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New computer lab opens this fall BY Rofida Khairalla
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University Information Technology Services joins forces with Arizona Student Unions and Student Affairs to boost technological resources available on campus. The Office of Student Computing Resources confirmed the construction of a new computer lab coming this fall at the Park Student Union. “One of our goals with the labs is to have the computing resources in places that are convenient for the students,” said Michele Norin, UA’s chief information officer and vice president for information technology. “It’s going to allow us to stand up a lab in the part of campus that we know gets a lot of foot traffic.” Construction of the lab comes after the Colonia de la Paz Residence Hall computer center was closed down to make room for THINK TANK. The location will replace the old gaming center in room 120. The new facility will feature 14 iMac computers with dual boot, meaning students can run either Mac or Windows operating systems. It will also include a WEPA print station. A lounge area will provide students with the opportunity to bring their personal computers and work alongside peers, said Walter Ries, the IT manager for OSCR. Modeled after the lab in Student Union Memorial Center on the lower level, PSU’s new addition is classified as an open lab, meaning that it cannot be reserved for
class purposes, but is open to all students. Other open labs across campus include the Multimedia Zone in the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center and inside the Student Recreation Center. “The strength of the lab in the Student Union is really the location,” Norin said. “We’re glad to have a computing facility in a place where the students are going to be.” Yet, unlike the other 10 computer centers on campus, this lab will feature a 24/7 Express staff member alongside an OSCR consultant. “The OSCR Consultant’s primary role is to take care of the lab and take care of the customers in the lab,” Ries said. “The 24/7 Express [staff member] is going to be more concerned with those things you normally call the 24/7 [IT Support Center] about, which includes personal computers or more network related things.” 24/7 Express, a branch of the 24/7 IT Support Center, will help students address network issues such as resetting passwords, configuring email and installing software. “The mission is to bring support as close to the student as possible,” said Peg Kearney, the IT manager for 24/7 IT Support Center. “We want them to have support at their fingertips where they need it, when they need it.” While Express is a more limited version of the 24/7 IT Support Center, the range of help it provides is not restricted to computers in the lab. According to Kearney, 24/7 Express personnel can also
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Students work in the OSCR lab in the Main Library on Tuesday, July 21. Park Student Union's OSCR computer lab will open Friday, August 21, during Party in the Park, which is part of Wildcat Welcome.
assist with email configuration and WiFi on personal devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. Success of OSCR computer labs, paid for through the Student IT fee, is monitored via usage data collected and periodic student surveys, Norin noted. “Technology is a critical component to an educational experience,” Norin said. “In fact, it’s a critical component to our daily lives. It is important to have these resources available as an enabler for students to be successful in their educational experience and ultimately
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their career.” The lab is expected to open Friday, August 21, during Park Student Union’s Wildcat Welcome event, Party in the Park, which will run from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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A view from the ground floor of the new Environment and Natural Resources Phase 2 building on Monday, July 20. The building cost $75 million and will house school and departments such as the School of Geography and Development, the Institute of the Environment, the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Atmospheric Sciences, the Office of Arid Land Studies and some of the math department.
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Tobacco ban puts out unhealthy habits BY Samuel Gross
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Last year, the UA announced its decision to ban all tobacco products on campus. Effective Aug. 25, 2014, the use of tobacco products was prohibited on the UA campus. “The University is dedicated to providing a healthy environment for those who participate in University activities,” the ban states. “In support of this goal, the University prohibits the use of products that contain tobacco or nicotine, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis, kreteks, hookahs, water pipes, and all forms of smokeless tobacco. Littering campus with remains of tobacco or smoking-related products also is prohibited.” This ban is effective on all university property and vehicles. For smokers and tobacco users who attend the UA, August 2014 meant the end of the road of using on campus. The only caveat to this ban is the exception of e-cigarettes, which are currently not prohibited, but are not permitted for use inside any building or within 25 feet of an entrance to a building—the same guidelines as the tobacco policy that was in place before the 2014 ban. While restrictions for the ban are clearly defined, the enforcement of the policy is not. “The way that [the tobacco ban] can be successful is actually to have members of the community hold each other accountable,” said Melissa Vito, senior vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. “It’s really a softer type of enforcement.” The tobacco ban was enacted with the intention of promoting healthy behaviors rather than starting an anti-tobacco punishment program. The UA conferred with universities that have similar tobacco policies, and Arizona State University noted the softer enforcement has been effective. “You don’t have your campus police out there with a fire hose putting somebody’s cigarette out,” Vito said. “That’s not the way you actually promote healthy behavior on campus.” Sona Shahbazian, co-director of the Student Health Advocacy Committee said it’s not about punishing students. Not everyone agrees with these relaxed consequences. Fahad Alenezi, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering, believes that the administration should stand stronger behind the ban.
“There aren’t any consequences,” Alenzi said. “The administration doesn’t care. Even though I’m a smoker I think there should be consequences. It’s bad for the environment and there could be people around with a [health] condition.” Aaron Brussels, co-director of SHAC, echoed Vito’s points that the tobacco ban is intended to be a healthy behavior advocacy campaign rather than an enforced ban. “It’s more about changing the culture about smoking on campus,” Brussels said. “With each incoming class we’re going to have a new cohort of students that come to the UA understanding that it is a smokeand tobacco-free environment. Four years from the ban, we’re going to have almost an entire student body—at least undergraduate—that have known the UA as tobacco-free the entire time.” There are possible changes in the future for the tobacco ban. Specifically, the ban will be more aggressively and widely advocated around campus. Signage in areas frequented by smokers will increase, and SHAC has reached out to various departments asking for the tobaccofree initiative to be included in their campus policies. The exception of e-cigarettes from the policy is also being re-examined. E-cigarettes were originally exempt due to a lack of knowledge of their effects on health and a strong mix of opinions from students and experts who were both for and against including them in the ban. After more health-related information about e-cigarettes is published, their exemption will be revisited. “If I look around campus, I rarely see people smoking," Vito said. "Is it less than it was two or three years ago? I can’t really tell you that. We haven’t done any additional research to be able to quantifiably say, ‘Yes, I know it’s working.’ But I do know that you don’t see a lot of smoking on campus.” According to Brussels, SHAC is in the process of compiling concrete data to determine the effectiveness of the ban. For those interested in reading more about the tobacco ban or looking for resources regarding tobacco-safety, visit the university’s website at tobaccofree.arizona.edu.
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The campus-wide tobacco ban went into effect Aug. 24, 2014, prohibiting all tobacco-related products on campus including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis, kreteks, hookahs, water pipes and all forms of smokeless tobacco. Electronic cigarettes are the only exception under the ban's guidelines.
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Protesters stand up against hate Crowds marched through the university area bearing signs and flags in support of religious tolerance during the Stand Up Against Hate protest BY Samuel Gross
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The Stand Up Against Hate protest rallied in support of the local Muslim community to square off against “hatred, bigotry, islamophobia and xenophobia” on the corner of Speedway Boulevard and Euclid Avenue on Saturday, July 18. An anti-Muslim rally slated to occur the same afternoon in front of the Islamic Center of Tucson sparked the protest. The rally, called the Let Freedom Ring Free Speech Coalition, was canceled the day before the event for reasons unclear. A similar anti-Muslim rally was held outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix on May 29. AntiMuslim protesters arrived outside the Phoenix mosque with firearms and held a Mohammed drawing contest a few blocks away at Washington Park. Despite the cancellation of the antiMuslim rally, the Tucson Muslim community was worried protestors would still come, and that the events of Phoenix would be repeated in Tucson. “I don’t care what religion a person is, what your politics are, who you are—we have to speak out against all forms of hatred, bigotry and hate-based violence,” said Sumayyah Dawud, the organizer of the Stand Up Against Hate protest. Roughly 80 people lined the sidewalk along Speedway Boulevard—some holding signs, some standing peacefully and others covering their faces with bandannas. Overall, they were met with support by passersby. Cars honked, occupants waved and smiled, some gave a thumbsup. The phrase “Love always wins,” made popular by recent human rights movements, was frequently shouted from rolled-down windows. Occasionally, however, some drivers expressed negative responses, and a middle finger was raised. Slogans like “white power!” were shouted from a passing car—reminders of why these protesters gathered in the first place. “It’s okay to disagree with each other, and it’s okay to have differences,” said
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Sarah Murdoch, holding a sign and American flag, marches just ahead of Sumayyah Dawud, the organizer of the protest, dressed in black and blue and holding a phone, and other protesters in the black bloc on Euclid Avenue just north of University Boulevard on Saturday, July 18. The Stand Up Against Hate protest's goal was to support the Muslim community in its fight against hatred, bigotry, islamophobia and xenophobia.
Irfan Sheik, a member of the Tucson Muslim community. “Just because we differ in theology doesn’t mean we have to hate each other.” At about 5:30 p.m., protestors began to march down Speedway Boulevard toward the UA campus. They turned down Tyndall Avenue, past the Islamic Center of Tucson, and continued onto University Boulevard. Alongside protestors from the Muslim community walked individuals dressed in black with their faces concealed. This group, the Anti-Colonial Anarchist Bloc, had come to march in support of the Muslim community. Up to this point the march had largely stayed on the sidewalk, but once across Euclid Avenue, protestors poured into the street. Individuals dressed in black with hoods and black bandanas covering their faces spread a banner that read “Anti-Colonial Anarchist Bloc” across University Boulevard, blocking traffic. The small collection of Tucson Police Department cars following the group quickly increased, fanning out in front of and behind the march. A TPD
motorcycle officer came up beside the group and asked, “Where do you want to go?” Once TPD began escorting the group down University Boulevard, the remainder of the marchers followed suit and lined up behind the banner. Shortly after the TPD escort started, the marchers holding the banner began chanting; “How do you spell racism? Tucson PD!” This chant caused many of the protesters marching with the group to quickly disperse, but the banner and a smaller group of marchers continued on to Fourth Avenue. “A lot of people just left,” said Brandon Knight, a member of the Muslim community. “I don’t know if they [the Anti-Colonial Anarchist Bloc] already had their protest set, and it just happened to coincide.” The Anti-Colonial Anarchist Bloc had planned on joining the Muslim community in their protest on Saturday, but once the march began, their role shifted quickly from that of a supporting one to a primary one. “Obviously the dynamics have changed because a lot of people [from
the Muslim community] didn’t show up,” Dawud said, referring to the marching and chanting Anarchist Bloc. “Now we’re two different groups meeting.” The march eventually ended on Congress Street in front of the Ronstadt Transportation Center. The Islamic Center of Tucson, closed during the hours of the Saturday protest, held their own peace gathering Sunday night. While not directly addressing the Let Freedom Ring Rally, the center’s gathering was an open invitation to all those “vested in peace” with the intention of denouncing terrorism, hate and xenophobia.
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Geographic information systems analyst Tawny Lochner prepares a computer for the upcoming school year in the new the Environment and Natural Resources Phase 2 building on Tuesday, July 21. Faculty and staff from various UA departments and schools have already begun moving into the building.
Move-in begins at UA's newest building BY Matthew Rein
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There is the old saying “you get what you pay for,” and this certainly applies to the UA’s newest building housed on Sixth Street. For the cost of $75 million, the Environment and Natural Resources Phase 2 building will be the most modern and environmentally conservative building on campus. As of this past week, departments began moving in and preparing for the new school year. The School of Geography and Development, the Institute of the Environment, the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Atmospheric Sciences, the Office of Arid Land Studies and some of the math department will now call ENR2 their new home on campus. The building’s design was inspired by the American Southwest’s desert landscape, influencing its outward features to resemble the curvature of slot canyons. The slot canyon-inspired structure will provide shade in the outdoors and reduce the amount of heat absorbed by indoor areas, therefore reducing the energy spent on cooling. An enormous focus was placed on shaping ENR2 into a sustainable, environmentally friendly education space. Many features throughout the building
support a sustainable design. “One of my favorite features is the 55,000-gallon tank under the building, which collects and harvests rainwater,” said Diana Liverman, co-director of the Institute of the Environment. “This water is then used for irrigation.” Beside environmentally friendly features, Liverman explained that the Institute of the Environment also commissioned a local artist to create small steel cutouts of animals native to Southern Arizona. “If you look throughout the floor of the building, you will find these steel cutouts of animals, including rattlesnakes, scorpions, birds and many more,” Liverman noted. She added that about 5,000 students will attend classes in ENR2 each day. The highlight of the building’s educational sector, according to Liverman, is the new 600-seat lecture hall that will be home to courses like Introduction to Oceanography. According to the UA’s Planning, Design and Construction website, construction on the 150,000-square-foot building began in 2013, and the grand opening will take place on Monday, Sept. 10.
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Free rides for streetcar's first b-day BY Rofida Khairalla
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Saturday, July 25, marks one year of smooth, air-conditioned transportation for the Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar. To celebrate the first anniversary, Sun Link will offer free rides to all passengers. Kandi Young, the director of marketing and communications for Sun Tran, noted that the event will serve both to thank the community and encourage more people to try out the streetcar. Along with free rides, the celebratory event will also include a live vocalist performance by Crystal Stark onboard one of the streetcars. The streetcar has become a popular mode of transportation for the Tucson community, having reached its millionth-rider milestone on May 21. “We’re pleased that ridership has exceeded what we expected it to be and that the community seems to be really utilizing the service that launched last year,” Young said. “I think it’s been a good first year and we look forward to what ridership is to come in the future.” Public concerns were raised about potential safety hazards as well as the practical usefulness of the streetcar when construction of the railway began in the summer of 2012. Yet, three years later, with the streetcar fully functioning, Sun Link officials report that such anxieties have decreased. “We’re very committed to putting together different educational programs, talking about safety and how to walk, bicycle and drive along [the] streetcar line,” said Shellie Ginn, the streetcar’s project manager. The educational program Ginn cites can be found on Sun Link’s website, under the tab “Street Smart Tips,” which provides instructional videos for how cyclists, motorists and even pedestrians can safely maneuver around the streetcar. Among Tucsonans the streetcar is also becoming well-known for helping revive the downtown area. “Since the streetcar has been in service we have a much different downtown, a more vibrant downtown,” said Michael Graham, public information officer for the city of Tucson’s Department of Transportation. “With the streetcar and student housing downtown, many new businesses have opened up, and it’s been an economic boom.” Sun Link estimates that the streetcar has helped to create 1,500 long-term jobs in the area.
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Bill Gibellino, center, looks out the window as he rides the Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar down Fourth Avenue from the University Boulevard and Tyndall Avenue stop to the Congress Street and Sixth Avenue stop on Monday, July 20. Gibellino rides the streetcar almost every day and feels that it "runs better than buses do."
The Sun Link route, which runs every ten minutes between the hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, passes through five districts, including the Mercado district, the Fourth Avenue business district and Main Gate Square. “It’s another mode [of] transportation,” Ginn said. “It helps brings cars off the road and passengers onto a vehicle that uses clean energy.” UA’s Parking and Transportation Services also works to make the streetcar more accessible to students and faculty. “By our department subsidizing transit passes we encourage the community to try any sort of alternate transportation, including trying the modern streetcar,” said Florence Dei Ochoa, the marketing and public information manager for PTS.
According to the PTS website, an annual pass that normally would be purchased at $413 is available to students at half the cost. For full-time UA students and staff, a free 14-day pass will also be available to those who sign up for the GO Tucson Mobile Ticketing app, Dei Ochoa noted. “[The streetcar] is now part of the tapestry of our downtown and how we think about Tucson,” Ginn said, “and that’s just a wonderful thing.”
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Bear down at
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A BEAR peeks out of a wooden den at Bearizona Wildlife Park on Saturday, July 4. Bearizona has three different bear exhibits that hosts bears of all ages.
As Tucson blazes headlong into that sweaty mess we call July, both animal and human residents are taking shelter from the extreme sun. For those looking to escape the heat and travel up north, perched in the cool mountains of Northern Arizona, the Bearizona Wildlife Park has an abundance of animals and welcomes visitors to intimately meet them. I took a four-hour journey and visited Bearizona during the July Fourth weekend, and in some ways it was the most American holiday experience. As we drove under the craggy, wolfinfested arch that marks the entrance to the park, we were greeted by smiling attendants wearing American flag regalia. I realized I was in for a treat when, upon second glance, I noticed there were no stars on their stylized American flag shirts, but instead white bears . After paying admission we followed a trail of cars to the first exhibit. Bearizona is mostly a drive-thru experience. While this may be offputting for some, Bearizona’s animal inhabitants are desensitized to the traffic and get incredibly close to your vehicle. This leads to some intense moments, like mountain goats trying to open your passenger door or American bison napping in front of your car. Animals are separated by cattle guards into sprawling exhibits, and your journey through is self-paced. The drive-thru nature of the park can have its downsides. It is nearly impossible to pass a car on the road, which means you can get stuck behind a large vehicle that blocks your view or drives at a frustratingly slow clip. You might also feel pressured to drive faster through your favorite exhibits because a line of cars is behind you. You can drive through the trail as many times as you’d like, but it may be difficult to stay in most of the exhibits for long because you will be blocking traffic. After winding turns featuring
roaming black bears and snoozing arctic wolves, I found myself outside the wooden walls of Fort Bearizona. The fort is the first time you are able to exit your car during a trip to Bearizona, and the parking lot was nearly full during this holiday weekend. The fort features restaurants, gift shops and other animal attractions, and serves as a starting point for the Wild Ride Bus Tour. The tour goes on the same route that you previously drove through, but is led by Bearizona staff who explain the history of the park and some details about the different animals. The bus is great for photographers, as it periodically stops in the exhibits to refill the animals’ food bowls. Fort Bearizona is also home to a bird of prey show and keeper talks where visitors can learn more about the animals and the conservation efforts of the park. The most popular attraction at Fort Bearizona is the bear cub exhibit. If you do not see the cubs playing or lounging in the exhibit, they might be perched up high in a tree. The cubs are accomplished painters and their pawdrawn work is available for purchase in the gift shop. “It’s really fun to see wildlife—like bears—this close,” said Simon Cobb, a Phoenix resident visiting the park with his family. If you plan to visit Bearizona’s 30plus species of animals, make sure not to roll up in your new sports car. Animals have been known to damage cars, and the wolves in particular are very attracted to the mud flaps behind your tires. Bearizona is a great side trip if you are visiting the Grand Canyon, but you could easily spend a day there if you drive through the park a few times and take in all the exhibits. Bearizona is open all week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $20 per adult, and annual passes are available.
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VISITORS SNAP PHOTOS of wandering bears on the Wild Ride Bus Tour at Bearizona Wildlife Park on Saturday, July 4. Over 200,000 visitors have been through the park since its opening in May 2010.
The bus is great for photographers, as it periodically stops in the exhibits to refill the animals’ food bowls.
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Sonoita Vineyards throws HarvestFest The July 25-26 weekend marks the beginning of grape-harvesting season for Arizona wineries. Sonoita Vineyards invites Tucsonans to celebrate with a weekend of merrymaking BY sarah pelfini
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As we approach the middle of summer, Sonoita Vineyards, Arizona’s first winery, kicks off grape-harvesting season with their annual HarvestFest on July 25 and 26. Sonoita Vineyards hosts the weekend filled with grape stomping contests, wine tasting, vineyard tours, wagon rides and live music every year to celebrate with the Tucson community. “It is always nice to see everybody come together and a have a little fun before harvest begins,” said Lori Reynolds, winemaker and granddaughter of the winery's founder. The stretches of vibrant grasslands, mountains along the horizon and rich soil resembling that of vineyards in Burgundy, France—one of the most influential regions in the world of wine—makes Sonoita the perfect getaway from the summer heat. According to Reynolds, grape harvesting typically takes place between August and September in Arizona. “We get up before the sun comes up, prepare the tools, the pruning shears and prep all the water trucks, and bring enough water to drink and start the day the minute the sun comes up,” Reynolds said. “We start picking, and we don’t finish until everything has been picked and pruned. From there, we start destemming
and crushing the grapes, and begin the fermentation process.” Reynolds also added that the harvesters enjoy a festive party before grape harvesting season begins. The crew members have to be up for about 36 hours harvesting grapes, and to prepare themselves for the long period of work the winery hosts a grape-stomping event, during which staff revels in the physically intensive process of making the wine. “I get super excited every year for the grapestomping event,” Reynolds said. “It is always nice to see everybody come together and a have a little fun before harvest begins.” HarvestFest allows people to celebrate their love of wine while learning more about the harvesting process. UA linguistics researcher Lourdes Curacao was raised in a family with a strong tradition of wine tasting, and said she appreciates Arizona’s winemaking ingenuity. “My family is from Quebec, so we grew up with wine, and it has always been a large part of our culture,” Curacao said. “We would always drink wine with our daily meals, and it was always part of our upbringing to learn and understand what wine to choose and how to pair it with different foods to enhance the flavors of the wine and really how to appreciate it and not abuse it.” As an avid wine taster, Curacao enjoys learning about how different wines are produced in the desert.
Reynolds explained that Sonoita Vineyard grows a variety of Spanish and French grapes that produce an assortment of wines such as sauvignon blanc, merlot and pinot noir. “We grow French varieties and Spanish varieties, which are the two predominate types of wine grown here in Arizona, but a lot of wineries in Arizona are branching and trying new things,” Reynolds said. After months of working with the kitchen at Sonoita Vineyards, Reynolds is eager to share a range of wine and food parings for both wine connoisseurs and newcomers. She said she hopes to give people an insider’s view into what she does as a winemaker everyday, while providing people with an entirely new experience. “Wineries in Arizona really offer a different taste of wine for people, which is really exciting,” Curacao said. “I’ve been all over the world, and I haven’t found a place that’s anything like Tucson, and I feel like the wines here capture the funky, quirky thing that is going on.” The HarvestFest event is located at 290 Elgin-Canelo Road in Elgin, Ariz., and is only open to those 21 and older. This year’s festival will include a VIP tent, which will give winery goers access to a wine bar, massages, an afterhours party and winemaking tours. Tickets cost $20 for regular admission, and $55 for VIP admission.
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Wine enthusiasts enjoy Sonoita Vineyard's 2008 Sangiovese table wine. Sonoita Vineyards will host their annual HarvestFest on Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26.
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The Monsanto Years revives the Young family BY christianna silva
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Neil Young has been utilizing his musical platform as a political call to action for over 55 years. It comes as no surprise that once the 69-year-old singer-songwriter heard about GMOs, he released an album of nine songs highlighting the problems with Monsanto, Starbucks, Walmart, Safeway, GMOs and corporations in general. On The Monsanto Years, Young paired up with Promise of the Real, a “cowboy hippie surf rock” band led by Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson. The album also features Willie Nelson’s son Micah Nelson as an honorary member. The pairing isn’t as successful as Young’s pairing with Crazy Horse, but it isn’t a complete loss either. The album starts out with “A New Day for Love” and “Wolf Moon,” two songs you’d
expect to hear from Young and a relative of Willie Nelson—just some chill, old-school rock tunes to listen to in your smoke circle. The album takes a turn on its fourth song, “Big Box,” and the lyrics become consistent with an angry freshman political science major commenting on a YouTube video. While this would certainly cause the lonely freshman to lose a few Facebook friends, time has shown that this kind of angry political rant works in Young’s favor. Lyrics like “Corporations have feelings, corporations have soul/ That’s why they’re like people just harder to control,” are evocative of Young’s past songs and bureaucratic antagonism. His best albums come from pure, unadulterated political anger—where Young’s lyrics succeed the most. He didn’t overthink it; he heard about Monsanto, he got pissed and he recorded a pretty good album as a result. The rest of the album sticks primarily with
the same theme as “Big Box” and begs its listeners to shop local. It calls out Safeway, Starbucks and Walmart for their use and sale of GMO products and the consequential death of natural food and family farmers. The Monsanto Years was primarily recorded live and the instrumentals help to support the overall message and tone of the album. The rugged and tenuous guitar of Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson makes a solid connection with the rugged lyrics and tenuous vocals of Young. The combination of Young’s tendency toward softer, classic rock and Promise of the Real adding in a flare of their own sub-genre of rock is reminiscent of Vietnam-era protest songs. There is a little bit of disconnect between the musicians, but that rough-and-tough sound is kind of the point of the album. Slightly out of balance and raw is a defining aspect of all that is natural: what this album is trying to depict. The Monsanto Years won’t go down in history
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merica has a problem with political correctness: idiots mistake legitimate injustice for “race-baiting,” an act that uses racial terminology or verbiage with the goal to incite and subsequently detract from conversations about race. Two weeks ago there was a Change.org petition calling the restaurant Cracker Barrel to change its name to “Caucasian Barrel” because the innocuous home-cooking joint is an affront to rich, white heritage. The petitioner has since noted that it is satire, though it remains a reminder that we are not post-racial and that morons still think that race-baiting is a thing. Ryan Koch of Des Moines, Iowa, thinks we, as a nation, need to take a chill pill. “I started this satirical petition in lieu of constant media reports of various groups and organizations constantly wanting to change things throughout the country because they claim they are offended,” he wrote in a press release last week after some confusion about the intent of the petition. Why are people so offended across the
nation? Is it because when their churches are “Oh just calm down everyone. Can’t you take a shot up and burned by someone of a different joke?” or label someone calling attention to an issue a racist themselves. race it is a product of mental illness and not domestic terrorism or a hate crime? Koch “THE TERM POST-RACIAL is almost never used in earnest,” said Ta-Nehisi Coates in embodies privilege by determining who is actually offended and who is a recent post for The Atlantic. “Instead it’s usually employed by “claiming to be offended.” Koch talk-show hosts and news anchors According to Koch, “the embodies petition was meant to shed light privilege by looking to measure progress in the Obama era.” on how ridiculous all of the determining political correctness currently Coates continues, “We should who is actually seek not a world where the black going on in the country is, offended and who race and the white race live in and how we should focus is 'claiming to be on real issues such as crime, harmony, but a world in which the terms black and white have no real unemployment, veteran suicide offended.' and corrupt politics rather than political meaning.” In the meantime, we need to aggressively cater to everyone who feels they need to be dichotomize them instead of focusing on offended.” falsely inclusive movements (#AllLivesMatter His justification is an easy defense of his vs. #BlackLivesMatter.) Being colorblind half-baked petition, in which he refuses to is detrimental to the cause of mitigating acknowledge that problems such as crime, racial disparity because it ignores legitimate unemployment and corrupt politics are all differences. deeply linked to constructed racial, social DeRay McKesson, a Twitter activist who and economic barriers. It is no secret that closely follows racial injustice nationwide, has predominantly conservative, white Americans become a twitter pariah for having the audacity have long thought that any attempt to address to call attention to such injustice. Ian Tuttle of racial disparities is race-baiting. White Americans have no interest in shaking the National Review disagrees with McKesson and again points the finger, stigmatizing any up the power dynamics that have ruled this dialogue that threatens his whiteness. nation for centuries, so it’s very easy to say,
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“[McKesson] has shown an unsurpassed ability to force every injustice, historical and contemporary, real and perceived, into a single framework: ‘Whiteness’ is wicked, ‘blackness’ is ‘beautiful,’” Tuttle wrote. Tuttle isn’t the first to do so, either. For a while the hashtag #GoHomeDeRay was trending as people upset about his presence demanded he leave Charleston, S.C., after the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Espiscopal Church. In the midst of more police violence and increased tweeting, he did not back down or succumb to the demands of Twitter trolls, but instead persevered to shine a light on disparity. Like Tuttle and the people behind #GoHomeDeray, Koch similarly negates active dialogue by disregarding obvious pain. Koch’s petition is not productive; it is a fearful evasion of truthful dialogue. Satire or not, it is an unnecessary statement that enforces a system of privilege and further confuses. We are not post-racial, and we can’t be if people don’t acknowledge that hurt comes from a place of degradation and not vengeance.
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here is perhaps no work of American literature more beloved than Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”—the film adaptation being equally well-regarded. The book appears on All-TIME 100 Novels, and the film is No. 25 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films. Atticus Finch, the novel’s secondary protagonist, appears as No. 1 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Heroes. Imagine, then, the fan outrage as Lee’s previously unreleased work, “Go Set a Watchman,” debuted July 13 and revealed that Atticus himself is, and was, actually a bigot. The Atticus of this novel, previously known for such profound quotes as, “Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of another,” now
current predicament. Take the character says things like, “The Negroes down here are of Batman, who last year celebrated the still in their childhood as a people.” Yikes. So 75th anniversary of his first appearance in how do fans reconcile this sharp contrast? a comic book. With such a long fictional Well, one way is to deny the canon status of history, the character has endured countless “Watchman” altogether. permutations across not only comics, but also In truth, the work is not even meant as film, television and video games. a direct follow-up to Mockingbird, though Inevitably, some of these portrayals strike it has been marketed as such. The new as … less than ideal. (Looking novel was actually written 'Watchman' fans at you, Batman and Robin.) To pre-Mockingbird and was is truly more that end, comic book purists have essentially Lee’s first attempt of a 'what if?' developed the concept of “internal at writing her better-known work. When her editor tale—a look into an continuity,” or a personal narrative for a character in which only wellsuggested instead telling the alternate universe received stories are considered story of the trial only hinted at at what 'To Kill a canon. in “Watchman,” Lee switched In an article on movie franchise gears and left that draft behind. Mockingbird' almost continuity for IGN, comic book With this in mind, “Watchman” was and could writer Joey Esposito once wrote, is truly more of a “what if?” have been. “Continuity … has taken on a life tale—a look into an alternate of its own. Many readers desperately want the universe at what “To Kill a Mockingbird” elements of a universe … to line up perfectly. almost was and could have been. But they never will.” Speaking of alternate universes, the world So for Atticus Finch fans, perhaps the best of American superhero comic books has course of action is to view the racist Atticus much to offer Atticus Finch fans in their
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of “Watchman” as completely separate from the wise, old lawyer readers came to love in “Mockingbird.” Who’s to say what really did or didn’t happen in a fictional universe that exists only on a page, on a screen or in fans’ minds? As Esposito also wrote, “Continuity is rarely anything more than a distraction from good storytelling.” Of course, not all fans are troubled by the new developments present in “Go Set a Watchman.” Some view Atticus’s portrayal as realistic, considering his age and location within the context of the story. After all, how much political correctness can be reasonably expected from a 70-year-old white man in the Deep South? In a world full of moral grays, Lee is certainly justified in presenting a character who is equal parts hero and villain.
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Race in America A call to presidential platforms BY TANNER JEAN-LOUIS
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t a town hall meeting for liberal activists over the weekend in Phoenix , two Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley , were interrupted by demonstrators who challenged the candidates to directly address race in America. The leader of the demonstration, Tia Oso of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration , took the stage and delivered a speech. “We are going to hold this space,” Oso said. “We are going to acknowledge the names of black women who have died in police custody. And Governor O’Malley, we do have questions for you. ... As the leader of this nation, will you advance a racial justice agenda that will dismantle—not reform, not make progress—but will begin to dismantle structural racism in the United States?” While the tactic was certainly disruptive, it was also poignant and effective. The candidates, especially O’Malley, took the opportunity to address the space they felt racial inequality should take in their campaigns. As the 2016 presidential election heats up on the heels of a series of heavily publicized tragedies against African Americans and other people of color, race has been largely left out of the conversation. This is unacceptable. Race in America should be a foundation of each candidate’s platform, prominent in every major debate and a fixture of political polling. It is time that race became a central part of American politics, right alongside the economy, immigration, national security and other social issues such as equity for women and America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer population . Many saw President Barack Obama’s 2008 election as a sign America had finally become a post-racial society and racism was largely an issue of the past. There were others who were less naive and thought Obama’s presidency would propel civil rights and bring sweeping
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racial reform. The past seven years have proven both camps wrong. In the twilight of his presidency, Obama has taken a more direct approach to race, addressing issues such citizen and police violence against people of color, mass incarceration and calling for Americans to examine race beyond the surface level. But the president currently lacks the time and political capital to make the changes needed. In what many have been seen as an intentional effort by Obama to be “America’s president,” the commander in chief focused his early presidency on the economy and Afghanistan and later became a moderate champion for social causes such as environmentalism, gender equality and marriage equality. Until recently, he has largely ignored race. Many prominent black intellectuals, politicians, and activists have accused the first black president of failing a responsibility to black America bestowed by his identity. Being the nation’s first black president does not automatically entail a special responsibility to African Americans and other people of color, but being the president does. Every president should be “America’s president,” but that entails a special responsibility to those Americans who have been disenfranchised by a broken system. Any president who does not do so is only the president of the privileged and the powerful. As Oso said, it is the responsibility of each candidate to seek not to reform or improve structural racism in America, but to dismantle it. The 2016 election is so far dominated by white candidates who might have an easier time addressing race than Obama due to their natural distance. But this distance will also make it easier for them to avoid the divisive issue. In order to ensure that the next American president is really America’s president, we must hold them accountable, as Oso did, to what that truly means.
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Rich Rod snags 2016 recruits BY Ezra Amacher
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Arizona football had itself a winning Saturday this weekend, even if the season may still be over a month away. Rich Rodriguez and his staff landed five commitments in one day as a host of recruits visited Tucson. The headliner is Josh Allen, a fourstar defensive end who plays at Long Beach City College. At 6 feet 4 inches and 260 pounds, Allen is ranked as the ninth-best junior college player in the country and No. 1 at his position according to the recruiting website 247Sports.com. Allen, who had offers from ASU, Boise State and Louisville, among others, could conceivably come in and be a difference-maker from day one. Since the defensive line has not been Arizona’s strongest unit on the field, Allen’s commitment is all the more important. Two of Arizona’s five commitments on the day came from running backs. Tyliek Raynor pulled the trigger early Saturday afternoon, and JJ Taylor committed a few hours later. That means the UA now has four running back commitments in the
2016 class. Raynor, who plays for Imhotep Institute Charter High School in Philadelphia, is listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 185 pounds. Some of his other college offers include Temple, Wake Forest and West Virginia. With his size, Raynor will draw comparisons to Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona’s all-time leader in rushing yards and touchdowns. Like Carey, Raynor is labeled as a quick, shifty athlete who can get out of the backfield in a hurry. Taylor, Arizona’s second running back commit of the day, is even smaller than Raynor, as he’s listed at 5 feet 6 inches and 155 pounds according to 247Sports. Ranked as the No. 20 all-purpose back in the country, Taylor plays at powerhouse Centennial High School in Corona, Calif., where he will be expected to help carry the school to another state title this fall. Being such a small back, Taylor may have trouble adjusting to the physicality of the college level. Then again, his close-to-the-ground play could make up for his lack of size. Arizona picked up a commitment from another Southern California kid when wide receiver DeVaughn Cooper committed late Saturday.
Listed as a three-star athlete by 247Sports, the 5-foot-10 receiver goes to Narbonne High School in Harbor City, Calif., with another 2016 Arizona commit, running back Sean Riley. Cooper, who had an offer from Michigan on the table, becomes the first class of 2016 wide receiver to commit. With a 40-yard dash time of 4.61, he should be the next in a long line of speedy Arizona wide-outs. The final commitment of the day came from Gavin Robertson, a two-star safety out of Auburn Mountainview High School in Auburn, Wash. Robertson’s commitment is noteworthy given that Rodriguez and his staff rarely pull players from the Northwest. Arizona’s current roster features a total of five athletes from Washington and Oregon. With the five new commitments, Arizona now has 13 players’ verbals for the 2016 class. According to 247Sports, the Arizona class presently ranks 36th nationally and sixth in the Pac-12 Conference. Jesus Barrera/Arizona Summer Wildcat
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UA football coach Rich Rodriguez speaks with media after the spring scrimmage at Arizona Stadium on April 10. Rodriguez is going on his fourth season at Arizona.
Zeus to represent USA in Pan Am games BY Ezra Amacher
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If Arizona basketball wants to remain among the top teams in the nation this upcoming season, center Kaleb Tarczewski will have to carry the Wildcats in ways he hasn’t been required to in the past few years. That means greater consistency on the court for the seven-footer, who averaged over nine points and five assists last season. It also means taking on a leadership role in the locker room. The situation will be much different for Tarczewski when he suits up for the United States in the 2015 Pan American Games this week, but his time there could prove invaluable in a couple months. The Pan Am Games, which are held in Toronto, feature a men’s basketball tournament consisting of eight national teams including Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Play began Tuesday, July 21, when the U.S. took on Venezuela in group stage. Playing for the U.S., Tarczewski will be among the younger athletes going up against a host of accomplished college and pro players.
While the Pan Am Games are not as widely regarded as some other international events, a number of household names are taking part in men’s basketball. This list includes international guys like Anthony Bennett, Kyle Wiltjer and Jamal Murray—all playing for Canada—as well as a stocked U.S. team that features college stars Ron Baker from Wichita State, Malcolm Brodgen from Virginia and Romelo Trimble from Maryland. The U.S. also has a number of professional players on its team, including former Denver Nuggets player Anthony Randolph and former Sacramento Kings center/foward Ryan Hollins, who will likely be the team’s go-to big man. All of this is to say that Tarczewski will get to experience what it’s like competing with and against top talent on an international stage. In his first three seasons at Arizona, Tarczewski struggled at times in big-time matchups. Most notably, Wisconsin center Frank Kaminsky got the best of Tarczewski twice in back-to-back Elite Eight games. Now that Tarczewski is back for his senior year, he can put those games behind him
and possibly push Arizona over the hump to a Final Four. What Tarczewski does with the opportunity this week remains to be seen, but if nothing else the Pan Am Games present the big man a chance to face a level of capable opponents he wouldn’t otherwise see until the fall. While the U.S. faces a seemingly underwhelming body of competition in group stage, a gold medal game versus host Canada looms in the distance. If that final becomes a reality, Tarczewski will get to face aforementioned Wiltjer, Gonzaga’s 6-foot-10 big man. Wiltjer is more of an athletic powerforward than a face-up center, but the two college seniors could be asked to clash. Not only would the matchup provide some irony—Wiltjer’s head coach at Gonzaga, Mark Few, is coaching the U.S. team—but it could foretell what’s in store when Arizona faces Gonzaga in December. However Tarczewski fares these next few days, a lot of people in Tucson will surely be taking note. — Follow Ezra Amacher @EzraAmacher
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Arizona center Kaleb Tarczewski (35) puts away a basket during Arizona's 80-52 win against Oregon in the Pac-12 Tournament Championship in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 14. Tarczewski will be the only starter returning to the Wildcats next season.
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Arizona Summer Wildcat
Stanley Johnson The former Arizona forward was drafted No. 8 overall to the Detroit Pistons and was expected to accomplish big things in Motor City. Johnson earned his privilege to play in the NBA this summer after putting the Pistons Summer League squad on his shoulders. Johnson’s offensive style of play is easily compared to the likes of Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, and the defensive side of the ball can be compared to Metta World Peace. Johnson has a 6-foot-7, 245-pound frame with freak athleticism and an alpha dog attitude, so the comparison has weight. Johnson led the Pistons this summer with 16.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Johnson’s Summer League run was cut short after the Pistons lost their final game to the Miami Heat 91-68.
Brandon Ashley Ashley might be the most underrated Wildcat entering the NBA, even with T.J. McConnell who also went undrafted. Ashley originally committed to the Los Angeles Lakers Summer League squad, but instead bolted to Atlanta to play for the Hawks. It’s a possibility that Ashley went to the Hawks due to the Lakers trying to hit the lottery in free agency in their attempt to lure big men LaMarcus Aldridge and DeAndre Jordan. The Lakers didn’t acquire them and are now left playing small ball where Ashley could fit well. However, Ashley is going into an Atlanta organization that was playing for a spot in the NBA Finals last season. Ashley averaged 10.4 points along with 5.3 rebounds per game. Over the years, Arizona basketball has struggled from the free-throw line, but Ashley worked on his free-throw game as the Bay Area native had a 80 percent free-throw average. Ashley will look to contribute early for the Hawks. Look for him in the same role he was at Arizona.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Hollis-Jefferson was drafted No. 23 to the Portland Trail Blazers and probably had the greatest pants of all time in the NBA draft. The stars aligned for the red and black plaid pants after being drafted to Portland, however the Shim Reaper would eventually be traded to the Brooklyn Nets. Hollis-Jefferson makes the not list for not his overall performance in the NBA Summer League, but for his shooting percentage. Sure, Hollis-Jefferson averaged 11.2 points and 1.2 blocks per game in the Las Vegas portion of the Summer League, but he was shooting the ball 36.4 percent. On top of that, he’s shooting a free-throw percentage of 57.7 percent—so, in reality, the mid-range shot isn’t quite there. If Hollis-Jefferson wants to be a franchise player, then the jump shot must be tweaked.
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T.J. McConnell McConnell is arguably the most beloved Wildcat to step foot in McKale Center. McConnell is a Pittsburgh native, point guard and has a basketball-savvy mind. He’s the prototypical Sean Miller product, which is why he will go down as one of the greats to play for Miller, but now he’s with a totally different beast in the NBA. McConnell went undrafted to the Philadelphia 76ers, which could very well be the best fit considering it’s a team full of big men. McConnell didn’t have the breakthrough summer he had hoped for, only averaging 5.2 points per game and 3.3 assists. McConnell will fit like a glove in Philadelphia, but if he wants to bring up the ball every game in the city of brotherly love, the assist maestro must improve. Tyler Baker/Arizona Summer Wildcat
Pivotal season for Nick Foles in St. Louis BY Ivan Leonard
Arizona Daily Wildcat
It was all good just a year ago for former Wildcat quarterback Nick Foles when he was a darling in Philadelphia and an up-and-coming star in the NFL. After having an out-of-body season that included tying the NFL record for touchdowns in a game and breaking the record of touchdownto-interception ratio in 2013, Foles had a so-so 2014 season that earned a trade to St. Louis, and now he has the burden of leading the Rams to the playoffs for the first time since 2004. Along with rookie runningback Todd Gurley and receivers Tavon Austin and Jared Cook, Foles will try to
ignite a Rams offense that has been bottom 10 in yards and points for the last 10 years. Last season he led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 6-2 record before missing the remainder of the season with a concussion. Former Oregon coach Chip Kelly would then entrust former USC quarterback Mark Sanchez to keep them in contention, and they would flame out miserably and miss the playoffs. The Eagles then traded Foles to the Rams, his current team, and now he has the ability to prove he was not just a product of the system. Going from Philly to St. Louis most certainly will not be easy, as there is a major drop-off in his offensive supporting cast. In Philly, he had a great offensive line along with multiple pro-bowlers at
skill positions in runningbacks LeSean McCoy and Darren Sproles and wide receivers DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. Now he must rely on pedestrian receiving corps and an offensive line that frequently got quarterback Sam Bradford injured. Foles also has to play the tough defenses of Seattle, Arizona and San Francisco, so he has his work cut out for him. If he can thrive in this situation, it will show that he is a talented young quarterback in the league. What Foles does bring is a winning mentality, as he has won 14 of his last 18 starts. Despite his injury history, he also has been less plagued by injury than his replacement, Sam Bradford, who has only played two full seasons since 2010. When put in the proper position, like in 2013,
he tore the league apart in the second half of the season and came within a field goal of a playoff win. On a defensive team like St. Louis, his yardage will likely be reduced, so has to be more effective with limited opportunities. Foles may never return to his 2013 status, but in the NFC West he just needs to limit his mistakes to put the Rams in a position to improve from the six wins they had last year with Austin Davis and Shaun Davis at the helm. If Foles can have a Russell Wilson-like season throwing the ball, the Rams could reach over eight wins for the first time since 2004. — Follow Ivan Leonard @Ivan14bro