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SPORTS | BASEBALL

Why you should be excited for UA baseball this season

BY ARI KOSLOW @koslow_ari

University of Arizona baseball head coach Jay Johnson left plenty of reasons to be excited for this upcoming season at last week’s media session.

“It’s like you have three shortstops at those three positions that are really good defensive players, and I think that’s really going to help our team defensively and really help our pitchers,” Johnson said at the session.

Johnson was referring to Kyson Donnahue (shortstop), Tony Bullard (third base) and Jacob Blas (second base), who are set to lead a revamped season for the Wildcats infield.

Arizona is coming off an extremely poor defensive season as a team, finishing dead last in the conference in fielding percentage (.962%) and committing the most errors (79). They are determined to turn that around heading into a new season.

The Wildcats’ most versatile defender, redshirt junior Matthew Dyer, returns for another season to lead the team both on the field and at the plate.

“I’m really excited to see what we have in store,” Dyer said. “We have a lot of experience. Last year we had a lot of freshmen that stepped up, and I think this year them being sophomores is going to really come to show that even though we’re [primarily] a sophomore- and junior-position player team that we’re here to show out.”

Despite losing Matt Frazier, Nick Quintana and Cameron Cannon from last year’s team, Arizona’s lineup has come back deeper than it

has ever been this season.

“I think looking at it through the winter after fall baseball, I’d say probably 13 guys for nine spots,” Johnson said when asked about how many players are viable options for the starting lineup. “I think if you look back at our track record of offensive success and developing players, we’re continually getting good ones to Arizona and I think our depth has really increased each year.”

Johnson reflected back to the 2016 season when the team made it to Omaha, Neb., but the lineup was really lacking the depth it needed.

“It was like a, ‘Man, I hope somebody doesn’t get hurt’ kind of deal,” Johnson said. “There were 10 guys that we really ran out there game in and game out and I think that has increased each year. I think we’re in a good spot.”

The Wildcats finished last season close to the top of every offensive category in the conference, finishing first in runs scored, hits, doubles and triples, as well as batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. They’ll look to carry that momentum into this season, continuing to mash opposing pitchers.

Arizona will also have to drastically improve in pitching as a team if they want to make it back to the NCAA Tournament, which finished toward the bottom of the conference last year in ERA and walks allowed.

The first step made by the Wildcats to improve the pitching staff this year was bringing in Nate Yeskie as the team’s new pitching coach. Yeskie won a National Championship with Oregon State in 2018 and was named the D1

Baseball Assistant Coach of the Year in 2017. He hopes to help turn around an Arizona pitching staff that is relatively different compared to last season.

One player who couldn’t be more excited to work with Yeskie is Davis Vainer, a graduate transfer from Alabama.

“That was kind of the cherry on top,” Vainer said. “I had a tremendous relationship with coach Johnson. Then when that happened, I was just like, ‘All right, I guess it was meant to be.’”

Vainer is coming off a 2019 campaign in which he appeared in 17 games to the tune of a 3.34 ERA with 43 strikeouts across 29.2 innings pitched. The one drawback is the 21 walks he surrendered, but he did lower his ERA each season with the Crimson Tide.

One thing to note is that he was a position player in high school, so he certainly still has room for improvement as a collegiate pitcher. However, being the most experienced pitcher on this staff, Johnson hopes to utilize him in tight situations.

“I just want him to utilize his experience to kind of have a slow heartbeat when being called upon … and set a good example for our team and give them a chance to execute,” Johnson said.

Vainer had the opportunity to go pro when he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 21st round of the 2019 MLB draft, but he instead chose to come to Tucson to have a chance to win in college.

“I was definitely tempted,” Vainer said. “I just want to play meaningful baseball and I just wanted to win in college. I thought this would be my best opportunity for that.”

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OPINION | HOUSE DIVIDED

Honors Village creates a social, wealth divide at UA

BY RHAYA TRUMAN @DailyWildcat

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fter 18 months of construction, $84 million dollars for the dormitories and another $53 million for the brand new recreation center, parking structure and other projects, the University of Arizona added the new Honors Village in fall 2019 about two blocks away north of main campus between North Park and Mountain Avenues, according to an article from tucson.com.

As of right now, there is an abundance of new apartment structures that can be used by any student at the University of Arizona. Usually the results of construction that occur on campus can be used by almost anyone, but when it comes to the Honors Village, that is a luxury that can only be accessed by certain students.

These students have to reach a standard in order to be admitted into the UA Honors College in the first place. They have to have the GPA, the activities, the motivation, etc. to be counted as a UA honors student. The problem is not the fact that the Honors College exists, but having separate housing for honors students creates an “us-and-them” mentality that motivates a social and wealth divide that is unhealthy for a college campus that calls itself inclusive.

When it comes to wealth, anyone can tell you that honors housing is expensive, which makes sense because it is so new. According to the UA Housing and Residential Life site, the range of main campus double occupancy, housing is approximately from $6,000 to $8,000 and the range of Honors Village housing is from $8,000 to $12,000. This huge jump in housing cost already eliminates about half of the students who want to apply for the Honors College solely because of the expense.

Now, to be clear, as a UA honors student you are not required to live in the Village, but it is highly encouraged by the Honors College. If you are a part of the Honors College, the Village is where most of the events and resources are, so living on the main campus becomes inconvenient. If all of your friends and peers are living in one area and getting the benefits of being in the Honors College, anyone should be able to experience that — not just the students who have that extra $4,000 in their bank account.

Anyone can argue that scholarships exist in order to pay for things like expensive housing, but there are only so many scholarships to be given. If a student is equipped enough to make it into the Honors College, that should be the only requirement for them to live with their peers.

If the UA was so concerned about students succeeding together and creating a place for all

honors peers and not just sucking more money out of students, the price tag wouldn’t be so heavy.

My biggest concern with creating a whole new village for honors students is the message it sends out to students who are not in the Honors College. In the Honors Village, you get special labs, more attention and a lot of extra resources to succeed — benefits that come from high school success. Providing students with more benefits just because of their ability to get into a biased honors system gives off the idea that people who cannot reach that threshold do not deserve extra resources to succeed.

Overall, having students who are alike living in the same area and encouraging them to live there for all four years takes away from the diverse atmosphere college is supposed to have.

If the Honors Village is looking for a specific type of student and accepts those students, there is a huge likelihood that the diversity will not be up to par with the main campus. College is about meeting new people who are not like you and learning from them, but if you are in a box with the same people for four years, that cannot be achieved.

An article published in the DigitalCommons at the University of Nebraska — Lincoln titled “Honors Housing: Castle or Prison” said it best when describing the problem with making students alike live together: “Honors programs and colleges also might want to question whether the most effective environment for the emotional, psychological, social and intellectual growth of students is one in which individuals are housed among students of like academic accomplishment and cultural background.”

I’m not against honors colleges — many universities in the world have them and the programs within themselves are not bad or harmful. I also do not think it is bad to reward hard-working students with the title of being an honors student. But the additional step to put a barrier between honors students and nonhonors students by creating separate housing is problematic due to the unnecessary divide it creates within the community.

I hope in the future there are better tactics put in place that do not separate UA students, but instead bring us together. We should all have great resources to succeed, whether we can pay for it or we have a high enough GPA. College is already a game of who can pay for what, why add a whole new inning to the ball game and give more students the chance to strike out? the UA says that we all equally deserve to win at the game of college. I think it is time for them to start acting like it.

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NEWS | ENVIRONMENT

The argument for plastic straws

BY SYDNEY JONES @sydney_jones21

In January 2019, the “Skip the Straw” campaign was launched by the University of Arizona Cooper Center for Environmental Learning’s Outreach Team, a student-led group supported by the UA Green Fund.

The campaign partnered with Arizona Student Unions in hopes of cutting the amount of plastic straws used by the university in half by the end of the academic year. Graphics made for the movement stated that 532,000 straws were used on campus in 2018, which decreased to 480,000 in 2019.

Deanna Kulbeth, leader and project manager for the Cooper Center Campus Outreach Team, spoke to UA@Work.

“We are encouraging people to change their behavior and consumption by looking at their choices through the lens of environmental responsibility, and straws are one of the easiest

things for people to let go of, we think,” Kulbeth said.

However, many people with disabilities rely on these sterile, positionable and allergy-free plastic straws to safely drink enough water or take their medicine with, according to Sav Schlauderaff, graduate assistant for the Disability Cultural Center.

A year after the “Skip the Straw” ban, the Disability Cultural Center is encouraging conversations between individuals about the necessity of plastic straws in the lives of some people.

The DCC hosted a “DisabiliTEA” chat on Thursday, Jan. 23, from 3:304:30 p.m. in Highland Commons and opened a safe space for students and members of the center to gather and discuss their frustrations of the villainization of plastic straw users on such an environmentally conscious campus.

According to the DCC, the Arizona Student Unions have banned plastic

straws and opted for paper straws, which may be difficult for some people with disabilities to use because they bend and dissolve over time.

Schlauderaff knows firsthand the importance of being able to drink enough water for their health.

“Plastic straws, or having a straw that each individual disabled person can use, is a medical necessity,” Schlauderaff said.

Not everyone can use a reusable metal straw because of their lack of bendable function for people who are bedridden or have unstable motor skills, and they’re difficult to properly be sanitized.

“It’s like performative environmentalism,” Schlauderaff said.

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Z Wagenberg, an attendee of the DCC’s discussion, understands the plea by some people to cut down on single-use plastic for the sake of the environment but encourages others to take into consideration those who rely on them every day.

“I think it’s great to be aware of minimizing plastic waste, but that’s not the be-all end-all of environmentalism — to stop using plastic straws,” Wagenberg said. “It’s not going to solve all our problems and it’s actually hurting people who need it, so it’s just really frustrating.”

Wagenberg said some people with disabilities feel a stigma toward them using plastic straws from others, but it’s important to consider both sides of the issue and individual needs.

“It’s become kind of a moral thing to consider,” Schlauderaff said.

As reported by National Geographic, plastic straws account for 0.025% of the 8 million tons of plastic waste that flows into the ocean every year.

Schlauderaff discussed the online community filled with passionate voices from those advocating for the fair treatment of sea turtles and the oceans they live in, but individuals with disabilities would also appreciate greater visibility in their reasonings for being able to access straws for their medical needs.

“It should be a choice,” Wagenberg said. “Both [plastic and paper straws] should be available readily out in the open so you don’t have to ask for it and make a spectacle of yourself.”

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SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Arizona softball prepared to meet expectations

BY JACOB MENNUTI @jacob_mennuti

It seems to have become a tradition for the Arizona Wildcats to enter a new season with high expectations. That is to be assumed when your program holds the second-most national championships in NCAA history.

The 2020 season is no different, as the Wildcats rank No. 3 in the country by D1Softball.com entering the new year. The team is also rebounding from last year’s College World Series appearance and is projected to return to Oklahoma City this season.

Although the stakes are high for this 2020 squad, several of the players aren’t focused on the outside noise.

“All those [rankings] don’t really matter to us,” said Jessie Harper, senior shortstop.

“Once we step on the field, it’s just about playing our game and doing that. All those ratings don’t matter. It’s just about what we do right now and what we do to build up to get us to that final game.”

Outfielder Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza had similar feelings about the preseason rankings.

“We honestly don’t look at it. Cool, we’re no.

3, that’s awesome. Now the challenge is to stay there and stay in the top eight. That’s what we’re worried about.”

Harper and Palomino-Cardoza are two of the six players among this year’s senior class that are projected to bolster this year’s roster.

The two combined for 48 home runs last year while also leading the team in RBIs and slugging percentage in 2019.

But swinging the bat well isn’t the only thing needed to win a championship and head coach Mike Candrea knew that entering the offseason. Last year’s pitching staff was held together by southpaw Taylor McQuillin, who recorded a 1.52 ERA last season.

Candrea and the rest of the staff were quick to repair the gaping hole left behind by the former ace by bringing in Oklahoma transfer Mariah Lopez.

Lopez was recruited by Candrea in her freshman year of high school and already had a strong relationship with some of the Arizona players. She and Harper played recreational ball together before competing against each other at rival high schools in Santa Clarita, Calif. Lopez also played travel ball with Palomino-Cardoza, Reyna Carranco, Malia Martinez and Dejah Mulipola.

“I think it was more of a re-opening of the door and having her come here and feel comfortable,” Candrea said. “She had a stepup because she had played with a lot of these kids so it worked out well for us.”

Lopez posted a 19-1 record and a 1.25 ERA with the Sooners last season and could potentially be viewed as an upgrade at the position. She’ll be complimenting returning pitcher Alyssa Denham as the duo will surely

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ARIZONA’S JESSIE HARPER HITS the ball during the Tucson Regional Championship against Auburn at Hillenbrand Stadium on May 19.

be a nightmare for opposing teams. “[Denham] has gotten stronger, so she’s throwing with a little more velocity,” Candrea said. “Her down pitch is hard and heavy.

Right now I think she’s just a little more mature now and a little more understanding of what she’s trying to do with hitters. I expect that to be a strength for us this year with Mariah [Lopez] being up in the zone and her being down in the zone. I think it’s a really good combination.”

Aside from the amount of depth this roster has, a common agreement between the players was just how mature and experienced this team is — maturity from not only the returning players, but from the freshman class as well. Arizona brings in the No. 13 recruiting class, according to FloSoftball.com, after signing four new players before the 2020 season. Candrea says that all of them could see a lot of playing time this year.

“They play like they’re seniors,” PalominoCardoza said. “They’re not scared to make a play, go after a ball. They’re not scared to speak their mind if something happens. They don’t act like freshman and they play big.”

The Wildcats aren’t perfect, however, as they will need to find a replacement for starcatcher Mulipola. The senior will play for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the 2020 Olympics this summer. Arizona has a couple of options behind the plate with freshman

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SOFTBALL COACH MIKE CANDREA pumped the crowd up for the football game on Oct. 12 at University Boulevard. He also gave a speech on how the softaball team is ready for their upcoming season.

Sharlize Palacios and sophomore Izzy Pacho, both of whom coach Candrea is confident about.

“I was impressed with [Palacios] this fall, I thought she swung the bat well. She has some maturity so she’s a good leader behind the

plate,” Candrea said. “Izzy [Pacho] has done a good job there too so I feel good about both those kids.”

Arizona softball begins its season on Feb. 7 in Tempe for the Kajikawa Classic.

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NEWS | LECTURE

Science for the future: Change is on the way Science and technology are constantly changing, and the University of Arizona is at the forefront.

The UA hosts the Arizona Science Lecture Series which are held at Centennial Hall at 7 p.m. every other Tuesday. The lectures will also be available to watch online.

The theme for this year’s lecture series is “Catalysts of Change.” The theme puts light on the rapid changes of science and how these changes will impact humans in the future.

According to Betül Kaçar, assistant professor of astrobiology at the UA, some changes she has seen are, “the origins of life field has progressed to a remarkable state and our telescopes are powerful enough to survey exoplanetary systems.”

The first lecture will be held on Feb. 4 discussing “Life Beyond Earth,” which is about the search for life on other planets. The first lecture will have two speakers, Chris Impey and Betül Kaçar.

According to Elliot Cheu, the interim dean of the College of Science, “By having two speakers at the first lecture, it will show the audience how two different scientists approach the same issue.”

The second lecture will be held on Feb. 18 and be about “Our Rapidly Changing Biosphere.” The speaker

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ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR CHRIS IMPEY in his office. Impey will be speaking at the “Science on Screen” event at The Loft Cinema on Tuesday.

for this lecture is Brian Enquist, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the UA. This lecture will go over the importance of sustainability, as well as the future of the biosphere and biodiversity on Earth.

The third lecture will be held on Feb. 25, talking about “The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence.”

The speaker for this lecture is Stephen Kobourov, a UA professor of computer science, who will discuss advances and changes in machine learning. The lecture will also focus on the technological challenges that we face.

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These lecture series have been going on for years and continue to bring attention to new science advances and issues that scientists along with society face. These lectures also show the research that the UA conducts and shows students what is happening right on their campus with advancements in science.

According to Joaquin Ruiz, vice president of global environmental futures, “The goal of these lectures is to spark the imagination of those that watch these lectures.”

There are thousands of people who watch these lectures which are recognized around the world.

The Arizona Science Lecture Series go over the climate and how humans are changing, impacts that will affect humans in the future, the significant impact of the way we live, and most importantly how quickly things are changing.

According to Ruiz, “Things we thought were impossible 50 years ago are now possible due to how fast the rate of change is.”

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ARTS & LIFE | LOCAL BAND

The evolution of Rough Draft

BY ELLA MCCARVILLE @EllaMcCarville

We’re all rough drafts of our true selves, always young and always learning — this is the concept behind Rough Draft’s new EP, released on Jan. 19.

Despite “Walmart Parking Lot Lovemaking Soundtrack, Vol. 2” being Rough Draft’s second full release, some of the songs featured on the EP were the first ones they wrote. This release was more of a nostalgia project, lead vocalist James Noriega said.

According to lead guitarist Mahmood Gladney, the first six songs on the EP were written when Rough Draft was still in its infancy, during the band member’s final stint at Tucson High Magnet School between September 2017 and October 2018.

Before the EP’s release, the songs were played intermittently at shows and released on the first collection Rough Draft ever produced — which has since been purged from the internet, Gladney said. The final song, “I Love You, Do You Remember?” is the most recent song, written about that period in their lives.

“It’s both us indulging in being juvenile, but kind of reflecting on being juvenile, because it’s all of our old songs and then it’s a new song about the time when we wrote those old songs,” Noriega said.

Rough Draft was formed when its four core members were still in high school: Noriega on vocals, Gladney on guitar, Bryan Zamarripa on the bass and Cole Kraft on the drums. Now, Noriega and Gladney juggle attending the University of Arizona while keeping up their high school hobby.

While Kraft was unable to attend a group interview with the band, his contribution to this EP was at the forefront of the discussion.

“When [Kraft] came up with this name, we were talking about the EP’s name. We couldn’t decide what to call it. I think we argued for the entire practice,” Noriega said. “Then [Kraft] showed up and literally we were like, ‘Hey, we don’t know what to name the EP,’ and the current name for the EP [Walmart Parking Lot Lovemaking Soundtrack, Vol. 2] is just the first thing he said.”

In 2017, when the boys were just starting

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MEMBERS OF ROUGH DRAFT are cheered on by surrounding teenagers at Wooden Tooth Records during HOCO Fest 2019.

out, they had other band names on the table.

But according to Noriega, “Rough Draft” was the only name the band seriously considered.

“You just kind of are a rough draft of yourself, was the idea,” Noriega said.

“Something that I’ve learned, I think, as I’ve grown up, and from talking to a lot of people who are older than me is that … you can’t become fully realized. That’s not really possible to become that.”

According to Gladney, the concept of humans being rough drafts is incredibly prevalent in the band’s music, especially in the

most recent EP. “I think a central theme of man is always constantly evolving,” Gladney said. “I definitely think the stuff we’re writing for our next project — whenever that happens — it’s already starting to sound a lot different than the album, the previous album. That’s what a lot of those songs are [about]. We’re a lot older.”

The local music scene might be a rough draft too. The band members have noticed the music scene in Tucson continuously rewrite itself in their few years on the stage.

Particularly, it has become more accepting of teenagers.

“When we were teenagers, there was really nothing for us to do,” Gladney said. “Going to shows back then, all of them are 21 and up, like everything. [Club] Congress used to be 21 and up always. Rialto would have, like, two relevant acts that teenagers would be into, and they would all be 21 and up … but I think one of the reasons that this teen revolution has also happened [is] because as soon as [Club

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ARTS & LIFE | LOCAL BAND

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FROM LEFT, JAMES NORIEGA, Bryan Zamarripa and Mahmood Gladney pose for a photo precariously during a practice session.

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Congress] noticed that this sort of thing was happening, … they were super on board.”

This “teen revolution” isn’t confined to Tucson, however. Zamarripa noticed the same transformation outside of Tucson.

“If you look at other local scenes in a different state, you’ll see something of a similar sort. Mostly, or most notably, we’ve seen it in Albuquerque,” Zamarripa said. “Like, little DIY spaces are occupying just a little corner of the internet, and that spreads and so on and so forth. I think that’s what’s helped

us too.”

UA freshman Hannah Cruz-Lewis noticed this widespread pattern on the internet as well.

“I feel like Rough Draft has really made an impact on the local scene,” Cruz-Lewis said. “They’ve put their music on streaming services and are starting to become really well known, which I’m super proud of them for.

When their album came out, I saw so many people supporting them online, people that I didn’t even realize knew Rough Draft or the local scene.”

The final song on the EP is an ode to the days when Rough Draft members were only local up-and-comers.

“To have a song [on the album] I wrote more recently, that’s more just looking at all of [the songs] and not just seeing them as, like, ‘Oh well, here’s a bunch of stuff that a bunch of young kids made,’ but, ‘Here’s a really important snapshot of a time in all of our lives that I kind of miss,’” Noriega said.

“I Love You, Do You Remember?” holds personal significance to Noriega. Toward the end of the song, he laments the state of the food in his fridge after he unplugged it to record the song.

“But I like how it ends like that just because, I mean, that’s how life is,” Noriega said. “You have a traumatic event happen to you and then, like, a dog shits on the street next to you,

and it’s like, ‘Oh, … so now that’s the next thing I have to deal with.’ You know, that’s the next thing that’s going on.”

“Walmart Parking Lot Lovemaking Soundtrack, Vol. 2” is available on Spotify, Bandcamp, iTunes, Google Music, Napster and other music providers.

Rough Draft will perform as part of a benefit show for Australia featuring Sydneybased band Death Bells on Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. at Club Congress, where they encourage a $10 donation.

As always, thanks to the “teen revolution,” the show is for all ages.

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ARTS & LIFE | DARIOUS BRITT

The ‘best kept secret’ in the UA film school

BY EDWARD VENTO & AMBER SOLAND @DailyWildcat

On YouTube, Darious Britt is known as D4Darious, the face of an educational “lifestyle channel for filmmaking, only without the hands-on,” in his own words. In the film community, he is the filmmaker, writer, director and an actor in the award-winning “Unsound” and several other short films.

At the University of Arizona, he is the assistant coordinator at the Media Arts Production Laboratory of the School of Theatre, Film and Television, his alma mater.

“I’ve described [Britt] as ‘the best kept secret in the School of Theatre, Film and Television,’” said Dan Brock, Britt’s coworker at the laboratory. “That’s about to change, as he’s going more public.”

Britt first burst onto the internet after investing $40,000 in a feature film, “Seafood Tester” (2012). Now, D4Darious has 379,000 subscribers. He sometimes vlogs, but most of his YouTube uploads consist of educational videos for other filmmakers.

“I would say, of all the types of content, the most fulfilling is being able to help other people and to find shortcuts to the top of success,” Britt said.

Britt, who graduated from the UA in 2012, has achieved great success.

On top of his rapidly growing YouTube channel and a collection of shorts in his repertoire, Britt is known for his production of “Unsound,” a dramatic feature film about a mother and son that won him best director at ELIJAH BIA | THE DAILY WILDCAT the Pan African Film Festival in 2015.

YOUTUBE STAR DARIOUS BRITT talks about his connection to the UA Theatre, Film and Television School and how to be successful on different social media platforms.

“It’s been excellent. It’s been inspiring to me and I’ve seen it been inspiring to others,” filmmaker, but what makes him a good teacher under his belt. He was less than impressed. don’t have a funny bone in my body, when it Brock said about watching Britt grow into his — both online and on campus.

“What did I ever see in that thing? This is comes to making films, but I think right now, I own achievements. “[Britt’s experience in filmmaking and on awful, this is self-indulgent crap,” Britt said. am more interested in simple stories well-told. ” But Britt recognizes that his tastes and his YouTube] makes him very much aware of “So, it’s funny to say that the movie that kicked Britt first fell in love with filmmaking after talents improve and evolve with every day. He what’s going on in the film world and how off my passion to want to do the film thing was watching “Possession,” a French and German doesn’t attribute his success to talent, but to best to use equipment,” Brock said. “This gets actually kind of a bad movie.”

1981 psychological-horror drama. experience. shared with the students in the film program.”

In the early days of their careers, many “I was absolutely fascinated by it, what they On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Britt gave a talk, According to Brock, most people at the UA creators strive to make that “big thing” that will were able to pull off,” Britt said of the film. “It “Personal Branding: Thriving in the Era of make them successful, and even Britt admitted didn’t really know about Britt’s large following was so personalized, so intimate, yet crazy Social Media,” as part of the School of Theatre, and accomplishments, a camouflaged expert to being guilty of thinking this. But really, he violent. It was just like, ‘Wow, I can’t even Film and Television’s Day for Night talk series. in the field. Following Britt’s talk for the School said, success only comes to those who know believe I’m seeing this, blood everywhere, it On the subject of building a brand, Britt finds of Theatre, Film and Television, Brock expects what they’re doing. Britt puts his craft over his that it is not the major achievements that make was just nuts.’” his “best kept secret” to not be so secret achievements, because “the craft allows me to “Possession” was the movie that propelled someone a success but the expertise of their anymore. do what I do.”

Britt away from his dream of illustration and craft.

“I certainly think [the talk] is definitely This is what Britt wanted to emphasize to toward filmmaking.

According to Britt, he “I’m a firm believer that if you master the going to make him much more visible locally the audience on Tuesday: The magic is in the realized he simply wasn’t “wired” the same craft, … you don’t have to chase success, as a figure in the world of independent experience. way studio artists are and honestly enjoyed the success finds you,” Britt said. “I think when filmmaking,” Brock said.

“Champions are not champions because storytelling aspect of films more. starting off, we have this tendency to put all of For film students and those people trying to they’re brilliant, they’re champions because In film school, he found his calling. our eggs in one basket and think that this one make it in the industry, this was the best piece they’re brilliant at the little things, and that’s “I volunteered for my first set at [the UA] thing will be my flagship to open up all doors. of advice Britt had to offer: something I hope to share with the audience,” before I attended the film program and fell … What you are going to realize is it is not the “Start small and work your way up. There is Britt said. “There is something precious about in love with the artifice of it — all of the fake big things you do that open the doors, it’s the so much out there that you can’t afford to wait any one piece of work, and at the end of the things that you have to do to make something small ones. It’s the details.” for things like actors and a crew and money. day, whatever I do today will never be as good look real,” Britt said. “And it was just a wreck In drama, sci-fi, horror and thriller dramas, You have to always be creating. Small tweaks as two years from now.” from there. ” Britt found his niche. He leans more toward make big peaks.”

According to Brock, Britt’s expertise in Six years after first seeing “Possession, ” he the dramatic. filmmaking is not only what makes him a good returned to the movie with a college education “Comedy, I’m terrible at,” Britt said. “I just

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NEWS | ARIZONA MOBILE

UA Mobile app update recieves mixed reviews

BY GABRIELLA COBIAN @DailyWildcat

Arizona Mobile’s latest update has received mixed reactions from its users.

The App Store reflects recent reviews from users saying the app’s features are nonfunctional. Users claim that the app will not open, the previous features being inaccessible.

Ami Buczek, Android and iOS software engineer and principal applications specialist, in charge of Arizona Mobile, explained the current changes made to the app.

“We researched the effectiveness and use of the former Arizona Mobile to determine where we could improve, and found with today’s high-speed Internet access, the app was outdated in areas that are important to our students—response time being most critical,” Buczek said in an email. “From a development perspective, the app’s availability was not as robust as we would want to provide, so our Mobile Team within UITS started working on a completely native mobile app. We

targeted our design for Android and iOS in June 2018 focusing on user feedback that resulted in a reorganized structure of the app that is what we have today.”

Buczek said statistics show maps and CatTran are the most used features within the app. Therefore these features were made visible on the front page, all previous features still kept within the app. The Mobile Team conducted one-on-one interviews across campus to ensure developments and to comprehend how students get around campus.

The app was developed by a thirdparty vendor, currently the Mobile Team.

Arizona Mobile is presented as an app students can use day-to-day.

Buczek encourages any critique on any area of the app. Feedback can be shared through the feedback button on the mobile app.

Users typically send feedback about what they want to see included in the next versions of the app and on areas to improve in. Buczek notes the best way to get in contact with the Mobile Team is through the Arizona Mobile

Feedback form.

“Our goal is to ensure we are creating a useful and user-friendly mobile app for our main base of users; our students,” Buczek said.

Undergraduate aerospace engineering major Luis David Camacho shared his experience with using the Arizona Mobile app. Camacho hasn’t found much trouble within the app although some functions and layouts of information need improvement.

“There have been a couple of times where I had to tap an icon multiple times before it did what it was supposed to, so that was an indication of unresponsiveness,” Camacho said in an email. “Also, even though I am logged in with my school account, my schedule isn’t available in the app, saying that I am not enrolled in classes. These are relatively minor issues, but it would be nice if they were addressed, as the app is a great tool overall.”

Arizona Mobile’s current version (5.0.3) says its fixed schedule conflict and inaccurate class/room display.

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ARTS & LIFE | AROUND THE CORNER

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AN HERBAL TEA AND an M&M cookie sit on a table at the on-campus location. The Scented Leaf, located in Main Gate Square, is home to an abundance of flavored teas and treats.

BY ISABELLA BARON @bellambarron

Located in the heart of University Boulevard, the Scented Leaf Tea House & Lounge has kept the tea flowing for students since July 2012.

The Scented Leaf, which will be having its eight year anniversary in July, is owned by Shane and Adrienne Barela.

Shane Barela started off with a store on University Boulevard and Euclid Avenue called University Perfumes. He had this shop for about two years, and said he soon noticed that this shop was “not the right fit for the demographics.”

On a trip with his wife to Granada, Spain, Barela came across his saving grace. While walking through a tourist area, he said he had a “gut feeling” to take a certain path.

“In the distance, I could smell something really awesome, I walked over and there were all these crates of loose-leaf tea, herbs and spices,” Barela said. “When I saw the looseleaf tea, I felt like destiny and the universe was giving me a path.”

Barela said that after speaking to the worker at the small shop, he learned that loose leaf tea is tea in its natural form. The worker also told him that bag tea, which is the most typical tea

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form in the U.S., has a very small amount of leaves in it.

He began to sell the tea at his perfume shop, and people began going into the store to buy the tea rather than the perfume. Barela said that it created a following, and people began wanting more.

When Red Velvet Cupcakes left the space that Scented Leaf is in now, Barela took the opportunity to move there and make his new

different — there’s nothing like us out there.”

Barela said that he always knew he wanted to have his own business. As a small child, he had lemonade stands and also sold candy and fireworks to his friends. He has great experience in the customer service business from being in positions such as a server, a restaurant manager and a real estate agent.

“I think that our service is gonna be different than 95% of stores out there; we’re more of a personalized service,” Barela said.

“Everything is so easy for people nowadays that I think they forget about the personalized service and people asking them what they actually want.”

Scented Leaf employee Hanaã Obeidat has been working at the store for a little over four years now. Obeidat said that when she first applied to the job her freshman year, she thought that it would just be like any other job. However, she said she “ended up finding a home” alongside a place to work.

“My coworkers and my boss, Shane, have really become a second family to me and everyday at work feels like hanging out with your closest friends,” Obeidat said through text.

“I love the leaf and everyone who comes in.”

Scented Leaf sells tea, coffee, loose leaf tea pouches, accessories, baked goods and CBD

We’re different — there’s nothing like us out there.”  ELISABETH KITTRELL, BARISTA idea of a tea house a reality. He said that in the beginning, he had no idea how to make tea or how it worked. However, after a lot of research and trial and error, he became a self-taught “tearista.”

Barista and shift manager Elisabeth Kittrell, who has worked at Scented Leaf for about three years, said that her favorite part of the job is testing her creativity with all the different drink options.

“We have a lot of different options that accommodate different groups of people, whereas chain drink places you just have what they make and that’s that,” Kittrell said. “We’re

products. Its loose leaf tea comes from places all around the world.

Jessica Muiseke-Wilkison, a barista and tea alchemist at Scented Leaf, has been working there the longest of all the baristas. She said next month will be her six year anniversary working there. Muiseke-Wilkison said that she started going to Scented Leaf as a freshman and soon became a regular because she loved the positive energy in the store.

“When I got hired, I remembered how many times this place made me happy, and I try to give that happiness and safe place to anyone that comes in,” Muiseke-Wilkison said.

Barela said that he feels like the store is now an “extension of the college.” He said people can go there to study, to make friends, to improve health and to be in a safe place. He said that Scented Leaf is “a piece of himself that he is putting out there for others to experience.”

“If people haven’t experienced us, they should check us out,” Barela said. “Don’t be intimidated by the wall of tea. Watch what happens after this first experience — we listen.”

Scented Leaf has two locations, the first one on University Boulevard and the newest one on Congress Street. The University location is open Sunday through Monday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Sunday Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The downtown location is open all week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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NEWS | UBRP

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UBRP STUDENT CECILIA MARTINEZ presents her research to a small crowd of listeners on Jan. 25 in the ENR2 building.

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UBRP STUDENT AVA DICKERSON presents her research to a small crowd of listeners.

Annual UBRP showcases undergrad research

BY SAM BURDETTE @SuperSafetySam

Over 100 University of Arizona undergraduate researchers presented their work at the 31st annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference in the Environmental and Natural Resources 2 building on Saturday, Jan. 25. This conference served as a public showcase of the work UBRP students completed during their time in the program.

“UBRP gave me the opportunity to see what it’s like to be a biologist, to be a researcher, to do primary research,” said UBRP student and ambassador Andrew Alamban, a senior studying molecular and cellular biology and mathematics.

According to its website, “[UBRP] is an educational program designed to teach students science by involving them in biologically related research.”

The program is open to all UA students interested in doing research in biology, Alamban said, not just biology majors.

Students are hired as paid research assistants to work throughout the summer. UBRP participants are also able to continue their work into the academic year if they meet certain requirements.

“If [students] don’t have a lab yet, the program does help you find a lab. That’s how I found my lab mentor,” Alamban said. “Throughout [the paid internship], students will learn techniques, they’ll generate data and … today, that’s when we get to showcase our findings.”

Through the program, students are also taught strategies of presenting their research to the public.

“We do train our students; we host workshops for them,” Alamban said. “This is in hopes to make them be better science communicators, and [the UBRP Conference] is kind of a way for them to showcase those trainings.”

UBRP students presented their work through posters they designed. Each student also explained their posters to family, friends and anyone else interested in their research.

The event kicked off at 10 a.m. with a presentation by UA alumnus Dr. Oscar Serrano, an abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon at Hartford Hospital and assistant professor of surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He titled his talk, “Disparities in Healthcare: Why Your Inclusion in This Discussion is Critical for the Wellbeing of Your Community.”

In accordance with UBRP tradition, Serrano was introduced by his former UBRP mentor, Dr. William Dantzler.

Serrano participated in UBRP in the summer of 1997, after his freshman year at the UA. He started his research in Dantzler’s lab, where he ended up staying until he graduated.

“UBRP was probably the single extra-academic experience … that got me to where I am today,” Serrano said.

Serrano continued to conduct research after graduating from the UA in 2000, and he now looks at disparities in kidney and liver transplantations within different minority groups, especially the Hispanic population, which he spoke about during his speech. “[I noticed] the disproportionately lower rates of Hispanic patients that were being transplanted,” Serrano said. He also said he noticed disproportion in many other racial or sexual minority groups.

Serrano, who was born in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, said he and his team perform “outcomes research,” where they analyze “large registry data” to come to specific conclusions.

“This research is important because … anytime you have any disparity in any group,” Serrano said, “you’re not only

going to provide a lower standard of care for that group, but also if people aren’t treated adequately, they tend to develop diseases that are sequelae [or in consequence] of the lack of treatment.”

After the speech, UBRP students presented their research in one of two poster sessions, with students whose posters were given odd numbers presenting first from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and those with even-numbered posters presenting from 12:30-2 p.m. Food was provided throughout the presentations in the Slot Canyon Cafe.

Although all research was centered around biology, topics ranged widely, from genetics to plant growth to speech, language, and hearing sciences.

The UBRP Conference also partnered with other campus programs to put on different biology-themed presentations.

The other displays included a live experiment called “Science in Color” put on by the UA Biochemistry Club, a shark anatomy demonstration and an art exhibit titled “Symbiosis,” which showcased biological art by UA students, faculty and staff and members of the Tucson community.

The conference came to a close with an awards ceremony, with Cesar Medina winning the Outstanding UBRP Graduate Student Mentor of the Year award and Dr. Jennifer Bea winning the Outstanding Faculty Mentor award.

Door prizes were also provided by UA BookStores, Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, Antigone Books, Arizona Athletics, the Botanical Gardens, the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, the KXCI radio station and Chocolate Iguana.

For those interested in UBRP, applications are accepted until Feb. 1 at 5 p.m. For more information on the program or how to apply, visit their website.

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OPINIONS | STAYIN UP

Perfectionism and sleep: Young people, please go to bed

BY KAYLEIGH COOK @kayleig17913589

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ccording to Abraham Maslow, a psychologist from the mid-20th century who created the well-known hierarchy of needs, sleep is one of mankind’s basic needs and is on the same level as food, water and shelter — three things widely recognized as necessary for human survival. With the history of sleep being so positive, given that sleep is scientifically proven to be necessary, it is surprising that sleep has slowly twisted into something for humankind to escape.

According to a study conducted by Harvard Medical school in 2008, sleep is notably linked to the process of learning and is instrumental to that process. In the study, the “three learning processes,” or the three different steps the brain takes to “learn” something, are defined as acquisition, consolidation and recall.

The study referenced an earlier study from 2001 that found only 11% of American college students sleep well, with 73% admitting to “at least occasional sleep issues,” which means

most students are not only not feeling rested, but most likely are not learning and recalling what they were taught in class. And class, of course, is one of the main reasons college exists.

So what causes recent generations to skip out on sleep?

In my opinion, the answer is perfectionism.

Millennials and Generation Z live in a culture that expects them to work tirelessly to achieve the same things Generation X and Baby Boomers did. Not only is the traditional family model outdated and arbitrary, but in an increasingly competitive world, it may be impossible for Millennials and Generation Z to achieve some of these things and be financially stable and happy, leaving them to work toward a goal that is unfeasible. Combined with the pressures from families and society to fix all of the messes older generations have made, it’s no wonder that recent generations have fallen victim to the perfectionism bug.

According to Psychology Today, being a perfectionist means a person has excessive expectations of themselves and their work, and they end up being overly critical of everything they produce. According to the same article, perfectionism has “increased substantially among young people in the last 30 years.” If this personality trait develops, it is likely to be coupled that anxiety, depression and insomnia,

factors that are all detrimental to success.

Now, to bring that all back to the sleep factor, insomnia can cause its own range of problems, including weight gain, lowered immune system and, much like perfectionism, depression, anxiety and lowered academic success.

Crazy, right? I cannot emphasize enough how important sleep is to a person’s well-being, especially a college student pushing through tough classes. With perfectionism being so prevalent in today’s society and only 11% of students getting the right amount of sleep, sleep deprivation is becoming normalized among young people, something I personally call the “all-nighter” phenomenon. Through my high school and college experience, pulling an allnighter is something every student has done and it’s seen as a joke or even a positive thing. In the pursuit of the perfect test score, the perfect project, the perfect presentation, students chug caffeine or even take amphetamines to work through the night and skip out on their beauty rest. They then come to class the next day, bragging to their friends about the all-nighter they just pulled so they can be applauded for their commitment and work ethic. This is extremely problematic in terms of young people’s mental health and perception of what is and isn’t healthy.

If losing sleep negatively affects the brain’s

learning processes, those times when we pull all-nighters are examples of us winning battles but ultimately losing the war of achievement and learning in college. School isn’t only about grades; it’s about gaining knowledge and growing as a person from what you’ve learned. On a more important level, sleep is essential for your body’s everyday functions and needs to be treated as such. Next time your friend tells you they’ve pulled an allnighter, tell them to treat themselves with more love and to get some sleep. Next time you have a big test, work on your time management skills and do a little studying every day for a week, get some sleep and crush your test while not feeling fatigued with a massive headache. We’ve done wonders in terms of making sure we’re adequately hydrated, and now it’s time to crush the incessant need for perfection and go to bed.

— Kayleigh Cook is a freshman majoring in philosophy, politics, economics and law (PPEL)

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his phone on the side of a UA sorority house.

On Jan. 8, a UAPD officer was conducting security checks on First Street when he spotted a man sleeping on the side of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house and charging his phone in an electrical outlet on the outside of the house. The officer woke the man, who was confused of his whereabouts, informing the officer that he was “on probation” and had a “mandatory class” inside the building, in reference to the sorority house.

Another officer arrived to assist, which is when the man had identified himself and they were able to run his name through the system. The records showed that the man had two outstanding warrants, a misdemeanor arrest warrant through the Tucson Police Department and a non-extraditable felony warrant for kidnapping.

The misdemeanor warrant was confirmed by TPD, and the man was arrested. Upon arresting the man, he was searched and drug paraphernalia was found on him.

He was charged with possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia along with the outstanding warrant and also issued a warning for theft of services and loitering. He was booked at Pima County Jail.

cartel connections Athletics Department Where fraudulant transactions were made on university-issued cards.

A lot of the reports made to University of Arzona Police Department involve fraud on university cards and accounts, but one particular charge made to a university card raised eyebrows.

An Arizona Athletics Department staff member reported fraudulent charges on his university-issued card to UAPD. The card had last been used to purchase pizza for the Arizona men’s basketball team in San Francisco, but two charges had been attempted at United Dairy Farmers in the amounts of $1.00 and $56.78.

The staff member informed UAPD that he keeps his card in his wallet at all times and still had it. There were no suspects in the case, but the card was canceled and he was issued a new one.

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Alpha Chi Omega Where a man with warrants for his arrest was found and arrested.

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We all know what it’s like to have your phone die with no way to charge it. We’ve all resorted to some desperate way of charging our phones, like one man who was found charging

Student Union Memorial Center Where

Student Union Memorial Center Where a series of threatening emails were sent to faculty members.

Students often have their grievances with the administration; everyone has had one problem or another with some way that those in power handled a particular situation. While most students mope and moan about their anger toward these situations, one particular student took it to a whole new level.

On Jan. 9, the UAPD forwarded a chain of emails sent from a student to other students and staff of the university. The email was forwarded by a faculty member to the assistant Dean of Students Veda Kowalski, who then forwarded it to TPD. The emails stated her grievances with the university, which alleged that she had been “mistreated by the staff” and was requesting a withdrawal and full refund from the UA. The email that had caused particular concern to Kowalski was one directed toward a university faculty member that was threatening in nature, with the student stating she had contacts in the cartel and was going to send the cartel after this staff member. That email also contained multiple racial remarks against the staff member.

The officer spoke to Kowalski about the situation. Kowalski said she was going to contact the student and the Office of the Registrar to review the student’s requests. The officer also attempted contact with the staff member the threatening email was directed to with no response and also the staff member that had forwarded the emails to Kowalski.

just thirsty In Arizona it’s very important we stay hydrated. It’s easy to become thirsty when you’re outside in the climate we live in. Getting a drink of water isn’t a big deal to most of us, but it may not be the best idea when you’re a criminal who isn’t supposed to be on university property.

Officers conducted an area check of the bike racks by the Sixth Street garage on Jan. 9 when they noticed a man talking on his cell phone while straddling a bike. He got off his phone and was staring a little too long for the officers’ comfort at the bike racks, so they decided to ask if they could speak to him.

He mumbled something and fled from them, to which the officers pursued him and conducted a traffic stop.

When they finally were able to stop the man and asked why he had fled, he said he thought they were “messing with him.”

When they questioned him further he stated that he “was on campus to drink some water and did not want any trouble” while also denying suspiciously checking out the bikes.

The officers performed a wants and warrants check on his name and found he had misdemeanor warrants out from TPD and the Marana Police Department, as well as having an active exclusionary order from all UA properties.

Along with this, they ran the serial number with dispatch to find that the bike he had been riding was a $3,000 bike that had been reported stolen. The man denied stealing the bike, saying he bought it from someone on OfferUp but was aware that it was an expensive bike. He was placed under arrest and searched, where they found drugs and drug paraphernalia in his bag. He was then transported to Pima County Jail.

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