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Rich Rodriguez fired after internal investigation After sexual harassment claims were filed by a former administrative assistant, the UA terminated the highest-paid employee on campus following a “thorough evaluation … both on and off the field.”

BY EDDIE CELAYA @reporterEddie

On Jan. 2, University of Arizona head football coach Rich Rodriguez was terminated from his position.

The decision, according to a statement released by the UA, was based on several factors “including the direction and climate of our football program.”

The decision to fire Rodriguez was preceded by the filing of a Notice of Claim. A former administrative assistant in the athletic department filed the claim against Rodriguez with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office on Dec. 28, 2017.

The notice, filed by Phoenix-based attorney Augustine “Augie” Jimenez III, accuses Rodriguez of “sexual harassment of [the claimant] as well as the hostile work environment created and fostered by Rodriguez.”

Specifically, the claim against Rodriguez notes several alleged instances and events, taking place over a period of nearly four years, from 2013 until 2017. Among them: Rodriguez kept what his accuser called a “Hideaway Book,” the purpose of which was to hide personal secrets, disseminate messages such as “Title IX doesn’t exist in our office,” and help Rodriguez assert control over the coaching staff.

The claim states the claimant, along with former assistant coach Charlie Ragle and current assistant Miguel Reveles would help shield Rodriguez from his family finding out about his alleged affairs. The trio supposedly went by the moniker “the Triangle of Secrecy.”

After marrying in 2015, instead of working on her marriage, the claimant “had to answer Rodriguez’s calls at all hours of the night just to change travel plans or make some other requests which were only emergencies to him,” according to the claim.

During this same time, the claimant’s husband recalled players from the football team allegedly sent pictures of their genitals to his wife.

When she complained to Rodriguez, he allegedly ignored her.

Sometime between Jan. 27 and Feb. 23, 2016 the claimant said she caught Rodriguez “ogling” her as she left her office, to which she allegedly replied to him “No, you can’t do that … that’s not cool.”

Soon after, the claimant reportedly informed Rodriguez of her husband’s pending interview withArizonaDiamondbackssecurity.

If he were hired, she would need to move to Phoenix.

Upon learning this, Rodriguez became incensed, allegedly telling her “No, I can’t lose you,” and offering to have a friend pay for an apartment for the claimant to stay at.

Later in 2016, Rodriguez allegedly asked the claimant to bring him a pair of underwear to his office.

Finding the request degrading, she enlisted the help of a male staffer, who brought the underwear to Rodriguez.

After receiving the underwear, Rodriguez continued to harass the claimant, allegedly telling her he preferred underwear that “visually enhanced” his genitalia when worn.

In Jan. 2017, Rodriguez allegedly asked the claimant into his office to inform her that he had entered

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FORMER ARIZONA FOOTBALL HEAD coach Rich Rodriguez during the UA-ASU rivalry game on Nov. 25 at Sun Devil Stadium.

marriage counseling with his wife.

According to her, Rodriguez began to indicate that he needed to be with a woman who was “passionate,” which the claimant understood to mean her.

Then, according to the claim, Rodriguez “grabbed [the claimant], embraced her, touched the side of her breast, and tried to kiss her.”

The claimant noted she was able to break free.

Two weeks later, Rodriguez allegedly asked the claimant to

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his office again. This time, she said, he attempted to “take care of her” by giving her $300. The claimant refused the money as Rodriguez begged her not to tell her husband or his wife about the interaction.

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In March 2017, the claimant reportedly asked to transfer departments and scheduled a meeting with Mike Ketcham, the senior associate athletics director.

That meeting, according to the claim, as well as subsequent meetings, were canceled at the behest of Rodriguez.

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Deans named co-chairs of Robbins planning initiative

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS @GoodDivaJayJay

University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins has chosen Elliot Cheu and Lisa Ordóñez to co-chair his strategic planning initiative. The decision was announced Monday, Dec. 4 in an email sent out to the university.

Cheu and Ordóñez have been at UA for over twenty years. However, they recently started working as deans.

Cheu serves as the associate dean of the College of Science in which he oversees academics for the college. He feels that this and his research side has prepared him for this role because he’s always thinking about students.

“From my research side, it’s just the fact that I think about how do we make the best experience for students at the University of Arizona,” Cheu said. “And I believe that research background, and getting students involved in genuine, authentic research experiences is very important aspect of their education.”

Ordóñez currently serves as the vice dean for Eller College of Management.

Having been in the position for three years, she says her work in that position is connected to strategic planning.

“Myself working concert with our dean, we have to implement a plan for our college to make sure we’re going the right way,” Ordóñez said. “That we’re teaching our students the right way, that we’re providing enough resources and enough staff and all in alignment.”

Ordóñez recently finished working on a new strategic plan for Eller College with new dean Paulo Goes. Combined with her

three years as vice dean of Eller, she feels experienced in this area.

“The things that I’ve been doing for the last three years have particularly suited me for this role because I’ve had to do this at a college level, so now I’m taking it up to the university level,” Ordóñez said.

Robbins’ announcement noted that “both have deep relationships and longstanding ties” to UA, which have been “cultivated over their more than 20-year careers with the University.”

According to Cheu, both have worked together in the past. They even had similar responses when they heard that the other was being considered for the role.

“When I heard her name, I said ‘oh that’s a great choice,” Cheu said. “And she said the same thing.”

For Ordóñez, an important part of the planning process will be thinking about the future and preparing UA students to strive.

“What I can bring is letting those bold ideas come through,” Ordóñez said.

“Instead of holding back, instead of keeping it tame.”

In this new role, Cheu calls himself the ‘head minion.’ He sees his role as helping to guide the process so that UA has a successful product.

“I think what I bring to the table to that is trying to help manage the process, and making sure that we’re successful,” Cheu said.

However, the two will not be working alone on the strategic planning process.

“We’ve got a great team of people, we’re going to be hearing from a lot of people,” Ordóñez said. “Our job is to frankly pull it all together.”

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Golden parachute to break Rodriguez’s fall

BY SASHA HARTZELL @DailyWildcat

The University of Arizona head football coach Rich Rodriguez was fired on Jan. 2. Per the terms of his contract, he will receive a $6.28 million payout from the UA. In October, Rodriguez was accused of sexual harassment by his former administrative assistant. The ensuing private investigation concluded on Dec. 28 and found her claims to be unsubstantiated. Rodriguez’s employment was later terminated. Officially, he was fired without cause. This entitles him to collect the full pay for the remainder of the duration of his contract.

The current version of Rodriguez’s contract was approved by former UA director of athletics Greg Byrne, the Arizona Board of Regents and Rodriguez on June 17, 2015. The terms of the contract were agreed to until May 31, 2020. As of 2017, his base salary totaled $2,475,000, increasing by $100,000 per year. This sum does not include any additional compensation, such as third-party income or bonuses.

In the contract, Rodriguez’s payout is referred to as liquidated damages and totals $6.28 million. The money is to be paid to Rodriguez in one lump sum within 30 days of his employment’s termination.

He is not entitled to continue receiving any university benefits nor any benefits associated with the head coach position.

According to the contract, “The parties have bargained for this liquidated damages provision giving consideration to the fact that this is a contract for personal services.” It was agreed to in order to compensate for the loss of benefits, supplemental compensation and employment-related compensation the coach would lose if terminated before the contract’s expiration.

There is no mitigation clause included.

If Rodriguez is employed elsewhere during the period covered by the contract, the payout sum will not be reduced. In the event of termination with cause, “the university’s sole obligation to coach shall

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FORMER HEAD COACH RICH Rodriquez looks out over Arizona Stadium. Rodriguez, who had been a head coach at West Virginia and Michigan before his time at Arizona, was relieved of his duties Jaunary 2.

be payment of his base salary,” according to the countract. It doesn’t specify the duration for which this base salary would be paid to the coach.

According to the contract, valid causes for termination include, but are not limited to, six specific instances. The first of these six is “demonstrated dishonesty.”

There is no futher explaination of what qualifies as demonstrated dishonesty.

Personal conduct was also included as a cause, but only if it substantially impaired the coach’s fulfillment of assigned duties and responsibilities.

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allegations and sequence of events depicted in the notice of claim. In a statement posted to Twitter on Jan. 2, Rodriguez called the charges “baseless and false.”

In the same statement, Rodriguez admitted to carrying on an extramarital affair. “It was wrong, and I have apologized to my wife and family,” he said. “I am still working incredibly hard to repair the bonds

I’ve broken and regain the trust of my wife and children, whom I love dearly.”

Rodriguez’s Twitter account has been deactivated. He has since hired Phoenix-based defense attorney Leo Beus.

UA President Dr. Robert Robbins and Director of Athletics Dave Heeke issued a joint statement to the university community and media

In an email to students, UA President Dr. Robert Robbins and Dave Heeke, director of athletics, wrote that the decision of terminations was “based on several factors, including the direction and climate of our football program.”

These factors have not yet been shared with the community.

Chris Sigurdson, vice president of communications, said there is no further comment at this time.

It’s unknown why the university chose to terminate Rodriguez’s employment without cause.

the evening on Jan. 2. It detailed an internal investigation instigated by the UA’s Office of Institutional Equity and led by the law firm Cohen Dowd Quigley.

According to the UA statement, the investigation, which began in October 2017, was due to “a former employee in the Department of Athletics [alleging] that Mr. Rodriguez harassed her on multiple occasions.”

Citing the fact the employee retained an attorney during the process, the UA statement said the

Under the contract’s terms, it could be terminated “by the director or his designated representative at any time without cause.” It was not necessary for the Regents to approve this decision, though Regent Chairman Bill Ridenour told the Arizona Republic he supported it.

Ridenour also said that no tuition dollars or public money will fund the buyout. He continued that the situation has raised concerns about athletic contracts and the board plans to “review our whole contract situation” in January’s meeting.

employee’s claims “could not be substantiated based on the evidence and witnesses available to it.”

In a press release on Jan. 5, Jimenez addressed the UA’s internal investigation and his client’s lack of participation. Calling the investigation “incomplete,” he added that his client was under no obligation to participate.

“The purpose of this investigation was not to protect [the claimant] from further harassment by Rodriguez,” Jimenez said. “Instead, it was conducted to protect the

university from the anticipated harassment claims and perhaps provide a basis to terminate Rodriguez with cause.”

Still, the UA investigation uncovered information that caused concern about the direction of the football program under Rodriguez.

In the university statement, Robbins and Heeke invoked the mission of the university.

“While this is a difficult decision, it is the right decision. And it is a decision that lives up to the core values of the University of Arizona.”

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FORMER ARIZONA FOOTBALL HEAD coach Rich Rodriguez was let go from the University of Arizona following a claim of harassmet against him from a former employee. The Rodriguez firing is the latest in a string of scandals that have rocked UA Athletics in the last year.

Independent, transparent investigation needed to answer questions at UA T he University of Arizona’s reputation as a respected institution of higher learning is in free fall.

From federal investigations into pay-for-play for the men’s basketball team and the dismissal of former basketball player Elliot Pitts following sexual misconduct, to claims against the university surrounding former Arizona running back Orlando Bradford and accusations against former UA assistant track and field coach Craig Carter, to the most recent harassment accusations against former football head coach Rich Rodriguez, the university continues to make the kind of national headlines no one wants to see their school associated with.

Although the UA eventually fired Rodriguez on Jan. 2 following an investigation by law firm Cohen Dowd Quigley, the decision to let him go had reportedly been made days earlier. The law firm began the investigation after a former employee alleged sexual harassment by Rodriguez in October of last year.

According to the former employee’s recent notice of claim against Rodriguez, she had attempted numerous times to address the harassment through university channels only to be rebuffed and silenced each time.

No one will ever know everything that happened between Rodriguez and his accuser except the two of them, but the university must work to determine if a culture of not addressing harassment accusations — and even encouraging such behavior — exists at the UA, and specifically in the athletics department.

An outside investigation, one not protected by attorneyclient privilege or funded by tuition/taxpayer dollars, must take place in order to expose any potential institutional problems, from the culture to reporting protocols, and examine methods for addressing inappropriate or harmful

actions.

UA President Dr. Robert Robbins and Director of Athletics Dave Heeke — both on the job less than a year — expressed a desire to preserve the “core values” of the university in their statement announcing Rodriguez’s dismissal. Robbins later said in an interview that “we’re just not going to have any toleration of sexual harassment.”

Now is the time to live up to those words.

If the types of behavior or culture alleged truly do exist, then the UA must act accordingly. Robbins and Heeke should call for a truly independent, open review into these claims, and the sooner the better.

One group that could conduct such an examination is the UA’s accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission.

Although the HLC typically deals with matters related to faculty certification and academic standards, an investigation into matters similar to what are currently claimed against the university has recent, local precedent.

In 2013, Pima Community College faced claims of harassment against its then-chancellor from several women, as well as accusations of a “culture of fear” that prevented administrators and the college’s governing body from adequately addressing the allegations.

After hundreds of interviews with employees, students and members of the public conducted by educators and other experts, the HLC placed the college on probation.

PCC then had two years to demonstrate to its accreditor that it was working to improve the culture of the institution, or risk losing federal funding and recognition.

The process required several progress reports to the HLC and follow-up interviews, all done in the public eye, with all documents available for anyone to read, scrutinize and comment on before final approval. Those that were

interviewed had their identities protected in order to prevent retaliation.

Pima CC had its probation lifted in 2015, but it had to continue showing progress until about a year ago, when the final sanctions were lifted after it displayed it had made significant progress to address the myriad issues found during the HLC’s reviews.

The HLC is the accrediting body for both PCC and the UA. The UA will not be able to sweep away the questions surrounding its athletic department — and the way administration has handled these issues — without a comprehensive review that is open to the public and conducted by an impartial overseer like the HLC. At least one football recruit has already de-committed from the UA following Rodriguez’s dismissal, and a cursory browsing of social media reveals the current chatter surrounding the university is anything but positive.

Even if the university conducts its own audit, which this publication called for more than six months ago in the wake of the Carter scandal, the damage has been done. Few people would trust the university’s investigation, especially if little or no wrongdoing were found.

Instead, Robbins, Heeke and anyone who values the UA’s mission and seeks to truthfully address issues the university is struggling to control, should welcome an independent, transparent review, regardless of the consequences.

The reputation of the UA itself may very well depend on it.

Editorials are determined by the Daily Wildcat Opinions Board and are written by its members. They are Editorin-chief Courtney Talak, Opinions Editor Andrew Paxton, Content Editor Marissa Heffernan, Engagement Editor Saul Bookman and Arts & Life Editor Pascal Albright.

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Regents vote to pay former UA pres $25k for at-risk goals However, the board voted to deny an additional $15,000 bonus tied to an annual performance initiatives agreement

BY ROCKY BAEIR & JORDAN WILLIAMS @DailyWildcat

The Arizona Board of Regents held a special meeting Wednesday, Dec. 13, to discuss contracts for the three past and current university presidents, the 2017 Fiscal Year Financial Aid Report and Cost Study Report for Arizona’s public universities.

In university presidents’ contracts, presidents can be compensated for achieving “at-risk” goals: key goals that are determined to be the most important for a given year. The regents review the contract of each president and decide if they met the goal and will be paid for it.

Among the presidents compensated for at-risk goals was former University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart.

The regents voted unanimously to award her $15,000 in compensation for her work in improving the partnership between Banner Health and the UA. According to the Executive Summary, the partnership must “highlight not just the financial benefits and clinical care, but also articulate the vision of a great research university and great clinical organization partnering to create the future of medical care.”

She was also awarded $10,000 after a unanimous vote for re-establishing the UA Honors College as an “important and competitive part of the university,” according to the executive summary, bringing her total at-risk compensation to $25,000.

“I just want to highlight the fact that these were very aggressive goals,” board secretary Rick Myers said. “We point these presidents in this direction, and they really rise to the occasion.”

However, Hart, along with the other university presidents, was not awarded a $15,000 Annual Performance Incentive Agreement from her work on the regents’ Enterprise Executive Committee (EEC) while serving as UA president.

The EEC set out on a quality education initiative in 2016.

Myers, who voted against the motion, did not see enough progress from the initiative.

“I absolutely think this quality initiative that’s going on across the universities is absolutely critical and presidents are doing a great deal of work there,” Myers said. “I don’t think that we made enough progress last year, and that’s why I’m going to be voting no.”

Regents’ Vice President Ron Shoopman disagreed, stating the incentives were catalysts that move the university in a particular direction.

“I think the work done on quality has instilled in each of the universities that we focus on quality,” Shoopman said. “And I think achieving that is significant in my mind to vote yes.”

For their second item on the agenda, the regents approved their first Cost Study Report, which details the cost of attendance at each university.

According to Arizona revised statutes, the regents are required to release a report by Friday, Dec. 15, and update it every five years.

While the study was supposed to only focus on resident, undergraduate students, graduate and non-resident students were included due to an inability to differentiate between them all.

Done in partnership with accounting firm Grant Thornton, the study found that Arizona’s public universities spent on average $16,813 per student in Fiscal Year 2016. For the UA, it spent $16,349 per student.

Overall since FY 2012, the cost of educating a student increased at the state-level, when it was $12,253 per student, but decreased at the UA, down from $17,201 per student.

“Our universities are highly efficient, highly effective universities, especially when bench-marked against our peers,” said John Arnold, vice president for Business Management and

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REGENT LYNDEL MANSON, PRESIDENT Eileen Klein, Chair Bill Ridenour and Vice Chair Ron Shoopman during the Arizona Board of Regents special meeting on Wednesday, Dec 13. Regents discussed president’s contracts, a new cost study and financial aid reports.

Financial Affairs for the regents. “This confirms the story that we’ve been trying to tell for the last several years.”

In terms of online infrastructure to serve students, online classes were found to be no less expensive, if not more expensive than in-person instruction.

“Obviously we don’t have to provide a gym or a dorm,” said Rich Stanley, senior vice president and University Planner for Arizona State University.

“On the other hand we have very extensive telephone support and chatline support … I’m not sure I would agree that they are necessarily more expensive, but they are certainly not less expensive.”

Also, building an online course from the ground up is more expensive than simply updating an established one.

Board president Eileen Klein spoke about future plans to end obsolete fees. She also set a goal to continue expanding the involvement of students in the fee-setting process.

“We want to ensure that there is consistency across our campuses so no matter which major or department a student may have, students understand when tuition and fees are being set, what the opportunity is for a redress when they have concerns [and] wanting to build out … invoices which shows clearly what they’re being charged for,” Klein said.

Klein hoped that some of these goals would be met in time for spring tuition-setting so the changes would be in place by fall.

The regents then approved the Financial Aid Report for FY 2017. Key findings included an increase in statewide enrollment, an increase in diversity of students attending the universities and the financial aid model being “heavily reliant on the revenue generated from tuition and mandatory fees from non-resident students,” according to the executive summary.

State law requires the regents to adopt a financial aid report

every year, with each year’s report becoming more detailed than the one prior, as the regents become more focused on financial aid.

The report’s main talking point was that the university system — comprised of ASU, UA and NAU — are “winning,” according to Chad Sampson, vice president of strategic planning and initiatives for the regents. He said this data, coupled with other reports, show record enrollment and graduation rates.

“That is important because when we get into the numbers of financial aid — which is something that the regents care about very, very much — when you get into those numbers, you lose sight of why we use financial aid,” Sampson said.

Sampson described financial aid as a tool for the universities to use to help them attract students. The claim was echoed by Melissa Vito, who is in charge of Student Affairs, Enrollment and Initiatives at the UA. “This is a critical tool to how we enroll, retain and graduate our students,” Vito said. “UA is a great poster child for what happens when we play with financial aid and realize that you’ve gone too far.”

The report found that 78.5 percent of the student body at the UA received some form of financial aid last year. Over the last six years, the number of undergraduate and graduate students receiving aid increased by 13 percent.

The report also noted that during this same period, undergraduate and graduate enrollment increased by “11.6 percent from $39,086 in fiscal year 2011 to 43,625 in fiscal year 2017.”

Board chair Bill Ridenour stressed the importance of understanding the Cost Study report and the Financial Aid report.

“These are a couple of the items that the Board of Regents is most concerned about and most focused on,” Ridenour said.

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COMMENTARY

Work happier, not harder, to find success OPINION

BY ALEC SCOTT @DailyWildcat

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e often treat happiness and success at work or school as being a zero sum game; sacrifice one for the health of the other, and switch off once it becomes impossible to sustain. Study to the point of exhaustion during the school week, and then party enough to make up for another depressingly long day of lectures. But studies show that treating work and play as two different beasts may be doing more damage to yourself and those around you.

The Social Market Foundation put out a 700 person study that had many groups performing tasks and accomplishing different sets of goals, with certain groups being supplied light hearted videos or sweet snacks before being given the assignments, while the control group received none and instead got straight to work. The results were immediately observed, with the happier groups showing an increase in productivity of 12 percent to as high as 20 percent.

The principle is simple: happier workers work harder. Think about what that means for you; do you work better while in a good mental place and ready for the day, or if you are sick and tired and ready to go home? Or as the researchers at the

University of Warwick put it, “We find that human happiness has large and positive causal effects on productivity. Positive emotions appear to invigorate human beings.”

Going even further, unhappiness is shown to drop productivity by as much as 10 percent, a sign that workers or students should be focused on making their workplace or learning environment as healthy and encouraging as possible. This happiness building starts at home, with healthier eating, a more positive housing arrangement, and a better work-social life balance. Researchers have found that students eating healthier self report the highest happiness rating out of all the college students researched, so even the smallest choices will make large impacts on your outlook in life.

And just as we go back to classes and students either decide to stay in the dorms or get themselves apartments near campus, it’s important to look at the costs and benefits of either choice and make the decision that will work best with you. Living is not one size fits all, and one arrangement may encourage study habits and positive work ethic, another may find too constricting or even depressing. While apartments allow for more freedom and potentially cheaper (and even healthier) food options, on campus dorm rooms are closer to classes, often with amenities not included off campus, and even offer social events and a community that would not be felt if you live away from other students.

Apartments are desirable for the liberties that come with them, free from supervision and with more privacy than

anything a dormitory can offer. Students eager to begin their own housing arrangements and plan for the future would do better by living off campus, especially if they have already experienced the dorm life and branched out into different friend groups. Those students would be likely to enjoy the open endedness of apartment living, and would bring that happiness at home with them to class.

But for newer students or those interested in experiencing the culture of a university as close as possible, starting out in the dorms offers security and guidance that would not be there otherwise. Meal plans and close proximity to university amenities also better assist those students, making cost of food less stressful and taking another possible concern off the table. Social opportunities connect these students and bring together those with similar experiences but who would otherwise never have met.

Regardless of what living situation you choose, it is important to remember that work and happiness do not have to be one or the other, and ideally establishing a healthy balance of the two will better them both. I can speak personally about how my happiness with where I was living influenced the quality of my work and the amount of focus I paid to my studies, and just how integral satisfaction with housing is to take in the rest of the college experience.

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Freedom Center has questionable ties to Koch brothers

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Forbes Magazine ranks David and Charles Koch each as one of the country’s top-10 richest people. Their business, Koch Industries, is the second-largest private company in the U.S. The family’s net worth was $82 billion in 2016.

Combined, the brothers and their affiliated organizations have donated tens of millions of dollars to universities across the nation, funding research centers and educational programs, including at the University of Arizona.

The Kochs have been accused of attempting to drive policy in higher education — and through it public opinion — to the political right using their university donations and public school programs.

Book brings scrutiny Investigative reporter Jane Mayer of The New Yorker released a book in 2016 called “Dark Money,” furthering these allegations with much more detail.

Mayer offered the example of Topeka, Kansas’ public schools. The district, strapped for cash, allowed the Kochs to step in, and they offered their version of American History and Economics.

“Among other things, Franklin Roosevelt didn’t alleviate the Depression, minimum wage laws and public assistance hurt the poor, lower pay for women was not discriminatory and the government, rather than business, caused the 2008 recession,” Mayer wrote.

The accusations against the Kochs are nothing new; public media has been reporting on them for over a decade. Mayer’s book, however, renewed scrutiny on academic institutions associated with the brothers.

At the UA, donations from Charles Koch helped fund the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom. Better known as the “Freedom Center,” it was established in 2008 by UA philosophy professor David Schmidtz and initially funded by Randy Kendrick.

Schmidtz and Kendrick met by chance, and as Schmidtz puts it, “that’s a pretty long story, but bottom line is [Kendrick] saved my life.”

Kendrick’s motivation for funding the center was described as absolutely not political. Randy is wife to Ken Kendrick, owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks. She was part of a Koch-led donor network that donated almost $900 million on the 2016 election cycle.

She left the network after it refused to attack Trump, according to British newspaper The Guardian.

In 2010, Schmidtz secured more private funding for the center, allowing him to hire four core faculty members. Of these donations, $1.8 million came from Charles Koch.

The center, its funding, the associated new department of Political Economy and Moral Science and a high-school course have all raised concerns within the UA and greater Tucson community. A campus group of UA faculty, Koch Off Campus, has formed in resistance.

TUSD controversy Recently, the spotlight has fallen on the Freedom Center for its involvement with a high

school course. Conceived as part of the Freedom Center’s outreach efforts, the class, known as Ethics, Economy and Entrepreneurship, is described by Michael McKenna, the Freedom Center’s director, as a project of Schmidtz’s.

The course is offered for UA credit at high schools across Tucson Unified School Distirct.

Half way through its second academic year, the TUSD governing board realized the course was never actually approved.

The course received initial approval but failed to continue along the approval process. The class, as well as its textbook, co-authored by Schmitdz, has been accused of being unbalanced.

David Gibbs, a UA history professor, told the Arizona Daily Star, “The course presents a skewed version of economics that ignores concepts that don’t fit in neatly with free-market ideals.” He described the textbook as pure propaganda.

“There’s a worry that the indirect incentive is to introduce to high school students ideas friendly to either libertarian or right-wing political causes through this high school course,” McKenna said.

Though he personally thinks the course leans a certain direction, he said many people are overreacting to the content. Schmidtz echoed that sentiment.

“We’ve got people going and saying there’s an ideological problem; TUSD doesn’t see an ideological problem. And they shouldn’t. There isn’t one,” Schmidtz said.

He said the course is not on American history but on citizenship, and the high schools understand that. The course was funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

Tension in the community The Freedom Center itself has been accused of perpetuating a libertarian, right-wing ideology.

These accusations are based in large part off the sources of funding the center has received, as well as the political views of several of its key faculty.

The donation from Charles Koch in 2010 has raised the most eyebrows. The donation is no secret. “I am associated with the Koch brothers. I have raised money from them,” Schmidtz said.

Schmidtz continued to say that, no, it was not just for the one donation in 2010, but he declined to comment further.

McKenna empathized with people’s fear that the center had an agenda, based on the reading of “Dark Money.”

“To the extent that what’s claimed in that book is legitimate, its really offensive and its really scary,” McKenna said. “If you read that book and you believe what’s going on in that book, then it’s easy to see what’s happened in the Freedom Center through the lens of that book.”

McKenna, Schmidtz and a third core faculty member, Daniel Russell, all deny the presence of an agenda within the Freedom Center, however, especially one dictated by the political and economic views of the Koch brothers.

They referred to it as both comical and naïve to believe philosophers as well-established as themselves could be bought.

“Somebody who needed a job in philosophy so badly that they would agree to let someone tell them what to write and what not to write, would not be a good enough philosopher to hire here,”

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Russell said.

Part of the center’s criticism has been their perceived lack of transparency. McKenna, Schmidtz and Russell all claimed they have never been contacted by either members of Koch Off Campus or media outlets currently publishing related stories.

“We’re getting more attention now, as of this semester,” Russell said, “and the thing that’s a bit disheartening about this is how little information people really have.”

Schmidtz said he would share the donor list with the Daily Wildcat. As of Dec. 13, neither the Daily Wildcat or the reporter of this story have received a comprehensive donor list.

The Freedom Center: Defined The Freedom Center is a research unit housed in the UA College of Social and Behavioral Science; its core faculty are all tenured in the philosophy department. Their contract with the Freedom Center gives them a lighter course load in order to focus more on research and writing.

Straddling a broad spectrum of topics joined only by their relation to freedom, the center is not an “academic center,” as the TUSD high school course is independent of it.

The center recently created a new department, approved this fall by the Arizona Board of Regents. Called the department of Political Economy and Moral Science, it was funded in large part by a grant from the state legislature, earmarked to be spent for the Freedom Center.

“The department was created because David Schmidtz wanted to create a new department, and there were funds that became available through the state legislature,” McKenna said.

Russell said one of the reasons the new department was created was to be a home for faculty who didn’t fit elsewhere. “It’s going to sound funny,” Russell said, “but [the department was invented] as a way of creating a tenure home for people who don’t really fit in any narrow category.”

If Adam Smith or Karl Marx were alive today, Russell said he doubted they would receive tenure in any existing department.

It is exactly this that worries some UA

members.

“Up until now, the people who have been involved were people who were tenured through traditional departments,” said Jeremy Vetter, a history professor at the UA. “We may agree or disagree with their work, but they were tenured and promoted through a process that is recognizable. This new one seems to be designed to evade disciplinary accountability because it’s a discipline that doesn’t exist, really anywhere else.”

The root of the issues is believed to be the decline in public funding. Cash-strapped universities are more vulnerable to accepting private donations.

“It’s only common sense that when you take a man’s money, you take his advice. Here, the advice is clearly is to slant their work in this sort of free market, far right-wing direction that would suit the ideas of their donors,” Gibbs said.

Further worrying critics is the seemingly special favors from the state legislator in support of the Freedom Center. Even as Arizona has cut its funding to public education, the state has allocated $2 million specifically for the center at the UA and a separate $3 million for Arizona State’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership.

The Arizona State Institute also received over $1 million in grants from the Charles Koch Foundation.

However, there appears to be no evidence that Charles Koch exerts any influence of the Freedom Center itself.

“You’re not allowed to find people guilty in the court of law by association; you actually have to establish facts,” Russell said. “And there are no facts of the sort that would lead people to say the things that are being said about us.”

Although he has donated to Koch-related causes in the past, Schmidtz said that Charles Koch has never called or checked in with the center, but he wouldn’t mind if he did.

“I wouldn’t feel like he was interfering if he did, but he never does,” Schmidtz said. “He has seemingly complete trust in our ability, our willingness to make good decisions. In my own experience, you can’t get as far from interfering as he has gotten.”

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Caught red handed Instead of making music, a man was caught robbing students’ mode of transportation with a pair of bolt cutters hidden in his floppy black guitar case.

Using winter break to his advantage, the man attempted to steal bikes from a bike rack on the northeast side of the ArizonaSonora residence hall on Dec. 30.

A UAPD officer first noticed the man riding his bike northbound on Park Avenue at approximately 8:30 a.m. carrying two bags and a guitar case on his back.

The man turned into the bike rack and ducked behind some hedges. Though the officer could not see what he was doing, he reported that he suspected the man was tampering with locked bicycles.

Noticing the officer, the man attempted to conceal a pair of bolt cutters by zipping his guitar bag closed, even after the officer ordered him to stop reaching into the bag.

The officer handcuffed the man and read him his Miranda Rights.

The man acknowledged that he had used the bolt cutters to steal bikes in the past and was planning on trading the bolt cutters in at a local hardware store.

A search of the area near the bike racks revealed several cut cables and bike parts scattered around.

When the officer ran the man’s name through Dispatch, he found a warrant out for his arrest. The officer informed the Tucson Police Department, who arrived and took custody of the man.

The man was given a 12-month exclusionary order from the UA and was transported to Pima County Jail by TPD. Early morning joy ride Police apprehended six suspects after responding to a radio message regarding a stolen silver SUV on Dec. 31 at approximately 1 a.m.

The UAPD officer followed the vehicle eastbound on Speedway Boulevard until it turned into the U.S. Post Office.

The officer exited his car and commanded the driver to stop his vehicle.

The driver did stop the SUV, but he and two other passengers proceeded to flee the scene, while three additional passengers remained in the vehicle.

The remaining passengers were told to exit the vehicle and lay on the ground. They complied and were handcuffed.

With the help of the Tucson Police Department canine unit, the three suspects who had fled were all apprehended.

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A taste of the Southwest art scene Southwest exhibition at the El Conquistador Tucson launches this February

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Local Tucson artists will be sharing paintings of all subjects and mediums at the Small Paintings of the Southwest exhibition at the El Conquistador resort in Tucson this February.

Thirty-nine paintings from artists in the community will be on display in a small gallery at the resort.

Each artist will have one or more of their pieces on display and up for sale, which they may switch out during the exhibition period as they choose.

The Tucson Pastel Society began organizing the event when they were inspired to use the El Conquistador mini-gallery for a showcase. Since January of 2017, the resort began renting out an unused business room to artists in the area to exhibit some of their work to the ever-changing crowd at the resort.

The space, dubbed “The Artist Nest,” is rented out for free and the Tucson Pastel Society decided it would be the perfect place to exhibit a collection of small paintings from local artists looking for more eyes.

“I think the idea of a little room like that, like the Nest, is kind of neat because people don’t get overwhelmed,” said Karen Brungardt, a watercolor artist and retired physician. “You go into a big gallery where there’s just tons and tons of paintings and people can go into overload … but in a small space like that, they

can really get intimate with the paintings.”

Brungardt will be exhibiting a desert landscape on handmade paper in the show. Ever since she earned her undergraduate degree in applied arts, Brungardt’s medium of choice has been watercolor.

“I love the versatility of watercolor,” Brungardt said. “It can go so many different directions; you can mix it with other things, you can make a painting look real with very little detail or you can be as detailed as you want.”

Brungardt will be present at the gallery throughout the month but hasn’t yet established a schedule.

Karyn Vampotic is the coordinator of the event and the philanthropy chair at the Tucson Pastel Society. Not only is she helping organize the event and schedule the artists’ sit-in periods throughout the month, but she will be a showing artist as well.

Vampotic was an Arizona assistant attorney general until she retired about five years ago, at which point she began her journey as a painter. She quickly found a love for pastels and watercolors and enjoys painting pictures of animals and wildlife. “[Pastel] is a brilliant medium,” Vampotic said. “We mix colors by having complimentary colors next to each other, over each other — it’s many layered, so the bottom layer of greenery in a landscape could be red or red-orange or pink and the final product would be green.”

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Pastel Society’s goal to make pastel and other art mediums more accessible to the community through the Tucson Arts Brigade, a charity bringing artistic opportunities to children.

The society has also been raising money to renovate their building to American with Disabilities Act standards and make it a warm, inviting place for artists of all kinds.

“Our dream is to have the building renovated so we can offer free art classes for handicapped

children,” Vampotic said. “We really believe that art adds a whole dimension to children’s lives.”

The Small Paintings of the Southwest exhibit will be benefiting this cause, as each artist is asked to pay a $35 fee to showcase their work, which goes toward the society's goals.

Artists also have the opportunity to sit in during the gallery’s open hours. This allows them to interact with potential buyers, as well as display additional works.

“The first goal is to provide maximum exposure for local artists at a high-end resort at the best month in Tucson,” Vampotic said.

As of Jan. 9, eight spots were still open for artists to hang their paintings. Anyone interested in showing their art at the Small Paintings of the Southwest show can visit www.tucsonpastelsociety. org for more information and submission forms.

The exhibit opens on Feb. 1, and will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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New year, new experiences The new year brings not only students and classes back to Tucson, but a rich lineup of music, arts and cultures; special events are springing up left and right.

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One popular event is presented by the nonprofit Jazz in January, which hosts the Tucson Jazz Festival, running from Jan. 11-21.

This year will be the fourth year of the festival.

Many different jazz artists will be performing at venues all over the Old Pueblo, and the festival is expected to have an attendance of around 20,000. The jazz artists will include Sheila E., Arturo Sandoval and Spyro Gyra.

This event allows patrons to experience a different culture on Jan. 20, from 1-5 p.m.

Located at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus, it will showcase a variety of different events and activities.

The festival will include demonstrations such as taiko drumming, martial arts, dance performances and smaller events such as origami. It will also have Japanese food for everyone to enjoy.

A geological exhibit, the Gem and Jam Festival, has an expected attendance of over 55,000 people. This exhibt will take place from Jan. 25-28.

Many people come from all over to see and show off different fossils, gems and minerals as well as “jam” to electronic dance music.

This is the 12th year Tucson will host the festival.

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The festival will run from Jan. 11-21. and showcase around 20 independent, international films about Jewish culture.

According to the website, this is the longestrunning Jewish film festival in the country, with over 3,000 people expected to attend.

The Zoppé Family Circus brings Italian circus fun to Tucson from Jan. 12-21. This is its seventh year of acrobats, equestrian shows and canine stunts. The show includes lots of audience participation and is held at Mercado San Agustin.

The Catalina Organ Festival has its own kind of music. At 7 p.m., Jan. 26, at the Catalina United Methodist Church, musician Katelyn Emerson, the 2016 first prize winner of the American Guild of Organists and the Associate Organist and Choir Master at the Church of the Advent in Boston, will perform on a 3,000-pipe organ.

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adness is a healthy default. It is natural to avoid discomfort, to introduce distraction and attempt to bury concerns. But sorrow breeds humility, and humility often yields understanding.

It is appropriate that we maintain an acknowledgement of our own fragility, as well as that of our institutions and societies.

Just as we often overlook the merits of boredom in fostering creativity, we may consider addressing sadness as a means of betterment.

The Anna Karenina principle is the idea that a single deficiency in any individual or population halts complete success — or brings about complete failure. The latter definition is more applicable in that the principle specifically regards a family dynamic over that of an individual.

Nonetheless, the notion of an “Achilles’ heel” in individuals is a present, if not more notable, phenomenon. For now, I will attend to the idea of collective efficiency and melancholy’s application in the development of empathy and humility. This connection between the Anna Karenina principle and the virtue of sorrow may seem vague. One would be forgiven for dismissing the link altogether because of their seemingly distant relationship. Nonetheless I hold that a bridge exists.

In writing this I don’t intend to discredit the necessity of optimism. The hope is to discuss the concept of success and the often-underrepresented notion that sadness can at times, instill the reality of achievement. That is, goals are achievable if the prospective achiever is willing to understand and accept the outcomes. A common means of success is visualization, which implies some degree of optimism.

This is appropriate. How is a marathon

runner expected to complete a race if there is not a cognitive mechanism to depict such an accomplishment? This represents the first facet of our understanding of success. Given an undertaking, and assuming sufficient preparatory measures are taken, a possible outcome could be complete success. At this point I dissent from the convention of optimism bringing about accomplishment.

The second facet of this equation involves complete failure — the visualization of failure as a counterpart to the vision of success.

To imagine failure is not necessarily to create fear of failure, keeping in mind that the fear of not succeeding can be just as strong and at times stronger than that of complete success. Rather than fear of failure, visualizing the worst-case scenario can develop a greater sense of realism, humility and better prepare the mind and heart to recover from and move past possibly disappointing outcomes. Just as a marathon runner will likely not succeed if they cannot picture success, they will not maintain a comprehensive concept of the race and any race they may choose to run in the future if they cannot picture failure.

For example, in conceiving a possible forfeit or disqualification, the marathon runner displays their humility and recognition of their own faults. This is an inherently healthy attitude when engaging in competition. In doing so, we accept our discrepancies and allow ourselves to be forgiven should our goals not come to fruition.

Should this hold true, to what end serves the aforementioned Anna Karenina principle derived from Tolstoy’s classic work? I prefer to observe such an idea as a recognition that of all attributes and weaknesses, one deficiency may doom an endeavor to failure. Should this reality be understood, a given person or community will be in the optimal position to maintain grace in victory or defeat.

— Eric Roshak is a sophomore majoring in Political Science and Law

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The winter holidays are always the busiest time of year, so if you didn’t get a chance to keep up with Arizona men’s basketball since early December, this breakdown will get you up to speed as the new semester begins.

The good Arizona won five of its six winter break games to improve to 12-4 on the season and currently sit at No. 17 in the Associated Press poll. The biggest win of the break — and possibly the season — came against then-No. 3 Arizona State in McKale Center on Dec. 30 to open up Pacific 12 Conference play.

It will likely go down as one of the biggest rivalry games between the two schools, as it was the first time both teams met as ranked opponents since 1995.

The Wildcats also won their Pac-12 road opener against Utah on Jan. 4. They will enter their upcoming home stand tied for second in Pac-12 standings.

Freshman phenomenon Deandre Ayton has continued

to grow and develop for Arizona, cementing his status as one of the top players in all of college basketball. The 7-foot-1 forward posts mind-boggling numbers night in and night out and is the biggest reason the ‘Cats have been winning recently.

Arizona is also improving defensively after they were exposed in the Bahamas. The Wildcats ranked as high as No. 55 by KenPom in adjusted defense a few weeks ago.

After a recent loss to Colorado, the University of Arizona is now ranked No. 76, but the overall defensive intensity and performance has noticeably improved for the team, and that should only get better as the season goes on.

The bad Sean Miller still can’t depend on his bench to regularly produce for him. Against Utah, the Wildcat bench tallied just 10 of the team’s 94 points. It was more of the same against Colorado on Jan. 8, as six UA bench players scored a total of 12 points and grabbed only six rebounds in a combined 45 minutes of game action.

Miller also blamed himself for Arizona’s loss to Colorado, in which the team couldn’t rally from a 20-point deficit.

“Sometimes you lose and all of the sudden the coach, he starts blaming the players. That’s the furthest thing from what I’m going to do,” Miller said. “I’m going to take all the responsibility … I did a terrible job of having our team ready.”

Pac-12 parity is also an issue for the conference. All 12 teams have lost at least one game, and Arizona and ASU are the only ranked teams from the conference. Not a good start for the “Conference of Champions.”

The ugly The first half against Colorado was the worst half of basketball Arizona had played since the Bahamas. The Wildcats gave up 45 points and allowed the Buffs to shoot 64.3 percent from the floor, including 18 points in the paint.

Offensively, the ‘Cats shot just 9-30 in the first half and only 3-13 from 3-point range. The dismal first 20 minutes allowed Colorado to gain a 16-point halftime lead.

Arizona also showed a lack of intensity in the second half of the Utah game two days prior, so intensity and effort will be two of the things Miller will try to fix over the next few weeks.

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Rich Rod out after allegations Arizona fires football head coach Rich Rodriguez after sexual harassment and hostile workplace claims

BY ALEC WHITE @AlecWhite_UA

The University of Arizona reached a decision to fire head football coach Rich Rodriguez on Tuesday, Jan. 2.

“This evening, we informed head football coach Rich Rodriguez that we have terminated his employment effective immediately and will honor the separation terms of his contract,” UA President Dr. Robert Robbins and UA Director of Athletics Dave Heeke said in a joint statement.

“The decision is based on several factors, including the direction and climate of our football program.”

One of the factors is likely Arizona’s disappointing end to the 2017 season. After starting 6-2, Rodriguez and the Wildcats dropped four of their last five games, including recent losses to Arizona State and then Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl.

The other factor is much more serious. Rodriguez is currently facing a workplace misconduct claim stemming from last fall that led the university to hire an outside law firm to investigate Rodriguez.

Arizona Athletics also issued an individual statement

by Heeke on the decision: “After conducting a thorough evaluation of our football program and its leadership, both on and off the field, President Robbins and I feel it is in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction,” Heeke said.

Heeke said the search for a new coach will focus on program building.

“We’ll move through the coaching search in an effort to identify a head coach that will build a solid foundation for our program and create an identity of Arizona football that the university, Tucson and Southern Arizona communities can be proud of,” Heeke said. “We’re excited about the future of our football program, and we look forward to introducing our new head coach at the completion of the search process.”

The specifics of the misconduct claim are related to sexual harassment and hostile workplace environment.

The claim was filed by a former administrative assistant.

Here’s a more detailed look at the timeline from the joint statement from Robbins and Heeke: “In October 2017, the University’s Office of Institutional Equity retained outside counsel to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Mr. Rodriguez, after a former employee in the Department of Athletics alleged that Mr. Rodriguez harassed her on multiple occasions.”

Because Rodriguez is entitled to a fair investigation, the UA did not believe he posed a danger to the community.

“The law firm of Cohen Dowd Quigley was retained by the Office of Institutional Equity to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the allegations made by the former employee, and that investigation began in October,” the joint statement said.

However, the former employee declined multiple requests from the university to participate in the investigation into her allegations and did not turn over communications she mentioned in the allegations.

The investigation ended on Dec. 28, and the “original specific harassment allegations against Mr. Rodriguez could not be substantiated based on the evidence and

witnesses available to it.”

But the investigation, that Arizona Athletics was aware of, caused the department to “be concerned with the direction and climate of the football program,” per Robbins’ and Heeke’s statement.

On the same night he was fired, Rodriguez posted a message on Twitter claiming the allegations were not true and he will “vigorously fight these fabricated and groundless claims” made by the claimant.

His two children, Raquel and Rhett, also took to social media to defend their dad. Rhett is a backup quarterback on the Arizona football team and Raquel is a UA cheerleader.

Defensive coordinator Marcel Yates has been named the interim head coach as the UA searches for a permanent head coach.

Kevin Sumlin, Les Miles, Neal Brown and Joe Salave’a are among the coaches rumored to be candidates for the head coaching job.

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After conducting a thorough evaluation of our football program and its leadership, both on and off the field, President Robbins and I feel it is in the best interest of the University of Arizona and our athletics department to go in a new direction.”

—Dave Heeke, Director of Athletics

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UA GYMNAST KENNADY SCHNEIDER performs her routine on the balance beam during the UA gymnastics team’s first competition on Jan. 6 in McKale Center.

GymCats fall to Denver in season opener

BY SYRENA TRACY @syrena_tracy

The Arizona gymnastics team opened up the 2018 season on Saturday, Jan. 6 in McKale Center, but fell to Denver 195.775 to 195.425. The meet was originally supposed to be a quad meet, but due to the Northeast weather conditions, Rutgers and New Hampshire were unable to attend.

“I thought it was a great opening night, and to come out and do what we did was fantastic,” Arizona head coach John Court said. “Being the first meet of the year, we had simple goals that we wanted to accomplish, and we were able to do that.”

Arizona sophomore Maddi Leydin began the first rotation for the ‘Cats with a powerful Yurchenko full on vault, earning a 9.750, followed by junior Lauryn Mattson earning a 9.775.

All-around competitor and senior Madison Cindric launched off the vault, performing a Yurchencko full to earn the highest score of 9.800.

Senior GymCat Kennady Schneider started off the second rotation on the uneven bars, sticking her double layout dismount earning her a 9.775.

The momentum didn’t slow down on the bars with junior Danielle Spencer hitting a solid routine and scoring a 9.850, followed by sophomore Christina Berg earning a 9.875.

Denver kept it close, earning a 97.450 after the second rotation, but the GymCats stayed ahead of the Pioneers at 97.850.

The GymCats started to fall behind the Pioneers during the third rotation on beam, earning lower scores. Cindric earned the highest score of a 9.850, followed by Leung with a 9.750.

“When you get the first one done, the jitters normally go away coming the second and third meet,” Schneider said.

“So just seeing us being able to come back and having the team stay together and push through is really exciting to see, even though we were a little nervous going to that event. But moving forward, I think the confidence will be there.”

Arizona headed into the final rotation only .200 points behind and started on floor with Leydin, who earned a 9.875.

Finishing up the final rotation on floor was Schneider, who brought the heat and earned a 9.875, but it wasn’t enough to take the victory.

“I think it was a really good start of our season,” Leydin said. “After coming off a rough year last year, I think it is really great we started off like this, and it will only get better from here.”

Despite the loss, the GymCats are ready to take on their next competition and hit the road to take on Iowa State on Friday, Jan. 12, at 3:30 p.m.

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The Arizona women’s basketball team is off to a 0-4 start in Pac-12 play. However, signs point to an uptick that could lead to a win soon.

The Wildcats began on the road in the Rocky Mountains versus Utah and Colorado. Neither game was close, and both games highlighted the weaknesses of the team: size and depth.

Against Utah, Arizona was overmatched down low, and the Utes had twice as many rebounds as the Wildcats, winning the game by well over 30 points. In the game, freshman Marlee Kyles suffered an apparent concussion, and forward Sam Thomas was hit in the eye and had to leave the game.

The Colorado game was a bit closer, but size once again was an issue as Buffaloes forward Janea Bunn muscled her way to rebounds and forced Wildcat forward Destiny Graham into foul trouble. The boards, combined with Colorado’s ability to hit the three, made it nearly impossible for Arizona to overcome the loss of Kyles, who sat the game out due to a concussion.

“Nothing is going to be easy for us,” Arizona head coach Adia Barnes said. “We have to continue to work and play smarter, especially defensively. We had too many breakdowns. But I was happy with the way we bounced back after such a tough game in Utah. It hurt us that Marlee [Kyles] was out.”

Shooting was the Wildcats’ downfall for the next two games, the first for the Wildcats at home this season, but the task was versus two ranked opponents: Cal and Stanford.

Stanford began the two-game set by jumping to a 23-11 lead and never looked back. Couple

that with a 30-percent shooting effort and being out rebounded 51-32, and the recipe for a Cardinal win was easy.

Against California, the Wildcats had their best effort of the season, despite getting nudged out by two points. The situation for Arizona was different this time around, trying to hold on to a 10-point lead. However, Mikayla Cowling was everything the Golden Bears needed, and at just the right time. Dropping 5-of-9 threes, Cowling brought Cal back and eventually to the win as freshman Sammy Fatkin was unable to get a clean look at the game-winning three as time expired.

“I felt like we played well for about 30 minutes,” Barnes told Arizona Athletics. “I felt that we controlled the whole tempo of the game in the first half. The second half they went on a run, and Cowling was the zone buster and hit some threes. I feel like we have grown in the last couple games, but there is still a ways to go.”

Things could be worse for Arizona despite the 0-4 start, which bodes well moving forward.

Turnovers are down, and point guard Lucia Alonso is playing the best basketball of her career, looking as confident as any player on the team. Thomas continues to be the do-it-all player Arizona needs and is amongst the best rebounders in the Pac-12. Senior Jalea Bennett has more than doubled her career-high scoring average from 6.1 to 15.9.

All in all, with a team full of newcomers and an eye on the future, this group continues to take its hits, which was expected coming into the year. With a loaded Pac-12, who knows when that will turn around, but their play at home this past weekend could lead one to believe this inexperienced team is trending up.

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