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UA students protested President Trump’s climate change vision outside of Old Main this Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Organized by Students for Sustainability and spearheaded by environmental studies and geography senior Diego MartinezLugo, who is also chair of the Energy and Climate Committee for SFS, the walkout sought to raise climate awareness and urge the UA to take action in making the campus more eco-friendly.

SFS is a student-led component of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, meant for students looking to improve the UA community through sustainability awareness and advocating for green energy. The event was part of a national protest organized by 350.org, wherein students from across the country marched out of class to protest President Trump’s climate denial and the UA’s supposed lack of climate change action.

“We’re coordinating this in solidarity with all the other [participating] universities to reject Trump’s climate denial in order to show students don’t

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Animal health center breaks ground

UA helps combat bood shortage Severe winter weather conditions left the Red Cross without donations and the nation with a blood shortage. Being free of winter snowstorms, Arizona is giving back by holding blood drives across the UA campus to donate to the nearing hospitals and the rest of the country.

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Reid Park Zoo officially broke ground on a new animal health center Sunday that will partner UA students with trained veterinarians. The new center will allow for better and more frequent care to a growing number of animals as well as offer students hands-on experience.

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The new animal health center at Reid Park Zoo will allow UA veterinary students to get hands-on experience

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After months of dedicated fundraising, Reid Park Zoo broke ground Sunday, Jan. 22, on a 9,000-square-foot animal health center where UA students will work closely with trained veterinarians.

The new center will put Reid Park Zoo on the forefront of zoo medicine, facilitating the treatment of an increasing number of animals.

“There is much more to a zoo than just displaying animals, and this new hospital will allow us to better provide whole-life care from cradle to grave,” said zoo administrator Jason Jacobs.

UA students will be living at the animal health center in call rooms for weeks at a time where they’ll immerse themselves in the field of exotic animal care, actively participating in animal treatment.

“There will be an observation room where students can observe surgeries, and it’ll [have] floor-to-ceiling windows,” Jacobs said.

Vice President of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Shane Burgess, serves as the liaison between the UA and Reid Park Zoo. Burgess emphasized that hands-on training in these facilities will be central to UA’s new Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program.

“This work is a core part of the curriculum—it’s compulsory,” Burgess said.

“If you wanted to get out of it, you couldn’t.”

The program is targeted at teaching a wide breadth of knowledge, spanning far past veterinary science alone. These students will gain important skills in a variety of fields, including business and human relations.

Burgess attests that allowing students to pursue their passion creates an environment

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conducive to their learning.

The zoo relies on donations from community members and careful thought when handling money. Knowledge of business is essential in making sure these functions are executed properly. Exposing students to these principles will teach skills students may otherwise be unfamiliar with.

“If they are not that interested in business, they would not be that interested in learning it, but in the context of something they care about and are passionate about, they will learn it,” Burgess said.

In effect, by the time students graduate

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from the program, they will have received a well-rounded education—an education Burgess said would be nearly impossible to recreate in the classroom.

Most collegiate veterinary programs include direct interaction with domesticated animals such as cats and dogs. However, veterinary students at the UA will have the unique opportunity to work with exotic animals. Contact with these animals may be all that is needed to catalyze a passion within students.

“Once you stand in front of a 10,000-pound bull elephant, what else is

there?” said Reid Park Zoo veterinarian Alexis Moreno.

Moreno, a UA graduate herself, will be one of the veterinarians instructing at the animal health center. Much of Moreno’s duties at the zoo lack clear solutions and defined protocol. Her job consists of brainstorming innovative ways to treat animals.

“You can feed a dog a pill, but how do you medicate a rhino?” Moreno asked.

The field of veterinary science is extraordinarily competitive with only a handful of full-time exotic animal veterinarians employed in the U.S. But with the UA being the only school to offer this type of program, students will have an advantage in an aggressive market.

“It’s a competitive field all about who you know and if you can get your foot in the door anywhere,” Moreno said.

The UA’s donation to Reid Park Zoo Animal Health Center is important for both students and the community. The zoo itself is involved in worldwide conservation, and a portion of the money spent at the zoo is directly put toward these efforts.

“It’s not just about coming and looking at the hedgehogs, though they are pretty cute,” said council member Steve Kozachik.

“It is about supporting the work that they are doing from the standpoint of education, conservation and getting experience.”

The building of this animal health center warrants excitement from those involved who believe it will prepare UA graduates to become leaders in the field of veterinary science.

“Our students will have the most experience of any students in the entire country—actually in the world,” Burgess said.

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A blood shortage has swept the nation after heavy winter storms prevented donations to the Red Cross. There is always a demand for blood, and now Arizona is doing its part to give back.

“Blood is always in demand because red blood cells are only good for 42 days after your donation, so that diminishes the supply if they aren’t used right away,” said Mia Bottcher, president of the UA Red Cross Club.

The 25 to 30 regular members of the UA Red Cross Club are holding blood drives all over campus to amp up its presence and to combat the winter shortage.

“We feel responsible to get more blood donations because our blood region is actually an exporter,” Bottcher said. “We get blood and we give it to the hospitals around us, but then we export to the rest of the country to hospitals in need. So when we are facing a blood shortage across the country, they will turn to an exporter region to help out.”

This makes the UA an important place to donate blood. Luckily, Arizona doesn’t

have the winter snow and ice storms that prevent people from making it to their regular donation appointments.

“Between November and December there were 37,000 fewer donations,” Bottcher said.

“There were 90 blood drives canceled just in December alone.”

Sophia Miller-Gutierrez, a psychology student, smiled and chatted as the bag connected to her arm slowly filled up with the lifesaving liquid at Friday’s campus drive.

“I have donated in the past and I have always thought it was important to help others,” Miller-Gutierrez said. “This is my way of helping and giving back.”

Blood is an important commodity, Bottcher said. Each campus blood drive aims to collect about 20 pints of blood, so the shortage quickly adds up when drives are canceled.

“In some extreme cases, like if someone is in a car accident, they could need up to 100 pints of blood,” Bottcher said. “When you donate blood you just donate one pint, but from one pint of blood you can save up to three lives, because they can use the red blood cells to help someone, they can use the

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Undergraduates show off research at bio event Undergraduate Biology Research Program held its annual conference to show the world their advancements

BY DAVID PUJOL @deathlydavid

Hundreds of undergraduates gathered to present their work at the Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference on Saturday, Jan. 21. Posters lined the rooms of the second floor of the Environment and Natural Resources 2 building.

The program pairs an undergraduate with a respective mentor of the program, typically in the same field as the students.

The UBRP allows students to learn and research what they’re passionate about.

“UBRP is an opportunity [for students] to apprentice an expert in their field and to be able to do science and actually do it hands-on, be curious and formulate a question, and I think it’s a really good skill for anyone in the future,” said Jennifer Cubeta, UBRP assistant director.

While being a great way to get real-world experience, the program also helps alleviate students’ financial burden by being a paid program.

“I think it means a lot to students,” Cubeta said. “From what I’ve heard from my own students, many of them just appreciate the opportunity to learn real-world science and get the opportunity to get paid for doing it as well, so it can help offset their cost for college.”

Students said the encouragement from faculty and professors is the most rewarding.

“It seems like the faculty members and the people who are running UBRP are really interested in student development in terms of making sure that you’re not just another

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NATHAN BORRERRO PRESENTS HIS findings on effects of in-utero nicotine exposure on the developing airway to a student. Students presented a variety of research findings at the conference on Jan. 21.

set of hands to just do stuff at the lab and that you’re actually getting something out of it,” said Payton De La Cruz, a molecular and cellular biology junior.

Keynote speaker Retsina Meyer launched the conference with a speech on the formula to success.

In her formula, Meyer said students shouldn’t consider their failures as mere failures, but rather as learning experiences.

“I think that sometimes we get so concerned with what we’re doing that we sometimes forget about how we’re doing it,” Meyer said.

“Keep in mind that process matters too and to be mindful of your values as you pursue your goals and your needs as an individual.”

The conference attracted many UA community members who didn’t participate but were eager to see and learn about the new information

students presented. The student participants presented their work in ways that ordinary individuals could easily comprehend.

“We have some friends here who are presenting, so we have just been making the rounds and seeing what kind of cool stuff students have been doing,” De La Cruz said.

Students presented their research on topics ranging from new developments in medical treatments to new ways to classify data.

“The conference is just amazing every year, and I think it gets even better. We have more presenters this year than we ever had before, and the students are truly amazing,” said Carol Bender, director of the UBRP. “I’m always in awe of what they’ve accomplished.”

Neuroscience and cognitive science major, Kelly Edwards, presented research on how those

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who have lost their ability to express and understand speech respond to certain types of treatment.

Edwards works with progressive aphasia, the logopenic and semantic varieties in particular, which cause individuals to be unable to think of the word for an item.

Over the summer, Edwards worked with people with aphasia, preforming the Boston Naming Test, in which patients name an object presented in a picture.

“I noticed after treatment they were able to give me a lot of information about the object, even though they couldn’t tell me what the name of the object was,” Edwards said.

Edwards said this was a big deal because the patients’ score didn’t reflect that they could communicate better than before treatment, so she created a more meaningful

information score that better quantified their improvement.

Megan Hayes, who studies neuroscience and cognitive science as well as molecular and cellular biology, presented research on developing a model of mice with mixed dementia. She hopes her model can be used to help further research in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Before undergraduates presented their research, the UBRPC dedicated its first hour to refreshments and hands-on activities for the children.

There were tables for kids and adults, such as a maritime ecosystem table full of shark specimens, a brain table where kids could test their blind spot and sensory skills and an insect zoo complete with tarantulas and scorpions to be held by the bravest of hearts.

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POLICE BEAT

BY JESSICA BLACKBURN @hotbread33

BB gun vandalism University of Arizona Police Department officers found property damage to multiple UA buildings around 7 p.m. on Jan. 17.

Eight windows at the Gould-Simpson building had been severely cracked by what appeared to be shots from a BB gun.

As police took photos of the cracked windows for evidence, dispatch advised that similar damage had been reported by UA students at the Life Sciences South building.

An officer checked the building and found simliar damage to multiple windows and the glass double doors at the entrance. Police took photographs of the damages, placed caution tape across the glass doors and blocked them off.

A male maintenance worker was on the scene at both buildings and was taping up the windows. He notified his supervisor of the damage and estimated the repair cost for all of the damage would exceed $5,000.

UAPD mailed UA Risk Management Services a victims rights form and made sure the building managers were aware of the damages.

Is that a handgun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

A UA officer pursued a vehicle around midnight Jan. 15 after it quickly accelerated past him and failed to brake fully at a stop sign.

The officer approached the vehicle after it parked in Lot 4057 and spoke with the male driver from the passenger side window, asking him why he ran a stop sign.

The driver responded that there was no reason he had violated traffic laws.

When asked for his license, registration and insurance, the officer noted that the man lacked fine motor skills as his movements were slow and deliberate.

Another officer responding to the scene noticed a slight odor of marijuana coming from the man’s vehicle and asked him to step out of the car.

While officers searched the vehicle, one noticed the man periodically reaching into his jacket front pockets. He asked if the man had a weapon and the male responded he did not.

The officer told the man to stop reaching into his pockets and asked to search his jacket. The man quickly responded that he had a handgun in his front left jacket pocket.

When police asked why the man lied, he responded that he got scared.

Police officers removed the weapon and patted for additional weapons—none were found.

During the vehicle search, police found a glass ceramic pipe with burnt marijuana residue. Officers conducted multiple sobriety tests, which the man had difficulty completing.

The driver was read his Miranda Rights and placed under arrest for driving while impaired to the slightest degree.

UAPD placed the loaded pistol and marijuana paraphernalia into evidence.

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plasma or the platelets.”

Many people have never donated blood and don’t know where to start. Part of the Red Cross Club’s mission is to educate students about blood donation and how they can get involved. One tactic that has proven to work is talking to students on the mall.

“The majority of people who don’t donate are people that just haven’t been asked,” Bottcher said. “They often aren’t aware that they have this opportunity, or a lot of people are shy to go out and say ‘hey, I’d like to donate my blood.’”

The process may not be as scary as people think, said Leticia Magaña, a team supervisor and phlebotomist who has worked for the Red Cross for 10 years.

“With our first-time donors we always do our best to make them comfortable and put them at ease,” Magaña said. “They expect the worst but it really is a very easy thing to do.”

Magaña took Miller-Gutierrez’s blood at the drive on Friday as music blasted and conversations flowed in the upbeat environment.

Because of the shortage, O negative, the universal blood type, is the most in demand, but anything and everything helps, Magaña said.

The “Blood Bus” is parked on Cherry Avenue every Wednesday, so students always have the opportunity to donate and help during this time of shortage.

There are some important pieces of advice to remember before you offer up your arm.

“Eat iron rich foods like beef or chicken, also nuts and beans are good to make sure that you are good to go,” Bottcher said. “Also, drinking a lot of water is really helpful and it will make your donation process go a lot easier.”

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PACC takes on animal abuse in County Pima County received more than 70,000 calls for animal abuse last year; the PACC does its part to address the issue

BY ANGELA MARTINEZ @anmartinez2120

Pima Animal Care Center responded to a call Jan. 6 concerning a deceased dog that appeared badly abused, according to a release from the agency. The dog was taken back for medical examination by PACC officers and later sent for a necropsy. The cause of the death remains unknown and is still under investigation by PACC officials and the Tucson Police Department.

Pima County received a total of 70,191 calls regarding animal cruelty and some kind of neglect in 2016, and more than 2,000 calls were received regarding neglect alone, according to Adam Ricci, an enforcement operations manager at PACC. “I have been around animals for quite a few years and the one thing I always like to try and clarify to people is that sometimes, yes, there are bad people and sometimes there are good people that just don’t have the resources to help the animal,” Ricci said.

Ricci said he thinks the way people were brought up, what they were exposed to and their culture makes an impact on the way they may view animals.

“Sometimes it’s a lack of resources or knowledge,” Ricci said. “One of the things we see with that is the lack of education. We would like people to take better care of their animal by educating themselves.”

Another important component is the link between animal abuse and other types of abuse like domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse, Ricci said.

“There is a national program called the Linkage Project and they’re linking commonalities on how all of these different types of behaviors are actually interlinked and have similar components to them,” Ricci said.

According to Ricci, several states in the U.S are now looking into creating protection orders for the animals of domestic violence victims because of the strong connection between domestic violence and animal abuse.

Aurelio José Figueredo, a UA professor in psychology, said animal abuse is often one of the first antisocial behaviors by individuals who display violent and sexually aggressive behavior.

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DAISY, A 3YEAROLD domestic cat, is ready to be adopted from the PACC animal shelter on Jan. 22. Pima County recieves 70,191 calls for animal abuse each year.

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KEELY, A 2YEAROLD Pit bull mix, rests at the PACC animal shelter on Jan. 22. Adam Ricci, an enforcement operations manager at PACC cited people’s upbringing as the main indicator for potential animal abusers.

“It is a predictor and I believe a deficit in empathy,” Figueredo said.

According to the Humane Society of the United States, 71 percent of domestic violence victims reported that their abuser also targeted pets.

“It just looks like there is some kind of progression where a person is ramping up to violence against humans and starts out with violence against animals,” Figueredo said. “It’s not known whether one causes the other, but it could be that it’s just a general disposition that causes both and not one thing that causes another.”

Figueredo said the reason someone is violent toward animals is because they lack a connection

to the feelings of others.

“Inflicting pain toward a person is really hard to do if you are someone with empathy,” Figueredo said.

Ricci said that whenever someone suspects or sees something resembling animal abuse or neglect, even if there is uncertainty, it is always best to call so the situation can be evaluated and handled from there.

“I know that they are starting to take more of a step toward helping with law enforcement, but it’s still a big problem people need to take more seriously,” said Alyssa Marvin, a psychology junior and former Humane Society volunteer. “It might start to get better, but everything

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TAWNY, A 15YEAROLD bull terrier, is only one of many animals up for adoption at the PACC animal shelter. The Humane Society offers educational programs on how to identify and prevent animal abuse.

needs to be seen in the public eye more in order for it to get better.”

The Animal Cruelty Education Program is a program in which the Humane Society of Southern Arizona and member organizations with the Animal Cruelty Task Force of Southern Arizona come together to offer adults education, access to services and everyday knowledge needed to improve pet ownership.

The HSSA also offers educational programs for children and schools.

According to Ricci, based on the information gathered by investigations, officials are able to inspect premises, which notify owners asking them to come into compliance with the law in a number

of days. If the mistreatment of the animal continues after the amount of time given, officials can issue citations in some situations and the animal can be taken through a civil bond process by the PACC. According to Pima County, penalties for animal neglect or cruelty range from fines of $100 to $2,500, six months of jail time, probation or a combination of both and up to a three-year period in which the previous animal owner is not in possession or control of any pets.

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We shouldn’t forget the power of protest The Women’s March on Washington has brought protest back into the national conversation, never forget that it’s one of our most important tools for democracy

BY CLAUDIA DRACE @claudiadrace

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he day protests stop is the day that we, as American people, have lost our voice, our desire to progress and our will to fight.

In light of the Women’s March on Washington that occurred across the nation on Saturday, the topic of why people protest is back in the spotlight.

Despite it being labeled as a Women’s March, there were people from all walks of life who were there to stand up for their own personal injustices.

Whether that is gay rights, anti-Islamophobia or feminism, the group gathered to send a message to the new president and many other American citizens who they feel need to be educated on such issues.

Some may say that these groups, specifically women, do not face inequality because they’re legally equal to men, so they’ve no need to protest. Even though women have the same legal rights as men, it doesn’t mean that there’s not subconscious sexism. And how do we as people solve daunting problems like these?

We use numbers.

In order to have your voice heard and your problems talked about, you have to make a scene.

Changing subconscious behavior on a large scale can only be done if the issue is being thought about and talked about. Problems like these can’t solve themselves without making the public aware that it’s even an issue.

The fight doesn’t stop here, making a problem known doesn’t solve the problem. There are always the people who still don’t see these issues as issues, usually because this subconscious oppression benefits them in some way.

So why change it?

A total evaluation on social issues has a domino effect. It has to start small with a highly courageous and aggressive person or group.

From there, they make themselves known and spread the word to others who could help their cause. Once the group gets big enough, people can begin to exhibit their frustrations in ways that will be noticed. Whether that is filing a lawsuit, boycotting or protesting.

Some say that protesting is a waste of time and it’s just a bunch of people complaining about problems that don’t exist. But to the people protesting, these problems are very real because they often feel the minor to major effects on a daily basis.

Throughout history, this pattern has repeated itself: A

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group identifies a problem, they make that problem known and the problem becomes less of a problem. Though this makes it sound like the process is simplistic, it’s not.

Getting people to change the way they think when they don’t recognize the problem isn’t an easy feat. The power of the protest, though it is disruptive in nature, gets the attention that causes need.

People’s subconscious actions can be changed by making them into conscious actions.

Whether people discriminate against certain groups purposefully or without knowing, creating an issue makes them think before they act. Protests act as a teaching tool for the general public. They have to be disruptive in order

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to get the attention of the people and the media.

So even though the women’s marches may seem pointless to some, I encourage everyone to take a moment to listen to what these people are saying. If you’re not a part of the oppressed group, who are you to say whether what they are protesting is a problem or not?

Take a step back and listen to the people. Give them a chance before you write them off. Protests have been happening for years. Some become violent, others are peaceful, but they all get attention.

That’s all a protest is—the downtrodden letting the rest of the population know that they are there, they’re angry and they’re ready to fight for what they believe in.

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Checks and balances will not stop Trump

BY TONI MARCHEVA @DailyWildcat

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or many Americans watching the electoral process in 2015 and 2016, the idea of a Trump presidency was terrifying—akin to tyranny.

Though, it wasn’t reality then.

Many held onto the prospect that the chances of him being elected were incredibly slim. The anti-Trump constitutional idealists had a lot of hope over the last election season. Even if he was elected, it wouldn’t be easy for everything to go downhill. After all, the checks and balances written into the U.S. constitution protected against any of even the most absurd fears, right?

Right?

Slowly, that idealist hope has been chipped away. Over the last few months, some of the fundamentals of checks and balances have turned up non-existent, warped or regarded as “mere tradition.”

As the political parties fight each other for dominance in government, they throw checks and balances by the wayside in favor of strategic partisanship, increasing the possibly for future despotism in any of the branches of government.

Long before Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had secured their party’s nomination Antonin Scalia died, leaving an empty seat on the Supreme Court. President Barack Obama subsequently nominated Merrick Garland for the Court according to constitutional duty. However, the Republican-majority in Congress refused to confirm any appointment.

Theoretically, the Supreme Court was supposed to be a body independent of politics, forming a check against the dominant party of Congress pushing forward unconstitutional legislation.

This check has long ceased to exist.

It’s said that a president’s work can outlive him for decades because of his appointments to the Supreme Court. The very action of refusing to vote showed the fear of political power on the Court; it also shifted much of the Supreme Court’s power to the legislative branch, and more specifically, to the dominant party.

Because of this vacancy, recent decisions on the court favored conservative viewpoints. The Senate gained immense power in deciding the interpretation of laws throughout the United States, a function of government that was never delegated to it at all.

Nov. 8, 2016 passed, and Donald Trump won the majority of the electoral count in the election. But again, antiTrump constitutional idealists did not run out of hope.

For the first time in modern history,

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it seemed like electors would have a chance to exercise their constitutionally prescribed check on the people. The “Hamilton Electors” urged the Electoral College to break with their pledged votes and choose a moderate candidate, like John Kasich. It seemed like there was a possibility that Donald Trump was not guaranteed the presidency.

In reality, the idealists learned that the chance of the Electoral College swinging the election was zero. Twentynine states and Washington, D.C. have laws against “faithless electors.”

Many electors who would have broken allegiance were replaced.

This election confirmed that the Electoral College really was just a tradition—no check existed. Partisanship again likely caused this check to become obsolete. Protecting against “rogue” electors swinging an election also protects against a party feeling cheated out of its opportunity to influence national politics.

Dec. 19, 2016 passed, Donald Trump was the official President-elect, but the Constitutional idealists weren’t out of hope yet. After all, Donald Trump constitutionally

Although the Cabinet is not set, likely couldn’t form his executive branch without the Senate will confirm all of Trump’s the approval of Congress. nominees without too Then the transition period much contention from the brought accusations of party, meaning rushing Cabinet hearings by Theoretically, Democratic that this party willingly the Office of Government Ethics. the Supreme gave away its check on Both parties over the last few elections have consistently Court was the President by allowing Trump to appoint lowered the ability of the supposed to Donald any nominees he wanted, opposite party to check the be a body whether or not they best suit confirmation process.

In 2013, Democrat Harry independent of the values of the nation.

And thus, the Reid led the democrats to politics, forming constitutional idealist lower the number needed a check against has little else to lean on. for appointment from 60 to a the dominant This all brings to question simple majority of 51, meaning that the majority party in party of Congress whether the constitution continue to govern the the Senate could confirm a pushing forward will nation, or if it will become president’s cabinet without any unconstitutional an empty tradition like support of the other side.

This year, Republican Mitch legislation.” the Electoral College, only following the motions McConnell has not made any without the intent of its effort to delay the votes on original creation. the cabinet appointments A constitution not followed is no to wait for the completion of their ethics constitution at all; the only way to keep reviews, despite mandating a “fair and faithful to the nation’s rule of law is to lessen consistent application” of the vetting political ties and enter into a period of unity. process in 2009.

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Editor: Logan Nagel science@dailywildcat.com (520) 621-7579

NCAA-sponsored study improves student athlete sleeping habits

BY HANNAH DAHL @DailyWildcat

A team of UA researchers recently completed a NCAA-funded sleep study which focused on sleep management in student athletes.

Amy Athey, UA director of clinical and sport psychology, and Michael Grandner, assistant professor of psychiatry, medicine and psychology and director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the UA College of Medicine, focused specifically on analyzing the sleep patterns of UA athletes and implementing a multi-faceted plan to improve sleep quality.

“We wanted to come up with a relatively simple approach to improving sleep health in student athletes,” Grandner said.

For student athletes, getting a good night’s rest is twice as difficult because they have to factor in early morning practices, competitions and long road trips. According to Grandner, this makes them a target for insomnia, restless sleep, depression and anxiety.

“Athletes are a very unique population simply because they have a specific schedule, so something we found is that because of their schedules, they are a population that has a propensity to be sleep deprived,” said Christine Hall, student coordinator on the sleep project.

The link between sleep and mental wellbeing has become an important topic of conversation for researchers and organizations, such as the NCAA. Prior to conducting the study, the researchers issued a survey to all the participants asking them to answer questions about how much sleep they were getting, their physical and mental well-being and levels of stress.

“Some of the key takeaways from the survey were that about two-thirds of the student athletes met criteria for being a ‘poor sleeper,’” Grandner said.

In addition to that, 87 percent of participants were getting less than eight hours of sleep, the recommended amount of sleep for student athletes. Rates of insomnia were also unusually high, with over 40 percent of students reporting significant insomnia symptoms, Grandner said.

Once it had been established that the athletes were definitely struggling with sleep, the researchers put their plan of action to the test.

“We asked the question: Is there something relatively simple we could do to help?”

Grandner said.

Knowing they couldn’t change the sports schedules or amount of homework assigned

to the students, the researchers provided the athletes with some tools they could use to troubleshoot their sleep problems.

“We gave them access to ask any questions they wanted, day or night, and we’d respond as quickly as we could. We also sent them daily text messages to remind them about keeping up with the program and tracked their sleep across about 10 weeks of the semester, with a sleep diary and a sleep tracker device,” Grandner said.

After teaching the students about healthy sleep practices, the researchers conducted an intervention, giving athletes different tools and devices to help with their sleep.

According to Hall, there was one group of athletes who received blue-blockers, which helped prevent blue light from hitting their eyes at nighttime, so they didn’t stay awake later. The researchers also gave the students something called an “up light,” which was a light that could be set to help them wake up in the morning.

The results of the study offered insight into the relationship between sleep and mental and emotional well-being.

“One of the things we found is that poor sleep quality, insomnia, fatigue and sleep duration were related to depression, anxiety, stress, overall health and well-being and also social support,” Grandner said.

Despite the fact the study wasn’t intensive and occurred over a short period of time, researchers were still able to document measured changes in the athletes’ sleep patterns. In particular, the intervention reduced insomnia and anxiety scores, as well as how long it took students to fall asleep; it also increased sleep quality scores, energy levels and the amount of sleep they got, Grandner said.

“Even though the study didn’t focus on this at all, 89 percent reported an improvement in their athletic performance after the study concluded. The areas almost everybody said they experienced improvements in were energy level and athletic performance, so that was pretty surprising,” Grandner said.

A lot of the students came out of the intervention having gained an awareness of their sleep habits, Hall said. More importantly, 100 percent of the students who participated in the program reported improved sleep.

“I was actually surprised at how strong the results were; normally if you want to intervene on sleep it can take quite a bit of work,” Grandner said. “Even just a little bit of education and support really went a long way and was much more effective in making

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CHRISSY HALL, A NEUROSCIENCE and cognitive science senior, poses for a portrait in her home on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Hall acted as a student coordinator for the project, and helped survey the athletes and provide intervention education throughout the study funded by the NCAA.

changes than I had expected.”

Given the success of this study, both Grandner and Hall said they hope to see this program implemented on a larger scale, both among athletes and regular college students.

“Even if you’re not an athlete, sleep is

something that is so important and something you should really be aware of and know that sleep absolutely affects every aspect of your life,” Hall said. “I think that would be my main take home message: Get enough sleep!”

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support president Trump,” said Stephanie Choi, co-director for SFS. The event was attended by several dozen people, including SFS members and passerby who were pulled in by the event.

“We’re trying to urge the UA and President Hart to take action on converting to green energy,” said Sara Bertram, an environmental sciences, molecular and cellular biology and physiology major. Bertram is also the chair of the Environmental Health Committee in SFS. Mary-Madison Philips, a sustainable built environments major and SFS member on the Energy and Climate Committee, explained that they are “trying to pressure the UA to reduce emissions and make the switch to green energy.” Both of these students, alongside numerous others, skipped class to voice their requests. Many participants offered petitions for passersby to sign in support of climate action.

Back in October 2015, the UA signed Second Nature’s Climate Commitment, an agreement to make the campus a more ecofriendly environment. This included reducing carbon emissions and funding research on carbon neutrality and resilience. As time passed, however, few of the goals listed had been achieved, and SFS saw the need for protests and rallies to urge the UA to take more steps toward environmental protection.

While reports have been made on progress,

the SFS has found them unsatisfactory.

“I want to see some initiative,” said environmental studies and gender and women’s studies major Rebecca Van Rhee, another SFS member. “They’ve signed the agreement and have done nothing.”

As the event kicked off, Martinez-Lugo stood up and gave a speech about climate change and what needs to be done by both the country and the UA. He was followed by Dan Millis, program coordinator for the Sierra Club Borderlands Grand Canyon chapter. The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest grassroots movement dedicated to protecting the environment and also a partner with SFS. “Climate change is the crisis that everyone needs to act on,” boomed Millis through a megaphone. He urged onlookers to check the twitter accounts @azbeyondcoal and @sc_borderlands to learn more.

After the speech, other students chimed in.

“The students organizing this are passionate to fight climate change,” said math major Ben Champion. “The UA has plans that aren’t robust enough.”

“We want the UA to lead on climate change action and fund research on the subject,” said Remy Franklin, a geography graduate student at the UA who was invited

by Martinez-Lugo to attend. “Acting at the local levels is more important than ever before,” he added.

Another of Franklin’s demands was for

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KASHJA ILER, A FIRSTYEAR grad student in the school of natural resources and development, and Diego Martinez-Lugo, a senior majoring in environmental studies and geography, hold up a sign during the climate walkout on Jan. 23. The walkout is one of many around the country, organized by 350.org.

the UA to divest its endowment of fossil fuel holdings.

“There needs to be student-led movements and a continuance on call to climate action,” Martinez-Lugo said. He explained how the SFS has been reaching out to UA administrators in order to make more

discernible steps toward climate action.

On the subject of Trump’s climate denial, protestors urged onlookers to call U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to take direct action.

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PH.D. STUDENT RODOLFO PEON Anaya at his desk in the Environment and Natural Resources 2 building on Jan. 23. Rodolfo studies arid land resource science, and is currently engaged in research regarding the use of solar energies to help desalinate the ocean. Anaya is one of 11 newly-selected Carson Scholars.

11 UA graduate students become Carson Scholars

BY NICOLE MORIN @DailyWildcat

Eleven UA graduate students have been named Carson Scholars, earning a total award of $55,000.

The Carson Scholars program is meant to fund graduate students researching interdisciplinary environmental issues.

Scholars’ areas of studies range from geology to entomology to anthropology. One thing they all have in common: a desire to learn new ways to improve our relationship with the planet.

Founded in the name of Rachel Carson, a marine biologist and environmentalist responsible for alerting the world to the dangers of chemical pesticides, the program has awarded a total of $320,000 to 64 graduate students on the UA campus since 2011.

Rodolfo Peon Anaya, a graduate student within arid lands resource sciences, is one such scholar. Anaya’s research is focused on solar energy; according to Anaya, specifically “heat from high concentration photovoltaics for water desalination.” He is currently partnered with the Navajo Nation in an effort to use this research to help bring clean water to the community.

“It is a great honor to be a recipient of the Carson Scholars award. I was looking forward to applying from the first time I heard about it,” Anaya said. He hopes that receiving this scholarship will allow him to share his research with others and solve world-wide energy problems.

“I personally believe that becoming a Carson Scholar opens an excellent opportunity to share my research experiences and ideas at their world-class organized events and expand

my collaborator’s network by giving me the privilege of joining their family of change makers for a better, more sustainable and peaceful world.”

Other winners echo Anaya’s enthusiasm.

“Besides the grant money, I think the most valuable thing is the mentorship,” said Genevieve Comeau, a graduate student in entomology and insect science, who focuses on insect-borne diseases.

The scholarship will allow her to continue her current project studying an invasive mosquito species in Arizona that appeared thirty years ago. Comeau is trying to learn whether or not their larva are capable of carrying the birth defect-causing Zika virus.

Diana Liverman, UA regents’ professor of geography and development, founded the scholarship; funding and sponorships comes from the UA Institute of the Environment, the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice, Biosphere 2, Institute for Energy Solutions, as well as private donations.

“The Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice began in Fall 2014. At that time, we provided [additional] scholarships to the Carson Scholars Program, along with Biosphere 2 and the Renewable Energy Network,” said Anna Spitz, director of the Haury Program. The Haury Program chose six of the Carson Scholars to be recognized as Agnese Nelms Haury Fellows, their largest amount so far, with one of the requirements being that the scholars’ work must involve social justice and the environment.

The remaining Carson Scholars are: Amy Hudson, Denise Moreno Ramírez, Tamee Albrecht, Pradyna Garud, Megan MillsNovoa, Amado Guzmán, Alex Erwin, Rebecca Beadling and Kathryn Gougelet.

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ARTS & LIFE Arizona Repertory Theatre reduces UA Students’ ticket costs starting this spring Wednesday — Thursday Jan. 25 — Jan. 26 Page 14

Editor: Jamie Verwys arts@dailywildcat.com (520) 621-7579

BY VICTOR HERRERA @DailyWildcat

UA students will be able to look forward to decreased ticket prices this semester at the Arizona Repertory Theatre. Ticket prices have been cut across the board to $15 for both plays and musicals.

The new price point aims to attract more students who might have previously been barred from attending the theater due to the price of admission.

For UA students who want to save a little more there is a rush option where students can pay $10 with the trade off of not being able to choose their own seat.

Prior to the price cut, students paid $19 for plays and $21 for musicals, prices Lisa Pierce, director of marketing and development for the School of Theatre, Film and Television, admitted were a bit high for students.

Pierce said the main cause for the change in price was to make the theater more accessible and affordable for the students.

“The production value competes with anything you might see in the professional arena,” Pierce said. “To offer them at this price is a real treat.”

Pierce concedes that the vast majority of theatergoers up to this point have been an older audience because mostly retirees and people in their 60s or older go to shows. However, she said that the second-highest demographic to attend plays and musicals put on by the theater has been UA students.

According to Pierce, attendance at the theater has been average but hopes the new $15 entry fee will remedy that.

“The price was a little bit of a deterrent,” said Emma Eddy, a physiology sophomore.

A host of other issues, such as lack of information, also played into her decision to not attend the theater in previous semesters.

While Eddy herself speaks about her will and desire to attend the theatre, she said she finds it difficult to obtain event times of performances.

“I still don’t know where or when,” Eddy said.

“I can only hope we get the word out enough, that’s another challenge of ours.”

Pierce laments the lack of exposure the theater receives. She attributes these issues to insufficient funding which is able to be allocated to advertising and marketing.

“There’s no one place on campus where we can e-blast everybody,” Pierce said.

The theatre has other threats as well, particularly other forms of entertainment media. Pierce cites movies, phones, cable and other everyday luxuries as competition the theatre must compete against to get students to attend.

COURTESY LISA PIERCE

EXTRA TURNED DIRECTOR, PHIL (Matthew Osvog) goes a bit too far in this scene with Carl (Thomas Tyler West), the Queen (Shira Maas), Benny (Zachary Zupke) and Louise (Tyler Reaser) from the comedy “EPIC PROPORTIONS,” presented by Arizona Repertory Theatre. Starting this semester the theatre is offering reduced prices for UA students.

“The Arizona Repertory Theatre is a nonprofit state agency that relies solely on box office ticket sales,” Pierce said. “That’s why dropping the price is such a big deal.”

The money productions make goes right back into the program for future use in events and shows. As a result, the revenue that productions generate is vital for the continuity of many of the student performed plays and musicals.

“Theater is in their blood, it’s what they eat sleep and breathe and they’re exceptional,” Pierce said, testifying to the quality of productions on display.

Vanessa Campo-DeLos, Santos House manager at the Arizona Repertory Theatre, said

word of mouth is one of the most effective forms of advertisement the theatre has at its disposal.

“We need more students to attend these awesome, student-run performances,” she said.

The first production UA students will be able to take advantage of the new $15 ticket prices will be “Proof,” a play by David Auburn.

Opening night is set for Feb. 8 with preview shows available for those interested on Feb. 5 and 6.

“Proof” promises to be a story of mystery and intrigue following the daughter of a deceased mathematician in her quest to discover the true identity of the author of a “ground-breaking mathematical proof.”

UA students will also be able to look forward to “Twelfth Night,” a comedy originally written

by William Shakespeare about a young girl who finds herself in the middle of a love triangle, and “Evita,” a musical telling the story of Eva Perón, the former first-lady of Argentina.

For Pierce, plays and musicals are more than just simple performances.

“They are a universal, cultural phenomenon, one of the oldest forms of storytelling,” she said.

At the end of the day, the new price serves as a way to gain student interest and get them to try the theatre. Pierce is confident that when students do come to a show they’ll want to come back.

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MCKENZIE DRYDEN, A NUTRITIONAL sciences sophomore, and Lauren Thompson, nutritional sciences and MCB junior, prepare ingredients for the cooking on campus class on Jan. 24. The class is hosted by the Student Recreation Center in Outdoor Adventures.

Cooking on Campus brings healthy eats

BY AVA GARCIA @Ava_Garcia1

From learning proper knife skills to how to cook a chicken, UA’s Cooking on Campus classes cover it all. The bimonthly classes held at the Campus Recreation Center teach students how to prepare a meal they can enjoy themselves.

The program, which has been in place at UA since 2011, features student-run classes that guide students through making at least three different recipes for a meal. Each class costs $5 and all students are welcome to attend.

Program Advisor Christy Wilson said nobody is left behind at these classes.

“I think it’s a good way to introduce students who have no cooking skills to the act of cooking and hopefully enjoyment of cooking, and for students who cook regularly, this is a great way to introduce them to new recipes, ideas and ways to prepare maybe something that they just have been curious to prepare,” Wilson said.

What students prepare at these classes is determined by the Student Nutrition Coalition of the Student Health Advisory Committee, part of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. Wilson said the committee makes decisions on recipes taught and who teaches.

To teach a class, student chefs first spend one semester observing classes before taking on the teaching role, according to Milena Carrera, a senior studying nursing and a student chef with Cooking on Campus. She said this is her third year with the cooking program.

She said there are different health goals for the recipes and the student directors who write them look up all the nutrition facts for the recipes.

Sometimes, keeping recipes healthy means

using alternative ingredients to make them. A recipe for protein Rice Krispy treats at the class Jan. 24 swapped marshmallows and butter for peanut butter, honey and dark chocolate.

“Students are exposed to so many unhealthy food selections,” Wilson said. “A lot of times, these are the foods that are most convenient to eat and we know that those convenience foods are not typically healthy food options, so this is kind of the more nutritious alternative to all those other foods that, as students, you have options to pay for every day.”

Wilson said the Arizona Student Unions provide ingredients for the classes, which helps keep the cost of the program to $5 per student.

Students who participate in the classes get to eat or take home what they make in the class.

Students may come away from the class with more than food. Wilson said that the classes are a great way for students to meet each other. At the end of the classes, students can enjoy the meals they just prepared together.

“Everybody gets to hang out and enjoy the fruits of their labor and eat together,” Wilson said.

“It’s really nice to see students come together in that way.”

Carrera called teaching the cooking classes an honor and a fun experience.

“I think it’s fun, easy and just a helpful skill in life, because a lot of students don’t know how to cook or are too scared, so this kind of makes it easy, and it’s a lighthearted situation to learn how,” she said.

The next Cooking on Campus class is February 7 and will feature recipes for cheesecake strawberries, fruit and spinach salad and cauliflower pizza bites. Students can register online before the class to reserve a spot.

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Food Trends 2017: Are You In? Each New Year brings with it new and interesting trends. Although there are several opinions as to what will actually catch on, we’ve done our foodie-research and think you may be seeing these trends in grocery stores, restaurants and food trucks in 2017.

• Street Food Strong. Food can serve as a gateway to other cultures, so what better way to learn about new places and people than through tasty street foods?

Try new vegetables, spices, and unique ways of preparing a variety of ingredients. From Chinese cold noodle bowls to Salvadorian pork pupusas, to Japanese shrimp dumplings and Lebanese grilled vegetable kabobs, be open minded to expanding your culinary and taste bud horizons!

• Vegetables Are King. We know vegetables are a healthy food choice, so it’s nice to see them on both the National Restaurant Association’s and James Beard Foundation’s list of 2017 food trends! Bursting with nutrition, including cancer-fighting antioxidants and filling fiber, expect to see vegetables like seaweed, beet greens, and heirloom produce taking center

plate on menus. Mashed cauliflower, anyone?

• Mock Meats. As awareness about the health and ecological impacts of meat increases, people are experimenting more with plantbased meals and seeking ways to keep protein up and meats down.

As a result, foods like tofu, seitan, and tempeh are now easier to find at the market and are showing up in restaurants. These foods not only look like meat, they comparatively have less saturated fat, yet pack a protein punch and contain fiber.

• Great Grains. By now, you’ve probably heard of quinoa, but this year keep an eye out for grains like teff, amaranth, and sorghum in combo meal bowls and in salads.

Like other grains, they are rich in B vitamins and iron, but the nutrition upgrade is in their high protein and fiber contents. One cup of cooked teff has 10 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein, while sorghum has 22 grams of protein and 12 grams of fiber! These grains will fill you up but won’t weigh you down.

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Our UA Campus Health of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists are here to help you out.

NutriNews is written by Gale Welter Coleman, MS, RDN, CEDRD, CSSD, Sarah Marrs, RDN, and Christy Wilson, RDN, Nutrition Counselors at the UA Campus Health Service.

Food and nutrition services (including healthy eating, cooking skills, weight management, digestive problems, hormonal and cardiovascular diseases, and eating disorders) are offered year-round at Campus Health. Call (520) 621-6483 to make an appointment.

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DOWNTOWN TUCSON AS SEEN from Sentinel Peak. The latest housing development to come to downtown is the 7th Avenue Commons.

Another brand new apartment complex to rise downtown

BY GABRIELA RICO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

A half city block recently demolished north of downtown Tucson will rise again as an apartment complex.

A $7.8 million building permit was issued to 7th Avenue Commons for a 50-unit complex at 58 E. Fifth St. The development will be more than 55,000 square feet.

It is the latest in a number of housing projects announced for the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods as commercial development has brought more interest to the city’s core.

Other construction activity around town includes: • Worldview got a $5.3 million building permit for its nearspaceport at 1805 E. Aerospace Parkway.

• Aspen Dental will be moving into 3,600 square feet in the Wilmot Plaza, 6303 E. Broadway, after putting the finishing touches on a spec building with a $102,000 tenant-improvement permit.

• CDO Baptist Sanctuary & Children’s Building got a $4.4 million building permit for the 28,000 square-foot project at 9200 N. Oracle Road.

•The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona is building a $2.3 million, 19,000 square-foot office at 3718 E. River Road.

•Bion Crossfit got a $667,000 building permit for a 5,600 squarefoot spot at 7801 E. Snyder Road.

•A $467,000 permit was issued to Temple of the Presence Inc. for a 4,600 square-foot worship hall at 11902 E. Irvington Road.

•Sonora World Famous Hot Dogs got a $150,000 tenant-improvement permit to move into 4,300 square feet in Tucson Spectrum, 5475 E. Calle Santa Cruz.

Information on building permits courtesy of Ginger Kneup, ginger@ orangereports.com, owner of Bright Future Real Estate Research.

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Arts & Life • Wednesday, January 25-Thursday, January 26, 2017

“Winter in Anna” draws on experience Local author Reed Karaim explores love that could have been in his new novel Here at the UA, 38% of students didn’t drink in the past 30 days. Of those who do, 63% make their own drinks to limit their alcohol intake.

BY GRETCHYN KAYLOR @notsowild_cat

Local author Reed Karaim was raised in a library and aspired to be an author from a young age.

Once he started a career in journalism, he fell in love with reporting.

Throughout his life he went on the road with Bill Clinton to cover his 1992 campaign, published an award-winning novel and is starting on his third book.

Karaim’s second and most recent novel, “The Winter in Anna,” was released on Jan. 17. The unique story is inspired by a variety of personal experiences, all leading to his consideration of how one can take the measure of another person’s life.

The relationship at the center of the story is not unlike the connections common among work colleagues, especially in the unique space of a newsroom before the digital age.

Drawing on his own experiences, Karaim tells the stories through the eyes of Eric, the protagonist.

The narrative is complemented by his writing style with clear journalistic language—remaining simple, sharp and splendidly scrupulous.

The novel begins with Eric, now married with children, looking back on his early decisions. He is dealing with the painful puzzles left behind by someone from his past who has recently committed suicide, Anna.

Rather than focusing on the end of Anna’s life, the novel divulges her story piece by piece through Eric. Using anecdotes and inspirations, he reveals parts of what made her who she was— quietly important to his life and the life of their small town. Like Eric, Karaim had his first journalism job in his home state of North Dakota and has worked at a weekly paper.

Karaim studied English and journalism at North Dakota State University and then made his way out in the world. He realized he was pretty good at reporting, listening to people and communicating what is most important to them, in the ultimate interest of the public.

Karaim admits “The Winter in Anna” was an idea that was in development a

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long time. It was originally supposed to be a long short story but, when it came down to it, the story of Anna needed to be feature-length. Using Eric’s memory as the frame of the story, Anna and a sporadic plot of intrigue are naturally recalled by the protagonist.

Though Anna, Eric and the other characters are fictional, the novel waxes autobiographical at times in some of the oddball and serious situations the characters find themselves in.

Karaim pointed to some specific moments based in reality, including a grim evaluation of a railroad yard after an accident and interviewing an unpassionate Elvis collector for a towns person profile.

Whether making a secret known to the world through his continued freelance journalism or sharing stories of real people with readers of his novels, Karaim has displayed his distinct understanding of individuals.

He has a desire to get out their story and create hope and connection with people like Anna.

The novel is available now, worldwide, through W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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

That higher concentration of alcohol makes measuring your drink even more important.

Do this by skipping the “handle pulls” and, instead, using a shot

glass or the bottom line/ indentation found on many party cups to measure a single standard drink of liquor (1oz). Looking for an even easier strategy? Keep it simple by steering clear of the hard stuff altogether.

Choose drinks like beer, wine, or even a mixed drink with the alcohol dialed down to help regulate not only how much you drink, but how fast you drink it.

It might just make your night out more fun, safe, and social – and who doesn’t want that?

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

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

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MILLER DATA FROM PAGE 24

This data paints a picture of Miller-led teams, one that vindicates some common viewpoints while disproving others. For instance, at the start of his tenure many pointed to Miller’s “uptempo” style of offense as an attractive selling point to recruits. While this may have been true earlier on in 2010 and 2011, since then Miller’s teams have played within a possession or two of the average tempo of division I teams. Miller’s teams don’t play slow—a potential bane and bore to five-star recruits and fans alike—but they certainly aren’t winning games in a track meet.

While many would expect the experience of a team to rise as a coach sticks around, so far this has not proved true over the last seven years under Miller.

Measuring experience as the weighted minutes played by years of experience (i.e. Freshman would be zero years of experience, sophomores one, etc.), only once did the experienced Miller’s teams exceed the division I average. Miller inherited a barren cupboard in 2010 but has succeeded without greatly experienced teams.

Interestingly enough, two of Miller’s “youngest” teams, 2014 and 2015, proved to be among his best, while his most experienced team, 2016, was considered a disappointment by many.

ALEX FURRIER/THE DAILY WILDCAT Some fans criticize Miller for a conservative offense that A BREAKDOWN OF OFFENSE combined with defensive output annotates which years were Arizona’s best. 2014 and 2015 standout as being the best two doesn’t capitalize on the athleticism of his players, but seasons the Wildcats have had under Miller. In both of those seasons the Wildcats went to the Elite Eight. the numbers back up what Miller has done on that end of the court. Part of this frustration no doubt stems from the constant zones the Wildcats face, but that could be attributed to the recent poor shooting of Miller’s teams.

In 2013, on the backs of Nick Johnson, Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom, the Wildcats took nearly a third of their shots from deep, but in recent years poor shooting has dropped that close to one fifth of the team’s offense. If you can’t shoot, expect the zone and its ability to turn halfcourt offense into molasses.

Despite this, Miller’s teams do have a tendency to look for buckets in a manners that features athleticism. Miller’s teams score in transition at a rate above the division I average and annihilate teams on the boards with their ability to score on putbacks from offensive rebounds. While the half-court offense may not always translate to pretty points, it does get the job done. After all, the calling card of Miller’s teams are tough defense anyway.

The pack line defense powers Miller’s teams and ruins the high-scoring dreams of Wildcat opponents. Miller has yet to coach a bad defensive team. Every squad under his tutelage has held opponents to a below-average effective field goal percentage and posted a better-than-average defensive efficiency. His teams have ranged above average (2010, 2011, 2016) to good (2012 and 2013) to downright amazing (2014 and 2015). It’s no coincidence that Miller’s best defensive teams spent quite a bit of time near the top of the AP poll.

Part of this can be traced back to the philosophy of “No Easy Buckets” popularized by Kevin Parrom all those years ago, or perhaps it’s the secrets of Miller’s instructional DVD on defense. Miller’s defense acts as the inverse of their own offense by denying teams transition buckets and putbacks. UA’s defense under Miller has given up less transition and putback field goal attempts ALEX FURRIER/THE DAILY WILDCAT than the division I average. Miller’s teams also give up MILLER’S DEFENSIVE REQUIREMENTS HAVE made Arizona one of the elite defensive units in the country. Combined with an efficient offensive attack, less shots at the rim and on 3-point attempts, often forcing Arizona’s all-around resume makes it standout amongst the best teams in the nation. teams to take the least desirable shot in basketball: a 2-point jumper with time winding down on the clock.

Teams playing Arizona have taken roughly 10 percent more 2-point jumpers than average while regularly finding themselves forced into a shot within the last five seconds of the shot clock. A recipe like this makes for a defensive juggernaut under Miller.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to guess the best teams under Miller, and the 2014 and 2015 featured many similar characters. The teams played their way into the record books with star one-anddone freshmen, Aaron Gordon and Stanley Johnson, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson locking down every opponent’s best player on defense and TJ McConnell, for all intents and purposes Miller’s adopted basketball son, running the point. These teams far and away posted the highest offensive and defensive efficiency of the Miller-era teams. Picking between the two teams is splitting hairs, but 2015 narrowly outpaces 2014 due to its better offense.

Sean Miller has brought Arizona back to the elite level of years past. While his gritty teams certainly have a different style than the legend Lute Olson, the stats back up the coaching ability of Miller. Fans ache for a return to the Final Four and harbor dreams of cutting down the nets and with Miller’s stats those dreams are well on the path to becoming a reality.

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Arizona men’s golf opens 2017 with ninth place George Cunningham tops all Wildcat finishers but falters late to prevent top-five finish

BY MACKENZIE SWANEY @itsthewatergirl

The UA men’s golf team finished in ninth place at the end of the two-day Arizona Intercollegiate tournament at Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson Tuesday.

Arizona tied for eighth with Iowa State at the end of day one but fell back one place on Tuesday afternoon.

“We had a strong start today and really battled to hang in there with tough playing conditions,” said head coach Jim Anderson in an interview from Monday.

Day one consisted of high winds and a suspension of round two due to darkness just before 6 p.m., but winds were not nearly as problematic on day two of the tournament.

Arizona junior George Cunningham shot 4-over par early on, securing a sixth place finish for day one, but finished 17th overall as the top scorer for the Wildcats with a score of 219 (+6). Cunningham was on a roll in the middle of the front nine in the third round with back-to-back birdies on holes four and five. However, after another birdie on hole 11, Cunningham fell apart, scoring back-toback double bogeys on his way to shooting a sixover par in the last four holes. The stretch of poor

play took Cunningham from a potential top-five finish to holding on to the bottom of the top 20.

Following Cunningham were Jordan Gumberg, David Laskin, Redford Bobbit and Brad Reeves. Gumberg and Laskin tied in the tournament for 42nd (+14), while Bobbit and Reeves tied for 53rd (+17).

“I’ll stay patient and make my birdies when I can,” Cunningham told Arizona Athletics Monday.

His advice must have hit home for Bobbit, a senior, as he had four consecutive birdies on day two of the tournament.

Top-ranked competition kept the match intense, as No. 20 Oregon finished in first place overall in the tournament, followed by Pepperdine and Washington.

Oregon redshirt senior Wyndham Clark also took first overall for all individuals; tied for second were Andre Garcia from New Mexico and Carl Juan from Washington.

Eighteen programs competed in the tournament, including six schools from the Pac-12 Conference. Arizona finished fifth overall out of the Pac-12 schools.

Up next, the Wildcats will travel to Hawaii for the John Burns Intercollegiate tournament. The three-day tournament begins on Wednesday, Feb. 15 and concludes on Friday, Feb. 17.

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GEORGE CUNNINGHAM COMPETING DURING day two of the Arizona Intercollegiate tournament. Cunningham finished tied for 17th place.

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THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE Sean Miller is widely considered one of the best coaches in the country, analytics would say he is better than that, the figures say he is elite

BY ALEX FURRIER @badjazzmaverick

In some dark alternate timeline of reality, Tim Floyd coaches the UA men’s basketball team. Thankfully such a nightmare belongs firmly entrenched in the imagination, thanks to Floyd’s fateful decision to turn down the job offered by Jim Livengood. Livengood’s attention turned to young Xavier coach Miller and now three Elite Eights, three Pac-12 championships and five first-round NBA draft picks later here we are.

Sean Miller is Arizona basketball.

Now in his eighth year at the helm, Miller has elevated the program back up to elite status from the dire circumstances he inherited upon taking the job. Some aspects of Miller’s team are constants like a gritty pack-line defense, motion-based offense and a whole lot of yelling from the sideline. The same descriptors get tossed around when it comes to Miller teams: toughness, intensity, grit and heart. Those are all fine and dandy, but quantifying “toughness” proves difficult. Luckily in the age of sports analytics, the data can speak for itself. Stats from KenPom, Hoop-Math and Sports Reference were compiled and analyzed to tell the data-driven tale of the Miller Era (so far).

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