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Lifetime award goes to professor

BY MAX LANCASTER The Daily Wildcat

Lynn Gerald, health promotion sciences professor and the Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair at the College of Public Health, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society for her research on school-based asthma.

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services’ Arizona Comprehensive Asthma Control Plan, approximately 100,000 Arizona children have

asthma, and the chronic disease field of school-based asthma cost Arizonans more than $24 and received the Lifetime Achievement million A w a r d in direct It’s important to see t h r o u g h medical that they receive the her work in c o s t s , care they do. clinically according — Dr. Lynn Gerald, f o c u s e d to the health promotion sciences professor school-based UA Mel a s t h m a and Enid programs, Zuckerman College of Public Health. Doctors such as the ones she runs in the like Gerald are looking to cut Sunnyside and Tucson Unified School Districts. those costs.

“I really enjoy working Gerald is an expert in the

with children,” she said. “It’s important to see that they receive the care they do.”

Gerald’s clinical studies work to keep school-based asthma care cost effective, while at the same time making sure that emergency medications such as albuterol are readily available for kids suffering from asthma.

“Many children don’t have good access to healthcare and we are able to give them the medication they need,” Gerald

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Rebecca Reed, a UA researcher and family studies and human development doctoral candidate, is studying how close relationship partners help each other recover emotionally and immunologically after psychological stressors such as arguing. Reed has recently completed collecting all of the data for the Couples’ Healthy Immune and Emotions Study and is currently processing the data.

“I’m interested in how these daily stressors with partners influence their daily immune functioning, with the idea that it is these daily processes that compound over time and put people on certain trajectories towards various health issues,” Reed said. “How we interact with our close relationship partner, how does that facilitate faster immune recovery?”

Immune systems respond to physical stressors, but they also respond to psychological stressors when we experience negative emotions.

The immune system responds the same way to both stressors.

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El Saguarito returns to McKale concessions sporting new menu

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Due to their inability to afford renewing their contract with the UA , El Charro Cafe’s owners decided to no longer continue serving their food at UA sporting events.

In its place, El Saguarito Mexican Food, a longtime Tucson restaurant , has signed a four-year contract to sell and serve its food at the Arizona Stadium and McKale Center.

El Saguarito is not new to the concession stand business. In 1993 , it was the first Tucson-based Mexican restaurant with a concession stand at UA

sporting events where it vended until being replaced

by El Charro in 2005 .

Albert Vasquez , the owner of El Saguarito, is excited to return to the UA nine years later. “[We hope] to put our product out there in the standards we like to,” he said. “[To] put it out in the quality we want and hopefully we’ll be able to break even or make some money.”

Vasquez said the reason he did not continue to vend at games in 2005 was because the restaurant was not able to maintain the expected quality that he desired and make money

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Ferguson hits home in Tucson

BY MEGHAN FERNANDEZ The Daily Wildcat

Over 30 people from the Tucson community gathered outside Cafe Desta, a locally owned business, Wednesday evening to send off seven people to Ferguson, Mo. The group of seven, with at least four people from Phoenix , is taking part in the Black Lives Matter Ride, a national effort in response to the situation unfolding in Ferguson. The group leaving from Tucson made the decision last week to take part in the effort and go to Ferguson, said Thomas Martin, a marketing senior.

According to Martin, the group is still raising funds for the caravan, but has already raised $2,000 and pulled the trip

against the Latino community.

Moore then invited the caravan riders to state why they were going to Ferguson. Martin spoke first.

“I’m a black male,” Martin said. “I’ve been a victim of police brutality.”

Another rider expressed her desire to show support in Ferguson.

Lola Rainey, a local activist in the community, expressed her view of the need to take action against racial injustice.

“The fear of a black male is poisonous,” Rainey said.

The plan when the group arrives in Ferguson is to do workshopping and training on advocacy, according to Beverley Makhubele, who is also one of the caravan members. She, like Moore, wishes to close the racial gaps between people in Ferguson

together in five days. Martin said the family of Michael Brown, the caravan will leave sometime development of national policy late tonight or early tomorrow to decrease the pattern of violence against black people, morning.

The send-off began with the demilitarization of law Maria Moore, program director enforcement, the release of for African American Student the names of law enforcement Affairs, and Martin delivering officials involved in killing black people and cutting a speech in front law enforcement of the group of I’m a black spending by onepeople, who male. I’ve half and investing gathered around that money in them. been a victim black communities Moore explained of police affected by poverty. why they decided brutality.

One crowd to join in the — Thomas Martin, member yelled out, national Black marketing senior “About time!” when Lives Matter Ride, Moore read the goal announcing it as of demilitarization a “call to action” to help with what’s transpiring of law enforcement.

Moore also emphasized in Ferguson. Moore also read the national goals of this ride to drawing connections between the racial injustice in Ferguson Ferguson.

The goals were justice for to the racial injustice in Tucson

as well as Tucson.

Makhubele said nervous wasn’t the word she would use to describe how she felt about going to Ferguson.

“There’s been an incredible calm leading up to it,” Makhubele said. “I just kinda left that up to the universe.”

The group plans to continue its advocacy in the Tucson community when it returns from Ferguson and plans to further address the racial injustice in Tucson. The members plan to have monthly meetings, with the first one tentatively scheduled for Sept. 11.

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Community Chatter What are you most excited about for the game against UNLV this Friday?

“The tailgates. They’re so much fun, and then there’s a lot of people, and you just get to cheer for your team, and it’s just a fun activity to do.”

—Jose Garcia, finance sophomore

“Tailgating for me.”

—Daniel Camarena, finance freshman

“I’m excited to see the sea of red.”

—Connor Kelley, public health graduate student

“Being part of the ZonaZoo and watching us kick their butts. Go Wildcats!”

—Andres Salinas, chemistry freshman

“It’ll be my first football game.”

—Mikayla Mace, senior studying neuroscience and cognitive sciences

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DR. LYNN GERALD RECEIVED a lifetime achievement award for her research on asthma. Gerald has served on local and national boards for her asthma research.

said. “Asthma is so common

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with children and the care and keeping of the chronic disease is important.”

Gerald hopes that students at the UA will become more educated and involved in

asthma awareness, and would like students to know that they can help.

“A ton of students are helping out,” she said. “There are two classes in the College of Public Health this semester and both are helping to educate the younger students.”

School-based clinical research is being conducted

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as a collaboration between the UA and the local school districts. Gerald said she could not have done her work without their help.

“I just want to highlight the fact that the districts are so helpful,” she said.

“The schools are terribly underfunded, but they really are incredibly helpful.”

Gerald continues her work

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on asthma research and has served on many national and local boards, such as the ATS and the American Lung Association. She is currently the principal investigator for the UA Asthma Clinical Research Center.

at the same time, so the restaurant ended its vending before it could get worse.

The menu will include a variety of burritos, quesadillas, churros, chicken, beef and nacho dishes, including a family-sized nacho plate that feeds more than six people.

The menu at Arizona Stadium will be different than the one in McKale Center. The stand’s format in McKale Center is going to be unique, Vasquez said.

“It’s going to be a little different,” Vasquez said. “We’ll probably do some kind of a line where they can come and have dinner before the game.”

Vasquez plans on having a tent where attendees can come sit down and take a minute to watch the game on television screens.

Brett Brestel , director of student concessions with the Arizona Student Unions, said that to replace El Charro, they opened a bid for all food vendors in Tucson.

“The bid went out, I’d say mid-summer, and they got awarded about two or three weeks ago,” Brestel said. “[El Saguarito was] the best bidder so they got awarded the contract.”

There was also a change in the new contract, with the UA using a flat-fee bid process.

“It used to be tied with the marketing and the food vendor, but now it’s just the food vendor end of it,” Brestel said. “They’re not required to be marketing, but it would be preferred to do marketing.”

Other minor changes taking place for concession stands at UA sporting events include adding more shaved ice and snow cone vendors, as well as expanding previous vendors, according to Brestel.

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UA students had the opportunity to ride the Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar to downtown Tucson Wednesday afternoon and network with professionals from local downtown businesses

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Greg Byrne, UA athletic director, speaks at Bear Down Downtown about his love for Tucson across from The Hotel Congress on Aug. 8.

Connect Coworking hosted Bear Down Downtown, which encouraged UA students to get involved with their downtown Tucson community.

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UA students network with various downtown-based Tucson professionals at Bear Down Downtown across from The Hotel Congress on Aug. 8. Connect Coworking hosted Bear Down Downtown, which encouraged UA students to get involved with their downtown Tucson community.

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UA students return on the Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar after Bear Down Downtown across from The Hotel Congress on Aug. 8. Connect Coworking hosted Bear Down Downtown, which encouraged UA students to get involved with their downtown Tucson community.

Ice bucket challenge raises awareness Mcclatchy-tribune

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In today’s world of social media fundraising, the ALS Association has hit the jackpot and created a social media model that nonprofits everywhere are anxious to exploit. But can it?

Some of the richest and most powerful figures in business, politics, media and sports — from Mark Zuckerberg to George W. Bush to Oprah Winfrey to Dale Earnhardt Jr. — have happily shared videos that show buckets of cold water being dumped on their heads.

It’s all for the cause of funding research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

As of Thursday, the organization’s Ice Bucket Challenge has raised $94.3 million since July 29 and spread information about ALS to millions of Facebook and Twitter users.

The association raised $2.6 million during the same period last year.

“None of us could have imagined

it would ever become this big or raise this much money,” said Fred Fisher, the president and CEO of the Golden West Chapter of the ALS Association.

“We all assume it will start to taper off and the world will go on. But who knows? It is going global, and people are hearing about it all over.”

No doubt, many other nonprofit executives would like to be similarly blessed.

“We really look at this as a positive thing,” said Laura Putnam, chairwoman of the American Heart Association Greater Bay Area 2020 Task Force. “The success of the challenge is a testament to the power of social media to raise awareness over health conditions and funds for vital research.”

The challenge works like this: You write out a $100 check to ALS or subject yourself to a soaking, then call out three friends to do the same within 24 hours.

Former President Bush nominated his “friend” Bill Clinton (who has yet to respond to the dare); Gwyneth Paltrow called out her consciously

uncoupled ex, Chris Martin (who happily accepted); and Zuckerberg challenged fellow tech titan Bill Gates, who responded with a video of himself inventing an elaborate rope-pulled device to release water onto his head.

“At first, I thought this ice bucket thing was silly,” wrote Jason Becker, a Richmond, Calif., guitar player who once played with David Lee Roth’s band, in a message he posted with Gates’ video. Becker, 45, was diagnosed with ALS at age 20 and can no longer walk, speak or play guitar, but he composes music and communicates through eye movement.

“Now, I can’t thank everyone enough for bringing so much attention and awareness to ALS,” he said in video Saturday before he took the challenge in a way that wouldn’t leak water into his tracheotomy site.

Two friends placed a bag of ice on his head. “Ack!” Becker said with a twinkle in his eye before challenging Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth and John Mayer; Mayer accepted

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Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, right, dumps a Gatorade bucket full of ice on Paul Konerko and A. J. Pierzynski at the end of their game against the Cleveland Indians at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Sunday, October 3, 2010. The White Sox won 6-5.

with a dedication to Becker.

The idea of dumping cold water on one’s head to support ALS didn’t originate in the association’s office, but began in July among the friends of a former Boston College baseball player with ALS who did a group challenge.

But the stunt fundraiser has detractors, including Californians worrying about wasting water in a drought and Roman Catholic Church leaders who say it conflicts

with church teachings by funding embryonic stem-cell research.

Some experts in business and nonprofit management, including William MacAskill, a research fellow at Cambridge University, voiced concerns that the challenge is a fad that will detract attention and dollars from other worthy causes and encourage “slactivism” — ­ digitalenabled activism that involves little thought, effort or concerns about sustained results.

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Cost-free university not free from woes

BY KIRK HENDRICKS The Daily Wildcat

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n the midst of rising tuition costs both at the UA and around the world, Shai Reshef of University of the People proposes an online education in either computer science or business administration via courses that are free to attend.

These classes are new additions to the plethora of Massive Open Online Courses that have been pioneered by organizations such as Coursera.

So far, Reshef’s proposal has gained support from presidents of prestigious universities such as the University of California, Berkeley and New York University, as well as from the United Nations. While Reshef markets this as a solution for people around the world, especially in developing countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa, he foolishly ignores several key problems that make his “UoPeople” one of the least useful contributions to the growing list of online courseware.

According to the World Bank, in 2010, 48.5 percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa lived on the equivalent of less than $1.25 a day.

According to data from 2008, 5.15 billion people — or about 80 percent of the world’s population at the time — lived on less than $10 a day.

However, to earn a diploma from the university, a student must pay $100 a test, or about $4000 over their college career.

The simple fact is that the majority of people in the world cannot afford to pay to take the UoPeople’s accreditation tests.

Though they could still sit the course for free, they will receive no certificate or diploma.

Furthermore, much of the world cannot even sit the course, as they have no Internet access. Census data from around the world suggests that only approximately 39 percent of the world population uses the Internet at all.

If, instead of the world, one considers only Africa, that number decreases from 39 percent to 21.3 percent.

Reshef has no explanation as to how his university helps the citizens of developing countries, specifically those in Sub-Saharan Africa, when they cannot even get to a computer — much less one with Internet access — to take his “cheap” courses.

Also, it is preposterous to assume that most citizens in Africa can jump right into a first-year college course when universal primary education has not yet been achieved there.

The World Bank keeps data on the percentage of students enrolling in primary education across the world, and in 2012, only 70 percent of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa had completed primary school. And that’s primary education, not even high school.

There is a sizable percentage of the world’s population that needs to be taught how to even read before receiving a university education, online or otherwise, is even a possibility. Why could Reshef not create a totally free, online high school instead?

MOOCs have helped many people across the world learn about subjects that interest them and are obviously a positive to society, but when Reshef proposes that charging people $4000 for a college education is a step toward helping bring large portions of the world out of poverty, he has stepped too far.

By assuming his potential students have Internet access, enough education to begin college and a spare $4000, Reshef is actually increasing the education gap between developed and developing countries by favoring the middle class of the world — those who can afford internet and high school, but not college. This will do absolutely nothing to help those who need cheaper education at a more manageable level and should not be advertised as a world education cure-all. Instead, a world society should focus on finishing the fight for universal primary education, starting the fight for secondary education and then — and only then — worrying about college degrees.

— Kirk Hendricks is a sophomore studying math and physics. Follow him @HendricksKirk

Monetary donations need not override moral convictions

BY CASEY HOYACK The Daily Wildcat

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ll across the country, people are rushing to their buckets and video cameras and taking part in the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” to combat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. As of August 24, the ALS Association has raised over $70 million with the challenge’s help.

According to its website, the ALS Association seeks a world without the disease, and with nearly 15 people diagnosed with ALS each day, it seems like a no-brainer that people would want to help fight such a terrible illness.

However, for some people, donating to the ALS Association violates their personal moral convictions.

One part of the ALS Association’s research involves the

use of embryonic stem cells.

Embryonic stem cells come from fertilized embryos that are less than a week old and which have the potential to become a human being. Using these stem cells in any way that could do harm to human life, even if that life is in the form of a cell, is prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church as the church believes it violates the dignity of the human person.

While the Catholic Church has not formally condemned the ALS Association, some Catholic dioceses have. The Archdioceses of Newark, N.J., and Cincinnati have warned parishes and church leaders to “immediately cease” donations to the ALS Association.

Despite a warning from church leaders, not all Catholics agree that embryonic stem cell research is bad. A recent Gallup poll found that 63 percent of Catholics support embryonic stem cell research.

Nonetheless, for some noble UA students, being part of the icecold fun isn’t worth participating

in something they believe to be morally wrong.

In an era of knee-jerk activism, where people don’t think before doing something as long as it “makes a difference,” seeing some choose to make a difference while also courageously remaining true to what they believe is right is refreshing.

Jose Escobedo, an industrial engineering junior, is one such student. He recently participated in the ice bucket challenge but has decided to donate to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute, an organization that only uses adult stem cells and not embryonic stem cells for medical research, instead of donating to the ALS Association.

The institute, named after a pope who denounced the “culture of death,” believes that medical breakthroughs can be found by remaining faithful to Catholic doctrine on human life.

For Escobedo, participating in the ice bucket challenge had to be consistent with his moral convictions.

“I chose to donate to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute because ALSA funds embryonic stem cell research,” Escobedo said.

“I do not wish to fund something that goes against my faith and my morals.”

Students like Escobedo have realized that staying true to one’s moral convictions doesn’t mean you can’t help fight ALS by donating to a group other than the ALS Association.

While those who donate to the ALS Association may believe in their mission and may not morally object to embryonic stem cell research for genuine reasons, it is admirable to see people who do object ensuring that their monetary donations do not conflict with their moral convictions.

— Casey Hoyack is a politics, philosophy, economics and law senior. Follow him @Hoyack_

Sun Link more fun, less disruptive with fresh perspective

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pproximately infinity years after I first heard about the program — Pima County voters first approved it in a 2006 transportation bill — the Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar, or the Sun Link, is finally up and running. I love public transport, and this new addition to Tucson’s fleet of reasonably priced and (comparatively) safe and clean public transportation vehicles is welcome. But the streetcar still comes with certain drawbacks: a cost greater than zero and the displacement of previous, working routes, especially of the free CatTran route that used to run downtown.

Overcrowding, frequent maintenance and eating shit on your bike are just superfluous benefits.

Traditionally, college students live below the poverty line, and it is with a heavy heart that we part with any surplus income we may have accumulated. This pennypinching mentality has made it very hard for me to justify how much I like not walking to class.

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pass for the rest of the city), but they are an incredibly affordable option that PTS and the city of Tucson plans to continue to subsidize in the future, an option that is well worthwhile for students.

The streetcar has also proved itself fairly popular since its inception, according to Davidson.

“The response to the 30-day free-pass streetcar promotion has been incredible,” Davidson said. “Since the beginning of this summer, more than 8500 students and close to 5000 employees at the UA have signed up for this pass.”

The streetcar garnered constant bystander Sure, I had high hopes, in 2006. But now fatigue and caused massive displacement that they are coming to fruition, I’m torn. via construction for years. We were left With the CatTran, students have a free and wondering, “Still? I thought this was consistently scheduled public transit system supposed to be done ages ago.” that is safe and (mostly) reliable, albeit short I remember visiting my sister on campus on hours and usually over-stuffed. But with before I was even out of high school and the streetcar, students have a wider range of thinking that the streetcar was going to be options, a more sustainable completed shortly, but again, ride and an affordable choice that was years ago. While I can — not to mention way better complain forever about the air conditioning.

I’m here to dangers of local government The route downtown that say that the (where’s Leslie Knope when the streetcar replaced was you need her?), I’m here to say streetcar actually only a temporary that the streetcar is actually is actually route used to connect awesome. awesome. commuters to downtown But if you are one of the and was never intended to unfortunate students that be permanent, but for many either sort UA email into — myself included — it was spam or just don’t read your how I got to and from school. emails and didn’t sign up Transitioning from this for the free month offered by PTS and the formerly free transit system to the now city of Tucson, you’re missing out. Airmore-expensive-than-nothing ($189 for an conditioned, generally clean and actually annual pass) streetcar caused some concern not overcrowded, the streetcar is a pretty for my wallet. sweet way to get around a very finite route I was worried until Bill Davidson, public and I would definitely consider getting a information manager for Parking and semester-long or annual pass.

Transportation Services at the UA, informed me that the city and the university subsidize half of the transportation cost for students.

The subsidized passes for students, staff — Nick Havey is a junior and faculty may not be free (they are slightly studying physiology and Spanish. less than half the cost of the $413 annual Follow him @NiHavey

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At 7:43 p.m. on Aug. 21, a UA student was reported as insulting females around the Student Union Memorial Center. However, he fled the area before University of Arizona Police Department officers arrived.

A UAPD officer responded to a call from an employee of the SUMC regarding the student saying inappropriate and insulting comments to females around the area.

The employee stated that he and other employees had heard the student yelling “whores” at groups of girls walking by and also telling them that joining a sorority involves consequences. There were many groups of girls around that area due to the number of sorority-related activities occurring nearby, according to the officer.

When a UAPD officer arrived, the student had already left and no further action was taken.

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On Aug. 21, a UA professor reported someone using his UA purchasing card to make fraudulent charges in July.

The professor reported three fraudulent transactions on his account from when he was traveling in Europe. The charges included one for a resort in the Dominican Republic, another for a vendor in Washington and one for a hotel in Texas, all from the same day.

The professor gave a list of the transactions to UAPD and the case was forwarded to UAPD Property and Evidence.

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A UAPD officer responded to the report, and the student told the officer that she had received multiple harassing calls from someone who claimed to be attempting to reimburse her money and threatening to arrest her if she did not cooperate with the caller.

The student said that the interaction began roughly two months ago when she was at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The student had been using her laptop when her screen froze and a message popped up saying that her computer was hacked and to contact a specific number to resolve the issue.

The student called the number provided and was told that in order to fix the computer, she would need to purchase and install an anti-virus software that the number she called would supply her with. She proceeded to buy the software using her father’s credit card, as well as providing her address and phone number, and her computer was successfully restored.

Approximately two weeks later, the student began receiving phone calls from an unknown phone number. The caller was with the supposed anti-virus software company and sometimes had an Australian accent, and other times a Middle-Eastern accent.

The caller told her that they needed her bank information again to refund her money.

After the student refused to provide them with the bank information, the caller proceeded to call her repeatedly. In another phone call, the caller reported searching her computer and finding photos of a nude girl who appeared to be under the age of 18, stating that he would make sure she got arrested for the picture if she didn’t comply with them. She told them to leave her alone and stop calling, but they continued.

After some time without receiving calls, the student received yet another phone call from the same person, who this time was using more vulgar words and inappropriate sexual comments. The student told him that she was going to contact authorities to handle the situation.

A UAPD officer called the man, who identified himself as Jason Smith and claimed to work for a company called iYogi based out of India. He claimed that iYogi was hacked and that he was trying to refund clients for fraudulent purchases that they were previously lured into.

The UAPD officer told “Smith” that he was going to follow up on the claim to make sure it was true. Upon contacting the true iYogi company that is based out of India, a customer service center representative said that their company had not been hacked and that they never ask clients for personal information.

The UAPD officer advised the student to get her laptop searched for viruses and to also make sure there were no more fraudulent charges on her father’s account. UAPD has not had a follow up from the student at this time.

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By M. Scot Skinner Flandrau Planetarium has been showing us the stars since it opened on campus in 1975. But the moon looms large in a fascinating new film about the University of Arizona’s pivotal place in the 1960s space race.

“Desert Moon,” which will be shown in the planetarium’s domed theater through December, centers on the pioneering work of Gerard Kuiper, a demanding genius who established the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the UA in 1960.

The Dutch-born astronomer came to Tucson from the University of Chicago, bringing with him several of his top students and staffers. Together they published the Consolidated Lunar Atlas, a compilation of the best images of the moon’s nearside.

Kuiper and his team were instrumental in the effort to put a man on the moon. They identified landing sites for NASA and talked with astronauts about what conditions to expect on the lunar surface.

Directed by UA journalism grad Jason Davis, “Desert Moon” zeroes in on the Ranger missions that laid the groundwork for the Apollo program.

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Digital projection system and 'Desert Moon' documentary making their debut under the dome this fall Kuiper was principal investigator for the Ranger missions, the first six of which failed. But everything worked perfectly for Ranger 7, which sent back more than 4,000 photos of the lunar surface. Ranger took the pictures, a thousand times better than those taken from the Earth, during its last 17 minutes. It crash-landed, as intended, on July 31, 1964.

That moment 50 years ago was a turning point in the American effort to land a man on the moon. Ranger 7, in fact, was the space program’s first unequivocal success after 13 consecutive failures.

The narrator of “Desert Moon” is Capt. Mark Kelly, an astronaut who served on four Space Shuttle missions, the last two as commander.

Kelly and his wife, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, saw “Desert Moon” at its Flandrau premiere over the summer, said Bill Plant, Flandrau’s director of exhibits.

“Capt. Kelly, who was seeing it for the first time, said afterward that he was really impressed with how it came out,” he said.

The 35-minute “Desert Moon” film is not a fulldome experience, Plant says. “But our planetarium operators will be able to fly the audience on their own trip to the moon after the film using a brand new digital projection system.” More impressive, visually speaking, will be shows designed to take advantage of Flandrau’s new state-of-the-art digital system.

Installed over the summer, it’s a major upgrade from the decades-old Minolta star-projection system.

The old system was an analog relic.

But the new system will immerse the audience in high-resolution fulldome imagery and fly them through the cosmos.

“Starting Sept. 5, we’ll be able to explore in greater detail all kinds of cool science from dinosaurs to hurricanes,” Plant says.

“With this system, we can bring up the current night sky, for example, and if Mars is up there, the visitor will be able to fly to Mars, visit its moons and then zoom down to the surface and see where the Curiosity rover is conducting its investigation of the Martian climate and geology.”

The upgraded system uses two projectors powered by advanced computers and software to stitch together crisp imagery that covers the entire planetarium dome.

“We can’t wait to show visitors what it can do,” Plant said. “I think audiences are going to be amazed by the experience. It will excite the imagination with 360-degree dynamic visualizations of science, from the inner workings of a human cell to the vast reaches of the universe and everywhere in between.”

The upgrade is the first phase for Flandrau, which is raising money for phase two: More comfortable seating, installed in a more effective configuration and some other architectural improvements. When that’s done, the planetarium’s transformation into a cutting-edge science-exploration theater will be complete, Plant said.

And it’s going to sound better than ever as well, he added. “That’s thanks to a new 5.1 audio system that will make our planetarium and laser music shows even more amazing.”

The trippy extravaganzas returned to Flandrau in 2010 after a 10-year absence. The planetarium’s library of about 20 laser shows includes one that’s inspired by the moon. The dark side of it anyway.

IF YOU GO Where: Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd.

Information: For the most up-to-date information about planetarium shows, including times and ticket prices, go to flandrau.org

DID YOU KNOW? Gerard Kuiper, often called the father of planetary science, is the founder of the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy objects beyond Neptune’s orbit that includes Pluto, was named in his honor. New Horizons, the first mission to the region, will reach Pluto next year.

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CAMPUS EVENTS Art Exhibit-‘The Give and Take.’ 8am-5pm.

Joseph Gross Gallery, UA School of Art. This exhibition by Kristin Bauer and Emmett Potter explores the psychological and emotional responses to the material of the pop culture lexicon.

“Curtis Reframed: The Arizona Volumes.”

10am-5pm. Arizona State Museum, 1013 E. University Blvd. Photographer Edward S. Curtis created iconic images of Native peoples at the start of the 20th century. This exhibit explores his work in Arizona from 1903 to 1928. $5, free to students

TUCSON EVENTS Wake Up with the Birds. 7:30am-9am. Pima County Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road. A guided walk in the park to spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors.

Trails to Rails: John Mix Stanley and the Pacific Railroad Survey of the 1850s. 10am8pm. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue. The Tucson Museum of Art presents Trails to Rails: John Mix Stanley and the Pacific Railroad Survey of the 1850s. Stanley’s and other artists’ images, reproduced as lithographs, helped drive the popularity and fascination with this geographical location. $10

TUCSON EVENTS The ABCs of Modern Square Dance.

6:30pm-9pm. Tanque Verde Lutheran Church, 8625 E. Tanque Verde Road.

Basic steps square dance classes with the Saguaros Square Dance club. No experience required. Beginners: 6:30pm7:30pm. Experienced dancers: 7:30-9pm. $5.

AZ-Eight; Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 9am-2pm. Roy P. Drachman-Agua Caliente Regional Park.

12325 E. Roger Road. AZ-Eight is a group of professionally acclaimed artists dedication to the celebration of the visual arts and raising awareness of the importance of art in one’s life.

Twilight Tango Milonga Social. 6:30pm9:30pm. Montrerey Court, 505 W. Miracle Mile. Join Hana Ripp in an Argentine Tango Class. Learn how to tango for the first hour- then practice to tango music for the remainder of the evening. $10 suggested donation Luminous: Intimate Images of the Desert Flora. 12pm-8pm. Four Corners Gallery in Tucson Desert Art Museum, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. Experience a different perspective of local desert flora through macro-photographer Vicky Stromee’s works..

TUCSON EVENTS Wild America: Debra Bloomfield and Ansel Adams. 11am-5pm. Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Avenue. This exhibit features photographs by Debra Bloomfield and Ansel Adams’ photographs depicting Yosemite National Park. Exhibit runs through August 30th.

Bite Carnivorous Plant Exhibit. 7am4:30pm. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. An up-close look at the world of predator plants. Free with Gardens admission. $7 for students.

DeGrazia Paints the Signs of the Zodiac.

10pm-4pm. DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun 6300 N. Swan. This exhibit by Ted DeGrazia shows his series of astrological paintings, drawings and essays infused with regional perspective and imagery from native cultures and will run through January 28th, 2015.

Free of cost.

Chile Pepper Inspired Art Exhibit. 9am5pm. Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte. This exhibition pays tribute to the cultural heritage and ethnobotanical legacy of the amazing chile pepper through artistic explorations of this humble yet powerful food.

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Less than a year after the $72 million Lowell Steven Football Facilities debuted, Arizona Athletics in association with The University of Arizona Foundation is nearly ready to present the completed first phase of renovations in McKale Center.

The 41-year-old arena will get a face-lift with a proposed $80 million renovation and expansion. The first phase of the project will cost $29.9 million and is aimed at increasing both the player and fan experience at games.

“We’ve made a lot of progress and it’s really all coming together,” Vice President for Athletics Greg Byrne said. “One of the things I’m most pleased about is when you look at the money we’re investing … we’re getting a lot for the $30 million.”

Phase one comprises of a new wood floor, enhanced fan amenities and seating, redone handrails in the aisles and along the perimeter of the court, aisle tread improvements, an elevator on the east side and twice the amount of concession stands,

including some lining the upper open to the public for the first time during Arizona volleyball’s home concourse.

More than 8,000 blue cushioned opener on Sept. 5.

Byrne said that Arizona’s annual seats have been installed in the lower bowl of the arena. However, seats in red-blue game, which kicks off the ZonaZoo will still be plastic and the unofficial start of basketball season, would be hosted in the alternating between red and blue.

Additionally, refurbished locker newly renovated McKale Center rooms, lounge areas, kitchenettes on Oct. 18. But capacity will be diminished to around and new video 10,000, however, as rooms have We’ve made a construction will still been installed lot of progress be going on. for both the men Suzy Mason, the and it’s really and women’s senior associate basketball all coming athletic director of programs.

The together. event management east side of the — Greg Byrne, and facilities, said that arena will be Vice President for Athletics finding the funding fully built out to necessary for the accommodate renovations has been a new restrooms three-year work in progress with both and concession stands.

The addition of about 150 new quiet phases and active recruitment seats will bring McKale Center’s total of donors.

Tucson residents Cole and capacity to around 14,700. The arena is set to be completed by Arizona Jeannie Davis contributed the lead basketball’s Nov. 14 season opener gift for the project with a generous against Mount St. Mary’s. However, $6 million donation last December, it will be ready for teams to start and longtime Arizona basketball practicing in beginning the first week supporter George Kalil pitched in of September. McKale Center will be $1 million this past spring. A former

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player who was not revealed has also pledged money to support the project.

At this time, the renovations do not include any new naming rights, sponsorships or signage opportunities, but Mason added that an improved Digital Antenna System for greater Wi-Fi and service is a notable goal on the list for future phases of renovations. James Francis, senior associate athletic director of external operations, said while he can’t speak for the student-athletes, from the general feedback garnered, the coaches and teams seemed really excited for the new facilities, state of the art equipment and space.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing the energy in the arena this year,” Mason said. “What I’m excited about is to blend our very avid fan base with all the new stuff and to see the reactions. My hope [is] that every single seat we have will be a full sellout for as many games as possible.”

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Uniforms are blast from past

BY BRIAN PEEL

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Arizona soccer opens up its 2014 home campaign against the NAU Lumberjacks at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Stadium on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The Wildcats (1-1-0) will be trying to rebound from an up-and-down two-game set in Florida last weekend where they beat Florida International 2-0 on Friday before falling to Florida Gulf Coast 2-1 on Sunday.

Senior forward Alexandra Doller has started the season with three points, including one goal and one assist, in the first two games for Arizona. She has accounted for 37.5 percent of Arizona’s eight points so far this season.

The last time the Wildcats and Lumberjacks met was in 2012, when Arizona shut down NAU with a 3-0 victory in Flagstaff.

Kicking off their season in Las Vegas, the Lumberjacks (0-2-0) had a rough start to the season as they dropped both their games last weekend in Sin City. On Friday, NAU played a close one with the host UNLV Rebels before succumbing to the 2-1 defeat that was followed by a 4-2 drubbing at the hands of UC Riverside on Sunday night.

The Lumberjacks are coming off one of their best seasons in school history, going 11-5-3 overall and 7-2-0 in Big Sky Conference play. They are coached by Andre Luciano, who is in his 14th season with the Lumberjacks.

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ARIZONA FORWARD Alexandra Doller (2) defends against Hawai’i defender Malé Fresquez (25) during Arizona’s 4-1 win against Hawai’i on Sept. 20, 2013. The WIldcats have opened the season by winning one of their two games.

midfielder Cierra Gamble, whose five goals, five assists and 15 points were the most on the team last season. For her efforts, Gamble was named AllBig Sky first team at season’s end.

So far this season, junior forward Haley Wingender has the team’s only two goals and leads the team in total points with four. Last season, Wingender was an All-Big Sky second team member.

Arizona head coach Tony Amato sees the matchup with NAU as a good challenge for his team, especially considering that they are in-state rivals.

“We’re expecting them to be a challenge for us,” Amato said.

“It’s an in-state opponent who wants to prove that they can compete at a high level with a Pac-12 opponent, and anytime you play in-state competition, you would expect them to

be firing on all cylinders and playing with a great amount of effort. So, we’re going to have to match that, and we are going to have to be better technically and tactically to find a way to win the game.”

Returning home for the first time in the early season, Arizona should receive a big boost from playing at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Stadium considering the team played its best soccer of the season there in 2013, going 5-4-1.

Thursday night is the only game this week for the Wildcats, who will travel up to Tempe to face Texas A&M and Oklahoma State as part of the Sun Devil Classic next weekend.

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rizona men’s basketball appears poised to return to the Final Four and beyond, and it now has snazzy uniforms to match the program’s recent renaissance.

Recently, the UA debuted new uniforms that are an homage to the past with a modern design.

The new uniforms come in two white versions, a red version, a blue version and a gray version. Having two different white uniforms is rare for basketball or pretty much any squad besides Oregon or baseball teams.

The classic uniforms, which Arizona wore from 1995 to 2007 and that the new ones pay homage to, were red uniforms. Having two white uniforms is convenient to wear interchangeably between games. The new uniforms use red as the dominant second color and blue as the leading secondary shade, so the colors are more balanced.

UA fans have been clamoring for a return to Arizona’s 1995 to 2007 uniforms since the Wildcats’ awkward 2007 to 2011 attire debuted. During that span, Arizona won the 1997 national championship, finished second in 2001 and made it to three other Elite Eights and two other Sweet Sixteens.

The new gear is very much like those uniforms, but corrects a few little problems.

The collars on the new uniforms are better than last year’s uniforms and the mid ’90s-early ’00s because they’re more subtle.

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Sports • Thursday, August 28, 2014

Hockey looks for impact from Carter breakout year with 14 goals and 19 assists. He tries to emulate Chicago player Leaving the frigid Blackhawks northeast for the Tucson Jonathan Toews, because desert, Dylan Carter he is a prime example for transferred to the UA players on the ice wtih his for more than just some ability to make everyone palm trees and sunshine. around him better.

“At forward, I can Carter brings talent and experience from an NCAA definitely score, but my D3 hockey program at biggest asset is playmaking and making everyone play Hobart University.

“I was interested in well,” Carter said.

Carter, unfortunately, coming to play hockey at Arizona because the rink has a long-standing history and venue looked top with injuries. Three years notch and the fans are ago, Carter separated his shoulder. Although left loyal,” Carter said.

Carter was born and with a big scar, he has made raised in a hockey family. a full recovery. This past His hockey career began May, Carter underwent a playing in minor AAA all hip surgery due to a torn the way up to Junior A and labrum.

However, his quick now college.

“My father played D1 in recovery is still not as fast as he can skate. the NCAA Te a m m a t e s for Harvard Dylan and hockey University,” will bring fans hope he Carter said. can stay on the experience “He had me ice as he proves in skates up front. to be a big asset — Alex Vazquez, when I was sophomore to the team. two and defensemen “Dylan is I’ve been ready to go in love with with physical the game play and lots ever since.”

In addition to his year of speed,” said Tommy of D3 hockey, the Toronto Bennett, a sophomore native has three years of forward. “He is going to experience in the Junior [be] putting more than a A league playing for few in the back of the net the Toronto Lakeshore this season.”

The Wildcats’ first Patriots. Carter’s team made it to the RBC Cup, hockey practice as a team which is the Canadian is this coming Tuesday.

National Championship There are only 31 more days till hockey fans can for Junior A teams.

“Dylan will bring watch how Carter and experience up front having the 10 other rookies mesh a year of NCAA college with the veterans when hockey under his belt,” they kickoff the 2014-2015 sophomore defenseman hockey season against Alex Vazquez said. “He will NAU. be coming in confident and start off by bringing some scoring early in the — Follow Zoe Wolkowitz season.” @zowolko In 2013, Carter had a

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UNIFORMS FROM PAGE A6

The horizontal stripe on the shorts of the 1995 to 2007 uniforms was too thick and thus too distracting. The horizontal stripe on the new uniforms is more understated.

The other big change from the mid ’90s-early ’00s uniforms to the new ones is the mural on the back.

If you’ve never seen it, the mural is a combination of the Arizona flag and the old Arizona cactus logo that was on the court of McKale Center. The Arizona flag is a star surrounded by red and yellow rays, while the mural has the UA basketball logo in the middle of the star. The lower part is a cactus with a mountain and a basketball.

The mural was on last year’s uniforms, but now it is much easier to see because it takes up almost the entire back of the jersey. Before, to be able to see it, the players would have to in-bound the ball in front of you when you were sitting courtside.

COURTESY OF ARIZONA ATHLETICS

ARIZONA ADDED five new uniforms for the 2014-15 season. The Wildcats introduced two white jerseys, one blue jersey, one red jersey and one gray jersey for the upcoming season.

An old design adage is “less is more,” but designs aren’t very effective if they can’t be seen.

The only knock on the new uniforms is that a few people didn’t like the gray one because it isn’t a school color.

According to the UA’s July 2014 master brand guidelines,

neither is white; it’s a “neutral color,” along with gray, and the neutral colors are meant to support the primary and secondary colors.

Copper would be better, and so would a visible reference to Bear Down, but gray’s a nice change of pace and it’s versatile. It can be worn at

home or on the road.

The new uniforms are a good mix of the past and contemporary design. They’re an upgrade over the ’90s gear and last year’s.

— Follow James Kelley @jameskelley520

USC cornerback Josh Shaw’s heroic act turns out to be a Trojan horse

BY ROBERTO PAYNE The Daily Wildcat

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n a bizarre turn of events, USC senior cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended indefinitely from the football program for lying about how he suffered an ankle injury.

Reports came out a few days ago that Shaw injured both his ankles while jumping from the second story of an apartment building to save his 7-yearold nephew from drowning. However, conflicting reports surfaced shortly afterwards.

USC investigated the issue, but according to multiple reports, Shaw admitted on Wednesday that he made up the story and lied to coaches about the true nature of his injury.

Shaw was heralded as a hero and model citizen after the “news” came out about his heroic tale. ESPN football analysts devoted portions of their

surprised Shaw lied. segments to his story, and many praised “We are extremely disappointed in him for his good deed.

Josh,” Sarkisian said in the statement. “He I myself considered Shaw to be a hero let us all down. As I have said, nothing in and commemorated him for his actions his background led us to doubt him when that potentially saved another’s life. he told us of his injuries, nor did anything Sadly, it was all for naught. after our initial vetting of his story.”

Now, I don’t personally know Shaw, so I understand how Sarkisian would he could very well be an upstanding guy be inclined to believe who made a bad decision.

Shaw’s story, but you We are all human and We are can never be too careful make bad decisions; I get in today’s world. Taking that. extremely the extra measure It’s just hard for me to disappointed to verify his story, fathom how this entire in Josh. He let especially considering situation went down. us all down. the story came out How could the USC — Steve Sarkisian , from USCTrojans.com, football program not USC head coach the official site of USC investigate this before Trojans Athletics, would the news hit the public? have saved the program In today’s world of from national embarrassment. catfishing, Lennay Kekua and general From now on, this entire situation will capability to fabricate anything and put a damper on collegiate athletes who everything, why would USC not cover its actually do a good deed like Shaw lied bases and check if Shaw’s story actually about doing. happened?

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SAVE WATER, ENHANCE TUCSON The Conserve to Enhance water conservation program allows participants to directly fund projects to enhance and restore the environment from the water they save.

BY John mcmullen The Daily Wildcat

Tucsonans have the potential to save as much as 250 million gallons of water annually, which can in turn generate up to $500,000 for local community ecosystem restoration projects.

This is possible through a unique program called Conserve to Enhance, from the University of Arizona Water Resource Research Center.

“C2E is a voluntary water conservation program,” said Brittany Xiu, the WRRC Water Research and Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems outreach coordinator.

“We encourage homes and businesses to conserve water either through behavioral changes or technology modifications.”

The WRRC found that many people often question why they should conserve their water, explained Kelly Mott Lacroix, a research analyst in the WRRC Water RAPIDS program and a doctoral candidate in arid land resource sciences.

The program links water conservation with a mechanism to generate a fund that could then be used for other projects to help better enhance the environment, Lacroix said.

The C2E program allows participants to see their water habits through an online dashboard, Xiu said. This online system will make donation suggestions each month based on the amount of money participants saved through reduction of their water usage.

These donations are then used for C2E project sites for various environmental restoration and enhancement projects.

Anna Henry Elementary School is one of the C2E project sites and received over $8,000 from the Tucson C2E grant program in 2013, according to B.J. Cordova, a Henry Elementary parent

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Community members help out with the restoration projects at Anna Henry Elementary School. The school is a Conserve to Enhance project site and received over $8,000 from the C2E grant program.

volunteer and project site grant coordinator. Over the past year, the project site has focused on improving the urban wash that borders much of the school by removing trash, preventing soil erosion and replacing invasive plant species with native plants, among other enhancements.

“The motivation behind this project was to make Henry Elementary a showcase for not only education programs, but also environmental stewardship,” Cordova said. “We want to integrate improving the school with an environmental

focus.”

C2E has made additional impacts in many communities with C2E grants, such as the Mountain Avenue and First Avenue neighborhood’s Mitchell Park, according to the C2E website. This site has focused on increasing native vegetation to invite wildlife into the urban environment.

“It is a tool in the toolbox of water conservation,” Lacroix said. “It is another way communities can think about to encourage water conservation in a neater way than your low flow

toilets, and it is certainly more appealing than tiered water rate structure.”

In addition to affecting water policy in Arizona, C2E has the potential to change water policy in many communities across the country, Xiu said. Currently, C2E impacts Tucson communities and regions connected to the Colorado River Delta. The program is spreading in Arizona and may spread to California and Colorado.

As C2E grows, more communities could see if this program can suit their water

conservation needs, Lacroix said.

This program is the first of its kind to not only ask individuals to conserve water, but to use the money saved to benefit their community and local environment.

“No other program makes the water conservation to environmental [enhancement] connection,” Xiu said.

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Behind the scenes look into the work of a UA trauma surgeon

BY Laeth George

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Rebecca Reed processes the salivary immune samples from the Couples’ Healthy Immune and Emotions Study. Reed is researching how long it takes for the immune system to recover after a negative psychological stressor.

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It meant someone was about to be physically attacked or wounded, and the appropriate immune response would be mounted, Reed explained.

“Nowadays, we’re not being attacked,” Reed said. “We’re just experiencing these daily stressors and hassles, so it’s important for that response to recover appropriately when it’s no longer needed.”

Recovering effectively is just as important as reacting effectively, Reed said.

“Science has shown that it takes time for the immune system to recover after it becomes activated by stress, such as an argument with your partner,” said MaryFrances O’Connor, an assistant professor of psychology. “But what is not yet understood is how long it takes to recover and whether that is a different length of time for different people.”

Reed is studying the immune response to psychological stressors by looking at the immune indicator interleukin 6 in saliva. IL6 indicates an immune response. This is one of the first studies to use the salivary method to look at changes in immune functioning over multiple days, Reed said.

To conduct the study, Reed obtained baseline samples of her participants’ IL6 levels to see their natural rhythm and then introduced the psychological stressor. The stressor she used

was having couples talk about an area of disagreement in their relationship. She then measured IL6 levels for two days afterwards to see how long it took for their immune systems to recover.

Reed also recorded their interactions on the day she introduced the stressor to see how partners helped each other co-regulate their emotions to see if it related to immune recovery.

“Co-regulation is happening when you see both people emotional, but then come into sync with each other,” said Emily Butler, an associate professor of family studies and human development and Reed’s primary advisor.

The effect of co-regulation is for both people to calm down after a negative emotion and ultimately get to a happier place, Butler said.

“I think what we might see is that couples who didn’t effectively regulate their emotions will have a higher [IL6] rhythm than their normal rhythm for the rest of the day or even into the next day,” Reed said.

This study is a step in the right direction to see how certain interactions with a close relationship partner facilitate better recovery and, ultimately, better health, Reed said.

“What we do in our relationships affects our health,” Reed said. “It’s something to become more aware of in our everyday life.”

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UA professor of surgery Dr. Peter Rhee recently published a novel, “Trauma Red: The Making of a Surgeon in War and in America’s Cities,” that detailed the groundbreaking research and behindthe-scenes specifics of the medical care he and his team gave former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims after the 2011 shooting in Tucson.

People still recall and recreate the days previous presidents got shot and the medical care they received, said Rhee, a retired naval surgeon and current chief of trauma, critical care, burn and emergency surgery at the University of Arizona Medical Center — University Campus.

“If it doesn’t come from me now — the physician that took care of her — it might be confabulated in the future,” Rhee said.

Dr. John Watt, a trauma surgery and critical care fellow at UAMC, recalled the day of the 2011 shooting.

“I saw Dr. Rhee orchestrating the teams of doctors and nurses that were assigned to each patient as they rolled in,” Watt said. “He was also coordinating with police [and] the media and ultimately, he had to go to the operating room, but at that time he seemed to be everywhere at once, directing the controlled chaos according to his plan.”

The general public does not understand the role of a trauma surgeon in the same way as that of a brain surgeon, Rhee said.

In Rhee’s case, part of what he does is innovate in the surgical world.

For decades, a solution known as Lactated Ringer’s Injection was used as a resuscitation fluid following severe blood loss.

“I can’t tell you how many people we’ve killed in this country because we were throwing in 30 to 40 liters of this every day,” Rhee said. “The patients would then die from what we call multiple organ failure.”

Rhee recognized these problems and published over 40 papers debunking that treatment and advocated for safer treatments, even though there was significant resistance in the medical community to this change. “[As a result,] the number of trauma patients who die from multiple organ failure has dropped off to almost zero,” Rhee said.

Rhee has also done significant work in the area of suspended animation. This involves draining the patient of all blood and injecting a potassium-rich

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Peter Rhee discusses a case with other University of Arizona Medical Center medical workers. Rhee is a scientist and trauma surgeon at the UAMC.

cooling solution that induces severe hypothermia and stops the heart while leaving the brain undamaged.

Surgeons would then be able to correct all issues a patient has within this extended window of time before reviving the patient. UAMC is one of five institutions that has received approval for human trials in suspended animation from the Food and Drug Administration.

“He is a meticulous clinician, but he loves to teach, interspersing hilarious personal anecdotes and medical historical asides into rounds,” Watt said. “He thinks about complex surgical problems in a very logical, but sophisticated way, much to the benefit of his patients.”

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