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Former UA president Shelton to lead largest telescope project

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Robert N. Shelton, a former president of the UA and physicist, has been appointed president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) effective Feb. 20.

The GMTO is in the process of building the world’s largest telescope, with the help of 11 other partners, including the UA. “I think this is going to be a fantastic project for science

and in particular for the UA,” said Jeffrey Kingsley, associate director for Steward Observatory.

“This is probably going to provide the next wave of science and astronomy at the university for the foreseeable future, so I think it keeps the UA at the forefront of astronomy and science.”

Shelton, who was president of the UA from 2006-2011, went on to become president of the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement. Shelton is also the former executive

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director of the Arizona Sports Foundation and provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

“I think it’s really critical for American astronomy to stay in the forefront and that we successfully build this Giant Magellan Telescope,” Shelton said.

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is truly oneof-a-kind. Not only will it be the largest optical observatory ever built, but all the mirrors are

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being built here at UA. “GMT and its partners have proposed a design that is based on the technology that we put together at the UA and its Magellan partners,” Kingsley said. “We believe we can put the telescope together relatively quick and produce a very large collecting area with high resolution and ultimately have adaptive optics on it do highresolution imaging.”

According to Shelton, the

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UA receives grant for turning sewage into water The UA continues to form relationships with Mexican and South American universities through the development of sewage water treatment into drinking water

BY J.D. MOLINARY @DailyWildcat

Sewage doesn’t usually come up when discussing what to drink, but that’s a major part of a grant that has just been awarded to the UA. The 100,000 Strong in the Americas is an initiative that was started by the Barack Obama administration back in 2011. The goal of the initiative is to provide further hemispheric mobility and to create a more culturally proficient workforce. In other words, make it easier for American professionals to live and work abroad.

This is the third time the UA has been directly awarded a grant from the 100k initiative. This most recent grant was won through a proposal to change how study abroad is organized with a focus on water reuse.

This program will create a group of universities that have an equivalent and correlative curriculum. Universities grouped together by a program like this are called thematic clusters.

“The main point of the project is to develop a new way of collaborating,” said Jim Field, assistant dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering. “This is not just another exchange program.”

According to Field, thematic clusters are a new approach to study abroad and will allow students more maneuverability between universities in the cluster.

The program is being designed to give students seeking their master’s degree in environmental sciences or engineering the option to do a

two-year dual degree M.S., in which one year would be spent at the UA and the other spent abroad.

The thematic cluster created by this grant will establish partnerships between the UA and four universities in Latin America: Univeridade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil; Univeridade Federal Minas Gerais, Brazil; Universidad de Concepción, Chile; and Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México, Mexico.

The experience of studying abroad can be life-changing.

“When most students come back they are just completely transformed,” said Jill Calderon, senior program director for Study Abroad and Student Exchange. “I am always amazed at how much students mature and how their outlook has changed.”

Programs like this may be the future of study abroad. Thematic clusters could be a benefit for the participating universities and the students alike.

These clusters would create larger pools of academia and professionals working together on similar projects.

“I think the biggest impact this project will have is that it proposes another modality for doing student exchange,” Field said. “So this new approach will probably have the most lasting effect.”

The first group of four UA students isn’t expected to leave until the fall semester. Any student interested must be proficient at a sixth-grade level or better in Spanish or Portuguese.

The focus of this thematic cluster will be around water recovery and reuse. The UA does a lot of research in this field and students participating in

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UA HAS EARNED ITS third grant from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative, which was started by the Barack Obama administration back in 2011.

this program are expecting to leave a lasting, positive impact.

Water treatment facilities have filtered and treated sewage for some time and used it for agricultural and industrial uses. Despite this, even with new technologies, most localities do not add the extra step needed to make the water drinkable.

Many cities and counties in the U.S. are already processing sewage and

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so-called “water-starved” cities are popping up. They are especially becoming a problem in dense areas.

“In Latin America, you have these large, mega-cities that develop really quickly and these cities are running out of water,” Field said. “So we hope through all this cooperation we can figure out an inexpensive, affordable way of managing and treating water so it can be reused completely.”

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turning it into drinkable water. Orange County, California and Clearwater, Florida are a couple of examples that have begun drinking reclaimed water.

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POLICE BEAT

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‘Breaking Bad meth pipe’ University of Arizona Police Department officers responded to a call at the UA Meat Sciences Lab in regards to possible drug paraphernalia on the premises at 8:55 a.m. on Jan. 22.

The woman was visiting the residence to borrow a CatCard from the resident inside when she noticed what she described as a “Breaking Bad meth pipe” in the view of one of the outside windows.

She photographed the item and presented it to the UAPD officers upon their arrival.

UAPD officers also inspected the view from the window but noticed no signs of residue on what they described as “a light bulb” looking object.

The UAPD officers contacted the owner and he reported that he had been in Benson for the weekend and had no idea what the officers were referencing in regards to the light bulb.

As the UAPD officers saw no noticeable signs of residue, no search warrant was requested and there were no further inquiries into the matter.

Caught Red-Eyed UAPD officers were conducting walk-throughs with Coronado Residence Hall resident assistants when they noticed a very strong marijuana odor coming from one students’ dorm room on the fifth floor at 1:40 a.m. on Jan. 22.

The residents denied entry to the officers upon inquiry, at which point UAPD officers requested a search warrant, which was approved by a judge at 2:15 a.m.

The UAPD officers requested that the three occupants step out of the room while they conducted a search of the area.

The UAPD officers found one bag containing nine pieces of Canna Candy THC candy, three pills of oxycodone, three pills of Vyvanse and one digital scale with remnants of marijuana left on it.

After the search, officers interviewed the main resident of the room, at which point the suspect admitted that everything in the room belonged to him.

He was then transported to Pima County Adult Detention Center without incident.

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Guest speaker details history of homosexuality University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone spoke on the progression of societal views on homosexuality from ancient civilization to today

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Students, faculty and community members gathered to hear the 36th annual Isaac Marks Memorial Lecture on Friday, Jan. 27. at the James E. Rogers College of Law. This year’s lecturer, Geoffrey R. Stone, spoke about “Getting to Same-Sex Marriage.”

Stone’s lecture focused on the current and past views of homosexuality and the law in this country, beginning with Greek history all the way to the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage. The lecture discussed how events like the Stonewall Riots eventually led to the Supreme Court decision of Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.

“I’m just really looking forward for the history of how it’s evolved from being something that was okay in ancient Roman and Greek times, to something that was criminalized and made morally and sometimes even ethically wrong, and to see how we’ve finally come full circle,” said law student Krista Loya before the lecture.

Stone is a service professor of law at the University of Chicago. He also served as dean of its school of law from 1987-1994 and provost for the University of Chicago from 1994-2002. Stone’s newest book, “Sex and the Constitution,” will be released in March, and is the foundation for his lecture.

“I think talking about the constitutionality of certain issues is always kind of an interesting topic, part of why I’m in law school is those kinds of things, so I guess it’s an intersection of my interests and my own identity,” said Logan Cooper, a first-year law student.

Cooper said it was interesting hearing Stone’s commentary on the progression of the court over time.

Stone’s talking points began with the legal case of Bowers v. Hardwick, where he pointed out the flaws and key points of the case. Stone also pointed out the decisions of Supreme Court judges over time, stating that just because five is more than four does not always make the majority right.

“As citizens of a free and self-governing society, we must constantly dedicate ourselves to rigorous, open-minded and unyielding search for truth,” he said.

“We must have the courage and openmindedness and integrity to question the conventional wisdom and to challenge the nature of things.”

Stone talked about a pre-Christian world and how they did not find the idea of same-sex relations as something with sin necessarily. But with the emergence of Christianity, those ideas of same-sex relationships changed.

He said the idea of same-sex relations was frowned upon by the church and later put into doctrine, making it illegal. Many

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GEOFFREY R. STONE, AUTHOR of “Sex and the Constitution,” speaks on Jan. 27.

homosexuals who were found guilty of these acts were castrated, burned at the stake, dismembered, drowned and/or stoned to death.

Students were surprised at some of the details they learned.

“I think the lecture went really well and it certainly gave me some insight on the history of same-sex marriage, and I don’t think it’s actually common knowledge for most people, which I think it should be,” said Guadalupe Garcia, a first-year law student.

Stone said the term that Carl Wittman coined, that it was time for the homosexuals to “come out,” was used for the first time in that manner. Stone said by 1969, only a few members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning organizations had come out as openly and publicly homosexual.

Stone said that history was turning in favor from the ‘60s and into the next decade. He spoke of the Stonewall Riots and how they later inspired the first gay pride parades, to how a lesbian mother retained custody of her child in court due to the American Psychiatric Association declaring that homosexuality was not a mental illness.

As time went on, so did the outrage from religious groups and leaders of the Christian right. A new religious anti-gay movement was born and it campaigned with messages like a bumper sticker that read “kill a queer for Christ.”

Within the next few decades, the outlook on homosexuals began to look less terrifying, with a large victory coming in the Obergefell v. Hodges case.

Stone said it is important to not take that achievement for granted.

“Twenty-five years ago, no one in this room would’ve imagined that the Supreme Court of the United States would hold that homosexuals have a constitutional right to marry one another,” Stone said. “The truth is it’s remarkable.”

He also spoke on how, for most of American history, an understanding of religion dictated the law on issues like sexual expression, contraception, abortion and homosexuality; over the last century those religious values have been pushed aside and allowed individuals to act on their own.

He said he views this as a great achievement in a society dedicated to the

separation of church and state.

The James E. Roger College of Law hosts the Marks lectures as a way for the college to enrich their curriculum for their students.

The lectures happen annually and have an array of speakers and subjects such as debating torture, abortion, Supreme Court review and religious intolerance.

“I think the Marks lectures offer a unique opportunity for law students here in Tucson to hear from legal scholars and jurists that are the most renowned in our profession,” said Suzanne Rabe, the director of legal writing and a clinical law professor.

Stone said he would like to think that the lecture would give those who attended a better sense of the history of these issues and how law evolved over time in regards to same-sex marriage in the legal aspect.

Stone offered this advice to LGBT individuals who might be feeling discouraged in the nation’s current state: “I sympathize, I share that feeling and I think it’s important to have the courage to stand up for one’s rights and beliefs and interests in this moment more than most times in the past.”

OPINIONS Education nominee needs some education Editor: Scott Felix opinion@dailywildcat.com (520) 621-7579

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BY LEAH GILCHRIST @leahcgilchrist

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he public school system is as deeply woven into our country as the constitution itself. It’s an irreplaceable institution of our country.

President Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, has made no promise to work to fix our flawed system, nor has she confirmed that she won’t throw out the system entirely. DeVos spoke with the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and articulated that there are other options for parents to choose when deciding how to educate their children. The education system has started to stray from a onesize-fits-all model.

DeVos voiced her support for a system that would allow parents to choose the school which they feel best fits their child.

The catch: DeVos wants to funnel government money spent on public education to parents who select the alternative option.

Not only would this be spending government money on private institutions, it also would cut the already low funding public education receives. There is a deepening sense of elitism in our education system as the new secretary of education suggests parents choose schools outside of the public school system.

It seems our country’s new secretary of education doesn’t

believe in the public school system.

It’s true the public school system has its flaws, many of which come from a lack of funding. However, it’s a matter we can solve by affecting positive change. We can’t throw the system out all together. The public school system has changed with the country itself, but at its core, it has remained a system with a central goal of educating all children.

Without the public school system, there are many children who wouldn’t be educated simply because their parents can’t afford to send them to an alternative institution. The reason there is such a significant amount of tax dollars and government spending going into education is to make certain every child has the opportunity to receive a K-12 education.

As a product of the public school system, I can attest that it has flaws.

The system is built for a median student, leaving outliers either bored with slow-paced classes or struggling to keep up. The goal of the public school system is for every student to pass, and accordingly, the bar is set low.

Parents take their business elsewhere because they want their children to meet higher standards and beat mediocrity.

Public schools are challenged by their lack of funding, and the effects appear in the students. I witnessed teachers who had to find ways to teach the same material in shorter amounts of time.

Sometimes only one grade level in the school would get new textbooks in subjects where updated textbooks are extremely important. Students were charged for mistreatment of books that were falling apart. We didn’t have the necessary supplies to

complete class activities, and teachers relied heavily on donations from parents to keep their classroom running. Art, music and physical education had to deal with major cuts, making it difficult for students interested in those subjects to fully enjoy them.

It sounds great as a kid to have three days cut off the school year, but as an adult looking back at it I’ve come to the realization that my education suffered because our public schools are suffering.

DeVos’ motivation as secretary of education should be to make the education system stronger. Make it so it works for everyone and parents won’t be tempted to pull their kids for a so-called better school.

She has the opportunity to make serious changes to the system, and they don’t have to be bad changes. Frankly at the moment, the odds aren’t looking to good.

The public school system was designed to give all children the opportunity to learn in an equal environment. While the system might not meet the needs of every child, it should at least be able to meet the needs of most. Education shouldn’t be a conversation about what kind of education a parent can afford for their child.

If Betsy thinks private schools offer a better choice than public schools, she should be working to close the gap in those differences, figure out the qualities parents are looking to alternate schools for and find ways to bring those qualities into the public school system.

The excuse that children are being pulled from public schools because they aren’t meeting a child’s needs should no longer exist.

Our secretary of education nominee should really think carefully about her next steps.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Trump’s immigration order unconstitutional, detremental to higher education, says student gov.

BY THE GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENT COUNCIL AND THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA President Trump recently signed an executive order on immigration, banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for at least the next 90 days. The Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) and Associated Students of University of Arizona (ASUA) believe that such executive order is not only detrimental to higher education but also likely unconstitutional.

Vahideh Rasekhi, a PhD student in

linguistics currently working on her dissertation and serving as the President of the Graduate Student Body at Stony Brook University was recently affected by this ban.

Vahideh was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on her way back to the US to complete her studies. Such actions are intolerable.

students now feel petrified, demoralized, and trapped.

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Keep admitted students from enrolling in the university, potentially affecting enrollment.

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Play a detrimental role on campus climate as it suggests that a particular religion should be feared and excluded. This is at odds with our goal and practice of Inclusive Excellence.

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GPSC and ASUA constitutional obligations require us to actively address any structural

inequalities within the university system. We therefore call for the UA community to stand in support with affected individuals both on campus and nationally. While a temporary stay has been granted by a federal judge against parts of the executive order, we will continue speaking out against the executive order banning immigration and urge others to do the same until it is permanently reversed.

GPSC and ASUA say no to this executive order and stand against policies and executive orders that negatively impact higher education, our university and our students.

We share the concerns of our friends and colleagues and stand in support of our current and future fellow students.

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From chimps to doomsday, here’s what you missed

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any threat to humans, unless someone gets too close and falls in a deep spot.

Fissure opens up in the AZ desert A two-mile crack in the ground opened up in Pima County between Casa Grande and Tucson.

Arizona Geological Survey geologist Joseph Cook first saw the fissure on old 2014 Google Earth imagery. When he went out to map it, he realized it had grown much larger. He then employed a drone to map the entire crack.

The fissure now stretches about two miles long, with some spots less than an inch across and other 10 feet across and 30 feet deep.

Cook said water withdrawal for irrigation was probably the cause of the crack, because as groundwater levels drop, the dirt subsides, revealing the empty space once filled with water.

He believes this fissure will grow, as the space left by the groundwater is likely even larger than what has been revealed so far. No structures are in danger, as the fissure is in open desert, and even if it grows, it will not pose

NASA to use satellites to help chimps NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat satellites will be used to closely monitor deforestation in chimp habitat. Deforestation has been pinpointed as a major threat to chimps. The primates are at risk of further losses, as the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimated there are fewer than 345,000 wild chimps left, when one hundred years ago there were over two million.

NASA officials said satellites can be useful because they show the true complexity of the land—where humans are, where chimps are, where they interact and where the areas at the biggest risk of deforestation are.

Organizations like the Jane Goodall Institute can then use that information to work with local communities to plan for more thoughtful land use and promote conservation.

Doomsday clock closer to midnight

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process of creating the 8.4-meter mirrors, which was originally pioneered by UA astronomy professor Roger Angel in 1980, is unique to the UA. The mirrors are manufactured in the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory located under Arizona Stadium.

Of the seven mirrors needed for the telescope to function, four have already been completed and are in the polishing stages, with production on the fifth mirror scheduled to begin this year, Kingsley said.

Once the telescope is completed, the real fun will begin.

“We’re going to discover things we can’t even imagine,” Shelton said. “There are a whole lot of fundamental astronomy questions it’ll be able to answer or give us insights into.”

Shelton went on to mention some of the areas the telescope will allow us to study, including dark matter, the formation of galaxies and black hole growth.

“I think overall this telescope, when it’s finished, will bring to people all over the Earth the kind of inspiration that you see from the Hubble [telescope],” Shelton said.

As president of the GMTO, Shelton will have the opportunity to be closely involved with the project’s partners and the scientific community. He said he hopes to focus on fundraising, communicating with the other institutions involved and making sure the

To start, there is a real Doomsday Clock. It’s updated by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who created the clock in 1947 when the danger of nuclear war and a total annihilation of the planet was on the forefront of everyone’s minds. Now, they adjust the hand of the clock closer to or farther from midnight, depending on where they see humanity as heading.

Midnight, of course, represents the end of humanity—Doomsday.

The hand started at seven minutes from midnight in 1947. 1949 was the first time the hand was moved, to three minutes from midnight after the Soviet Union tested its first successful atomic bomb.

This year, the hand has been moved to two and a half minutes from midnight, 30 seconds closer to midnight than last year. This is the closest the Doomsday Clock has been to midnight since 1953, after both the U.S. and the Soviet Union tested hydrogen bombs.

Factors that led to this decision were North Korea’s nuclear weapons

project stays on track for its projected date of completion in 2024.

“I interacted with [Shelton] early on when he became president of the university, and he has been a strong supporter and sponsor of the GMT project, he was a key member in getting the GMT organization formed,” Kingsley said.

The UA is one of 11 partners on the project, including distinguished institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute and Harvard University.

“When you get to be president of a great university like Arizona, you also make international contacts,” Shelton said, referring to the partners in the GMTO. “So being at Arizona afforded me the opportunity to get to know these kinds of folks, and now coming in I’m not an unknown quantity to work with them.”

The new president plans to focus much of his attention on fundraising. He said the GMTO board authorized a budget of a little over a $1 billion for the project—a goal the GMTO is nearly halfway to achieving, making fundraising a top priority.

He went on to say his time as president of the UA has prepared him for this new position.

“I think it’s the contacts that you make, understanding what you need to do on big projects, although each one is unique, and then finally in these positions you learn that you don’t get anything done without a great team to work with, and the ability to work in a

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THE BULLETIN OF THE Atomic Scientists has reset the “Doomsday Clock” to five minutes before midnight, as seen Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the AAAS Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The decision on whether the minute hand moves backward or forward encompasses everything from nuclear weapons to climate-changing technologies to biosecurity and is essentially a comprehensive look at how the world fared in the past year.

development, how President Donald Trump will handle the Iran nuclear deal, Trump’s denial of climate

change, climate change in general and Trump’s intentions to expand the American nuclear arsenal.

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MAGELLAN TELESCOPES AT LAS Campanas Observatory, Chile, during observations. Walter Baade telescope in to the left and Landon T. Clay telescope to the right. Service building, with additional instrument and mirror aluminization chamber is in between. The under-construction Giant Magellan Telescope will be the world’s largest optical observatory.

team is very important,” Shelton said.

Those who worked with Shelton speak highly of his capabilities.

“I think his passion in physics and astronomy and his background in history is going to be fantastic for the GMT project, and

I think he’ll make a big difference in realizing the GMT project,” Kingsley said.

The GMT is located at the Las Campanas Observatory in northern Chile and is on track to be completed in 2024.

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ASUA Elections are upon us, meet the candidates EXECUTIVE BOARD President

Primaries will be held Feb. 14-15, students can vote from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. All students can vote for executive positions and the at-large senate positions, but they may only vote for their specific college senate. The top two candidates from each category will advance to the general elections

At-Large Senate Matt Lubisich

Cole Ryan

Jalon Jackson

Christopher Wright

Srini Sudanagunta

Lorenzo Johnson

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David McGarey

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Floor Polish studio puts the fun in fitness

BY VICTORIA PEREIRA @vguardie917

Tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of Fourth Avenue sits a one-room dance studio.

The place is right off of Hoff Street, which is more of an alleyway than a street. A painted wooden sign directs patrons to the studio known as Floor Polish.

From Zumba to Jazzercise, dance fitness has become immensely popular over the last five years or so. Floor Polish is an independent studio bringing this fun activity to the Tucson community.

Marina Cornelius, the owner of Floor Polish, has been a dance teacher and Zumba instructor for several years. She created her own class, Cardio Party-o, and was renting out studio spaces around town to teach in but lost one of her spots early last spring. ”It taught me how much I was really loving it and how I wanted to make dancing a bigger part of my life,” Cornelius said.

She began reaching out to other dance and fitness teachers in Tucson to see if they would be interested in teaching a class at her proposed studio and formed a group of enthusiastic instructors. Cornelius found the space in March of 2016, and within a month, the space had been transformed into Floor Polish and was open for business.

An incredible form of exercise at almost any level, most forms of dance require participants to use their entire bodies throughout routines.

It’s great cardio, helps with flexibility, stamina and can be a wonderful creative outlet and stress-relieving activity.

With all of these benefits, it’s no wonder Floor Polish quickly became a staple for many students looking for a way to stay active. The studio has various weekly classes for participants to choose from that cover all kinds of interesting and often uncommon types of dance, each with their own specific health benefits.

On Mondays and Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., a professional burlesque performer teaches Burlesque Fitness to improve participants’ strength, flexibility and confidence. Mondays at 5:45 p.m. and Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. are PiYo time, which is a combination of Pilates and yoga that makes for an intense low-impact workout.

There’s even a Hip Hop Yoga class on Saturday mornings at 11:30 a.m.

“Floor Polish is really quirky,” said Olivia Avanzato, the teacher of Solo Salsa on Saturday nights. Avanzato taught salsa, jazz and tap in New York before coming to Tucson.

Floor Polish instructors teach 12 weekly classes of all styles. There are also a handful of specialized classes taught by teachers outside of the main studio group, so there’s something for everyone. Throughout February, Cornelius said there will be more classes added to the schedule as well.

While each class and style has a different intensity level, there is no requirement for any

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MARINA CORNELIUS TEACHES A yoga class at Floor Polish on Jan. 25. The studio opened its doors in May, 2016.

sort of prior dance experience. Dancers of all skill levels, ages and abilities can participate in every class offered at the studio and be comfortable doing whatever they enjoy.

“I get a lot of beginners for my class that have never danced before,” Avanzato said.

“Especially young people that just want to move and maybe haven’t taken formal training; it’s fun for them because it’s not competitive or scary or anything.”

Nadia Stefanik, a manager at the Tucson Visitor’s Center, has repeatedly attended Avanzato’s solo salsa class and has been to some other special events at Floor Polish. Although she danced when she was younger, she said she didn’t have much experience in salsa.

“I think all of the classes here are really open to anyone coming and trying it out,” Stefanik said. “There’s some other dance studios or places where if you’re not a dancer you feel out of place, but here everyone belongs.”

Nadia brought her mother, Lenore Stefanik, to Solo Salsa while she was visiting, and Lenore said she enjoyed the class as well, despite not having danced for a long time.

“I’m amazed that I could do it because I’ve never done salsa before,” Lenore Stefanik said.

“I feel like I came out actually knowing some basic steps.”

The classes are affordable for people trying to get fit on a budget. At only $6 per class

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FLOOR POLISH IS THE brainchild of local musician Marina Cornelius. The studio offers unique, dance-inspiried workouts in a fun setting right off of Fourth Avenue.

(or $25 for 5 classes), a participant who has never danced before doesn’t have to spend lots of money to find out if they enjoy a class.

There’s also no special dance attire needed.

Comfortable clothes and sneakers are the only recommendations and mats are provided for classes that use them.

Cornelius encourages anyone who’s

ever been interested in dance to try out a class at Floor Polish and is thrilled with the number of people she has been able to connect with already. ”I didn’t realize how many people I would feel are being helped and growing and having a really happy experience,” she said. “I do see that fitness can be an art form now.”

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Vendors: Social media could draw students to gem show

BY MELISSA VASQUEZ @DailyWildcat

The arrival of the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase is marked by the familiar white tents that pop up all around town. The popular event, which takes place this year from Jan. 28 to Feb. 12, provides Tucsonans the opportunity to check out gems and much more.

But while the gem show is considered a Tucson staple, the numbers of Tucsonans roaming the vendors is usually far outmatched by out-of-towners. UA students are a particularly underrepresented demographic.

Many vendors believe that the presence of more students could be beneficial, especially if they learned about the event through social media.

Several UA students said they’ve heard of the gem show or seen the tents, but never attend because they don’t know much about it. Many, like Kimberly Perez, a senior studying psychology and Spanish, heard about it from friends—often the extent of exposure many students receive.

Students consider social media a primary source of information and find it would be a good way to advertise to their age group.

Itzel Gamez, a sophomore studying architecture, said she is able to appreciate the gem show because she’s a local and grew up knowing about it.

“I think students don’t know because it’s not

something that’s advertised here,” Gamez said. “I don’t think people are aware.”

She said she has seen a lack of college students whenever she’s gone to the gem show.

Undecided sophomore Sergio Acosta also said there is a lack of coverage on social media about the event. He feels that because of this they’re missing out on the UA population.

“They’re not keeping up-to-date with targeting the younger kids,” he said.

Vendors also find that there should be a larger effort to spread information about the gem show to college students through social networks.

John Fellows is the owner of Avian Oasis, which specializes in gemstone beads and cut gemstones. He said he would like to see more college students at the show.

“Advertising has really changed over the years,” he said. “The only way is through social media.”

While he said he mostly sells higher-end merchandise to older women, the college students he sells items to tend to get cut stones because they’re a little more affordable.

Michael Gonzales, from Treasure Island Jewelry, knows how beneficial social media is when it comes to students and young people.

“I do a show with a lady who puts the word out through Facebook—primarily pictures and postings—and it’s very successful,” he said. “So I think that’s a way to reach out to a younger crowd.”

According to Gonzales, his turquoise and rings are hits with college students.

College students that do make purchases at the gem show help business, but not as much as older buyers. Vendors

acknowledge that college students cannot afford to buy expensive merchandise and are just content with the sales they can make.

Laser Trees sells hardwood jewelry and decor by artist Shawn Kessler.

He said he doesn’t rely on college students for big sales, but he likes that he can attract them through the affordability of his products.

According to Kessler, wholesale buyers are who he gets the most business with, but he does sell to the occasional college student. He attributes these sales to his low prices, which he said are generally 50 percent cheaper than the prices of other businesses.

Lisa Hagar from Hagar’s Fossils and Minerals is another vendor who sells affordable items to include college students.

“They’re college students, so it’s going be hard for them to have money to spend, but we have stuff for them,” she said. “They don’t have as big of an impact as some of the other people, but it’s all right.”

In her experience selling, she said that college students like healing crystals and minerals the most.

Vendors believe that there are steps the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show can take to truly pique curiosity in students. With a stronger social media campaign, perhaps future gem shows will cater more to a younger crowd.

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J.C. Cloney returns to be ace of ‘Cats staff After not giving up a run in the College World Series, Cloney looks to resume dominance for ‘17 season

BY IVAN LEONARD @Ivan14bro

Arizona baseball kicks off in a few weeks and for senior pitcher J.C. Cloney, it couldn’t come soon enough.

The last time Wildcats fans saw Cloney, the ace was pitching a shutout in the College World Series against Coastal Carolina.

The Chanticleers would eventually win the series, but Coastal Carolina was shutout in game one for only the second time last season since a matchup with Wake Forest earlier in the year.

Cloney is coming off of a season in which he earned spots on the College World Series All-Tournament Team and All Pac-12 Honorable Mention. Last year, Cloney was 8-4 on the season in 18 starts and accumulated an estimated run average of 2.45.

There are some new faces for Arizona, and Cloney is excited about what the pitching staff can accomplish this season.

“I think it will be be fun because we have some guys that can throw and guys that have some great pitches,” Cloney said.

“I think it will be fun to see when we get another team on the other side.”

With the departures of Bobby Dalbec and Nathan Bannister to graduation, Cloney could see a bigger role this season with Arizona. Arizona baseball coach Jay Johnson said he believes he can embrace an ace role this season.

“Based on last year, you would have to say pretty good,” Johnson said. “I would say he has an assortment of pitches that allows him to get through the order two, three, maybe even four times.”

When Cloney is on, like the College World Series last season, Arizona becomes a nightmare for the opposition.

“It allows you to shorten the game, and then you can really matchup at the end,” Johnson said. “We’re thankful that he is here ... He just does a really good job

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JC CLONEY (27) PITCHES against Coastal Carolina on June 27, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska. Cloney returns to be the ace on the Wildcats pitching staff.

getting prepared to pitch.”

Despite Cloney’s success last year, he is working on utilizing one more pitch to add to his repertoire.

“The changeup I think was probably my fourth pitch last year, and this year it is my second,” Cloney said. “The coaches kind of switched the grip a little bit and I think just using it more from last year to now and getting comfortable with it [has been important].”

While teammates and opponents will

tell you that Cloney means business on the field, off the field he can be a character.

He may not be the biggest character in Arizona’s antic videos, but he too can act wild with his Wildcat teammates.

“J.C. Cloney is kind of underrated with his sense of humor,” said Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development John Daly. “Being the starting pitcher, he has to be serious the majority of the time but he works it in there.”

Teammate and fellow senior, Sawyer Gieseke agreed with Daly about the wit that comes from Cloney.

“I think as a pitcher, you pitch one day and you hang out for five or six, so you have to keep yourself entertained,” Giseke said. “So Cloney fills the roll of left-handed pitcher and is a little out there.”

Arizona baseball kicks off on Feb. 17 when the Wildcats welcome Eastern Kentucky to Hi Corbett Field.

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KRYSTEN HOWARD CELEBRATES AFTER completing her routine on Jan. 21. The Wildcats fell to Stanford Sunday in Palo Alto.

Stanford edges out Arizona in Yim’s return to Palo Alto

BY SYRENA TRACY @syrena_tracy

The Arizona women’s gymnastics team traveled to the Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, California as they put up a battle against Stanford in the first Pac-12 Conference meet of the season.

The GymCats fought through the four rotations but came in second with a score of 195.650 and the Cardinal with 195.900.

The GymCats started the first rotation on the uneven bars where senior Krysten Howard earned a season high of 9.825 followed by Haylie Hendrickson with a 9.800, ending with an Arizona Stick.

Freshman Christina Berg performed her pike jaeger ending with an Arizona Stick, earning a 9.800. Anchor Victoria Ortiz kept the scores high for the Wildcats as she soared over the high bar, performing her famous tkatchev ending with an Arizona Stick to earn the high score of 9.850.

During the second rotation Arizona brought the heat on vault with sophomore Lauryn Mattson’s solid landing which earned a 9.825.

Sophomore Skyler Sheppard flew high over the vault ending with a small hop, but was able to keep the scores high with a 9.825.

The GymCats took the lead with a score of 97.900, but Stanford stayed close behind with 97.750 heading into the third rotation.

Arizona tumbled their way through the third rotation on the floor with Mattson who showed off her skills earning a 9.825.

Sheppard didn’t hesitate to bring the

heat to the floor with her triple full and a solid landing, earning a high score of 9.875. The scores remained high with Howard earning a 9.850 and junior Kennady Schneider with a high of 9.875.

Arizona continued to stay in the lead going into the final rotation.

The balance beam was a little unbalanced for the GymCats as they were unable to hold their lead. Freshman Courtney Cowles connected her layout series but lost her balance on her standing layout step out.

With a few balance errors, Howard’s routine came out strong and ended with an Arizona Stick earning a 9.725.

Ortiz and Sheppard ended their routines strong with Arizona Sticks, giving the Wildcats a 195.650 overall.

Arizona head coach Tabitha Yim was very familiar with the atmosphere in Maples Pavilion at Stanford University, where she served as an athlete from 2005-2008 and an assistant coach for five years. Yim was a 14-time All-American during her time at Stanford.

Yim helped coach Stanford to its two highest team scores for the NCAA Championship in the program’s history.

Yim showed nothing but happiness after the meet, tears falling and a smile on her face.

“This is home, and for me to share that with my athletes, a piece of me, is very special,” said Yim in an interview with a Pac-12 Network.

The GymCats will make their way back home for their next meet on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in McKale Center against the Oregon State Beavers.

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Arizona struggling to live up to national recognition in win over lowly Huskies

BY CHRISTOPHER DEAK @ChrisDeakDW The University of Washington Huskies came out swinging and brought the fight to the Arizona Men’s basketball team in McKale Center on Sunday afternoon.

Arizona led by a bucket at the end of the first half, but was able to muster a big offensive second half and win their 20th game of the season, 77-66 over the Huskies. It is the seventh straight season that Arizona has won at least 20 games and the game was the 100th Pac-12 Conference win for Arizona head coach Sean Miller.

Senior Kadeem Allen led the Wildcats with 14 points and five assists. The Wildcats had five scorers in double figures.

The Huskies jumped out to a quick lead thanks to early turnovers and a lack of rebounding. Just 12 minutes into the game they managed seven turnovers and had just a single assist. Turnovers made it difficult for Arizona to settle in and make a run, but the Wildcats finally came alive in the final five minutes of the first half.

The Wildcats scored 14 points in the final five minutes to cut the deficit from nine points to two. Allonzo Trier and Rawle Alkins each hit 3-pointers in the final two minutes to give Arizona momentum heading into halftime.

Many believed the Wildcats would be able to maintain a decided advantage down low, but the Huskies competed on the glass and dominated the points in the paint battle 42-28. They also had 18 second-chance points against the Wildcats, allowing them to stay in the game.

“You can’t give them those second shots and tonight they had 18,” Miller said. “You give a team 18 second-chance points it’s very, very hard to win. Those second shots really hurt us badly.”

The Wildcats struggled in every offensive aspect in the first half. After shooting 57 percent on Thursday night in their game against the Washington State Cougars, they only managed to shoot 42 percent (10-24) in the first half against the Huskies. A slow start for the Wildcats could have been due to the afternoon tip-off time or a lack of focus after a successful week.

“Coming off of the heels of our L.A. success we were given a lot of respect, I think deservedly so,” Miller said. “I don’t know how well we’ve handled that. All the sudden to me we’re a little bit further ahead of ourselves, a lot of people saying great things. Watching our effort level, our consistency, our togetherness—we weren’t near this week where we were coming in.

We have to get that back.”

The Huskies kept their foot on the pedal in the second half, scoring the first four points, but the Wildcats came alive and took control of the game.

On an afternoon where the offense wasn’t clicking the way it had been as of late, the Wildcats took care of the little things, and it made a big difference.

The Wildcats’ ability to get to the free-throw line and keep the Huskies off of it, played a major role in the final outcome. They went 22-30 from the stripe. Arizona scored 18 points off of 10 Husky turnovers. The defense held the Huskies to 38 percent (12-32) shooting in the second half.

The Huskies brought the deficit to 6 points with 6:01 to go, but Arizona made enough plays to pace the final five minutes of the game.

Junior center Dusan Ristic extended the lead back out to eight points after hitting a tough fall-away jumper in the paint as the shot clock expired. Freshman Kobi Simmons put his stamp on the game with a highlight-reel dunk on the following possession that put the Wildcats ahead by double digits. Trier, to the delight of the McKale Center crowd, put the dagger in the Huskies with an emphatic slam dunk of his own that kept the lead at 10.

Arizona was able to pull out two close victories after slow starts this week, and Miller wants his team to recognize that there is still room for improvement, even if the Wildcats are victorious.

“If you lose a tough game and you played your heart out, then I think you have to recognize that,” Miller said.

“Every once in a while you can win a couple of these games and you really start looking at yourself and saying ‘we have to be better moving forward.’ I think we have to be better moving forward.”

Arizona sits alone atop the Pac-12 Conference after this week, and they know they will be getting each team in Oregon’s best shot this weekend.

“We’ve struggled at Corvallis with some of our best teams, it’s a difficult place to play at,” Miller said. “I hope that what we just went through strengthens us, because we have to be ready on the road regardless of who we play. You fast forward to next Saturday it will be one of the biggest games of the season based on how good Oregon is. We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves.”

Arizona squares off with the Beavers HEATHER NEWBERRY/THE DAILY WILDCAT on Thursday, Feb. 2 in Corvallis. The ARIZONA’S KADEEM ALLEN (5) dribbles up the court during the men’s basketball game against Washington on Jan. 29. The Wildcats game will be aired on ESPN2. won 77-66 on Sunday.