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ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

year in review

2010 • 2011

Steve Orlen dies from cancer • Honors College: Pay or leave

• Researchers battle malaria • HEART BROKEN • Don’t blame the kicker • Student still in critical condition • Sports ‘school’ UA grad rates • Remember the Alamo • • Obama to mourn with UA • Giffords condition heartening • UA president: Obama visit helps with healing • Peace in the Desert • Criner’s back • ‘HEROISM IS HERE’ • Crowd for Obama creates commotion • Broadway in Tucson show lands far from Kansas • WICKED • Funeral service held for 9 year old killed in Tucson • Gun rights’ debate intensifies • Students aiming to aid Haiti • Battle for Jefferson Park • Gabrielle Giffords leaves Tucson for rehab in Houston • Should Williams go pro?

• Boca shelves lion tacos • Egypt rocked with protests • UA announces retirement buyouts • UA students exiting Egypt • Tucson freezes over; water lines burst • Faculty opposes guns on campus • ‘Plan B’ sales increase during football season • Scott to redshirt in 2011 • Ibekwe earns Pac-10 Player of the Week • ASUA passes gun resolution • THE BLOCK • Oral sex linked to cancer • Rally for Libya • Student teller robbed twice • Armed robbery occurs at UA • Pac-10 title in hand • DISQUALIFIED • Loughner pleads not guilty • Path to the Sweet 16 • EIGHT FEELS GREAT • UA to hold benefit for Japan relief • Sweet (16) revenge • DREAMS DASHED • UConn-ed out of Final Four • Mock border vandalized • Fiji man found dead in chapter house • DERRICK DECLARES • Icecat players move to oust coach • Fowler suffers concussion • ALLEN WINS AGAIN • OSAMA DEAD

Giffords shot

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NEWS

TOP 10

news stories of the year

Arizona Daily Wildcat

A collection of the top-10 issues as covered by the Arizona Daily Wildcat this year

By Bethany Barnes Arizona Daily Wildcat

1. Jan. 8 shooting, Obama visits campus

A mass shooting at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson left six dead, including federal Judge John Roll, and 13 wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, on Jan. 8.

Giffords was shot in the head and rushed to University Medical Center, her intern and UA political science junior Daniel Hernandez provided life-saving medical attention at the scene.

The start of classes were delayed a day after the shooting and President Barack Obama came to address the Tucson community in McKale Center during the memorial service “Together We Thrive: Tucson and America.”

Jared Lee Loughner, accused of the shootings, pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Loughner faces a 49-count federal indictment that includes the attempted assassination of Giffords, attempting to kill two of her aides and the murders of Roll and Gabe Zimmerman, one of Giffords’ staffers.

Since the life-threatening injury, Giffords has made a rapid recovery and is slated to see her husband’s, astronaut Mark Kelly, launch aboard the NASA shuttle Endeavour.

2. Tuition increases … again

The controversy of tuition and how it would affect families and students dominated the Arizona Board of Regents’ discussion about whether to accept the tuition and fee proposals put before them by the three university presidents: Robert Shelton of the UA, Michael Crow of Arizona State University and John Haeger of Northern Arizona University.

In the end, the regents approved a tuition increase with the amendment that each UA resident undergraduate student receive a $750 rebate funded by more than $16 million of the UA’s reserve funds.

This means that, though UA resident undergraduate students would still see a $1,500 increase in tuition next year, each of those students will receive a financial aid award to offset half of that increase.

Non-resident tuition will increase by $600 to $24,574, a 2.5 percent increase from last year.

3. ASUA presidential race results in special election

Two presidential candidates for the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, James Allen and Daniel Hernandez, were disqualified from the ASUA general election held on

March 9 due to an excess of campaign violations.

As a result, ASUA Elections Commissioner Michael Colletti said a special election would be held to determine the ASUA presidency.

Allen and Hernandez each appealed their violations to the ASUA Supreme Court. Both candidates had enough of their violations overturned by the court to fall below the threshold for automatic disqualification, though the court gave Colletti the authority to determine whether either of the candidates should be reinstated. He decided to reinstate Hernandez, but not Allen, who had prevailed in the general election by a 2 to 1 vote margin.

Allen and Hernandez appealed to the Supreme Court again on April 7. Allen appealed for reinstatement into the race, which would make him the winner. The court disagreed and upheld his initial disqualification. Hernandez appealed on two fronts, first to say he should be declared the winner of the election and second that, if Allen remained disqualified and a special election became necessary, Allen should be barred from running again. The court disagreed on both points.

As a result, ASUA held a special election on April 21, featuring Hernandez, Allen and three new candidates. After a day of voting, James Allen was declared the new ASUA president, winning by virtually the same margin he had in the general election more than a month earlier. He was inaugurated along with the rest of the ASUA-elects on May 2.

4. Retirement buyouts become a budget cut solution

To cope with impending budget cuts, the UA began offering a voluntary retirement incentive program that awards employees with a year’s salary for retiring at the end of the academic year or summer session. The plan saves the university money because not all employees’ jobs will be filled.

The program applies to 250 faculty and staff. J. Jefferson Reid, a university distinguished professor of anthropology, thought the program could be effective, though he said the offer came too suddenly for serious consideration.

“It would be good if they could get people with very high salaries to retire,” he said.

Reid said professors who love their work would probably continue teaching.

“I enjoy what I do so much,” he said. “Retirement might even be scary.”

5. Pedestrian predicaments

Several traffic accidents left students with life-threatening injures this year.

In October, Peter Raisanen, nutritional sciences senior,

was taken to the hospital after being struck by a streetlight while waiting to cross the street.

The 19-year-old driver of a maroon Jeep Cherokee was heading east on Sixth Street approaching Highland Avenue. There was a green traffic light for cars traveling from east to west, and one vehicle was attempting to turn south onto Highland Avenue, said Sgt. David Fernandez, a Tucson Police Department officer who was at the scene of the accident.

The vehicle stopped in the middle of the road as pedestrians were walking in the crosswalk. The Cherokee went onto the sidewalk and hit a pole in an attempt to avoid hitting the stopped vehicle. The Cherokee knocked the pole over, and it hit Raisanen.

“The kid was waiting to walk across, and the car hit the pole and the pole hit the kid,” said Sara Morvay, a UA student who saw the accident’s aftermath. “I walked out right as the pole fell. The ambulance got here right away.

“I saw the side of his body, it was all bloody and limp.

Then the kid screamed,” she said as she imitated the scream.

“I’ve never heard anybody scream like that before.”

Also in October, a car hit Jennifer Miller, a political science graduate student, while she was crossing Sixth Street near Highland Avenue and in the same week another female student was hit while walking north in the crosswalk on Mountain Avenue, said UAPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Juan Alvarez.

In December, a 21-year-old female UA student was hit by a car at the Mountain Avenue and Speedway Boulevard intersection and pinned up against the Computer Center building, according to Tucson Police officials.

In April, a 22-year-old male UA student was struck by a car in the intersection of Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue and now is in serious condition at a local trauma center, according to police officials.

6. Regents reduce AIMS scholarships for 2013

The Arizona Board of Regents enacted sweeping changes to the Regents High Honors Tuition Scholarship that will begin in 2013. The scholarship grants a full tuition waiver to any student who receives an “exceeds” designation in all three categories of he Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS), in addition to other various requirements. The award will be reduced from the full cost of tuition to 25 percent. Students will also now have to earn above a 28 on the ACT or above a 1,300 on the SAT I to qualify. The changes do not impact freshmen entering Arizona schools in 2011 or 2012. The changes are projected to save universities in Arizona approximately $4 million

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“If I was a student, I’d be looking over my shoulder asking, ‘What now?’” he said.

9. Sarah Tatum pleads guilty

Ginny Polin/Arizona Daily Wildcat

UA President Robert Shelton speaks in his office in the Administration building on April 4. Shelton spoke about the university’s financial state and rising tuition.

annually, according to the regents’ proposal.

The only dissenting voice among the regents was outgoing Superintendent of Public Instruction and current state Attorney General Tom Horne, who helped pioneer the AIMS proposal.

7. Honors College: thinning the herd

This year marked the most significant decrease in the population of the Honors College since 2004.

There were 629 fewer honors students this year than last after almost 19 percent of the 2009 Honors College population left following the implementation of a $500 fee.

Patricia MacCorquodale, dean of the Honors College, said that many students who were leaving sent messages saying, “that they enjoyed their honors experience, but they weren’t graduating with honors.”

“People didn’t leave because they were dissatisfied or disappointed in their experiences,” she added.

The fee breaks down as 43 percent new honors classes, 29 percent advising, 17 percent student supports and 11 percent programs and activities.

While some students weigh their options and decided graduating with honors wasn’t worth the price tag other students stuck with the college despite the fees.

“Smaller classes are important to me, and the extra help

from Laura Berry, she’s the assistant dean. Extra help in general is nice,” said Katie Dolan, a sophomore studying English and creative writing.

8. Battle of the mini-dorms

Students living in Jefferson Park mini-dorms are violating the city’s zoning code, according to a determination by the zoning administrator on March 14 — a decision that one councilman called a “Pandora’s box.”

The determination found the use of mini-dorms built by developer Michael Goodman do not meet the requirements of R-1 zoning, which mandates single-family residences.

Groups of unrelated students living together do not comply with this zoning, though representatives of the city of Tucson are unsure of how far the ruling will extend.

The controversy between residents of Jefferson Park Neighborhood and mini-dorm developers spans nearly a decade, resulting in a design manual that received preliminary approval from the City Council. The Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association filed its first complaint regarding the use of mini-dorms with the city of Tucson zoning administrator in January.

Councilman Steve Kozachik said the determination could affect students living in these houses, though no decisions have been made.

Sarah Tatum, the former UA student who gave birth in a shower in Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall in February 2009 was sentenced to serve five years in prison and pay $100,000 in restitution on October 15.

Tatum gave birth to the 7-pound boy on Feb. 23, 2009.

The infant was in University Medical Center’s care until March 12, 2009, and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The child was adopted its first week out of the hospital, according to Laura Udall, Tatum’s attorney, in a previous interview.

“It is a closed adoption by her choice, she contacted Catholic Social Services right away and that’s been her plan all along,” Udall said.

The adoptive parents spoke at the trial and said they didn’t believe Tatum should be judged harshly, according to an Arizona Daily Star report.

Tatum was indicted on March 17, 2009, and charged with attempted first-degree murder and child abuse.

She entered a plea on Sept. 7 for aggravated assault and child abuse.

The boy has cerebral palsy but tests show he may catch up developmentally, the Star reported.

10. UA celebrates 125th anniversary

Arizona’s first university celebrated its 125th anniversary last semester. Throughout the years, the UA has grown from a single building housing six students to one of the larger public universities in the nation with a total enrollment around 40,000.

Ginny Polin/Arizona Daily Wildcat

George Milan, a resident of Jefferson Park for 34 years, meets with other residents on Jan. 20 to protest the building of min-dorms in the neighborhood. On March 14, the zoning administrator ruled that mini-dorms violate zoning codes.

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PERSPECTIVES

Daily Wildcat, time well spent Michelle A. Monroe Arizona Daily Wildcat

Although my reign as editor in chief of the Arizona Daily Wildcat has come to an end, I’m stoked to have another year left at the UA. In the fall I’ll be interning for “real� newspapers. Is it because I lucked into it? Hell no. It’s because of the incredible mentors and experiences I’ve had at the Daily Wildcat.

I started out as a copy editor, chock full of attitude. I left snarky comments in the articles I edited, much to the amusement of my boss.

When I moved up to copy chief for the Arizona Summer Wildcat, I doubled as a news reporter and had the misfortune of reading everyone’s little quips about my articles. This is how I learned to take what I dish out.

During my first news desk meeting, a fellow reporter was fired for being two minutes late. This is how I learned to be on time.

I started my career by interviewing the family of a UA student who had died in a single-car accident. I spoke with the mother during the funeral procession.

This is how I learned the depth of journalism.

Since then, I’ve been shoved by police officers and argued about constitutional rights. I’ve talked with more professors and officials about sex, science and students than any normal 20-year-old should.

I’ve been called names, and received as much hate mail as compliments.

My job has gotten me called into the Dean of Students Office. (Someone claimed I disguised myself, snuck into a house and lied to get an email. Man, do I wish I was that cool.)

I’ve refused to give up my reporter’s notebook to UA officials, who demanded it under school code. “I believe the U.S. Constitution surpasses the Student Code,� I said to the dean. On second thought, probably not the smartest response when facing sanctions. But the letter freeing me of blame still hangs proudly in my office.

This year I got to walk on Stanford’s football field to snap the heartbroken faces of players after the loss.

I’ve braved a mob of UA students after the Wildcats defeated Duke to get pictures from the center of the throng.

There’s nothing like an upset to see the raw emotion of Arizona fans: kissing, hugging, shouting and of course, singing “Bear Down, Arizona.�

At the end of each day, I get to walk into my second home — the newsroom.

It’s a place of happiness, anxiety, anguish, hugs, tears, laughter and family.

My job at the Wildcat is like a crazy best friend who gets me into trouble, leads me down paths I would never take regularly and, at the end of the day, will always be there.

Some of the greatest times I’ve had in college have been with the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

I spent two semesters as news editor training some of the brightest and most passionate reporters I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Many of the people who trained and inspired me are graduating this year. But they’ve left wonderful memories, lessons and friendships in their wake.

They may be leaving, and my term is coming to an end, but our ties to the paper are never cut. We’ll always have the Wildcat. — Michelle A. Monroe is the editor in chief of the Daily Wildcat. She can be reached at editor@wildcat.arizona.edu.

Graduating Seniors of the College of Engineering We extend HUGE congratulations to ALL of our 2011 graduates in Aerospace Engineering Biosystems Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering Engineering Management Engineering Math Engineering Physics Industrial Engineering

Materials Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mining & Geological Engineering Optical Sciences & Engineering Systems Engineering

College of Engineering Outstanding Senior: Mona Eskandari, Mechanical Engr.

Outstanding Departmental Seniors Astrid Raisanen, Aerospace Engr.

Dustin Harshman, Biosystems Engr.

Adam Rice, Chemical Engr.

David Yurs, Civil Engr.

Nathan Sandoval, Computer Engr.

Andrew Milakovich, Electrical Engr.

Becky Witte, Engineering Mgmt.

Jacob Hanson, Materials Science & Engr.

Mona Eskandari, Mechanical Engr.

Scott Schields, Mining Engr.

Christine Bradley, Optical Sci. & Engr.

Brianna Heersink, Systems Engr.

Graduating Engineering Ambassadors

Thank you for volunteering your valuable time and talents for the College of Engineering and The University of Arizona.

Astrid Raisanen, Aerospace Engr.

Joseph Sobansky, Aerospace Engr.

Justin Volmering, Aerospace Engr.

Michelle Benson, Chemical Engr.

Alyssa Garcia, Chemical Engr.

Ryan Badilla, Civil Engr.

Sonia Sarmiento, Civil Engr.

December 2011 EA Graduates:

Gladys Finyom, Computer Science Polly Juang, Engineering Mgmt.

Jonathan Yeh, Industrial Engr.

Mona Eskandari, Mechanical Engr.

Emilio Gonzalez, Mechanical Engr.

Matthew Jones, Optical Sci. & Engr.

Adam Van Vianen, Optical Sci. & Engr.

Jonathan Bradford, Systems Engr.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants Christina Canter, Chemical Engr.

Juan Manuel Russo, Electrical & Computer Engr.

Kenan Arik, Mechanical Engr.

John Combs, Mining & Geological Engr.

Manal Khreishi, Optical Science Brett Wolgemuth, Systems Engr.

Outstanding Graduate Students Rene Woszidlo, Aerospace Engr.

Mario Rojas Cardozo, Chemical Engr.

Michael Mielke, Civil Engr. and Engr. Mechanics Anantha Raman Krishnan, Electrical & Computer Engr.

Aida Tapia Rodriguez, Environmental Engr.

Sai Srinivas Nageshwaraniyer, Industrial Engr.

Sanket Unhale, Mechanical Engr.

Peguy Pierre-Louis, Systems & Industrial Engr.

Kim Tham, Biosystems Engr.

Jonathan Gross, Electrical and Computer Engr.

Jessica Rimsza, Materials Sci. & Engr.

Oscar Farfan, Systems Engr.

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CONGRATULATIONS 2011 HONORS GRADUATES & AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Honors College staff is proud of all our Honors students’ accomplishments!

Outstanding Senior Award – Jessie Brown 5 Star Faculty Award – Dr. C. Eugene Settle Outstanding Young Alumni Volunteer – Chad Marchand Honors College Alumni Awards – Grace Giuè, Shaun Kirkpatrick, Dylan Taylor & Honorable Nanette Warner Giuè Family Scholarships/Alumni Legacy Scolarships – Erin Chute, Jena Rae Decker, Mona Eskandari, Jonathan Cain, David Eisenbise & Huong Truong †denotes Da Vinci Award recipient (students who completed more than one thesis) * denotes Silver Award of Excellence (students who are graduating with a 4.0) Adams, Scott Astronomy Dennis Zaritsky

Contrata, Kenneth Journalism Terry Wimmer

Gallas, Genna Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman

Kmetzo, Julianne Sara Psychology Andrew Fuglevand/Mary Peterson

Nitta, Caitlin Marketing Merrie Brucks

Sercu, Jason International Studies Wayne Decker

Urity, Vinoo B Physiology Thomas Pannabecker

Akaba, Emily Architecture Christoper Trumble

Copeland, Audrey Anthropology James Watson

Gamez, Laura Patricia Psychology Laura Lunsford

Knafelc, Jeffrey Optical Sciences & Engineering David Henz

Nnamdi-Emetarom, Chioma Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Sherman, Stephanie M Psychology T. Lee Ryan

Utter, Christopher Systems Engineering Ara Arabyan

Amini, Leila Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Copp, David Andrew Mechanical Engineering Ara Arabyan

Gardon, Tyler Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Knights, Shellie S Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden

Sheth, Grishma Rajesh Molecular & Cellular Biology Julie Long

Vakili, Monet Finance Arvind Singh

Corona, Paige C English Jennifer Jenkins

Gibson, Malcolm† Aerospace Engineering & Mechanical Engineering

Knotts, Bryanna Kristen Art History Sarah Moore

Shiffler, Stacy M* Physics Koen Visscher

Vallorano, Matthew Business Management Nathan Podsakoff

Cowan, Mitchel Huang Political Science Barbara Norrander

Herman Fasel/Ara Arabyan

Koussa, Mounir Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

William Montfort

Shtayer, Meytal Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Lynne Oland/Leslie Tolbert

Olivares Martinez, Christopher Ignacio

Roger Miesfeld/Tsu-Shuen Tsao

Van Boven, Alexandra J† English & Psychology Susan Aiken/Melissa Curran

Kresock, Sylvia Anne Creative Writing Aurelie Sheehan

Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden

Shultz, Christopher L Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics David Harris/Tsu-Shuen Tsao

Nicholas Larmonier Armstrong, Forrest† Psychology & Linguistics Richard Bootzin/Diane Ohala Arrington, Daniel Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Athey, Angela L Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden Avery, Kelsey D Physiology Patricia Hoyer/Cindy Rankin

Cox, Kurt Chemistry Indraneel Ghosh Crain, Jessica R Family Studies & Human Development Alison Ewing

Bandekar, Neha K Molecular & Cellular Biology Carol Barnes

Cromwell, Wyn Z Physiology Thomas Pannabecker

Barajas, Courtney Catherine English Gerald Monsman

Dake, Elizabeth Religious Studies Donna Swaim

Baynes, Cayla Chemistry Katrina Miranda

Dammer, Stephanie Studio Art Barbara Penn

Bean, Marianne* Entrepreneurship Bob Morrison/Matt Mars

Davidson, Ryan D Psychology Connie Beck

Beaudet, Kara Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

De La Pena, Mariana Spanish Alba Nora Martinez

Bellafiore, Amber L Psychology W. Jake Jacobs

De Sola, Stephanie C Anthropology Richard Stoffle

Ben-Yeoshua, Eytan Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Decker, Jena Rae International Studies Wayne Decker

Benjamin, Victor Awiyai Management Information Systems

Dermyer, Lindsey Biology Michael Nachman

Hsinchun Chen Benson, Michelle S Chemical Engineering Kim Odgen Bernstein, Michael Finance Arvind Singh Besich, Emily M English William Epstein Bidleman, Araina R Theater Arts Rick Tuckett Billias, Maria A Business Management Paul Melendez Bishop, Keri Elizabeth Psychology Rebecca Gomez Blumberg, Sarah Psychology Janet Nicol Bomotti, Samantha* Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Parker Antin Brauneis, Jacqueline N Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden Brisita, Artur E Music Janet Sturman Brobeck, Philip J Mechanical Engineering Ara Arabyan Brock, Garett Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Brouder, Christine Studio Art- 2D Barbara Penn Brown, Dustin H Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden Brown, Jessie A Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Raymond Runyan Burrow, Jeffrey Religious Studies Donna Swaim Cain, Jonathan A† Mathematics & Music Moysey Brio/Janet Sturman Camarillo, Jeannie Marie Physiology Jay Gandolfi Carrocci, Tucker Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Bill Montefort/Robin Polt Case, Lauren Civil Engineering Michael Mathieu Ceraulo, Anthony S Economics Thomas Dalton Cernik II, Frank Matej English Carlos Gallego Chavez, Erin Marie Biosystems Engineering Donald Slack Christensen, Alycia Ann Family Studies & Human Development Alison Ewing Chute, Erin M Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Edwin Maas Ci, Shuang* Biochemistry Frank Porreca Cochrane, William Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Cohen, Chelsea H Creative Writing Aurelie Sheehan Constanti, Joshua Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Gibson, Michelle Gender & Womens Studies Spike Peterson Gillman, Elizabeth J Nutritional Science Conrad Clemens Gimblett, Jennifer L† Anthropology & Art History Daniela Triadan/Sarah Moore

Laurel, Antoinette Physiology Hendrikus Granzier

Glas, Brittany M Speech, Language & Hearing Science Gayle Dede

Lavely, Nicole Studio Art- 3D James Cook

Golding, Lauren Molecular & Cellular Biology Catharine Smith

LeBlanc, Timothy Psychology John Allen/Patricia Haynes

Goodhand, Sydney D Classics John Bauschatz

Lederman, Lauren Anthropology Elizabeth Kennedy

Goodlet, Kellie* Chemistry John Pollard

Leehey, Kelly Anthropology Mark Nichter

Gubernick, Samuel History Fabio Lanza

Lester, Marisa L Agricultural Technology Management & Education Ed Franklin

Hall, Erica R Nursing Cheryl Lacasse Harris, Michelle A Psychology Stephen Russell/Matthias Mehl

DiCenzo, Michael Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Harvey, Sean P History Michael Bonne/Kevin Gosner

Dickinson, Ethan C Linguistics Andrew Wedel

Hawkins Villagomez, Mallory Communication Kyle Tusing

Direnfeld, Elayna Beth Communication Kate Kenski Driscoll, Jeremy Molecular & Cellular Biology Eva Varga Drobny, Michael Ross Entrepreneurship Bob Morrison

Helmers, Mark* Biosystems Engineering Mark Riley Heob, Elyse Molecular & Cellular Biology Robert Rhoads Herr, David Finance Arvind Singh

Duenas, Flory Media Arts Larry Estes Dukerich, Zachary Simon Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Tsu-Shuen Tsau Dunatov, Devin Physiology Mary Koithan Durns, Tyler Molecular & Cellular Biology Johnny Fares Eastman, Benjamin Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Edwards, Sarah Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Megan Mcevoy/Tsu-Shuen Tsao

Giroux, Anna M Psychology Judith Becker

Gupta, Neha Management Barbara Gutek

Diamond, Paul Andrew Physiology Lynne Oland

Larsen, Andrew Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Hill, Kimberly A Molecular & Cellular Biology Katerina Dvorak Ho, Hang T Mechanical Engineering Gerald Pine/ Ara Arabyan Ho, Kenny Business Economics Price Fishback Holland, Adam English Allison Dushane Holohan, Kyle Computer Science Christian Collberg

Megan McEvoy/Tsu-Shuen Tsao

Horan, Brendan Mathematics Mosyey Brio

Ego, Alyssa* Sociology Celestino Fernandez

Howell, Keith Thomas Political Science Faten Ghosn

Eichen, Dena Studio Art- 2D Barbara Penn

Hultstrom, Brittany* Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Eisenbise, David Alan* Nursing Marylyn Mcewen

Hunley, Ashley Morgan Accounting Oliver Li

Encinas, Alejandra Molecular & Cellular Biology Mohamad Azhar

Hutchins, Courtney E Physiology Ron Hilwig

Erlick, Lindsey Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Ihms, Courtney Katherine Anthropology Michael Schiffer

Ernst, Jason Brian International Studies Wayne Decker

James, Shannon R History David Oritz

Eskandari, Mona* Mechanical Engineering Gerald Pine

Johnston, Kyle A Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden

Espiritu, Patricia L Physiology Heddwen Brooks

Jones, Beryl M Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Daniel Papaj/Wulfila Gronenberg

Farcas, Andra M Psychology T. Lee Ryan

Kartchner, Laurel Brianne Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Matt Cordes/Tsu-Shuen Tsao

Ference, Daniel Entrepreneurship Matt Mars

Kauffman, Ilyssa Avery* Psychology Aurelio Jose Figueredo

Filer, Christine R Communication Kate Kenski

Kelleher-smith, Mora Studio Art- 2D Sheila Pitt

Finkelstein, Karin Communication Kyle Tusing

Kelsey, Sarah M* Family Studies & Human Development Angela Taylor

Fiszbein, Dana Erin Physiology Conrad Clemens

Kim, Kenneth L Molecular & Cellular Biology Donata Vercelli

Francis, Ashley Interdisciplinary Studies Pat Willerton

Kimball, Emily Physiology Fiona Bailey

Frantz, William Philosophy Michael Gill

King, Aaron Interdisciplinary Studies Samirah Farwaneh

Franzetti, Lexy Linn Psychology T. Lee Ryan

Klauss, Catherine E Physics Alex Cronin

Freese, Whitney Marketing Jesper Nielsen

Klein, Joshua M Engineering Management Sherry Hoskins

Gaeta, Amanda Marketing Kim Nelson

Klug, Brian R Optical Sciences & Engineering Ara Arabyan

Levine, Benjamin* Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Lewis, Greg Business Management Cindi Gilliland Long, Jason Veterinary Science Noble Jackson Love, Vicki P Music Education Janet Sturman Lu, Phat Optical Sciences & Engineering David Henz Lucero, Valerie Molecular & Cellular Biology Patricia Stock Ludgate, Melissa B Physiology John Konhilas Luo, Songyang Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Luu, Thanh† Physiology & Entrepreneurship Zoe Cohen/Matt Mars Lyman, Emily Biology Paloma Beamer Mallery, Paul Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Marchionne, Elizabeth M Physiology Erik Henriksen Marshburn, Erica S† Physiology & Economics Stephen Wright/Price Fishback Martin, Jaycie Ryrholm* Linguistics Michael Hammond Masschelein, Ariane M Entrepreneurship Matt Mars Mauser, Justin A Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Tsu-Shuen Tsao May, Travis History Miranda Spieler Mcleod, Martha Lamb Accounting Katie Maxwell Mendenhall, E Connor International Studies Brian Silverstein Meyer, Salena A Molecular & Cellular Biology Kirsten Limesand

Megan Mcevoy /Marc Tischler Obradov, Aleksandra Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Andrew Hausrath Ogley, Scott C* Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Olsen-mikitowicz, Victoria M Veterinary Science Noble Jackson Orr, Schyler Marketing Kim Nelson Oulton, Jeremy Physiology Zoe Cohen Oxnam, Nathan W Computer Engineering Ara Arabyan Pages, Sara Finance Arvind Singh/Chris Lamoureaux Peake, Alyssa Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Victor Hruby Peck, Kayla Biology Joanna Masel Peer, Sarah Nicole Physiology Ronald Hilwig Percival, Abigail International Studies Wayne Decker Perrian, Georgia O Physiology Ronald Lynch Price, Lauren Emilie Nursing Elaine Jones/Virginia Lebaron Price-Wright, Heather Creative Writing Ander Monson Pulver, Megan Marketing Sue Umashankar Qiao, Qiyang Accounting Dan Dhaliwal Quicke, Kendra M Microbiology Michael Riehle Quillin, Tyler R† English Literature & Philosophy Charles Scruggs/Rachana Kamtekar Rainey, J. Daniel* Mechanical Engineering Kevin Prodromides Raisanen, Astrid L† Aerospace Engineering & Spanish Charles Tatum Ravaglia, Marco Chemical Engineering Kim Ogden Rayyan, Esa S Physiology Gene Settle

Morey, Erica Biosystems Engineering Mark Riley Muchna, Amy E Physiology Cathleen Michaels Narum, Linda Marie* Elementary Education Marcy Wood Naylor-Sanchez, Rebecca M English Patrick Baliani Nguyen, Amy M* Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Carol Dieckmann Nichols, Claire M Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Nancy Horton

Hamish Christie/Bill Montfort Sandoval, Nathan S Computer Engineering Clayton Grantham Sanford, Caitlin Molecular & Cellular Biology John Fares Sarmiento, Sonia Civil Engineering Michael Mathieu

Gayle Dede

Sierchio, Jennifer Astronomy George Rieke

Verma, Ketan Economics Gerald Swanson

Silva, Nadia V Physiology Zoe Cohen

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By Alexander Vega ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

She’s just not that into you (Feb. 18)

A female UA student reported receiving harassing calls and text messages to UAPD on Wednesday at 2:38 p.m.

The student told the officer that the messages were from a friend from high school.

The friend wanted to be “more than friends� with the student, but she wanted to only be friends and had explained that to him in the past.

After high school, the two lost contact with each other.

Recently, the friend contacted the student on Facebook, and they decided to meet for coffee.

After their meeting, the two went back to the student’s residence hall.

The friend attempted to hold the student’s hand and kissed the student several times on the shoulder.

The student never told the friend to stop, but would move her hand if he tried to hold it.

On Monday, the student told the friend she was not interested in a romantic relationship and requested that the friend leave her alone.

The friend continued to send several text messages and phone calls.

One of the texts contained a threat to show the emails between the two to a man the student was interested in.

The officer contacted the friend and told him that the student did not want to be contacted again.

The friend said that he “got the hint� on Monday and wasn’t planning on contacting the student.

The officer said the student would be pressing harassment charges if contacted again.

The friend said he understood and requested the officer also tell the student to not contact him in any way.

The officer explained to the student how to obtain a restraining order from the Pima County Court.

Man drinking Natty Ice in ILC vomits on self (Mar. 31)

A non-UA affiliated man vomited on himself in the ILC and was arrested for drinking in public on March 25.

A UAPD officer responded to the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center and spoke with a library employee.

The employee showed the officer where the man was sitting and said that he vomited on himself while using a computer. The employee also reported that the man was taking drinks from a brown bottle that they believed to be beer.

The officer met with the man at a computer terminal on the south end of the ILC. The man appeared extremely intoxicated and had vomit on his shirt and the front of his pants.

There was also a pool of vomit on the floor beneath his chair.

Open food wrappers and trash littered the area where he was sitting.

Two 32-ounce bottles of Natural Ice beer were sitting on the floor next to him.

The officer arrested the man for drinking in public and placed him in handcuffs. “I know I don’t belong here,� he said.

He also said that he was “severely mental� and, because he had been drinking all day, had not taken his medication for two days.

The officer transported him to the Pima County Jail where he was booked into custody for the liquor law violation.

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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POLICE BEAT Multiple charges for alleged drug smuggler (April 11)

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An anonymous caller to UAPD on April 7 reported that a UA student was packaging and shipping large amounts of cocaine through his dorm room using the United States Postal Service.

At 7:37 p.m., a UAPD officer responded to the Coronado Residence Hall and went to the room of the suspect.

After knocking at the door, the two residents came to the door but said they wanted to talk outside of the room.

The officer asked the suspected student if he was packaging cocaine, and the student denied the claim.

He gave the officer permission to search his half of the room.

Inside the room, the officer found a bag of green powder that the resident called “spice,” some plastic bags with white residue, a “cross” joint, two metal containers with white and green residue and a bag with white powder.

What the officer asked about the white substance, the student said the bags weren’t his and that he didn’t know how they got there.

Also in the room, the officer found a backpack with the resident’s name embroidered on it.

Inside the backpack were bottles of alcohol, which the student admitted to owning.

The officer arrested him for possession of narcotics, marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a fictitious driver ’s license and

minor in possession.

A code of conduct referral was forwarded to the Dean of Students Office.

Medical student comes to class with knife sewn in dress (Jan. 11)

A UAPD officer was called in to respond to a possible knife threat at the College of Medicine at 10:17 a.m. on Jan. 7.

The officer arrived to the third floor elevator where the female student was identified as the one who had the knife.

A witness said that the student did not have the knife with her and was unarmed.

The officer got confirmation from a college official that the woman was a medical student that was on antipsychotic medication but had stopped taking it.

The official said she seemed disoriented and had acted strangely for a few weeks.

One of the student’s classmates said that she was wearing a dress covered in strange things like passports and underwear.

Her professor noticed that the woman had a knife sewn on the back of the dress she was wearing but allowed the professor to remove the knife from her dress.

The professor then convinced the student to go to the hospital.

Another UAPD officer escorted the woman to the University Medical Center emergency room.

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Brandon Specktor Arts Editor 520•621•3106 arts@wildcat.arizona.edu

a year of escapes

What this year’s box office results really tell us

By Brandon Specktor Arizona Daily Wildcat “The King’s Speech,” a critically revered winner of four Academy awards, including Best Picture of the year, has made $135.4 million at the box office since its Thanksgiving release. “Fast Five,” a film in which Vin Diesel uses muscle cars to rob a police station, has made just under $140 million since its debut last week.

Box office results are a valid measure of what moviegoing Americans are most interested in spending their money on, but what do they tell us about film as a reflection of culture? The following list of top box office grossers might have some answers.

2011 in film (so far): ‘Fast Five’ – $139,853,000

People love the familiar. This is the fifth iteration of the “Fast and the Furious” franchise, which has trafficked in burly brawls, car chases and collateral damage since 2001. That’s 10 years of people paying to see Vin Diesel drive.

It’s the number-one movie in America after one week.

‘Rango’ – $120,407,000

Maybe Gore Verbinski tricked enough people into thinking “Rango” is a kids’ movie. Or maybe people will pay to watch Johnny Depp do anything, even if Johnny Depp takes the form of a jittery

cowboy lizard. I guess that’s not much of a stretch from Jack Sparrow. In better news: The Western genre is not dead and will probably never die.

Justin Bieber to an unsettling degree to see a 3D documentary about him. This supple, golden-voiced cherub from Ontario is the only God some people have left.

‘Rio’ – $114,902,000 and ‘Hop’ – $106,358,000

2010 in film:

Come to think of it, people will pay to watch pretty much any movie with recognizable celebrity voice actors in the form of adorable animated creatures. Kids love anthropomorphic animals, so we all get to enjoy Rabbit Russell Brands and Jesse Eisenbirds.

‘Just Go with It’ – $102,894,000

Adam Sandler plays a dude who wants to bang a really hot chick but ends up having to bang Jennifer Aniston instead? Just go with it. These two one-note actors going at it again must mean that people who watched “Friends” and “Happy Gilmore” in the ‘90s now have the expendable income to blow on romcom crap.

‘Gnomeo and Juliet’ – $98,831,220

These same people must also have children. These children probably don’t read much. Fortunately, Shakespeare homages will never go out of style, nor will love.

‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ – $72,964,470

This movie is too weird not to mention.

You have to like Justin Bieber a lot to see a documentary about him. You have to like

‘Toy Story 3’ – $415,004,880

People love nostalgia. Like Andy, those of us who saw the original “Toy Story” are now in college, and have graduated to more elegant toys, like beer bongs and iPhones. We miss 1995, and so do our parents. Pixar has us both covered.

‘Alice in Wonderland (2010)’ – $334,191,110

With the reprise of 3D projection comes a reprise of stories everyone already knows. But we shouldn’t begrudge Tim Burton for fulfilling his dream of remaking every great film with Johnny Depp as the lead. Once again: people will watch Johnny Depp in any form.

‘Iron Man 2’ – $312,433,331

It takes a snarky billionaire playboy to show us that deadly weapons are a necessary evil in the war on Mickey Rourke. And it takes a cameo by Samuel L. Jackson to warn us that there are going to be a lot of superhero movies this year. That’s great news for the world’s 8-year-old boys, terrible news for mom and dad’s checking account.

‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ – $300,531,751

Good news: now you can enjoy Stephanie Meyer’s masterwork even if you’re illiterate. Harlequin romance, like Edward Cullen, will never die.

Hollywood can milk movies out of the same set of characters and conflicts forever so long as they slap on a punchy subtitle.

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’ – $295,001,070 See what I mean?

‘Inception’ – $292,576,195

Bet you know at least three people who saw this movie twice. Damn Chris Nolan’s ambiguous ending! But ultimately, doesn’t everyone want to live in their dreams?

Conclusion:

Wizards, vampires, superheroes and teen idols are the protagonists of the 21st century. They embody power and immortality and are everything we, the moviegoing public, are not. But for 90 to 120 minutes at a time, we get to live vicariously through them. CGI and 3D are the lenses through which we perceive their fictional reality. Character dramas like “The King’s Speech” make us think and reflect upon our own weaknesses as humans. But most Americans don’t want to reflect. They want to escape. See you (or ignore you) at the movies.

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Radio killed the video show?

The musical episode takeover of primetime

COMMENTARY BY Miranda Butler arts writer

The pilot episode of “Glee” premiered in May 2009. In the wake of its popularity and success, other TV shows followed suit. The concept of musical episodes swept across TV like a peppy, melodic plague of jazz-hands and show tunes.

Since “Glee” is a TV series about a school choir, the characters have plenty of motivation to perform show-stopping numbers. The concept worked well in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (2001) and “Scrubs” (2007) because the shows provided reasons for the characters’ spontaneous outbursts into song (a demon possession and an unusually entertaining brain tumor, respectively).

But as other series took a stab at musical episodes this year, I couldn’t help but feel that singing was out of place and, frankly, pretty corny.

We all love Hugh Laurie as the sardonic, anti-social Dr. House. And it’s perfectly believable when we see scenes of House playing the guitar or piano in his New Jersey apartment. But in March, when a bizarre dream sequence prompted House and Cuddy to sing a strange, cabaret version of “Get Happy,” things really just got creepy. True, the song may have been well executed in terms of musical talent and ability, but the bizarre cinematography and surrealist costumes belonged somewhere between “Across the Universe” and a Lady Gaga video — not in an episode of “House, M.D.” The musical concept went from weird to weirder when “Grey’s Anatomy” aired its disastrous attempt at a musical. At that point in the show, beloved bisexual Callie Torres was comatose after a terrifying car accident, leaving the life of her unborn baby at stake.

Thus, the episode entitled “Song Beneath the Song” could have been one of the most emotional and dramatic since “Losing My Religion” (the 2005 season two finale, in which Izzie inadvertently causes the death of her fiance, Denny Duquette).

Even the most dedicated fans couldn’t help but laugh when the not-so-musically-

adept cast burst into unexplained, clumsy renditions of poorly integrated pop songs.

Not to mention how completely cliché it was to include The Fray’s hit song “How to Save a Life” while the doctors were, literally, in the middle of performing a life-saving operation.

What is the cause of this TV musical invasion? Is it the long-running popularity of shows like “American Idol,” which earned more viewer votes than any presidential race in American history during its 2006 Taylor Hicks vs. Katharine McPhee bout? Is it because shows like “America’s Got Talent” give un-pretty, everyday schmoes the chance to become multi-platinum artists (Susan Boyle, who now has sold more than 9 million albums worldwide)? Networks are sure banking on this trend, giving as many people as possible a chance to “Dream a Dream.” If you get sick of Steven Tyler ’s antics on “Idol” today, you can change the channel to soothe your singing contest jones with “America’s Got Talent,” Simon Cowell’s “X Factor,” or the new Christina Aguilera/Cee Lo Green mash-up, “The Voice.”

But does watching fictional hospital workers and high school students bursting into song to solve their problems provide the same satisfaction as watching real people do the same? Maybe so. As a culture raised on music, maybe we all just wish life’s troubles were trivial enough to ease with a few dulcet notes.

The musical sitcom experiment is a valiant effort, but maybe it’s best to leave musicals up to the professionals. “Glee” is sure to keep singing for several more seasons, but hopefully the musical trend will fade away from other TV series sooner rather than later.

Or the national language will be changed to “song.” In the meantime, this middle ground is a grating noise.

Did you know?

“Glee” wasn’t the first show to introduce musical episodes, and it certainly won’t be the last. Check out these other hit series that have explored the realm of musical television — for better and for worse.

— Gilligan’s Island (“The Producer”) 1966 — Xena: Warrior Princess (“The Bitter Suite”) 1998 — Family Guy (“Road to Rhode Island”) 2000 — How I Met Your Mother (“Girls vs. Suits”) 2009 — The Simpsons (“Elementary School Musical”) 2010

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2010-2011’s top athletes Arizona Daily Wildcat

Derrick Williams

There were the 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, but for men’s basketball forward Derrick Williams, his slew of defining clutch plays put him atop the best of Arizona’s athletes during the 2010-11 school year.

There was the block against Washington in a nationally televised whiteout. The 6-foot-8, 241-pound forward added to that with another game-saving swat against Memphis in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Then, in the third round versus Texas, he made an improbable lay-up And 1, hitting the go-ahead foul shot in a 70-69 victory to upset the No. 5 seed Longhorns.

Finally, in the Sweet 16, Williams dropped 25 of a career-high 32 points in the first half against Duke to solidify himself as an Arizona great despite leaving for the NBA draft after his sophomore season.

Julie Labonte:

A Canadian is taking the U.S. by storm.

Julie Labonte is the nation’s leading shot putter as a sophomore, currently leading all her competition with a throw of 58 feet and six inches. The record-grabbing throw has earned her the 11th best throw internationally this season and also tied her for the top throw in Canadian shot put history. Labonte has a current winning streak of nine against collegiate competitors, although she has fallen behind professional athletes.

Juron Criner

2010 was an up and down season for the Arizona football program. Despite the turmoil, the Wildcats found themselves a bona fide star in wide receiver Juron Criner. The junior carried a lagging offense all season, making big play after big play even when the defense knew the ball was going to him. His 82 catches for 1,233 yards and 11 touchdowns made him one of the best wide receivers in the country.

Brigetta Barrett

Brigetta Barrett is an internationally known high jumper. A sophomore on the No. 9 Arizona women’s track and field team, Barrett has nationally set the bar for her fellow collegiate high jumpers — literally. Recently at the Elite Invite, she jumped 1.90 meters, which is currently the best in the nation for women’s outdoor track and field. Also, her height is currently tied for the best jump in the world for the 2011 outdoor season. Barrett’s outdoor success isn’t too surprising considering she took home the NCAA Indoor title in March. For Barrett’s indoor season, her highest mark doubled as her personal record of 1.92m.

Cory Chitwood

Cory Chitwood, a junior captain on the No. 4 Arizona men’s swimming and diving team, took home his secondconsecutive individual championship in the 200-yard backstroke at the men’s 2011 NCAA National Championships. Chitwood’s winning time of 1:38.84 in the event is the sixth fastest time ever in the NCAA. To make his 2011 championships even sweeter, Chitwood also earned AllAmerica honors for the 200y individual medley, 100y backstroke, 800y freestyle relay and 400y medley relay. To cap off his accolades, Arizona Athletics awarded Chitwood with Male Athlete of the Year for the junior class.

Alyssa Anderson

Alyssa Anderson, a junior captain on the No. 5 Arizona women’s swimming and diving team, had an exceptionally strong season. She earned five All-America honors at the women’s 2011 NCAA’s this year. Anderson received her honors in the: 200-yard freestyle, 500y freestyle, 200y butterfly, 400y freestyle relay and 800y freestyle relay. In addition to her honors, she set a school record in the 500y free, taking the title away from former record holder, Emily Mason. Anderson’s time of 4:34.34 in the event placed third in the NCAA’s and beat out Mason’s, 4:37.11.

Her many accomplishments earned her Female Athlete of the Year for the junior class.

Stephen Sambu

Cross-country head coach James Li should look into how much it would cost to get DJ Khaled to come out to cross-country and track meets. That way when Stephen Sambu crosses the finish line Khaled can yell out,“All I do is win, win, win no matter what, and every time I step up in the building everybody hands go up!” Ever since Sambu has stepped on campus from junior college, he has rewriten records and captured first place in the 5,000 meter for the NCAA Championships.

Joey Rickard:

After a stellar freshman debut, during which he hit .307 and eight home runs, Arizona baseball center fielder Joey Rickard had no idea how big of an impact he was going to make in his second year with the Wildcats. Throughout the entire season so far, Rickard has been the team leader in both hits, 73, and batting average, .390. He also currently leads all of the Pac-10 everyday starters in hits and batting average.

Despite leading the nation in hits at one point this season, Rickard’s teamfirst attitude is what stands out, saying that all he does is for the team.

Photos by Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

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Comedy Corner! May 11, 9:30pm – 10:30pm The Cellar, SUMC 1st level, Arizona Women’s Softball vs. California (Home) May 12, 7 p.m. Arizona takes on California. McKale Memorial Center Arizona Women’s Softball vs. California (Home) May 13, 7p.m. Arizona takes on California. Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Arizona Women’s Softball vs. California (Home) May 14, 12 p.m. Arizona takes on California. Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Brain Teasers 2 at UA Science: Flandrau April 26 - September 10, 2011 1601 E. University Blvd., 520-621-7827 UA Science: Flandrau presents a traveling exhibit that challenges visitors with 20 puzzles designed to sharpen problemsolving skills and provide plenty of fun.

Spring Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony May 14, 9 a.m. Graduation day. Congratulations everybody! McKale Memorial Center

May 11-14 Campus Events Campus Events

The Retablo of Ciudad Rodrigo at UA Museum of Art April 05, 2011 —ongoing.

1031 N. Olive Rd., (520)621-7567 The University of Arizona Museum of Art’s exhibit of 26 panels from the altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo comprises one of the most important groups of paintings produced in late 15th-century Spain by the artists Fernando Gallego and Master Bartolomé. artmuseum. arizona.edu “Dangerous Beauty: Minerals of the Hindu Kush” Exhibit through June 30, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Southern Arizona residents and visitors can take a rare peek inside the headlines surrounding the vast mineral resources of Afghanistan and Pakistan with the University of Arizona Mineral Museum’s new exhibit, featuring some of the most beautiful and valuable gems and minerals ever displayed from the Hindu Kush.

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.

“Ansel Adams: Arizona and the West” exhibit is being shown in the Center for Creative Photography until May 15, 2011.

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

Art Exhibit by Carol Lucas March 21May 13, 9a.m. - 4:30p.m. Local artist Carol Lucas is currently displaying her vibrant acrylic artwork, featuring nature. Campus Christian Center, 715 N. Park Ave. http:// clucasart.shutterfly.com

Theatre

“Premiere!” Comedy. This hilarious and touching comedy tells the tale of a famous comedic playwright who decides to prove to the world that he can write more than fluff. But would it be possible to write a play that would be universally accepted as Shakespeare?

May 4-May 22. The Invisible Theatre 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721 invisibletheatre.com

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.

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

DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN 6300 N. Swan Road

Galleries

Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres (Women, Women, Women) 7th Annual Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres exhibition honoring women and the art they create! Exhibition includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography and multi-media work by more than 60 local, national and international guest artists. April 30-May 28. Reception - meet the artists: Saturday, May 7, 7 - 10 PM Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop 218 E. 6th Street (1/2 block east of 6th St. & 6th (520)881-5335 Regular gallery hours: Friday and Saturday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Of Note

2nd Saturdays Downtown Urban Street Fest Saturday, Saturday, May 14, Free and Family-Friendly 5-10pm Celebrating our first anniversary! Congress St and Sixth Avenue, 2nd Saturdays Downtown brings a free, family-friendly urban block party with live music and entertainment, vendors, gallery openings, restaurants, and more to downtown Tucson.

History in the Headlines: Yuma Territorial Prison African American Incarceration May 14, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. This talk will be given by Bernard J. Wilson, an author and genealogist. Wilson will discuss African American male and female incarceration; what led up to their arrest, trial, sentencing and imprisonment. Statistical data about Yuma’s African American prisoners will also be discussed. Admission: $15 nonAHS members, $12 AHS members Arizona Historical Society, 949 E. Second St.

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affordable storage units. 10x10 $55. 10x20 $85.

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4miles from campus. Grijalva Realty, Celeste 325-1574. air-cooled self storage. 4x4 at $25 up to 5x10 at $53/mo. 10% off with student iD. Kolb Road Self Storage. 296-1802 storage near uofa! www.wildcatstorage.net 657 W. Saint Marys Road. Just east of i-10 (follow 6th St, turns into Saint Marys Rd). Access 7days a week+ Open Saturdays. 520-903-1960

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center biological diversity Job Opening. Membership intern --Summer 2011,Tucson, AZ 15-20 hrs/wk. Description: The Center seeks a summer intern to support its membership staff’s fundraising and communications efforts, which include maintaining regular communications with members and prospective members, responding to inquiries, recording donation information and maintaining current donor records. The Membership intern will complete data entry at a highly-detailed level and will help with other administrative, technical and general office tasks as assigned. The intern’s role is as a team member but will complete tasks independently. Minimum duties to include: Opening and sorting membership mail (including donations) Database work including recording and updating contact information, donations, Correspondence --mail, email. Preparing and mailing merchandise to members.

Maintaining organization of office workspace. Filing, copying Other potential responsibilities/projects, depending on experience and skill-level: Assisting with phone calls to members. Mailmerge and preparing small mailings. Required skills and qualifications: At least two years college/university or equivalent work experience. Demonstrated ability to complete detail-oriented work with high level of accuracy. Must be reliable and self-motivated. Mid-level computer skills necessary (Word and Excel) although database training will be provided. Sense of humor helpful, respect for co-workers and donor confidentiality are musts. Interest in endangered species protection and conservation work is desirable. Experience and/or interest in non-profit administration and development preferred.

Temporary summer position to start immediately at $9/hr. Membership department will be hiring full time positions in August 2011. Application process: Please email a resume and thoughtful cover letter addressing your skills and interest in this position to Tim Janes, Assistant Membership Director at TJanes@biologicaldiversity.org. include “Membership intern” in the email subject. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

cHildcare assistant needed in home daycare. infants and toddlers. Part time, MondayFriday 8-2:30pm. Call 991-7336 or 881-0791.

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i am an international student, will attend University of Arizona this fall. i want to hire a UA student to teach me english. i provide the place for you to live, food, everything you want, and the salary is $500 per month. if you have any interest please e-mail me, send me the information about yourself and a picture of you. My e-mail address is cooperdd@hotmail.com make a difference! BECOME A CAMP COUNSElOR! Friendly Pines Camp, in the cool mountains of Prescott, AZ, is hiring camp counselors to live in boys cabins, ages 6-13, and teach activities (i.e. guitar, tennis, camping skills). Our ’11 season is May 18– July 29. Competitive salary plus room and board. Find application at www.friendlypines.com or email sylvia@friendlypines.com. Come be a part of something amazing and have the summer of a lifetime!! part time customer Service Rep. for an insurance agency. looking for a person with good communication skills. 12-15 hrs per week. ina and Oracle. Please call 888-9747 parttime bookstores mercHandiser. Stocking, sizing etc. Starts in August.

7hr/ week. Make own schedule. www.franklinretail.com. Click on “opportunities” then “get started”. part-time position, for arthritic career woman. Need to replace graduating staff. Job requirements: reliability, intelligence. Various tasks, projects & exercise.

Training available. Flexible hours.

Call Emma afternoon & leave message. 867-6679 red robin at the Tucson Mall has immediate openings for experienced servers and cooks. Apply today. studentpayouts.com paid survey takers needed in Tucson.

100% FREE to join! Click on surveys.

crew needed for independent short film shooting June 3-6.

Multiple positions available. Email jasob06@gmail.com if interested.

swim girl needed to assist with exercise routine for disabled woman in evening. Swimming is optional. No lifting. Close to campus, car preferred. Call 867-6679

tHree matH and ENGliSH TUTORS needed for afterschool program in Marana. 2:30pm to 7:30pm Tues, Thurs throughout the year. Call 395-2951 for interview. upbeat establisHed Hair salon looking for an Administrative Assistant/Receptionist. Must have good phone etiquette, pleasant personality, computer literate with good math skills. Customer service orientated; retail experience preferable, creative, forward thinking, able to work variable hours, and possess high energy level.

Fax resume to (520)293-8002.

EOE. web support do you love creating websites? Want to learn (and use) a bunch of new tech skills, including working with linux, Drupal, audio/video streaming, and more?

You can have any major, you just need to be willing to work and learn. Arizona Student Media, which includes the Daily Wildcat, UATV Channel 3, and KAMP Student Radio, needs a web support person. The job entails working 15 hours/week, with a flexible schedule to be worked out with Student Media’s professional systems analyst. (Job is for fall/spring semesters, not summer.) Applicant must be a UA student, or can also be a Pima College student registered for a minimum of 6 credit hours. Pay $9.00 to start. if you’re ready to put your talent to work, and gain useful real-life experience plus a paycheck, email a cover letter and resume to techjob@wildcat.arizona.edu.

Publisher’s Notice: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

1bd unfurnisHed quiet, green, private, garden apartment. $555/mo. 1mile to campus. (5th St/ Country Club). Available June.

3122 E Terra Alta. 623-0474 www.ashton-goodman.com 1bed sublease (may-Dec) 550.00 monthly 2.7 from school 602-446-9049 apbuab@gmail.com {partially furnished} 1bedrooms starting at $395 up to $450. located at Country Club and Speedway. Approx 550feet, large walk in closets, concrete floors, by bus stops. Call Russ at 520-3498442 (Owner licensed RE agent) 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 $570 Furnished Apartments 4blocks from UofA. Pool, gas grills, and on-site laundry. 1210 E 10th St (corner of 10th St & Santa Rita Ave) 520-623-5600

gated community close to U of A Campus. tRemodeled and ready to rent! tBeautiful surroundings with BBQ and pool.

882-6696

! 4bd/ 2ba $995/mo! NEW, SPACIOUS 1,300SQFT! Wood floors, A/C, private laundry room, private parking, new dishwasher, fridge, range, super clean, energy efficient. Elm/ Oracle. Pets OK! Now available for 8/1 or earlier move-in!

520.261.8010 ! all utilities paid. 1Rm studio $350 no kitchen, refridgerator only. Giant studio w/kitchen $620.

A/C, quiet, no pets, security patrolled. www.uofahousing.com 2995020/ 624-3080 !!!!

Huge arcHitect-designed 3BR/ 2BATH units in best location across from Time Mkt @503 E. University Blvd. HW floors, gorgeous kitchens and baths, porch, pkg, laundry$1975.00. Family owned/ managed. 520-906-7215. www.uofaapartments.com !!!1bd/ 1ba, $495, 3BlOCKS TO UA, Euclid/ 9th, Furnished, Water/ Gas/ internet included, 520-7983453, upa@cox.net ,www.UPapts.com 726 East 9th Street !!!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.

Web Support

Do you love creating websites? Want to learn (and use) a bunch of new tech skills, including working with Linux, Drupal, audio/video streaming, and more? You can have any major, you just need to be willing to work and learn.

For more information on how to become part of UATV contact:

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2bed/ 2batH $599 large Floorplans, Two Pools, Cable Ready, Flexible lease, Furnished Suites available! located 4415 E. Grant Rd. Call 520.881.4503.

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Applicant must be a UA student, or can also be a Pima College student registered for a minimum of 6 credit hours. Pay $9.00 to start.

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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

2565 N. Park Ave. Tucson, AZ 85719 $350-$375

Arizona Student Media, which includes the Daily Wildcat, UATV Channel 3, and KAMP Student Radio, needs a web support person. The job entails working 15 hours/week, with a flexible schedule to be worked out with Student Media’s professional systems analyst. (Job is for fall/spring semesters, not summer.)

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1montH free, all utilities included, starting at $504. Country Club Terrace. 520-881-3283.

PARK AND COPPER APARTMENTS

The University of Arizona’s studentrun television station is currently recruiting UA student volunteers to join the 2011-2012 studio producion team.

UATV produces WILDCAST, a weekly news magazine show dedicated to informing, educating and entertaining the UA’s community.

• audio mixer

Experience preferred, but not necessary.

Host/ casHier. busy eastside mexican restaurant. Will train. Call 296-2309.

summer job my national bike racer is off for the summer racing.

Until he returns need someone to run errands and assist with projects. Must be reliable, resourceful, and strong. Respond afternoon 867-6679

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great student job for summer. Piano mover needed. Great pay, flexible hours Great place to work. 750-0372. ley’s Piano Company.

coordinator for science programs Science Foundation seeks experienced, mature individual to assist vice president and program staff. Job description can be found at www.rescorp.org/rcsa/employment.html

Interested in television production?

The following studio operators WANTED:

customer sales/ service Flexible Schedules for the Summer Available No experience Necessary Resume Builder $16 baseappt locations Nationwide All Majors Considered Call Now: West Tucson (520)544-0303 East Tucson (520)624-3822

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STUDENT RUN RADIO AND TV!

BROADCASTING 24/7 ON CHANNEL 3 AND CHANNEL 20 IN THE RESIDENCE HALLS.

a great place for students. Deerfield Village has 1&2 BDs. 24hr fitness & laundry. Pool/ spa W/Cabana & gas grills. FREE SHUTTlE TO UOFA. Student discount, gated community, business center w/WiFi. $122.50 moves you in! 520-323-9516 www.deerfieldvillageapts.com castle apartments. first month free with June leasing. Call for details. Studios from $550, 1bd $650, Free utilities. Walk to UofA. www.thecastleproperties.com 4065515/ 903-2402. esl student, grad or Faculty preferred. Furnished efficiency in private home by #4 bus to the UofA. Wilmot/ Speedway area.

Walled yard, cat ok, security doors & windows, NO SMOKiNG, security deposit, $495/mo, utilities included. 520-722-5555 large 1br apt in a small 7unit complex, 2blks to UofA, secured by fencing and external lighting, off-street parking. No pets. No smoking within the apartment. $575/mo, $860 deposit, tenant pays gas and electric.

Available mid-May. 520-8810749.

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fully furnisHed 2bdr/ 2bath Condo + office/den (can convert to 3 bdr). W/D in unit.

Covered Parking. Recently updated unit; Granite Counters, new appliances, new wood/carpet floors.. Access to Gym, Pool, Tennis, Golf, and Restaurants.

Available May 1st 2011. Call today! 619-866-6042

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

1block from maingate, new 2-story luxury duplex. 3bd + loft, 2 1/2ba, security system + patrol, 2car garage, patio, balcony, W/D. Available 8/1/2011. $2400/mo. (Up to 4roommates) 207-2772/ 314-265-8544 1br witH ac, carport and fenced yard on 1acre. includes gas and water. Only $550/mo 432E. Mohave. (1st/ Prince) 520240-2615.

1st/ glenn two 1BR units, totally remodeled inside and out, large yard, walk to bus, shopping, bike to UofA. $500/mo. Reduced Summer rate with lease. 297-0054 lEAVE MESSAGE! 5blk nortH to UA/ UMC. Awesome 1bed/1bath evap, small fenced yard. $485/mo Available 6/1 1229 E. Elm call 591-8188. affordable 1bd in 5-plex.

Coin-op laundry, shared patio, w/BBQ pit. Country Club/ Grant. $375/mo. Agent 730-5625 two blocks from UA! 2bd/ 1ba, 1000sqft, central a/c, 800/mo water paid, avail 7/1. 315 N Park Ave, call Phil 520-903-4353 walk to uofa 1BR, living room with fireplace, hardwood floors, w/d. $575/mo +deposit. Availalble 6/1. 444-8558.

1bedroom newer 700sqft Guesthouse in Sam Hughes with Garage, washer/dryer, fenced yard, a/c $600 AlSO loft Style Guesthouse Close to campus!! water paid, washer/ dryer, fenced yard $650 CAll REDi 520-6235710 WWW.AZREDiRENTAlS.COM

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large studios only 6blocks from campus, 1125 N. 7th Ave. Walled yard, security gate, doors, windows, full bath, kitchen. Free wi/fi. Unfurnished, $380, lease. No pets. 977-4106 sunstoneapts@aol.com on campus 2bd $825/mo. Water included, fireplace, parking included, wood floors, A/C. Owner RE agent Russ 349-8442. Avail 3/1 quiet, private pool A Small, safe complex that is Centrally located Near campus 3719 E. Fairmount (520)907-0100

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1room, mountain/ speedway. $375/mo +deposit. Available 6/1. 444-8558. license to sell real estate in AZ. 2blocks from uofa 1room with kitchen area. $400/mo +deposit. Available 6/1. 444-8558. license to sell real estate in AZ.

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

Blue Agave Apartments 1240 N. 7th Ave. Speedway/ Stone. www.blueagaveapartments.com ua convenient, large 1BD 1920s duplex, wood floors, ceiling fans, $435/mo, lease, deposit, no pets. Available June 1. 682-7728.

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ashton-goodman.com reserve now for Summer/ Fall 1BD furnished $425/mo summer only $500/mo YR. $525/mo 9months August. University Arms.

Clean, quiet, green, 3blocks to campus 623-0474 www.ashtongoodman.com sierra pointe apartments. great for students! 1mile from UofA. 1 and 2 Bedrooms starting at $665. Awesome roommate floorplans. Rent includes *high speed internet, expanded cable, heating, A/C, water, sewer &trash* Pet friendly. Our quiet property also has a pool, spa,2 laundry facilities and 24/hr fitness center. Call us today at 520-323-1170. located at Tucson Blvd/ Grant.

*sHort term 2br+2ba condo rental 2blocks from campus on university ave parents, alumni, visitors, Vendors. Fully equipped & Furnished. Garage/Street parking.

Call 818-708-1770 See: VRBO.com/284572

! reserve your 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. !!! 5blocks to UofA lee St near Mountain. One bedroom house $590- $720 plus gas and electric, completely remodeled with $35,000 in new stuff, wood floors, AC, No pets, security patrol, quiet, <uofahousing.com> 624-3080 or 299-5020. !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 1235 n euclid, 1block from UofA, 2BD 1BA +BASEMENT, pets welcome, A/C $1050/mo, Todd 906-2500 1bd House (freestanding), 4blocks north of UofA. Private. Offstreet parking. Newly painted. Water paid. $475/mo. 327-4228 1br 1ba tHird street bike route.

Columbus/ Speedway. A/C, W/D, Security system, Yard, Water paid, 1Year lease. $550/mo. Evenings: 520-327-0393 2bd House, on Elm Street, between Mountain & Park. Hardwood floors, fireplace, walled yard, water paid. Available August 1. $795/mo 327-4228 2blocks to uofa, 2BR +dining room, living room with fireplace. $800/mo +deposit. Available 6/1. 444-8558. license to sell real estate in AZ. 2br/ 1ba cHarming house, A/C, W/D, D/W, 2car garage, enclosed spacious yard, minutes from UA. Available June 1, $795/mo. 444-5431 3bd/ 2ba House across from UA. Fenced yard. Washer/Dryer.

Water included. Avail Aug 1, 2011. $1350/mo 955-2599

3bd/ 2ba, newer 1518sqft house. Built in 2005 with 2-car garage, upgrades throughout with mountain views. Central location only 2.5miles from UofA. Beautiful tile throughout.

Contemporary open floorplan with spacious rooms. All appliances including washer and dryer are included.

Available June 1. $1300 per month. 559-360-4753.

3bd/ 3ba close to campus Private yard, quiet neighborhood.

A/C, & evap, $1650/mo Park/ linden. 248-1688

close umc campus. 1bd, 1ba, beautiful guesthouse, safe, clean, skylights, ceiling fans, built-in furniture. Bay window. Completely furnished. $595. 248-1688 cool studio available now for summer or next year. $500 OBO. 9blks north of campus. W/D, AC. Available 8/1 909-4334 garden guest House: Studio with kitchenette. Free rent and utilities in exchange for house cleaning, occasional house/pet sitting.

Quiet neighborhood near Speedway/ Country Club. 795-1479 guest House near Campbell/ Grant residential. Full kitchen, A/C, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, full bed, street parking. $500 including utilities. Avail June 1 for year lease, security/ cleaning deposit. No smoking or pets. Contact Denise dahoodore@aol.com, or (310)991-3698.

Photo: www.deniseuyehara.com/guesthouse.htm large studios across from campus! A/C, ceiling fans, private patios.

Available June 1st. $465/mo water included. No pets.

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5Bdrm/3Bath Homes. Walk to the U! 920 E. Elm (Rent $2800) & 1521 N. Park Ave. (Rent $2950) Central A/C, ceiling fans, lg bdrms, security doors & gated courtyards, fully equipped kitchens, laundry rms. Avail. first wk of Aug. All rents incl. City trash/water. Contact Erika: desertdwell@me.com or 602-703-5557

3bd/ 2ba House available near campus. W/D, AC, beautiful backyard. $1300/mo OBO. Very safe.

Pets okay. Available August 1.

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special summer only leases (2-3 months) 1BD furnished $425/mo. University Arms. 3blocks to campus. Near shopping & rec center. 623-0474 www.ashtongoodman.com

! 7 bedroom 7 batH brand new Huge 3900sqft luxury home.

4car garage. Huge common areas, 7 large Master Suites. Balconies. Monitored Security System. Available August, Be first to live in this amazing home. 8841505 www.MyUofARental.com.

on campus studio $535/mo all utilities included. Parking included, wood floors, A/C. Owner licensed agent Russ 349-8442 walk to campus! Studio Guesthouse all utilities included, fenced yard, pets ok, ceramic tile throughout $295 AlSO 1Bedroom House. wood floors, Arizona Rm, fireplace, water paid $575 CALL REDi 520-623-5710 WWW.AZREDiRENTAlS.COM

! 1-4 bedrooms. old World Charm, New World Conveniences. Walk, Bike, Bus to UA. PRElEASiNG. 310.497.4193 wildcatrentals@gmail.com ! 4br/ 2.5 ba $1900. Spacious rooms, fireplace, W/D, AC, dishwasher, big kitchen, huge yard, split floorplan. 440-7776 ! 5brm/ 5batH- $3000. 5blocks to campus. 2story, AC, W/D, dishwasher, microwave, fireplace, big kitchen, walk-in closets. 398-5738

3bed, 2batH, a/c, Tile floors, ceiling fans, dishwasher, washer & dryer, pantry, large enclosed yard, covered parking. immaculate. Available now. Pima & Columbus. 3miles to campus. $1050.

Call 631-7563.

4bd 2ba witH pool (svc included) Near prince/mountain on very quiet street. W/D DW AC $1400/mo, Avail Aug Call Alex 520-370-5448 4bd or 3bd house available near campus. W/D, AC, beautiful backyard. $1450/mo OBO. Very safe. Available August 1st. Call 909-4334.

4bd/ 3btH centrally locatedbrick house with open floor plan w/arches, porcelain tile flooring, stained trim & fresh paint, (cultured granite) bathrooms. large backyard with a covered patio. FB pics: http://www.facebook.com/med i a / s e t / ? s e t = a . 1 0 2 1 1 5 5 6 6 5 3 9 2 0 3 . 4 1 2 2 . 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2795777&l=8933340df8 Call 982.7941 or email jeffreygrapp@gmail.com $1380/mo.

4BR 2.5BATH, AVAilABlE AUGUST. SAFER, QUiET SAM HUGHES. $1,875. 2221 E. 9TH ST. SEE www.uahomes.net CliCK HOME â&#x20AC;&#x153;iâ&#x20AC;?. SHEilA, 520235-1157.

4br, 2ba, 2car garage, ceiling fans, fireplace. 2.8miles from campus. 445 E. Geronimo Bluff loop. $1600/mo. +utilities. Available Aug. 1. call 419-4490.

4BR; 2BA; large, 2,000SF Home 2miles N. of UofA; AC, $1,800; AVAilABlE JUNE 1ST. 1yr. lease; Call: 520-4039308; email: suzlov44@gmail.com 5-6bd, 2ba with hot tub and pool (svc included) Huge house near Prince and Stone.

No master bath, dual fridges mostly tile. W/D DW AC avail Aug 1, $1800/mo call Alex 520-370-5448 5br 3ba, 4br 3BA, 3BR 2BA houses available for next year. All AC, Washer and dryer incl. DW incl. 7Blocks North of UofA. Monitored alarm available. Grijalva Realty 325-1574.

5br 3batHs. one block to UA!!! $3000. Big bedrooms, balcony, fenced yard, parking, fireplace, W/D 1720sf. 398-5738 6bedroom! awesome floorplan! Big rooms, blocks to campus! Front door parking!

Rent $500/ person. 520.398.5738 www.casabonitarentals.com 900/ month.

3bdrm/ 2bath home, 2blocks from UofA. large yard with off street parking. All appliances.

1824 E. 7th St. 702-418-8411 a 3br/ 2ba HOUSE FOR RENT. WAlK TO UA/ UMC. CENTRAl AC, TilE, CARPET, PARKiNG, WASHER, DRYER, FENCED BACK YARD. $1200. Available June 1. 520-795-1499 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 deal 4bedroom 2bath House, garage, washer/dryer, wood floors, a/c, fireplace, walled yard Available August $1600 AlSO 4Bedroom 2bath newly remodeled house w/ Arizona room, a/c, washer/dryer, secuirty system, walled yard $2000 CAll REDi 520-623-5710 WWW.AZREDiRENTAlS.COM

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Arizona’s top coaches ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Sean Miller, men’s basketball

Sixteen to 30. That’s the quantitative measure of success in wins between Sean Miller ’s first season and this one. He was one shot away from the Final Four with a team that sacrificed individuality and exceeded all expectations. Derrick Williams was the star, but Arizona was hardly a one-man show thanks to his supporting cast that overachieved when it mattered most. Now with a top-10 ranked incoming freshman class, Arizona will aim for the Final Four as a legitimate contender next season.

Frank Busch, swimming

Niya Butts, top, and Sean Miller, right, have brought both the women’s and men’s Arizona basketball programs back to relevancy already in their short careers.

Frank Busch will undoubtedly go down as one of Arizona’s all-time best coaches . He became the Arizona swimming and diving head coach 22 years ago, and since then, the program has flourished into a consistently successful entity, consistently producing the strongest teams and swimmers in the country. This year alone, the men’s team finished in fourth place and the women’s team finished in fifth place at the 2011

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NCAA National Championships. Busch has a distinctive training program unlike any other Pacific 10 Conference school, not to mention his unbeatable relationship with his swimmers. The 11-time Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year and six-time NCAA Coach of the Year will surely be missed.

“We’re sad to see a coach and person of Frank Busch’s caliber leave our staff,” said athletic director Greg Byrne. “He’s been a tremendous asset to swimming, surely, but moreover to the entire University of Arizona athletics program. We appreciate everything coach Busch has done for the University of Arizona.”

Niya Butts, women’s basketball

In just three years at the helm of the Arizona women’s basketball program, head coach Niya Butts has taken the team from perennial conference cellar dwellers to legitimate title contenders.

Under Butts, the Wildcats managed to post a 21-12 overall record this year, the program’s best since the 2003-04 season.

The team’s National Invitation Tournament bid also marked the first postseason appearance for the Wildcats since the 2004-05 campaign.

As a former starting guard and twotime national champion at the University of Tennessee under Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, Butts is no stranger to success.

With her passion and finely-tuned coaching style, look for Arizona women’s basketball to be making some serious noise in the next few years.

James Li, cross-country and assistant track and field

As head coach of the cross-country team and assistant coach for the track teams, James Li has done a lot of winning this season. He was able to train Stephen Sambu, national runner-up in cross-country, and a women’s team that placed 11th at nationals. Currently the men and women’s track teams are both in the top 10, which is the first time since 1989.

Mike Candrea, softball

A coach arguing a call in baseball and softball is a time honored tradition.

Generally speaking, it is also a complete exercise in futility. For Arizona softball head coach Mike Candrea , this is not always true. In a game this season against Washington, Candrea disagreed with a Washington runner being called safe, calmly spoke to the first base umpire, asked another official for a second opinion, and got his call reversed. That clout — along with producing yet another team that, on its best days, can compete with anyone in the nation — is why Candrea is a top coach.

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Top Wildcat moments in 2010-11 ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Busch leaves

Back in February, Hillenbrand waters were shaken when Frank Busch announced his resignation as Arizona’s swimming and diving head coach. After 22 years at Arizona, Busch may be stepping down from his coaching position, but is ultimately stepping up in the swimming world. With his resignation, Busch also announced his future career as USA Swimming’s National Team director. “I had to weigh the decision, there are pros and cons to everything,” Busch said. “I would say the factors were having an opportunity to give back to a sport in a way in which I can affect a lot of people, or do I continue on with my little piece of the pie here? I felt like this opportunity would never happen again.”

Men’s hoops wins the Pac-10 title

The intro video had already been edited. Among all other Arizona basketball accomplishments, Sean Miller announced “12 Pac-10 Titles” in the montage before the season finale against Oregon. Had Arizona lost, at the very least, it would’ve shared the conference title. But instead, a win allowed the Wildcats to cut down the nets in McKale Center and say one last goodbye to Jamelle Horne and Derrick Williams on a positive note. After the game, Miller said winning the Pac-10 title gave off a special and unique vibe: It’s never guaranteed that the best teams win conference titles.

Leo, goodbye

For 32 years Leo Golembiewski was the front man for the Arizona Icecats, the club hockey team at the UA. But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.

Unfortunately, though, not always on good terms. Golembiewski was forced out by a contingent of players who were unhappy with the way the club’s founder ran the team. The club will now be known as the Arizona Wildcats club hockey team, shedding the popular “Icecats” nickname that started in 1979.

Zendejas, Sun Devils and missed kicks

It was a definitive exclamation point on a disastrous end to the regular season for the Arizona football team. Despite starting 7-1, the Wildcats lost their last four games — five, including the bowl game — and none were more heartbreaking than the loss to ASU. After being shut out in the first half, the Wildcats stormed back and had a chance to take a 21-20 lead at the end of the fourth quarter. But Alex Zendejas’ extra point was blocked to send the game into overtime, tied at 20. Then, after an ASU touchdown, David Douglas scored on a screen to bring the Wildcats to within one —— only to watch a second Zendejas extra point get blocked. The victorious Sun Devils stormed the field while Zendejas slammed his helmet and got into a screaming match with several fans as he lft the field.

Barrett jumps to a title

Back in March, sophomore Brigetta Barrett won the 2011 indoor high jump title at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. On her first attempt she cleared the winning height of 1.885 meters, garnering Barrett her first national title of her career and third All-America honors. Now, Barrett is focusing on her outdoor season and has currently the best height in the nation for women’s outdoor track and field with 1.899m — this height is also tied for the best jump in the world for the outdoor season.

Kenzie Fowler uses her head

It is said that in sports one play can change the course of an entire season. The 2011 Wildcats softball team knows this better than most. When a foul ball came off the bat of Arizona’s Nicole Bryan, barely cleared the dugout fence and hit an unsuspecting Kenzie Fowler in the forehead, Arizona went from first in the Pac-10, gunning for a national title, to clinging to respectability while they wait for the return of their concussed ace. Three weeks later, Fowler returned against the UCLA Bruins and picked up her 22nd win.

Game-winning touchdown against Iowa

The Arizona football team let a 20-point lead evaporate against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the second half of Arizona’s 34-27 win during the third week of the 2010 season. Arizona turnovers let Iowa back into the game. But with the score tied at 27, quarterback Nick Foles and receiver William “Bug” Wright couldn’t connect on a wide-open touchdown pass on second down. The third-and-goal situation was the charm. Foles then hit Wright in the back of the end zone to give the Wildcats the win.

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The Arizona Wildcats softball team was one out from taking the first game of the championship series of the Women’s College World Series in June 2010.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, UCLA’s Dani Yudin hit a catchable fly ball to left center, but neither left fielder Brittany Lastrapes nor center fielder Lauren Schutzler made could make the play. Yudin landed at second base and a double two batters later tied the game, sending the contest to extra innings. The Bruins eventually won 6-5 in the contest and took the series momentum with them.

The Wildcats lost the championship series 2-0 and UCLA claimed the national title.

Sean Miller agrees to contract extension

Both photos by Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Wildcat

In the above photo, the Arizona men’s basketball team runs through the ZonaZoo section after clinching the Pacific 10 Conference regular season title after deteating Oregon, 90-82, on March 5. Below, Williams “Bug” Wright catches the game-winning touchdown in Arizona’s 34-27 win over Iowa on Sept. 18, 2010.

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Optics major looks to the future What NASA and the UA have done for her undergraduate experience

By Samantha Munsey ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT When Christine Bradley started her undergraduate degree at the UA, she had no clue she wanted to pursue optics.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until she toured a few of the UA optical laboratories the summer of her freshman year did she discover her interest in the subject. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the reasons I chose the UA was because I knew it was a big research university,â&#x20AC;?

Bradley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was able to involve myself right away in the program ever since my first year here.â&#x20AC;?

Bradley studies a branch of physics that deals with the behavior and properties of light, including electromagnetic waves and radiation.

This field is also closely related to other research fields including engineering and astronomy. The UAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of Optical Sciences is one of a few in the nation that offer this kind of program to undergraduate students.

During her time at the UA, Bradley has been involved in many research projects in the optics college including helping develop parts to a camera that will be used by NASA for application in outer space.

Her main contribution was in the in-jet propulsion and aerosol retrieval aspects of the camera. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great to be part of the NASA crowd,â&#x20AC;? Bradley said.

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Christine Bradley, an opitical science senior, demonstrates her senior design project on Monday. The project generates polarized light at infrared wavelengths. Bradley helped develop a camera while working with NASA during an internship and will be interning in the Lincoln Laboratory at MIT after graduation.

and is involved in helping the community understand more about science. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got to build a laser maze for kids to walk though and that was a lot of fun for me,â&#x20AC;?

Bradley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I feel there are a lot of opportunities here to do things other than research like presentations and demos.â&#x20AC;?

After graduation, Bradley will be traveling to Boston to intern for the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help with optical engineering designs that will be used in satellites. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be quite the experience,â&#x20AC;? Bradley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really excited and expect to be working with more hands-

on technology than I am used to.â&#x20AC;?

After her internship, Bradley will be returning back to the UA to begin her graduate degree in optics. As part of her thesis, she will be testing and preparing camera kits for NASA and will be heavily involved in researching aerosol retrieval.

Bradley said she is happy with the experience the UA has provided thus far and hopes other students will make use with what the school can provide for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel it is a very tight-knit community, and you have a lot of opportunity to grow if you take advantage of every resource offered,â&#x20AC;? Bradley said.

Parking, facilities ready for commencement

By John Kuells ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT As the UA inches toward commencement, the lesserknown faces on campus are helping to prepare for a problemfree ceremony.

With sold-out crowds expected in McKale Center, the UAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parking and Transportation Services is making sure parking issues do not detract from celebrating the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commencement is one of the premiere events for the whole year for the University,â&#x20AC;? said Bill Davidson, marketing manager for Parking and Transportation Services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to make sure that we provide safe and convenient parking for everyone that comes to campus.â&#x20AC;?

Davidson said parking is a key component that is being monitored to help ensure an efficient commencement ceremony.

Elisa Tapia, program coordinator for special events at Parking and Transportation Services, is in charge of coordinating parking for any event with more than 75 planned attendees, including sporting events and events held at Centennial Hall. She plans to make sure people know where they can get free and viable parking options around campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are reserving the lots from the garages around the perimeter of the graduation and convocation location,â&#x20AC;? Tapia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to make people know that areas should be cleared for visitors coming to commencement.â&#x20AC;?

Chris Kopach, director of facilities management, oversees more than 500 employees involved in areas such as campus custodial services, utilities and ground services. He said his most important aspect in ensuring a flawless commencement is communication with his team, especially at weekly operating meetings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been heavily

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Kopach has worked with Facilities Management for 15 years. Though it is his first year as director, he had a practice run for commencement when President Barack Obama visited campus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I remember the words exactly, they said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Chris, I want to have it set up like graduation was set up, but instead of having three days you have 24 hours,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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Tapia said she is not worried about potential problems, such as a lack of parking availability, and is excited to be involved with such a momentous part of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a fun, joyous event and it gives us an opportunity to welcome the parents who come from out of town,â&#x20AC;?

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Davidson said that because many students will not be on campus during commencement, roads on campus will remain open and garages will function on a usual schedule.

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By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The Arizona Daily Wildcat caught up with former ASUA President Emily Fritze in her office just before her graduation from the UA, ending her third year in the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. Fritze first served as a senator, then executive vice president and finally as president and will be graduating in May with a political science degree. She has an internship in Washington D.C. this summer before she goes off to pursue a career in politics. The Daily Wildcat asked her about how it feels to leave the UA and her time as student body president.

Daily Wildcat: What do you wish you knew then that you know now as president?

Emily Fritze: In terms of the preparations that I did, I think I did what was right. But I don’t think you can really prepare yourself for being president. I think I would have liked to know that despite how well you plan, you have to be ready to be thrown in a new direction — that things just come up unexpectedly, and it will be a learning experience.

Is that the advice you’d give to incoming ASUA President James Allen?

I know it will be different for every president but he’s seen me

handle some of these situations.

And in the event that something happens, like has happened so many times this year in particular, you have to be ready for anything.

The obvious wisdom that is always talked about is that, first and foremost, you are there to represent the student body. You speak for them.

As a president, you are in meetings with administration, with (the Arizona Board of) Regents, with community members but if we don’t have the students, our job wouldn’t exist.

Also, something I’ve focused a lot on this year is transitioning the knowledge. You have to think longer than your term. I’ve tried to get that frame of thinking that not everything will be accomplished in one year.

Take for example Spring Fling.

I won’t be here to see it concluded and hopefully accomplished (bringing it back to campus). I knew coming in (that) it wouldn’t be something that would be finished this year.

How do you feel about your presidency and, by extension, your time in ASUA? I really do feel that you are not going to have a perfect presidency. At the same time, I’m walking away happy. I put so much into this job. That’s all that you can contribute and hope for. A lot

of my college has been altered by doing student leadership.

I remember when I was a freshman, I was campaigning for (ASUA) Senate and I was going to give a speech in front of a campus club and my legs were shaking. Now, as a senior, it was not under good circumstances, but I got to speak in front of the president of the United States — and my legs didn’t shake. It’s not the best example, but it shows just how much I was changed by being in ASUA. College would not have been the same at all — but it’s important for students to find a niche. For me, it’s this but it doesn’t have to be ASUA. But so much of college is outside the academic setting and the classroom experience.

And ASUA has taught me — it’s anything from public speaking to navigating bureaucracy and lobbying and persuading. It’s how to make change.

How did you balance being a student with being student body president?

I was always a person who used to be involved in other activities.

It’s about time management and organization and how that fits around class. Luckily, faculty are very understanding of my schedule. Even if I have to miss class, I get things in before deadline to make sure I’m not getting any

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Emily Fritze, former president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, describes her year in office during her last interview as a UA student.

special treatment.

But balance is still really important to me. Sunday through Friday afternoon is ASUA and Friday night and Saturday is for me and socializing and friends. I think students want to see someone who is human and isn’t a robot. I do go out and have friends, and I think that humanizes me in a good way.

It depends on the week but I’d say the job is about 60 hours a week. Although it’s a huge time commitment, it is also one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences you get to have.

What do you think the legacy of your presidency will be?

I hope that, well at least to me,

the focus was on bettering the lives of students at the university.

But I also hope that my leadership and my outreach to individual students helped them to see that they have a place that can represent their voices and that they are a part of. From working on sustainability, to student health, to policies.

I think students have a responsibility to take advantage of the university and all it has to offer and I hope that we could inspire students to share in the experiences at their exposure.

I’m leaving thinking that I did the best I could. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the best I could do, and that’s all I can ask for.

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Alexsey Kashtelyan:

An artist’s life in ink

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t’s impossible to describe Alexsey Kashtelyan without using the word artistic. A man entirely composed of hard angles and inspiration, Kashtelyan is a V-neck wearing, bearded student carving his initials into life’s gritty bark. Sipping an iced coffee at the interview, his eyes darted around Caffe Luce, examining his surroundings with keen appreciation for beauty in the smallest details that he might incorporate into his sketching.

Born in the Soviet Union before moving to the United States as a child, Kashtelyan’s love of drawing began at a very young age, where an artisticallyinclined family encouraged him to pursue what he enjoyed the most. From doodling “Hey Arnold” knock-offs in second grade, to enrolling in various art classes in high school, he’s taken great pains to incorporate art into his life.

“I’ve always had a love of art,” Kashtelyan said.

“Since I was a little kid, I’ve always enjoyed doodling.

Whenever somebody asked me what I was going to do when I grew up, I always said I just want to draw or be an artist. I was born into it. I felt wrong not doing it.”

He entered the UA as a biology major, fascinated by the random beauty of life’s largest and smallest structures. After finding lab work excruciatingly boring, he switched to pre-business, ending up in Eller College of Management as a marketing major. Yet, he missed the challenges inherent in formal art classes and added a studio arts minor as one of the last students to sign up before the program was cut.

When asked to describe his experiences in the minor, Kashtelyan grinned and explained, “It’s the most fun I’ve had in college.” From discussing his talented teachers to the initial awkwardness of sketching nude models, his excitement about his experiences in the program was apparent.

After waxing eloquently about the 24 hour drawa-thons, all-nighters, and endless cups of coffee, the minor doesn’t seem like idle sketching in idyllic parks.

“Art school has been the hardest experience I’ve had in school, maybe because I believed in it and wanted to do what I was doing.”

Kashtelyan makes this obvious. Just glancing at a tree outside the café, he explains how he perceives the leaves, examining the shading, form and texture that they make and what type of composition would be best to capture the shimmering foliage.

Kashtelyan understands that art is inspirable from the artist’s lifestyle. “I’m constantly thinking of new drawings and new ways of portraying things. I look at everything as a picture. My whole frame of reference is from the point of view of what would something look like as an image. It affects how I look at movies, how I listen to music, talk to people, how I dress.”

There’s no doubt that choosing to pursue art as a

Self-portraits courtesy of Alexsey Kashtelyn

career is a terrifying prospect. There’s no job stability, no structured career ladder, and no assurance that you’ll succeed whatsoever.

“The stereotype of a starving artist is not a stereotype for no reason,” Kashtelyan said. “It took me a while to get used to the idea of being an artist. Art is sort of intangible, can’t really be used, totally aesthetic value, and is enjoyed by only a minority while the rest don’t care. It’s a tough decision.”

Though he aspires to the title of an artist, Kashtelyan still expressed some hesitation in currently using that moniker as a descriptor. He looks eagerly to the days and years following graduation full of 40-plus hours of painting and sketching, trying to get work sold while perhaps acquiring fans and a sponsor or two.

“My goal with art is to elicit a pure, true emotional response from people,” he said. “ Musicians go out

and create a song that makes people cry or dance.

That’s really difficult to do with a drawing. You can make someone happy or laugh if it’s a funny painting.

To make someone cry … I want to make a piece of artwork that does that to someone.”

There seems to be no “why” in art besides the love of the creative process. Why would Kashtelyan so wholeheartedly embrace the tenuous career of an artist? Love. Why does he prefer the studio arts minor over his marketing major? Love. Creating art is an inherently holy act, a striving for that which we never reach. Art is a lens through which our world is transformed into a place of beauty and potential.

“It’s what humans do,” Kashtelyan said. “We make art. Ever since we had cognizance of our own being, we’ve been transforming it into art. All of our experience and imagination has to come out somehow.”

...And she didn’t even know it How creative writing senior Madison Bertenshaw overcame the beat-poet blues with her 15-track thesis

By Steven Kwan Arizona Daily Wildcat

W

hen a creative writing senior says she just finished her honors thesis, you would assume she turned in a thick stack of paper. Instead, Madison Bertenshaw gave her adviser a CD recording of 15 new poems.

Bertenshaw decided on the unusual format for her thesis while taking a literature course taught by Charles Scruggs, a professor of English. As part of its syllabus, the class examined the plays of August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who was influenced by blues music. The idea of bringing qualities from blues music to poetry appealed to Bertenshaw.

She wrote the poems and discussed them with her adviser, Jane Miller, a professor of English. After final revisions, Bertenshaw recited each of her poems into her sister ’s audio recorder in one take. The process, according to Bertenshaw, was similar to how early blues music was recorded.

“I thought I would be totally uncomfortable and be like, ‘Oh my God, this is going to sound so bad.’ But I guess because I was so invested in the poetry and I read it in my head so many times, the first time it came out it just felt right,” said Bertenshaw, who doesn’t like speaking on the phone or texting but loves conversing with people in person. “That’s how I wanted my poetry to be witnessed — through the ears and not necessarily through the eyes.”

One poem from her thesis that Bertenshaw enjoyed performing was inspired by Robert Johnson, a singer and musician whose influence

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Madison Bertenshaw, a graduating creative writing senior, stands in the back garden of the UA Poetry Center on Saturday. Bertenshaw recorded 15 original poems in the same style as old blues music for her honors thesis.

can be heard not only in the blues but also rock ‘n’ roll. According to Bertenshaw, Johnson would record one song multiple times but varied each performance.

“So I wrote a four-page poem, which is a really long poem for me, and I made these multiple takes as part of the poem, and I repeated the same poem in different ways,” Bertenshaw said. “It’s like re-imagining the same poem five different ways.”

The poem centers on a woman wearing a cotton dress and the boll weevil, a nonnative beetle that has devastated cotton crops in the

U.S. and played a major role in the economic and cultural plight of Southern farmers in the years just before the Great Depression.

Unlike some students who have difficulty deciding on their major, the Phoenix-born, Tucson-raised Bertenshaw decided to be a creative writing major in her freshman year. She chose the poetry concentration after her professors in the introductory fiction and poetry workshops told Bertenshaw that she wrote “a lot like a poet.”

The creative writing senior remembers the turning point in her decision to become a poet. It came after

reading “A Story About the Body,” a prose poem by Robert Hass.

“The way it’s written is so much better than I can ever summarize it for you, and that’s what makes it such a good poem,” Bertenshaw said. “I can say it and you’re like, OK. But you read it and you’re like, OK, that’s really cool. … I want to do what people like him (Hass) can do on a page.”

The shape of language in its written and spoken forms has been a lifelong fascination for Bertenshaw, who briefly considered becoming a linguist. (“I’m the worst at grammar. Like, I just bought a book about how to use commas,” she said.)

Bertenshaw credits her older sister Kaitlyn, a UA alumna who is now an opera singer, as an inspiration and a source of support.

“When you have a sister or brother, you do exactly what they don’t do,” Bertenshaw said. “You don’t want that competition, you’re siblings, you know? So this (writing poetry) was a route I took that was close to the musical realm. It’s sort of parallel and it rubs next to it a lot, and that’s what I like about it. So I can connect to her and relate to what she’s doing and she can do the same with me.”

After living in Tucson for the past 11 years, Bertenshaw said she is ready to do something new and “to not be happy for a while, to get a different sense of the world.”

The creative writing senior will be attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst this fall for her Masters of Fine Arts, and said she would love to return to the UA as a professor.

“I think everyone is capable of poetry,” Bertenshaw said. “All it takes to be a poet is to be thoughtful.”

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Filmmaker Mischa Cantu directs our Soviet steampunk future

By Brandon Specktor ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

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f someone filmed a biopic about Mischa Cantu, a graduating senior in the media arts Bachelor of Fine Arts program, it would end with a Soviet Russian steampunk fairytale. It would start with a music video about a donkeyfaced bar-crawler.

“You see a woman in a bar wearing a red dress, and she leads you to an open field,” Cantu said, recalling the Mexican fairytale that inspired her first of eight short film projects at the UA. “Then she turns around and has a donkey face, and kicks you and stuff.”

Cantu laughed.

“I see my older stuff and am like, ‘Ugh, creeper!’”

Three years later, Cantu puts the final touches on her thesis film “Dark Eyes,” a 10-minute Soviet/steampunk mashup inspired by the Russian novelist Victor Pelevin and Nine Inch Nails music videos. The story, based loosely on Pelevin’s “Omon Ra,” is set in Russia in an unknown steampunk future, and follows a child who wants to be a cosmonaut.

The boy trains with his grandfather, but grandpa turns out to be much more deranged and sadistic than his grandson anticipated.

Though Cantu has filmed five music videos for Flying Gecko Productions and eight personal projects for various media arts classes during her time at the UA, “Dark Eyes” marks her longest running and most time-intensive production yet.

With a cast of four and a production crew of about 13, Cantu spent five days filming her project’s 10 scenes in locations ranging from the sprawling CalPortland cement plant near Casa Grande highway to the underground mirror lab on the UA campus. These five days of production were followed by seven months of intensive editing and sound design, and preceded by almost a year of preproduction writing, re-writing, hiring, scouting and scheming.

“The whole summer before my senior year I spent looking for props and spray painting stuff gold, having to make a lot of stuff,” Cantu said. “Steampunk’s badass. If I had any kind of budget … I’d totally want to go all out. But it was fun. I was able to get a 1940s Russian gas mask for children on eBay. Shipping was the expensive part … it came from mother Russia.”

Cantu funded the entire project by herself with the exception of the Kraft food provided for production days. Several local restaurants donated meals for Cantu’s cast and crew to fuel up with while filming the cosmonaut caper.

Photos courtesy of Nicholas R. Watts

Media arts Bachelor of Fine Arts student Mischa Cantu directs an actor on the set of her thesis film, “Dark Eyes.” The film is a 10-minute steampunk fairy tale about child cosmonauts in a future Soviet Russia.

Cantu is proud of her work, but shares all the credit with her dutiful cast and crew. She met her lead child actor at an all-BFA casting call, and is overjoyed with his effort.

“He worked 18 hours a day for three days straight, working his little butt off,” Cantu said.

Cantu is also thankful that the thesis film process brought fellow BFA senior Paloma Jacqueline into her life. Jacqueline skillfully manned the camera as Cantu’s director of photography, but proved just as valuable as a friend.

“Paloma is like my best friend forever … and I hope that we can make films in the future together,” Cantu said. “We got to spend all the grueling hours in the editing suite together. You’re always with someone (there) and you get to know everything about them.”

Beyond collaboration with Jacqueline, Cantu is hoping her future takes her out to Santa Fe, N.M., where

tax rebates allow for a thriving filmmaking industry. She wants to start her career in art direction and production design, inspired by her favorite filmmaker, Andrei Tarkovsky (of “Solaris” fame). But what she really wants to do is direct.

“I think every BFA wants to direct — that’s the dream, “ Cantu said. “I want to do it forever if I can.”

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Fifth time’s UA cultural centers hold special grad ceremonies the charm

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Stephanie De Sola, an anthropology senior, received the leadership award from the School of Anthropology. De Sola is specializing in socio-cultural anthropology, a choice she made after changing her major five times.

Graduation will celebrate academic and extra-curricular achievements as well as personal heritage, thanks to the UA cultural centers’ special convocation ceremonies.

The Multicultural Affairs and Student Success office allows cultural and diversity groups on campus to have their own graduation ceremonies, including African American Student Affairs, Asian-Pacific American Student Affairs, Chicano/ Hispano Student Affairs and Native American Student Affairs.

The African American Student Affairs Graduation Convocation will be held May 7 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Memorial Center’s North Ballroom. The event includes free refreshments and a dance performance choreographed by Barbea Williams, an African dance instructor at the UA. The special ceremony allows students’ ethnicities to be honored

during their graduation in its own entity, according to Myott Smith, an intern with African American Student Affairs and a sophomore studying businesses marketing and retail and consumer sciences.

“You need to have that connection to your roots,” she said.

The Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs Graduation Convocation will be held May 11 at 4:30 p.m. in Centennial Hall. The event will be presented in both English and Spanish, and a mariachi band will perform for guests as they are seated and at the reception following the ceremony.

Socorro Carrizosa, program director of the Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs, said their bilingual convocation makes a difference to participating students because some of their family members may not speak English and can appreciate the ceremony. She said the ceremony is not exclusive to recognizing only Latino culture, but all cultures.

“Everyone can participate,” she said.

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The Asian-Pacific American Student Affairs’ Lotus Laureate Graduation Convocation will be held May 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Memorial Center’s South Ballroom. In addition to recognizing spring, summer graduates, the event will offer award presentations, guest speakers and cultural performances, according to Danthai Xayaphanh, the director of Asian-Pacific American Student Affairs.

Xayaphanh said ceremonies offered by the cultural centers give students a more individualized graduation and honors student achievement within their culture.

The Native American Student Affairs Graduation Convocation will be held May 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Memorial Center’s North Ballroom. The seniors, graduate students and professional students participating can wear their traditional Native American attire in addition to their cap and gown.

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Stephanie De Sola, a graduating anthropology senior, said she has changed her major five times since enrolling as a freshman at the UA. It wasn’t until she took a traditions and cultures course during her sophomore year that she discovered her interest in Native American studies.

“Just seeing what they did as anthropologists was exciting,” De Sola said. “Working with communities and bridging the gap between hard sciences and social sciences is very appealing to me.”

The School of Anthropology is divided into four sections that students can choose to specialize in: archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology and socio-cultural anthropology.

De Sola is specializing in socio-cultural anthropology and will be spending her time with Native American communities in the Northeastern Arizona when she graduates. After this, she plans on going to graduate school. In the meantime, De Sola said she is looking forward to working with people in her field.

De Sola said her experience at the UA has been great and encouraged incoming students to challenge their interests.

“If I could tell something to a new student, I would say, ‘Don’t be fearful,’” De Sola said. “The way the system is set up, you can take a general education course and you might surprise yourself in what you’re interested in. I know I really was.”

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Elmore’s “against-all-odds” work ethic will help him succeed on the field, and his eye black and celebrations will carry him into stardom.

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Being an All-Pacific 10 Conference selection and second-round pick of the NFL Draft was a fitting end to a career defined by hard work and dedication for Tucson-native Brooks Reed.

An unheralded recruit out of Sabino High School, Reed walked on the the UA campus as a fullback with little hope of seeing the field anytime soon. However, after countless hours spent in the weight room to get bigger, Reed moved to the defensive side of the ball to help fill a team need. The move not only helped the Wildcats, but it created the super hero-like figure that Reed became throughout his career — all the way down to the long blond hair.

That fan favorite was a force at the defensive end spot almost instantly, but the hard work and desire was never more necessary than during his junior year when he battled constant injuries. Reed finished his Wildcat career with 17 sacks, and impressed NFL scouts during offseason workouts enough to give them confidence that he could transition to a pass-rushing outside linebacker in the NFL.

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A look at the Arizona athletes moving on

Men’s basketball Jamelle Horne, F Women’s basketball Ify Ibekwe, F (drafted by the Seattle Storm) Soana Lucet, F Cross-country Maggie Callahan

Ify Ibekwe

Most Ibekwe

Seniors Baseball Josh Garcia, 1B Jacob Meskin, C Bobby Rinard, OF/C

Most likely to become famous, non-sports category: Andres Carrasco

The tennis star likely won’t win Wimbledon, but his success on YouTube gives him a knack for the spotlight.

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Ify Ibekwe tops the list of the greatest female athletes of the year thanks in large part to her 22-point, 22-rebound performance against ASU — Arizona’s first victory over the Sun Devils since Jan. 26, 2005.

On top of that performance, which drastically changed the direction Arizona’s season was headed, Ibekwe — the team’s MVP and an All Pac-10 selection — led the team in scoring (16.1 points per game) and rebounding (9.8 per game), and was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.

Ibekwe can deservedly be credited with being a leader in the revitalization of Arizona women’s basketball. Her arrival, along with head coach Niya Butts’, marked the end of an otherwise tumultuous decade.

Ibekwe was awarded for her hard work and accomplishments last April when she was drafted 24th overall by the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, making her the highest draftee in UA’s history.

Football Conan Amituanai, G Colin Baxter, C Travis Cobb, WR Keenyn Crier, P Kyle Day, WR Ricky Elmore, DE (drafted by the Green Bay Packers) Trevor Foster, DB Phillip Garcia, OT Adam Grant, OT Nic Grigsby, RB Jovon Hayes, G Lolomana Mikaele, DT Oliver Padre, RB C.J. Parish, LB Joe Perkins, S Brooks Reed, DE (drafted by the Houston Texans) D’Aundre Reed, DE (drafted by the Minnesota Vikings) A.J. Simmons, TE Mike Turner, CB Anthony Wilcox, S Victor Yates, DB Men’s golf Tom Conran Stefan Cox Peter Ireland Jonathan Khan John Kostis Tarquin MacManus Women’s golf Alejandra Llaneza Gymnastics Miranda Russell

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The former women’s hoops star did it all at UA, racking up awards and honors as frequently as she grabbed rebounds.

Best hair: Brooks Reed Thor. Dog the Bounty Hunter.

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Left fielder Brittany Lastrapes currently leads the Arizona Wildcats softball team with a .439 batting average.

This season, she set the Arizona career record for doubles. Lastrapes, a four-year starter, was named Pacific 10 Conference Player of the Week for the week when she set the Arizona record.

Lastrapes has never shied away from the moment. She started all 66 games in 2010 and batted first in the order each time. She was later named to the All Women’s College World Series team after going 13-for-17 in the series.

The senior has earned back-to-back AllAmerican awards and is on the ballot for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award and the finalist list for the USA Player of the Year Award.

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Nicest: Brittany Lastrapes

The All-American is likely to compliment the opposing pitcher on a good pitch … after she hits it over the fence.

Like Brooks Reed, few people embodied the work ethic and dedication that coaches covet like defensive end Ricky Elmore. Another lightly recruited high school prospect, Elmore started his career with the Wildcats as an undersized and athletically suspect prospect. But again, like Reed, Elmore’s newfound love for the weight room catapulted him into one of the best defensive ends in Wildcat history.

As Elmore got bigger, his playing time grew. So, too, did the stats.

After recording four sacks in 2008, Elmore led the Pacific 10 Conference with 10 sacks in 2009. But while critics claimed that Elmore’s stats were a product of team’s double-teaming fellow defensive end Reed, Elmore shed the doubleteams of his own in 2010 to lead the Pac-10 in sacks yet again with 11.

Elmore’s against-the-world mentality was tested yet again in April when he slipped all the way to the sixth round of the NFL Draft. But as the Green Bay Packers, his new team, will soon find out, Elmore has beaten the odds before.

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COMMENTARY BY Tim Kosch sports writer

Congratulations to all students who are graduating this semester. In today’s world a college degree is so necessary that graduating doesn’t seem that important any more. The accomplishment of completing your collegiate education doesn’t seem as great because, well, everyone does it.

But it is an accomplishment, and we all deserve congratulations. It wasn’t easy. Not all of us did it in four years, and some didn’t even do it in five. And during our time spent at school we all dealt with different issues that seemed to hold us back every semester – difficult classes, problems with friends, problems at home, etc.

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But while we should all be proud of ourselves, I think we should all take a second to especially congratulate the Arizona athletes that are graduating this semester.

Talk about difficulty. In addition to what every other student needs go through, athletes need to go through it too — on top of year-round workouts, practices and meetings. Yes, there are perks, but the life of an athlete is not as glamorous as it seems.

The truth is that being a collegiate athlete is really, really hard. Not everyone can do it. And I don’t just mean the people who aren’t 6-foot-4 and can run a 4.45 40-yard dash. Being a college athlete is demanding, and it takes an incredible amount of mental toughness to do it.

I can’t imagine what these Division-I athletes go through. I played football at the Division-III level for two years before transferring to the UA, and I admit that I was overwhelmed by the commitments – and that was only playing at a level that didn’t require the intense workouts that D-I athletes need

to succeed, was only played in front of 1,000, maybe 2,000 people and had no media coverage whatsoever.

These athletes at Arizona have to work day in and day out just to stay competitive. And then they have to answer to people in the media or angry fans that, most of the time, don’t know what they’re talking about and never truly played competitive sports.

Take a look at Jamelle Horne, for example. You all know him. He was the athlete that every Wildcat fan loved to hate. He was a scapegoat for almost every thing. His poor fouls when he was younger, missing an open three in the loss to UConn this year, etc.

But before every Wildcat fan rushed to Twitter or Facebook to rip him apart, did they ever stop and actually assess the situation?

Some things that I urge Arizona students to consider in the years ahead when one of the school’s sports teams has some sort of meltdown (which we’ve learned, in all honesty, will happen at least once a season):

One player is not singlehandedly responsible for a loss. Ever.

The tasks these athletes are handed are extremely difficult. Please don’t yell at the TV that you could’ve made that shot or caught that ball. Odds are you couldn’t have.

A loss does not signify the end of these players’ lives, nor should it yours. Teams will lose games, but teams will then move on almost immediately. You should too.

(Sidenote: You aren’t on the team. Please don’t refer to them as “us” or “we.”)

Lastly, and most importantly, these student-athletes are human beings. And they’re asked to do things at such a young age that you will never be asked to do. Respect them.

In closing, to all the seniors graduating: congratulations. I know that I could not be happier to be done with school.

But also, if you see an athlete during the ceremonies, thank them for all of their hard work.

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

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feel like I’m graduating just in time.

Maybe that’s unkind to say, because so many Wildcats, people I know have amazing intelligence, potential and chutzpah, have several months or years before graduating. To those people: Take advantage of your remaining time in college; it’ll be startlingly short, I promise.

But still, as exciting as the last four years have been, I can’t help but thank my lucky stars that I’m getting out of here when I am. Because the last four years have gotten increasingly nasty, as our fair state’s leaders get more and more hostile toward higher education.

Tuition, of course, has been rising each year and is set to hit a ridiculous high — about $10,000 for in-state students, more if you’re from out of state — in the next academic year. Those tuition hikes are a far cry from the promise of public education that is “as nearly free as possible,” but it’s hard to blame the administration or Arizona Board of Regents. With the massive budget cuts to education, what else were they supposed to do?

It would be easy to find a scapegoat in the people who have to make the tough choice to increase our tuition over and over again, but I truly believe those people care about students and about education, and are doing their best with scant resources.

No, the culprit is, of course, the state Legislature and a governor willing to go along with most of its hair-brained, mean-spirited schemes. And it’s not just about money, though that’s the most tangible expression of the state’s disdain for higher education.

What really stings, and what I feel the need to escape, is the disdain itself. The worst part of being a college student in today’s Arizona is feeling so completely unwanted by your elected officials, those who are supposed to represent you, support you and wish for your success. Guess what: They don’t.

It feels like higher education in Arizona’s political climate today is seen as a dark mark. A college degree means, to state leaders, that a person is elitist, that a person thinks he or she is better than other people. It’s a sign of weakness, of “liberalness” in an overblown, pejorative sense. As university students, we of course know otherwise, and know, furthermore, that UA students don’t all share anything close to the same political ideology. But that doesn’t matter. This state has made it pretty clear that it doesn’t want us — educated, thinking young people — around, mucking up its crazed agenda.

So yes, I’m glad I’m getting out of here. But I also have a message, one I think is deeply important, for

those of you who still have time left at the UA: Keep fighting.

You are not powerless or useless, no matter what the state government wants you to believe. You are getting an education, which is something of which you should be proud. You are part of an institution with a rich history and an amazing tradition of research and higher learning. You have a right to your education, you deserve your education and no one gets to tell you otherwise. No one.

Young people sometimes feel powerless in the face of decisions they’re not asked to be a part of, decisions that affect them but in which they have no voice. But think about the student movements of the late 1960s. Think about this year, the “Arab Spring.”

Think about the young people in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and now Syria and elsewhere. Young people with something to believe in have a power, a fire even the Arizona Legislature can’t put out. Fight for your education; fight for your state.

We seniors are leaving behind something of a mess, but I have enormous faith in the classes to come. My fondest hope is that I get to watch, jealous, wishing I were part of the action, as the rest of you take back your school and your state.

Good luck, and Bear Down, Arizona.

— 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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Editorials The Daily Wildcat’s takes on this year’s issues

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aws like H.B. 2281 endanger the autonomy of educators and the sanctity of the classroom. For this reason, the Faculty Senate’s opposition, though it might not make much of a difference right now, is vital. Educators must stand up for themselves and for their right to teach without censors looking over their shoulders. Whether or not the law will affect them directly, the Faculty Senate, in condemning H.B. 2281, is standing up for education.

— “Faculty Senate right to decry ethnic studies bill” (Sept. 15, 2010)

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llowing fear of the Legislature to block the Arizona Board of Regents’ ability to carry out its duty to Arizona’s universities is unfair. The Legislature has proven itself to be an anti-intellectual, vindictive body, but that doesn’t give the board of regents an excuse to give up. The regents must pressure the Legislature even when it seems futile, putting all politicking aside to carry out their duty: giving Arizona students what they need.

— “Regents must stand up to Legislature” (Sept. 27, 2010)

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ll is not lost, of course. One disappointing election cannot irrevocably change the face of Arizona. We can still remain hopeful that someday it will manage to be a state that engages in bi-partisan, independent problem solving. …

But for now, it’s all over but the shouting. Oh, and there will be shouting aplenty.

It seems, in fact, that shouting is all we really have left.

— “After midterm elections, a bleak outlook” (Nov. 3, 2010)

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PERSPECTIVES

• wednesday, may 11, 2011 • arizona daily wildcat

llow human feelings, the acknowledgement of the brevity, fragility and beauty of human life, to supersede all ideologies.

Saturday was a dark day in Tucson, in Arizona and in our nation. It’s hard to know how to go on, having suffered this reminder of how dark, how awful, things can get. The most important thing we can do is move forward from this moment by recognizing our

duty to be kind, to be humble, to work together and to work toward something larger than ourselves and our differences.

UA in my heart, future on my mind

— “Tucson tragedy reminds us: Be kind” (Jan. 9)

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small fraction of attendees forgot themselves and their surroundings that evening. This is worth reprimanding. But the thoughtlessness of a few overeager students is hardly a fair representation of 13,000 people. It is unfair to both, the crowd in attendance that night or the victims of Saturday’s attack, to suggest they were grieving wrong. There will never be a better way to honor a life than to celebrate it.

— “Hope, healing worth celebrating” (Jan. 14)

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eeping secrets won’t put rumors to rest, and it certainly won’t help positively change anyone’s perception of ASUA. Do you hear that awkward silence? That’s your student government, working “for you.”

— “ASUA pursues transparency, accountability, irony” (March 11)

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hen will you learn that fire does not quench fire? What’s next? Guns in dorm rooms? Bad things happen in dorms, so residents should be able to defend themselves, right?

If it isn’t enough to argue that college students shouldn’t be afraid of guns, let’s keep in mind that college students are still really just kids learning how to be grown-ups away from Mom and Dad. Everyone does something dumb in college, and it’s probably fueled by alcohol. A lack of parental supervision, combined with a newfound ability to drink until they throw up two days’ worth of dinner doesn’t need the added element of a firearm.

— “Campus gun law aims for safety, misses target” (April 12) — Editorials are determined by the Daily Wildcat editorial board and written by one of its members. They are Kristina Bui, Ken Contrata, Michelle A. Monroe and Heather Price-Wright.

They can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

Mallory Hawkins Arizona Daily Wildcat

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hat can I possibly say to sum up my college career that Vitamin C didn’t already sing about? As I sit here listening to her ever so creative ballad for some inspiration, I cannot help but feel so nostalgic.

How can the days of scrambling to finish an essay that I waited until the last minute to begin or the mornings of piecing together the mystery that was last night be over? I have never been so envious of super seniors.

I will spare you the “when I was a freshman …” stories but if you’re ever curious, I have plenty of them.

If I told you that there’s nothing I would change about the past four years at UA, I would be lying. Trust me, my time here has been plagued with plenty of bad decisions, but you live and you learn, right? I have learned that there’s never an excuse good enough to miss out on a night out with friends, that going to the library in the middle of the day is usually a better idea than a midday nap and going to the same fraternity more than two weekends in a row can only lead to bad things. Perhaps my greatest lesson of all has been that Jåger is not my friend and neither are the people who let me drink it.

Lucky for me, I have made good enough friends along the way that have helped me survive these bad decisions, or in the very least taught me to have a good sense of humor about it all. I am grateful for being surrounded by people that have stuck by my

side. Even if I were on The Dirty, I bet their love wouldn’t have faltered. Thank goodness we will never know.

For every bad memory I have, there are at least two good ones.

Despite what freshman Mal might have predicted or what Facebook suggests, most of my great memories involve little to no alcohol. As far as I am concerned, few things are better than the dance parties my friends and I held in my dorm room, and I will forever cherish the time I was stopped at an intersection next to the Reba McEntire.

But then again, who knows what good times were had, only to be forgotten due to extreme boozing?

Soon enough, though, all good things must come to an end. Come May 17, I will be a grown ass woman with a grown ass job, missing the days of her youth. Life just won’t be the same without “Bear Down, Arizona” sounding off every day at noon.

Let’s just hope that in my grown up life I will come across a fellow alumnus that will “beer up, bear down” with me, and we can reminiscence about the great times we had at the good ol’ UA. So to all the people that helped make those great times — the friends I have had along the way, the boys I kissed, the boys I wanted to kiss but never did, my enemies and everyone in between — bear down and H.A.G.S. — Mallory Hawkins is a communication senior. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.