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Perseverance, grit helps Flinn Scholar succeed From Ganado on the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona, Nizhonabah Davis jumped through many hoops to pursue a generational dream of education applying.”

Davis decided she wanted to major in physics after a class she took in high school Nizhonabah Rene Davis sparked her interest, but after walked into the heat of her exploring other major options, freshman year this fall at the she is leaning toward majoring University of Arizona as a in engineering and minoring in freshman of distinction and physics.

Flinn scholar.

Her senior year of high “I am a very curious person, so first I want to come to college school, Davis became a part of UA’s Native American Science because I want to learn,” Davis and Engineering program and said. “Second, I hope to help earned being valedictorian at my community because they’ve helped me in many ways. I hope her graduation.

Kristopher Kuhl, an to use my education in some economics and government sort of way to give back to my teacher at Ganado High School, community.” said what he remembers most From Ganado, Arizona, Davis of Davis is how often she would felt that Phoenix show up early was too big of for class and a city for her ... I hope to help stay for any and Northern Arizona my community questions.

“She University was because they’ve would work too close to helped me in on college home: Tucson was the perfect many ways. I hope applications and fit. to use my education scholarships “Our top in some sort of way consistently,” ranked to give back to my Kuhl said. “Her students year want the full community.” junior she stayed package, and once a week UA really —Nizhonabah Davis, to practice offers that,” Freshman Flinn for the SAT. said Kasey Urquidez, Scholar She was super dedicated in dean of being prepared undergraduate for college.” admissions.

When Davis “It’s not just applied for the focused solely Flinn scholarship, she could on academics, we really look at not use the internet where she the whole person when they’re

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lived and the dirt roads were not accessible because of heavy snow. Davis needed to make it in time for a Skype interview for her Flinn scholarship, so one of her teachers let her into the school for the interview so she could use the computers there.

“Without this teacher’s help, where would I be now?” Davis said. “They do their best to help me and all of my peers.”

Davis is one of 10 Flinn scholars this semester who

helped increase the percentage of the UA’s academically talented Arizona residents by 39 percent.

Since 2015, there has been a 7 percent growth in freshmen at the university who are Arizona residents. For incoming freshman, 46 percent come from a diverse background, according to the UA’s analytics and institutional research.

The value of the Flinn scholarship is greater than

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$115,000, covering total cost of tuition for any of the three Arizona universities as well as any mandatory fees and student housing. Davis also has interests in joining UA women in physics, women in engineering and the UA quidditch team.

Despite all this, Davis says she can't help but feel that college doesn't feel real yet even though it’s already started.

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COMMENTARY

Hail to the chief: Political scrutiny from within OPINION

BY ERIC ROSHAK @DailyWildcat

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resident Donald Trump is not the only head of state to experience a recent bout of unfavorable polls. French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen as well.

The state of the Office of the Executive, while not the most crucial metric by which to measure governmental competency, is frequently looked to as an indicator for a range of national priorities.

Objective responsibilities which fall to the chief executives of many democracies include commanding militaries, discussing the allocation of federal budgets and serving as chief diplomat both in foreign and domestic capacities. An executive’s approval has historically been a prominent statistic in assessing public confidence in an elected official as a leader and communicator, as well as a measure of perceived comprehensive publicsector function.

In recent months, several individuals have sustained municipal scrutiny following their elections.

According to The Guardian, as of July

2017 France’s newly elected President Emmanuel Macron’s disapproval rested at a modest 43 percent. Macron has undergone increased scrutiny in past weeks concerning several dramatic changes in the structure of French – largely domestic – policy.

Macron’s disapproval rating has climbed 15 percent since July, while his American counterpart President Trump has experienced a similar steady decline in approval since taking office at the beginning of the year.

Current trends in administrative politics, with respect to the United States and France, have shown a tendency by party members in coalition with voters to break with their respective executive’s means of leadership. While the ends (i.e. approval) may appear to correlate, we ought not be so naive as to assume these falling popularities share completely similar origins.

Rather, Macron’s woes stem from bold socioeconomic policy shifts. President Trump has suffered criticism concerning his responses to certain events, including the recent Charlottesville protests and general executive inefficiency such as the prospective Affordable Care Act replacement, which has yet to come to fruition. This is in addition to frequent cabinet and staff resignations.

Questions remain regarding both the Macron and Trump

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It’s crucial the details of the administrations’ political adjustments and behaviors be acknowledged, particularly those regarding the semi, or in some instances, complete, defection of former advisers and loyalists.

One such high-profile resignation was French military chief Pierre de Villiers. In a July Sky News report, Villiers is said to have resigned because of €850m ($1 billion) in French defense cuts.

President Trump has experienced an even more prolific and often bizarre series of resignations and dismissals, including former press secretary Sean Spicer and former FBI director James Comey, whom the president fired in May. The defining factor between the two administrations? Their fervent disregard for classical political norms, whether they be professional or superficial. These actions and trends speak to a broader tendency by voters to back unique, bombastic and often controversial figures with the intention of flipping the political status quo. This is a well-documented phenomenon that has attracted the international attention of political scientists and news affiliates alike.

Nonetheless, it’s uncertain whether these political quasi-movements

will prove their stamina or fizzle, remembered as reactions to legislative inefficiency and public distrust of establishment power.

The efforts of the fledgling Trump and Macron presidencies may well form stark and unified bipartisan opposition capable of alienating or even dismantling the already listing administrations’ aims.

That said, Macron has overseen a building coalition of representatives opposed to his budgetary aims, many of which include sweeping spending cuts to social programs and defense, unpopular among many along the political spectrum. Further, these cuts are a risky maneuver for a candidate elected on a semisocialist, “centrist” platform, even if they are fiscally necessary. Despite having championed reformed social policy on the campaign trail, the voter mindset tends to shift once, for instance, public housing assistance distribution stops.

President Trump faces even greater unpopularity. There is burgeoning opposition in Congress from an already bitter left, and a right weary of the president’s continually impromptu or erratic behavior, unchanged since the campaign to the chagrin of Republican holdouts waiting for a refined Trump who never arrived. More concretely, Trump’s structural and administrative

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priorities are forthcoming; that is, work is in fact being done, yet in a characteristically scrambled or rash manner. The consequences of executive neglect with respect to Congress and its members may result in further internal GOP disregard for President Trump’s early attempts at legislative cooperation.

It’s not unforeseeable that a refreshed Republican party will take it upon itself to ensure vital legislation is passed in spite of party infighting.

The exceptional political moment at which we now stand has been brought about by the circumstances of the past several decades. Wars, legislative gridlock, corruption, terrorism and debates of national identity have brought many democracies to these uncharted waters. It is critical that we, as patriots and civic leaders, continue to responsibly oversee the powers of authority. The United States and France, among other republics, are nations of citizens just as we are nations of laws. Through the midst of sensational media, political flippancy and misleading rhetoric, it’s critical that the bearers of our experiment in democracy at home and abroad calmly and competently see that the nation presses on.

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Topic of the Week: DACA This week, four Daily Wildcat columnists weigh in on President Trump's recent decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

Toni Marcheva

The power to secure the fate of 800,000 undocumented children and students should not have been left to Congress (a body of people who have produced little results on any issue as of recent.)

There is a valid legal argument that former-President Obama shouldn’t have implemented DACA at all because only Congress has authority over immigration. For most other issues, I’d probably agree with the constitutional separation of powers.

However, Obama didn’t step in for trivial reasons. Congress was unsuccessful in passing any law to decide what would happen to DREAMers. He designed DACA as a temporary way for these people to step out of the shadows and live their lives while Congress created a better, more permanent act covering all immigration reform.

It has been 5 years, and that still hasn’t happened. Perhaps, President Donald Trump gave Congress a six month deadline to pressure Congress into action. Despite any motive, this move is irresponsible, and probably unethical.

What might happen? Perhaps, Congress might create a beautiful, comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform with a more successful program for DREAMers than DACA. Great! But maybe, Congress will only haphazardly piece together a program that ends up leaving young undocumented Americans worse off than they are now. Worse, Congress could find itself unable to make anything work, like what we saw with healthcare reform over the summer.

The individuals directly affected by this action do not deserve this uncertainty.

Eric Roshak

Alec Scott

It’s been the dream of every president since Ronald Reagan to once and for all fix the broken immigration system that punishes and benefits arbitrarily, all in the face of an increasingly more confused crisis of confidence between states and the federal government. President Barack Obama’s attempts to rewrite the immigration laws left liberals unsatisfied and conservatives outraged, but his one attempt at lasting change, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, is now subject to the whims of an entirely different kind of president.

While on one hand, Obama’s refusal to prioritize illegal immigrants who have been brought to the United States while very young has been described by The Hill opinions writer Dale Wilcox as “rewarding bad behavior,” the policy in and of itself is not the problem in our immigration system, and is instead an attempt to fix it.

There are almost 800,000 illegal immigrants who benefit from this policy, and revoking their semi-legal status will only further the chaos that is endemic in our political system.

Furthermore, DACA's GED eligibility requirement only shows that those who are affected by this policy should not be the priority of the government, as they have skills and education that can better allow them to integrate and be welcomed into the wider American community.

While I sympathize with arguments for a less wishy-washy stance toward illegal immigration, I don’t think punishing children who have been brought here on no account of their own is a good start.

Jamie Verwys

This country is founded on the notion that you, alongside your fellow humans, can rise above your circumstances and create a better life for yourself and others. Pie in the sky, Kumbaya notions aside, DREAMers, or young, undocumented minors who have grown up in the United States, have contributed largely to our cultural tapestry and our economy. According to the Center for American Progress, a liberal Think Tank, if DACA ends and all those workers are deported from this country, we can expect to lose about $460 billion from the gross national product over a decade.

We don’t stand to just lose money. We stand to lose students who might contribute something incredible to this country in the future. We stand to lose family, or even to lose heroes. Just look at Alonso Guillen, the DREAMer who died last week as he tried to save victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. I’m compelled most by the human element of this issue, but stepping away from my heart a moment, I just don’t see enough clarity for the thousands of people who now face potential deportation and a total upheaval of everything they have known since childhood.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a policy originated as a presidential executive order brought about in 2012 during the Obama presidency. Since its conception and establishment into law, the DACA program has seen nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants benefit from administrative security, with the understanding that these individuals were illegally transported into the United States at a young age. Moreover, under this order these persons, affectionately referred to as “DREAMers,” are granted amnesty in lieu of their unique circumstances.

In the past several days, according to ABC News, the president has received thousands of letters from all degree of American civic and corporate leaders. Among their ranks are mayors, governors, various municipalities and states and business leaders including Tim Cook of Amazon and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Possibly the most crucial set of professionals President Donald Trump has received input from are the dozens of bipartisan state attorneys generals.

The legality of the president’s impending decision is the truly critical factor. Objectively, Trump stands on sturdy legal ground in demanding a DACA repeal. As early as August of last year, while on the campaign trail, then-candidate Trump was consistently credited with calling for an end to the program. “We will immediately terminate President Obama’s two illegal executive amnesties in which he defied federal law and the Constitution,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Phoenix last summer. The divisive issue of amnesty for the deferred crosses traditional party policy lines on immigration. According to Politico, Utah Senator and Senate President pro tempore Orrin Hatch, along with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, have expressed their concern with the President’s intention to scrap DACA, in that assistance for the illegal individuals affected by the ruling is consistent with American moral character and may be beneficial in the long run.

While the expected DACA repeal looms, it enjoys a certain degree of legal safety due to its respect for classical American immigration policy. Essentially, the repeal falls in line with the traditional notion that persons found to be in the United States illegally, regardless of their circumstances, will be removed. The precarious situation that the White House, and particularly Congress, finds itself in is the vague distinction between cut and dry immigration enforcement and proposed investment in the future via DACA individuals. There is some reckoning to be done, and it will be done, one way or another.

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PROTESTERS GATHER IN FRONT of Old Main for a group photo during the pro-DACA protest on Sept. 5.

UA community reacts to end of DACA program As Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, students, alumni and community members gathered to voice their opposition to the program's repeal

BY RANDALL ECK @reck999

More than 100 University of Arizona students, alumni and community members gathered on the UA Mall in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students and locals.

The crowd heard from DACA students and organizers, then marched to UA President Dr. Robert Robbins' office to demand the UA and Arizona Board of Regents support and protect DACA students.

The event was a response to the announcement of the end of the DACA program within six months, made by President Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Sept. 5.

Robbins, the regents and Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Matt Lubisich have all released statements in support of the educational opportunity provided by DACA. “DACA grants work permits and relief from deportation to folks who qualify based on selective requirements,” said Darío Andrade Mendoza, UA alumnus, DACA recipient and communication director for ScholarshipsAZ. The requirements for DACA, as laid out in an executive order by former President Obama in 2012, include having arrived in the U.S. under the age of 16. DACA recipients pay taxes but are not entitled to benefits from some social programs,

like Social Security and food stamps.

“It is not OK to end the program, because almost a million people have made lives with that work permit and relief from deportation over the last five years,” Andrade Mendoza said.

High school students from Cholla High School and Tucson High Magnet School staged walkouts after their superintendent failed to release a statement supporting DACA student rights, Andrade Mendoza said.

This event was organized by UA’s recently opened Immigrant Student Resource Center; ScholarshipsAZ, a nonprofit organization providing resources for all students seeking higher education regardless of immigration status; and Learning, Understanding and Cultivating Health Advocacy, a graduate student organization which advocates for health and human rights on both sides of the Arizona border.

Organizers said the event was meant to give student voices a platform.

The event will be followed by a press conference later in the day and a march on city hall tomorrow.

Marchers chanted “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here” and “not my president” as they marched on the Mall, holding signs.

“We are here to defend undocumented students’ rights,” said Jesus Lucero, a DACA recipient.

According to Lucero, the UA does not do enough to support its DACA students who could lose their special

tuition rates, which would force many to abandon a higher education.

Many DACA recipients have never known the countries they were born in, and according to the Center for American Progress, $460 billion of the U.S. GDP would be lost over the next 10 years if all DACA recipients no longer could be part of the program.

Amdrade Mendoza said 48 DACA students attend UA, down from about 70 last year.

Earlier in the day, Lubisich released a statement in support of Arizona’s 30,000 DACA students and residents.

“DACA students at the University of Arizona are assests to the campus and Tucson community.” Lubisich wrote. “They and their families contribute to Arizona’s economy and continue to be an important part of our social and cultural fabric. DACA students are Wildcats in every sense; their contributions to our campus community are invaluable and irreplaceable.”

Lubisich also called on lawmakers to protect DACA students' right to instate tuition and UA administration to support DACA students and help them achieve their academic goals.

Both Robbins and the regents called for “legal certainty” for students in continuing their education. The regents believe a six-month period is enough time for Congress “to find a sensible and humane legislative solution” such that DACA students may complete their education unhindered.

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PROTESTERS MARCH ON THE UA mall during the pro-DACA protest on Sept. 5.

Before the Trump administration announcement, President Robbins sent an email to UA students and faculty.

“In concert with our governing board, the Arizona Board of Regents, we are providing all of the support possible to DACA students as permitted by law,” Robbins wrote.

Andrade Mendoza disagreed.

“The UA is doing the minimum it possibly can,” Andrade Mendoza said.

Andrade Mendoza hopes the UA and board of regents will help secure

accessible tuition rates for DACA students and help provide them access to greater private scholarships.

He hopes citizens who support DACA students will raise their voice and pressure elected representatives to protect and support DACA students and community members.

“They took away our protection from deportation and our ability to work,” Andrade Mendoza said. “They want us to go back to the shadows, and we are not about to do that. It is time to push back harder, to be bold and be more unafraid.”

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The University of Arizona begins a new semester with its most diverse crop of students, welcoming more than 10,000 new undergraduate students.

When comparing ethnic diversity of freshmen on campus to the diversity of 2016, UA has seen four of its ethnic groups increase. The number of African American freshmen has risen from 5.9 percent to 6.4 percent, the number of Hispanic freshmen rose from 24.6 percent to 27.2 percent and the number of Pacific Islander and Asian American freshmen also increased their representation this semester.

Kasey Urquidez, vice president of management and student affairs advancement and dean of undergraduate admission, attributes the diversity to increased outreach to students.

“We definitely did a lot more outreach in terms of visits that we offered to the students to come see what’s on campus,” she said. “We did a lot more programming to provide students the opportunity to be on campus, that definitely helped.”

In addition to an influx of diversity, freshmen students have also brought their high GPAs and are being rewarded, Urquidez said.

“One of the things that I think we value is that students take the rigorous curriculum in high school, and so by taking a rigorous curriculum we know they’re going to be better prepared for the university,” she said. “So what we did last year, which was new, was that we offered students that were … taking a certain amount of AP or honors credit, we were rewarding them with an additional one-time $1,000 scholarship.”

This money was added to any aid or scholarships those students had already received.

However, the university also enrolled fewer freshmen than in years past.

“Across the country it varies, I think the biggest thing is that it’s a much more competitive

market,” Urquidez said. “When speaking about the freshman class there’s actually less freshmen than there used to be, and that’s just based on birth rates 18 years ago, so we’re kind of in a downward trend.”

Urquidez said that there was also an increase in students visiting and taking tours of the campus.

The university sent messages through email, mail and social media and tried to make each visit appeal to each individual who participated in a university tour.

Urquidez said in the future they will build upon their social media presence with students.

When it comes to student engagement, Abra McAndrew assistant vice provost of student engagement said, “We’ve been working really closely with the academic departments and colleges and departments of student affairs to identify their signature experiences.”

One event that was created last spring is the Build the Skill: Collaboration.

“We piloted a program around specifically the skill of collaboration, which is a skill that a lot of employers look for,” McAndrew said.

Twenty students participated in the event. The office has received feedback from alumni who said the experience and programs at the UA were very important.

“Our alumni who have been very involved on campus are much more likely to indicate that the cost of their education was worth it,” McAndrew said.

She also stated the alumni feel being at the UA prepared them for their career.

McAndrew said it’s important for students to have a conversation about the opportunities that are on campus.

“These enrollment and retention milestones are thanks to an unprecedented combination of campus-wide teamwork, innovation and strategic reinvestment in areas such as financial aid,” said Melissa Vito, senior vice president for student affairs, enrollment management and strategic initiatives in an email.

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POLICE BEAT

BY JESSICA BLACKBURN @hotbread33

Just hanging out A University of Arizona Police Department officer searched Sixth Street Parking Garage around 10:30 p.m.

Aug. 27 after receiving a trouble call in reference to a woman screaming.

As he drove to the fourth level in search for someone in distress, he noticed two men duck behind a silver truck as soon as he approached.

The officer made contact with the men who were still crouched behind the truck and asked them what they were up to.

The men said they were just hanging out and hid because they were caught off guard.

The officer asked what they had to be caught off guard about. They responded that they didn’t know, they were just surprised.

He noticed a black backpack at the men’s feet and directed them to go stand in front of his vehicle.

The men complied and gave their drivers licenses to the officer to confirm their identities.

The officer told the men he knew what they were doing in the garage and would like them to be honest.

One of the men told police he and his friend had been smoking marijuana prior to the officer’s arrival and that there were approximately 2.2 grams of marijuana in his backpack along with a glass pipe they used to smoke the marijuana.

Police took possession of the marijuana and pipe. An officer informed the men they would be diverted to the Dean of Students for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

A bike for a bagel A UAPD officer made contact with a student who had his bike stolen while inside Bagel Talk around 11 a.m. on Aug. 26.

The student told police he parked his bike at the south side of the Park Student Union before entering Bagel Talk.

He said he didn’t lock his bike since he didn’t think he would be in the store for long.

When he returned five minutes later, his bike was gone.

He told police he ran east onto Park Avenue and saw a man, 30 to 40 years old, wearing 1980s-style big sunglasses riding away on his bike.

It was then that he yelled, “Hey, that’s my bike,” and the man turned to look at him but started pedaling faster. Shortly after, the student lost sight of the man.

He told police he would like to prosecute if the suspect is located and was issued a victim rights form.

How to be a sustainable student

BY HANNAH DAHL @DailyWildcat

As students, you’ve all been told a hundred times how important it is to think and act sustainably. Your gen-ed science professor preached about it, the student-run organizations tried to recruit you and even your roommate called you out for leaving the lights on in the kitchen. You’ve been asked to do everything from walking to school to planting a garden to even converting to veganism. And if you’ve actually done any of these, more power to you.

But what about the steps you can take right now, without making any drastic life changes? Sustainability doesn’t have to be complicated or costly.

With that in mind, here are some simple tips for living a sustainable life this semester:

Start Small

Start with the basics: reduce, reuse, recycle. The first thing you can do to make a difference is decrease the amount of stuff you buy, said Sherri Ludlam, a city waste reduction specialist and the liaison for the University of Arizona’s Compost Cats.

“If you don’t buy it, you don’t waste it — then you’ve reduced your waste footprint,” Ludlam said.

There’s a reason to the rhyme “reduce, reuse and recycle.”

This is a familiar phrase for many people, but it’s important to follow the steps in that order, said Jill Burchell, senior coordinator of sustainability education in Housing and Residential Life.

“Recycling should be a last resort,” Burchell said. “You need to be thinking about reducing and reusing before you get to recycling.”

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We’ve all been there, standing in the produce section of Whole Foods debating whether we should spend the extra $2 on organic, fair-trade bananas or go for the cheaper option.

However, the cheaper option doesn’t have to be a trade-off for quality or eco-friendliness. You can stick to your budget and sustainability goals by purchasing your fruits and vegetables via Community Supported Agriculture, also known as a CSA. CSA offers the richness of freshpicked, locally grown fruits and veggies without an expensive price tag. The produce available at a CSA pickup

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VOLUNTEERS AT THE CSA pickup day hand out portions of locally grown bell peppers and nopales to members on Aug. 29. The produce at the CSA is all sourced from a single farm.

comes from one local farm, meaning the selection is often vastly different from anything you would find in a grocery store.

“Every week for years, we would go and buy the same produce at the grocery store, organic, and it was always, always more expensive,” said Philippe Waterinckx, a UA alumnus who founded the Tucson CSA 13 years ago.

The price isn’t the only draw. The produce may look a little different from what you might find at a grocery store, but it’s likely to taste different too – in a good way.

“What you get here at the CSA is that [the produce] was harvested when it was mature, when it was ready to pick [and] at its full flavor potential, so the quality is really good and it tastes really good, too,” Waterinckx said.

Buying locally also helps reduce the use of natural resources. From farm to table, CSA produce travels far less than anything you would find in the store, meaning less fossil fuel consumption, according to Waterinckx.

However, Waterinckx issued a word of caution to anyone considering joining a CSA: it may be cheaper, but it also requires more time in the kitchen.

Because there is a risk of unused produce going to waste, the CSA team is careful to provide cooking workshops, recipes and useful advice to help newcomers learn how to use the fruits and vegetables they’re unfamiliar with.

Recycle Smart

If you’re looking for just one thing to change this semester, Burchell has a suggestion for you.

“If you’re not sure if something is recyclable or not, just throw it away,” Burchell said.

Waste contamination is currently a big issue for the recycling services on campus.

Hot coffee cups, styrofoam, containers containing food waste and half-full water bottles are among some of the items that are commonly mistaken as recyclable, Burchell said.

Another object that doesn’t belong in a recycling bin? Pet waste. When you take your pet outside, please remember to bring a plastic bag and deposit all animal waste in a trash can, not the blue bin, according to Ludlum.

According to Burchell, contaminating the recycling bins can have big consequences.

If the Materials Recovery Facility receives a bag of recyclables that is too contaminated, it will just throw it away, rather than spending the extra time to sort out the usable materials.

“When you’re on campus, you’re a Wildcat, and Wildcats recycle,” Burchell said. “Wildcats do not throw trash in the recycling bin; that’s not who we are and that’s not who we want to be.”

You can take pride in the fact that the UA received a gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education this year; hopefully, you’ve found something you can do this semester to be a little more sustainable.

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Night owls not only tend to hit their stride later in the day, they eat more food later in the day. According to a 2017 Finnish study, early birds and night owls eat about the amount of total daily calories, but owls eat less protein and more sugar, fat, and alcohol, especially on weekends.

They also consume 20% of their total calories after 8pm – an eating pattern associated with increased risk of weight gain and heart disease.

Here are three ways night owls can fly right to avoid health and diet pitfalls.

1. Eat breakfast. This early bird no-brainer can feel out of place for a night owl since breakfast is more like lunch. Regardless of the time on the clock, eat within 60-90 minutes of waking because waiting too long can lead to overeating later on. Laterisers tend to eat less protein and more sugar and fat, so aim for a

combo of nuts or yogurt with fruit, a fiber rich cereal with milk, or eggs and whole grain toast to kick off your day.

2. Limit alcohol. On average, night owls drink twice as much as early birds, which can result in weight gain and poor food choices. Limit the total amount of alcohol, be sure to account for the 100-150 calories in each serving, and avoid late night drive-through burritos to help control weight!

3. Find the right pattern. Our society may seem better suited for morning types, but a night owl’s health can thrive in an early bird’s world! Figure out what works best for you with respect to mealtimes and exercise. Eating a heavy meal at the end of the day? Try eating your largest meal in the middle of the day. Have more energy at night?

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Navajo Tribal Utility Authority opens new solar facility The Kayenta Solar Facility is the first solar project for the Nation in a move toward its goal of a green-energy economy

BY MARISSA HEFFERNAN @_mheffernan

The Navajo Nation’s first utilityscale solar plant is now providing sun-powered electricity to homes.

The 27.3-megawatt project sits on 300 acres in Kayenta, a Navajo community south of Monument Valley, Arizona.

The Kayenta Solar Facility, built by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, was the final form of a longtime desire, according to NTUA government and public affairs manager Deenise Becenti.

“It’s been a goal that we’ve had for over 10 years — not this exact facility, but in terms of that we’ve always had a goal of moving into renewable energy development,” Becenti said.

Comprised of 119,301 photovoltaic panels set on singleaxis trackers that move with the sun, the facility is more than just numbers to Becenti.

“Right now, the facility, we see it as a significant demonstration that renewable energy facilities can be built here in Navajo,” Becenti said.

“So the long term goal, our hope, is that we can establish a green economy here on Navajo.”

A green energy economy would mean communities outside the Navajo Nation would purchase power generated from its project.

NTUA usually purchases power from places like Tucson Electric Power and the Public Service Company of New Mexico.

That purchased power is distributed to NTUA substations, then to the homes they service.

Now, that energy is being supplemented via the Kayenta Solar Facility.

“Right now, all the energy produced is being used here on Navajo land, feeding our two major substations,” Becenti said. “So anyone who uses that grid right now, they’re taking some of the solar power being generated.”

Ron Trosper, a University of Arizona American Indian Studies professor, said NTUA’s move into green energy generation is a return to the way electricity utilities used to be: with both distribution

and generation under the same enterprise.

“They grew up integrated, where they were generating and distributing,” Trosper said. “It was only in recent years that they were encouraged to separate.

Trosper said the expansion of NTUA’s function is not only a driver of economic development, but a result of it.

“That’s one aspect of economic development that’s going on, it’s [NTUA] becoming a bigger, more diverse entity,” Trosper said.

Another benefit of a green energy economy would be the added revenue, according to Becenti.

“We could use the money generated by sales to continue to build homes that are currently without electricity,” Becenti said.

“We estimate that there are 15,000 homes within our service territory without electricity.”

Trosper said that while the sheer size of the Navajo Nation can make electricity distribution difficult and expensive, Navajo has “lots of wind and lots of sunlight,” which could reduce costs in the long run.

“Navajo is a big, spread-out community where having access to electricity — good, well-priced electricity — is important to community welfare,” Trosper said.

This first solar plant has the potential to boost the economy and improve lives in other ways, too.

Becenti said the building process, which lasted six months and cost $60 million, employed close to 250 people, and nearly 200 were Navajo.

“This project provided enough training to give our people a resume in the construction of a solar facility,” Becenti said. “If we are able to get another project underway, we know we do have a workforce in Navajo that is ready to go.”

NTUA hopes to build more, according to Becenti.

“Our goal is to look to other communities to see if they would allow us to build within their regions,” Becenti said. “The largest challenge for us is to find enough land to build a facility of this size.”

Trosper said he liked the idea of involving community members in the build.

“That was a good thing to do,

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and will help other communities, because having people getting into the green energy sector is the wave of the future,” Trosper said.

With many tribes interested in alternative energy sources, Trosper said projects like the Kayenta Solar Facility are likely a growing trend.

“There is a small movement among tribes to take over the distribution of electricity on their reservation, and a few who have done it,” Trosper said. “Those tribes would be the ones who would probably be first in line looking at new generation sources.”

Becenti said the project was a multi-partnership accomplishment, involving the support of the Navajo Nation and the Kayenta community and partners like the Salt River Project, with which NTUA has a two-year power purchase and renewable energy credit agreement to cover loan repayments for the facility’s construction.

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“For [the partnerships and support] we are certainly thankful,” Becenti said. “We certainly welcome other nations to visit the

site and to see that yes, a facility can be built within their own homeland.”

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U.S. and Mexico nearing water-allocation deal

with the pulse flow release, we’ve seen very good survival of cottonwood, willow, seep willow ... species that all germinated from the pulse flow and have been sustained by base flow deliveries, as well,” Schlatter said.

The Sonoran Institute has been working with the negotiating team over the past two years and Schlatter said they’re hopeful that an agreement will be reached that includes their water allocation.

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Both Minute 319 and the upcoming agreement deal mostly with the sharing of water shortages between the two countries in times of drought, according to Schlatter.

“That being said, we are hoping that, similar to 319, there will be an environmental component of the agreement in which there will be water and ongoing restoration throughout the whole next agreement,” Schlatter said.

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The fate of the Colorado River Delta will be decided in coming months as Mexico and the U.S. come closer to reaching an agreement on a water-sharing deal.

The current deal in place, Minute 319, allocated Colorado River water for both Mexico and the U.S. and allowed for restoration water, called a pulse flow, to be delivered to the Colorado River Delta, in hopes of restoring the once-rich habitat.

Over 100,000 acre-feet of water was dumped into the Morelos Dam in the spring of 2014, providing a pulse flow so that restoration efforts could be made, according to Karen Schlatter, chief executive officer of the Sonoran Institute.

The goal was to restore 2,300 acres of riparian habitat that had been left barren by the damming of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, according to Schlatter. Interest in the area was sparked by a series of heavy rains in the 80s and 90s caused by El Niño events.

The extra flow of water showed glimpses of regrowth that caught the attention of conservation organizations like the Sonoran Institute.

Since then, the Sonoran Institute took on the largest restoration site in the delta, called Laguna Grande.

“Part of that is done is through active restoration techniques,” said Schlatter, who is also the adaptive management specialist and program manager at Laguna Grande. “We’re clearing

non-native vegetation and we’re planting native species and irrigating restoration sites.”

Laguna Grande is a 1,400-acre section of the Colorado River Delta. The Sonoran Institute is on target to restore 800 acres of land for the Minute 319 agreement, according to Schlatter. However, Minute 319 expires this year, and conservationists still have more land to cover in coming years.

“The other part of that is done through passive restoration,” Schlatter said. “With the pulse flow delivery and the base flow deliveries, we’re promoting new establishment of native habitat through natural processes.”

Of the 2,300 acres being worked on, it seems that passive restoration, with help from the pulse flow, has been the primary approach in this project. Schlatter said only about 1,000 acres are being restored through active restoration.

This means that the inclusion of restoration water to the upcoming international deal is crucial to the ongoing revival of this area.

“Our involvement in binational water negotiations is presenting the voice for the environment,” Schlatter said.

Schlatter said that from the start, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations including the Sonoran Institute has lead the charge for inclusion of habitat restoration in water deals. They were successful with the 2012 Minute 319, which ensured a pulse flow release in 2014.

“The pulse flow release provided some temporary and long-term benefits,” Schlatter said.

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Encryption explained: How math came to rule the transfer of information OPINION

BY BRIAN WINKLER @Brianewinkler

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n indicator that a tool or system is working well, especially in programming, is that you never have to think about it. It can chug along in the background, without us giving it any attention. Imagine that using your refrigerator required an intimate understanding of endothermic reactions, or that opening it required a complete mechanical comprehension of how a compressor works.

Thankfully, it doesn’t, and all we need to know is how to open and shut the door. The same goes for encryption.

It’s likely that you used some form of encryption today. Whenever you log into a website, encryption protects your information while it’s sent to its destination. Most smart phones and computers also use some form of encryption to protect their contents.

This encryption is what caused the controversy surrounding the FBI’s demand for Apple to break into one of the San Bernardino shooter’s phones.

If it weren’t for encryption, services such as online banking and social media wouldn’t exist, and while digital encryption is relatively new on

the timeline of human existence, the practice of obfuscating communication is not.

Encryption grew out of cryptography, the art of writing and solving codes.

Though various forms of cryptography have existed for thousands of years, one of the first and most recognizable forms of encryption was used by Julius Caesar.

Dubbed the Caesar Cipher, it works by simply shifting all the letters in the alphabet by some fixed number.

So if the number is three, the letter “A” becomes “D,” “Y” becomes “B” and “HELLO” becomes “KHOOR”. To decrypt the message, you just shift all the letters back by three. Though this is a simple and specific example, it adheres to the main ideas of how encryption works.

Anything encrypted uses some variation of two main components, a cipher text and a key. The cipher text is the message after it’s been encrypted and the key is the algorithm used to turn the cipher text back into readable text. In the previous example, “KHOOR” was the cipher text and the number three was the key. Modern encryption algorithms hold true to these two main concepts but are vastly more complex.

An encryption system is only as good as the number of possible keys to decrypt it. Being limited by the alphabet, the Caesar Cipher has just 25 possible keys, and a computer could try all 25 in the blink of an eye. As the popularity of computers grew, so did

the need for encryption systems that are difficult for computers to crack.

Algorithms were needed that were difficult for a computer to solve, but easy for a computer to confirm that a provided solution was correct. One way this was achieved was by creating algorithms with so many possible keys that it would take an eternity for a computer to crack it.

Throughout the digital revolution, mathematicians and computer scientists employed various encryption methods until we arrived at two main schools of thought regarding encryption: symmetric and asymmetric cryptography.

In symmetric cryptography, the same key is used to encrypt and decrypt the cipher. This type of encryption is most often associated with computer hardware, such as encrypting your hard drive, because its simplicity makes it less resource-demanding and therefore more efficient.

Asymmetric encryption, also known as Public Key Cryptography, relies on two separate keys. The first is the public key, which is the key that can be safely shared with others to encrypt a message. The second key is the private key, which is the only thing that can decrypt something encrypted with the associated public key.

The basic idea is that I can send you my public key, which you use to encrypt a message that you send to me.

I then use my private key to decrypt your message. This makes asymmetric encryption perfect for things such as authenticating passwords when you log into a website.

All major cryptographic systems today are in one of these two categories, though each category contains countless different encryption algorithms, each with strengths and weaknesses. An important way weaknesses are addressed is a principle

by Claude Shannon, called Shannon’s Maxim. It states that “one ought to design systems under the assumption that the enemy will immediately gain full familiarity with them.” This essentially means that an algorithm should be able to be released to the public without this making it easier to be cracked.

As you can probably tell, there’s a lot to be said about encryption and its role in our world today. These ideas are just the tip of the iceberg; there’s still a great deal to be learned. As always, gaining a better understanding of how things work only stands to broaden our worldview as well as satisfy our curiosity. As our friend Claude Shannon once said, “I just wondered how things were put together.”

—Brian Winkler is a transfer student from Pima Community College majoring in computer engineering

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Despite what the rulebook says, Arizona football still finds ways to keep the fun in football alive

BY CORY KENNEDY @corykennedy_DW

Despite what the NCAA rulebook says, UA football players find ways to keep the fun in football alive. As referees in both collegiate and professional football continue to crack down on in-game celebrations, the power of music keeps players and coaches ready to dance through the season. It is also not a coincidence that most of the dancing occurs before the ball is even kicked.

Football and music, while so drastically different, blend together as one on game day.

The saying “opposites attract” could not be more true here.

The violence, power and unpredictability of football meets the structured, planned timing of music that creates a type of grounding atmosphere for both players and coaches.

In a sport featuring over 50,000 passionate fans yelling down at a piece of turf, 300-pound men flying through the air and coaches giving out orders left and right, players actually look for more noise to keep them cool, calm and dancing.

The music blasting through Arizona Stadium’s speakers provides players like starting quarterback Brandon Dawkins stability under the bright lights.

“I like to stay as loose as I can and make sure I’m not shelling up and thinking too much,” Dawkins said. “I want to be able to play loose and be loose.”

Dawkins looks at celebrating like a routine, explaining that making a big play on offense, and the excitement that comes with it, gets the defense ready to go out there.

While music and dancing is allowed in practice, the locker room and during warm-ups, the NCAA rules committee draws the line at the game.

An issue that both the NCAA and NFL have today is dancing after scoring a touchdown or to celebrate a big play.

Players over the last 20 years in the NFL like Terrell Owens,

Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, Cam Newton, Rob Gronkowski, Odell Beckham Jr. and Antonio Brown have really pushed the envelop on touchdown celebrations. These players have created something that all fans can take place in and feel like they are a player for a moment.

Even though these players have created a cultural movement around the way they dance with moves such as the “dab” and the “whip,” referees still throw a penalty flag when dancing starts to get excessive.

See Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

NCAA rule 9-2 punishes excessive celebrations with a 15-yard penalty; the rule also prohibits any delayed, prolonged or choreographed act.

At last weekend’s game against the NAU Lumberjacks, Dawkins knew he would have to keep his post-touchdown celebrations to a minimum.

“I celebrate a little bit maybe a little bit too much at times …

I just like to rally the troops,” Dawkins said.

Coaches in college football have different opinions toward dancing, but when it comes to UA head football coach Richard Rodriguez, he is all for it.

“That’s part of the kids’ culture now; very rarely do you see them walking around without their headsets in,” Rodriguez said. “If it helps them loosen up, they can dance all they want, as long as they keep their focus.”

Music isn’t just for the players.

Rodriguez talked about his own taste in music, mentioning he likes using Pandora and frequents the Eagles and Prince radio playlists often. Rodriguez even talked about incorporating music in the practice plan, saying the Wildcats should use music more often.

As the battle between rules and fun continues to go on throughout NCAA and NFL football, it seems like the fun isn’t going away any time soon.

Arizona’s program, judging by how Rodriguez looks at it, will continue to have a good time.

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LUTE OLSON CELEBRATES WITH his team after Arizona beat Kentucky for the National Championship in 1997. The Wildcats knocked off three No. 1 seeds en route to the program’s lone national championship.

Lute’s legacy extends beyond court

BY SAUL BOOKMAN @Saul_Bookman

When a white-haired man stepped foot in Tucson way back in 1983, the city changed for the better. The University of Arizona men’s basketball program, which had seen some success under Fred Snowden, wasn’t the brand it is today until Robert Luther “Lute” Olson showed up.

What would come in the next 25 years was a form of excellence that, on many levels, was rivaled by only the great former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. Both attributed their success to the golden rule: treat others how you’d want to be treated. Holding players to a standard and expecting them to maintain a level of class while treating them like the families they left behind is perhaps their greatest achievement.

What hangs in the rafters doesn’t define what coach ‘O,’ as some call him, means to Arizona and Tucson. He is revered, both for his personal conduct and his ability to influence lives.

It begins with his appearance and weaves down to his integrity and character; it is all part of the legendary story of Olson, one which has led his beloved university to place a statue in his honor on the walkway of the house he made famous, McKale Center.

To understand what Olson brought to the table, you have to dig deep inside how he was able to have so much success.

That begins with his appearance. Olson was no stranger to nice suits, and he always made sure his hair was on point, outside of Bennett Davidson roughing it up after the 1997 National Championship win.

“He has this regal and towering presence that is undeniable,” said longtime beat writer Steve Rivera, who covered Olson since 1991. “When he walked into a room back in the day, he commanded the room, didn’t have to say a word, people knew who he was, kind of stood out. And he still has that presence.”

Rivera hits on another part of Olson that is so invaluable, not only to his legacy, but also to the school: his commitment to the

community. Senior Associate Athletics Director Erika Barnes arrived at the UA in 1997 to play softball and has been in the department ever since. She said that Olson still gets requests to be at engagements and his willingness to go never wains. He is visible in the community and supports the school in any way he can, a testament to not just ensuring his own sport survived, instead choosing to pull up the entire athletic program, a large reason the school has the national recognition it does today.

“He has made this place his home, and I think that speaks volumes,” Barnes said. “He didn’t want to retire and go somewhere else. … When you have a wonderful experience, you want to relish in that and enjoy yourself. … I think he truly enjoyed his time.”

His relationships extended far beyond the basketball court, as Barnes explained. Olson would often work out with his team, and Barnes remembered that her teammates were often nervous to speak to him. However, Olson was always engaging with all the athletes, and it is that engagement that has a longerlasting effect on student-athletes than wins and losses.

The perspective nationally is that Arizona is a power in college hoops. Olson is the sole reason for the rise to that narrative. Beginning in 1983 and ending in 2005, the Wildcats reached four Final Fours, 11 regular-season conference championships and Olson was named the national coach of the year in both 1988 and 1990. His crowning glory is twofold: A national championship in 1997 and induction into the basketball hall of fame in 2002.

“I think he really showed that every program has an opportunity to win national championships and be here and continue to build a program that is attractive for studentathletes to want to come to Southern Arizona,” Barnes said.

Such success doesn’t come without players that buy in, especially when it comes to a small desert town that doesn’t have a historic reputation. Part of Olson’s legacy was being able to find talent where others didn’t and to secure players when he did. Former men’s basketball forward Corey Williams was

a standout at Batavia High School in Illinois. He was a soughtafter talent, but he knew Olson was the man to lead him in the right direction the first moment he saw him.

“Playing for coach Olson was really educational in a lot of ways,” Williams said. “At the time, you didn’t know that he was teaching you about life. A lot of the things that were difficult about basketball weren’t really about basketball. … He was really in-your-face about whether or not you stepped up and did what you were capable of doing. … In terms of who am I going to follow, where am I going to go, what program do I want to be a part of — when that guy is the head of a program, it bends a lot of things in your favor.”

Being a coach and a mentor is undoubtedly what Olson will be remembered for. His statue will long be a reminder of the legacy he leaves behind. In this day and age of coaching and instant gratification, Olson saw the process of doing everything he could for young people through and maintains those relationships to this day. Williams said that Olson keeps tabs on all of his guys and that is why they have such a strong network of alumni that continue in basketball. The story is not unusual, but the way Olson went about his approach was — no cussing, no classless behavior, just a straight-to-the-core truth that gave his players the tools and confidence to succeed.

“He had a certain level of being distinguished just as a person,” Williams said. “He had this whole other personality that other coaches just didn’t have. Whether it was the hair or the suits, he stood out on a personal level. … A classy guy — sharp-dressed, well-mannered — he really had the total package. … The restraint and respect he showed toward us young people was really impressive.”

His legacy will soon be cemented, literally, on campus, but it was solidified long before this. It was sealed when he chose to stay faithful to a school when he could have left for Kentucky. It wasn’t the glamor he was looking for; it was relationships with the players and people he has grown to know and love so well.

He is Lute Olson, and Lute is Arizona basketball.

FORMER MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD coach Lute Olson argues a call with an official during the second half of Arizona’s first-round NCAA tournament game against Purdue on March 16, 2007, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans.

Lute Olson led the Arizona Wildcats to four Final Fours during his tenure as head coach 1988- Sean Elliott and Steve Kerr lead the Wildcats to their

first appearance in the national semifinal. Unfortunately, Stacey King and the Sooners were too much to handle as Arizona fell to Oklahoma 86-78.

1994- Arizona ran roughshot over the competition, one dominant performance after another en route to Charlotte. The Arkansas Razorbacks halted them with their ‘40 minutes of hell’ defense and beat the Wildcats to go to the national title game.

1997- Beating three No. 1 seeds, Arizona secured their first and only NCAA Championship under Lute Olson, also the only one in school history. Led by Miles Simon and Mike Bibby, the Wildcats would end up sending five guys off the squad to the NBA.

2001- The Wildcats’ last appearance in the Final Four ended in

bitter defeat as Arizona lost a nail-biter to Duke in the championship game. It would be Lute Olson’s final time in the title game.

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DEFENSIVE TACKLE ED OLIVER is the first freshman in UH football history named to a first team All-American list after he was selected to three different ones. The Wildcats take on Oliver and the Cougars this Saturday at Arizona Stadium.

Arizona prepares for a cat fight

BY NATHAN SKINNER @CaneDude08

Major Applewhite has huge shoes to fill.

Not only is he a first-time head coach; he is succeeding Tom Herman, one of the hottest young stars in the coaching profession. Herman, Kevin Sumlin and Art Briles all parleyed success at the University of Houston into jobs at Power Five schools.

The standard set by those coaches means that Applewhite won’t have an opportunity to ease into his position. Expectations are high in Houston, and for good reason. The Cougars return 15 starters and are favored to win by the American Athletic Conference.

Offense

As the best quarterback in his high school class, Kyle Allen was the apple of everyone’s eye.

The polished passer chose Texas A&M and saw significant playing time as a true freshman.

Allen was unable to find his niche in College Station and transferred to Houston following his first year. Allen was forced to sit out last season, per NCAA rules, and now appears ready to lead the high-octane Cougar offense.

Allen threw for 3,532 yards two years ago and should be highly productive in Applewhite’s system. Allen will be working with experienced, talented receivers.

Linell Bonner was a Second-Team All-AAC selection last season as he led the team in receptions and yards. Bonner is joined on the perimeter by Steven Dunbar and Keith Corbin.

Dunbar has a nose for the endzone, as evidenced by his five touchdown catches in 2016.

Corbin is a sophomore that started two games last year. Houston is a pass-first outfit; tailback Duke Catalon doesn’t see a lot of action. Catalon started seven games last year and averaged 3.6 yards per carry.

When a team relies heavily on the pass, the offensive line is crucial. The Cougars have four returning starters, and they are prototypical pass protectors.

Center Will Noble was a Third-Team AllAAC selection as a freshman. Guard Marcus Oliver has seen it all; he has participated in 33 games during his career. Josh Jones is the youngest player on the Houston front; he is a true sophomore that started 13 games last year.

Defense

Ed Oliver arrived in Houston as the highestrated recruit in program history. The defensive tackle was billed as the next dominant interior presence. Oliver lived up to the hype, recording five sacks, 66 tackles and 18 tackles for loss as a true freshman. The linebacker corps benefited immensely from Oliver’s presence, finally able to flow to the football unopposed. Matthew

Adams led the Cougars in tackles last year and is expected to repeat that feat in 2017.

Oliver is joined on the second level by D’Juan Hines, Emeke Egbule and Austin Robinson.

The Cougars’ secondary has been an Achilles heel in previous years; there has been a lack of difference-makers in the defensive backfield.

While three starters return, the secondary appears to be a question mark. Jeremy Winchester was a frequent victim of opposing quarterbacks last season; he is the most experienced corner on the roster. Safeties Garrett Davis and Khalil Williams are consistent performers.

Key Matchups Ed Oliver vs. Nathan Eldridge

This matchup will be the feature event of the weekend. Eldridge has a lot on his plate; not only must he contain one of the nation’s best defensive lineman, but he makes calls at the line to ensure his line is in the best position possible.

Oliver is an undeniable talent, one who is expected to be a top-five pick in next year’s NFL draft, should he declare. He has speed, agility, power and technique — essentially every tool you need to be dominant.

Bonner and Dunbar vs. Arizona secondary

Linnell Bonner and Dunbar are a good tandem at wide receiver. In fact, the two are

statistically the second leading duo nationally coming back this season.

Arizona struggled against Case Cookus and the Lumberjack wideouts Saturday, giving up 377 yards to NAU. Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles was a bright spot with two interceptions, but the secondary as a whole will need to improve if it wants to come out on top.

Arizona run vs. Houston run defense

Last year, Houston was ranked fourth nationally against the run. However, they have several new linebackers and players at key spots with limited experience. Arizona ran for 506 yards in its season-opening win against NAU. If Arizona can sustain that kind of production, it should win every game it plays. However, doing so against the Cougars’ defense will be far more of a challenge with the Lumberjacks.

Brandon Dawkins vs. Houston secondary

Brandon Dawkins didn’t throw much. In fact, he barely threw at all, completing seven passes on 13 attempts. He will be expected to do much more come Saturday and should have a decent opportunity to do so.

The secondary for Houston is inexperienced, but so is the Arizona receiving corps, to a degree.

The key will be if Dawkins can make plays via the pass by buying himself time out of the pocket.

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Athletics community comes to aid of Houston

BY ALEC WHITE @AlecWhite_UA

Sometimes, football is bigger than just a game.

Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, will mark one of those times. Just over a week after Hurricane Harvey devastated the city of Houston, the University of Houston is preparing to play its first game of the 2017 season, 938 miles from home.

The university decided to postpone all of last week’s athletic events in the aftermath of the hurricane to allow students and community members to recover, meaning Houston would not be able to play its football season opener versus UTSA. Prior to when the hurricane landed, students evacuated the campus and city in order to seek shelter and make sure their families were safe. This past Thursday, those students returned to campus to find their city and school picking up the pieces after the disastrous flooding.

Houston head coach Major Applewhite personally checked with every player regarding their families, and as of Sunday, all players’ families were located and contacted, said athletics spokesman David Bassity, according to the Daily Cougar.

“They gave us a lot of time to talk to our families ... because as players we understand that it’s bigger than football,” running back Dillon Birden told the Daily Cougar.

Bassity explained the program’s top priority over the last few weeks had nothing to do with football.

“Our coaching staff and administration made a promise that we were going to take care of their sons and get them to safety.

A lot of families were appreciative of that,” Bassity said during a conference call between AAC coaches.

Once their personal lives were secure, the Cougars took action to aid the community. In just the last week, players have gathered donations and distributed them to those in need. From clothes to food to house supplies, the program

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THE ARIZONA TRUCK SITS outside of the Arizona Stadium after getting filled with donations for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. The truck will follow the Univeristy of Houston football team back to Texas after the game on Saturday, Sept. 9.

has been a helping hand to the city of Houston.

The University of Arizona is also doing its part. UA Athletic Director Dave Heeke announced last week that Arizona was going to fill the football team’s equipment truck with cleaning and hygiene supplies to be donated to those affected by Harvey.

In less than three days, the truck was filled and another one came in to supplement it.

Now, a Houston football team made up

of mostly 18–22-year-olds has to somehow focus their attention on a playing their first game in a matter of days.

Natural disasters in years past have united teams to reach out to communities.

Disaster united the New Orleans Saints when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, as it did at LSU in 2016 when mass flooding occurred, and it seems to be uniting the Houston Cougars in 2017.

When the lights go on at Arizona

Stadium on Sept. 9, it will be for a football game between the Wildcats and the Cougars.

But the game will stand for much more.

It will represent another way for the city and university of Houston to come together. Healing comes in many different forms, but for the state of Texas — which is known for its devout love of the sport — football might just be the best healing power for the community.

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Get to know UAMA’s new interim director

Meg Hagyard is a native Tucsonan and University of Arizona almuna who has worked in the Tucson arts community since her graduation in 1999. Most recently, she has been appointed as the University of Arizona Museum of Art’s new interim director. We sat down with Hagyard to talk about her career experiences and the future of the museum.

BY KATHLEEN KUNZ @kathkunz

Daily Wildcat: What part of UA did you enjoy most as an undergrad?

Meg Hagyard: I really think that it was the relationships that I had with faculty. I had some particularly strong mentoring relationships with some faculty so I would say that experience.

DW: Spanning all of your previous work experience, what is your favorite project that you’ve worked on?

MH: I left non-profit for a while and had a collection, care and management business. I had a two-year long project with a particular collection during that period, and that was just an incredible learning experience. I got to build the team for it and work with lots of different kinds of people. So I would say the time that I had as a consultant working with a private collection.

DW: What is your favorite collection, exhibit or program currently in the museum?

MH: There’s so many things. Mapping Q, honestly, is probably

the thing. I just have so much respect for Chelsea [Farrar], whose program that was the brainchild of, and I’ve seen the exhibition before because I was on staff with the museum last year, but this was the first year that I saw the process that led up to this exhibition. Seeing the youth that were here spending time in the museum, how they were using the space, the commitment that they had to the process, the integrity that they showed throughout, watching Chelsea engage with the young people and then seeing what it resulted in. It’s a special program.

DW: If you could display any artist’s work at the UAMA, who would you choose?

MH: It’s actually an artist that works well with the collection,

but one of my all-time favorite artists is Toulouse-Lautrec. So being able to do a Toulouse-Lautrec show would be amazing, but there’s a million people. That list would be really long. When I think back to what was inspiring me when I was interested in art, that artist’s work was one of the things that I really connected to so I think that’s what I would do.

DW: In your opinion, what is your best trait for the type of work that you do?

MH: Fundamentally I think to be in the non-profit world, being adaptable to the situation and knowing that the environment is always going to be changing. So I see myself as pretty adaptable, and I think that’s definitely one of the strengths that I bring.

DW: Do you have any mentors, family members, friends or colleagues that inspired you to pursue a degree and a career involving art?

MH: I was always involved in the arts as a kid and I give

my mom a huge amount of credit for being supportive of that.

Whether it was ballet or theater or visual arts, I sort of had my hand in all of it when I was growing up. But it was a faculty member at the School of Art here that absolutely I can point back to being the person who pointed me on the trajectory of the career that I ended up having. She was a printmaking faculty named Rosemarie Bernardi. I lucked out to have a class with her and then that just sort of evolved into a deeper relationship.

She’s the first person who identified in me that I might have a skillset that worked well in the administrative end of things and asked me to organize a printmaking exhibition when I was an undergrad — which is normally a grad project, but there wasn’t anybody in the grad program at the time that was stepping up to take on this project, and so she asked me to do it. I did, and that was really rewarding and challenging and frustrating but ultimately resulted in this exhibition. Then from that I ended up with an internship at the gallery where the exhibition was done, and during that internship is where I wrote my first grant that was successfully awarded, and then from there it turned into my first job in the arts and so it just all sort of parlayed from that moment.

DW: As a native Tucsonan, what is your favorite aspect of living in the desert?

MH: The smell of the desert after the rain. I would say if not the post-rain smell, just the nighttime in the summer where the heat breaks and then it’s just quiet and still and dark. It’s beautiful.

DW: Do you have any advice for UA students considering a degree in art?

MH: To do it. I think that a degree in art is completely

worthwhile. With any degree, you don’t necessarily know the career that’s going to unfold for you afterwards, but I think a degree in any type of arts provides you the opportunity to learn skills that are going to benefit you in any kind of career. What I’m thinking about particularly is not just the ability to think creatively and to learn how to think creatively and critically, but the ability to both develop your own ideas, have to learn how to trust and defend those ideas and your own concepts and what comes from bringing something from an idea to reality.

Like taking something from beginning to end. I feel with our current education system, sometimes you don’t have those experiences very often, that you’re plugging into something in a process but you aren’t necessarily responsible for something from origination to completion. So I think those experiences are really important and will serve you in any career that you have.

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MEG HAGYARD, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE UAMA

DW: Where would you like to make improvements at the UAMA? What are your immediate and long-term plans?

MH: For improvements, it’s just continuing the trajectory that the museum has already been on, and that’s strengthening the connection between the museum and the student population and the faculty to really make people see this as their space, as their museum and to utilize the museum as a community campus connection. With projects like Mapping Q, we can be a really nice vehicle for students to learn more about the broader community.

As a UA student, particularly if you’re not from Tucson, you might only get to know the square mile around the university or maybe just Fourth Avenue, but I think through things like the museum, students can get more connected and understand the community that they’re in. We can do that with the arts community and so I’m really excited about that particular aspect of what we’re doing.

For long and short term plans, as interim director it’s really going to be about working with the staff. We’re going into a strategic planning process so working with the staff to do that, and then also ramping up for re-accreditation, which is a big deal for the museum. So a lot of the energy will be focused on preparing and doing all the internal work we need to do before we begin the re-accreditation process in 2019, and of course now with the “Woman-Ochre” being recovered, working through that process and the thoughtful conservation process that we will be undertaking.

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UA a cappella groups bring music to campus

BY SAVANAH MODESITT @savmodesitt

The University of Arizona is home to six a cappella groups.

Most of them have been around for over five years, and they continue to share their love for music today on and around campus. Recently, all six a cappella groups held auditions for the upcoming 2017-2018 season.

One of the groups, Noteriety, has been a part of the UA’s a cappella scene since its founding in fall 2009. With released songs featured on YouTube, iTunes and Spotify, the co-ed group continues to share their voices around campus.

The group is no stranger to performance since they have also entered competitions like the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, a competition where the ensembles compete against other a cappella groups around the state of Arizona and then nationally.

Bryant Mitchell, a senior majoring in industrial engineering and also the president and bass singer of Noteriety, said the group typically enters the ICCA every year.

“These are the only performances where Noteriety dances and sings; usually in our performances we only sing,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said that, after his graduation, he hopes to keep up with Varsity Vocals, an international organization for a cappella at the student level.

“As Noteriety, we want our audience to be engaged in our variety of music that we sing,” Mitchell said. “The group helps make close friendships and relationships outside of school classes.”

Elizabeth Barnitt, a sophomore majoring in systems engineering and also the music director of Noteriety, had advice for those interested in joining the a cappella group: “Being in an a cappella group, I would advise listening to other people and parts in the group, as well as being able to hold your own part in the song,” she said.

“We mostly stick to genres like alternative and pop. Noteriety is great because it makes music

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NOTERIETY, A STUDENT A CAPELLA group, practices “The Greatest” by Sia at the Fred Fox School of Music Sunday, Aug. 20. This group has been active at the UA since fall of 2009.

another outlet of expression.”

Another ensemble on campus is Dolce Voces, an all women’s ensemble that has five current members at the UA. Maggie Guinan, a senior majoring in English and president of the ensembler, explained through email what the ensemble looks for when recruiting members.

“We love singing, making new friends, and creating everlasting memories,” Guinan wrote.

“Singing in an a cappella group is also so much fun. It is extremely rewarding knowing that we can carry a tune without relying on a band or other instruments.”

Guinan also advised timid singers to have confidence.

“It is so important to believe in yourself, because you can go anywhere when you know your worth,” Guinan said. “We would hope that audience members feel empowered to express themselves freely and to use music as a means to make our world a better place.”

Amplified A Cappella, an

ensemble created in the fall of 2012 on campus, now has 10 members and is hoping to receive more within the next few weeks of auditions.

Evan Brown, a senior majoring in general math and physics, is the current president of Amplified A Cappella. Brown said the group grows from seeing people audition to join them.

“Every new piece of music, every emotion in between, puts into perspective how magical a group of students coming together to make music is,” he said. “All of my closest friends are people in Amplified and we call ourselves ‘Ampi-family.’ I live with four other group members and we even call our house the ‘Boombox.’”

Enharmonics is an all-treble ensemble. The group is unique in that its members must be able to sing on the treble clef, which includes altos, sopranos and counter tenors.

Leda Robinson, a senior majoring in theatre and also

president of the group, said her favorite moments of being in Enharmonics are when the group goes through a final run of a song in rehearsal.

“It either sounds great or it crashes and burns,” Robinson said. “Either way, we laugh through it all and we enjoy doing it.”

The group also has been involved in philanthropic events like a fundraiser at World of Words, a center with children’s books on campus.

“The group decided to be a part of a fundraiser that helped bring children books to less privileged communities,” Robinson said.

Ellervator Pitch is co-ed a cappella ensemble on campus that is also associated with the Eller College of Management.

Daniel Wall, a junior majoring in management information systems with the Eller program, is the newly elected president and tenor singer for the group.

The Eller club is split into two sub-clubs, one comprising of the

business aspect and the other solely for a cappella performance.

Wall said participants in performance do not necessarily have to work on the business side.

“They are a part of the same club but are a part of different entities,” Wall said. “We decided to split into an a cappella group because we wanted to keep being an Eller club that focused on philanthropy and the music industry. We often stay away from competitions and focus mainly on our love for music and philanthropy events like carol singing at retirement homes and hospitals.”

According to Wall, students who are interested in joining the group do not have to be enrolled at the Eller College of Management, since the group has the freedom to welcome any student from any major. Wall also said the club is open to new members all year.

Of the six ensembles, CatCall, an all men’s group, was unable to be interviewed at this time.

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‘S-Town’ story needs to be heard

BY VICTORIA PEREIRA @vguardie917

John B. McLemore lived his entire life in Woodstock, Alabama, a small town smack in the middle of rural America. He preferred to call it “Shittown.”

“S-Town” is the podcast that explores this town and the people who have called it home for generations. Executive producer Brian Reed leaves no stone left unturned and digs through the confusion to see the real Woodstock, Alabama, and the real McLemore.

The story Reed weaves is one of incredible intrigue and unanswered questions, complicated relationships and fascinating details — a story which may have never left that small town of Woodstock or the surrounding Bibb County area if McLemore hadn’t reached out to the team at “This American Life.”

As a producer for “This American Life,” Reed came across McLemore’s email, and a dialogue began between the two quickly. Soon enough the podcast producer was booking a trip to investigate an alleged murder and its subsequent cover-up in Woodstock.

Three years and countless twists and turns later, “S-Town” was released as a seven-episode documentary podcast about Reed’s investigation into Woodstock, the alleged murder and McLemore himself. It was an immediate hit and broke the 10 million downloads milestone within four days of its release, according to Variety. In comparison, the immensely popular documentary podcast “Serial” took seven weeks to reach such a number.

“S-Town” is unlike anything the team from “This American

Life” has ever created. Although it is like “Serial” in its approach to documentary storytelling, there’s really no mystery to be solved.

While there may be a dead body, Reed finds his story not in the investigation of a murder but in the exploration of one man’s life and how it interweaves with all the inhabitants of his little town.

Reed’s reporting ensures there are no clear lines between good and bad, no indications of who should be trusted and who should be kept at a distance, making the unfolding of the story even more evocative.

The plot of “S-Town” entices listeners to download the first episode, but one realizes quickly the popularity of this podcast isn’t only because of its story, but the larger-than-life cast of characters.

McLemore is an endlessly interesting character to examine and is anything but your average Joe. During one of their first telephone conversations, McLemore tells Reed of the hedge maze he’s built as part of his expansive property, complete with gates that can be reoriented to allow for a slightly different maze construction each time.

He’s able to immediately spout off the exact latitude and longitude of the maze for Reed to see an aerial view of it through Google Maps. According to McLemore, there were 64 possible solutions and a single fence orientation that would result in an unsolvable maze. A null set, as Reed dubs it.

McLemore is a horologist, one who studies clocks and their inner workings. Specifically, the man spends his days in the workshop attached to his house studying and fixing antique clocks. Reed talked to several other horologists who knew of McLemore’s work and all agreed that he was among the best in his craft.

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he Pre-Pharmacy Club is a Student Organization created for Undergraduates who plan on pursuing careers in Pharmacy.

The mission of the club is to provide valuable resources and opportunities introducing students to the quickly changing world of Pharmacy. In addition, the club seeks to help its members become the most qualified applicants to the Pharmacy program.

You are invited to attend our first meeting of the semester which will be held on September 11th at 5 p.m. in room B109 of Drachman Hall at the UA College of Pharmacy.

For more information: http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/students/stdorgs/prepharm Refreshments will be served

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This man took in stray dogs he found around his neighborhood, often having upwards of 10 at a time. He never married and took care of his aging mother in the same house he grew up in, known around town as an incredibly intelligent but eccentric person. He constantly discusses the problems plaguing today’s world and his small town, treating issues like the initial murder and coverup he contacts Reed about just as seriously as climate change.

McLemore is quite larger than life, so much so that at times one forgets they are listening to a documentary podcast. There are no reenactments or scripted lines from interview subjects in “S-Town.” Every conversation is genuine, every sound bite something Reed collected from his countless trips to Alabama and phone calls with the various people he came across.

For some, the reality of the story doesn’t sink in until seeing photographs of McLemore’s maze and interviews with Reed and his subjects.

It feels as if someone has carefully crafted the pieces of this story, plotting out each character’s path and personality, and yet it is all organic, all real. And to think this incredibly true story with these nearly unbelievable characters might have never been told if Reed hadn’t opened an email with the subject line, “John B McLemore lives in Shittown Alabama.”

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LIFE AS A COLLEGE MOM

AURORA BEGAY WITH HER 2 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

Balancing parenthood and school isn’t easy, but it’s worth it

BY AURORA BEGAY @DailyWildcat

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eing a college student and a young mom feels impossible sometimes.

From making sure that my daughter is being taken care of while I’m at school to making sure that I turn in homework that is worth 20 percent of my grade, it takes a huge toll on me.

There are days where it’s difficult to balance both homework and taking care of my daughter. These are days when my daughter is sick or having an off-day and I need to focus on her. On these days, it’s hard to make time to do homework. This semester, I’ve started doing homework on the days that I know I’m going to have a babysitter and on the days where I’ll be at the University of Arizona.

When I’m unable to finish an assignment, I feel like a failure. I’ll admit, I probably have a breakdown once a week. I’ve gotten better, though. I’ve learned to just breathe and focus on one task at a time. It has truly helped me. But at times when I feel like I can’t do anything right, I’m thankful to have an amazing best friend who I can vent and spill my feelings to.

I feel like I relate more to my professors than my classmates. I feel so “old” when I’m listening to my classmates talking about their sororities, the parties they go to or even who they’re dating. Meanwhile,

my professors talk about their families and the family events they went to over the weekend. Besides going to college, the only times I go out are to the gym, grocery shopping, taking my daughter to the play area of the mall or to my boyfriend’s family’s house. When I talk to my professors, it’s usually about my daughter and their children. I don’t mind these conversations, though.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “young women who give birth while attending a community college are 65 percent less likely to complete their degree than women who do not have children during that time.” When I became pregnant, I was a sophomore at Pima Community College. Now I’m a senior at the UA.As each semester goes by, I’m grateful that I’m still able to go to school and that I’m so close to graduating. I’m grateful that my boyfriend’s mom is more than willing to watch my daughter when I need help. I’m grateful to have my best friend supporting me and by my side through this journey. It makes me thankful that I have such a great support system and that I’m beating the “teen mom” statistic.

I love being a mom and I love watching my daughter grow up. I want to show her that it’s possible to do anything and that I was able to obtain a bachelor’s degree.

When I think about my future, I know that when I get my bachelor’s degree next year, that all my tears, stress and sleepless nights will be worth it.

— Aurora Begay is a senior majoring in journalism

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Professors, beware of smartwatch cheating

BY SAMMY MINSK @DailyWildcat

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aving a smartphone just isn’t enough sometimes. People are now getting psyched about the new “wearable technology” trend. By this, I mean smartwatches. Just like your phone, you can send texts, make phone calls, track your run via GPS, take pictures ... and pull up a cheat sheet? Why else would you need to pull up documents on a small 38 millimeter screen? I think that an average working adult would be more likely to use one of their other personal devices for that.

Cheating with a smartwatch is extremely easy, especially right now. Not many students have smartwatches so teachers aren’t looking for them. When students are in a large auditorium with 100 plus peers, it’s easy to scroll through documents undetected by a professor.

You can easily find tutorials online on just how to pull up documents on a smartwatch. Youtuber Jeremy Judkins has a whole video on Youtube called, “Using a Smart Watch to Cheat on a Test?!” where he shows users how to pull up documents with his Android Wear. Though he adds a disclaimer not to cheat, “and if you do, don’t get caught,” using the app, Documents for Android Wear enable people to access PDF files through their watch. The surface is so insanely small and impractical, you would wonder what people really do with this feature besides use it on tests.

If you don’t have an Android watch, there is still another way to bring your answers with you to an exam. Apple has a useful app called Notes+, which allows users to type

all their personalized notes and equations on their iPhone and sync the data to their Apple watch.

People have already begun using small devices to improve their test scores. Take three medical students at Rangsit University in Bangkok who used wearable technology to try and pass a medical exam. The students wore glasses with hidden cameras built in the frames which took footage of the exam. The students would take a quick bathroom break to send the information to an external source to be answered.

The receiver would complete the exam and send encrypted answers back to the students directly to their smartwatches.

A professor was suspicious when several students went to the bathroom at the same time. After a smartwatch was confiscated, the truth began to reveal itself. Professors began to pay close attention for wearable technology during the three-day exam and caught two more students cheating.

The price of a smartwatch can never cover the repercussions of cheating — but some say that sometimes “ya gotta do what ya gotta do.” These gadgets can be a big investment for students, ranging anywhere between $150 to $750. But, when there is a smartwatch for only $46.33, the answer may not be so far fetched. Sold on Amazon as a cheating watch, this gadget has the capability to pull up documents in TXT, MP3, JPG, GIF, WAV, WMV, AVI and more.

The watch looks like a cheap knockoff of Apple’s Watch Series. There is currently no information on if the watch has actually been used successfully.

Commonly, teachers ask students to put away their phones so they are out of sight.

But now with watches, this is just another factor teachers have to be aware about.

— Sammy Minsk is a senior majoring in journalism

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‘Nuestras Recetas’ aims to preserve recipes The Tucson Botanical Gardens and Catholic Community Services are partnering to document recipes from local Mexican-American seniors in a booklet

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The Tucson Botanical Gardens and Catholic Community Services are partnering to document and create a bilingual booklet, “Nuestras Recetas: Food Traditions and Favorite Recipes of Tucson’s Mexican Americans,” composed of recipes from the local community.

The partnership began when the Gardens and CCS worked with Mexican American seniors who had these recipes, and those who worked alongside them wanted to document the recipes.

Juliet Niehaus, the project director of Nuestras Recetas and the director of horticultural therapy at Tucson Botanical Gardens, decided to apply for a project grant from Arizona Humanities, the Arizona affiliate for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Niehaus received a $5,000 grant to showcase the recipes of the Mexican American senior community and those who wrote them.

“It’s a humanity-focus project, so we are looking at culture through food,” Niehaus said.

“We’re looking at the way in which their recipes reveal their daily lives [in] the community, and about how their culture has changed over time.”

Upon collection of the recipes and the history of those giving them, it quickly became apparent that these recipes are less about measurement and more about feeling when it comes to cooking.

“When we did start to collect recipes, we realized most of them had a loose way of describing how they cook their food,” Niehaus said. “It happens when something has been passed down from generation to generation, and it will not be a cup of this and a teaspoon of that; it’ll be a little bit of this and little bit more of that.”

Celeste Perkins, a Tucson resident, said that in most recipes, from her personal experience or the experience of her friends, it’s impossible to get an exact measurement.

“Your abuela throws in a hand of this, a pinch of this and a

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PLANTS IN THE KITCHEN Garden at the Tucson Botanical Gardens include dwarf pomegranate, Malabar spinach, Greek oregano and Anaheim chili peppers.

sprinkling of that,” Perkins said.

“It’s all intuition and very little exacts that help you understand the recipe. You just watch and listen, and when it comes to cooking with family, it isn’t about the eating as much as just spending time together.”

The program will be run bilingually, and translators will help communicate everything the seniors may want to say if English isn’t their primary language.

The collection of recipes and documentation will take place now through May 2018. Niehaus says she hopes this project can bring the community together.

That is why Arizona Humanities awarded a project grant to this project — to help

bring the people of Arizona closer.

The nonprofit’s mission statement is to build “a just and civil society by creating opportunities to explore our shared human experiences through discussion, learning and reflection.”

“Bringing people together and connecting them to the history of Tucson, and bringing people’s stories together and showing that there are more things that connect us than divide us is what we strive to achieve here at Arizona Humanities,” said Marilyn Murphy, senior marketing and communications coordinator at Arizona Humanities.

Last year, Arizona Humanities

awarded over $181,000 worth of funding through 41 grants to projects that helped start a conversation in their communities.

The Gardens and CCS will hold two informational sessions about the project for the community, one of which will be at El Pueblo Neighborhood Center on Thursday, Sep. 7, at 10 a.m. and the other at the Tucson Botanical Gardens in Porter Hall on Thursday, Sep. 21, 10 a.m.

However, if you can’t make either of these events, you can contact Niehaus at the Gardens by email or by phone at 520-3269686 to find out more about the cultural project.

This project will preserve history, culture and family

recipes from Tucson’s history of Mexican American food. This gives the Mexican American seniors in the community an opportunity to tell their stories and preserve family history.

“It’s important to the seniors who are sharing their stories and their culture; many of them are older folks and have so much knowledge and they are the connection between multiple generations, from their grandparents to their grandchildren,” Niehaus said.

“It’s important to them that they are contributing in a way to their community, and there is always an amazing response to the seniors, and this booklet is a medium in which they can teach us culture and history.”

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