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The Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health was awarded $1.4 million this year to research ways to reduce vehicular accidents in fire departments.

The study will work with fire departments across the nation to find efficient and cost-effective ways for firefighters to limit driving accidents on the way to emergency calls.

The nationwide study will use a riskmanagement process and data collection of speed, acceleration and brake patterns via black boxes to assess how firefighters are driving on the road.

Jeff Burgess, associate dean for research at the College of Public Health, said he believes that using risk management will help create a list of things to do to prevent the most likely crash scenarios.

According to Burgess, all fire department

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vehicles are required to have black boxes, which can show data on what the driver was doing that could indicate why the crash occurred.

“We are going to take a proactive approach,” Burgess said. “Through risk management, we can look at all the bad things that can happen to a firefighter while driving and rank them to see which areas need the most improvement.”

Last year, over 10 percent of firefighter fatalities were caused by vehicular accidents, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

The Tucson Fire Department was selected to be a control group in the study due to the low number of accidents the department has had, according to John Gulotta, health and safety captain at TFD. Gulotta said that the College of Public Health looked at TFD’s accident numbers and was impressed with how low they were. He said he believes that the low car accident rates are due to

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THE MEL & ENID ZUCKERMAN College of Public Health received $1.4 million in order to reduce vehicular accidents in fire departments. With this grant, the college will be working with the Tucson Fire Department to do research on fire truck accidents.

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FOREST BERGER, a dance junior, practices handbalancing during a scorching hot day on the UA Mall. Many students utilize the Mall for activities.

The annual Study Abroad Fair held on Wednesday will have changes this year to present all of the study abroad options.

The fair, hosted by Global Initiatives’ Study Abroad and Student Exchange in the Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., will be different this year in comparison to previous years.

According to Rudo Sandy, a study abroad coordinator, the fair will be one big fair displaying all of the study abroad options for students. These opportunities include faculty-led study abroad trips, student exchange programs and third-party study abroad trips.

“This is the biggest event we put on where we get to promote the different study abroad programs that we have to offer to students,” Sandy said.

Last year, the first Study Abroad Fair held in the fall displayed only faculty-led study abroad trips, while a second Study Abroad Fair hosted later in the year provided information to students about the student exchange and third-party programs, according to Sandy.

Sandy said she is expecting about 500 students to attend. The first 300350 students who arrive at the fair will receive free branded Study Abroad bags, and everyone who attends and fills out a study abroad application will receive a 50 percent discount on their application fee, making it $40 instead of $80, according to Sandy.

Robert Nelson, a marketing junior, has been on four study abroad programs through the UA. His first study abroad was in Costa Rica in the summer of 2013 with the department

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ASUA not discouraged by forum attendance more people,” Ortega said.

ASUA presidential chief of staff Hannah Sager said the important thing to understand is that the The kick-off event to the “Our Voice, Our Vote” candidate forum will be broadcasted. campaign didn’t draw in many students, but the “While we were hoping for more people to show Associated Students of the University of Arizona is up to the forum, it will be broadcasted,” Sager said. confident that the campaign has more potential.

According to Ortega, there were several The gubernatorial candidate forum on Sunday factors that contributed to the turnout of the brought in a little over 100 people to the 2,500 event, including the live-streaming option and person capacity Centennial Hall, according to Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey’s Issac Ortega, ASUA president. Ortega said while absence.

ASUA was expecting more people, the forum’s “There’s no doubt there was a missing piece to venue size made it look like many people attended the whole debate,” Ortega said. “We were missing the debate. one candidate of a major party.”

Ortega also said that this Ortega said students told is only the first event to the him they wanted to see As long as the campaign and they still have two major political parties opportunity’s more events scheduled for discuss issues and Sunday’s the rest of the fall semester. forum didn’t have that. there for people He said the turnout of the Barry Hess, the to get civically gubernatorial candidate Libertarian candidate for engaged. forum was not indicative of governor, said in an email — Issac Ortega, the future of the campaign. statement that he thought ASUA president “I personally don’t think the gubernatorial candidate so just because there’s so forum was successful. much left of the campaign,” Ortega said.

“I can honestly say [it] was the best-run and Ortega also said he is confident that despite the most thoughtful of such events I can remember,” low attendance, the forum will still reach out to Hess said in the email. larger audience. According to Ortega, the online Ortega said the next event for the “Our Voice, streaming numbers for the forum were high, and Our Vote” campaign is the free welcome back the debate will be broadcasted throughout the concert with Aloe Blacc, Tyler Ward and Luna week by Arizona Public Media to more than 50,000 Aura. According to Sager, students will have the residences. opportunity to sign up for voter registration at the “I’m pretty optimistic that this will reach a lot concert.

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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE University of Arizona President Issac Ortega speaks during the New Student Convocation on the UA Mall on Aug. 24, 2014. ASUA has launched its “Our Voice, Our Vote” campaign.

“Traditionally, free concerts have been amazing,” Sager said in regard to the anticipation of the turnout at the “Our Voice, Our Vote” campaign’s next event.

Sager said ASUA’s main goal is to get students to vote in the gubernatorial election. Sager said it’s important for students to make decisions about education, which is a pivotal focus in this year’s election.

“As long as the opportunity’s there for people to get civically engaged, at the end of the day, that’s the main message,” Ortega said.

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UA professor Adele Barker returned after teaching abroad in Pakistan for five months with a new outlook on the importance of education.

The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies is home to Barker, who was selected as one of two Fulbright scholars to travel to Islamabad, Pakistan. The Fulbright Scholar Program was established after World War II to allow scholars to grow academically through scholarship and living abroad.

“It’s a program that was established by the then-senator from Arkansas, Jake William Fulbright, to send U.S. scholars and students abroad to help counter what he thought as the erosion of cultural understanding,” Barker said.

“It has grown by leaps and bounds ever since.”

Barker said that in her opinion, the Fulbright Scholar Program is one of the best two things the U.S. has ever done, the other being the national park system.

On a normal morning while teaching in Pakistan, Barker would wake up, have her tea and be driven to school. Although this is the general pattern each day followed, Barker said it was always subject to change.

“My schedule was really dictated by the country and what it was going through at the time,” Barker said.

Barker said she experienced no average days

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Adele Barker, a professor in the department of Russian and Slavic studies, with students from Fatima Jinnah Women University at the Islambad Literarature Festival. Barker’s time overseas has influenced her point of view on education.

while living and teaching in Pakistan due to the current civil unrest.

“At any giving moment something would happen,” Barker said. “There’s a tremendous amount [of] political turmoil over there at the moment. There would be demonstrations; there would be random bomb blasts.”

Barker taught at a university in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, that is only for women. The university was established in the 1990s, and unlike many U.S. institutions, it closed each day at 4:00 p.m.,

when faculty and students are asked to leave the campus. She was not allowed to stay to speak with students or accomplish more work.

Just before she returned to the U.S., Barker received a powerful email from one of her Pakistani students, that read: “Dr. Adele, probably you are wondering why your class is so small. The reason is that none of us wanted to study with an American. Your people come to our country and kill our people, and you call us terrorists. Then you walked into

our classroom and changed all that.”

Barker said receiving this email was the most memorable moment of her trip. She had never thought about why her class size was so few and that it might be affected by her nationality.

Barker said that as a result of this trip, she gained huge respect for the women in Pakistan who are trying to get an education in a place where it can be so dangerous.

“I have never lived in a country where women in certain areas of that country can get killed for wanting an education,” Barker said. “That’s what happens in Pakistan. Certainly not in the area where I was teaching, but up in the Northwest.”

Barker said her opinion about the value a student places on his or her education to students has changed after working with students who are so dedicated to learning. Since her return from Pakistan, Barker has had a lower tolerance for American students who spend class time on social media websites, or who take their education for granted.

“I’ve talked to at least one of my classes about this this semester, and about the importance of education,” Barker said. “Don’t take it for granted, and if you do take it for granted, you shouldn’t be in the classroom.”

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With elections coming up in November, candidates running for election in the Tucson area are being watched for their stance on education. Candidates’ viewpoints on education and the candidates’ own education background are coming to the forefront of voters’ interests.

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DuVal attended Tucson High School and received a Bachelor of Arts from Occidental College and a law degree from Arizona State University. He plans to invest in education from K-12 to community college, vocational training and university by making it accessible to more people.

“With a serious investment in education, we can encourage new businesses — large and small — to start and grow,” according to DuVal’s website.

Ducy attended Arizona State University and received a Bachelor of Science in finance.

He said he believes that the money spent on education in the state, which, according to his website, adds up to around $8700 per child, should be better spent. He plans to work on teaching techniques before increasing education spending.

“We need to make real reforms and get better results from the money we already spend, rather than simply throwing money into a system that’s under-performing,” according to Ducey’s website.

Barber attended Rincon High School in Tucson and received a Bachelor of Arts from the UA. Barber plans to improve federal policies on education and protect funding for schools.

Barber also said that he will continue to try to make student loan debt less detrimental in the students of the future.

“Congressman Barber will continue to work to improve these federal policies, while protecting critical funding for programs that are effective, like Pell Grants for college students and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs,” according to Barber’s website.

McSally attended the U.S. Air Force Academy, received a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and received a second master’s degree in strategic studies from the Air War College. McSally plans to improve the K-12 education system by increasing the amount of vocational initiative. She also plans to decrease the cost of college.

“Taxpayer dollars should be going to improving education, not paying for federal bureaucrats to dictate mandates and standards from [Washington],” according to McSally’s website.

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of Spanish and Portuguese. Later, he jetted straight from Heredia, Costa Rica, to Viña del Mar, Chile, for a semester-long program also with the same department. This past summer, Nelson participated in two programs. He first went to Havana, Cuba, for a five-week program with the School of Geography and Development, and then went to Alcalá de Henares, Spain, for a fiveweek program through the department of Spanish and Portuguese.

“When I first started, I didn’t know a word of Spanish, so it was nerve-racking, but it was invigorating to be in a new environment,” Nelson said. “Then, as you started to learn the language, you get more excited to speak it to see if you can get through a conversation without a mistake. However, culturewise, all of the countries I visited were very open and willing to share their culture.”

Nelson said that the only hard thing was finding his favorite U.S. products within the countries he visited.

“For me, it was life-changing,” Nelson said. “After studying abroad and living outside the U.S., you realize that you are not the only person on earth. Studying abroad inspired me and gave me the desire to add an additional degree of global studies to my academic career just so I could learn more about the world around me.”

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training programs the department has implemented.

Gulotta also credits the department’s success to its modern facilities and said he feels lucky to have state of the art training equipment for his use.

TFD also trains drivers how to react when a crash is unavoidable, because, according to Gulotta, many of the accidents TFD encounters on the road are caused by civilians. Gulotta said the study will make the public more aware about driving techniques when TFD is heading toward an emergency.

Gulotta added that some truck drivers need to be safer when they’re driving as well, saying that some drive 70,000-pound vehicles like they’re driving sports cars.

Barrett Baker, head of public information at TFD, said he hopes the study will help limit vehicular accidents and help departments do their jobs. He also said that if firefighters drive recklessly, it only adds to the chaos of the original accident. Baker added that one of the best ways to avoid accidents is to inform the public about how to drive when fire trucks are responding to an emergency.

“We rely heavily on the public to know emergency driving standards,” Baker said. “If we inform the public and they listen, departments will have less accidents.”

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Jade Nunes, then-junior in journalism, hikes through a jungle rainforest with the School of Journalism’s study abroad program in Costa Rica last summer. The group of journalism students were able to see a cacao farm on their trip and taste fresh fruits and chocolates along the Caribbean coast of the country.

of Journalism and the faculty lead for international journalism in Costa Rica, takes students to Costa Rica every summer for a five-week program.

Button said that the program is based on the environment and ecology of the land of Costa Rica and reporting on the environment there. Not only can journalism majors and minors participate in this program, but any student from any major is welcome to go with the School of Journalism.

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“There are so many opportunities abroad that people don’t know about. Whether you like to volunteer, travel, be outdoors, or simply just want to get out of your comfort zone, study abroad has something for you.”

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WASHINGTON — The troubled Iraq war veteran who scaled the White House fence had a dangerous fixation on the president, stockpiling weapons and ammunition and carrying a map to the White House stuffed in a Bible during an earlier arrest, a federal prosecutor said Monday.

When he was arrested, Omar Jose Gonzalez had two hatchets, a machete and 800 rounds of ammunition in his vehicle parked near the White House, said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Mudd.

A judge granted the government’s request to hold Gonzalez for 10 days without bail.

“Mr. Gonzalez’s preoccupation with the White House and accumulation of large amounts of ammunition in an apparently short period of time renders him a danger to the president,” Mudd said. There was no indication he had a gun Friday night, however.

Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, climbed the fence on Pennsylvania Avenue and sprinted toward the White House. He made it inside the unlocked north door before Secret Service agents subdued him. On him, authorities said they found a folding knife with a 3.5-inch blade.

The Obamas had left for the weekend about 10 minutes earlier.

Family members said Gonzalez, an Army combat veteran, was wounded by an improvised bomb in Iraq and struggled with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after returning to Texas. He became increasingly paranoid, they said, hiding guns behind every door in the house and saying that people were watching him and trying to poison him.

Gonzalez complained bitterly about his treatment at the now-scandal-plagued Department of Veterans Affairs, according to his family. They said his disability claim was stuck in a backlog for more than a year. Eventually he became homeless and lived in his 1996 Ford Bronco.

By this summer, according to authorities, Gonzalez had begun to focus on the White House and the president.

On July 19, a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop him for reckless driving in the Bronco. Gonzalez refused to pull over, police said, and led them on a 20-mile pursuit on Interstate 81 in southwest Virginia. He was arrested on felony charges of possession of a sawed-off shotgun and attempting to elude police.

Ten other weapons were found in his vehicle, including a sniper rifle and five handguns, Virginia police records show. Tucked inside

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A member of the U.S. Secret Service and his service dog patrol the sidewalk in front of the White House on Monday in Washington D.C. The U.S. Secret Service has launched an investigation to find out how a man carring a knife was able to get inside the front door of the White House on Friday night after jumping the fence on the north lawn.

a Bible was a map with a hand-drawn circle around the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria and “a line drawn to the White House,” authorities said.

Gonzalez was held in New River Valley Regional Jail and released a week later on $5,000 bail, according to a jail spokesman. He said records did not indicate who paid it. Police held the guns pending the outcome of the case, which is not yet resolved.

On Aug. 25, Gonzalez was stopped again, this time by the Secret Service, while walking along the southern fence of the White House with a hatchet in his rear waistband. He gave agents permission to search his Bronco, where they found camping gear and two dogs, but no guns or ammunition, Mudd said. He was not charged.

After he jumped the fence last week, agents found 800 rounds of ammunition in the Bronco,

parked on Independence Avenue Northwest, in boxes and in magazines. Gonzalez told an agent that “he was concerned the atmosphere was collapsing and he needed to get the information to the president,” according to the complaint.

Gonzalez’s ex-wife, Samantha Bell, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday that she had no idea her former husband had been arrested before last week’s White House intrusion. She had last spoken with him by phone in July.

“For them to say he had 800 rounds of ammo, it didn’t shock me, just because he was living in that Bronco,” Bell said.

Bell reiterated that her ex-husband had never threatened or hurt her or anybody else.

If Gonzalez had been the type to want to hurt someone, she said, “he would’ve already hurt someone.”

During Monday’s hearing, Gonzalez stood with his hands behind his back and spoke

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softly to the judge. His attorney, federal public defender David Bos, did not request a psychiatric evaluation, saying Gonzalez was capable of understanding the charges and the court proceedings. Bos declined further comment.

Gonzalez, who wore close-cropped hair, a chin beard and an orange jumpsuit, was ordered held without bail for apparently violating the terms of his release on the Virginia felony charges. Another hearing was set for Oct. 1.

The Secret Service has already increased surveillance and foot patrols around the White House in response to the breach, and the door that Gonzalez went through will be locked when not in use, the administration said.

President Barack Obama praised the agency Monday during an Oval Office event. “The Secret Service does a great job,” he said. “I’m

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A crew contracted by Eagle Ridge Energy monitors the fracking process that last fall freed gas from shale rock lying under Denton, Texas, in October 2013. More than 250 gas wells have been drilled within the city limits.

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DENTON, Texas — Natural-gas wells here can be found just beyond the hedgerows of new subdivisions and close to the hangars at the municipal airport. Their tunnels extend deep underneath a city park, a golf course and the University of North Texas football stadium.

The wells draw from the Barnett Shale, a geological formation once thought too dense to be profitably tapped for energy. Then, in 1997, crews deploying water under high pressure with chemicals and sand learned how to fracture the shale rock and release vast new supplies of natural gas — a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The technology has reshaped America’s energy industry, with shale gas now produced in more than a dozen states. And, President Barack Obama is touting the expansion in natural-gas-generated electricity, which produces roughly half the carbon emissions of coal, as a bridge to the nation’s energy future.

But natural gas is no long-term solution in the effort to shield the world from the most severe effects of climate change, or for meeting the difficult goal set by Obama and other world leaders to keep global temperatures from rising no more

than 2 degrees Celsius.

Some experts say unfettered burning of natural gas without adding systems to capture carbon emissions will significantly undermine that effort.

“Gas may be the cleanest of fossil fuels, but it is still a fossil fuel,” Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said in a July speech. “The widespread use of gas without emissions abatement would leave us with no chance of meeting our 2-degree climate goal.”

The ability of natural-gas use to combat climate change is further eroded by leakage from the production, processing and transport of the fuel. Methane is the primary component of natural gas, and when vented rather than burned for energy, it acts as a shortlived but potent greenhouse gas.

The abundance of natural gas also could work against efforts to limit climate change. If big supplies keep prices low, natural gas could slow the development of alternative sources of energy that could help meet the 2050 goals.

A study released in 2013 by Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Forum found that natural gas in the decades ahead is likely to replace not only high-carbon coal, but also zero-carbon fuels like

nuclear, which now provides nearly 20 percent of the nation’s electricity.

Last year, for example, a nuclearpower plant in Wisconsin shut down because it could no longer compete in markets driven down by low-cost natural gas. More nuclear plants are forecast to close in the years ahead.

Tracking these trends, the Stanford study concluded that a surge in natural-gas use spurred by the fracking technology would have “relatively modest impacts” on carbon emissions through 2050.

“You might see some downturn, but it’s not any kind of a game changer,” said Hillard Huntington, executive director of Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Forum. “Shale gas development is not a big winner from a climate point of view.”

The fracking boom began in the farmlands outside Denton, where George Mitchell, a gas and oil driller, spent more than 15 years experimenting with tapping the Barnett Shale that underlies numerous Texas counties. Mitchell’s breakthrough came in 1997 as his crews abandoned a costly gel used in fracking in favor of a much cheaper mix of water, chemicals and sand.

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Alternate grading system is unfair

BY Emilee Hoopes The Daily Wildcat

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s I sit in my Spanish class, I anxiously wait for my professor to pass back my last exam. He hands my test to me and, lo and behold, a 90 percent! I am ecstatic, overjoyed and everything in between. I begin to rock the low key “I got an A” dance. I even consider ditching my clean-eating plans to indulge in a celebratory milkshake from Cellar Bistro.

However, the reality is that while a 90 percent is close, it isn’t close enough. Unlike a standard academic department at the UA, the department of Spanish and Portuguese has adopted a slightly different grading scale. While the C, D and E grading scale remains the same, the A has been set at a scale of 92-100 percent and the B has been adjusted to a scale of 80-91 percent.

Why was 92 selected as the lucky number? Was a 91 too close to a 90 and a 93 too drastic of a change?

According to Eliud Chuffe, director of the Basic Language Program, the university’s lack of a plus and minus grading scale is the reason for the adjustment.

“Because Spanish is the largest language department on campus, we want to ensure that those who have worked hard and earned an A receive it,” Chuffe said. Chuffe explained that on a plus and minus scale, a 90 or 91 would be an A- and a 92 would be an A. Because we have no plus or minus scale, a 92 remains an A and an A- becomes a B. Furthermore, the fall 2013 Spanish course statistics concluded that the vast majority of students earn an A or B, so naturally, this grading scale determines who are the top students and who are not.

Of course, this assumes that a student who achieves an A- mark is a slacker who made significantly less effort than a student with a 92%. And that’s clearly ridiculous.

This system is unfair and a futile attempt at weeding out the “good” from the “great.”

During my time at the UA, I have encountered professors who are especially picky about the number of A’s they distribute, disregarding any particular grading scale. For these teachers, more emphasis is put on rewarding hardworking students rather than just those who manage to earn an A with luck and natural intelligence. If one teacher or department is so concerned that students are stealing their precious A’s, why not simply increase the rigor of the curriculum and keep the same grading scale that is upheld by the other academic departments? Grading scales are by their nature arbitrary. But at least by using the same arbitrary numbers as every other department on campus — and across the country — we can ensure that the numbers mean something. In statistical terms, the traditional scale may not be accurate, but at least it’s precise.

An alternate scale, like the one used by the department of Spanish and Portuguese, is neither.

Many students at the UA take pride in their school work and wish to do well. If an academic department wants to challenge students, it should create a more difficult curriculum rather than making the race longer for those who have already crossed the finish line, so to speak. Increasing an A to 92 percent is ridiculous for those who clearly worked hard to receive a 90 or 91 percent. Making the coursework more rigorous is an efficient way to not only challenge students, but to truly see which students are proficient in Spanish and which are not.

— Emilee Hoopes is a molecular and cellular biology sophomore. Follow her @h00pesthereitis

Islam not root cause of ISIS

BY Tom Johnson

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n 9/11 on the UA Mall, I encountered one of the ugliest displays of “Islamophobia” I’ve ever seen.

Brother Dean, campus’ resident sensationalist, was wearing a fake beard and a shirt with “ISIS” written on it while he held a sign equating Islam with hate and terrorism. He was loudly shouting offensive slogans and confronting a woman in a headscarf, whom I overheard say she felt unsafe, when I first saw him. Her concern was not helped by the fact that the other side of his sign said, “You deserve to be gang-raped.”

But what’s even uglier than this individual display are the numbers proving how ingrained these ideas are. Recent polls by the Arab American Institute say that only 27 percent of Americans have a positive view of Muslims, and that 42 percent of Americans support racial profiling used against Muslims, as lamented about on The Daily Beast by Dean Obeidallah.

Assistant professor Maha Nassar from the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies believes that it was the unfamiliarity with Islam prior to 9/11 and fear that caused such sentiments. She added, “There is also a concerted effort to stoke these fears and create more Islamophobic feelings among Americans.”

Nassar cited a publication called “Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America” by the Center for American Progress, which talked about a group of seven huge right-wing think tanks that actively send millions of dollars to anti-Islam groups. It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it’s all real, and it’s an attempt by a few very rich people to make electoral hay off our fears.

This isn’t restricted to the American right, but can also be found in the “new” atheism.

Prominent atheists like Richard Dawkins, Bill Maher and others have been quick to paint Islam as a whole with the brush of barbarism, despite being more charitable to religions associated with Europeans and whiteness, like Christianity or Judaism.

Harry Cheadle of Vice Magazine suggests it could be that New

Atheists project Islam as the worstcase scenario of all the religions they crusade against. Nassar said, “I don’t presume to understand their logic.”

But if we’re going to ask “why do they hate us,” and then presume that the answer lies in their religion, perhaps we should consider the larger picture: the U.S.’s consistent meddling in middle-eastern affairs from the 1953 Iranian coup to the swath of permanent military bases it holds in the Middle East. And that’s not even getting into U.S. policy on drone warfare, which can cause intense civilian casualty rates that are written off in Washington as “acceptable losses.” We kill their children and then assume it’s the Quran that tells them to take up arms against us.

The point of this is that we need to do some soul searching as a country. It’s not enough to just stop vilifying non-extremist Islam or to reconsider our conception of Islam as some great existential threat to the U.S. Americans need to consider their role as a giant foreign policy bully who tries to fight “terror,” but makes things worse with its imperialist tampering. We need to remember not just 9/11, but the Afghani Mujahadeen we supported

in the 1980s that morphed into the Taliban; we should think not just about Iranian attempts to secure nuclear power but the coup in Iran that led to the current Iranian theocracy. And we should consider that even now we have flying killbots in Yemen and Pakistan indiscriminately taking down terrorists and innocents alike.

We need to reach a common understanding — not just of Islam and its history beyond the recent extremism of a few people — but also of the pressure America causes and the role we play in keeping these extremists relevant.

I doubt Brother Dean would listen to such nuances. But the rest of us should keep them in mind before we associate Imams with terrorists, or hijabs with the subjugation of women or the Quran with violence.

In many cases, they’re more scared of us than we are of them. And looking at the Middle East right now, it’s not hard to understand why.

— Tom Johnson is a film & television studies junior. Follow him @tbok1992

and, indeed, violent — beating his intimate partner. People focus on the NFL and hope that the blame will be drawn away from everyone else, that nobody will notice that the League is a representation of American culture as a whole. At least 100 million people watched the last Super Bowl. Football is a multi-billion dollar industry. In economic terms, no one is blameless in the League’s crimes. And the League’s crimes are just reflections of larger societal ones. young boys grow up in poverty. And then those According to the National Coalition Against boys grow up to become athletes, because the Domestic Violence, “On average, nearly 20 economy affords them few other opportunities people per minute are victims of physical to become wealthy. violence by an intimate partner in the United Americans cared little for these athletes when States. During one year, this equates to more they were growing up in abject poverty, but than 10 million women and men.” once they become instruments of amusement The media and activist groups have come and entertainment, people pour praise and down hard on the NFL for its lax policies on adulation upon their domestic abuse, but there newfound heroes. And has been little coverage then they make money off on the rates of domestic The NFL sells of them. violence among the their talents, The average life nation’s police forces, a expectancy for NFL while their rate higher than that of players is 55 years. Most the NFL. While people talents lead to leave the game in debt or get solemn during the their own early declare bankruptcy within national anthem and “God deaths. five years of retirement.

Bless America,” they rarely The NFL has admitted in remember the thousands court documents resulting of women in the military from its own investigations that as many as onewho have been victims of sexual abuse. These third of all retired players show signs of brain women often remain in silence or are pressured trauma and demonstrate these symptoms at an by a culture that tells them they are to blame for earlier age than the regular population. what happened.

The NFL sells their talents, while their talents Their feeling of powerlessness is matched lead to their own early deaths. only by the hyper masculinity that attempts to Somehow, this is deemed acceptable — or impose the same silence — not with women, maybe people just don’t care, so long as their but entire nations. team wins and the next crop of players is drafted People need to talk about the NFL and or enters the college level. Team loyalty has American culture and the violence that binds taken on a cult-like or pseudo-religious nature. them together.

But we as a country engage in a collective freak-out when the violence is unmasked and — Abe Jimenez is a Middle Eastern & North the fruits of that culture show up in a video African studies graduate student. Follow him of an NFL player — who is paid to be strong @A_Ximenez

NFL is a reflection on violent culture

BY Abe Jimenez

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he National Football League doesn’t only play a role in American culture, but also plays a role in forming it.

Violence is some kind of morbid form of communication in this country. The exploitation of poor black men and of women, as demonstrated by the NFL and its scandals, is simply one extension of a culture mad on war and the spectacle of violence. Our billion-dollar sports stadiums and arenas have become modern-day cathedrals, where the idols of entertainment, war and consumption are glorified. The Ray Rice scandal and the subsequent scandals that have gripped the NFL over the last several weeks are merely a reflection of our society’s commodification of athletes and the routine brutalization of women.

Americans have allowed themselves to place their energy, money and beliefs into sports industries that make money from the performance of athletes taken predominantly from economically disadvantaged communities.

The 49rs Levi’s Stadium cost more than a billion dollars. The money to pay for it was borrowed by the city of Santa Clara, Calif., from Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and U.S. Bank, the high priests of our national religion and the chief architects of an economy in which so many

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BY ARIELLA NOTH

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Beer toss

A UA employee reported that Facilities Management Electrical Services building had a vehicle damaged by an unknown person throwing beer bottles near Cherry Avenue and Drachman Street on Sept. 15.

Upon arrival, a University of Arizona Police Department officer made contact with the electrical shop supervisor, who stated that people from a fraternity house struck a vehicle from his shop with beer bottles.

The individuals in the vehicle at the time of the incident said they were returning to the electric shop after the football game when their truck was hit by two beer bottles.

They did not see anyone throw the beer bottles, but they did see several men on top of the house.

A bottle hit the windshield and another hit the hood, leaving two small dents. No one was injured and officers dispatched to the area were unable to locate anyone.

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Fight, fight, fight!

A UAPD officer was sent to assist a Tucson Police Department officer who was with a man who was trying to start a fight with a Jets Wildcat store clerk on Sept. 15.

The individual in question had an active UA exclusionary order which prevents him from being on all properties owned or leased by the university.

The officer advised the individual of this order and the individual acknowledged that he understood.

A TPD officer said that Jets Wildcat wanted to press charges for trespassing since he was warned not to return after being caught shoplifting earlier that morning.

The individual was cited and released by the UAPD officer for criminal trespassing for violating the exclusionary order.

The TPD officer then arrested him for criminal trespassing and shoplifting.

Cramming the cream

A UA student was cited and released for shoplifting on Sept.

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A UAPD officer responded to Highland Market in reference to a duress alarm. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the loss prevention supervisor, who stated that a man inside the market took an ice cream sandwich out of the freezer box, where it was displayed for sale at $2, and placed it into his left pocket.

The loss prevention supervisor said he watched to see if the individual would pay for the item, and as the individual approached the exit, he confronted him, stating that he needed to pay for the ice cream sandwich.

The individual denied having the sandwich and pulled his phone out of his right pocket. The loss prevention supervisor told the individual he was going to call the police, prompting the individual to walk over to the register and pay for the item. The loss prevention supervisor then returned to work.

The individual proceeded to call him by derogatory terms several times, upon which he was asked to leave the market and not come back. The individual called the loss prevention supervisor another derogatory term and left, only to return minutes later and sit down at a table where he began to talk to other people.

The loss prevention supervisor said as he walked past the table, the individual put his hands in the air and made lunging movements while sitting. The supervisor then told the individual he had to leave for a second time and called UAPD. While he was on the phone with UAPD, the individual left and was unable to be found in the area upon UAPD’s arrival.

The officer located the individual at his dorm, where he claimed he intended to purchase the ice cream. He was informed he was going to be cited and released for shoplifting and he said he understood. A Dean of Students referral was forwarded to the Dean of Students for a code of conduct violation.

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UA Foundation Blood Drive 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Swede Johnson Building.

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Art Aloud noon. Java City, Arizona Health Sciences Center Library. How long has it been since you have exercised the right side of your brain? Come join us at Art Aloud, the UA’s unique opportunity for verbal art and self-expression. Join us at Java City in the Arizona Health Sciences Library at noon for food, fun and poetry. Out loud.

Cooking on Campus - ‘Gluten-Free Cooking’ 5:15 pm. Student Recreation Center, Instructional Kitchen, 1400 E. Sixth St. $5 admission. Learn how to cook delicious yet also healthy food for all nutritional needs!

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Colloquium 3:45 pm. Kuiper Space Sciences, 1629 E. University Blvd. Kaitlin Kratter, assistant professor at the UA Steward Observatory, will give a talk titled “What We Can Learn From Planets in Binary Systems.”

CAMPUS EVENTS

Contemplative Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community 10 am. Integrated Learning Center, Room 136, 1500 E. University Blvd. The Office of Instruction and Assessment, in collaboration with the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry have received a small grant from the Center of Contemplative Mind in Society to establish a Faculty Learning Community to study Contemplative Pedagogy practices at the UA.

TUCSON EVENTS Tucson Medical Center Farmers’ Market 10 am to 2 pm. TMC LifeGain Park 5302 E. Grant Road. Come support your local farmers and vendors by stopping by at this amazing farmer’s market. Here you’ll find healthy produce and product options for you and your family.

Tucson Tuesday Laughter Yoga 6 pm to 7 pm. St. Francis in the Foothills Church, Room 30-31 4625 E. River Road. Gently through breathing and yogic exercises, we touch your heart with playful laughter designed to promote peace and healing.

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Chaos to Calm 1 pm. Ellie Towne Community Center/Flowing Wells Library 1660 W Ruthrauff Rd. Are you oppressed by clutter? Learn how to turn your home into a sanctuary that makes you feel in control instead of overwhelmed.

Professional organizer Ori Parnaby will teach you simple techniques to help tame your clutter and reclaim your space.

IndieFlix Movie Night 6 pm to 8 pm.

Himmel Park Public Library 1035 N. Treat Ave. Go out to the movies at the library!

Join us to watch short films from IndieFlix, the library’s latest web resource. Enjoy popcorn provided by The Loft and erudite discussion time after each film. Free admission!

Homework Help 3 pm to 6 pm. Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library 7800 N. Schisler Drive. Do you need extra help with some math homework? Or maybe you need some help editing your English papers.

Come to this free tutoring sessions and get the help you need for that A+.

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SPORTS SCORE CENTER BRIGGS, BEARS BEAT J-E-T-S

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Hill Mary highlights wacky football weekend

Chicago Bears 27, New York Jets 19

DBACKS FINALLY WIN A GAME Arizona Diamondbacks 6, Minnesota Twins 2

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FIFA? Valencia 3, Getafe 0

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WHAT TO WATCH DEREK JETER’S LAST STAND 9/23: New York Yankees vs. Baltimore Orioles, 4 pm, ESPN

HOW THE NL WEST WAS WON 9/23: San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 7 pm, ESPN

PRIME TIME PAC12 VOLLEYBALL 9/23: California Golden Bears vs. Stanford Cardinal, 6 pm, Pac-12 Networks

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ARIZONA REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER Cayleb Jones (1) scores his second of three touchdowns during the UA’s 49-45 win against California on Saturday at Arizona Stadium. Over the weekend, Arizona experienced several wacky plays that shaped the outlook of its win over Cal.

where the Wildcats trailed 48-35 against Nevada with 1:48 to go but won 49-48.

“I don’t think there’s anything like a Hail Arizona football’s unlikely game-winning, Mary last play especially since the defense last second Hail Mary pass went viral and is giving it 110 percent knowing it’s the final play and the offense is giving 110 percent came after extra practice.

The Wildcats (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12 Conference) knowing it’s the final play,” Hill said. “It’s just beat California 49-45 on Saturday after an awesome feeling to catch a Hail Mary.”

The term “Hail Mary” for freshman quarterback improbable touchdown Anu Solomon passes came from a 1975 connected with senior I don’t think Dallas Cowboys win at receiver Austin Hill on the Minnesota Vikings, there’s anything a 47-yard Hail Mary when Dallas quarterback pass. like a Hail Mary Roger Staubach threw a Arizona football head last play. pass about 50 yards with coach Rich Rodriguez — Austin Hill, seconds remaining that said the team works redshirt senior receiver won a playoff game. on Hail Mary scenarios Staubach said he told every Thursday but reporters after the 17-14 gave it a little more attention in the practice two days before the win as a joke that he closed his eyes and said a “Hail Mary” prayer after being knocked Cal game.

“I tell the quarterbacks: ‘they need to be down on the play.

Arizona’s Hail Mary was No. 1 on five yards deep in case it is tipped frontwards, we can still score, or a little bit over thrown, SportsCenter’s top-10 plays and Solomon we can still score,’” Rodriguez said. “That was received a helmet sticker from Lou Holtz about seven-and-a-half-yards deep, so Anu’s on ESPN Gameday Final. Sports Illustrated named it the play of the week. got to work on his accuracy.”

The hashtag #CALvsAZ was the No. 1 Hill said the Cal game was completely different from the 2012 New Mexico Bowl trending topic on Twitter in the United States on Saturday night and #HailMary was sixth.

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A California win seemed so likely that the Golden Bears’ official store sent an email that said “CAL WINS” and offered 25 percent off of hats to celebrate. @calbearsshop apologized on Twitter saying, “Sorry everyone, we just got a little bit too excited. Our mistake is your win. The hat sale is still on. Have a great weekend.”

“Well, you know you have to get over it,” Cal head coach Sonny Dykes said. “Get over it and look forward down the stretch. Football games are 60 minutes for a reason.”

Cal craziness

Arizona’s win on Saturday was wacky, but it was just another game in the wild Cal series.

The Wildcats lead the all-time series 1614-2 now and now 22 of those games have been decided by one possession, including the last four.

In 1996 and 1997, Arizona and California combined to play six overtimes. In 1996, Arizona lost 56-55 after failing on a two-point conversion in the fourth overtime. In 1997, the NCAA changed the rule to require teams to go for two after the second overtime.

The Wildcats won the 1997 game 41-38 in double overtime.

In 1993, Cal knocked Arizona out of the

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Legendary Arizona men’s basketball head coach Lute Olson celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday. Olson is the winningest coach in program history with 589 total victories. and led the 1997 NCAA championship squad.

PAC-12 POWER RANKINGS

Bye weeks highlight Week 4

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North 1. No. 2 Oregon (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12 Conference) The Ducks survived a scare at Washington State to hold onto the No. 2 ranking in the AP poll.

Quarterback Marcus Mariota scored five touchdowns, including the game winner with 5:33 left.

Last week: first, W at Washington State 38-31 This week: Bye 2. No. 16 Stanford (2-1, 0-1 Pac-12)

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Like much of the Pac-12 Conference, the Cardinal took last week off. This week, it faces a battle in Seattle with 4-0 Washington.

Last week: Second, Bye This week: Saturday at Washington (4-0, 0-0) 3. Oregon State (3-0, 0-0) The Beavers wrapped up nonconference play with a comfortable win against San Diego State. This Saturday, they can show they’re among the Pac12’s elites and get a chance to get In-N-Out Burger when they travel to USC.

Last week: fourth, W vs. San Diego State 28-7 This week: Saturday at USC (2-1, 1-0) 4. Washington For the fourth week in a row, the Huskies played a cupcake, beating up on Georgia State this week, so they dropped in the rankings.

U-Dub finally plays somebody this week: Stanford.

Last week: third, W vs. Georgia State 45-14 This week: Saturday vs. Stanford 5. California (2-1, 0-1)

The bad news for the Golden Bears is they lost at Arizona, but the good news is they only trailed once, with 0:00 left on the clock. Cal has proved their 1-11 2013 season is long gone.

Last week: fifth, L at Arizona 49-45 This week: Saturday vs. Colorado (2-2, 0-1) 6. Washington State (1-3, 0-1) The Cougars finally showed itself as a team that was supposed to start 3-0 when it almost upset Oregon.

Unfortunately for Wazzu, “almost” isn’t enough in the Pac-12.

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Arizona prepares for Pac-12 UA volleyball closed out nonconference play over the weekend and now readies for Pac-12 foes

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This year, mental toughness has been a constant theme for the No. 18 Arizona volleyball team.

UA head coach Dave Rubio said that when his team faces two top-25 teams this week in No. 19 ASU and No. 20 UCLA, the differencemaker will be whichever team is able to play the best and separate itself when the score is neck and neck late in a set.

“I think we match up pretty evenly talentwise and athletically, so it’s really going to come down to mental toughness,” Rubio said. “The team that is really going to be able to play their best in the biggest moments.”

Senior outside hitter Madi Kingdon said that she feels the team’s level of mental toughness is getting stronger each week.

“That’s one thing that we really focus on in practice,” Kingdon said. “I think our skill set is there, but mentally, [it’s] something that’s really going to be important going into conference.”

Kingdon explained that while every team has big, strong players, it all really boils down to who has the ability and stamina to compete and battle all the way to the end.

Rubio said that one of the ways he’s helped his team mentally prepare for tough game situations like these is by always keeping his players on their feet and constantly throwing new obstacles in their way during practice.

“Every day, we try to create some type of adversity for the kids to fight through, and I think that’s been a good direction for us,” Rubio said. “We’ve shown during matches that we’re able to regroup and get better as games go on, even if we’re not as tuned in or aren’t playing as well as we want to.”

Rubio said that while there’s always room for improvement, he’s pleased with where the team stands entering conference play.

Rachel Rhoades injury report

The latest challenge for the Wildcats came last week after it was discovered that senior middle blocker Rachel Rhoades suffered a concussion during Arizona’s match against Central Florida earlier this month.

While Rhoades shook off the injury and played the rest of the game, she began to experience concussion-like symptoms early last week and was subsequently sidelined for the entirety of this past weekend’s Wildcat Classic.

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ARIZONA SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER Madi Kingdon (9) serves the ball during the last set of the UA’s 3-0 win against Tulane on Friday in McKale Center. The Wildcats now prepare for Pac-12 Conference rival ASU on Wednesday as conference play opens.

Rubio said that when one of the starters goes out, the other players around them have to pitch in and give a lot of effort to attempt to fill their void.

“A lot of credit goes to McKenzie Jacobson, who I think really played well [last weekend],” Rubio said. “We can really get some offense out of [her]. She really showed up and her numbers are terrific; so she’s certainly going to warrant some game time

and minutes.”

As of Monday evening, Rubio said it still remained unclear as to whether or not Rhoades would be able to participate in this week’s upcoming matches against No. 19 ASU and No. 20 UCLA. — Follow Evan Rosenfeld @EvanRosenfeld17

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Last week: Sixth, L vs. Oregon 3831 This week: Saturday at Utah (3-0, 0-0) South 1. No. 11 UCLA (3-0, 0-0) It was all good news last week for the Bruins: they didn’t limp through another unimpressive victory (because they had a bye) and injured star quarterback Brett Hundley got to rest (because they had a bye). Hundley is expected to play at ASU. Last week: First, Bye This week: Thursday at No. 15 ASU (3-0, 1-0) 2. No. 18 USC Shockingly the Trojans didn’t do anything to embarrass themselves last week. A reserve running back quit the team, but there was no made-up super hero stories, charges of racism, athletic director fines or embarrassing losses.

Last week: Second, Bye This week: Saturday vs. Oregon State 3. Arizona (4-0, 1-0) The Wildcats earned their first 4-0 start since 2010 with the “Hill Mary” play. They could easily find themselves 4-4 though, with trips to Oregon, Washington State, UCLA and USC at home coming up.

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THENFRESHMAN LINEBACKER Scooby Wright Ill (31) and then-senior linebacker Jake Fischer (33) defend against then-sophomore quarterback Adam Schulz of the Utah Utes during the UA’s 35-24 win over Utah at Arizona Stadium on Oct. 19, 2013. Utah pulled off a road upset of Michigan at the Big House this past weekend and, as a result, moved up in our weekly Pac-12 power rankings.

49-45 This week: Bye 4. Utah Unlike ASU, the Utes tested themselves with a win at Michigan and moved up in the rankings.

The Wolverines are struggling, but the Utes have the look of a possible contender in the South.

Last week: Fifth, W at Michigan 26-10 This week: Saturday vs.

Washington State

5. ASU For the fourth week in a row, the Sun Devils failed to justify their national ranking (though last week they had a bye). They could jump to the top of the South with a win over UCLA — we just don’t know if ASU is any good yet because it hasn’t been tested at all — but star quarterback Taylor Kelly is likely out.

Last week: Fourth, Bye This week: Thursday vs. UCLA

FOOTBALL

The Texas transfer leads the Wildcats in receiving yards (475) and receiving touchdowns (six) this season.

Rose Bowl by rallying from a 20-0 halftime deficit to win 24-20.

In 2009, when Dykes was Arizona’s offensive coordinator, former Wildcat Nick Foles threw a pass on fourth down that was deflected, which Foles caught and threw to Delashaun Dean. However, it was ruled an illegal forward pass and Arizona, which was losing by two, lost when it was moved out of field goal range and failed on fourth down.

We’re (no longer) going streaking!

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Keeping up with the Joneses

or those who did not know, Monday was the birthday of legendary Arizona men’s basketball coach Lute Olson. The all-time winningest coach in program history celebrated his 80th birthday as Arizona fans everywhere wished him well.

Olson started his Arizona coaching career in the 1983-84 season and won over 20 games in just his second season. By the late 1980s, Olson led the Wildcats to a 35-3 record and established Arizona as a college basketball powerhouse.

Despite having the opportunity to leave Arizona multiple times for marquee programs like Kentucky, Olson chose to stay, and his lasting memory is largely based on that.

Specifically, Kentucky tried to pry Olson away in both 1985 and 1989.

Olson passed up on potentially career-altering jobs to stay and changed the entire landscape of the program. There wouldn’t be a 1997 NCAA Championship title or countless NBA stars coming from the program, or even Sean Miller, without Olson.

Speaking of Miller — who’s entering his sixth year at Arizona — there’s a chance that he could follow much of the same career path that Olson took.

In 2011, amid the retirement of longtime Maryland head coach Gary Williams, Maryland attempted to pry Miller away from Arizona. He had only been at Arizona for two years but Miller had just led the team to the Elite Eight .

Olson’s first Kentucky encounter came right after his second season at Arizona and Kentucky came calling again after his sixth year with the Wildcats. Likewise, Maryland came calling for Miller after his second season at Arizona.

The scenarios between Miller and Olson are eerily similar.

With all of Miller’s recent on and off the court success, high-level programs around the country are bound to inquire about his interest in leaving Arizona; almost identically to what Olson went through.

Miller has If Miller won more stays like games (129) through Olson his first five stayed, seasons than this Olson did success in the same will span (108) and, when continue. it’s all said and done, could have a similar legacy to Olson if he stays at Arizona.

Olson quickly became an institution and put the Wildcats on the same level as traditional powerhouses like Duke, North Carolina and Kentucky. In many ways, Miller has done the same thing.

The program was in shambles when Olson retired in 2007 and, as a native Tucsonan, the next two years were tough to watch. Among other things, Arizona’s streak of 25 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances ended, and UA fans were subjected to mediocrity — something that was wasn’t a thing under Olson.

That was until Miller arrived before the 2009-10 season and changed everything. His recruiting prowess was immediately evident, as his first recruiting class included Derrick Williams, Lamont Jones and Solomon Hill, also known as the trio that led Arizona to an Elite Eight appearance in Miller’s second year.

From there, Miller’s recruiting has taken college basketball by storm and puts him near Kentucky’s John Calipari and Kansas’ Bill Self as a top-level recruiter in the collegiate ranks. Miller has put together four consecutive top-10 recruiting classes according to ESPN. Recruiting prowess was also one of Olson’s calling cards. Among those whom Olson recruited were Steve Kerr, Sean Elliott, Damon Stoudamire, Sean Rooks and Reggie Geary.

For those who don’t know, these are some of the greatest players in Arizona history and were recruited all before the 1997 championship team and beyond. The NBA-level talent only increased from that point on.

Having two coaches on similar paths like Olson and Miller is a huge reason why Arizona basketball is as prominent as it is now. If Miller stays like Olson stayed, this success will continue for years to come.

As the saying goes: Arizona basketball never stops.

On Monday, the Pac-12 named Arizona redshirt sophomore receiver Cayleb Jones its Offensive player of the week.

Jones caught 13 passes for 186 yards and scored three touchdowns. The 186 yards is the 12th most in school history and his three touchdowns is tied for the UA record and leads the NCAA.

After Solomon finished with 46 yards rushing, freshman Nick Wilson with 33 and senior Terris Jones-Grigsby with 28, the Wildcats saw a streak end.

Arizona produced a 100-yard rusher in 20 consecutive games, a streak that tied the longest for any Football Bowl Subdivision team since 1996.

Current Chicago Bear Ka’Deem Carey started the streak by running for a Pac-12record 366 yards against Colorado on Nov. 10, 2012.

UA shares the mark with Nebraska, which had 20 from Oct. 9, 1999 to Dec. 30, 2000. Cal is third with 18 games in 2004-05.

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6. Colorado The Pac-12 is so deep that CU won, and yet it dropped to 12th in the Pac-12’s pecking order. The Buffaloes’ wins are against 0-4 UMass and 1-3 Hawaii, the Pac12’s punching bag.

Last week: Sixth, W vs. Hawaii 2112 This week: Saturday at Cal

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Is hard alcohol worse for you?

A. liquor is no different than what’s found in beer or wine – Maybe. Red Cup readers know that the alcohol in hard

there’s just more of it, ounce for ounce.

We’ve all heard that “Beer is good, but liquor’s quicker” (and could leave you sicker), which is what makes staying in your “sweet spot” (think social buzz) that much harder. Sure, you can overdo it with any kind of alcohol, but drifting off into the land of hangovers, drama, regrets – even a trip to the hospital or worse – is that much easier if your drink is 40% alcohol, compared to the 5% typically found in beer.

That higher concentration of alcohol makes measuring your drink even more important. Do this by skipping the “handle pulls” and, instead, using a shot glass or the bottom line/indentation found on many party cups to measure a single standard drink of liquor (1oz). Looking for an even easier strategy? Keep it simple by steering clear of the hard stuff altogether.

Choose drinks like beer, wine, or even a mixed drink with the alcohol dialed down to help regulate not only how much you drink, but how fast you drink it. It might just make your night out more fun, safe, and social – and who doesn’t want that?

Keep in mind that when drinking turns competitive, the alcohol almost always wins – especially when hard alcohol is involved.

Call us biased, but we think “handle pulls” make for a better American Ninja Warrior obstacle name, anyway.

Here at the UA, 38% of students didn’t drink in the past 30 days. Of those who do, 65% make their own drinks to limit their alcohol intake and 1 out of 3 avoid hard alcohol.

(2014 Health & Wellness Survey, n= 2,175)

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Bestsellers make banned books list “We really encourage people to report so that we can keep the statistics,” Pekoll said.

Since its inception in 1982, Banned Books Week has attempted to shed light on the numerous unreported attempts to censor public material. The origination of Banned Books Week coincides with a landmark ruling on censorship by the U.S. Supreme Court, in which a 5-4 vote ruled in favor of keeping books like Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five” in the school libraries of the Island Trees School District.

School boards may not remove books from school library shelves “simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books,” wrote Justice William J. Brennan Jr. in the majority opinion issued for Island Trees School District Board of Education vs. Pico.

Contemporary books are not the only victims of censorship, as the ALA has reported that 46 of the 100 books in Radcliffe’s list of the greatest novels of the 20th century have been challenged. These titles include classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “1984” and “The Grapes of Wrath.”

The list of the most frequently challenged books for 2014 will be released by the ALA in the spring of 2015.

BY Kevin C. Reagan The Daily Wildcat

The American Library Association’s annual Banned Books Week event works to educate the public on acts of censorship regarding books like Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants,” a children’s novel series about a school principal who scantily moonlights as a half-naked superhero.

These books are among others that were challenged in the 307 reports of attempted censorship in 2013. This is the second year in a row Pilkey’s series has topped the ALA’s list of most frequently challenged books in the United States.

The week of Sept. 21-27 marks the 32nd year the ALA has celebrated its annual Banned Books Week. Schools and libraries across the nation participate in various events to profile books like “Captain Underpants,” which frequently fall under the threat of being stricken from shelves.

According to the ALA, for every challenge reported to its Office of Intellectual Freedom, there are another four or five unreported challenges. The ALA defines a “challenge” as an official written request to remove material from a school or library on the basis of inappropriate content.

“We need to protect this civil right to read what we like,” said Kristin Pekoll, the assistant director of the Office of Intellectual Freedom.

Pekoll said the reason why many challenges go unreported each year is because of the fear teachers and librarians have for drawing attention to people censoring their material.

Banned Books Week is meant to offer support for teachers and librarians not sure how to handle someone challenging a book, Pekoll added.

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is another title on the ALA’s list of most frequently challenged books. Stephen Chbosky’s comingof-age tale about a quiet introvert fell under the scrutiny of Wharton High School in Tampa, Fla., because of its depiction of teenage drug use and sexual situations.

In June 2013, the school board of Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 returned Chbosky’s book to its schools after promising to notify parents in a letter about there being material with questionably mature content.

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“The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky, for sale at the UA Bookstore on Monday. The book is among the top-10 most challenged books for censorship, as reported by the American Library Association.

Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” has continuously been objected to because of its instances of masturbation and sexism. The book follows the experiences of a young Native American who is forced to assimilate into an all-white environment.

Skyview High School in Billings, Mt., challenged the book in 2013 by arguing that it “reinforces all the negative stereotypes” associated with Native Americans, and does so from a “crude, obscene and unfiltered viewpoint,” according to a report submitted to the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom.

Bowie documentary screens at The Loft

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has been subjected to potential censorship with her novel, “The Bluest Eye.” Another report received by the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom has a member of a school board in Columbus, Ohio, condemning Morrison’s book for having “an underlying socialist-communist agenda.”

From 2000 to 2009, the ALA received 5,099 challenges for censorship from across the nation. About 1,500 of these challenges were made for reasons of sexually explicit material, and about fifty percent of the challenges were made by parents.

10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2013:

1.“Captain Underpants” (series), by Dav Pilkey

2. “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison 3. “The Absolutely True Diary of a PartTime Indian,” by Sherman Alexie

4. “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E.L. James 5. “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins

6. “A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl,”

by Tanya Lee Stone

7. “Looking for Alaska,” by John Green 8. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky

9. “Bless Me Ultima,” by Rudolfo Anaya 10.“Bone” (series), by Jeff Smith

L ost in Translation The Daily Wildcat interviews an electrical engineering graduate student from India about his experiences in the United States thus far

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David Bowie, album shoot for Aladdin Sane, 1973.

BY Ivana Goldtooth

The Daily Wildcat The unique styles and costumes contained in the David Bowie Archive is just a sampling of what can be seen in the new documentary “David Bowie Is,” which will be playing one time only tonight at The Loft Cinema.

Jeff Yanc, the program director at The Loft Cinema, said that he’s very excited to see the documentary on screen, as he has been a big Bowie fan since childhood. Yanc’s excitement stems from Bowie’s ability to reinvent himself throughout the decades, and he thinks Bowie’s ability to remain interesting to his fans is aweinspiring.

Bowie explores all spectrums of musical innovation, so being a cultural icon comes as no surprise. From Ziggy Stardust to the experimental R&B/soul phase in the mid 1970s, Bowie has proven to be like a chameleon, adapting to different styles of the era.

More than 300 objects are featured in the archive, which conveys Bowie’s ubiquitous influence in art, film and contemporary culture. Together with the documentary, both will provide a sweeping overview of Bowie’s career and how he has impacted music culture.

“This new documentary, ‘David Bowie Is,’ will be very interesting in terms of the Bowie audience, because it’s not really a traditional music documentary or concert film but instead focuses on Bowie’s art, which is a whole other interesting aspect of his persona,” Yanc said.

The David Bowie Archive tips its hat to the artist’s progressive approach in integrating the visual arts and sound by arranging the

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Shemal Shroff, a foreign exchange student from India and a first-year electrical engineering graduate student, talks about the differences between living in India and the U.S. outside the Student Union Memorial Center on Monday. According to Shroff, the education system in India is different than in the U.S.

exhibition so that during the tour, the audio changes from room to room to show different aspects of Bowie.

“I think the key thing of Bowie is that he is a personality that is able to change, always, not only by his looks, of course, but by his sounds,” said Tim Renner, a music producer, journalist and author.

Bowie’s ability to constantly reinvent himself remains a source of admiration from all, including Yanc, along with his ability to stay relevant to the era and trends and interesting to the public over the past several decades.

To show how popular or how fascinating Bowie is to the people of Tucson, Yanc said that earlier in the year, the Loft screened two of his concert films and the 1986 feature film “Labyrinth” in the Cult Classics series in October. The film is consistently one of the most popular cult films that is shown at the Loft Cinema — an indication that Bowie still fascinates a lot of people.

Fun side note: most of the music and songs in “Labyrinth” were written and performed

by David Bowie himself. Not only does he act, but Bowie sings and composed the music for the film.

The Loft will also raffle some items off that a Bowie fan will appreciate, such as a hardcover companion book to the documentary and a Bowie vinyl picture disc.

The documentary will be screened today at 7 p.m. at The Loft. Visit in-person for tickets or reserve them over the phone.

— Follow Ivana Goldtooth @goldiechik93

BY Kevin C. Reagan

The Daily Wildcat Opening its doors to numerous foreign exchange students every semester, the UA is a mosaic of cultural diversity. The purpose of this column is to profile the thoughts and opinions about the campus environment, but from the perspective of one of these non-American students. Shemal Shroff is an electrical engineering graduate student from India who first arrived to the United States nine months ago. This outdoors adventurer longs for the food of his homeland, and shares with the Daily Wildcat some of the observations he’s made about American culture.

Daily Wildcat: Why did you choose to study in Arizona?

Shemal Shroff: I’m a big biking and hiking guy, and so I knew this would be a place to do that. I got into four other universities, but based on the courses offered here, I chose [the UA].

Is the Tucson landscape very different from India?

In terms of city, it’s pretty much the same … except there’s much more barren land here and everything is much more spread out.

What has been one of the biggest culture shocks?

I was standing at a junction of a street and I was like ‘should I go or not,’ and my friend told me that the cars had to stop for when you’re crossing. I was just really surprised by that.

Is the education system different in India?

Yes, completely different. In India you have one classroom with one professor and here you have to move from building to building. I’m not saying our curriculum is bad, but here the assignments are really time-consuming. Back in India, there’s always Wikipedia.

What were some of your perceptions of America before arriving?

From everything I’ve seen in sitcoms and movies, everyone here seemed very chilled out.

I find everyone here is social.

Are people not very social in India?

It’s getting to be more relaxed.

Why is that?

The Internet. You can step out of your bubble and start getting to know people. Everyone just wants to make connections in their personal life and private life.

Have you done any sight-seeing?

I’ve been to three states: California, Nevada and Utah. I’ve been to the canyons on a hiking trip. I hope to do more road trips … that’s how I relax.

What are some things you hear Americans talk about, but don’t understand?

I’ve learned a couple of things … like tailgating. But I didn’t find anything really strange, so I didn’t have to blend in very much.

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