesley Witherspoon an offensive rebound. On his putback attempt, Williams again blocked a potential game-winner to help Arizona to victory on March 18.

Tulsa triple

By the time only nine seconds remained in the game, Williams had flown toward the basket off a pick-and-roll with guard Kyle Fogg, receiving the pass before a foul, finish and made free throw for a threepoint play that gave Arizona a goahead hoop for the 70-69 victory on March 20 agaisnt Texas.

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

Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

Derrrick Williams drives to the basket during Arizona’s 70-69 victory against the Texas Longhorns on Sunday in Tulsa, Okla. The Wildcats reached the Sweet 16 by defeating Memphis in the second round of the NCAA Tournament before defeating UT two days later.

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arizona daily wildcat • thursday, march 24, 2011 •

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Sweet 16 comparisons: 2009 vs. 2011

Situations couldn’t be more different

COMMENTARY BY Bryan Roy sports writer

Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

Arizona forward Jamelle Horne defends Southern California forward Alex Stepheson in Arizona’s loss to the Trojans on Feb. 24. Horne was one of the only members of this year’s Arizona team that was also on the 2009 Sweet 16 squad.

The only positive from Arizona’s 2009 Sweet 16 run was captured through a camera lens.

One single snapshot. That’s it.

The game hadn’t even started, but No. 12-seed Arizona appeared hyped enough to compete against No. 1 Louisville. Minutes before tipoff, a Daily Wildcat photographer caught the Wildcats huddled, hollering and hyped in a circle around the rah-rah walk-on David Bagga.

Then the game started.

“We were in a hostile environment from the jump ball,” Bagga said earlier this week.

Of the roughly 60,000 fans in Lucas Oil Stadium, 59,550 were Louisville fans who traveled 114 miles up Interstate 65 to Indianapolis for what looked more like a No. 1 vs. No. 16 opening round game.

The score reflected it, too.

Louisville won 103-64 in a game that was over by halftime.

In the locker room afterward, nobody really seemed all too surprised, shocked or really cared to ask about the game. They had a new head coach to worry about: Who would take over for interim coach Russ Pennell? Would it be Rick Pitino? Bruce Pearl? Jeff Capel? Tim Floyd? (How good do those names sound today?)

Nobody could really complain about the loss. At least the Bookstore could sell a few T-shirts and McKale Center could add a new banner.

So what’s different this year?

— Location: Arizona dominates Southern California in students, alumni, fans, recruits and players.

Six Wildcats call the area home while three hail from Orange County itself.

Red shirts should fill about two thirds of the Honda Center. Duke must travel three time zones.

Don’t get too excited: Arizona forgot to show up to its only Southern California road trip this season in exposure losses to Southern California and UCLA. This time, the Wildcats are banned from the ego-swelling machine that is Twitter in order to keep swagger in check.

— Path: The 2009 Wildcats overachieved that season and accidentally found itself in the Sweet 16 after beating Utah, a weak No. 5 seed, and No. 13 seed Cleveland State in the first two rounds.

This season, a feisty No. 12 seed Memphis filled us with storylines and the all-powerful No. 4 seed Texas gave the Wildcats slim chances at a 14th Sweet 16 run right from Selection Sunday.

Somehow they managed, and whether that means they’re battletested and confident or complacent and cocky will be evident tonight against No. 1 Duke.

— Leadership: Sean Miller can coach, and his effectiveness reaches beyond conventional statistics.

Of all the Sweet 16 teams, the Wildcats hold the best after-a-timeout efficiency rating. According to Synergy Sports Technology, they average 1.001 points per possession and shoot 55.6 percent from the floor after a timeout.

Whether it goes back to Miller’s philosophy of “winning every four-minute war” after media timeouts or Miller’s philosophy of calling timeouts at relatively odd parts of an offensive run — it’s working.

Then again, Miller should know how to effectively handle his team in his 23rd month with these same players.

In 2009, Pennell had only been six months on the job.

The difference between those two stats?

One more than Sixteen.

—Bryan Roy is an interdisciplinary studies senior.

He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu

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SWEET 16

• thursday, march 24, 2011 • arizona daily wildcat

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The sports scene in Durham, N.C., isn’t too great from what I know about it — Karen Owen’s sex list not counting. Anyway, the basketball team pretty much makes up for all of the athletic programs shortcomings. Arizona will have to bring its best for a full 40 minutes, and the Blue Devils’ pressure on the ball will disrupt Arizona’s offense, making it difficult for the Wildcats point guards to set up the offense, and thus, get the ball to Derrick Williams. Arizona hangs close throughout but doesn’t have the firepower to pull it out in the end.

Arizona practiced at California’s La Mirada High yesterday, the school where Derrick Williams won a state title in high school. His family watched. His friends did too. But when asked whether they would be at the game, he said the $400 ticket prices would be too steep for 40 minutes of basketball. Maybe that’s a good thing, cutting the distractions that caused Arizona to get spanked in its last trip to Southern California this season. Then again, this is the Sweet 16 against the allmighty Duke — a school that plays in another league of college basketball.

All of my life I have strongly disliked Duke. Jay Williams?

No thanks. J.J. Redick? Easily my least favorite athlete of all time. But really, when you think about it, there’s no reason to dislike Duke. Its student-athletes are incredibly impressive and Coach K is one of the most admirable people in all of sports. But onto the game. I’m not an idiot — Duke is really, really good. They’re the favorite. But while the Blue Devils are kickin’ it in the front seat, the Wildcats are sittin’ in the back seat. I got to make my mind up: which seat should I take? My lifetime of being anti-Duke comes to a head tonight.

Duke 75, Arizona 68

Duke 82, Arizona 72

Arizona 79, Duke 76

From the archives Duke defeats UA in 2001 title, riots ensue ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Arizona’s dream for a national championship turned into a nightmare last night.

Rubber bullets, fires and broken windows overshadowed the supportive crowd of Wildcat fans on Fourth Avenue when nearly 500 police officers — outfitted with bullet-proof shields and nightsticks - broke up rioting and looting.

More than 2,000 Arizona fans - who watched the UA men’s basketball game in bars along North Fourth Avenue — started out cheerful and spirited, even after UA’s 82-72 loss to Duke University.

But soon the spirited atmosphere went awry when fans began to tear down street signs and assault one another.

Collective disappointment evolved into an excuse to vandalize property and loot Fourth Avenue businesses.

Nearly two hours after the game, the chaos began to erupt.

At least five cars were turned over, and a trailer was set on fire just after 10 p.m. at the corner of North Fourth Avenue and East Eighth Street — which became the epicenter for the riots.

The fire quickly spread to The Hut, a Fourth Avenue-area bar at 305 N. Herbert Ave., prompting police officers to disperse the crowd.

“It seems like at 10 o’clock, everything exploded at once,” said Roberto Villasenor, Assistant Tucson Police Chief.

When fans failed to leave, police officers were forced to fire “sting balls,” or rubber bullets, into the crowd so that emergency vehicles could reach the fires.

Police helicopters flew overhead, shinning spotlights on the carnage, as officers shouted, “Leave the area or return to your homes.”

Police arrested 17 people for charges which included

criminal damage, trespassing and disorderly conduct, Villasenor said.

One man, while walking his bike north on the sidewalk as police marched behind him, picked it up and slammed it through a window after taunts from the crowd daring him to do it.

The bullets were followed by tear gas, and those who chose to remain in the streets were coughing and holding their eyes, trying to blink back the toxic fumes.

Fans tried running away from the ominous haze as TPD continued to march, determined to break up the out-of-control crowd.

A lone man on the northeast corner of University Boulevard and Fourth had to signal to the line of officers that his only intent was to cross the street.

Fourth Avenue residents cautiously poked their heads out from doorways as rocks burst through their windows.

Spectators told them to get back inside and lock their doors.

“Fucking pussies!” taunted several people as TPD marched closer. “Rubber bullets, that’s all you got?”

TPD continued to march north towards East Speedway Boulevard as two people laid flat in an intersection, interlocking arms, refusing to move even as the line of police came within feet and the rubber bullets were ricocheting off their bodies.

The crowd scattered into side streets and a nearby park as officers turned around after reaching Speedway Boulevard.

Officers remained in the Fourth Avenue area throughout the morning to prevent similar problems.

Despite preparations by police, the events echoed the 1997 riot that followed Arizona’s win over Kentucky. Thousands of fans stormed Tucson streets, overturning cars and streaking through crowds.

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Students bash in a car window following Arizona’s 82-72 loss to Duke on April 3, 2001.