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subject and propose solutions to of misinformation clustered 2) financial interests in spreading combat the phenomenon. under the heading of fake news,” phony information.

Law professors Derek and Verstraete said. “We saw that they Since not all fake news is Jane Bambauer co-authored the had different motivations and created equal, the team put With fake news propagating report with lead different social together a matrix based through the national author Mark harms and we on intent and payoff to media landscape, Verstraete, a just wanted describe different type a team of UA James fellow at the to break them of news from hoaxes to E. Rogers College of law college out to create humor.

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AS PART OF THE nearly-year-old Poetry Coalition, the UA Poetry Center is a partial benefactor of a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to continue their mission to spread poetry as a medium for ideas around Tucson and the world. UA Poetry Center Coordinator Sarah Gzemski said the grant will go toward support programs for different member organizations.

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The UA Poetry Center has become one of the founding members of the Poetry Coalition, a collection of artscentric groups and organizations from around the country unified in a pursuit to spread works of poetry.

After a year of planning, the coalition launched last November. It was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation at the beginning of July. The Academy of American Poets will administer the grant.

In a press release, Jennifer Banka, executive director of the Academy of American Poets, praised the Ford Foundation’s decision. She said the financial support is “an important validation of the vital role poetry plays in our culture and communities.”

UA Poetry Center Coordinator Sarah Gzemski said the grant will go toward the Poetry Coalition’s goals, like support programs for different member organizations as well as annual meetings.

This year’s Poetry Center Annual Meeting will take place on campus at the Helen S. Schaefer Building.

Gzemski confirmed that while a definitive date has not been set, the meeting will occur “sometime near the end of 2017 or beginning of 2018.”

More than anything, Gzemski believes the grant will help get the general public’s attention.

“There is a misconception out there that no one cares about poetry,” Gzemski said. “That’s just not the case. We and our other member organizations have seen an uptick in program attendance the last few years.”

The Poetry Coalition landed the grant by members exhibiting

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programs based around a theme.

Tyler Meier, the UA Poetry Center executive director, believes those themes help give the organization a unified vision and goal.

“The Poetry Coalition is helping create new awareness about the role poetry and poets play in our culture, making more visible the way poetry can help us relate,” he said.

The prospect of the UA hosting the meeting excites Meier as more and more people join the coalition’s member organizations.

“The University of Arizona Poetry Center is thrilled to be a part of this historic alliance of peer organizations,” he said.

Last year’s theme, “Because We Come From Everything: Poetry and Migration,” brought U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to Tucson for the Festival of Books, a reading at a local elementary school and a question-and-answer session with Arizona poet laureate Alberto Rios.

According to Gzemski, events with guests like Herrera get non-poetry majors involved and interested.

“We want to make our programs available to as many people as possible,” she said.

Founded in 1960, the UA Poetry Center is part of the College of Humanities and aims to spread the culture of poetry on a global scale.

The center offers workshops to the Tucson community including tips for writers and guest speakers.

Every summer, the Poetry Center hosts a resident poet and, for two weeks, the resident can focus on writing while staying at the center. The poet receives a $500 stipend and gives a reading at one of the center’s events. This year’s resident was Noah Baldino from Purdue University.

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NEWS FAST FIVE: Yemen Civil War

BY RANDALL ECK @reck999

With the recapture of Mosul by Iraqi forces the fight against ISIS is one step closer to a final standoff in Raqqa.

As a result, public consciousness is shifting from ISIS to civil wars in Libya, Syria and Yemen — and to questions of

Kurdish separatism.

Without a doubt, the most devastating and undercovered of these Middle East conflicts is the two-year-old civil war in Yemen.

Even before the conflict, 50 percent of Yemenis lived in poverty, making it the poorest country in the Arab world.

The recent complete breakdown in civil infrastructure

has unleashed the worst cholera outbreak in the world, bringing to its knees a people already facing famine, death and fragmentation.

Accusations of war crimes in the humanitarian disaster of Yemen continue to mount and implicate governments as far away as the United States and Europe.

The war began with tensions between Shia and Sunni Muslims

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Ever since the unification of North and South Yemen in 1990, shifting political alliances, sectarianism and regional uprisings have become commonplace. Today’s civil war is no different.

After multiple rebellions by Houthis militia, belonging to the

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minority Zaidi sect of Shia Islam in the country’s northwest, former authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh resigned in 2012, passing power to his deputy Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Bowing to pressure from the World Bank, Hadi reduced fuel

subsidies leading to national protests in 2014. Houthis militias used this opportunity to occupy the capital of Sana’a sidelining the little power Hadi had been able to accumulate.

Military forces still loyal to Saleh sided with the Houthis, who claimed to want to install a democratic

government which respected minority rights.

As forces advanced south, the country’s majority Sunni population became wary of the new government declared in Sana’a. Hadi was forced to flee the country as the fighting intensified.

Yemeni soldiers

The conflict has become a proxy war for Iran and Saudi Arabia Fearing Iranian arms shipments to Houthis militias on its border, Saudi Arabia, with a coalition of Arab states, began a military air and ground campaign in support of government forces loyal to Hadi and Sunni militias in the southeast.

The campaign, spearheaded by now

crown-prince Mohammed bin Salman, stopped the Houthis advance before the port city of Aden, which become the government’s de-facto capital when Hadi returned from exile in 2015.

The Saudi goal to recapture the capital at Sana’a remains elusive as the war has reached a stalemate amidst

continued airstrikes, Saudi blockage and Houthis shelling Saudi Arabia.

With the lifting of U.S. sanctions following the Iran Nuclear Deal, Iran strives to gain greater regional influence in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Alongside religious differences, Saudi Arabia perceives Iran as the greater

threat to its regional hegemony and sees its desire to export populist, religious revolution as the greatest threat to its monarchy.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have waged a number of proxy conflicts like the one in Yemen through their support of regional militias and terrorist organizations.

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The United States has economic and political interest in the war

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The United States has three main interests in the war in Yemen: • Maintain its long-standing alliance with Saudi Arabia • Ensure access to Bab-al-Mandeb, the passage between the Arabian and Red Seas, which transits 4.7 million barrels of oil per day

• Weaken a dangerous al-Qaeda sect in the Arabian Peninsula Taking advantage of the chaos, alQaeda allied itself with Sunni militias and expanded its territory along Yemen’s southern coast.

Without an ally in Sana’a, U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda

and ISIS affiliates in the region have been hampered.

Saudi Arabia offered stability when it leaned upon U.S. military training personnel and weapons sales to fuel its foray into Yemen.

After widespread bombing of civilian targets and infrastructure by the Saudi

air force, the Obama administration, fearing to assist in war crimes, issued a no-target list to the Saudis.

The Saudis continued to facilitate potential war crimes leading to the Obama administration to halt weapons sales to the country, a policy the Trump administration has reversed.

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More than 10,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed so far A majority of the casualties comes from Saudi airstrikes.

According to the United Nations, both sides have targeted civilians,have engaged in targeting civilians and war crimes.

In a country that imported 90 percent of its food before the war,

the heavily damaged Houthis Hodeidah port cannot support the needs of the population. More than 17 million Yemenis, in a country of 27 million, do not know where their next meal will come from.

More than 3 million children are malnourished, 2 million

civilians are internally displaced, 14.4 million lack access to clean drinking water and a majority lack access to health care.

Days after sanitation infrastructure ceased to function, cholera began spreading through Yemen’s major cities.

In the first three months of the epidemic, there were 360,000 suspected cases of cholera and more than 2,000 deaths.

Humanitarian assistance has been unable to reach and support many Yemenis due to the conflict.

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International attempts to end the war have been unsuccessful

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The international community has attempted and failed to broker multiple ceasefires and resolutions to the conflict.

Talks of secession and a twostate solution are reported to be extremely likely, but for the most part remote possibilities.

With an ever more devastated economy and infrastructure, any post-conflict government will have little resources to address the health and nutritional crisis of the Yemeni people as well as contend with terrorists and militias unwilling to give up arms.

As long as Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to militarize the region, resolution remains remote.

A first step to ending the horrendous human suffering in the region can come from the U.S., France, the UK and others providing weapons and support to

Saudi Arabia.

Pressure from the UN for a peaceful resolution continues alongside their solicitation of international funds for humanitarian aid and the ability to safely assist the Yemeni people on the edge of collapse.

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The report does not include a classification for news stories stemming from journalistic publications that occasionally get the facts wrong or articles with which people simply disagree.

Additionally, the report provides potential solutions through four different approaches: law, code, markets and norms.

Verstraete said the team looked at past attempts at solutions for harms in the online ecosystem. The four categories come from internet scholar Larry Lessig, who developed the modes as ways that can constrain behavior.

“We really don’t endorse one [solution] specifically,” Verstraete said. “We think there are good points and bad points with each of them, so this is just a first cut at putting solutions on the table and seeing how they interact with other values we have.”

A legal approach would likely run into conflicts with free speech. Much of expression in America is protected by the First Amendment, but law covering defamation and libel, and authority under the Federal Trade Commission, could provide some relief to the spread of dubious data on the internet.

An economic approach through marketbased solutions could discourage fake news sources by hitting purveyors in the pocketbooks. The report cites Google’s mandate following the 2016 presidential election that it wouldn’t allow fake news websites to use its advertising infrastructure.

However, the report says methods like this

News • Wednesday, July 26-Tuesday, August 1, 2017 would only target some sources of specious statements, leaving those without financial motives to continue their false claims.

With the vast majority of fake news spreading through internet channels, content managers could create algorithms that sort through news stories and decide which are fact and which are fiction.

Facebook attempted this model, according to the report, but a human element led to claims of biased selection of stories. When Facebook decreased human involvement, the integrity of the code diminished, allowing hoaxes to once against dominate users’ news feeds.

Verstraete found particular interest in Facebook’s motivation behind spreading fake news. Part of the report details how Facebook stands to benefit financially from fake news posts.

“Fake news is often times inflammatory and causes people to click it and like it and share it with their friends,” Verstraete said. “When they do that, Facebook collects a lot of data that they can then aggregate to service ads to people.”

Finally, a social approach would apply pressure on individuals against spreading fake news. The problem with this solution, the report says, is that it’s difficult to engineer social norms as they usually have natural origins.

“I hope the report is used as the beginnings of a larger discussion about speech on the internet and kinda just a first cut at how solutions could and should work,” Verstraete said.

While the authors don’t claim to have the definitive solution to the fake news problem, they say the report could provide the context and a starting point from which to discuss way to curb the influence of invented information.

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Tempe church with Tucson roots sanctioned by ASU

BY CAROL ANN ALAIMO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR (TNS)

A Tempe church that sprang from a controversial campus ministry in Tucson has been disciplined by Arizona State University for hazing and other misconduct.

Hope Church, accused among other things of humiliating ASU students on the basis of their sexual behavior, will spend the next four years under sanction after a recent disciplinary ruling by the school’s dean of students.

Church officials maintain no wrongdoing occurred.

The latest ASU ruling follows five others in February against Hope student clubs found to be posing as secular groups and collecting personal information from ASU students on the church’s behalf.

As a result, Hope now stands to lose the lucrative benefits it has been receiving from state taxpayers, including hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of free rent on campus and access to steep tuition discounts for church leaders and their families.

Hope officials claimed — wrongly — in recent interviews with the Arizona Daily Star that the church still has ASU’s blessing despite the string of recent misconduct findings.

“Hope Church is in good standing with ASU,” Corey Vale, chairman of the church’s board of directors, said in an email. “ASU has encouraged us to continue our involvement on campus.”

Not so, said ASU spokeswoman Herminia Rincon, who released a statement to that effect Friday on behalf of the university.

“We disagree with the characterization of some Hope leaders that the relationship between the university and the church has not substantively changed,” it said.

Any person or group that engages in misconduct “is not considered to be in good standing with the university.”

The Tempe church, formerly known as Hope Christian Church until a name change several months ago, has been under ASU investigation since last summer. Fourteen people including eight current students filed a 123-page complaint that described Hope as a “bona fide cult,” as detailed in a Star investigation.

The Tempe church was founded and is still led by ex-members of Faith Christian Church in Tucson, which runs a campus ministry at the UA. More than 20 former members of the Tucson church described it as a cult in a 2015 investigation by the Arizona Daily Star. The UA investigated but found no proof of misconduct.

In a June 9 ruling, ASU’s dean of students found Hope responsible for a total of eight misconduct violations including: • Engaging in, supporting, promoting or sponsoring hazing — defined by ASU in Hope’s case as “acts of mental harm, personal degradation and embarrassment.”

Student complainants said Hope staffers grilled them for intimate personal details, such as whether they masturbated or used pornography or whether they’d ever been raped or molested,

then pressured them to confess their sexual pasts in front of church members.

• Misuse of student information. ASU ruled Hope had no right to use the student contact information its five student clubs gathered on its behalf.

• Unauthorized solicitation at student residence halls. Students and ASU employees have complained for years of aggressive solicitations by Hope personnel • Violation of policies that govern student club registration and the booking of meeting space on campus.

University misconduct charges are judged on a “more likely than not” standard, similar to that in a civil lawsuit.

Three other misconduct charges the church initially faced — for alleged stalking, alleged gender discrimination and allegedly entering student residence rooms without permission — were shelved for lack of evidence, the dean’s ruling said.

ASU’s Council of Religious Advisors is expected to vote soon on whether to strip Hope of council membership. Churches that engage in misconduct don’t qualify for membership under the council’s constitution.

Loss of council membership is significant because Hope, which takes in more than $1 million a year in donations, would no longer be able to operate rent-free on campus as it has for the past decade, according to school officials.

ASU said it has already suspended several other financial benefits once available to the church’s leaders, through the Council of Religious Advisors, such as a 75 percent tuition discount for themselves and their families and reduced ticket prices for ASU sporting events.

University officials said four Hope leaders were eligible for those benefits last school year but would not disclose their names.

Hope administrator Jason Shaffery — who, like Vale, maintained the church is still in good standing with ASU — said Hope plans to carry on and comply with university rules.

“It is our intent to continue to hold services on campus,” he said. “We do not anticipate any impact on our ability to help students explore their Christian faith.”

Meanwhile, Hope now has new competition on campus, courtesy of its former mother church in Tucson.

Two longtime members of the Tucson church and four ministers from one of the Tucson church’s Colorado satellites recently founded a new religious organization that’s already recruiting ASU students.

The new entity, Foundations Church, was registered last fall with the Arizona Corporation Commission, state records show. Neither the Tucson church nor the Colorado church responded to requests for comment.

The Tucson church has established eight satellites over the years, including the one in Tempe, that recruit university students in three other states and New Zealand.

Four of the eight satellites have been censured for misconduct by the universities at which they operate.

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Using social media to get ‘likes’ from employers We use social media every day to share our successes, feelings and everyday thoughts, but how much are employers looking at our Facebooks?

BY AURORA BEGAY @aurorabegay

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eing a working student and using social media can be dangerous if you’re not careful of what you post. With the popularity and prevalence of social media, more employers are using it to create job opportunities or find the person they want to hire.

Some employers want to target a younger audience so they’ll find ways to reach them online. Social media is a great way for businesses to network with particular audiences. When interviewing eager college students for a job, they may hope to see ‘proficient with social media’ on their resume. This gives future employers a way to see what a person can offer; whether it be live-tweeting or doing a Facebook Live video. Both are great ways to both advertise their business and stay trendy.

For college students, it’s a good idea to highlight your own social media techniques and brand according to the kind of job you’re pursuing. Go ahead and brag about your Instagram theme, or how you created a meme or GIF. Telling your future employers about these types of skills can reveal your creativity and open up new opportunities.

Though social media can be a good thing, as young adults we are still growing up and figuring out who we are and what we want in our futures. Social media is playing a huge role in how we express ourselves as we grow up. It’s great when you let everyone know about a new job opportunity you’ve gained or

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share vacation pictures you’ve taken this summer.

At the same time, I don’t think it’s a great idea for you to write statuses throwing shade or creating drama with people.

It’s definitely not a great idea to post photos of you clubbing and drinking last Friday night ... this may very easily dissuade future employers from wanting to hire you. You may have it all, but that photo from six years ago could come to haunt you.

It’s imperative that we learn the do’s and don’ts of social media.

We have to think to ourselves, ‘do I want a stranger to judge me by this post?’ If it’s a status about how much you love ice cream, go for it. Who doesn’t love ice cream? If it’s a status saying how much you hate your job, then it’s probably not a wise idea to share. That’s not only a sure way to get yourself fired, but it also forces you to awkwardly explain the situation when applying for another job.

Sure, it’s fun sharing memes every day — I do it too. It’s all about figuring out what you

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feel comfortable sharing with people. Don’t share inappropriate memes. It’s that simple. The funny memes that everyone can relate to are OK. When approaching the job landscape, we should be posting things related to our field. Since I’m a journalism major, I usually share news coverage that I find interesting or feel passionate about. I choose not to get personal on my social media accounts, but if I do, it’s going to be about my daughter. I have family who follows me on social media and

I want them to see my daughter.

Sometimes I’ll ask for advice or even share events that I’m attending. If I see a meme that I find funny, but wouldn’t want my future employer to see on my newsfeed, then I just leave it be.

The key to life is balance. In this case, the balance of social media and professionalism. It’s a daily struggle, but it’s not as hard as it seems. Learn your boundaries when deciding what to post and whether you would want future employers to judge you based off of that particular post.

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Campus parking poses financial burdens, health risks The cost, both fiscal and otherwise, of parking at the UA falls disproportionately on its students and staff

BY ALEX RACY

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arking on campus is a consistently miserable experience. If I didn’t know any better, I would be certain the university was hell-bent on discouraging its students and employees from driving to campus.

Aside from the astronomical costs for a year-round parking permit, everything from constant construction to an irritating number of reserved spaces creates an environment that feels intentionally hostile to motorists. While these issues don’t all originate from the same source, the ultimate conclusion is clear: parking at the UA leaves much to be desired.

My commute to work takes me about 30 minutes every morning. Fifteen minutes in my car, fifteen minutes to walk, despite there being a parking lot quite literally a stone’s throw from my office. Why is this?

The combination of UA and city parking regulations have left me without much of a choice. I can’t afford to pay out of pocket for my building’s lot or the nearest garage, and the closest street parking is all for city pass-holders.

Practically my only option, given that I live nowhere near a public transit stop, is to park several blocks away in a residential neighborhood and walk.

At this point you might have written me off as another entitled millennial, concerned only with my own comfort when my energies might be better applied to a less frivolous cause. Allow me to convince you otherwise.

If this issue affected me exclusively, I would have no reason to write this.

Not a single employee in my office building uses our building’s adjacent parking lot, and the same goes for the majority of employees in our department. In fact, based on

the conversations I’ve had, one would be hard pressed to find a department where parking is not a daily nuisance.

The lots south of Sixth Street Garage, a convenient option for students with a tight budget, quickly became much less convenient due to recent construction projects — ironically paid for through parking fees collected from students and employees.

These projects have forced the temporary closure of all lots south of the Sixth Street Garage east of Warren Avenue, depriving those pass holders of nearly one quarter of their previously allotted space.

Not to mention, the university has been known to oversell passes in these lots under the assumption that not every spot will be in use at the same time, which only served to compound the congestion.

In order to park in the Cherry Avenue lot during athletic events, drivers must purchase specific parking passes separate from the standard pass. While this policy is reasonable in theory, it’s had some unintended consequences.

Given that men’s basketball games can begin as early as 1:30 p.m., students already parked and in class when the game starts are told to move their vehicles in order to make room for those who have paid for these spots.

Those in this situation are faced with a choice; stop what you’re doing and move your car or stay and get a ticket.

Regardless of what choice is made, the student winds up in the losing end.

For most, available parking is a necessity. Arizona is notorious for being ill fit for public transportation, given the layout and existing infrastructure of our major cities.

According to a needs assessment study conducted in 2008, a significant percentage of UA employees and students

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THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKING garages on campus including the Sixth Street Garage. However, UA students and employees have parking troubles that range from cost to actual parking tickets.

living off campus drive a personal vehicle to campus on a regular basis; 48 percent for students and 69 percent for employees.

As these numbers continue to go up, demand for parking will almost certainly outpace the university’s ability to construct new lots and parking structures.

As a result, both students and employees will wind up paying more for an ever diminishing number of available spaces.

Data and statistics aside, there is a personal argument for why parking ought to be more accessible, especially to employees. In the summer, and even in the fall and spring, extreme heat is a potential health hazard for some forced to park nearly a half mile away. Cars parked in direct sunlight are prone to becoming hot over the course of a work day, an issue that can only be minimally avoided with

windshield shades and air conditioning.

This sort of heat exposure can cause paint to peel and interior damage, as well as evaporating important engine fluids, given enough time.

There is irony in being required to pay those from whom you collect a paycheck, especially for something that is just shy of necessary in order to collect said paycheck. In my own view, and the view of many I have spoken to about this issue, this irony demonstrates a lack of value for the people the university employs.

I’ve heard on more than one occasion prospective employees considering not taking a position at the university for this very reason, and undoubtedly countless others have followed through on this inclination.

If the UA is interested in attracting potentially valuable

employees, as well as retaining the ones they currently have, they will do well to acknowledge this fact.

For the past year or so, a major construction project has been underway across the street from my office. When finished, it will be a brand new medical research center, an extension of the university’s pre-med and medical school.

Exciting as this may be for the college of medicine, a building needs employees, and employees need parking. Given that there appears to be no new parking lots or structures being built to accommodate the influx of students and faculty, I can only imagine what will happen to the availability, and the cost of parking.

If you have experienced any issues with parking, we invite you to send an email to opinion@dailywildcat.com.

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Academics on Google’s payroll?

BY ANNEMARIE BRIDY & AARON PERZANOWSKI LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS)

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he Google Transparency Project, an arm of an organization called the Campaign for Accountability, released a study this month claiming that Google funneled money to hundreds of academic research projects related to antitrust, intellectual property and other legal policy issues important to the company’s bottom line. Worse, the Google Transparency Project alleged that most of the resulting publications failed to disclose Google’s financial stake in the research. Pitched as an expose of corporate corruption of the ivory tower, the story got immediate traction in national and international media outlets.

The study comes at a time of justified public anxiety about the outsized power and influence of tech titans such as Google, Facebook and Amazon. Google overwhelmingly dominates the global market for online searches. Along with Facebook, it controls almost half of the world’s digital advertising market. Its Android operating system powers about 80 percent of the world’s smartphones. And its YouTube video-sharing platform boasts 1.5 billion monthly users.

Given Google’s size and power, it may be tempting to reflexively credit the Google Transparency Project’s allegation that the company has paid off a small army of academic researchers. The project has identified some troubling examples of undisclosed Google funding; however, its broader claim of a vast network of bought-and-sold academic researchers deserves careful scrutiny. In an environment in which academics already are seen by many as biased, the Google Transparency Project’s claims further undercut public confidence in academic expertise. If academic research is secretly funded and directed by large corporate interests and Google is among the largest why should the public and policy makers trust it?

Corporate funding alone does not mean that research is unreliable. As federal and state dollars available for research continue to dwindle, more research is likely to be funded directly or indirectly by corporations, foundations and other private sources. When specific research projects rely on such funding, that relationship should, of course, be disclosed. But ultimately, regardless of whether research is privately funded, its results should be evaluated on the merits.

Judged on these two criteria _ disclosure and merit _ the Google Transparency Project’s study fails miserably.

For a project committed to transparency, this one is evasive about the sources of its funding.

The organization has yet to tell the Internal Revenue Service where its money comes from, and its executive director has refused to answer repeated inquiries from journalists about who pays the Campaign for Accountability’s bills. To date, only one project funder has come forward.

That benefactor, Oracle, is currently locked in a billion-dollar copyright fight over its Java programming language. Oracle’s opponent in that years-long legal battle? Google.

As for the study itself: It’s deeply flawed.

The Google Transparency Project’s methodology for identifying “Google-funded academics” was sloppy; it defined that category so loosely that it swept up researchers who have never actually received funding from Google.

The project’s dragnet captured scholars who were affiliated with but not actually paid by academic centers that have disclosed receipt of funds from Google. (Annemarie Bridy was named for that reason.) The project also deemed scholars “Google-funded” on the basis of nominal stipends they received as graduate students for summer work at public interest organizations. And once a scholar was “Googlefunded,” all of his or her subsequent academic work, even work undertaken at a new institution, was tainted in the Google Transparency Project’s reckoning.

Another example: Over the years, courts have directed settlement funds from class-action suits against Google to law school clinics around the country. Any scholar who worked in one of these clinics was “Google-funded,” according to the project, as well as co-authors of such scholars.

(Aaron Perzanowski fell into the funding-byassociation category.)

In short, the financial connections to Google for many academics included in the Google Transparency Project’s database are tenuous at best and sometimes verifiably nonexistent.

Dozens of scholars already have objected to the inaccurate inclusion of their work.

The report raises valid questions about the corporate funding of academic research.

It should make all researchers consider their disclosure practices and their financial relationships. Ultimately, however, the Google Transparency Project’s efforts have generated more confusion than clarity. The body of data underlying the study is awash in misrepresentations and mistakes that the authors should have sorted out before publication. The study’s legitimacy is further undermined by the project’s adamant refusal to abide by any funding disclosure standard.

Most harmful, the Google Transparency Project’s targeting of academics contributes to a treacherous trend in public discourse that seeks to delegitimize the role of expertise in the policymaking process. The attacks on academics that we have grown to expect in the domain of climate science are now creeping into the contentious field of technology policy.

Journalists who report on “studies” like the Google Transparency Project should think twice before simply repeating the authors’ conclusions. And the public should demand transparency from any organization that purports to be in the business of exposing the hidden agendas of others.

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UA launches zoo and aquarium certificate A new certificate offered by the university aims to train students interested in conservation careers at zoos and public aquariums

BY NICOLE MORIN @nm_dailywildcat

The UA’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment is now offering an undergraduate certificate in Zoo and Aquarium Conservation featuring a new course introduced last year.

The certificate comes as a result of student interest in conservation careers as well as the important role of zoos and aquariums in modern conservation. The certificate will supplement the established conservation program at the UA. “Students often became interested in animal conservation when their interest was piqued by visits to the zoo or television shows hosted by zoo-associated biologists,” said John Koprowski, professor and associate director of the School of Natural Resources and the Environment. “Not only have zoos and aquariums inspired interest in animal conservation, but they now serve as important partners in conservation efforts and thus are another tool in the toolbox of scientists interested in wildlife and fisheries conservation and management, a long-time program here at the University of Arizona.”

The brainchild of Koprowski and Katie Hughes, an academic advisor within the school, the certificate in Zoo and Aquarium Conservation was created to fulfill a student desire to work in zoos after graduation.

The certificate will help them do so by broadening their experiences and diversifying their skills and knowledge in conservation.

Like any science, conservation has evolved and thus requires students equipped with the most up-to-date knowledge and the skills necessary to overcome challenges.

Conservation efforts across the globe have been relying more and more on zoos and aquariums, which allow for the breeding of endangered species, as well as protection and further study.

“For students interested in saving the most critically endangered

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NAYO (LEFT) AND KAYA (RIGHT) relaxing on their platform at the Reid Park Zoo on Dec. 1, 2016. The new zoo and aquarium conservation certificate offered by the UA includes collaborative experiences with Reid Park Zoo and the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum.

species in Arizona and around the globe, zoos and aquariums provide an important tool to enhance success,” Koprowski said.

“Collaboration is what is necessary to handle the challenges associated with animal conservation and the ZAC certificate enables us to emphasize this importance.”

In order to receive the certificate, students must take three courses and complete an approved internship. While two of the courses are a predetermined set, the third and final course can be chosen from a large number offered within the SNRE and the School of Animal Comparative and

Biomedical Sciences. The small number of requirements means the certificate is ideal for any student with even a mild interest in conservation and the science behind it.

Collaboration is a key aspect of the certification, as partnerships with several organizations in Tucson will help students gain more experience in various fields of conservation.

The core class, WFSC 385: Zoo and Aquarium Conservation, will feature talks from professionals working at the Reid Park Zoo and the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, both of which are

involved in conservation efforts within the state, alongside other organizations. Students enrolled in the course will hear from all manner of professionals involved in zoo conservation.

In addition to the experiences gained, the certificate will demonstrate a student’s dedication to conservation to a future employer.

While the certificate has courses and knowledge that may seem geared more toward students studying the sciences, any and all students are welcome and encouraged to complete the program and learn more about

how zoos and aquariums aid conservation efforts.

Koprowski, who teaches one of the courses required for the certificate, hopes that students from all majors will be interested.

“Students can complete this certificate regardless of their major and thus we hope may come from all corners of campus,” said Koprowski. “We look for students who have a passion to make a difference in the protection and restoration of our natural world.”

If interested in completing the certificate or for more information students can contact an academic advisor within the SNRE.

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Wildfires heat up Tucson area, experts respond While wildfires may be a common sight in Southern Arizona, their impacts are no less calamitous. UA researchers explain the science behind the blaze

BY CHANDLER DONALD @chandlerjdonald

The Burro Wildfire began its conquest of the Santa Catalina Mountain range on Friday, June 30. Since then, the fire has spread across over 27,000 acres in the eastern region of the Catalinas, causing the evacuation of Mount Lemmon residents and employees. Meanwhile, the Frye fire near Safford has burned nearly 50,000 acres of the Pinalenos mountain range.

Before the arrival of the monsoons on July 9, the Burro fire was only 36% contained.

“Firefighters in the Catalinas and Pinalenos were waiting for the rains to come before they had a good chance to contain both the Burro and Frye,” said Chris Guiterman, dendrochronology research associate at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research.

Now, thanks to monsoon rains over Mt. Lemmon and the Pinalenos, firefighters have the Burro fire 100% contained and the Frye contained at 98%.

These fires were propelled by varying weather patterns in southern Arizona. Tucson went without rainfall in April, May and June. Additionally, June was Tucson’s hottest month in recorded history, featuring a 15day streak of over 105-degree temperatures.

“Fuels this year were wellsupplied by a good monsoon season last year, which resulted in abundant grasses,” Guiterman said. “Heavier fuels like downed wood and small, live trees have accumulated over the last century due to a lack of fire in many areas.” The combination of abundant fuel, excessive heat and ongoing drought was a recipe for disaster.

While the Burro Fire has been the largest wildfire on the Catalinas in the past decade, it did not burn as much land as the Bullock fire of 2002 which covered over 30,000 acres, or the Aspen fire of 2003, which devastated over 80,000 acres on Mt. Lemmon.

Wildfires on the Santa Catalina’s tend to have a 10-15 year cycle according to Guiterman.

“It’s interesting ecologically to see that the Burro Fire burned through parts of the 2002 Bullock

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AS THE WIND KICKS up, what might normally be a dust devil becomes an ash devil in the charred landscape near Empire Ranch, while the Sawmill Fire burns on April 27 in Southeastern Arizona between Green Valley and J-6. Southern Arizona’s wildfires are a relatively common occurrence.

Fire, 15 years later,” Guiterman said. “Similarly, the Frye Fire burned through areas burned 13 years ago by the Nuttall Complex Fire. These are historically normal fire intervals, but came only after over 100 years without fire.”

The aftermath of the Bullock and Aspen forest fires is evident on the drive up the Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon, but regrowth is also visible. The question remains how quickly the forest destroyed by the Burro fire will recover.

“You might see green grass and wildflowers within weeks or months in areas just burned by the Burro Fire. In a few years, you might not realize it had burned much at all,” Guiterman said.

However, it is uncertain whether or not the scorched lands

will ever completely return to their former glory.

“Under historic conditions, the spruce-fir forest can return eventually, but climate change casts uncertainty on its long-term recovery,” Guiterman said.

On the morning of July 3, the residents of Summerhaven, tucked away near the top of Mount Lemmon, were evacuated as nearly 200 firefighters worked to protect the beautiful mountain town. Not until July 10th were residents and employees allowed to return to their homes and places of business.

It seems as though the wildlife displaced by the fire have taken up residence near Summerhaven, too. On July 13 Arizona Game and Fish issued a warning to residents and visitors of the town after eight

bear sightings since July 11.

While the fire itself is no longer a threat to nearby residents, what is left behind can be equally dangerous.

“Another important aspect is the effect of intense rains on the burn areas, which can trigger flooding and debris flows. This is often the most worrisome aspect of a fire,” Guiterman said.

Just last week, a flash flood near Payson, Arizona killed nine people and left another missing.

Much of the debris came from a recent wildfire in the Tonto National Forest.

While the cause of the Burro fire is still under investigation, only two realistic possibilities remain.

One of those is human activity.

Campfires or cigarette butts could have easily started such a fire.

However, forest fires have been happening on Mt. Lemmon even before the widespread settlement of the Tucson valley, originating by way of dry lightning.

“In Tucson we have a lot of lightning and saw many fires start this year from passing thunderstorms before the real onset of the monsoon,” Guiterman said. “The ‘dry lightning’ storms start fires when there isn’t much moisture, so the fires are able to spread. This was the case for the Frye Fire in the Pinalenos.”

The monsoon now seems to be in full force, but since Catalina highway is reopening to the public, it’s still important for forest visitors to practice fire safety at all times. As Smokey the Bear says, “Only you can prevent forest fires.”

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ARTS & LIFE

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LEFT: Che’s Lounge is one of seversl pubs and bars situated along Fourth Avenue. RIGHT: Street artist Nobody performs outside of Goodwill on Fourth Avenue’s Monday, July 24.

NIGHT LIFE ON A BUDGET Fridays on Fourth draws crowds to Fourth Avenue every week for exclusive discounts offered by several businesses and restaurants

BY KATELYN CALDWELL @kcaldwell_DW

Several restaurants, bars and shops on Tucson’s historic Fourth Avenue offer exclusive discounts and deals to customers every Friday. “Fridays on Fourth” is a unique way for the Fourth Avenue Merchants Association to attract more customers to the Avenue during the slower summer months.

Incoming and returning UA students can rack up the savings and experience a different side

to Tucson by shopping, dining and drinking locally. There will be extended happy hours and a plethora of drink specials available as well.

Fourth Avenue customer Maryjane Gilbert, 26, said she heard about the event from advertisements and Facebook.

“I absolutely love taking advantage of Friday sales on Fourth Avenue,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert has been doing some back-to-school shopping at Creations Boutique and often spends her Friday nights at Sky

Bar Passé: $1 off all drafts Bison Witches: $4 drafts of wheat beers Brooklyn Pizza Company: Two free scoops of gelato with any whole pie order Cafe Passé: 12-ounce coffee with a pastry for $4 Che’s Lounge: $4 bartender’s choice drink special Epic Cafe: Free dark roast house coffee with purchase of a breakfast burrito or breakfast sandwich Ermanos Craft Beer & Wine Bar: Free late night menu item with purchase of two additional items Food Conspiracy Co-op: 10 percent off “Brewer’s Dozen” and a free beer koozie The Garage Eatery & Pub: Half-off all appetizers and $1 off all beers

Bar drinking beer.

“I hope they continue to do Friday’s on Fourth when school starts up again,” said Gilbert. “UA students will love it!”

Manager Josia Beasley, 31, at Brooklyn Pizza Company said he likes Fridays on Fourth because it brings more business to the area.

“Fridays on Fourth is a great way for the community to come out and support our local businesses,” Beasley said.

Brooklyn’s offers two free scoops of gelato with any whole pizza purchase. Beasley hopes

that people will come out and enjoy frozen gelato to combat the intense Tucson summer heat. He also participates in Fridays on Fourth every week by grabbing a drink at Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar. Employee Lindsey Moyer, 23, at Brooklyn Pizza Company said she has noticed more customers asking about the Fridays on Fourth specials.

“Fridays on Fourth is a great way attract more customers that might not have considered shopping and eating on Fourth

Isabella’s Ice Cream: $2 off their homemade Fro-Nuts La Indita: Chiles rellenos plate for $7.95 which includes rice, beans and fresh tortillas Lindy’s on Fourth: $1 off all draft beers, $2 PBR/Rolling Rock cans and $4 rotating cocktails Magpies Gourmet Pizza + Drinks: Two for $22 and all night happy hour Mr. Head’s Art Gallery & Bar: $2 mugs of PBR all day and $3 well drinks during happy hour Public Brewhouse: $2 dollars off your tab Sky Bar: $3.50 Fat Tire brews The Hut: $2.50 Mexican beers and $4 1800 tequila shots

Avenue before,” Moyer said.

She said she enjoys grabbing a drink at Bar Passé or grabbing a bite to eat at The Garage Eatery & Pub after her long shifts on Fridays.

“I hope more businesses on Fourth Avenue decide to participate,” Moyer said.

There are currently 17 restaurants and 11 retail stores that participate every Friday.

Disclosure: The author of this story currently works at Brooklyn Pizza Company.

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Summer reading recommendations For those who have some down time in the weeks leading up to fall semester, stop by a bookstore and pick up one of these five compelling books

BY MARITZA CRUZ @maritzalcruz

described as a “celebration of love” and will be published in October. Who ever said that poetry was dead?

Looking for a book to read this summer? Check out these five great options. Journey through an adventure across Middle Earth with Tolkien’s "The Hobbit" or experience the raw poetry of Kaur’s emotional "milk and honey".

There’s something for everyone, all for $10 or less. "milk and honey" by Rupi Kaur "milk and honey" is a collection of poems and sketches by Rupi Kaur. The book is divided into four chapters — the hurting, the loving, the breaking and the healing. The #1 New York Times Bestseller was published two years ago, yet remains on the Barnes and Noble Stores’ Bestsellers list. Kaur, a 24-year-old Canadian poet, explores her experience with hurt, abuse, love, family and femininity. Her second collection of poetry, "the sun and her flowers," is

"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is a collection of short stories about love and loss. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. Carver’s style has been referenced many times for its poetic and enchanting prose. The Academy award-winning film, Birdman, centers around Carver’s story "Beginners".

One of the short stories focuses on four characters — Mel, Nick, Laura and Terri — who sit around the table and talk about love. This summer must read is perfect for readers who have never read a collection of short stories or are interested in style, figurative language and narrative.

"We All Looked Up" by Tommy Wallach What would you do if you had two months to live? "We All Looked Up" is

Tommy Wallach’s debut novel about four high school seniors dealing with their possible destruction as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth. Although it’s a young adult novel, people of all ages can relate to the themes. People who liked John Green’s style will probably enjoy Wallach’s voice.

This New York Times Bestseller is just the beginning of Wallach’s career. Wallach, a Brooklyn-based novelist, will release the first book of a trilogy in October called Strange Fire.

"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien If you haven’t heard of "The Hobbit", you might be living under a rock. "The Hobbit" is the prelude to Tolkien’s renowned series "Lord of the Rings".

"The Hobbit", a modern classic, is one of the bestselling books of all time. Bilbo Baggins is hobbit perfectly comfortable living out his days in the Shire until adventure comes knocking on his doorstep. He accompanies 13 dwarves and a wizard, Gandalf, on a journey to

reclaim their dwarven homeland from a greedy dragon. This book is for those who long for an adventure and is beloved by all generations. It’s perfect for the LOTR movie fans who have considered delving into the series but aren’t sure if they want to commit.

"In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez "In the Time of the Butterflies" is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez about the Mirabal sisters during General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The novel tells the stories of four sisters — Minerva, Patria, María Teresa and Dedé — who were known as Las Mariposas. This true story is ideal for Latin American Studies majors or students interested in learning about an overlooked period of history in the Dominican Republic. The novel’s popularity led to a television movie which featured an award-winning performance

by Mexican actress Salma Hayek.

Sing your heart out: Karaoke night venues

BY LAUREN GRIFOL @laurengrifol

Happy hour at your favorite restaurant can be a classic way to loosen up after a long work day.

Whether it be with your co-workers, colleagues or close friends, the

discounted beverages and appetizers are always something to look forward to and a great way to mingle.

Since nightlife is an important profit opportunity for many Tucson restaurants, bars and hotels, these businesses have recently spruced up their weekly event calendar by

adding eye-catching specials. These events include reverse happy hour, $2 drink specials for two hours, Latin night and karaoke night.

Although karaoke night has been a common event at bars or restaurants for decades, it still has a timeless attribute that allows it to be

a fun attraction across generations.

Like many college towns, Tucson and the UA community look forward to karaoke events frequently. Singing songs with friends — or strangers — gives a sense of togetherness that allows people to show off their skills, or lack thereof.

Whether you are a karaoke fiend or just looking for something new to do one evening, local Tucson businesses have a variety of options for karaoke on any given day of the week.

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favorite, Illegal Pete’s, hosts a karaoke event every Monday night on the top floor of their restaurant/bar.

The underground Tough Luck Club, hosts a karaoke night for eager singers every Tuesday.

If a person is trying to turn their hump-day into a party, the Surly Wench Pub created a karaoke night every Wednesday.

On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays the Best Western’s Royals Sun Lounge hosts one of the most highly-ranked karaoke events in the city.

“Originally, karaoke night was a marketing tactic,” said Alfred Maldonado, the Best Western assistant general manager.

Best Western’s karaoke night tradition began around a decade ago and it started as just a weekly attraction, but now karaoke night is held three days a week and is ranked within the top three best venues.

Greeted by a cheering audience, and a little help from the drink specials, the singer, or singers, will feel encouraged regardless if they are a beginner or advanced singer.

Maldonado said their karaoke events are hosted by the Ynot company. Ynot is an entertainment company that uses expert hosts to run some of the best events around Tucson.

If the guests are lucky, the hosts may take the mic and surprise the audience with a solid performance.

“They make the event fun. There are always an assortment of Jell-O and Tube Shots

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KARAOKE NIGHT AT THE Best Western Royal Sun Inn & Suites. The hotel hosts karaoke every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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LEFT: Arizona outfielder Jared Oliva celebrates after game three of the series against McNeese State on Feb. 26 at Hi Corbett Field. Oliva was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and was the 208th overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft. RIGHT: Arizona junior infielder JJ Matijevic connects for a single on a pitch from Delaware on Saturday, June 3 at Dan Law Field in game 3 of the NCAA Lubbock Regional. Matijevic was selected in the 2nd round, 75th overall, by the Houston Astros in the 2017 Major Leauge Baseball Draft.

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Major League Baseball began its annual draft June 12 and finished two days later, with 1,215 players selected to step into their dreams of making it to the big leagues.

Six UA players were selected in this year’s draft, with two already producing for their Minor League Baseball clubs. Four of the six Wildcats are sticking with the red and blue for another year, but juniors JJ Matijevic Jared Oliva signed professional contracts and made their professional debuts this summer.

Matijevic was selected in the 2nd round, 75th overall, by the Houston Astros, followed by Oliva being selected

in the 7th round, 208th overall, pick by the Piitsburgh Pirates.

JJ Matijevic debuted for the Tri-City ValleyCats, the single-A affiliate for the Astros, and got his first hit during the game. He followed up with two more hits for an impressive 3-4 night.

Through 23 games now, Matijevic has a .279 batting average, a .779 on-base plus slugging percentage, 14 RBIs and four home runs.

During his third game in the minors, Matijevic came through and hit his first of the 14 RBIs, followed by his first home run during his eleventh game with the VallyCats.

Oliva debuted with the West Virginia Black Bears, also

a single-A team, and registered an RBI for the night.

After being in the lineup for 21 games, he has a .267 batting average, with 10 RBIs, six doubles and a triple.

Oliva and the Black Bears are currently atop the New York-Penn League, Pinckney with a .636 win percentage, and Matijevic and the ValleyCats are third in the New York-Penn League, Stedler with a .455 win percentage.

On the July 27, the ValleyCats will begin a three game series against Staten Island. The Black Bears will also start a three game series, but against Auburn.

All six Arizona players selected in this year’s draft had their names inscribed on the MLB Wall at the UA, which recognizes every Wildcat who has played professionally.

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Will Rich Rod have the last word this season?

The 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team comes into the season with low expectations, which is good for head coach Rich Rodriguez

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BY SAUL BOOKMAN @Saul_Bookman

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rizona head football coach Rich Rodriguez hasn’t been having the best of times in Tucson lately.

The latest blow came July 22 when Matt Dudek, general manager and director of player personnel, took a position as the director of recruiting at the University of Michigan.

Dudek’s departure is just the latest in a seemingly endless run of players and coaches leaving the Arizona football program in search of a better opportunity or more importantly, stability.

Rodriguez has been under fire after the Wildcats went 3-9 last season, but he seemed to stem the tide with a top-20 recruiting class. However, that class quickly fell apart after defensive backs coach Donte Williams left for Nebraska. Additionally, the No. 7 athlete in this year’s recruiting class, defensive standout Greg Johnson, opted to reconsider his commitment, eventually choosing USC instead of the UA. Since then, the Wildcats’ 2017 recruiting class has dropped to the No. 44 overall, although impressive recruits like four-star running back Nathan Tilford are still committed to playing in Tucson.

With all the uncertainty surrounding the Arizona football program, it’s easy to understand why season ticket holders and fans are concerned.

From the outside looking in, it would appear that the sky is falling, but is it?

Only Rich Rodriguez knows.

What we know is that the team heads into 2017 expected to finish somewhere near the bottom of the Pac-12. What we don’t know is how seriously the players have taken last year’s disastrous campaign — and the ridicule the program has been under since. Has the scrutiny lit

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ARIZONA FOOTBALL HEAD COACH Rich Rodriguez directs his players during Arizona’s 56-30 loss to UCLA on Sept. 26, 2015. The Wildcats went 7-6 overall and 3-6 in the Pac-12 during the 2015 season.

a fire? Do the players care? Do they have enough talent to turn things around?

On paper, the Wildcats seem no better than a season ago.

They had one of the nation’s best rushing attacks (No. 19 overall) but featured one of the worst air attacks in the country (No. 108 overall). The running game is once again expected to be the bell cow, featuring not one, not two but three backs that could carry the load: Nick Wilson, J.J. Taylor and Nathan Tilford. But the overall success of the offense will once again fall on the arms of senior Brandon Dawkins and sophomore Khalil Tate.

Dawkins, the starter for most of last season, supplanted veteran Anu Solomon a season

ago and has at times showed flashes of brilliance — especially against college football playoff semi-finalist Washington and against rival ASU in the season finale. However, Dawkins’ inaccuracy through the air frustrated Rodriguez and is a big question mark heading into the season.

Tate showed some signs of being the eventual starter last season. Going up against UCLA, the quarterback had impressive moments through the air and on the ground. However, when handed the starting job against USC at home, Tate didn’t fare so well, only completing seven passes for 58 yards before getting pulled for former tight end Matt Morin. He’ll have a chance to compete for the

starting job and have an edge wielding a bigger arm than Dawkins.

For all the offensive genius Coach Rodriguez possesses, it would be fair to question if college football has caught up with, if not surpassed, the innovator of the read-option attack. Then again, all the offense in the world may not help if the other side of the ball can’t hold its own.

The Wildcats were a disaster on the defensive side of the ball last season, surrendering 34 points or more in every Pac12 conference game. To make matters worse, Arizona featured the country’s No. 115th ranked defense overall and the No. 117th pass defense.

Will the Wildcats improve on

that side of the ball?

Potentially. Defenses tend to improve in the second year of a system, and that should be the expectation under secondyear coordinator Marcel Yates.

Additionally, the unexpected surfeit of injuries incurred last season is not likely to recur this year.

The 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team comes into the season with low expectations — which is a good thing for Rich Rodriguez. A 6-6 season may just save him from getting fired.

Rodriguez has always been competitive, and he certainly won’t go down without a fight.

His team, though, will have the last say in that matter, beginning with its opener against NAU on Sept. 2.