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Ducey agrees to cut $104M from Arizona public university budget By ethAN McSWeeNy

Arizona Sonora News Service

PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey have agreed to a budget that would deepen cuts to state universities by nearly 50 percent in a move that prompted sharp criticism from university supporters.

The new proposal would cut $104

million from Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and the UA, which is about $26 million more than Ducey proposed in his budget in January. The $104 million would represent about a 14 percent reduction in-state support for universities.

The cuts are apportioned to each university based on enrollment size.

In Ducey’s proposal for $77.5 million

in cuts, the cuts were $40.3 million to ASU, $21 million to UA and $13.1 million to NAU. It’s unclear how much more will be cut to each university under the new proposal as specifics on the new budget deal were not immediately made available.

The new budget would also strip community colleges in Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties of all state funding. Ducey’s budget called

for cutting funding for those three community college districts by half, or about $8.8 million.

Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for Ducey, confirmed in an email statement that Ducey and the Legislature had struck a deal on the budget.

“Governor Ducey has reached an agreement with legislative

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High school students compete to prove their agricultural prowess and explore Darren Wilson is possible majors cleared of rights violations for Ferguson, Mo., shooting

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The UA will be hosting high schoolers from around the state who have taken the day off of school to compete in several different agriculture-based competitions on Friday.

Hosted by the Future Farmers of America, these competitions range from judging dairy cows, horses and pigs, to welding and even successfully navigating job interviews. Most of the events involving animals are being held at the UA Campus Agricultural Center, while others will be held on campus. An awards ceremony will be held at the Student Union Memorial Center. The first-place winners in most of these events get the chance to travel to Louisville, Ky., and compete at the national level.

“These events are there to prepare them for the career they are choosing,” said Ali Schindler, an agricultural business and management freshman and FFA alumna. “I believe these competitions are based off of majors offered at the [UA].”

The National FFA Organization

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The FUTUre Farmers of America is a youth organization with an emphasis on agriculture. The organization will be holding a competition at the UA this weekend.

website states that “FFA is an intercurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership.”

As an agriculture-focused student group, FFA has been a

recruiting ground for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

The UA — and by extension, CALS — has been a partner with the Arizona FFA to support this focus on leadership and agricultural

education.

“What we are finding for the campus is [the FFA] is recruitment for CALS, but other majors as well,” said Quintin Molina, associate

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Syphilis on the rise in Pima County

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CoUrTeSy oF UniVerSiTy oF AriZonA MorTAr boArD honor SoCieTy

The UA MorTAr boArD is a chapter of the Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society. This weekend, the society will hold its eighth annual cleaning crew event, in which members clean up Tucson neighborhoods.

Club cleans up Tucson

By AMBer White The Daily Wildcat

Hundreds of UA students and staff members from the Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society will be conducting hands-on activities this weekend to make several Tucson neighborhoods cleaner and more appealing.

The Mortar Board Honor Society is hosting its eighth annual cleaning crew event on Saturday from 7-11 a.m. People will meet at the Highland Avenue Parking Garage, and transportation is provided by Mortar Board members or volunteers going in groups. The volunteers will be cleaning on neighborhoods from Grant Road to Broadway Boulevard and Euclid Avenue to Campbell Avenue.

Mortar Board is a national honor society for seniors that exhibit involvement and dedication in everything they do. The students also need to have a GPA of 3.3 or higher and need to have excelled for most of their years at the university.

Mortar Board was founded in 1918 and has chapters at four different universities.

Mackenzie Steinbach, a biomedical engineering senior, is the UA Mortar Board chapter president. She coordinates with the other societies across the U.S. and keeps the UA society focused on the three pillars of the society: scholarship, leadership and service.

She also assists the directors of the clean-up crew with getting resources and connections for the event.

There have been about 500 volunteers for each annual clean-up.

Ashwini Kaveti, a physiology senior and public health minor, is a co-director for the Mortar Board clean-up crew.

“Philanthropy and community service can be more than just fundraising money for a certain project,” Kaveti said. “This is physical work and people will feel that they have accomplished something good for their communities.”

Preparation for the event starts with securing sponsorships and then getting volunteers and promoting the event. The directors also had to

The Pima County Health Department has found that within the past three years, syphilis has seen an unprecedented increase in cases.

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is contracted through direct contact with a syphilitic sore, commonly known as a chancre. Though the disease is easily treatable with an injection of penicillin, it can cause lasting damage and even death if progression leads to the latent, most dangerous stage. With the UA residing in the heart of Pima County, this outbreak hits close to home.

Lee Ann Hamilton, assistant director of Health Promotion and Preventive Services and specialist in STD/HIV prevention at the UA Campus Health Service, explained that in this outbreak, men have been contracting the infection more than women.

Ninety percent of the male cases are seen in men who have sex with men, or MSM. However, while the majority of the cases seem to derive from a certain group, Hamilton stressed that anyone is susceptible and should be aware that this disease is not exclusive to any one demographic.

There are other factors to consider, she said, and cases are not indicative of who will contract the infection.

“There aren’t many cases, but both women and men who sleep with women are still at risk,” Hamilton warned. “Everyone needs to be aware that it makes you more susceptible to HIV infection because of the sores.”

The health department had a conference at the UA earlier this school year to discuss the spreading infection. In its reports, the department found that of the MSM cases, 84 percent were Hispanic or white individuals. From the overall MSM cases, 63 percent had used a mobile dating app to find sexual partners.

With the growing popularity of dating apps

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such as Tinder and Grindr among young people, the department has made an effort to prevent the proliferation of the disease.

The department had been publishing public service announcements urging users to get tested. However, these PSAs were forced to end due to funding limitations. While the number of positive cases has slightly dropped in recent months, the department takes into account a decline in awareness campaigns.

What exactly is causing the outbreak is hard to say, but speculation of a positive correlation between the amount of people getting tested due to awareness and the growth rate of disease remains a possibility.

Moira Alexander, a member of the Pima Outreach and Education Team for the health department, explained this correlation between the rate of positive syphilis cases and awareness campaigns.

“When we first started the awareness campaign, we noticed that rates increased,” Alexander said. “There is definitely a positive correlation in cases and people getting tested when awareness is up. The more people know about it, the more people get tested, and the more people get tested, the more we see positive cases.”

The department was unable to give an exact time period for when the outbreak will cease, but

meet with the neighborhoods and do walkthroughs of the sites that need to be cleaned up. Toward the end, they just purchase the food and assign volunteers to groups.

Brittany Forte, a senior studying biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, is also co-director of Mortar Board clean-up crew.

“Mortar Board is at a bunch of universities across the country, but the clean-up crew is really specific to our university, and that is what makes us unique,” Forte said.

The crew members expect there to be a lot of graffiti, weed and trash removal, and one of the biggest tasks is to help the elderly and disabled people clean up their own yards because they can’t do it themselves.

“It’s a lot of work, a lot of money and a lot of volunteers to be able to commit to these big projects,” Forte said. “Some neighborhoods are requesting more than 50 people, and with more than one neighborhood, it is hard to do more than one event per year.”

Anyone in the community can volunteer, and there is an individual and group application. If clubs want to volunteer, they should complete the group application, but Mortar Board applicants should complete the individual application.

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professor in the department of agricultural education.

“The students have already identified as potential candidates for majors.”

For many, FFA events held at the UA introduced them to the campus and gave them a push to become Wildcats.

This was the case for Auburn Osborne, a veterinary science freshman and FFA state officer.

“It all started with Spring State freshman year, when I competed in Agricultural Business Management at the [UA Agricultural] Center,” Osborne said.

This may not be the case in the future, though. While membership in the National FFA Organization is growing, Arizona FFA is struggling in schools across the state.

Agriculture programs — and as a result, FFA — are often on the chopping block when it comes to budgetary concerns.

Ongoing budget debates between the Department of Education and Gov. Doug Ducey highlight this issue.

If school funding is cut, programs such as agricultural

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A photo of the Campus Health Center, where students can receive treatment for various sexually transmitted infections. Pima County Health Department has reported a dramatic increase in syphilis over the last three years.

correspondents urged community members to take preventative steps against not only syphilis, but all STIs. Public health senior and intern at the health department Greg Daniels explained how this lack of communication affects society and offered advice to UA students about being safe.

education and FFA will, in all likelihood, be the first to go.

“We have to be more creative,” Molina said. “We aren’t able to participate as much.”

The FFA — both at the state and national level — combined to give out more than a million dollars in scholarships a year to deserving students in programs across the country.

For many students, the FFA can mean the difference when it comes time for college tuition.

“Without these connections, I wouldn’t have gotten these scholarships,” Schindler said.

Despite these concerns, there are almost 7,000 FFA members in Arizona spread around 74 chapters at high schools around the state.

Over 700 of those will be on campus in their official dress, ready to compete, according to a state officer.

So what does that mean you will see on Friday?

“Blue jackets,” Osborne said. “A sea of blue jackets.”

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leadership that balances the budget, practices fiscal responsibility and sets clear priorities for the state,” Scarpinato said.

Mark Killian, chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents, said with the deeper cuts to higher education, the Legislature is “trying to kill us off.”

The board of regents governs the state universities and sets tuition rates.

Killian said the cuts likely stem from the Legislature having a “lack of understanding about the university system.” He noted that Arizona’s university system has been performing exceptionally well in areas of research and student retention over the past few years.

“It’s counterintuitive to cut university spending as deep as what they are proposing,” Killian said. “It’s going to have a significant impact on staff and the way we deliver education.”

The regents issued a call to action in February urging for the state to not cut more than the $77.5 million Ducey initially proposed. Killian said the universities would have been able to take that much of a cut without raising tuition, but with the increased cuts proposed, he said he isn’t sure whether the regents can hold off further tuition increases.

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not just on syphilis and HIV, but everything. Stay informed; don’t let stigma prevent you from getting tested.”

“Don’t be embarrassed to ask for condoms,” Daniels said. “They are such an easy barrier to protect yourself. Condoms can be sexy; its not a taboo topic. I just want people to know that getting tested on a regular basis is imperative.

Even if you aren’t really sexually active, you should still get tested.

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of regents, took to Twitter to criticize for out-of-state students and no change the budget deal, calling it a “giant step to in-state tuition.

The UA also adopted a guaranteedbackward for our state.”

“Sometimes leaders get so focused on tuition model, which allows students to the deal they lose sight of what’s in it,” pay the same tuition rate over their four Klein writes. “This one should be left on years at the university.

At a January meeting of the regents, the table.”

UA President Ann Weaver Hart said ASU President Michael Crow said he in a statement that while she recognizes would not increase tuition for in-state the challenges state leaders are facing students in the face of Ducey’s proposed to balance the budget, she is very $75 million in cuts. Crow could not be concerned with the talk of further cuts in reached for comment on this latest budget deal. the Legislature.

Issac Ortega, “I continue to believe president of the that higher education is Associated Students critical for a prosperous of the University future for Arizona,” of Arizona, said Hart said. student leaders The state faces a expected the cuts project $520 million to universities to be budget deficit and a deep. He said while more than $1 billion the state is certainly deficit next year. facing deep fiscal Since the recession, —Eileen Klein, troubles, students Arizona has made more president of the board and universities cuts for its universities of regents shouldn’t be seen as than other states in the “the first thing on the country. Should the new chopping block.” cuts be approved, cuts to “Half a billion dollars [in cuts] over the state support for universities since 2008 course of six or seven years is a pill that’s would top $500 million.

At the same time, tuition rates at really tough for our students and our state universities have increased by families to swallow,” Ortega said.

Ortega added that students would more than 70 percent, according to the continue lobbying efforts to urge College Board.

Last year, the UA raised tuition for legislators to “invest in us,” referring to in-state students by 2 percent and out- university students.

More details on the budget deal will of-state students by 5 percent. ASU saw smaller hikes, with a 3 percent increase emerge in the next few days.

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1. “ Jay Leno. He’s a car guy and I’m really into cars, and he’s also very interesting. I’d probably just take him somewhere like The Cheesecake Factory.” — Brian Ochoa, a prebusiness sophomore.

2. “Stephen Amell. He’s so hot and I love his acting. He’s so natural when he acts, and he came out of nowhere. I just want to know his story. He can take me to Dubai for food because he has the money and I don’t.” — Michelle Perez, a senior studyign business management information systems and translating and interpretation.

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“The person I would love to take to dinner is Lana Del Rey because I’ve been a huge fan of her music for a while now. I think she’s really inspirational and motivational. She really stands for power of women, so I think she would have a lot of good advice for someone my age. There’s a really good place in

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— Kylie Christianssen, a communication sophomore.

4. “I would take Emma Watson because she’s just a fantastic person, and ‘Harry Potter’ was pretty much my childhood. I would take her out for sushi because that’s my favorite food.”

— Jacob Kannel, a biology sophomore.

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“Matthew Gray Gubler, who plays Spencer Reid on ‘Criminal Minds.’ He’s probably one of the smartest people I’ve ever seen, I know it’s his character, but part of me feels like that’s who he really is. I would want to go to a really good pizza parlor of his choosing.” — Carli Wilson, a communication sophomore.

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Spring break safety highlight of fair

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The University of Arizona Police Department hosted the eighth annual Spring Break Safety Fair on the UA mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday to give students information on how to have a safe spring break.

Debra Cox-Howard, a counselor at Counseling and Psych Services who specializes in substance abuse, said the overall theme and message for the fair was stay smart, stay safe and stay alive. Cox-Howard and other CAPS counselors conducted alcohol screenings for students to determine what their risk level is for poor drinking-induced behavior. Cox-Howard said the information goes into a national database, and the feedback is used to help students nationwide.

“If people score above a certain number, then we’re able to talk with them about what they can do to lower their risk,” CoxHoward said.

Greg Haft, a pre-med senior, participated in the Safety Fair to inform students about the possible consequences and longterm effects that result from experimenting with drugs.

“We’re here advocating the potential dangers of some common drugs: cocaine, xanax, ecstasy, molly, promethazine and LSD,” Haft said. “We’re trying to make sure we get a 100 percent return rate from spring break. Don’t let one mistake cause a lifetime of regret, so think before you do.”

Jennifer Chase, program coordinator for Beverage Alcohol Community Information Council, said the Own Up Arizona campaign aims to educate, empower and deflect underage drinking in Arizona’s middle schools, high schools and universities. The campaign is year-long, but Chase said Homecoming, spring break, prom and graduation are the “hightraffic” times of the year and when the campaign is at full force.

“It is an educational program that aims to teach kids what alcohol does to your body underage, and what the penalties are if you get caught with an MIC, an MIP, an underage DUI or using a fake ID,” Chase said. “What we do is go out and teach these programs and ask students to take the pledge not to drink under age and then ask people of age not to buy alcohol for students who are underage.”

Jim Shak, American Citizen Services chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Nogales, Mexico, said the primary mission of the

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riSA WilliAMS, a police officer with the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control, speaks with Patrick Kelley, the social chair for the Arizona Home Brew Club, about underage drinking. Kelley expressed gratitude to Williams for spreading the word about underage drinking during the Spring Break Safety Fair on Wednesday.

U.S. Consulate is to assist Americans that are in Mexico and to educate people about the role of the state department abroad.

“If [people] ever run into any difficulties they should know to reach out to either the embassy or the consulate,” Shak said. “If they lose their passport, if they are victims of crime, if they do get arrested, anything like that they should reach out to us and we can assist.”

Shak said they suggest if people plan to go abroad, they should check out the travel.state.gov website to find out about entrance requirements for the country they are visiting and the items that are prohibited in that country.

Jean Young, a volunteer with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said she was trying to spread awareness about how dangerous

Large discrepancies between faculty pay By chriStiANNA SilVA The Daily Wildcat

The UA officially staffs over 12,000 people; their salaries range from a couple thousand dollars a year to $2 million, with some employees accepting raises from the year prior while others see no change in their salary.

The two biggest earners of the 2013-2014 school year are the same as that of the 20152016 years: Arizona basketball coach Sean

Miller and Arizona football coach Richard Rodriguez. Miller earned about $1,900,000 during 2013-2014 and received a $100,000 raise, making his salary over $2,000,000, not including incentives, for the 2015-2016 year. Rodriguez earned $1,725,000 during 2013-2014 and received a $275,000 raise, increasing his salary to $2,000,000 for the 2015-2016 year. These salaries and raises don’t reach across every sport, however.

Niya Butts, the head coach of Arizona women’s basketball, earns about $200,000

drunk driving can be. Young said MADD is not a prohibition organization, but rather promotes safe and wise drinking.

“In ’76, I was hit by a drunk driver,” Young said. “I was going to the UA full time and working full time, and it totally changed my whole life. I was in a coma for three months; I had a very small percent chance of living. … I’m a miracle. I have the gift of life, and I want to tell people not to take any chances and to be very, very cautious, because it is our decision whether we are going to have that drink.”

and received no raise.

None of the salaries for these athletics coaches come from Arizona taxes, as the state fund ration is zero percent, and according to ESPN, the total revenue for all of UA athletics in 2008 was $71,727,243.

UA President Ann Weaver Hart did not receive a raise this year, with her base salary remaining $475,000. According to gathered by salary.com and the UA Division of Human Resources, as of March 2015, the median annual salary for college presidents is $255,453, with Hart earning almost double the median.

As of Feb. 6, Glass Door reported that the national average annual salary of adjunct professors is at $30,709, which is represented similarly at the UA, although the salaries per subject are sporadic.

Julie Feldman, an adjunct psychology instructor, earns $114,361 and Teresa

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Rosano, an adjunct lecturer in the architecture department, earns $100,000.

In comparison, an adjunct instructor in the department of Spanish and Portuguese, earns $21,600.

The documentation continued to show a custodian’s earnings of $26,292, in contrast to the senior vice president of health sciences earning $870,000.

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ith spring just next door and summer around the corner, now is the time for many eager students to sign up for travel opportunities.

Going abroad has the potential to shape students in countless ways; there is no better way for students to develop independence and increase their cultural literacy than to take a trip across the world. While studying abroad has always offered students the opportunity for growth, a new forum for international learning has arisen for those looking for a more “meaningful” way to spend their breaks: voluntourism.

Voluntourism — as it sounds — is volunteer tourism. It involves travelers who ditch the beaches and bikinis for volunteer work in other countries.

What could be wrong with young people using their time and resources to contribute this aid abroad?

The issue with voluntourism is that it allows organizations to capitalize on both altruism and poverty. Often, these companies cater more to the tourists than to the communities they visit — they offer the travelers a unique “cultural experience” and the local beneficiaries very little.

Critics of the voluntourist movement believe that volunteering abroad is often more of a way for a young person to stroke their ego than to actually enact a difference.

One- or two-week trips founded under the premise of changing lives usually involve little more than the chance to snorkel and zip line while staging photo ops with unknown children.

The Onion article entitled “6-Day Visit To Rural African Village Completely Changes Woman’s Facebook Profile Picture” mockingly illustrates the egotism. “As soon as I walked into that dusty, remote town and the smiling children started coming up to me,” the article reads, “I just knew my Facebook profile photo would change forever.”

While students who embark on these trips usually have the best of intentions, it is important for them to realize their true motives for traveling and the flaws in the industry they are upholding.

Altruistic students don’t realize that whether they are building a house in Nicaragua or distributing medical supplies in Malawi, their unpaid work can detract opportunity from local breadwinners who could have done that work more skillfully and for pay.

“In the case of orphanage tours … in Cambodia, the presence of wealthy foreigners wanting to play with parentless kids has actually … [created] a market for orphans in the town,” writes Richard Stupart for CNN. “A system has emerged in which parents will rent their children out for the day to play with gullible backpackers, creating fraudulent orphanages in response to visitors’ demand for them.”

Voluntourism will likely remain a compromised industry, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that travelers should compromise their aspirations to do good.

Anyone hoping to make a difference abroad needs to be critical before embarking with a volunteer organization. Savannah Pearson, a sophomore studying molecular and cellular biology and public health, had reasonable concerns before volunteering in India with the International Alliance for the Prevention of AIDS. “I felt like I didn’t have a lot to offer the program,” Pearson said. “I couldn’t justify … [volunteering] for something that someone in India could do more effectively. It seemed like wasting everyone’s time and resources just for me to get a ‘cultural experience’ and have some cool Facebook photos.”

However, Pearson and Suhitha Veeravelli, a biomedical engineering sophomore who contributed to the same project, realized that under certain stipulations, volunteer projects could be effective and meaningful.

Veeravelli said the program participants underwent extensive training before volunteering. They studied the HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness material as well as the most effective ways to deliver it before undertaking any work. Unlike most volunteer trips, this program lasted eight weeks and worked in conjunction with experienced locals to ensure effectiveness of the outreach.

“It was very powerful when you were able to see that the kids really understood [the stigma of] HIV/AIDS … and that they have the power and ability to educate everyone else with the information we just gave them,” Veeravelli said.

Under the right circumstances, with extensive training, collaboration and the ability to offer resources actually lacking in a local community, volunteers can use their skills to make an impact.

If a volunteer can’t make those commitments, they should find another way to validate themselves. There’s no harm in traveling for the sake of travel — in fact, it’s entirely preferable to making poverty a novelty worth capitalizing upon.

— Hailey Dickson is a frsehman studying public health and molecular & cellular biology.

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Mars One is a waste BY genesis lara

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ith $6 billion, one could buy luxurious houses, cars and planes — or better yet, one could help the 14 percent of the Dutch population living below the poverty line. But what does Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp decide to do? Convince 202,586 people from around the world to compete for four one-way death sentences to Mars.

That’s right, the Mars One mission to establish a human settlement on Mars is projected to cost about $6 billion with no guarantee that the chosen astronauts will actually set foot there.

The current plans hardly seem to be the ideal way to go. It seems to be much more like a form of entertainment than a project

for discovery and knowledge.

Considering the plans of making a reality TV show out of this mission, the founders’ main interests seem to actually be money, fame and entertainment.

We’re all intrigued by the idea of the unknown, but how much is actually known about the risks of this mission?

“Mars One does not provide any actual technical information about its plans,” said Daniel Apai, assistant professor of astronomy and planetary sciences. “Its board’s expertise is primarily in marketing, advertisement and design and demonstrates very little knowledge in space mission planning or management.”

Given the apparently little knowledge of the people involved with Mars One, is it really sensible to sentence people to death with this one-way ticket to a completely different planet? Of course not.

How could we trust a mission whose future is based solely on TV revenue?

However in several interviews,

the recently chosen 100 finalists clarify that they want their death to make a mark on humankind.

“If I’m going to have to die anyway,” said Sonia Nicole Van Meter, a 36-year-old finalist, in an interview with Refinery 29. “Let’s have my death mean something bigger for the rest of humanity.”

“This mission is not only about me or my country, but carries the expectation of the whole of humanity to find a new home in the universe,” said Taranjeet Singh Bhatia, a 29-year-old finalist, in a video statement for Mars One. It’s not difficult to be a bit skeptical of the Mars One mission, but then again, many must have doubted Christopher Columbus’s mission when he set sail, and look where we stand now.

Still, Columbus and his sailors at least survived the trip. Mars One seems like a long shot for securing the title “the Santa Maria of the Space Age.” Although the idea of this mission is undeniably very interesting and exciting, maybe

everyone is investing their money in the wrong places. Yes, it is of the utmost importance to learn more about other planets, but it is a much safer and more useful bet to invest in government research and space technology that could create the infrastructure for this mission in the future when it’s actually feasible. We need to have a much broader knowledge about the world around us before we make drastic plans like making a reality TV show on Mars or buying land on the moon.

“I hope more people will share the excitement of exploring the universe through telescopes and via robotic missions, but also understand how far we are still from traveling to Mars,” Apai said.

Or, better yet, invest in preserving this planet instead of giving up on it entirely.

— Genesis Lara is a freshman studying journalism, Spanish and French. Follow her @genesislara95

Porn industry screws Asian men BY nick havey

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t’s no secret that Asian men are getting shafted when it comes to penis stereotypes. The commonly held belief that Asian men possess smaller-than-average penises isn’t helping the less-than-glowing sexual perception Americans have of Asian men, and only one thing can help: porn.

Asian men experience body policing, citing their penises as comparatively smaller to the white baseline, amongst other negative stereotypes. In their misguided and frequently excessive use of the listicle, BuzzFeed tried to combat the small penis, effeminate, nerdy and unathletic stereotypes Asian men experience in their superficial article, “17 Reasons Why Asian American Men (or Any Other Western Asian) Make the Best Boyfriends.”

Other things, like actually dating Asian dudes or, you know, just stopping casual racism, could help, too. According to OKCupid, cursory assessment of online profiles reveals that Asian guys experience an average negative rating by women on the site. One brave man wants to change these perceptions, and he’s taking to the streets — and to porn sets to do it (and a ton of totally willing women).

Jeremy Long is an Asian American student at UC Berkeley School of Law and has an impressive amount of education with him on his quest to bring Asian men out of the darkness and into the spank banks of the masses.

In an interview with The Daily Californian, Long spoke at length about being a unicorn in the porn industry. There

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for demand to warrant producing Asian male porn is really low, but to get it going would require them to deviate from what they’ve been doing for years.”

And even though Asian men are available, willing and have porn-quality junk, the man — or in some cases the woman — is keeping them down. Burning Angel, a porn parody company, produced a “Walking Dead” porn parody in 2014 starring a wide cast of the series’ characters, including Korean American Glenn.

How hard is it to find any Asian dude? He doesn’t even have to be Korean, honestly.

But no, they cast a skinny, white, not even vaguely Asian man in the role. And then painted him in yellow face and taped his eyes back, because that’s not offensive, right? The argument, according to Burning Angel, is that “Hey, it’s porn – it’s not offensive!”

It is offensive because it is racist and because they ruined a great character by making him look like someone who rolled around in Cheeto dust. Google it, there are safe pictures that you can view.

It’s also lazy and just furthers how little effort we as a nation are putting into quality casting, inclusivity and sensitivity.

Jeremy Longs of the world unite — Asians aren’t a fetish, they aren’t effeminate and their penises are totally adequate, damn it.

So please America, cum together and make small strokes in combating racism in porn.

are other popular Asian male stars — Keni Styles, who is also a military veteran and talented fighter, is a surprisingly big name — but even with his talent, his 675,000 views pale in comparison to Mandingo’s — a black male porn star — 7.2 million.

People are into Asian porn, but it just isn’t as available to the masses as other genres, and Long wants to change that.

In his interview with The Daily Californian, Long stated why there are certain barriers to the production and consumption of producing porn in the genre.

“It’s unique because there’s no other major producers doing this genre,” he said. “There are in Japan, but that’s a completely different situation — they have censorship laws, so they can’t even show genitals.

It’s not really marketed for anyone outside of Japan, so you can find it, but you have to look for it.”

The problem isn’t that there isn’t a demand — it’s a continuation of underlying racism and intense stereotyping in America.

Several porn stars have stated in interviews that, even in 2015, it is frowned upon and occasionally considered detrimental for white actresses to do interracial scenes.

In 2010, interracial marriages in the U.S. represented about 15 percent of all new marriages, more than double the rate in 1980, and those people are presumably (hopefully) having interracial sex.

“There’s no evil guy behind a desk being like, ‘Oh I hate Asians, fuck them,’” Long said. “It just happens based on what’s around (producers), and there aren’t many Asian guys in those circles. The threshold

Asian men are available, willing and have pornquality junk

— Nick Havey is a senior studying physiology and Spanish.

Follow him @NiHavey

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BY AMBER WHITE

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SPACES GOING QUICKLY

What a crazy trip

A UA student was sitting near the Colonia de la Paz Residence Hall covered in blood and crying on Feb. 14 at approximately 4:52 p.m.

The University of Arizona Police Department officer who was handling the case was directed to the man by people pointing to the west side of the residence hall. The man was yelling, “Just kill me. I don’t deserve to live!”

He had both hands on his head and was pulling on his hair.

He was dressed in yellow swim trunks and a white shirt, both of which had blood drops on the front. The officer could see abrasions on his shoulders, knees and left ankle, and his left shoe was torn. The man’s right hand was covered in blood from an apparent knuckle wound.

The student asked the officer if he would “kill” him. The officer checked his date of birth and confirmed he was under 21 years old. He had a strong odor from alcohol on his breath and red, watery eyes.

University Emergency Medical Services workers arrived on the scene and the officer advised the man to stay calm while they evaluated him. He said, “I’m on your side. Whatever you need me to do.”

A passerby told the officer that he saw the man punch the west-side block wall of Colonia de la Paz. An employee at the Student Recreation Center also told the officer that he saw the man in the Rec Center approximately 10 minutes before the punching occurred. He was reported to have jumped over a gate and then yelled at a patron.

The individual said his friends were “freaking out” when the officer returned and told him that they were on ecstasy.

The Rec Center did not wish to press charges against the student. The person who reported the man was contacted by the officer. He said he was doing an exterior building check when he saw the man throwing keys at a bicycle, and the man had not responded when called out to.

Later that day, the student was issued a criminal citation for possession of liquor as a minor.

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A UA student was having trouble walking and fell to the ground near Tyndall Avenue on Feb. 14 at approximately 1:25 a.m.

The UAPD officer who witnessed the man falling was working a residence life deployment monitoring criminal activity.

The man lost his balance and fell to the ground several times, according to the officer. The officers drove a golf cart toward the man to make contact with him.

The man sat down on a nearby bench so he wouldn’t fall over again. The officers noticed that he had watery, bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and an odor of intoxicants coming from his mouth.

The man said he was walking to Villa del Puente Residence Hall from the Level apartments. The man was apparently drinking tequila at Level with some friends and ended up calling his girlfriend to stay with him for the rest of the night.

He was referred to the Dean of Students Office for his behavior.

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Free Lunch/Lecture: ‘(Re)Claiming Radical Trans and Queer Histories’ Noon. McClelland Park, Room 402, 650 N. Park Ave. Come join the Institute for LGBT Studies for free pizza and conversation as Alex Barksdale explores the queer and trans radicalism that emerged in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s.

‘Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability’ 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Student Union Memorial Center, Tucson/ Catalina Rooms. A lecture and book signing with global water expert Brian Richter.

Refreshments and a book signing will be from 4:30-5 p.m., followed by the lecture from 5-6 p.m.

Artist Talk and Screening: ‘Shame Every Rose: Images from Afghanistan’ 6 p.m. UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St. This event features a talk by Seamus Murphy and author Eliza Griswold, the screening of a short film by Murphy titled “Snake,” readings, conversation, and the chance to view the accompanying exhibit, on display in the Poetry Center Library courtesy of the Poetry Foundation.

Men’s Basketball vs. California (Home) 7 p.m. McKale Memorial Center. Arizona takes on the University of California.

CAMPUS EVENTS

UA Philharmonic Orchestra 7:30 p.m.

Crowder Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road. UA School of Music. $5. The University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra in concert, presented by the Fred Fox School of Music. The program, under the baton of Matthew Spieker, will feature Light Cavalry Overture by F. V. Suppé; Orchestral Suite No. 1 in F Major (Water Music) and more!

TUCSON EVENTS 30th Anniversary Edition Living with the Desert 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tohono Chul, 7366 North Paseo Del Norte. $79 members. $89 general public. Taking into account the forces of nature that shape the land, while acknowledging and understanding the creatures we share our “space” with, Tucsonans can welcome the desert into their homes while making their homes in the desert.

5th Annual Celebration of International Women’s Day 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Pima College Downtown Campus, Amethyst Room, 1255 N. Stone Ave. $50. We will salute the women union leaders, past & present, from throughout Southern Arizona whose activism inspires us to strive for greater advancement in our workplace, union & community. The festivities will feature a light dinner, fashion show, a special raffle, and a silent auction.

TUCSON EVENTS

Lenten Recital: Guitar Masterpieces 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. St. Philip’s In The Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. $10. Gus Woodrow, 19-year-old guitarist, performs classical guitar masterpieces. In the Music Center.

Mad Science Purim Party 5:00 p.m. Chabad Lubavitch of Tucson, 2443 E. Fourth St. $18; $10 age 10 and under; $54 family of four. An unforgettable party celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim with reading of the Megillah scroll, light dinner, the “Up, Up & Away” show

by Mad Science of Tucson, music and fun.

Come in costume and get an extra treat.

Mainstream Square Dancing 7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Tanque Verde Lutheran Church, 8625 E. Tanque Verde Road. $5. Our Caller is Dave Walker. We dance Mainstream!

Square dance attire or casual dress is welcome.

Rincon Country East Farmers Market 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Rincon Country East RV Resort, 8989 E. Escalante Road. Come on out and find a wide selection of seasonal organic produce, honey from Holly’s Little Farm, Jellies,Jams, Salsas and pickled items from We B Jammin, as well as, farm fresh eggs. Food Trucks Ranchers that provide meats and eggs.

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MEN’S HOOPS

Cal first up in senior week

BY ROBERTO PAYNE The Daily Wildcat

It may be a game against a California team in the midst of an up-and-down season, but the No. 5 Arizona Wildcats have little to no margin of error heading into postseason play.

Arizona men’s basketball coach Sean Miller said the Wildcats cannot afford to overlook

any of their remaining opponents. They take on the University of California, Berkeley at 7 p.m. today in McKale Center.

“We’re preparing for Cal on Thursday night,” Miller said. “If we get too far ahead of ourselves beyond Cal, … we’re not going to play well.”

Arizona (26-3, 14-2) has already overlooked two conference foes: Oregon

State and ASU. Overlooking another could be the loss to put the Wildcats out of the race for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

“Everybody in our conference can beat us,” Miller said. “We’ve, I think, proven that.”

Arizona controlled the game offensively and defensively to overcome early foul trouble en route to a 73-50 Arizona win the

last time that these teams met. Stanley Johnson led the Wildcats with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Cal’s David Kravish led the Golden Bears with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Matt Korcheck was the only one of the 10 Wildcats to play and not score, after getting just two minutes of game action.

All 50 of Cal’s points came from the starters, as

BASEBALL

Arizona takes series over New Mexico State

BY JAMES KELLEY The Daily Wildcat

Arizona baseball dominated a sloppy New Mexico State to win 10-0 on Wednesday night, but the Wildcats weren’t exactly excited after the game. The UA (12-4) beat the Aggies (1-12) to sweep the two-game series and win its thirdstraight game and sixth-straight mid-week game.

“We got some help offensively, we left a lot of people on base offensively,” Arizona baseball coach Andy Lopez said. “It was OK, about a B.” Shortstop Kevin Newman went 3-for-3 with a double and two walks and scored three runs. Second baseman Scott Kingery scored three runs and utility player Bobby Dalbec went 2-for-4 with one run, one RBI and two doubles.

“We played a good game, swung the bat well, pitched pretty well — but that’s what we’re supposed to do,” Newman said. “New Mexico State, not Stanford, not Oregon, that’s what we’re supposed to do, come out and hang 10 runs and not give up a run.”

The score could have been worse. The Wildcats went 8-for25 with runners on, 4-for-16 with runners in scoring position and 3-for-12 with two outs. Arizona left 11 runners on base.

Lopez said that the Wildcats won but didn’t do well offensively, and that they focused on themselves and not the opponent.

“I thought we did a horrible job offensively, horrible,” Lopez said. “I really did, and I don’t mean to be disrespectful to our opponent.”

Xavier Borde started for the Wildcats and went four-plus innings, giving up two hits, two walks and one hit batter, while giving up zero runs.

Rio Gomez (1-0) relieved him and went 2.1 innings while giving up one hit, two walks and zero earned runs to pick up his first win.

The freshman is the son of ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez.

“I didn’t even know I won

Kravish, Tyrone Wallace and Jordan Mathews combined for 45 of those points.

While the Wildcats got the best of Cal in that matchup, both teams are not the same as they were when they met on Jan. 24.

The Wildcats are much, much better now, and Cal has reeled off six wins in nine games.

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FOOTBALL

Solomon back and stronger than ever

BY EZRA AMACHER The Daily Wildcat

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ARIZONA BASEBALL pitcher Xavier Borde (49) pitches during Arizona’s 10-0 victory over New Mexico State on Wednesday at Hi Corbett Field. Borde and the Wildcats swept the two-game series against NMSU.

the game; I thought I just came in relief,” Gomez said. “I mean, obviously it’s nice to have the first win, but it’s just a little frustrating the way the outing went, I mean the walks. You never want that to happen. I mean, I just didn’t think I had my best stuff out there.”

Cody Moffett relieved him, making his second appearance of the season. Moffet pitched 1.2 scoreless and hitless innings and recorded two strikeouts.

“They’re a little bit lucky — I’m

just being honest — they’re a little bit lucky,” Lopez said about the relievers. “I don’t want to take anything away from them, but I’m not trying to fool myself. They’re doing a good job, but they can be better.”

Arizona took the lead in the first when Kingery scored on a wild pitch. Then, catcher Handsome Monica drove in a run with a single.

Designated hitter Riley Moore had

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As the final seconds of Anu Solomon’s freshman year winded down, the Arizona quarterback limped back to the huddle to run one last play. It was too late.

Solomon’s luck had run dry and his right ankle had taken too many beatings.

Two months following the Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State, the pain of both the defeat and the injury have subsided.

Solomon indicated at Arizona’s first spring ball practice on Wednesday that the ankle injury is no longer a big issue.

“I felt good,” Solomon said. “I definitely felt a lot better than the six weeks of our season.”

That’s good news for Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez as he tries to reshape an offense that is losing a handful of key players.

Wide receiver Austin Hill, center Steven Gurolla and offensive tackle Mickey Baucus are all graduating, while receiver DaVonte’ Neal switched to cornerback over the offseason.

Meanwhile, running back Nick Wilson is sitting out the spring.

There will be plenty of turnover on the first-team practice squad, and it’s possible that Brandon Dawkins or Jerrard Randall could challenge Solomon at quarterback. But for now, the Honolulu native looks to hold a firm grasp on the starting spot.

“He’s a little bit bigger and obviously, he’s got a little bit more confidence in him now, which is good,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a big spring for him, too, because he knows there’s a lot of things he can work on to get better.”

Rodriguez said he didn’t speak to the quarterback for two weeks because he was so mad after the Fiesta Bowl loss, in which

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BASEBALL

3/6 vs. Portland

SOFTBALL 3/6 at Florida

GYMNASTICS

3/6 at Eastern Michigan and Michigan State

TWEET TO NOTE UA’s 17 hits are the most in a long time. Hasn’t happened in 2015; didnt’t happen in 14, 13, 12, 11. Will have to dig into the archives...

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The Arizona softball Twitter tweets about some knowledge about how dominant the offense really was on Wednesday against UNLV.

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SOFTBALL

Arizona brings bats against UNLV

BY ROBERTO PAYNE The Daily Wildcat

To say that No. 13 Arizona softball’s offensive performance on Wednesday was explosive may be an understatement. The Arizona offense dominated from start to finish on a day that the pitching struggled, en route to 8-4 and 16-6 wins over UNLV at Hillenbrand Stadium.

“We swung the bats well, not great pitching that we saw, but we came out and put some runs on the board and did what we needed to do.” Arizona softball coach Mike Candrea said.

The second game of the doubleheader saw the Wildcats put up eight runs in the first inning, two runs in the second and six runs in the third. Arizona went through the entire batting order during that eight-run first inning and never looked back.

Five different Wildcats recorded an RBI in the first inning, including home runs from catcher Chelsea Goodacre and infielder Hallie Wilson.

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ARIZONA SOFTBALL catcher Chelsea Goodacre (77) hits one of her three home runs of the day during the first of two games against UNLV on Wednesday. Arizona won the first game 8-4 and the second game 16-6.

“It’s always nice to get the runs and that was nice to see,” Candrea said. “Thought we had some kids that swung it well.”

Goodacre’s home run hit the top of Ina E. Gittings building in right-center field, a feat rarely reached by Arizona batters. The

Arizona softball Twitter estimated it was at least 280 feet away from home plate.

“I think in regular season games, that’s my third time,” Goodacre said. “It’s pretty cool, but still a home run. Only four bases.”

It was an up-and-down performance on the mound for Trish Parks. The freshman allowed seven hits and six runs in five innings and struck out three. After the game, Candrea said that he chalked up the rocky performance to “growing pains.”

“We’ve just got to get Trish back to where she’s hammering the zone a little bit, because that’ll catch up to us,” Candrea said. “Can’t do that in Pac-12 [Conference].”

Arizona’s offense in the first game of the double-header was much of the same. Arizona took down UNLV 8-4 and scored seven of its eight runs in the third and fourth innings.

Arizona hit three home runs during the game, with catcher Chelsea Goodacre leading the way. Goodacre finished the game with two home runs and five RBIs in three at-bats. Goodacre leads the team in home runs and RBIs after her performance on Wednesday.

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Women’s Hoops

UA gets UCLA in Pac-12 tournament

BY Ezra Amacher The Daily Wildcat

Arizona women’s basketball faces UCLA Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament, held in Seattle, Wash.

The No. 11 seed Wildcats (10-19, 3-15) are up against the same Bruins team that handed them a 75-41 defeat in Los Angeles less than two weeks ago.

“It doesn’t hurt that we played them only a few games ago,” Arizona women’s basketball coach Niya Butts said. “It will still be fresh, but we look forward to seeing them on a neutral court.”

The Wildcats were dominated in practically every area in the road loss to UCLA.

men’s hoops from page 6

This will be the second-tolast chance for Arizona fans to see point guard T.J. McConnell in action in McKale Center.

The senior has been the heart and soul of the team all season, something the Wildcats need him to continue to do.

McConnell said the team has worked on developing better chemistry since the beginning of the season.

“In the beginning, I thought it was tough chemistry-wise,” McConnell said. “We’ve done a complete 360 and it’s real easy. I’d say our chemistry is just as good, if not better, than last year’s team.”

McConnell added that chemistry has propelled the Wildcats during their current sixgame winning streak since the ASU loss.

“It’s really good to be playing really good basketball in March, and to get it from five, six, seven guys is pretty good,” McConnell said. “We’re going to need that rolling into these next two games

The Bruins capitalized on an abundance of Arizona turnovers, shot 46 percent from the field and held the UA to 18 percent shooting in the second half. Arizona was also outrebounded 50-32.

The loss, which came on UCLA’s Senior Day, was perhaps Arizona’s most uninspired performance of the season.

Arizona should head into the rematch with greater confidence following a 64-41 home win over Utah in the regular-season finale.

The Wildcats displayed one of their best offensive displays of the season, shooting 52 percent, while preventing the Utes from getting many open looks. Utah scored just 12 points in the second half.

“We defended very well, and on top of that, we scored,” Arizona guard Candice Warthen said. “So as those have been problems for us in previous games, we’ll just have to carry this momentum over. If we defend and score, we’re going to give ourselves a chance.”

Arizona will rely on Warthen for a bulk of the scoring, as has been the case all season. The senior leads the team with 12.8 points per game and was named an All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention on Tuesday.

When Warthen is shooting well, it usually means that the Wildcats’ offense is working.

A supporting cast of JaLea Bennett, Malena Washington and LaBrittney Jones have also shown glimpses of

and into the Pac-12 tournament and even NCAA tournament.”

The emergence of players Kaleb Tarczewski and Gabe York has solidified the Wildcats from a depth standpoint. Miller has at least seven players he can trust at almost any time and another three — Elliott Pitts, Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Dusan Ristic — that can be difference makers if needed.

From a depth perspective, this year’s Arizona team is certainly farther along than last season’s team.

If the Wildcats win these last two games, McConnell will end his Arizona career undefeated at home and with back-to-back Pac12 Conference regular season championships.

“To never lose a home game, that’s obviously in the back of my mind, and to run through the fans as a Pac-12 champion would be a great thing,” McConnell said. “We have to keep our minds focused on Cal and go from there.”

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“This is my last [season], so I’m going to do the best I can to make our team win,” Goodacre said.

Pitcher Michelle Floyd continued her recent stretch of dominance against the Runnin’ Rebels. Floyd pitched a complete game and gave up four runs on two hits to go along with nine strikeouts.

Wednesday marked the secondstraight start in which Floyd recorded nine strikeouts. However, Floyd said she’s not trying to get strikeouts when she’s on the mound.

“I go out there, and I’m not necessarily trying to get strikeouts; I’m trying to get outs,” Floyd said.

“Whether it’s a strikeout, whether it’s a ground ball, whatever happens — we’re just trying to get outs. It’s cool getting nine, but it’s not really my focus.”

The Wildcats have a day off before kicking off the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif., Friday with a matchup against No. 1 Florida.

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Arizona men’s basketball guard T.J. McConnell (4) drives to the basket during Arizona’s 57-47 win over UCLA on Feb. 21 in McKale Center. McConnell and the Wildcats host Cal today.

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“It hurt the next couple weeks,” “I’m obviously putting more Solomon said. “I say it to myself, emphasis on my pocket presence, ‘Anu, you looked sloppy at times.’ accuracy and leadership,” Solomon Watching those films, watching said. those sloppy mistakes I made, I Leadership will be key as Solomon was so disappointed in myself.” learns to engineer a revamped The coach and quarterback group of receiving targets, including are now back on speaking terms.

Nate Phillips.

Rodriguez even commended him The soon-to-be junior suffered a Tyler Baker/The Daily Wildcat on benching a 325 max, a new season-ending foot injury against quarterback record. Solomon also Arizona football quarterback Anu Solomon Colorado. Phillips had started five said that he ran a 4.6 second 40- (12) smiles after Arizona’s 42-35 victory over ASU of nine games before the injury on Nov. 28, 2014. yard time. and was fourth on the team in “We did test results this past receptions. on getting stronger. ” weekend and these guys did a good “I hadn’t done anything for four While it’s far too early in the spring job getting me ready, getting me fast,” months, so it definitely feels good to to speculate on any major changes Solomon said. “I’m working this year be back,” Phillips said. “I would have

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Fields. Kari Korver, a strong outside shooter, may be able to do the most damage if she gets hot.

The Bruins lack of size plays to the Wildcats’ advantage, especially in defending the paint.

As long as the Wildcats take care of the ball and don’t suffer any major cold spells, they should find themselves in position to win.

If the Wildcats were to advance, they would face No. 3 seed Stanford on Friday, which lost to Arizona in Tucson earlier this season.

offensive potential, although rarely together on the same night.

Arizona’s lack of consistency, not just across the season but within a single half, plagued the team through conference play. The solid final performance against the Utes, however, should clear some of Butts’ woes.

“When you play well defensively and well offensively, we will certainly break down this film and watch what we did, how we did things,” Butts said.

While the Bruins have a wider range of weapons than Utah, they have struggled in their own right and finished the regular season with a 7461 loss at Washington.

UCLA is a middle-of-the-pack shooting team led by guard Nirra

liked [the injury] to happen in the offseason, but there’s nothing you can do about it, so I just had to be the best coach and teammate I could when I was out.”

Solomon’s main targets this spring, along with Phillips, will include receivers Cayleb Jones, Samajie Grant and David Richards.

Rodriguez said that Arizona also boasts four tight-ends with the right size to fit into his system.

As was the case last year, Solomon won’t have any shortage of tools at his disposal. Now he has to incorporate his growing skill set with theirs.

“Everyone has their jitters, but it’s just the first day of spring ball,” Solomon said. “We just have to gradually get better.”

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an RBI single in the second inning.

The Aggies had five wild pitches and three errors.

The Wildcats scored three runs in the fifth inning. Right fielder Zach Gibbons hit an RBI triple and then scored on a wild pitch.

Kingery scored on a throwing error in the seventh inning and Newman scored on a wild pitch.

“I guess it might be the most somber 10-0 win we’ve ever had, definitely that I’ve ever been a part of,” Gomez said.

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The College of Science is wrapping up the 10th season of its Public Lecture Series on Monday, the 2015 edition of which was about the possibility of life in the universe. The last lecture takes place at 7 p.m. Monday at Centennial Hall. “[These lectures] are important because it’s a big piece of our connection with the community,” said Chris Impey, an astronomy professor and member of the lecture series organizing group.

Impey will finish the series with the discussion “Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.”

John Athans, a UA College of Pharmacy alumnus, returned to campus to attend the lectures, which are presented by leading researchers in their fields.

“I like to learn, … [but] It’s hard to find a credible source [to learn from],” Athans said. “That’s why these lectures are so important.”

For seven weeks this spring, lecturers from the UA and elsewhere delivered cutting-edge research to the public at a level that is not overly simplified but also not technical, said Impey.

The first lecture series kicked off in 2006 and discussed the science of evolution. Since then, topics have ranged from neuroscience to climate change to cosmology.

“I think it’s important that the information comes from people who really are a part of the story,” said Tim Swindle, director of the

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and head of the UA Planetary Sciences department. “But it’s not just us talking about what we’ve done, but what all sorts of different people [in the field] have done.”

Putting a face behind research is important now more than ever to remind people that science is a human endeavor.

“Science is a process,” Swindle said. “And the more people understand how scientists think and why they think the things they think, the better off we are as a civilization.”

Athans said he’s noticed a difference in the lectures over the years: They have become more popular.

“I would say it’s the best kept secret in Tucson,” Athans said, “but … it seems like you have to keep coming earlier every year to find a seat.”

On the first night of the series this spring, both halls were so full, some attendees were basically turned away.

Attendance has grown rapidly over the years. According to Impey, about 2,500 people, not including the overflow, go to the talks. Most lectures fill Centennial Hall and then spill over into a lecture hall reserved in the Social Sciences building.

“This one in particular has done well, because the question of ‘Is there life out there?’ is fundamental,” Swindle said.

“Everyone has thought about it, and getting the chance to hear

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Tucson is the perfect place for this, according to Swindle, as it’s a college town with a world-class research university and also a large population of retirees who want to continue learning.

“There isn’t a city in the country that has a science lecture series that draws [in] as many people as

this one does,” Swindle said.

Swindle said his own passion for science began in kindergarten with the space race, and that the lectures will hopefully inspire the public with science as researchers continue to push the boundaries of knowledge.

“We’re even starting to learn about planets around other stars,” Swindle said. “Twenty-five years

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DR. MONICA Asnani, right, says goodbye to Kristian Richard, 1, being held by his mother Natasha, after the baby was given an MMR vaccine at the Medical Arts Pediatric Med Group in Los Angeles on Feb. 6. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS) The Student Health Advocacy Committee will host a seminar at 5 p.m. today to discuss issues related to the controversy surrounding vaccines and their health impacts.

Upcoming seminar examines vaccine importance in health The Daily Wildcat

In light of a measles outbreak in California and the ongoing national debate on vaccines, the Student Health Advocacy Committee will be hosting the Peer Education Seminar: Vaccinepreventable Disease, in order to educate students about the vaccines and their health impacts.

The seminar, which takes place today, will have multiple health professionals in attendance. These include Kacey Ernst, an infectious disease epidemiologist and an epidemiology assistant professor, and Amy Direnfeld, head nurse at Campus Health Service’s Immunizations and Travel Clinic.

The vaccine controversy started in the ’90s due to a discredited but highly famous 1998 medical study by British doctor Andrew Wakefield. The report, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, claimed to show that the standard measles, mumps and rubella vaccine could cause damage to children’s brains and immune systems. It has since then become a gathering point for parents opting to avoid

vaccinating their kids.

Apart from denouncing Wakefield’s credibility as financially compromised and disproving his conclusions through their own sets of studies, the scientific and medical establishments in both the U.S. and U.K. have lamented the harm Wakefield’s report has done to the reputation of vaccines. For years, doctors and health advocates have highlighted the health benefits of vaccines, like reduced rates of illness and eliminated diseases, and that children are particularly vulnerable when vaccination is avoided.

A measles outbreak earlier this year that began at a Disneyland in Southern California and started to spread across the state placed the controversy, which pits public health against individual medical rights, on the national stage.

The outbreak has resulted in 644 cases of measles in 27 states for 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The seminar is one of many that health advocates throughout the nation have set up in attempts to combat this public doubt and promote a more informed public

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New BPA study discussed with science journalist

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ago, we knew about zero planets around other stars. Now it’s in the thousands, and we’re starting to get compositions of atmospheres around planets around other stars. It’s just this boom in knowledge.”

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WHAT: Peer Education Seminar: Vaccinepreventable Disease WHEN: March 5, 5 p.m.

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discussion.

According to a flyer for the UA seminar, “the vaccine is a modern medical wonder” that can be used to “prevent sickness and eradicate diseases.” It will be held today at 5 p.m. in Room 303 of the Modern Languages building.

Space is limited, and students are asked to RSVP via a link on the Facebook event page.

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Bisphenol A-free products might be as bad as BPA: a discussion with a scientist-turned-journalist From the courtroom to the laboratory to the newsroom, Susan E. Swanberg has done it all. After practicing as a criminal defense lawyer for 17 years, she decided to pursue her childhood dream and become a scientist. She completed her doctorate in genetics at the University of California, Davis and worked as a researcher for six years.

In 2014, she completed her master’s degree in journalism at the UA. Her science stories have been published in numerous outlets, including the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Weekly and the guest blog of the Scientific American Blog Network. We sat down with Swanberg to talk about a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science that linked Bisphenol S, a BPA alternative found in many BPA-free products, with abnormal neurodevelopment in zebrafish embryos.

Daily Wildcat: How did you become interested in BPA? Swanberg: I’ve always been aware of environmental toxicants, and I did some autism research at the MIND Institute at UC Davis. It was there where I studied how environmental toxicants affect development and can contribute to developmental disorders.

Have you ever written about BPA as a journalist?

This new article is something I want to write about. I’m thinking of writing a blog piece about how science is continuous and it grows in increments and changes. Just because journalists came to a conclusion that BPA is bad and we need to substitute something else for BPA doesn’t mean it’s the end of the issue. This new article finds that BPS, the BPA substitute, is just as bad [as], if not worse than, BPA. In the study, scientists removed zebrafish embryos from the mother and then exposed the embryos to BPA or BPS . Do you think removing the embryos would accurately model the interactions

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human embryos would have if the BPA and BPS did not have to pass through the blood and placenta?

Not necessarily. [The scientists’ method] may be more direct, which could lead to the embryos being exposed to a higher concentration.

I bet there will be follow-up studies, because the removal of the embryos is a potential weakness in the study.

Do you think the zebrafish embryos were a good model of human embryos?

Choosing your model organism can make or break your study.

Zebrafish are a classic model organism, but you cannot entirely extrapolate from zebrafish data.

Zebrafish … develop differently than humans. There are certain stages in development, however, that are very similar between fish and humans.

I thought the last sentence of the discussion was very interesting because it called the public to action against BPA, BPS and similar compounds. Do you think that was appropriate?

That was really interesting to me too. I had a similar reaction because it was a call to action in a scientific article. Traditionally, that would be frowned upon and would be considered inappropriate. But PNAS is a highly respected journal, and I wonder what happened during [peer] review. I wonder if the comment evolved or if it became stronger or weaker. I think it can be dangerous to issue a call to action in a scientific article, and I think I would be more conservative. I might say, ‘This should be reviewed further to see if laws should be changed.’

Do you think scientists are too entrenched in what they study to make a statement like that?

[Calls to action] could be indicative of a bias. I think what you should do as a writer is be transparent. If you feel that a call to action is important, don’t hide it. Be clear who is funding your research and who is behind your research and let readers decide how they will respond to your call to action.

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