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cross the country, newsrooms of all shapes and sizes are struggling to survive. The rise of digital media, and its financial model, or lack thereof, combined with an unprecedented assault on the industry from numerous forces, have left journalism in a precarious position.

And it’s not only professional outlets that are feeling the pinch. At universities and community colleges, from Florida to California, student journalists and their advisors are finding their publications under threat.

In response, The Independent Florida Alligator began the #SaveStudentNewsrooms movement to highlight the critical need for media outlets at all levels to not only remain operational, but to do so without sacrificing editorial integrity.

The Daily Wildcat is joining this call for many reasons. We have seen the impact of a shrinking news industry firsthand, and we understand the vital role our industry plays in keeping a society well-informed.

Many publications have already been forced to cut back on print days, or go online only; some have been closed down completely.

This not only has a chilling effect on spreading useful information to the public, but also allows greater opportunity for corruption or incompetence to proliferate unchecked.

Like many other organizations nationwide, we too have endured money woes. For decades, The Wildcat has worked tirelessly to stay financially self-sufficient. That’s become increasingly difficult with significant decreases in incoming revenue — both from local business and university-related advertising.

This influenced our decision to reduce the print product from five times per week just a few years ago, to only once per week today. Additionally, the budget to pay our student staff has been slashed by thousands of dollars annually, and the full-time professional staff who support hundreds of students working at The Wildcat and our student media counterparts at KAMP Student Radio and UATV-3, has been reduced.

Other student media organizations have been hit even harder. Papers have been shut down, or been forced to abandon their print offerings to save money.

Some believe the solution is to fold student media in

with existing journalism programs, to place the full weight of the school or college behind the struggling publications and stations.

Southern Methodist University recently folded its independent student newspaper, The Daily Campus, under its journalism school. Its last print issue will run in May, and its editorial board has expressed fears its publishing freedom may be compromised.

What these student media outlets might gain in stability from being brought under an official university program, they could lose in editorial independence.

The importance of a media organization, whether it’s professional or student run, to not be under anyone’s thumb cannot be overstated. Without freedom to criticize or praise those who deserve it, or highlight important stories which could negatively impact audiences, publications become little more than marketing tools.

While journalism schools and programs clearly understand the value of editorial independence, it can’t be assumed that administrators or professors wouldn’t feel pressed or compelled to run or kill stories based on fear or favor. This simply can’t be allowed to happen.

Even if students are able to maintain their publishing liberty while operating under the auspices of an official journalism program, the perception of control still exists.

Outside audiences will assume, rightfully so, that content is being manipulated in some way by a higher power.

The Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics reminds us that news organizations and employees “should avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived.”

Therefore, whether or not a student media organization’s editorial independence is violated is irrelevant; what matters is the perception of a possible conflict, created when outside interests are given control.

Furthermore, student media outlets offer an opportunity to work in the field, getting hands-on experience that is available nowhere else. We decide what will run in our paper, what stories our audiences need to know about and what they want to see as well.

When independent student journalists succeed, they own those triumphs. When we make mistakes, we learn and grow from those experiences and become even better reporters, designers, editors, producers and photographers as a result.

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All these moments are part of the development of our professional careers, and unreplicable in any other environment.

But more important than what the closing or castrating of independent student media means for those in the industry is what it means for audiences and the public at large.

Without these organizations, there will be fewer platforms for people to tell their stories, fewer voices being amplified and less representation of what campuses and communities truly are.

A reduction in journalists equates to a reduction of accountability for those in power, a loss of watchdogs whose sole responsibility is to find injustices and expose them for the whole world to see.

Regardless of one’s opinion of a particular news organization or journalist, the need for independent media to exist is undeniable. Information created by a paid interest for the purpose of changing or forming an opinion isn’t news — it’s propaganda.

The movement to #SaveStudentNewsrooms can’t stop with those of us in the industry; it must be continued by everyone who understands the vitality of a free press.

We are grateful for the opportunity to inform and entertain our audiences, as our student staffs have done for more than 100 years. All we want is the chance to continue doing so for many years to come, without looking over our shoulders or at our ledgers.

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We are asking everyone to support this cause. Our newsroom will continue to serve as a voice for students, employees and the community who need us. But now we need you to fight for us.

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UA students take on gallery project Student-run pop-up exhibit explores desert themes through multi-medium artwork

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Inspired by art galleries across the nation, UA sophomore Cammy Stevenson put together her own pop-up art show in Tucson.

Stevenson, along with other UA students and community artists, displayed their works at The Elysian Grove Market, a historic bed and breakfast with space that is rented out.

The Elysian Grove Market Pop-Up Show + Sale was free and open to the public and took place April 13. It featured six different local and student artists who displayed and sold their artwork in the gallery show: Adela Antoinette, Valerie Galloway, Eli Giclas, Johanna Robin Hand, Isabel Molla and Ben Rosethal.

The artists showcased some of their favorite pieces ranging in mediums from photography to canvas print.

Stevenson discovered her passion for art and being “a fanatic for visiting galleries” at a young age. Her grandfather, who would fly her out to New York to take her around to galleries and museums, gave her experiences which helped her decide her area of study: art history and finance.

This inspired Stevenson to learn more about the art that she remembers so fondly going to see while also learning the financial background it takes to possibly open her own art gallery one day.

Taking art classes at the UA from professor Brooke Grucella, who is the curator of the Lionel Rombach and Joseph Gross Galleries on campus, also helped Stevenson learn how to put together and manage a working gallery space.

The Elysian Grove Market Pop-Up Show + Sale is Stevenson’s final project for Grucella’s class. Putting together the details, getting into contact with artists and handling the finances gave Stevenson the experience she hoped to gain.

“I really wanted to make this show about how Tucson is inspiring in a lot of different ways,” Stevenson said.

“Everyone’s practices are heavily rooted in either being from Tucson or living in the desert.”

After renting the space, which encompassed the “perfect desert theme” Stevenson was aiming for, she contacted local Tucson artists who would be willing to be part of the one night show and sale.

Eli Giclas, a senior student at the UA

currently working on a BFA in design, is one of the student artists that was featured in the pop-up show. Giclas was inspired to pursue an art degree after changing majors multiple times, finally to take a step back and realize that art was his real calling.

“I have always been interested in art and messing around with computer animation,” Giclas said.

His inspiration was his grandmother, a molecular biologist and artist who opened Giclas’ eyes to the world of art and making art into a career.

“I think the [art] community in a big way is what has helped me along my path,” Giclas said.

Becoming settled in the art community and taking classes with some of the art faculty at the UA has pushed Giclas to become a better artist. Getting feedback and constructive criticism from professors in the design program has helped Giclas develop his artwork and grow.

“One of the things that I really value in taking classes is not only do they push you in a way that makes you feel like what you’re doing is right for yourself and successful,” Giclas said. “But they give you criticism that comes from a perspective of someone who has worked in the design field for a long time.”

Stevenson reached out to Giclas through a BFA art show at the UA, where his artwork was featured. She liked his art style, inviting him to be a part of her final project pop-up show.

Giclas prepared and showed artwork that ranged from paintings on wood panels to charcoal art. His favorite piece that went up in the pop-up show was a woodblock carving that he has been working on and was “very excited to see exhibited.”

“It’s really validating to see my work get put up in galleries,” Giclas said. “I’m really happy with what [Stevenson] put together.”

Another local Tucson artist that was featured in the art exhibition is Adela Antoinette. As an alumnus of the UA, Antoinette received a BFA degree in Studio Art – Visual Communications with an emphasis in illustration in 2016.

Since graduating from the UA, Antoinette has worked with local companies producing illustrations and showing her artwork in several shows/galleries.

Antoinette has had her work shown in several shows in Tucson and worked with Edible Baja Arizona Magazine illustrating for their homestead section.

One of her favorite moments was having an eleven-piece collection of

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THE POPUP EXHIBIT at the Elysian Grove Market showcased multi-medium art from UA students.

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THE ARTWORK ON DISPLAY at the pop-up exhibit April 13 expressed a “Southwest Desert” theme.

self-portraits, where she painted on her own body, displayed in a solo gallery show with a great turnout.

Stevenson came into contact with Antoinette through Instagram, which led her to reach out and ask her to be a part of this pop-up show.

Antoinette has been working on a Cacti Oasis Series. One of the pieces in the series is called “Sobre Madera” which is a cactus painted in acrylic and then translated onto wood, that “connects with Tucson and desert inspiration.”

“It gives me an opportunity to

showcase some of the fine art work that I do,” Antoinette said.

Bringing different artists together to connect through similar art styles and inspirations is what Stevenson wanted to showcase. By putting together the show all by herself, this exhibition was something unique to Tucson and to the artists that are participating, according to Stevenson.

“It’s really great, how as an artist you can take any inspiration and display that in a lot of different ways,” Stevenson said.

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SPORTS | FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

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ARIZONA FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Marcel Yates (left) and head coach Kevin Sumlin (right) watch the UA football team warm up before a scrimmage in the spring football season on Saturday, April 7 at Arizona Stadium.

Yates looks to pick up where he left off

BY DAVID SKINNER @daveyskins_

As he cut his teeth at his alma mater, Boise State, Marcel Yates established himself as a crucial cog to one of the winningest college football programs of this century.

Now entering the spring of his third season at Arizona as the defensive coordinator, Yates looks to guide his defense from a young and overachieving unit, to a disciplined and mature one that can establish balance to a team that is already primed with a lethal offense.

“They ran the system for a year so now they understand it. They know it,” Yates said. “Now I’m not coaching up the scheme. We are coaching them more about what the offense is trying to do to beat us with whatever we’re calling.”

As the new staff settles in, the positions off the field are the only ones that have been decided. With the majority of the Arizona staff echoing a fresh start regarding the depth chart, Yates was no different.

“If a guy didn’t play as well as we thought he should play, I didn’t want him to have that over him. Because everybody gets a second chance,” Yates said. “A guy might perform better under one than he does another.”

Yates explained that his role is more

of giving input about how each player works and how they are outside of the football field.

As the action on the field goes on, what this new Arizona staff is doing off it might be just as important as they establish the foundation (as to what kind of recruits and targets the staff will be going after.)

After spending two years under Sumlin at Texas A&M, Yates was part of a staff that went toe-to-toe recruiting-wise with in-state rival Texas and brand new SEC West foes like LSU, Alabama and Ole Miss — and Yates held his own.

With Sumlin’s connections, Yates looks to take Arizona’s recruiting to the next level.

“The thing with Coach Sumlin is with his connections to Texas and Oklahoma... I would think our recruiting will go up to another level as far as the guys we are going after — the head coaches they know. Those relationships, those connections will help us out,” Yates said.

As Yates and Sumlin team-up in the Old Pueblo, the accustomed duo has a real chance to launch Arizona to heights which haven’t been seen around Tucson since Tedy Bruschi was terrorizing Pac10 quarterbacks with his mullet trailing behind him.

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NEWS | EDUCATORS TAKE A STAND

College of Education supports Red For Ed With walk-in protests planned for schools across the state, teachers their thoughts on the state of education in Arizona and the future of the profession

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Educators in the College of Education will participate in a walk-in at noon every Wednesday for the rest of April to show their support for the Red For Ed movement, a grassroots movement started by the coalition Arizona Eductors United to encourage solidarity between teachers.

This comes after Gov. Doug Ducey promised to give teachers a 20-percent raise over four years on April 12.

“As the kind of people who are teaching future teachers, working with current teachers … it was really important to make a statement that the UA College of Education and especially the Teaching Learning and Sociocultural studies department supports the movement,” said Aubrey Neihaus, a graduate student who helped organize the walk-in.

To Neihaus and other students, the public has not dug into the details of Ducey’s announcement.

“It seems like the demands of the movement are being met when they’re not,” Neihaus said.

Neihaus, who educates future elementary math teachers, has discussed the movement in her classes and said her students know the “deck is stacked against them.”

“The young adults who are getting into this profession are well aware of [the funding issues],” Neihaus said. “That’s a tough position to be in, especially those of us who are here teaching them and trying to prepare them for this work.”

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To make ends meet, Anderson tutors an additional three hours after school every day to pay for rent, put money into savings and have enough money for other activities.

For her, the funding is about the students.

“Of course I would love more pay for us, but more importantly, more funding for the students,” Anderson said. “They’ve taken a hit, and they notice it. They discuss all the time how our books are old, even simple things like our fields don’t have grass, there’s no equipment or anything … so if a room of 10-year-olds is noticing it, it’s pretty awful.”

Other UA families are thinking of splitting up because they can’t afford to live in Arizona with teacher wages.

“It’s a question that no family should have to face,” said Brandon Bales, a current doctorate student in anthropology. “You shouldn’t have to be asking yourself, ‘Should we divide up our family so we can achieve our goals or so we can make ends meet?’”

Bales and his wife, Annika Kronmiller-Bales, have three kids to support. Kronmiller-Bales, a teacher, is considering moving to get a raise.

“I have a job offer in another state that makes $15,000 more than here,” she said. “And we’ve been debating if me and the girls move away because we’ll be able to afford that. My heart is here; I want to be all together; I love Tucson … I don’t want to feel like I have to make that choice to split my family up, but it’s something we have to consider.”

Kronmiller-Bales has been teaching since 2004 and taught in two other states before Arizona, where she received far more pay. She is stressed because, in addition to providing for her family, she needs to pay for her own

classroom supplies out of pocket, which she believes should already be provided.

“Just last month, I spent $300 out of pocket,” Kronmiller-Bales said. “I’ve had panic attacks for the last few years being here because I just want to provide. I don’t have a lavish lifestyle, but I want to be able to pay for the basics for my family and not go into debt on a credit card for that.”

Other recent graduates love their jobs, but some would deter future graduates from working in Arizona right now.

“I wouldn’t honestly recommend to people right now to become a teacher in Arizona,” said Rebecca Edelman, a 2011 graduate who is in her sixth year of teaching.

Edelman now lives with her husband, but before she was married, she had to live with a

roommate because she couldn’t afford to live on her own.

“Before I was married, I lived with my sister in college, and I tried to move out by myself,” Edelman said. “I could not afford to live by myself.”

Other teachers have side jobs to support their teaching job.

“I have a side job in photography, which makes it easier,” said Jenna Horist, a 2016 graduate. “Without photography, I would be super stressed out.”

Considering the political atmosphere and the missing funding, Neihaus encouraged everyone to show their support.

“Whatever it is that these teachers are up against, it’s important that they be supported,” Neihaus said.

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NEWS | MILITARY MANEUVERS

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UA ROTC CADETS BEFORE taking off on a Black Hawk helicopter as part of their training on Thursday, April 12. They spent a weekend in Flagstaff to do field training excerises, develop leadership and sharpen their skills.

ROTC battalion gets drop-off from Black Hawk

BY VICTOR GARCIA @VicGarcia96

and happens at Fort Knox, Kentucky,” Caraccio said.

Students in the ROTC program are offered a wide variety of opportunities for training and experience prior to being admitted into any branch of the military.

“I think this is a pretty awesome opportunity not a lot of cadets get,” Macias said.

The University of Arizona’s ROTC battalion laced up its boots and fired up a UH“But this is something I got through ROTC, and that’s just the fun part. What I want 60 Black Hawk on April 12 to complete a field training exercise in Flagstaff over to do in the actual Army is be an armor officer; I want to drive some tanks.” the weekend.

In Flagstaff, for one night, the cadets slept in the woods in 23-degree weather.

The Wildcat Battalion deployed to Flagstaff for three days to work on team “We were later woken at around 3 in the morning to participate in land building, leadership development and field training exercises. navigation,” Macias said. “It was quite interesting doing all this in minus-5-degree “They [did] platoon tactical operations with cadets from all [the] other ROTC [Celsius] weather; it really makes one appreciate Tucson.” university programs in Arizona,” said Capt. Jeff Caraccio.

Cadets proceeded farther into the woods at 0700 for Situational Training The flight and drills were far from easy for the cadets.

Exercises, which consisted of moving close to a mile through rolling hills and “In Flagstaff, they’ll be looking at our land navigation skills and really refining thick vegetation. our skills,” said ROTC junior cadet Kendall “We then executed our mission and moved Johnson. “We are camping this summer on to the next one,” Macias said. “Saturday where we will be assessed to be admitted into evening, we rucked with around 40 pounds of the military.” gear for about five miles back to the barracks Aside from the fun the Wildcat Battalion for a hot shower and food. Finally, we were had at 6,000 feet elevation in Flagstaff, the allowed to sleep for a full night and indoors.” excitement among the cadets in anticipation After a long weekend of rough and intense — ABELARDO MACIAS, BATTALION CADET of boarding the Black Hawk was palpable. training, cadets hopped up into their rides The added bonus of showing up against other and flew back home Sunday morning. schools in a helicopter helped, too.

“I met a lot of great people on my training,” Macias said. “Of course there was that For junior cadet Abelardo Macias, it was important to arrive to the competition in rivalry between cadets, but once we got past that, we acted as a single unit and were style since first impressions matter, especially in the military. able to accomplish missions.”

“The hype is real,” Macias said. “Once we get off that helicopter, those other According to the cadets, battalions leave with stronger bonds and sharper skills. schools will be very jealous.”

Student cadets are challenged in, and out, of the classroom to later serve their According to Caraccio, cadets were immersed in events ranging from land country after their awaited commissioning ceremony. navigation and obstacle and confidence courses to automatic weapons fire “Instead of just getting a major or just being here to learn, ROTC lets you seek familiarization and a paintball competition. out those opportunities to be a leader and to be in charge of people,” Johnson said.

Some cadets used the event as a benchmark to prepare them for a leadership “This really prepares you for the real world before you’re in college and before you program. During the summer, ROTC students are admitted into a five-week course have a job. You’re basically working toward your goals the second you start the for cadet evaluation and training.

“This course normally takes place between your junior and senior years of college program.”

“

I think this is a pretty awesome opportunity not a lot of cadets get.”

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hy settle for Batman when we have Robbins? I think our university president is amazing for many reasons, not the least of which is that he has actual superpowers. He made this evident during the Zona Zoo pep rally on campus last week.

Just like in any superhero story, it all started with a group of happy, unassuming citizens. On Alumni Plaza, the pep band played songs from their Bruno Mars show, and of course, the classics like “Born to be Wild(cats!).” The Zona Zoo tent gave away not one, but TWO free slices of pizza to anyone who wanted some (me!). Coach Sumlin was taking pictures and getting to know students.

It would have been a perfect moment if the temperature wasn’t approaching 300 degrees.

And then (dun dun dun…)

“Brother” Dean Saxton’s crew showed up. By this time, the cheerleaders were out dancing to the pep band’s music.

When the music stopped, the three men (in ‘Women are slaves’ shirts) started harassing the cheerleaders.

“Go back to your brothel,” one of them yelled.

The cheerleaders stood there, poised and smiling, not looking at the men. The crowd grew uncomfortable. The cheerleaders weren’t allowed to act, so we wanted to defend them.

One man in a red UA polo tried to get Dean’s crew to stop. “We’re not talking to you,” they yelled at him. A Catholic freshman tried talking to them too, but they shut her down as well, saying “you obviously haven’t read the bible because you’re a spoiled and loud woman!”

Because of the agitators, the band tried to limit the time they weren’t playing, but every time a song ended, we could hear the insults.

The situation looked hopeless. But it wasn’t. Somewhere far away, President Dr. Robert Robbins was alerted. No, he didn’t need some kind of bat-signal; he felt the pangs of our distress in the depths of his heart.

He made a grand entrance into the middle of the scene on his incredibly large golf cart, the coolest super-vehicle since the Batmobile.

It was equipped with the perfect munitions to disarm Saxton’s group. President Robbins

pressed a button, and “Fight, Wildcats Fight” blasted through the speakers.

Saxton and his cronies didn’t know what to do for almost two minutes. The crowd was elated at the turn of events. Everyone started clapping to the song. President Robbins started talking with the cheerleaders.

Obviously, at this point Robbins had successfully beaten Dean Saxton. The men tried restarting their yelling, calling to their new target, “how many cheerleaders have you slept with!?” But they didn’t matter anymore.

For the moment, the focus was shifted away from them, and everything was good.

I’ve never seen anyone quiet Saxton like Robbins did. But that’s not Robbins’ only superpower.

Have you seen him on campus? I mean, if you’re ever on campus, you probably have. I have seen him six times already, he’s made time to say hello to me on three occasions, and I’ve heard of his presence in the area probably a dozen times otherwise.

How could he possibly be so present?

Aren’t university presidents really busy with administrative work, fundraising, creating strategic plans for the school and other president-y stuff? I mean, their salary makes me think they must be pretty busy. Our old president always seemed too busy for us students. So, he must have some kind of cloning powers, or timewarping powers. Maybe he has the best power of all—being able to do work really, really fast.

Or possibly, he just has different priorities than our old president.

Maybe students on campus are actually really important to him, and he makes it a point that we know it.

It means a lot to me. I love feeling like my school wants more from me than a dollarsfor-degree transaction. The most special thing about President Robbins flying in on his golf cart is that he was there, experiencing campus like I experience it. He has made himself part of the university’s community, and he has shown us that a president can be more than a name we vaguely know.

So what if Robbins doesn’t actually have superpowers? Neither does Batman.

— Toni Marcheva is a sophomore whose favorite thing about UA is its community.

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NEWS | TOP EMPLOYEE PAY

Salary database: A window into employee pay Median employee salary is up and above the state average, and Leigh Neumayar, UA’s highest-paid female employee, makes more than former UA President Ann Hart

BY RANDALL ECK @reck999

According to the University of Arizona’s 2017–2018 salary report, the university spends over $875 million on faculty and staff salaries.

Since the UA uses public tax dollars for its expenditures, the university is obliged to make public the salaries of all UA employees public. The Daily Wildcat filed a public records request to obtain the full salary database.

Are you interested in seeing where your tuition or tax dollars are going? The Daily Wildcat has posted the full database online at dailywildcat.com, and it includes all

1. Former football head

coach Rich Rodriguez was the highest-paid employee, earning $2,475,000 during the 2018 fiscal year

2. Sean Miller received a

$100,000 raise, the same as the previous year

3. UA President Dr. Robert

Robbins is the fifth highestpaid employee on campus with a base salary of $800,000

4. UA’s highest-paid female

employee is Leigh Neumayar, interim senior vice president of Health Sciences and department head of surgery

12,124 UA employees, from deans to graduate students.

This year’s database has been released under the auspices of a Title IX lawsuit claiming pay inequities at the UA and the departure and payout of high-profile athletic coaches.

The lawsuit filed by former Honors College Dean Patricia MacCorquodale accused the UA of underpaying women employees, particularly female deans.

Another UA dean has joined the lawsuit, and pay equity has become a prominent issue in recent faculty governance elections.

The raw data provided by the UA did not include data points for gender. Short of searching each name using the UA’s directory, that means the database can’t be arranged

Rodriguez is followed by men’s basketball head coach Sean Miller, who made $2,200,000. Both received their full salaries for the year and were not paid with any state funds.

Rodriguez recieved an additional buyout of $6.28 million upon his firing.

Miller will be the highest-paid employee next year as new football head coach Kevin Sumlin’s salary will start at $2 million but grow to a UA-record $3.5 million.

Robbins’ base salary is $300,000 more than former President Ann Weaver Hart, who barely made the top 25 highestpaid employees list last year.

Robbins is also given additional money in the form of stipends from the University of Arizona Foundation and at-risk compensation from the Arizona Board of Regents.

After receiving a $145,000 raise, Neumayar jumped from the fifth highest-paid employee to the third on campus, making $870,000, second only to the major sports coaches.

9. Look at the data yourself

and send us what you find

to sort male as opposed to female salaries.

This database offers raw insights into how the university pays its employees and, on a deeper level, reveals what the UA values.

The database was compiled earlier this year, and so does not reflect the departure of former UA football head coach Rich Rodriguez, who was the highest paid UA employee for many years. He is still listed as the UA’s highest earner.

It also does not reflect the new hires made at the UA throughout the year, including the addition last week of Dr. Michael Dake as the new senior vice president of Health Sciences.

Here is our top nine takeaways for the 2018 fiscal year.

This is down from 2017’s difference of $1,833 more than the state average, according to Department of Commerce statistics.

This is an increase from last year’s 1,917, which represented just shy of 19 percent of full-time employees.

The other 15 work in administration as deans of colleges or vice presidents or athletics.

Typically, employees are paid different amounts depending on the field they are in, with STEM fields at the top of the pay grade and liberal arts at the lower end of the scale.

Compared to last year, UA’s database shows 950 less full-time employees.

Due to minimum wage laws, sometimes employers cut back from having as many fulltime employees so they wouldn’t have to pay as much.

Universitiestend to be different and have more freedom to hire.

Also, watch out for future stories, where we will dig deeper into the data.

5. The median salary for

full-time UA employees is $54,797, which is $1,239 above the state median income of $53,558

6. 1,988 of UA’s 10,087

full-time employees — 19.7 percent — make over $100,000 annually

7. Out of the top 100 paid

employees, only 15 do not work at either the UA’s College of Medicine or the Department of Health Sciences

8. 10,087 of UA’s 12,124

employees — 83.2 percent — represented in this year’s database are full-time employees

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LUTE OLSON STATUE

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BY MAX COHEN @MaxCohen_DW

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he University of Arizona honored former men’s basketball coach Lute Olson on April 12 with a statue of the coach standing outside the McKale Center, the arena in which Olson solidified his legacy as one of college basketball’s best coaches.

The unveiling took place outside of the Jim Click Hall of Champions and the statue stands outside the Eddie Lynch Athletics Pavilion. Arizona athletic director Dave Heeke and Lute Olson were on hand, among others, for the ceremony.

When Coach “O” had his turn to speak, he was greeted with a standing ovation.

“I’m honored and humbled at this recognition,” Olson said, before adding, “I just wonder if they got the hair right.”

They got the hair right.

Prior to Olson’s speech, the crowd of donors, letter winners, basketball team managers, and other coaches in the athletic department heard from athletic director Dave Heeke and former players Pete Williams, Matt Meuhlebach, and Damon Stoudamire.

Williams, a junior college transfer, played for Arizona during Olson’s first two seasons. Williams cited Olson’s toughness as one of the reasons he was so successful. Williams told a story about how Olson tried teaching

the pick ‘n roll by example with an assistant coach. Matt Meuhlebach, a member of the ‘87-’88 Final Four team, spoke about Olson’s legacy. He talked about his teammate Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, and how Kerr runs a 3-2 conditioning drill with the Warriors that Kerr calls the, ‘Lute Olson Drill.’

Damon Stoudamire recalled a meeting he had with Olson and Khalid Reeves. It was in that meeting, according to Stoudamire, that Olson decided to run his offense through his guards. Thus, Guard U was born. Olson decided to make the switch because Stoudamire and Reeves were the ‘Cats best players.

“Damn right we’re the best players!”

Stoudamire said he recalled thinking — but not saying out loud at the time.

Heeke compared the statue unveiling to hanging a banner inside the arena, and called the day a, “championship day.”

A motif throughout all three of the players’ addresses was the family aspect brought to the program by Lute and his late wife Bobbi and his current wife Kelly. Heeke echoed that sentiment at the ceremony.

“Coach (Olson) and Kelly were two of the people that I first visited with.

I’ll be honest, for someone who has observed him from afar and in a sense idolized him, to feel his presence in the room that you’re in is pretty awe inspiring for me,” Heeke said.

“But then you sit down, and he’s just a regular person that has great stories and is so passionate about what basketball is all about, and really loves this university.”

Dozens of other former players were in attendance, which Heeke stated was a priority when deciding the reveal date. When asked about how easy it was to get so many players back to Tucson, Heeke simply pointed towards Olson.

“That’s because of him; that’s the tie, the bond, the family that makes this place special,” Heeke said.

In 24 seasons as Arizona’s head coach, Olson led the ‘Cats to 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, 11 Pac-10 titles, four Final Fours, and Arizona’s lone National Championship in 1997. The statue is being dedicated 30 years after the 1988 Final Four, the first in school history.

leaves no hair

BY EDDIE CELAYA @reporterEddie

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o one is quite sure when the idea for a statue of the University of Arizona’s greatest basketball coach got started.

Depending on who you ask, you’ll get a range of answers and timelines.

According to Jeremy Sharpe, associate athletic director of communication services, it’s something that the athletics department has had in the works for a while.

Omri Amrany, co-owner and co-founder of the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt & Amrany and codesigner of the Olson statue with artist Jessica LoPresti, said that the amount of time was certainly healthy.

“I’d been intrigued by the idea of a statue [of Olson] for about 15 years,” he said. “For years, I tried and tried.”

Olson’s statue, which stands outside the Hall of Champions on the north side of McKale Center, reportedly cost $300,000, according to a UA Athletics press release. It depicts the former coach waving to a faraway crowd with the 1997 NCAA National Championship trophy in his other arm.

When Amrany and his wife, Julie Rotblatt-Amrany, co-founder and co-owner of Rotblatt — Amrany, found out the firm had been awarded the commission on the statue, it caught them off guard.

out of place “The architect called and said ‘you are the studio,’” Amrany said.

“It was a big surprise, and we got right to work.”

After taking a look at Rotblatt — Amrany’s portfolio of past works, it’s evident the UA did its due diligence. The firm is behind some of the most famous sculptures of athletes both in the U.S. and around the world.

Some of the firm’s past works include statues of former Los Angeles Lakers stars Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal outside of the Staples Center in LA. Closer to home, a statue of Pat Tillman, a former NFL player, army ranger and ASU graduate who passed away in 2004, was designed by the firm and sits outside the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Perhaps the firm’s most famous piece, a 16-foot-tall sculpture called “The Spirit: Michael Jordan,” rests outside the United Center in Chicago. Much like the iconic “Jumpman” logo depicted on Nike gear for decades, the statue finds Jordan seemingly suspended in mid-air, arms stretched, legs spread wide and preparing to dunk on a witless

defender (probably Byron Russell).

It’s the element of perceived movement and action that sets Amrany’s firm apart.

“People are really drawn to the sculptures because of that illusion of suspension of gravity,” Amrany said. “There is something about the form — our pieces were gutsy.”

For the Olson statue, that perceived movement and sense of place would prove more difficult, according to Amrany. Olson wasn’t exactly known for high-wire acrobatics around the basket — his statue would remain planted on the ground.

Additionally, choosing the right image to capture the essence and spirit of Olson proved difficult.

“We used, for this portraiture, 44 images to bring it to approval,” Amrany said, explaining the process of meticulously modeling and remodeling. “It took us about four months.”

After the image of Olson was settled on, Rotblatt-Amrany sent the design to a foundry in Phoenix to have the statue cast.

“We have six or seven foundries across the country we use to cast our statues, it all depends where the work is going,” Amrany said.

However, much like Jordan’s

ubiquitous tongue, Olson did possess one universally recognized physical quality: his magnificent mane of silver-white hair. Amrany said he wanted to make sure he captured that.

During the ribbon cutting ceremony held for the unveiling of the statue last Friday, Olson and many former players and current administrators were present. They all seemed to think the statue got Olson just right.

Right after the statue was unveiled, Olson said a few words.

Half-turning to the statue, he offered his analysis of the piece.

“They got the hair right,” he said.

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LUTE OLSON, FORMER BASKETBALL coach for the University of Arizona, is referred to as one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time and is a seven-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year. He gave a speech about his time coaching for the school before a statue of Olson was unveiled at the Eddie Lynch Athletics Pavilion on April 12.

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NEWS | SPEECH AND DEBATE CLUB

Debate fate: the final competition

BY MARQUIES WHITE @marquies_white

he said. “I’m inspired about what this next generation will be if this is how they want to spend their time. Seeing how into knowledge my students are is The University of Arizona Speech definitely pleasing to me.” and Debate club is about to host its Rya Nelson, a sophomore double final competition of the semester. majoring in communications and The UA Speech and Debate Club has law, and Ashley Fredde, a sophomore put its members up against each other majoring in journalism, said they have this semester in debates about topical enjoyed their time with the club. issues from online dating to protesting “The club has been a really good to privacy. experience,” Nelson said. “I think it’ll Since April 10, club members help me in pursuing my career of being have been debating in a tournament an attorney.” scheduled to end with a final Fredde echoed that sentiment: competition at the beginning of May. “The club is relatively new, but I’m The club hopes for a large turnout, as super excited to be a part of it, and it’s the audience at the debates ultimately going really well.” decides the winning team.

The club welcomes students who The final round is May 2 at 5 p.m. are new to debating and have no The two topics to be discussed are prior debate “Religion experience. unenlightens “About I can’t believe that what they us” and half of the “Campuses want to do with their spare time students that are required, is research. I’m inspired about stayed with not just the club had allowed, what this next generation will be zero debating to offend.” if this is how they want to experience,” These McLoof said. spend their time.” debates will “A majority take place them are at the ENR2 — TED MCLOOF, SPEECH AND of the ones who building.

DEBATE CLUB ADVISOR are still in the Ted tournament McLoof, a and advancing.” senior lecturer of English, is the club’s The Speech and Debate Club has adviser. big plans for the future, planning to “We assign the students each topic introduce a UA Debate Series in the and the affirmative or negative role, 2018–2019 academic year. but the students do all of the research,” “The UA Debate Series will entail McLoof said. “They figure out how nine public forums throughout they’re going to argue it, how they’re the academic year, in which other going to interpret the resolutions and universities within the region will the entire case construction.” travel to compete with our members McLoof said the club can help as they discuss current events,” improve students’ public speaking, McLoof said. “The community, both research and critical-thinking skills.

UA-affiliated and not, are welcome to “Regardless of what field they go attend as we compete.” into, these skills can benefit them,” So far, the club has been able to he said. “Unlike other debate teams, attract a collection of institutions to where they argue to judges, our participate in the new series. students argue to an audience, which “We have seven schools so far who teaches students how to make a case to have committed to competing with a mass audience.” us — from California, New Mexico and One of the biggest surprises for Arizona — and expect to hear from McLoof about this year’s club is the others as we continue to build the willingness to work. program over the summer and contact “I can’t believe that what they want more schools,” McLoof said. to do with their spare time is research,”

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ARTS & LIFE | THEATER

A final bow to the spring semester The Arizona Repertory Theatre bids farewell to the 2018 show season with the Tony Award-winning musical “The Pajama Game” REVIEW BY SYDNEY JONES @DailyWildcat

Taking the romantic life of two at-feud pajamamaking factory workers and bringing that life to campus is what the Arizona Repertory Theatre does in its final show of the season: a light-hearted musical called “The Pajama Game.”

Based on the novel “7 ½ Cents” by Richard Bissell, this show combines comedy, integrity and an enthralling love story that will leave viewers with a feel-good sentiment, as well as catchy songs stuck in their heads.

The show a features David vs. Goliath conflict: the control big businesses have over workers. When pajama-making factory workers don’t receive their hard-earned raise, strikes and slow-downs ensue.

Factory worker Babe and her lover, new factory superintendent Sid, find themselves questioning their relationship amid the chaos of the wage unfairness.

The musical features students such as seniors Matthew Osvog and Marissa Munter.

Osvog, who plays Sid, captures the special personality of a leader in the show. He adds to his position by forming a strong, charismatic character that is quite easy to fall in love with.

Babe, played by Munter, feels just the same. As the two characters form their somewhat complicated relationship, they captivate audiences with heartfelt ballads and inspiring independence.

All of these plotlines are further enhanced by their musical accompaniment and choreography.

Christie Kerr is the choreographer for this musical, as well as an assistant professor in the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film and Television.

Kerr taught at the Musical Theatre Department at Columbia College in Chicago and other various theaters and studios throughout the United States as a director, choreographer, teacher and performer.

“I’d probably say I’ve been consistently involved in this industry for about 25 to 30 years,” Kerr said.

A great deal of experience is needed for constructing such productions, and musicals are even more challenging, according to Kerr.

“I really just try to focus on the storytelling aspect to enhance the show,” Kerr said.

Creating choreography that is entertaining but also flows with the plotline is a big, collaborative, project.

“The director and I get together to find out who the characters really are,” Kerr said. “I also make sure to work with the actors themselves to see what direction they’re taking their character in.”

Whether the characters are quirky, serious or flirtatious, all of these characteristics are incorporated into their dances. Establishing character-specific dance moves that can be easily translated to audiences is crucial in plot continuity, according to Kerr.

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Gladys (Carly Natania Grossman) and Sid (Matthew Osvog).

Prez (Conner Morley) and Babe (Marissa Medina Munter).

Working with students on their characters is both fun and rewarding to Kerr.

“The kids are great, and I have a lot of them in class as students,” Kerr said.

Being able to pick up on what they’re struggling with helps speed up the revision process. It also encourages the actors to be proactive in their character development.

“They’re training to be professionals, so they’re typically very hungry for new information and always asking questions,” Kerr said.

Conforming to unusual rehearsal schedules is also a factor students had to work with for this show.

Spring break came at a weird spot, according to Kerr.

On a six-week rehearsal schedule, Mondays through Fridays, things can get pretty hectic. Coming in at around 20 hours a week, plenty of commitment is needed from those working on the show.

“We have tech rehearsals for 12 hours on Saturdays, and even though they can get pretty

tedious, I love seeing it all come together,” Kerr said.

Setting lights, configuring spacing and getting all the elements of the costumes and set pieces together is imperative to running a smooth show.

The show will run until April 29 and includes Sunday matinés, as well as pre- and post-show discussions.

There is a special benefit performance of “The Pajama Game” Friday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. All ticket sale proceeds from this performance go to the School of Theatre, Film and Television Theatre Fund for Excellence.

The benefit performance sponsor is Tubac Golf Resort and Spa. Patrons who purchase a ticket to this performance are entered to win a gift certificate for a one-night stay for two in a luxurious suite and a gift certificate for one round of golf for two at the Tubac Golf Resort and Spa. “The most rewarding part for me is seeing everything up when it’s all finished and done,” Kerr said. “Seeing it all come together and seeing the students grow is the best part.”

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ARTS & LIFE | COMMUNITY CHORUS

Hitting the high notes with UA choir

BY THERESA COTTON @DailyWildcat

The University Community Chorus, a selfsustaining ensemble open to students, faculty, staff and community members, presented its accomplishments during its spring concert, “Music of the Americas.”

Alyssa Cossey, assistant professor of choral music and music education in her first year at the University of Arizona, organized and led the chorus in its spring performance, which included music composed by Ariel Ramirez, Argentine composer, pianist and director.

Members of the chorus are part of a “critical ensemble” for the UA’s Fred Fox School of Music. These singers and musicians work with the community to act on their obligation to service and develop the cultural knowledge of people in the Tucson area.

Because this chous is so diverse in it’s membership, the group is able to reach wider audiences and study music from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

Cossey has been studying the choral arts for most of her life and has an extensive repertoire in music education, as well.

According to Cossey, in the last years, the

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chorus members have grown and refined their abilities in both choral music and literature.

“It’s been great; one of my highlights for sure is getting to work with this group,” Cossey said.

“They just have a lot of heart, and they’re a

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said. “There is such talent and dedication in the singers in this group, so it’s really exciting”.

Although it was difficult to master another language for the performance, they came together and pulled it off in the end.

[The chorus] does something for your soul- it really does- it moves me in ways that nothing else does.”

— JENNIFER RICH, SECTION LEADER

service-oriented community.”

The group hasn’t performed or studied Spanish music just yet, and the pieces in the concert seemed like a “nice fit for UCC and Tucson,” according to Cossey. Because it was in a different language, the music was advanced and challenging material for the chorus.

“Pushing a choir to do more than what they believe they are capable of doing is one of my favorite parts of working with this group,” she

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“It’s really exciting to be a part of that process,” Cossey said.

Cossey described friendship and fullhearted dedication as core qualities of the community, referring to her chorus members as “really stunning humans.” A lot of members have been friends for years. Similarly, a lot of people treat this like an extended family.

“Some people have been in it for 30 to 40 years; the wide range of folks builds the idea of

community,” said Gabriel Nuñez, a singer and member of the chorus. “I feel like it’s a way for a lot of generations to connect.”

Anne Morgan, also a member, said there is a liveliness and energy that members get from taking part in rehearsals or performances.

“The pieces in the show were very difficult, coming here and doing something totally different elicits a lot of energy,” Morgan said. “This is something I do for me, as well as for others.”

The chorus itself also fosters a calm and supportive environment for people, as well as a platform for members to cultivate meaningful connections with one another.

“One of our members, one time, said it was the cheapest therapy he ever got,” said Jennifer Rich, a section leader in the chorus. “It does something for your soul; it really does; it moves me in ways that nothing else does.”

The chorus is “inspiring, uplifting and allows for members to take pride in their accomplishments.” The program is unique from other community groups and involves the full commitment of the members.

The University Community Chorus rehearses every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the UA School of Music room 146.

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NEWS | STUDENT HOUSING

Tall, dense apartments draw neighborhood ire With a number of new and proposed housing complexes popping up close to campus, residents and homeowners are taking exception to both the height and sheer size of the projects

BY IAN GREEN @ianthedesertman

The idea of a party dorm like Coronado Residence Hall in a quiet Tucson neighborhood has elicited passionate objections from communities bordering the University of Arizona campus.

Within the past year, several major student housing projects have either broken ground or been proposed within a few miles of the UA campus, including The Hub on Campus Tucson Speedway, The Union on Sixth, The Mark at Tucson and Aspire Tucson, as well as the UA’s Honors Complex.

In hall meetings, neighborhood forums and online real estate blogs, community members are wondering how the student housing market could be so big, and why some proposals are so huge.

“Why does it have to be so tall?” asked a Miramonte resident in regards to a proposed multi-building, sevenstory apartment complex on Country Club Road during a special meeting on March 28 at the former Tucson Benedictine Monastery. “Why can’t it be two stories shorter all the way around?”

Developers take different approaches Why are so many developers getting into the student housing scene? Well, it’s profitable.

Most student housing requires tenants pay for a bedroom in a one-to-four-bedroom apartment and share a common room, kitchen and bathroom. Monthly rates can range from $500 to over $1,000.

During that same March 28 public meeting at the former monastery, local developer Ross Rulney explained his reasoning before a tough crowd of Miramonte neighborhood stakeholders regarding the development of the historical monastery into luxury homes or student housing.

“I want to be clear and upfront: I don’t want you coming away from this meeting thinking that there’s a chance I’m considering anything else. If you want me to be the developer, I need to build up to seven stories to make this economically viable,” Rulney said.

In return, Rulney would not go through with the plan he formed before taking into account the community response: selling the property to a student housing developer for much more than he paid — $5.9 million. At that point the fate of the monastery would be out of the community’s hands.

Additionally, as part of his newer plan, he would register the monastery as a historic structure so that it could not ever be torn down.

Another local developer, Michael Goodman, has taken another route. Goodman is suing the City of Tucson under the Private Property Rights Protection Act, which states that if a Arizona government took any action that decreases the value of a landowner’s property, the owner can sue. Goodman claims that zoning codes devalued his property and is asking for $12.5 million, according to an

SELENA QUINTANILLA | THE DAILY WILDCAT

A VIEW OF THE Hub student housing towers on March 31, 2017. A third tower is expected to be complete by Fall 2019. The Hub's sister property, the Hub at Tucson 3, is currently under construction.

article by the Tucson Improvement and Beautification Organization.

However, Goodman has negotiated to drop the lawsuit if the city allows him to develop to the full extent of his plan.

Rulney is pushing to have his property be developed to the full extent of his plan, but he is at the same time committing extra time and effort to provide the neighborhood a product they would approve of instead of selling the property for a fast and easy return.

But to do so profitably, he said he has to build to allow for a determined density, and that means extra height.

UA’s Honors College Complex also under scrutiny Some community residents and at least one city council member are calling for the university to build upwards, since there is very little area left belonging to the UA that is feasible for more student housing.

In a December 2017 Tucson Weekly article, Ward 6 City Councilman Steve Kozachik referred to two projects, the Hub at Tucson 2 and UA’s new honors college complex, as “degrading the quality of life” for neighborhood residents.

Then, in a February 2018 interview with Inside Tucson Business, Kozachik said UA needs to build vertically in its own footprint, referring to a proposed seven-story apartment on Fourth Avenue.

Construction of the new honors complex is causing

tension between the neighborhood and the university because, as a state institution, the university can build outside its planning area regardless of Tucson zoning ordinance rules.

In an area of predominantly one-to-two-story structures, the honors complex will be six stories at its highest and house over 1,000 students. For context, all of the campus dormitories together currently house about 7,000 students.

In enrollment graphs released by the UA, total university headcount has been rising steadily since 1996, from 33,504 to 43,625 total students since 2016. This means tens of thousands of UA students have to live off campus.

Furthermore, dozens of the student housing properties within five miles of the UA claim to be within 80–99 percent occupancy, which proves a high demand for offcampus housing.

For the community around campus, this means that more students are coming to Tucson and more housing must be built to accommodate them. While the neighborhoods cannot stop the influx of students, they can rally to protect the zoning laws put into place by city planners.

The question now is not whether Tucson needs more student housing, but whether Tucson can protect its culture and character through zoning.

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t may seem crazy to suggest that April is the beginning of a campaign season we won’t see conclude until Nov. 6, but Democrats and Republicans certainly wouldn’t blink at it. Although months away, both parties have been hungrily eyeing the 2018 midterm elections.

As early as May 2017, political news site Roll Call put out an article explaining that candidates who announce early have an edge in campaigning, name recognition and ability to make a dent in poll numbers.

The article described the sweet spot as being between 12 and 16 months out from Election Day, meaning over a year dedicated just to campaigning for an office that, if you’re a representative, will only keep you employed for two years.

Candidates announcing early means campaign season never really ends; it just reaches a lull to gather strength behind the scenes. Once that lull ends, potential leaders jockey for endorsements, speaking deals, ad placements and expert staff.

Already, Democrats are trying to top their impressive 510 challengers for elections in 2017, attempting to gather as much talent and as many candidates with as high electability as possible for what they are hoping will be a “blue wave” this election cycle.

But Republicans are not giving up without a fight. Even with gloomy or divisive news dominating the headlines, the GOP was able to raise $132.5 million, which is the highest amount raised during an off-election cycle.

This massive amount of cash can be invested in advertisements, events, securing funding for campaigns and all around pushing through the cost-demanding, bureaucratic aspects of politics.

Fortune reported that, while Republicans have been experiencing an impressive year for donations and fundraising, Democrats have been focusing on cultivating talent, and while the national Democratic Party may not be rolling in the dough, their candidates have still been enjoying a rush of contributions.

What does this mean for us as voters?

Expensive races mean a massive barrage of ads that can only be summarized as an unending, unflinchingly negative and unbelievably biased series of half-political finger-pointing and half-moral attacks on character.

There are few things in this world that we as

Americans avoid as much as politics. A subtle mention of watching the news can quickly transform into your drunk uncle talking about exactly where he thinks the president can put his new bill.

Pew Research Center has been keeping track of just how divided we are politically for the past 23 years, and we are now 21 percent more divided politically on issues than when the polling began.

Part of the blame for this phenomenon is thrown at attack ads, and it fits into a very nice box. One candidate accuses the other of hating dogs and runs a series of ads showing him ignoring shelters and buying exclusively cat products. Within a couple of runnings of that series of advertisements, voters get the idea and now see the target as a doghating, cat-loving un-American who does not deserve to represent our district.

As soon as the target sees that ad, they decides to fight fire with fire and shoot their own series of attack ads, this time accusing their opponent of stealing candy from babies.

By the end of the election cycle, voters now have the image of the two sides of being between a dog-hating monster and a candystealing thief.

Unfortunately, attack ads do perform a very important role in our elections: They inform voters. Although divisive and almost always with a biased outlook, these attack ads work. The Quinlan School of Business at Loyola ran a series of experiments that showed students who were undecided during the 2004 presidential election were likely to report changing their minds and votes based off information supplied through attack ads.

Even more, professor Joan Phillips, who helped run the experiment, said, “We pay more attention to negative information. It’s more salient, it scares us and we’re more likely to remember it,” which gives attack ads more sway and ability to inform potential voters than the much friendlier positive ads candidates run about themselves.

This election cycle will be a repetition of all the worst aspects of all previous elections in the previous years. We will be divided, often angry and never satisfied. But as long as we recognize that each election is not the end-all result of our nation, we can finally recognize our neighbors across the street who voted for Trump are just as worthy of political expression as your Democratic mom.

— Alec Scott is a sophomore studying political science and German studies who volunteered for the 2014 Ron Barber campaign.

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ARTS & LIFE | CAMPUS CULTURE

Russian students get a taste of Southwest

BY LEIA LINN @DailyWildcat

As political tensions with Russia rise, faculty from University of Arizona’s Russian and Slavic studies department decided politics weren’t the only thing that would be heating up this semester. Stovetops and ovens warmed up as seven Russian students from Moscow University for the Humanities came to the UA for a week of learning leading up to an “Iron Chef”-style cook-off.

At the “Iron Chef” event, held at the Tucson Village Farm, students from both Russia and the U.S. divided into teams to cook traditional Russian and Southwestern dishes. Tucson Village Farm is a location off campus where fresh fruits and vegetables are grown by UA students.

“Having the Russian students come was a great opportunity for us to have a cultural exchange and learn about regional cuisine,” said Elizabeth Sparks, the 4-H youth development assistant agent of the farms.

The Friendship Garden Project is based on growing healthy and sustainable food for cooking as well as for language and culture purposes. Russian students got to see local farms, gardens and grocery stores while in Tucson to experience how “Americans and Mexicans in the Southwest obtain and consume healthy food,” according to Sparks.

“The Friendship Garden Project that we have with Tucson Village Farm is unique, because Tucson is a UNESCO world heritage food site and Moscow has a long tradition of excellent cuisine,” said Colleen Lucey, assistant director in the department of Russian and Slavic studies.

UNESCO stands for The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and encourages “international peace and universal respect” by helping with collaborations between nations through several sorts of projects around the world, according to their website.

The project is the first in the country and Lucey believes it can be modeled and replicated at other universities.

The Tucson Village Farm has never done a foreign exchange cook-off, but Sparks was interested in the possibility of doing a similar program in the future.

“I think that food brings us all together and I think doing things where food is the centerpiece, especially in our region, is so unique,” Sparks said.

Over the week that the Russian students were in Tucson, they got to experience how to prepare and eat Southwestern dishes such as quesadillas, chili and tacos.

“I like Mexican food, it’s really delicious, its versatile and it’s so rich, even the simple quesadilla with cheese is amazing,” said Daria Suvorova, one of the Russian students. “It’s great to know how tasty food can be and how simple food can be at the same time.”

SEAN GUNDU | THE DAILY WILDCAT

STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF the Russian department gathered at an “Iron Chef”-inspired event to teach students from Moscow, Russia about traditional food and culture from the Sonoran Desert region on April 13 at the Tucson Village Farm.

The Russian students even got to try cactus, which many of them had never even seen in real life before.

“I haven’t ever tried cactus, it was interesting and really surprising,” Suvorova said.

The Russian and American students got along well and shared cultures, despite the political conflicts going on, according to Lucey.

“I learned a lot of tips about how to cook Mexican food and also changed the experiences I learned cooking Russian dishes,” said Valeria Manichun, another student from Moscow University.

Not only does this Peer-to-Peer program share food cultures but also a healthy positive relationship with two countries at conflict politically, according to Lucey.

“I think it’s very important not to stop our communication and to meet each other and use social media, despite everything that happens in the world we should connect with each other,” Manichun said.

The Russian students and UA students said they felt communication is key and find that it is the best way to harness relationships between nations politically, socially and environmentally.

“It’s a great way to have conversations about topics and bridge the gap between what makes us different,” said Andrew Bedoy, a UA student minoring in Russian.

For Emily Allerton, a UA junior who is studying Russian and neuroscience, this program has helped students learn both food and cultural topics, like how the

Russians freeze onions so they don’t cry when they cut them.

“Study-abroad programs help build respect and trust between different communities and help keep you from being isolated and stereotyping people,” Allerton said.

As part of the program, eight UA students from all backgrounds and fields of study, including Bedoy and Allerton, will go to Moscow in May to learn about the food culture there.

The UA students are touring Russian urban farms, candy factories, breweries and grocery stores. They will also be going to a “dacha,” which is a cottage that many Russians grow fruits and vegetables in, as well as a “bazar,” which is an open-air market that many food vendors sell at.

“Getting the opportunity to interact with a culture that I never experienced first-hand but learned about through books and things will be a really awesome opportunity,” Bedoy said.

The program was made possible by a Peerto-Peer grant that the American Embassy in Moscow runs. The grant sends seven Russian students to UA for a week and eight UA students to Moscow University for the Humanities for a week.

“The grant funds contact between Russians and Americans on topics of mutual interests that fosters intellectual growth and common ground between countries outside of a political setting, it’s really about building community and cross-cultural exchange,” Lucey said.

A co-convened online class that both U.S.

and Russian students can take together is covered by the grant. The class, Russian and Sonoran Food Ways, allows students to get to know each other online.

“Working together is really important for the University of Arizona as we grow as an international hub and as a university with an international profile,” Lucey said. “This is one very concrete way where students of different universities can make long lasting connections with one another.”

With rising tension in the political world between the U.S. and Russia, the academic world still works together in a humanitarian approach, according to Lucey. Part of that approach starts right here at the UA’s College of Humanities.

“In our department we were looking for ways to show the human side of Russia,” Naomi Caffee, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Russian and Slavic studies, said.

“The Russians that were at UA constantly said ‘we want to work with our American partners’ and ‘we don’t have any antiAmerican sentiment,”’ Lucey said. “This kind of citizen diplomacy is what is going to keep our countries in dialogue and that is what’s really important.”

The Department of Russian and Slavic studies at the UA aims for students to explore the rich heritage of Russia and the post-Soviet world. The program positions students for careers through a variety of courses and opportunities like the Russian exchange.

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or a movie that was filmed over the span of 10 years, “Hippie Family Values” was over too quickly for my liking. This justover-an-hour documentary, a project from the University of Arizona’s own Beverly Seckinger, a professor of in the School of Theatre, Film and Television, gave us a welcoming glimpse of what life looks like at the The Ranch, a backto-the-land community based in remote New Mexico. The work was recently shown at The Loft Cinema.

In that hour, the film took us to a world that seems like it could only exist in the optimistic daydreams of what life could be. It wasted no time giving us an intimate idea of what life is really like on The Ranch. One of the opening scenes is a naked swim in a nearby stream.

It’s not the kind of naked that your parents would make you cover your eyes for. It’s the kind of naked that immediately puts you at ease, like that is how everyone should be swimming. It’s just a grandmother and her grandchildren, encompassing two of the three generations that have grown up at The Ranch having a peaceful dip. The love and relaxation transcended from the ripples in the stream to the audience in their seats.

Immediately, I felt right at home — not as if it was a home that I personally have ever known, but the kind of home the human spirit longs for and rejoices in knowing that someone has made it, especially in an oppressive, cold, capitalist world we find ourselves in now.

Traditional 9-to-5 jobs are out of the question.

It makes you realize that there is so much more to life than just work, work, working to pay rent and pay endless bills from buying a bunch of crap you don’t really need and endebting yourself in an endless, empty cycle

of materialism and consumerism. There is more time to love and appreciate everyone when you are not enslaved, selling all of your time for money just to get by.

What I drew as a hippy family value is prioritizing your family. It’s simplicity. These people seem truly happy to be a part of a community that loves and accepts each other, granting everyone the freedom to be who they truly are. One of the kids (now an adult) who grew up on The Ranch said what he got was a lot of time spent with his dad. A mother explained that she wanted to raise her children among other mothers, loving each others children as much as their own.

The Ranch, like many other communities of its kind, was born to young, rebellious “flower children” in their 20s and 30s. It was established in 1976 and, unlike many other communities of its kind, is still around today.

Not all of the original “flounders,” as they call them, are still around, but there are still some living the life that they sought for themselves in their youth now as grandparents.

Though life on The Ranch seems liberating and the definition of meaningful and free, it does not come without its challenges. It’s quite the commitment. One example is not actually having money in a money-centered world.

Though they can escape “traditional” society and all of the BS that comes with being a part of it, time applies to The Ranch, as well. The residents never thought they would get old, but alas, age has confronted them with challenges, like mobility and physical labor demanded for upkeep of the ranch.

Though the future of The Ranch and its aging population is uncertain, I believe it is important to recognize that this off-thegrid lifestyle can actually be achieved. Much respect to the people that made The Ranch happen, as well as those who keep it going. I wish they were accepting applications.

— Monique Irish is a senior studying journalism.

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ANALYSIS | FOOTBALL SPRING GAME

Spring Game offers peek into bright future OPINION

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n a night when onlookers came to watch an explosive offense and a potential Heisman candidate, it was the defensive side of the ball that stole the show as team Arizona Defense won the Spring Game 55-46. Marcel Yates’ unit beat out the highly anticipated Kevin Sumlin offense that fans across Southern Arizona have been chomping at the bit to lay eyes on.

The defense, which was led by its young but experienced linebackers in former Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Colin Schooler, was all over the field Saturday night as they seemed to force turnover after turnover. It is either a terrible sign for the offense, or one of the best signs you can have as a defense, which is just one of the many questions fans and writers alike will ask during the spring evaluation period.

With an Arizona offense capable of lighting up the scoreboard, being able to create turnovers to give the offense extra possessions is going to be crucial in Arizona’s bid for the Pac-12 South next fall. The defensive unit, which is still incredibly young, looks to move on from the massive growing pains they went through last year as the Wildcats looked to fill voids by adding girth on the defensive line to be able to give the All-American linebackers of Arizona more room to roam and hunt down ball-carriers.

Arizona fans and the coaching staff were finally pleased when Khalil Tate flicked a 51-yard

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ARIZONA’S KHALIL TATE SCRAMBLES across the field during the Spring Game on Saturday, April 14 at Arizona Stadium.

toss down the sideline to Shawn Poindexter on the first play of the second half. The the moans of uncertainty quickly morphed into a burst of ecstatic excitement once the couple thousand witnesses on hand were told the catch on the field stood.

It’s just another play to add to the growing list of jaw-dropping highlights that the returning Arizona quarterback has put together since bursting onto the scene last October. The talismanic talent looked comfortable in the new offensive system that has been slowly implemented over the last couple months Sumlin has been in charge. Even with an interception that was tipped, Tate didn’t let the mishap ruin his night, as he later found his new favorite target, Poindexter, again for a shorter throw in the corner of the end zone that showed off the touch Tate has been working on this offseason.

Tate wasn’t the only bright spot on the offensive side of the ball, as the stable of running backs that seem to have appeared overnight in Tucson ran extremely hard throughout the night as Nathan Tilford, Anthony Mariscal, Brandon Leon and reigning Pac-12 Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year J.J. Taylor stood out. The Old Pueblo’s possible version of the Four Horseman showed the new coaching staff that Tate isn’t going to be the only one making an impact this year. All four made defenders miss in a variety of ways throughout the night, whether it was from runpass-options, dinks or dunks, the ball carriers ran downhill and made sure that arm tackles weren’t an option for the defense on the night.

The action on the field wasn’t the only thing Arizona coaches and staff were keeping an eye on, as the Wildcats hosted a multitude of recruits and coaches from Texas, Nevada and California for the weekend festivities. Recruiting is an area coach Sumlin looks to take to a level not reached under the Rich Rodriguez reign, which never finished with a recruiting class that was better than sixth in the Pac-12 since the start of the “rivals era,” according to 247Sports.

For the first official showing in the Sumlin era, the signs are promising, but one practice scrimmage doesn’t build Rome in a day — or something like that.

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ARIZONA’S THOMAS REID III (40) blocks his opposing teammate during the Spring Game on Saturday, April 14 at Arizona Stadium

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ARTS & LIFE | COMMUNITY EVENT

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A VIEW FROM ABOVE the Pima County Fair on April 23, 2016.

Southern Arizona fair returns

BY NICOLE PON @DailyWildcat

Now that Spring Fling has come to a close, it is time to get ready for the next big fair of the semester: the Pima County Fair. From April 19-29, this annual carnival will offer a variety of rides and attractions, as well as food vendors for all ages.

“Every year, the Pima County Fair is an event that many natives enjoy going to,” said Kinnetay Powell, a junior majoring in finance. “It’s a big occasion for people who live in all areas of Southern Arizona.”

As a Tucson native, he emphasized the excitement the carnival brings to the community.

This year, the carnival offers nearly 60 different rides and almost 50 games.

From classics such as the Big Wheel to more unique rides like the Galaxy Coaster, there is something for all ages on the vast fairground.

“I’ve always been a sucker for the Ferris wheel. It’s so nice to ride at night because you can see all the bright lights down below,” said Sheila Hill, an anthropology junior.

Not only are there an abundance of rides, but there are also unique features such as this year’s Bengal Tiger Exhibit, horse show and a petting zoo.

“I’m a huge animal lover, so I’m really excited to see all the exhibits featuring the different exotic animals such as the Bengal Tiger,” said Tim Mitchell, a senior studying film production. “At the same time, I’m wanting to visit the

petting zoo with all the different farm animals.”

With so many things to do, it only makes sense that there are tons of food options as well. With 43 vendors, there is a variety of specialty foods, such as Indian fry bread and Sonoran hot dogs.

“There’s a lot of cultural food to experience,” Mitchell said. “Since there are so many booths with local and unique foods, I love taste-testing a little of everything.”

While there will be local cuisine offered, Pima County Fair also offers the classic fair favorites.

“There’s nothing better than enjoying a good funnel cake with some good kettle corn to go with it,” Hill said.

Aside from the abundance of attractions, many fair-goers also attend for the various big-name performers who range in different genres and styles.

This year, musicians such as Ludacris, Mercyme and Ja Rule & Ashanti will be some of the 12 musicians headlining on the Budweiser Main Stage.

“This will be the first year that I’m going with my girlfriend,” Powell said.

“I’m excited to take her to the facepainting booth and attend a live concert.”

Although this fair is an annual outing for some individuals, for others it gives a sense of nostalgia.

“It reminds me of home,” Hill said.

“Our city has a lot of fairs, and I’d love to see how different they are.”

Whether young or old, the Pima County Fair offers a day filled with great food, attractions and fun for all.

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SPORTS | BEACH VOLLEYBALL

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Native Kiwi Olivia Macdonald finds home in Arizona sand

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enior blocker Olivia Macdonald has made quite the impact on Arizona beach volleyball during her past three years on the team. As a freshman, Macdonald and current assistant coach Emily Kiser started in the sixth seed and posted a 13-1 record.

That year, they recorded impressive wins against ASU, TCU and Cal Poly. The following year, Macdonald and her ex-partner and transfer Sam Manley posted a 16-8 record and got impressive wins against New Mexico, ASU and LMU. In addition, she received honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team.

As a junior, she and her partner in crime, Olivia Hallaran, started in the second seed, where they went 15-13 as a pair, defeating teams such as ASU, Utah, Stanford and Cal. This season, she plays with current sophomore Natalie Anselmo. So far, they have gone 14-6 as a pair, helping to contribute to the team’s overall 12-8 record. Macdonald and Anselmo have had crucial wins against strong programs, such as Washington, LMU and San Jose State.

With statistics like these, you might think beach volleyball was Macdonald’s passion for her entire life. However, as a native Kiwi, Macdonald played a variety of sports before moving to Arizona to commit her complete time and energy to beach volleyball.

Macdonald was born and raised in Piopio, New Zealand, a town known for its large farm animal population, as it has more sheep than people. As a natural athlete, she attended New Plymouth Girls’ High School, where she participated in basketball, volleyball, cricket, field hockey and a native sport called netball.

“It’s a big sport in New Zealand, and I was convinced I was going to keep playing it forever,” Macdonald said.

In high school, Macdonald also competed on the New Zealand Under-17 Indoor Volleyball Team. After a daunting experience in China while competing against the impressive women’s Chinese and Japanese teams, Macdonald knew her indoor volleyball career was not going to last.

At this point in her life, she was a little confused as to what she wanted to do in the near future. She had already graduated from high school and was passing time by working at a bar in New Zealand.

“I wasn’t sure where I was going to go,” Macdonald recalled.

But much to her gratitude, head coach Steve Walker became very interested in Macdonald after her performance in a tournament in Huntington Beach, California. Much to Walker’s confusion, Macdonald’s UCLA shirt made him believe she had already verbally committed to play Bruin beach volleyball.

However, due to Walker’s continued efforts, Macdonald was able to commit to a newly founded Arizona beach volleyball program.

Not only was Macdonald joining a new program, but she was moving halfway across the world to a small town in Southern Arizona to play a sport she had only been playing for a couple of years.

Despite being so far from New Zealand, her teammates and friends make her feel right at home. “[They] have become my family, and earlier on in my career, they helped me acclimate to the university,” Macdonald said.

Even though she dominates life on the sand, Macdonald has a love-hate relationship with her life as a college athlete.

“You are under contract but not a professional athlete yet,” Macdonald said.

“It’s tough.”

Being a college athlete is never easy, as it entails long hours of practices, games and classes without the promise of a paycheck.

As she is halfway through her senior season, Macdonald said the hardest part of being a collegiate athlete is finding the time for everything. Between practices, games, classes and homework, she hardly has any time for anything else.

After finishing up her career in Tucson, Macdonald is headed to Italy to compete in a pro circuit. She will travel along the Italian coast and compete in a series of beach volleyball matches with the hopes of competing in the Olympics one day.

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