Commencement Issue 2016

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Wednesday, may 11, 2016 - Sunday, May 15, 2016

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Former ASUA president passes on the torch to newlyelected Michael Finnegan Column: College is a great time, but the best years of our lives are yet to come Kaleb Tarczewski and Sheaffer Skadsen headline the year’s top seniors Gabe York and volleyball seniors provided highlight moments for the Class of ‘16

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Fireworks explode over Arizona Stadium during the 2015 commencement ceremony on May 16, 2015. Commencement will be held in Arizona Stadium on Friday.

BY Brice Lennon

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The class of 2016 will be celebrating its graduation at Arizona Stadium on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Commencement will feature honorary guest speaker Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General and founder of Doctors for America.

Murthy will address the crowd, which is expected to near the stadium’s 56,029 maximum capacity.

From beginning to end, the ceremony is expected to last 90 to 120 minutes. Stadium gates open at 5:30 p.m. for guests who will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Graduates are required check in a separate line by 6:30 p.m. to be guaranteed a spot. Graduation regalia is required by all participating graduates for the duration of commencement.

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its clear bag policy for the 2016 commencement ceremony. Balloons and other large, view-obstructing objects will not be permitted in the stands to ensure a good viewing experience for all.

While the UA commencement ceremony may be the largest graduation celebration, it is far from being the only one. There are 38 college convocations scheduled to take place between Friday, May 6 and Sunday, May 15. These celebrations will take place in a different locations around campus and the satellite UA campuses throughout the state.

The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will be holding its convocation in McKale Center on Saturday at 2 p.m. Unlike commencement, this convocation will recognize all graduates individually by announcing their names. The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ convocation ceremony is projected to

last about two and a half hours.

Eller College of Management, the College of Education and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will also be holding their convocation ceremonies in McKale Center at different times over the weekend.

Smaller convocations will be taking place at different locations around campus including Centennial Hall and the Student Union Memorial Center Grand Ballroom.

UA President Ann Weaver Hart will be joining Murthy at the commencement, which marks the 152nd annual ceremony.

About 6,000 Wildcats are expected to confirm the completions of their bachelor’s, graduate or professional degrees at different ceremonies throughout the week.

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MANNY FELIX poses in his cap and gown with Wilbur on Friday, May 6. Felix was the ASUA president for the 20152016 academic year.

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NEW ASUA president Mikey Finnegan sits in the ASUA office on Wednesday, March 9. Finnegan will take over as the figure head of ASUA for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Passing the torch: Felix hands over ASUA presidency to Finnegan

BY CHASTITY LASKEY The Daily Wildcat

Knowing you’re in charge of accurately representing all 40,000 student voices at the UA makes being an incoming student body president difficult.

Graduating Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Manny Felix has worked with President-elect Mikey Finnegan on making the transition process as smooth as possible for the both of them.

While Felix will graduate with a political science degree and move to Washington, D.C., to work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Finnegan will work with university administrators, students and state legislators to ensure Wildcats are being accurately represented and fought for all while balancing his work during his senior year.

Finnegan has already been working with and under Felix as his chief of staff this year, making the transition process easier.

Felix said when Finnegan first started as chief of staff, he had a lot of ideas on his plate and tried to tackle them all at once instead of delegating tasks or asking for help.

While he is proud of everything ASUA accomplished this year, Felix said he knows Finnegan could have done more if he would have delegated more tasks, but Felix is sure he will continue the great work and push new ideas forward.

Finnegan said while he has worked with Felix on many projects, he has also been able to see the other side of Felix’s job throughout the process, like meeting with President Ann Weaver Hart and reaching out to other areas of campus.

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incoming presidents is to go with your gut and trust your instincts going forward. Felix said whether it’s going against administrators or making a tough decision, it’s important to trust your gut and not second guess yourself.

Finnegan, who was officially inaugurated May 2, said he is excited for next year. This summer they will be laying the ground work for the 2016-17 year, according to Finnegan.

“You’re literally hitting the ground running on August 26, trying to plan for all these dates and events coming up,” Finnegan said.

He said one of his biggest goals is to reach out to all the cultural centers, the marginalized students at the UA and clubs on campus to make sure they are represented and have a voice.

“The Diversity Task Force is an amazing opportunity for this campus to really focus on how we can best represent the students,”

Finnegan said. “Taking a look at the list of demands; That’s something we’re hoping to really accomplish to make sure every student feels welcomed here on campus, no matter what.”

Finnegan added that with the presidential election coming up next semester, they hope to register and educate students about where and how they can vote.

“The scariest part about the presidency is you have to expect the unexpected,” Finnegan said. “There’s nothing that you can really guarantee will happen or not happen next year, but you just got to expect that something will happen and be prepared for it.”

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Post-college is just as fun as the actual thing BY stephanie shaw The Daily Wildcat

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he inescapable nostalgia students experience cannot be understated with graduation looming.

Particularly for students graduating, it is a time to reflect on the last four or so years and think about what is to come.

There seems to be a stigma, though, that it’s downhill from here. That is far from true, unless you allow it to be.

The years following college are a time of major transition. Decisions are put on a larger scale because you no longer have a safety net of extra credit or academic advisers to fall back on. But you do still have parental and social support, as well as the knowledge accumulated throughout the course of time at the UA. With this responsibility comes endless independence. Though it will surely be a

education, diving right into a career or nixing the professional world altogether and focusing on building a family. The options are truly endless and while monetary confinements aren’t to be overlooked, they should not dictate each decision you make once you’re handed that diploma.

Speaking of money, the pride you’ll feel when a paycheck comes—and not just an after-school job paycheck; a real, hefty, pay-your-rent kind of paycheck—is worth every bit of unease you might feel now. You will build a future for yourself, remain in contact with your closest friends and find happiness outside of the Asher Roth-esque “I Love College” world.

The happiness you find and the success you create will not disappear in four years and it will not restart each semester or quarter. It will build upon itself and last as long as you do.

bumpy ride, this independence can bring nights in the library and meetings about an assured sense of self that is hard with various counselors are all part of the undergraduate experience. But to claim when constantly surrounded by after college, it is time to put all of that the peers and pressures of college. preparation to the test and jump into Our undergraduate careers are your career. Though the perfect intimidating, those limbo between Our undergraduate pursuing fields they adolescence and are passionate about adulthood, and careers are the perfect can now experience consist of the few them hands on, as years students have limbo between adolescence to learning to prepare for the and adulthood, and consist opposed about them behind real world. The the scenes.

Huffington Post of the few years students Textbooks are released an article, have to prepare for the real useful, but getting to appropriately say you’re actually titled “Attention world.” a member of your Graduates: Life field is a completely After College Will different experience. Adulthood is just Be The Best Time of Your Life.” one big question mark and though many It discusses all the reasons life of us strive to plan it out as best we can, improves after college, and one of the try as we might, life happens. main points involves not having to worry You never know who you’re going to about constant looming assignments and meet or where a particular job might whether you should be studying. take you. Students have the option of Years of studying and pondering going back and furthering their higher what the future will look like, endless

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Another virtual option is to find an app that allows group play, like Evil Apples or Words With Friends. This keeps you in contact with your college friends without necessarily requiring conversation.

A final physical option is to mail a photo album around and have everyone add a funny photo of themselves when they receive it. The collection of photos is a great way to reminisce old laughs and create news ones, too.

No matter how difficult it may seem, there are many ways to keep in touch with friends after you graduate. Some take more work than others, but in the end, it’s worth the effort. Leaving campus doesn’t mean you have to leave behind the incredible friendships you’ve created throughout your time in Tucson and at the UA.

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They change your viewpoints, expand your mind and generally enrich your life.

The UA in particular takes pride in bringing a wide range of students to its campus. Just go to the UA Bookstore and look at the dozens of flags representing the home countries of the current student population to see how far students have traveled to attend this school.

There are 112 counties represented in the student population. UA’s Fall 2014 Enrollment Highlights show that the 2014 freshman class represented 49 U.S. states while 4.4 percent of the class consisted of

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international students. Those numbers postcards. While it seems old-school, are not huge, but they do provide massive taking the time to write out letters makes the communication more meaningful, opportunities for creating connections.

On a campus as large as this one, it’s and postcards help track the location of easy to have friends from friends in a fun and easily all over the country, or collectable way. even from across the Sending small, touristy No matter world. gifts from whatever city what direction you’re in is another way While a geographically diverse friend group is to stay in touch. If you’re everyone goes after close enough, you can unarguably a wonderful graduation, it’s thing, the only hitch meet up in nearby cities for a reunion weekend too. comes when it’s time almost guaranteed If you want to do to leave the UA. When to be a different one.” something friends graduate and less material, social media is the obvious scatter back across the go-to. From simply world without campus to tie everyone together in the same locale, Facebook-stalking your friends to #tbt posts, connecting online is a quick way it can be hard to maintain connections.

Some go onto graduate school, some to keep up to date on your friends’ lives. enter the workforce, some take time A group message is another fun and easy way to keep the conversations going after off to travel. No matter what direction you graduate. everyone goes after graduation, it’s Virtual book clubs are yet another almost guaranteed to be a different one. potential way to stay in touch, centered There are ways to say in touch, however, no matter the distance. around a single topic for discussion.

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Stereotypes don’t reflect college, but UA transforms its students for the best wasn’t some sort of sophisticated god above being social, and that in some situations, I really had nothing to offer anyone, but they had everything to offer me.

I developed an internal mantra for new

BY GREG CASTRO social situations that basically goes, “Shut The Daily Wildcat up. Shut up. No really, Greg, shut up.” I found that I became far more likeable when I wasn’t eaving for college was one of the criticizing everything from how people dress hardest things I’ve ever done. Forcing to the way they walk down the sidewalk. myself to go out of state, I would Slowly but surely, I’ve allowed myself be leaving behind everything I knew for to become that enthusiastic film kid, and something completely unknown. I wasn’t while I still don’t hold a candle to those the type to join a fraternity or honorary or who had their excitement rolling right away whatever else—I actually did at one point freshman year, I’ve improved and learned and still despise that scene—so meeting immeasurably over the course of my time at people and making new friends was going to this university. be a challenge. I thought I was going to hate Spending time on film sets became one college. of my favorite social activities. It let me into Now that I’m about to graduate, I look the freezing woods of Heber, Arizona, the back and realize that despite smokey depths of downtown trying my hardest to do the Tucson nightclubs and, most opposite, I actually really, Now that recently, into the sticky back really enjoyed my time at the room of a local carnicería.

I’m about to UA. While it was never the Each miserable shoot sexy, picture-perfect clothing graduate, I look came with its own bonding commercial everyone experiences and its own funny back and realize makes it out to be, my time stories. in college has drastically Once I moved downtown that despite trying transformed me as a human my junior year, some of my being and allowed me to my hardest to fellow filmmakers were even mature more quickly than generous enough to get over do the opposite, I did in 12 years of primary our past differences and start and secondary education. inviting me out. I was getting I actually really, I’m pretty socially and dancing for the really enjoyed my drunk awkward, as you may have first time in my life—actually guessed if you’ve read any acting like a freaking 20 year time at the UA.” of my 30-plus columns. old instead of a senior citizen.

On a scale of Velma from I know, late bloomer, right?

“Scooby-Doo” to Donnie But hey, better late than never. from “The Wild Thornberrys,” I’m about a I recognize this column may seem a bit six. Oftentimes, that social anxiety translates weepy, but I wanted to write it for a couple into disdain and condescension, which are of reasons. The first being that I’m simply basically coping mechanisms meant to mask grateful. I’m grateful to the people who have the fact that I’m uncomfortable trying to fit put up with me and the people who have in. given me a second chance. But the second This manifested itself as me talking and more important reason is that if there are down to and criticizing students who were any students out there who managed to get enthusiastic about anything, especially those through all four years stuck in their rooms who worked at socially-minded endeavors eating pizza pockets, never giving other such as Residence Life or Blue Chip. people and the college social experience a I was even condescending to the really try, perhaps my journey can serve as a bit of enthusiastic film kids—film production is my an eye opener. major—which was especially stupid, as those As we college graduates begin our careers, were the students I should’ve been trying we absolutely cannot afford to be haughty or to emulate. All of this led to a lot of lonely mask our anxiety with arrogance. Humility nights in the dorms the first couple years, and a genuine desire to live openly will serve eating pizza pockets and playing “Half-Life us better than anything else we have on our 2.” Looking back, that was actually kind of a resumes. good time, but I should have been trying to, you know, have a life, something that didn’t — Follow Greg Castro occur to me until the end of sophomore year. @gacastrotweets The most important realization was that I

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Senior standouts make 2015-2016 memorable Leading Arizona women’s soccer to the Sweet Sixteen, becoming the winningest Wildcat in men’s basketball program history, redefining redemption, and making strides toward an Olympic appearance. These four seniors did it all

BY RYAN KELAPIRE, SAUL BOOKMAN, CHRIS DEAK, GIA TREVISAN The Daily Wildcat

Kaleb Tarczewski Sheaffer Skadsen Sheaffer Skadsen embodied consistency for the Arizona women’s soccer team. She played in 71 games in four years, started 62 of them and, in her final two seasons, played more minutes than any other Wildcat. The senior served as the leader of the team’s defense and her stellar play helped turn the Arizona women’s soccer program around.

The Wildcats went 6-11-3 in Skadsen’s freshman year but in her final three seasons, they compiled a remarkable 34-21-8 record, including two NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen.

Skadsen excelled in the classroom as well, being named to the Pac-12 AllAcademic First Team three times, and was the conference’s Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2015. She also was one of 11 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and had a 4.0 grade point average as a public health major.

Kaleb Tarczewski was a 7-foot freak of nature in 2012 and the No. 4 overall prospect in the nation coming out of high school. He was one of basketball head coach Sean Miller’s biggest recruits and played right away starting his freshman year.

Tarczewski was always a presence down low, but wasn’t really featured in the Arizona offense during his first two seasons.

During his junior year, he became known for his power dunks, nasty rim defense and free-throw shooting. He finished his senior season with second team All-Pac 12 Conference honors and tied the UA record for career victories with 110.

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Casey Skowron

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Say the name ‘Alex Zendejas’ to most Arizona fans and it is sure to fire up the emotional torture that existed when he was the place kicker for the Wildcats.

Missed chip shot field goals against your rival will do that to a fan base. Insert Casey Skowron.

He wasn’t perfect, but his efforts to erase the mental yips UA fans had were instrumental in placing faith back in placekickers again. His best performance was in a thrilling win against Washington in 2014. On a cool November day in Tucson and in the thick of the Pac-12 hunt, Skowron scored on a 35-yard fake field goal in the second quarter to keep the Wildcats in the game.

After a series of time management mishaps by Washington, the Wildcats had the ball and a chance to win the game on the strength of a 47-yard field goal by Skowron. After missing the game-winning field goal against USC weeks prior, he redeemed himself, blasting the kick through the uprights and sealing the victory for UA, 27-26.

Skowron made 18 of 22 field goals his senior year and missed only one extra point the entire season on his way to an All Pac-12 honorable mention campaign.

Bonnie Brandon Bonnie Brandon leaves with a record of seven All-American honors, six of which are first team All-American.

She holds school records in the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke, and is a team record holder in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Brandon is on nine of the Top-10 Arizona all-time lists.

She won Arizona senior Female Student-Athlete of the year and is a current Olympic hopeful. Brandon also maintained a 3.83 GPA with a major in nutritional science and a minor in biochemistry.

Brandon recently earned a finalist spot for the Wooden Citizenship Cup, honoring athletes who have character and leadership, and who contribute to their communities.

Brandon mainly speaks to elementary and middle schoolers about the importance of pursuing further education and being active in all aspects of life.

She is co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and is involved in many other Arizona Athletics programs that teach the importances of self-care and raise selfawareness for distinguished issues.

Brandon will continue to pursue her love for sports into the summer at the Olympic Trials.

She will continue on to graduate school with hopes of becoming a certified nurse.

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Arizona fans play cornhole at a tailgate on the UA Mall before Arizona football’s game against Oregon State on Oct. 10, 2015. Football tailgates are among activities all UA students should be sure to attend sometime in their college careers.

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Manage your time First off, freshman year can be overwhelming. You want to meet new people, stay on top of your studies, get involved with athletics and non-athletic activities, and still have a social life. It’s tough.

Arizona is all about the tailgates and the long basketball gameday lines to get into ZonaZoo. Slow down, relax and try to take it day by day. Freshman year is all about exploring your options for your major, meeting new friends and establishing a good rhythm for the rest of the year. There’s plenty of time for a social life and great tailgating endeavors.

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Make the memories count Don’t forget about the awesome memories you make in college, such as those you have tailgating and celebrating with your friends and the memories you have siting outside McKale Center for hours to just watch a 40-minute basketball game.

Never Give Up It may seem impossible with the workload and pressure you feel having to manage time, have fun, be nice to people and get good grades. It’s manageable.

Never give up on the goals you set for yourself because it is worth it to know you tried your hardest for that “A,” or even for that “C-”; whatever your preference.

Stay the whole game What? I didn’t know that was possible. Yes, it is possible to stay the whole game.

Remember that night when Arizona suddenly came back to defeat California on a Hail Mary pass? By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, almost all of ZonaZoo had left. If you stay the whole game, who knows what memories you’ll walk away with.

Tailgate just for the fun of it The on-campus football tailgates are a ball. Get to know someone who tailgates consistently and join in on the celebration. Even if you aren’t a huge football fan, it’s always great to see the Tucson community get involved with Arizona sports.

Football season goes by fast and you’d think there would be enough tailgates to attend until you are a fifth-year senior and barely been to a game. So go.

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Spring 2016 FSO Graduates

STUDENTS Stephen Dolan Master’s in Management Information Systems

Corey Kado Bachelor of Science in Business Administration— Accounting

Irasema Saavedra Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with a minor in Adolescents, Community, and Education Bachelor of Arts in Literacy Learnings & Leadership

Gabe York Senior Day On a beautiful night in the desert, Gabe York showcased his best performance, dropping 3-pointer after 3-pointer en route to a finish for the ages on Senior Day. The West Covina, California, native hit nine 3-pointers to lead the Wildcats to a 32-point blowout over Stanford. York, who has had his share of ups and downs during his time at UA, was coming off a game-winning shot against California just two nights prior. In a game that was put away much earlier, York decided to create his own UA legacy and jolted the crowd more and more with each swish of the net.

Sometimes it doesn’t matter what the defense is doing because when York was in the zone, there was no doubt about it.

He tied Salim Stoudamire for the 3-pointer game record with a 9-for-14 performance that would even make NBA MVP Stephen Curry proud. In a symbol of love and his deep passion for the school, York’s final moment was spent kissing the McKale Center floor and throwing up the “I love you” sign with his hands.

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There were many great moments this year, but the volleyball team’s top win was a victory over ASU on Senior Night to cap off a great year. The seniors finished off their careers 3-1 against the Sun Devils in McKale Center, the lone loss coming during the seniors’ freshman year.

Seniors Halli Amaro, Anna Panagiotakopoulos, MacKenzie Kleespies and Nikki Attea helped Arizona take down its rival three sets to one in front of more than 3,000 cheering fans, giving Arizona a regular season record of 19-13.

Despite the absence of All Pac-12 Conference and All-American Honorable Mention recipient Kalei Mau to a concussion, her teammates stepped up. Amaro led the charge defensively with seven of the team’s 14 blocks and tied Arizona’s record for sets played with 454. The four-year starter was part of 80 victories while the other three seniors were one-year transfers and key cogs to Arizona’s attack.

While Arizona’s win over top-15 ranked UCLA was a huge victory, the Wildcats’ revenge over their rival gets the slight edge as the top moment. To cap off a gauntlet of a schedule that included the nation’s top three teams, the Wildcats battled all season and beat a good Sun Devils team.

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The team struggled in the regular season, finishing 13-19 overall with a dismal 3-15 Pac-12 Conference record. But, in a win or go home situation, the Wildcats delivered for their head coach and knocked out the No. 6-seeded Oregon Ducks 74-68 in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament to keep their season, and Butts’ time as head coach, alive for one more game.

“She did a lot for us and that’s the best way to show our appreciation is to get this win,” said Breanna Workman following the upset victory.

Arizona’s lone senior and team leader, Keyahndra Cannon, added six points and four assists in the victory—her final as a Wildcat.

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Arizona soccer advances to the Sweet Sixteen The Arizona women’s soccer team proved in 2015 that it is a program on the rise. The Wildcats had seven straight losing seasons from 2006-2012, but have since put together three consecutive winning seasons. The 2015 campaign may have been the best in school history.

Arizona won 14 games—just one shy of a previous program high—but tied the program record for most Pac-12 Conference wins in a season with six and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the second time in school history.

A strong regular season performance catapulted the Wildcats to host an NCAA Tournament game for the first time, where they defeated Northern Colorado 2-0 to advance to round 32. Another win followed as the Wildcats knocked off Santa Clara 2-1, thanks to two goals by senior Hannah Wong, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

Arizona would then lose to Stanford, but the program’s improvement was already evident.

As head coach Tony Amato said, there is now a “new standard” for the Arizona women’s soccer program.

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Congratulations, Honors Graduates!

Maryam Abdul-Wahid Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering Thesis advisor: Gerald Pine Natalie Abu Hamdan Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology Thesis advisor: Patrick Mantyh Gabriel Acosta Major: Philosophy, Politics, Economics & Law Thesis advisor: Connie Rosati Berenice Acosta Cajigas Major: Political Science Thesis advisor: Barbara Norrander Jaynie Adams Major: History Thesis advisor: Julia Clancy-Smith Marwah Ahmad Major: Biochemistry Thesis advisor: Bibiana Law Jaslean Ahuja Major: Speech, Language & Hearing Science Thesis advisor: David Velenovsky

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Heather Francisco Major: Accounting Thesis advisor: Dan Dhaliwal

Cory Boone Major: Optical Sciences & Engineering Thesis advisor: Gerald Pine

Ria Dasgupta * Major: Physiology Thesis advisor: Zoe Cohen

Alexandra Franklin Major: Nutritional Sciences Thesis advisor: Nobuko Hongu

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Swetaleena Dash * Major: Physiology Thesis advisor: Jason Yuan

Emily Franklin Major: Veterinary Science Thesis advisor: Cynthia Doane

Cherise Brashear Major: Art History Thesis advisor: Julie Plax Nathan Brooks Major: Physics Thesis advisor: Alexander Cronin

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Leyton Galapia Major: Latin American Studies Thesis advisor: Marcela Vasquez

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Brandon Burgman Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology Thesis advisor: Timothy Bolger

Angelica Alvarez Major: Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Thesis advisor: John Hildebrand

Sarah Burkey * Major: Philosophy, Politics, Economics & Law Thesis advisor: Connie Rosati

Nina Ameli Major: Physiology Thesis advisor: Tally Milnes

Katherine Burrell Major: Biochemistry Thesis advisor: Todd Vanderah

Brenda Anaya Major: Sustainable Plant Systems Thesis advisor: Jeffrey Silvertooth

Mariela Cabrera Portugal Major: Law Thesis advisor: Najwa Nabti

Darya Anderson * Major: Environmental Sciences Thesis advisor: Virginia Rich

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John Andrews Major: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Thesis advisor: Alexander Badyaev

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Charles Deibel * Major: Political Science Thesis advisor: John Tidd

Yarah Ghotmi * Major: Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Thesis advisor: Anita Koshy

Gregory DePaul Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering Thesis advisor: Gerald Pine Arianne DePauli Major: Environmental Hydrology & Water Resources Thesis advisor: Joost Van Haren Xander Deputy Major: Optical Sciences & Engineering Thesis advisor: Gerald Pine

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Xaviere Giroud Major: Biomedical Engineering Thesis advisor: Gerald Pine

Alison Gondosch Major: Political Science Thesis advisor: Samara Klar

Jessica Draper * Major: Political Science Thesis advisor: Faten Halawi-Ghosn

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Hayley Gibler Major: Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Thesis advisor: Steven Rapcsak

Gurman Dhaliwal Major: Physiology Thesis advisor: Zoe Cohen

Jacqueline Chau Major: Public Health Thesis advisor: Sheila Parker

Dailu Chen Major: Physiology Thesis advisor: Lingling An

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Julie Charlton Major: Neuroscience & Cognitive Science Thesis advisor: Lynne Oland

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Adriana Garza * Major: Business Administration Thesis advisor: Paul Melendez

Rebecca Geren Major: Information Science & Technology Thesis advisor: Clayton Morrison

Paulluvi Bahl * Major: Physiology Thesis advisor: Randi Weinstein

Brian Balch Major: Chemical Engineering Thesis advisor: Kimberly Ogden

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Danielle Cooney Major: Creative Writing Thesis advisor: Susan Briante

JunLiang Fan Major: Economics Thesis advisor: Mark Stegeman

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Angela Blanks-Bennett Major: Geosciences Thesis advisor: Richard Bennett

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Commencement • Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Three years and 103 film reviews later . . .

The top five movies of the Reel Deal series One last reel deal

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he passing of the great film critic Roger Ebert just over three years ago inspired me to find out what kind of student newspaper the UA had. In my research, I discovered that over the course of the entire school year there had been but four film reviews published by the Daily Wildcat.

As a freshman film student who had never written a piece of film criticism other than an amateur analysis of Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” in high school, I thought I could be the one to provide a college newspaper with a dedicated film presence.

As I’ve come to learn from this experience, the only way to become good at something is to, well, do it. You will always be inexperienced and underqualified at the start.

I applied and, after writing a sample review of “The Wolverine”—a Marvel movie, so you can see that nothing much has changed in the film world—I was hired by the arts & lifestyle editor at the time in fall 2013.

I started reviewing movies for the Daily Wildcat when I was a baby-faced, eager, 20-year-old sophomore. Today I’m 23 and attempting to grow a beard, but I still remain eager, this time to graduate and move on.

Before that happens, here are my five favorite films of the 103 that I reviewed, a catalog that started August 26, 2013 with the SeaWorld documentary “Blackfish” and ended April 15, 2016 with the Studio Ghibli animation “Only Yesterday.”

“The Spectacular Now” Hindsight is always 20/20 and on looking back, there are quite a few films whose initial grades I didn’t get quite right. It’s to be expected, though as films are revisited there’s more time to digest, and the viewer is a much different person than the first time around.

I first gave this movie a “B,” but in the time since it has become a favorite of mine.

The film is a deceptively simple high school love story about the unlikely relationship between a cool kid, played by Miles Teller, and shy, nerdy girl, played by Shailene Woodley. The film is honest and sympathizes with our young, confused protagonists as they try to live in the moment while planning for the future. Woodley and

Teller make an unforgettable on-screen couple.

“Blue is the Warmest Color” Another story of young love, this time centering on French teen Adele as she tries to figure out what exactly is missing from her day-to-day doldrums. The answer: bluehaired Emma.

Where “The Spectacular Now” is intimate on the smaller scale of senior year of high school, “Blue is the Warmest” plays out on a more epic span. There are humble beginnings when the two lovers first see each other as a celestial drum plays in the distance. Then, they make love—enough has already been written about that—before moving in with each other, grow together and then grow apart. When they break up, it’s raw. You might as well be watching your own relationship fall apart.

My review for this movie also provoked my first memorable internet comment. User Shutupkid eloquently wrote, “Im [sic] sure you thought striptease was a wonderful movie as well. Grow up, its pornography thats allowed to mascarade as a ‘film’ since its ‘artistic.’”

Two points. First, I’ve never seen “Striptease,” so I can’t comment on whether it’s a wonderful movie. Second, and I know that its low-hanging fruit to correct someone’s spelling on the internet but, I mean, come on. ‘Mascarade’?

“The Wind Rises”/ “Only Yesterday” I’m putting two Studio Ghibli animated films into one slot because it’s too difficult to pick between them. Both of these films are more steeped in realism than the fantastical, pop cultural icons of “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro.”

2013’s “The Wind Rises,” directed

by Hayao Miyazaki, is a fictionalized autobiography of the well-meaning Japanese scientist who invented the infamous Zero planes of World War II. 1991’s “Only Yesterday” finds a young woman revisiting her childhood through flashbacks as she tries to make heads and tails of her past and present.

Though over 20 years separate the two, both are beautiful to watch and both offer a bittersweet poignancy that is rare in movies, animated or otherwise.

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” I eventually had to go with the grain and pick a Best Picture winner as one of my favorites. Shot and edited to appear as if the movie was done in a single, two-hour long

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take, the fabric of “Birdman” is comprised solely of energy.

Of course, you have the fluid, active camera, but there is the frenetic, volatile menagerie of prima donnas bursting in and out of the halls of a Broadway theater as washed-up actor Riggan Thomson, played

by Michael Keaton, tries to relaunch his career.

As the jazzy, unrelenting drums of the soundtrack pound away in the background you’re not sure whether they’re only in Riggan’s head, but it doesn’t really matter.

It’s fun either way.

“A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night” I first saw this movie at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in January where it left quite the impression on me. So much so that in December when it finally found its way to

Tucson’s local arthouse, The Loft Cinema, I had make a trip to see it again.

This movie is cool and different, much like its protagonist. Bad City, a decrepit ghost town that lives in the shadow of an oil field, faces redemption and retribution at the hands of a quirky young, female vampire who glides around on a skateboard, wearing an impromptu cape and listening to vinyl records.

This movie’s a refreshing experience thanks to the vision of up-and-coming director Ana Lily Amirpour.

With that, I’m out. Now that you’re done reading, here’s my advice: Go watch a movie or two.

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The unicorn statue, sculpted by Nancy Pohanic, stands on the UA campus on Sunday, May 8. Finding the unicorn statue on campus is one of many things seniors can do to avoid the feeling of missing out after graduation.

10 things seniors should do before graduating

BY Gretchyn Kaylor The Daily Wildcat

The fear of missing out is a real thing, but luckily bucket lists offer a no-regrets solution. If this is your last semester at the UA, be sure to check each of these items off the list.

not? Tell that person how you feel.

Maybe it will end in a graduation kiss, maybe it will end in horrible awkwardness, but you don’t ever have to see them again, for better or worse.

Buy yourself a graduation gift from the UA Bookstore No, you won’t be able to charge it to your Bursar’s, but you’ll be getting plenty of graduation money. So buy that shirt, stuffed animal or mug you need for the rest of your life to remind yourself how hard you worked to graduate.

Try campus food you’ve never had Still don’t know what Bear Down Kitchen is? Take this last chance to solve the mystery.

Try one of the Student Union Memorial Center restaurants that’s always confounded you.

You may be pleasantly surprised.

It’s always fun to rekindle that freshman feeling of exploring campus.

Confess a crush Odds are you’re about to leave the place and people you’ve spent the past four years with, so why

Write something for the Daily Wildcat You might have a great opinion, so leave your thoughts for all to

read. Letters to the Editor are an actual thing, so sit down and put words to those thoughts and feelings.

Explore Tucson Never been to Mount Lemmon, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum or Reid Park Zoo? Take a break from partying and get cultured. You shouldn’t leave Tucson without these experiences.

Have your own photo shoot One idea to celebrate your end of school days is to go out with a friend and take pictures of important people and places around campus. Places like your freshman dorm, the spot where you got asked out by one of your classmates, where your favorite place on campus is to relax, with

your favorite adviser and, of course, with the barista who has heard too much about your life.

Go to a professor’s office hours, without a question in mind Whether you’re a regular attendee or have managed to pass all of your classes with minimal teacher interaction, visit one or two of your favorite instructors.

Legend has it they can provide you with life advice. If you’re really impressed, you can always buy one of their published books and have them sign it.

Pull an all-nighter in the library For some people, this may be a common occurrence. But there are those of us who haven’t experienced this and need to at least once. Get all your energy drinks and snacks, and get to

work (or watch some Netflix) with your favorite study buddy.

Get in the Old Main Fountain Supposedly, graduates traditionally do this is in the nude.

However you decide to go about it, it’ll be fun to splash around with your best friends, as long as you choose a warmer night and bring plenty of towels.

Find the unicorn statue If you’ve never heard of it, it’s as magical as it sounds. There is a statue of a unicorn somewhere on campus. Maybe you’ve been one of the lucky few to see it. It’s the final challenge to all UA students: Find and take a picture with our unicorn before leaving.

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Graduation is just around the corner.

Thousands of seniors will receive the results of four years of hard work, their degrees, on May 13. Some are excited to move on to a new chapter in their lives, but leaving behind friends and familiar places can be difficult for many.

Here’s what a few seniors will and won’t miss after they graduate.

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What they will miss: Nobody judges me if I want to wear yoga pants to class every day at the university. I will miss that form of open-minded acceptance.

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What they will miss: The people and the variety of opportunities college affords the student.

What they won’t miss: The creativity-crushing policies of the administration.

Ella Anguiano, biosystems engineering

Plans after graduation: Once I graduate, I’m getting the fuck out of here. I’m going to be taking a few weeks to visit family, go back home, then move to my job in Colorado where I’ll be a septic system design intern.

What they will miss: I’ll miss my friends, but I think I’ll miss the atmosphere of hanging out with people, especially since I’m going someplace new. I guess I’ll have to meet new people.

What they won’t miss: There’s so many things. I’m trying not to rant about the dorms. I won’t miss the dorms because four years of this nonsense has been quite enough. I feel like I am in some kind of experiment right now. It’s enough. I probably won’t miss homework.

Jenna Glad, global studies

What they will miss: I’ll miss living with people who are my friends and having a really flexible schedule.

What they won’t miss: Tests and homework. Paying tuition.

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the most. She’s leaving for Oklahoma in the summer. I’m going to be in [graduate] school next semester, so I’m still going to have to deal with homework and readings—the things I wouldn’t miss.

Kaylah Rasmussen, film and television production

What they will miss: Having time to create artwork and learn new skills. Once I go into the workforce, I will have little time to build my portfolio and get better at skills that I feel aren’t quite good enough yet. I’ll also miss reading new books and seeing different perspectives. Discounts at stores will also be sorely missed as well as not being a Navigator [a Christian ministry campus group] anymore. Also, summer. Summer will just be a dream.

What they won’t miss: School fees, book fees and the singular world view that is perpetuated in most classes. I also won’t miss the parties, drinking, drugs and general mischief. Honestly, there’s more but I’ll stop there.

Atha Zimmermann, linguistics

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ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR John Olsen teaches his last class in the Emil W. Haury Anthropology building on Tuesday, May 3. Olsen is leaving the UA to complete field work in China.

UA anthropology professor bids his farewell to Tucson

BY BAILEY BELLAVANCE The Daily Wildcat

John Olsen, UA regents’ professor of anthropology, will officially retire in May. Olsen graduated from the UA with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and Oriental studies in 1976 and joined the faculty in 1980 after receiving his doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. During his time at the UA, Olsen was promoted to a professor of anthropology in 1994 and awarded a regents’ professorship in 2005.

He has been the head of the UA’s thenDepartment of Anthropology (1994-1995, 1998-2008) and is currently, and will continue to be, the executive director of the Je Tsongkhapa Endowment for Central and Inner Asian Archaeology.

Olsen is retiring to do field work and continue his research in Beijing, but doesn’t see his leave as a retirement.

“This whole thing is bittersweet,” Olsen said. “I realize that practically speaking what I’m doing is retiring but I don’t think of it as retirement. I think of it as stepping back from some of the things that I’ve been doing up to this point—admin things and, of course, teaching. And some of that I’m desperately unhappy about— especially the teaching.”

While abroad, Olsen plans to continue old research and work on new research.

He has dedicated his career to studying

the Stone Age prehistory of Central and Inner Asia. This includes Pleistocene paleoecology, climate change, environmental change and cultural change, especially in Tibet, Mongolia and China.

“I see it as a necessary reorientation of my energy, particularly to do field work in areas like Tibet and Mongolia that are physically demanding,” Olsen said of his leave. “I need to invest my time and energy in getting as much of that field work done as I can.”

Olsen said he was drawn to the UA because of the Tucson community and the academics that have kept him here for over 30 years.

“I think the thing I like about the [UA] specifically is the School of Anthropology,” Olsen said. “Larger than that, to look at the institution as a whole … [it] has been a place that encourages interdisciplinary studies and that’s actually a rare commodity. I think it’s that interdisciplinary thing that kept me happy for all these decades.”

Olsen had some last-minute advice for students: “Don’t think about the university as being an experience that is done to you. Rather, it’s an experience that you create and you can get as much out of that experience as you choose.”

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Five student standouts in the science fields

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The UA College of Science offers 17 degrees and majors, and is home to 6,317—nearly 18 percent—of UA undergraduate students. These students are often involved in research and make great strides during their undergraduate years. Here is a list of notable students in different science majors, and the contributions they’ve made during their time at the UA.

PIPER-LENORE MURPHY GEOSCIENCES

Murphy, a junior, used dendrochronology to date an ancient harbor in Istanbul, completed oak tree ring chronology for the entire Mediterranean Sea and is currently working on creating highresolution radiocarbon dates for identifying volcanic eruptions. all using tree ring analysis.

“I like geosciences because there are so many things I can do with it. I can continue studying tree rings and the various applications of them, or use planetary sciences and study the geology of Mars,” Murphy said. “There are so many opportunities geosciences has offered me and I get to challenge myself with each one.”

RYAN HOFFMAN ASTRONOMY

Senior Hofmann won the UA Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory’s Spring 2016 Outstanding Senior and Excellence in Research awards. Hofmann has worked on largescale mapping of giant molecular clouds and on observations of supernovae.

DAVID PLEWA CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plewa, a graduating senior, explored alternative antibiotics for use in agriculture in David Baltrus’ lab.

“Participating in chemistry research makes me realize the intricacies of everyday life,” he said.

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LAUREN KOCH MOLECULAR & CELLUAR BIOLOGY

Abrams has researched stock market prediction, particle physics, material science models of disease spread using data from a community in England, how falling sand cascades, and how to maximize Instagram likes as a mathematics major.

“Mathematics allows me to study anything and everything,” Abrams said. “It’s pretty dope.”

Koch is co-president of the UA Molecular and Cellular Biology Club and studies mosquito egg development in Roger Miesfeld’s lab.

“The MCB major is [a] flexible and diverse program that will prepare me to be an independent, detail-oriented leader in any biological career I choose following graduation,” Koch said.

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