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News Sun Tran employees strike for wages and safety Editor: David McGlothlin news@wildcat.arizona.edu (520) 621-3193 twitter.com/dailywildcat

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Tucson public transportation users may experience delays in service as many Sun Tran employees abandon the wheel and take to the streets.

Union leaders organized a strike for Sun Tran bargaining unit employees, including drivers, mechanics and service island attendants, after the Teamsters Local Union 104 rejected the Sun Tran’s most recent contract offer.

Teamsters Local Union 104 has filed unfair labor practice charges against Professional Transportation Management Inc., and about 530 union members are picketing at the Ronstadt Transit Center.

The strike, which began Thursday, Aug. 6, is the result of several frustrations union workers have with Sun Tran.

“I think employees are fed up with [having] no money and no safety,” said Andrew Marshall, the principal executive officer for Teamsters Local Union 104.

The union cites a mold problem in a Sun Tran maintenance facility, faulty financial budgeting and safety concerns due to numerous assaults on bus drivers as reasons for the strike.

“We believe that [the strike] will absolutely have to result in the mold contamination of the north facility being finally and

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A Tucson resident boards the northbound Sun Tran at the intersection of University Boulevard and Euclid Avenue on Feb. 13. As of Aug. 6, Sun Tran drivers and mechanics have been on strike.

completely wiped out,” Marshall said. “For the health of the workers there, and also the health of the public, because that mold contamination has migrated onto some of the buses.”

However, the subject of wages is a significant factor behind the strike. While Sun Tran maintains

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that nearly half of coach operators receive an hourly pay of $19.22, the union claims that more could be done to raise pay.

In 2014 an independent audit of the company’s finances revealed that Sun Tran returned $2.2 million to the city during the years of 2013 and 2014, which Teamsters Local

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Union 104 argues was specifically allocated to raise wages.

Sun Tran officials disagree.

“The monies that they are referring to were specifically allocated for the expansion of service with [Regional Transportation Authority] money,” said Kandi Young, the director of

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marketing and communications for Sun Tran. “That service was not implemented, so the money that was allocated in the budget to implement the service could not be utilized for anything other than what it was budgeted for.”

Another issue that has union members concerned is safety.

Within the past 13 months there have been 22 assaults on Sun Tran bus drivers, including the stabbing of a driver. Sun Tran cites that assault charges also include being spat on and having a drink or pass thrown at bus operators.

Marshall noted that while Sun Tran has made attempts to ensure coach operators’ safety by conducting trainings and placing police officers on several routes, more measures need to be implemented.

As a result of the strike, many bus routes have been put on a limited weekday service between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Beginning Monday, Route 4 will join the list of seven other routes that have been affected. A complete list of the limited weekday service schedule can be found on Sun Tran’s website.

“At this point we are hoping that [negotiations] can resume very quickly and that a resolution can be made,” Young said.

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Merger improves hospital rankings at UA BY samuel gross

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The merger between Banner Health and the former University of Arizona Medical Center was established last February, and is listed as one of the best hospitals in the country.

A recent U.S. News & World Report of best hospitals in the nation ranks the Banner— University Medical Center Tucson in three different specialties.

Tom Dickson, chief executive officer for Banner—University Medical Center Tucson and South, can’t wholly credit Banner Health with the ranking despite the nonprofit’s significant capital investment, plans to build a new facility and renovation of current facilities.

He said the UMC always ranked highly on these lists, even before the merger.

This year’s rankings are largely a reflection of institutional quality at the former UMC. According to Dickson, the former UMC may have been strapped for cash and quickly becoming outdated, but its exceptional staff kept it among the nation’s elite.

“Honestly, I think the merger is just beginning to demonstrate the benefits,” Dickson said. “I’m not sure that I would say that anything that Banner [Health] has done since March is responsible for these results.”

Of the two ways to measure a hospital’s performance, clinical outcomes and patient

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The Banner—University Medical Center Tucson, located on Campbell Avenue and Adams Street on Aug. 8. Banner Health and the former University Medical Center Tucson officially announced its initiative on June 26, 2014.

experience, Dickson noted, “Banner takes the philosophy that both are important, both are critical, and it’s the patient-experience side that we’re really focusing on at this point.”

Dr. Mindy Fain, section chief of geriatrics and UMC staff member for 25 years, continues to work for the hospital since the merger.

Her department contributes to the center’s ranking nearly every year, including the most recent ranking.

“We’ve been ranked every year for a long, long time,” said Dr. Fain, referring to the geriatrics department. “Most of the time we were alone, just us [...] We actually have a long history of being the only [UMC department] on the U.S. News & World Report.”

Banner—University Medical Center’s geriatric department was ranked 38th in the nation this year, the highest ranking out of any Banner—University Medical Center specialty.

The hospital had two other specialties ranked: nephrology at 41st and pulmonology at 49th.

While the results have yet to become wholly apparent, Banner Health has stepped up to strengthen programs and departments that were already at an exceptional level.

Both Dr. Fain and Dickson echoed the same importance of continuing the best possible patient experience.

While significant changes are being made to the hospital itself, Juliana Lang, a first-year medical student at the Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix, hasn’t witnessed many results from the merger.

“As a first-year medical student, the merger doesn’t really affect us at the school,” she said.

“I think the effects are for rotations starting when a medical student is in their third year.”

Lang added that the dean of the school, Dr. Stuart Flynn, did mention there would be more focus on research, as well as focusing research in different directions.

More information about the merger can be found on the Banner—University Medical Center website at uahealth.com, and the hospital rankings are available in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2016 guidebook.

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With UA President Ann Weaver Hart

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University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart answered several questions via email. The UA’s 21st president took office in July 2012. In preparation for the upcoming fall semester, the Daily Wildcat discussed the UA’s past, present and future with President Hart.

Q: Where do you see [the] UA 10 years from now in terms of growth and evolution?

A: The University of Arizona will be at the forefront of creating a viable and dynamic new future for the land-grant university by: 1) growing slowly and thoughtfully in response to Arizona’s needs with a much larger proportion of overall learning taking place within alternative formats, such as online classes; 2) shaping the 21st century future within our land-grant mission to serve the citizens of the state of Arizona, our nation and the world by ensuring that knowledge contributes to the economic, social and cultural well-being of citizens, with particular responsibility for agriculture and the use of the land; 3) providing top-quality undergraduate education and top-flight residential experience: the UA was just named one of America’s top universities for undergraduate education by Princeton Review; 4) advancing our research eminence—the UA is a top 20 public university for research and member of the Association of American Universities—while continuing to provide

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Top 10 graduate programs in many fields; and 5) remaining at the highest levels of competition in university athletics with particular attention to the student-athlete and fan experiences, ethics, and sportsmanship while advancing new, financially sustainable models for collegiate athletics.

Q: What do you do in your free time to enjoy the summer months in Tucson?

A: We enjoy our own yard! I often find it a quiet (although very warm) place and enjoy the sunshine, climate and reading. It’s much like getting away without the hassle of travel.

We also love the monsoon, the Sonoran Desert, and the surrounding mountains.

Q: How have programs like Never Settle and the 100% Engagement initiative helped contribute to the expansion and success of the university?

A: The Never Settle academic and business plan is designed to enhance core aspects of our super land-grant identity, and student engagement is a critical priority.

The UA has never been a place for ivory towers. Instead, we are part of an institution that sees learning as a vital imperative to improve the world around us, which is why the UA is fostering an academic culture that can translate discoveries and insights into tangible benefits for the many communities we serve.

We are part of an institution that sees learning as a vital imperative to improve the world around us."

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ANN WEAVER HART, president of the University of Arizona, addresses the Black Life Matters Conference during the evening reception in the Student Union Memorial Center on Jan. 15, 2015.

Q: What is a common misconception about the UA? A: That the UA has “arrived” so that the highest levels of achievement are a foregone conclusion and easier for us than for others.

The University of Arizona is exceptional; [and] the University of Arizona is the place it is because of the incredible work and accomplishments of all the people who are a part of it! A university is not defined so much by what has happened in its past, but what happens every day. The continuing hard work and excellence of students, faculty and staff are the biggest part of our success.

Q: Why did you choose the position of UA president?

A: Few public universities exist in the United States where a leader can be at the head of a land-grant, top 20 public research university that is a member of the Association of American Universities, with two medical schools, and top-tier intercollegiate athletics as part of a comprehensive cultural and school spirit experience where the values of the university are highlighted and advanced.

The chance to be president of the University of Arizona presented this kind of opportunity for me. There may be as few as a dozen places like the UA in the whole country.

A: One of the biggest differences between the University of Arizona now and five years ago is the increased competition with other public, private and for-profit institutions in an environment of shrinking public resources that support the core mission of the university. Consequently, the university as a community must: 1) attend to the highest quality in all areas of endeavor; 2) flexibly and creatively innovate in learning, discovery, and knowledge development and translate knowledge into different ways of doing things in all aspects of human experience; 3) nurture the human spirit and creativity.

And all of this must happen with increasingly reduced proportion of our scarce resources available to expend in support [of ] the core activities of the university.

Q: Is there a message you wish to share with students before the fall semester starts?

A: Enjoy all that the University of Arizona has to offer during your time here. Hundreds of incredibly exciting areas for study, engagement and exploration are available here, and the university presents an opportunity that will not be available readily once you graduate.

Q: Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?

A: My office!

Q: What’s the biggest difference at [the] UA compared to five years ago?

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Recovery continues in Ferguson

BY KEVIN MCDERMOTT TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

FERGUSON, Mo. — Before last summer, Ferguson was just one more patch in the crowded quilt of towns that make up St. Louis County—a mixed-race, workingclass community of about 21,000 people on six square miles of unremarkable urban landscape northwest of St. Louis.

Today, to America and to the world, the word “Ferguson” means far more than that. The fury that ripped through the small city in the summer and fall of 2014 inaugurated a national debate about police tactics against African-Americans that continues a year later. Ferguson now dwells on an exclusive list of locales—Little Rock, Selma, Watts—that have lent their names to key chapters in the sprawling tale of race in America.

The story of how Ferguson went from a city to a symbol began with a midday confrontation between two people on a street. Exactly what happened between Michael Brown Jr. and Darren Wilson one

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MICHAEL BROWN SR. and his wife, Calvina Brown, are hugged by Trina Moorehead upon their arrival at the Flood Christian Church service that was held in a tent on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, in Country Club Hills, Mo. The church burned on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, after rioting broke out following the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown.

year ago Aug. 9 may be forever controversial. What resulted—an unarmed black man lying dead at the feet of a white police officer— provided a blueprint for outrage in other police-related deaths

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of unarmed black males in New York, Cleveland, Baltimore and South Carolina.

The Ferguson riots came in two waves: in Aug. 2014, immediately after the fatal shooting of Brown,

an 18-year-old African-American Ferguson resident, by Wilson, a 28-year-old white Ferguson police officer; and again in late Nov., after a grand jury declined to criminally charge Wilson in

Brown’s death.

All told, it resulted in a dozen nights of violence, dozens of injuries, hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in property damage. Perhaps miraculously, there were no additional deaths.

By the time it was over, it had added a twist to America’s intractable discussion about race, with a new focus on police militarization. It revealed how cities use traffic fines and court policies as mallets against their most vulnerable citizens. It underlined the idea that a police force should reflect the cultural makeup of its community, and drove home the reality of how often it doesn’t.

It validated the principle that, as syndicated columnist Eugene Robinson put it, “policing is something that should be done with a community, not to it.”

Politically, it was a minefield.

It drew America’s first black president into what has so often proven a risky topic for him—racial strife—and figured

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prominently in his 2014 State of the Union address. It probably ended whatever national political ambitions Missouri’s current governor might once have had.

It has already made an appearance in the 2016 presidential campaign, and almost certainly will again.

“This is not going away” as a political issue, says Ken Warren, a political scientist at Saint Louis University who is conducting a study of municipal court issues raised by events in Ferguson. “The gut reaction of politicians has always been to defend the police … but now people are taking pictures of white cops roughing up blacks. It’s going to continue to be in candidates’ faces, and they will have to address it.”

As with most epic conflicts, Ferguson engendered some myth-making. Most notably, it fostered a devastating new civil rights slogan—“Hands up, don’t shoot!”— that a U.S. Department of Justice report would later determine was based on a fiction.

But the shooting alerted a sobered nation to some broader truths about police-minority relations in an era that not so long ago was being smugly declared “post-racial.”

“It really pulled the covers back on how people of color have been treated for years” by police, says Miranda Jones, vice president of the Better Family Life Neighborhood Resource Center, a nonprofit community service organization based in Ferguson. “It was a national wakeup call.”

Looking around Ferguson today, you wouldn’t know it had been the violent epicenter of a national movement.

There are still some boarded-up windows along West Florissant Avenue and elsewhere, and some vacant lots where buildings stood before Aug. 2014. But for the most part, the only visible remnants of what happened here are the occasional yard signs—“We Must Stop Killing Each Other,” and “Our City Matters”—and places such as the “I (heart) Ferguson” storefront on South Florissant Road, where volunteers sell T-shirts and coffee mugs to help area businesses damaged by the conflicts.

“It’s always been a diverse area,” says volunteer Cecelia Webber, who is white and not happy with the media portrayal of her town as a hotbed of racial strife.

“We raised our children here because we wanted them to live in the real world and not in some enclave where all they see are people like themselves. The majority of the people who live here feel that way.”

But across town, on Canfield Drive, within sight of where Brown died a year ago, racial tension, particularly involving the police, is still a reality. Lewis Washington stood outside his Canfield Green apartment and shook his head when asked whether things had changed.

“No, sir,” said Washington, who is 27 and black. He pointed out to the street. “The day before yesterday they pulled up on two guys right here and said they fit the

description for a burglary.” Rather than arrest them, “they just kept searching them, searching them, searching them—had them standing out there for 30 minutes. So they were basically just free-casing,” a term for when police manufacture a case against someone. “I see it all the time.”

Still, some things clearly have changed, in Ferguson and around America.

Ferguson officials now require officers to wear body cameras, an idea that is catching on around the country. In July, the city hired its first black police chief, on an interim basis. A new Missouri law limits local court revenue, the result of a DOJ report that slammed Ferguson’s court fee collection practices as essentially a shake-down of Ferguson’s poorest citizens. Obama banned in May the federal government’s transfer of certain military equipment to local police departments.

But even as those and other changes inspired by Ferguson have unfolded, police-related deaths of black males around the country continued—and, to many, now looked like part of a theme: •On Nov. 22, Tamir Rice, 12, was fatally shot by a white Cleveland police officer who mistook a toy gun Tamir was holding for a real one. Resulting protests would be joined by about 40 Ferguson residents who traveled to Cleveland. “They know our pain. We know their pain,” said an organizer.

•On Dec. 3, a grand jury in New York declined to indict a white police officer in the choke-hold death in July 2014 of Eric Garner, prompting thousands of protesters to surround New York’s City Hall. “It’s about the no-indictment of Eric Garner’s killer,” one protester told a television reporter. “It’s about the no-indictment of Darren Wilson.”

•On April 4 of this year, unarmed forklift operator Walter Scott was fatally shot in South Carolina by a white police officer as he ran away during a traffic stop. Scott’s family later implored Sharpton to stay away from the funeral, saying: “We don’t want another Ferguson type of circus here.”

•On April 19, Freddie Gray, 25, who was unarmed, died of a spinal injury while in custody of Baltimore police, triggering rioting and arrests. Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez vowed that police wouldn’t overreact, saying: ”This is not Ferguson.”

“Michael Brown ... may not have been without blame in the altercation with a white police officer that led to his death,” wrote political commentator David Horsey in The Los Angeles Times in April. “Brown, though, no longer needs to be the prime example of an innocent victim killed by a cop. More compelling and appalling examples keep showing up.”

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Voter ID laws threaten democratic process

BY Tanner Jean Louis Arizona Summer Wildcat

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n the day before the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s Voting Rights Act of 1965, a federal court struck down Texas’ controversial voter ID law after finding that it discriminated against minorities. Texas is only one of over a dozen states to pass new voting laws that opponents have called restrictive and discriminatory.

Why the recent push for tighter voting laws?

Proponents of the bills say they are necessary to combat voter fraud and protect our democracy, however numerous studies have shown voter fraud to be extremely rare to the point of being negligible. The real answer may lie in politics.

It just so happens that most of these voter ID laws have come from states under republican leadership, and the eligible voters most likely to be disenfranchised by the law­— minorities and people of color—tend to vote for democrats. Around 25 percent of AfricanAmericans don’t own a government-issued photo ID such as a driver’s license, compared to only 8 percent of white Americans. In states that do have voter ID laws, African-Americans and Hispanics are far more likely than whites to be asked for an ID. It appears that the real motivation behind these laws is to keep democratic voters away from the polls. In the years following reconstruction when African-Americans voted overwhelmingly republican, democrats did the same thing, albeit more overtly and brutally.

The darkest period of voter disenfranchisement in America took place in the South under Jim Crow. White southerners who supported the Democratic Party implemented poll taxes, literacy tests, the Grandfather Clause, and other legal means designed to suppress the black vote. Extralegally, southerners, Klansmen and other white paramilitary groups used violence or the threat of violence to scare black voters from the polls. As Jim Crow-era South Carolina Sen. Ben Tillman put it: “We have done our level best. We have scratched our heads to find out how we could eliminate every last one of them. We stuffed ballot boxes. We shot them. We are not ashamed of it.”

When President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965, it included two key sections—the fourth and fifth—that required states, counties and municipalities with a history of racist voting laws to report any new voting laws for federal approval. For nearly 50 years, the Department of Justice was able to

prevent an onslaught of discriminatory voting laws from certain parts of the country.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court struck down section four in 2013, rendering section five meaningless and severely weakening the law. Speaking for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts acknowledged the critical role that the VRA has performed for American democracy: “Largely because of the Voting Rights Act, voting tests were abolished, disparities in voter registration and turnout due to race were erased, and African-Americans attained political office in record numbers.”

He argued, however, that America today is a different place, and the law is no longer necessary to protect the rights of minority voters.

I wish he were right, but the sad truth is that minority voter disenfranchisement is a problem that will likely worsen in the future.

In her fiery dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointed out that the number of voter laws from affected areas rejected by the DOJ only increased from 1982 through 2006 compared to the years between 1965 and 1982.

She also pointed out that 56 percent of the laws successfully challenged under section two, a section that applies to the entire country, come from affected areas, despite these areas only covering 25 percent of the U.S. population.

Following the misguided Supreme Court of the United States decision, states that once had to report their new voting laws to the DOJ passed a slew of discriminatory voting bills.

Some of these, such as the Texas law, have made it back to court but still had time to affect the 2014 midterm election when republicans made even bigger gains in the House and also took the Senate.

Voter ID laws are a subtle political ploy with serious consequences for the health of our democracy. Minority voters make a huge difference in our two-party politics.

As the country’s liberally minded minority population grows, conservative lawmakers are facing increasing pressure to protect their place in the political system. Despite losing the majority of the white vote, President Barack Obama was swept into office in 2008 and 2012 after record African-American turnout.

While the effects of increased voter

restrictions may seem modest, they can have dramatic consequences. During the 2000 presidential election thousands of eligible voters were turned away from Florida polling stations after being told that they were felons.

The bewildered citizens, many of whom had never been convicted of a crime in their lives, were disproportionately black, and 90 percent of them favored former Vice President Al Gore.

Estimates of how many eligible voters were wrongly turned away from Florida polls that year range from 1,000 to 20,000. During that same election, black neighborhoods were disproportionately affected by faulty ballot forms, and overwhelming police presence at polling stations. Bush won the state by a narrow margin, deciding the election for the country.

It is crucial that we heed the warnings of the past and protect our democracy from political intrusion. Next time you see a new voting law proposed, think about who is being affected and why. Make sure you hold your elected officials accountable.

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flies through life without fear

BY ROFIDA KHAIRALLA

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UA alumna, motivational speaker and focus of the upcoming documentary, “Right Footed,” Jessica Cox pilots an airplane using her feet.

Cox, born without arms due to a rare birth defect, doesn’t let her situation deter her from anything. “[Flying a plane] was the ultimate feeling of freedom, independence and empowerment,” Cox said.

Her achievements are recognized through several awards, including the Inspiration Award for Women and a Guinness World Record.

“No matter what the challenge is, [Cox] keeps at it,” said Nick Spark, a UA alumnus and director of the documentary. “She has a fearlessness and belief in herself that is pretty remarkable because there are so many people that I’ve met in my lifetime who wouldn’t even consider learning to fly a plane, who are able-bodied people.”

“Right Footed” first premiered in June at the Mirabile Dictu Film Festival in Vatican City.

Upcoming screenings will be held in several locations across the country, including the Portland Film Festival and the Napa Valley Film Festival. The documentary tells Cox’s personal story, tracking her journey toward success despite her disability.

After deciding to no longer use prosthetic arms at the age of 14, Cox uses her feet to perform everyday activities, including eating, typing and even driving a car without modifications.

“As a person with disability, often times independence doesn’t come very easy,” Cox said.

“But when you do accomplish something that makes you more independent, there’s a certain amount of confidence and empowerment that comes from that.”

Cox has visited numerous countries around the world in attempt to raise awareness about rights of people with disabilities with the help of Handicap International, an organization that aims to improve quality of life for people with disabilities and those living in disaster-stricken or impoverished areas around the world.

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Mica Bevington, the director of marketing and communications for Handicap International, explained that Cox helped shed light on the subject of disability in different regions of the world by taking part in various events run by the organization, such as the Ethiopia inclusive education project.

During her time there, Cox spoke to children and their communities about redefining social stigmas often assigned to people with disabilities.

“Having a figure like Jessica come and speak when she was visiting these schools really showed them what is possible when you give a child the chance to learn,” Bevington said.

The 32-year-old motivational speaker, a supporter of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, noted that she realized the profound impact that the Americans with Disabilities Act had upon her life after hearing stories about the adversities that many people with

disabilities face in other countries.

In 2012, the U.S. Senate failed to ratify the UNCRPD, modeled after the ADA. The treaty aims to ensure the rights of those with disabilities on a global scale by promoting equality and nondiscrimination.

With the hope that the treaty might be ratified in this year’s Congress, Cox has lobbied for the treaty by speaking with senators on Capitol Hill, including Sen. Jeff Flake.

However, as the author of an upcoming book titled “Disarm Your Limits,” Cox’s message expands to anyone struggling with adversity.

“Don’t give up,” she said. “Know that your very challenge can develop a certain strength over time.”

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No matter what the challenge is, she keeps at it... She has a fearless belief in herself.

Stuart Spark, UA alumnus, director of "Right Footed" documentary

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Assessing the value of internships

BY Greg Castro Arizona Summer Wildcat

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uch is made of the debate between paid and unpaid internship work.

Detractors of the unpaid internship claim that the practice is exploitative, and has little concrete benefit for the intern.

Yearly surveys conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers suggest that unpaid interns do not have a higher chance of finding a job postgraduation than students who didn’t intern at all, while former paid interns are actually twice as likely to be employed.

In a 2014 article for Forbes, Young Voices Advocate Rachel Burger even went so far as to claim, “Don’t fall for the unpaid internship trap … your hard work will probably not pay off.”

On the other end of the argument are people like CEOs Ryan Smith of Qualtrics and Ryan Hardwood of PureWow, both of whom have written articles for Fortune emphasizing the necessity of internships in preparing students for their prospective careers.

“Universities teach students how to think, but they don’t provide real world experience, so people leave school unprepared for the workplace,” Smith wrote.

I’ve spent the summer interning for two busy production companies in Los Angeles, Calif., and now in my final week as an unpaid intern I feel qualified to weigh in on the argument.

Being an unpaid intern can often feel like a thankless, even unjust position. Between paying for gas, food, credit hours and rent—both in Los Angeles and to keep my apartment back in Tucson—I’ve had to spend thousands of dollars this summer, just so I could do work for the companies that hired me.

The credit hours especially sting, as they are essentially the student paying the school to recognize an internship that is required for the student’s degree program—an internship that the school did very little to help the student obtain in the first place.

But before I start to sound like I’m advocating for some sort of student-intern revolution, let me be clear: all of this painin-the-assery, despite being just that, was absolutely worth it.

What’s important to notice about the above opinions is perspective: those opposed to unpaid internships are typically students,

thousands of dollars spent on the student’s or former students who, like me, have gone end to actually undertake the internship. through that process of paying to work your For my part, I can attest to having learned ass off for the summer. They’re stressed out, everything from how to park in downtown probably in debt, and still have their entire during the Los Angeles lunch careers ahead of them. (I.e., rush, to how to talk to A-list talent they have very little actual All of this when they’re on the phone or life experience to speak pain-inin the office impatient that their from.) the-assery, despite meeting with the producer hasn’t Unpaid internship advocates on the other being just that, was started yet.

I started the summer as a hand are notably CEOs, absolutely worth it." nervous, typically inexperienced business owners and student who preferred not to other professionals. And drive anywhere if he didn’t before you start crying have to, and ended it as a competent (if “Well OF COURSE they’re in favor of the still nervous) professional who will damn unpaid internship, they get to exploit free well drive wherever you need him to on a labor!” consider that both companies I moment’s notice. worked for, and the companies of the two My learning during my internships was aforementioned CEOs, use their interns for not just vocational, but professional, molding tasks that they already pay office PAs and me into a more mature individual capable of assistants to do. tackling my post-graduation life, which, thank Many unpaid internships then are God, is still a year away. something ancillary that a company I don’t know if my internships will lead to undertakes not because they have any me more easily finding a paying job in the real need for those student employees, future, but they absolutely will lead to me but because they find value in training keeping that job once I do find it. and keeping tabs on potential future professionals.

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Hammond death goes silent, unnoticed

BY Nick Havey Arizona Summer Wildcat

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n July 26, Zachary Hammond was shot and killed by a police officer following a drug sting in a Hardee’s parking lot.

A year after Ferguson, the death of Michael Brown and so many other deaths by police, it would make sense that the death of an unarmed, white teenager would be national news and spark outrage among communities nationwide—but it hasn’t.

The outrage surrounding black deaths comes as a response to the ubiquitous and outright assault on black bodies by police; white people simply do not live with the constant fear that a traffic stop could end their life.

According to the Washington Post, 25 percent of the people shot dead by police in 2015 have been black. Black people make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population. These deaths aren’t incidental, they are the

calculated results of a system designed to benefit one race and harm another.

Zachary Hammond, like so many of the other victims, was unarmed. The police report notes that Hammond was buying drugs from a female in his vehicle at the time of the shooting and that Hammond attempted to hit the police officer with his vehicle— regardless of the veracity of either of those claims, unnecessary force was used.

Following his death, his family demanded to know where the outrage that had accompanied so many other police shooting deaths was. Where were the protesters? Where was the national news coverage? Eric Bland, the attorney for the family questioned the effect of Hammond’s race on the media coverage and subsequent response.

“It’s sad, but I think the reason is, unfortunately, the media and our government officials have treated the death of an unarmed white teenager differently than they would have if this were a death of an unarmed black teen,” Bland told the Washington Post this week.

“The hypocrisy that has been shown toward this is really disconcerting.”

true, negates the fact that black What Bland seems to lives are being assaulted seemingly misunderstand is that the media without repercussion; when Bland is first and foremost a business. No and all the #AllLivesMatter people one is forcing them to cover the story because it is an outlier, something that, question the commitment of civil while horrible, simply isn’t as constant rights organizations so veraciously defending black lives and a threat to an labels them black rights entire population. organizations, the notion Similarly, Why is the government attorney and that we are post-racial blurs an otherwise decent officials have anyone else who is argument. no incentive to asking the question, No one is copping to aggrandize the looking to the crowd any of the agreeability story because argument in the case of no one is calling and asking them Hammond, either. No for it. No one is where they are?" demanding results.

— Meredith Clark, one is suggesting the nice, white teenager maybe White people are assistant professor should have complied or complacent in of journalism for the treated the officer with their safety.

University of North Texas respect, or simply that had Bland’s he not been up to illegal argument states, activity he’d be alive.

“The issue should According to Meredith Clark, an never be what is the color of the assistant professor for the Mayborn victim. The issue should be: Why was School of Journalism at the University an unarmed teen gunned down in a of North Texas who is conducting a situation where deadly force was not research project on the Black Lives even justified?”

Matter movement, the lack of outrage His unfocused point is a and public commentary is not simply further manifestation of the trite a result of Hammond’s race. #AllLivesMatter defense. Arguing “I think the better question is why, that all lives matter, while patently

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instead of advocating for justice, which has all along been the narrative … why is the attorney and anyone else who is asking the question, looking to the crowd and asking them where they are?” Clark said. “The spread of the hashtag memorials was not about popularity. It was not about visibility. It was always about justice for people.”

Twitter user @JamilahLemieux notes that to be involved means to care about all affected parties, not just token ones. “#ZacharyHammond isn’t going to get the outrage he deserves because it would force folks to admit their consistent defense of police is wrong”.

You want outrage? Get on board.

Simply sitting by and ignoring the issue of police brutality and excessive force until it directly effects your community is not just lazy, it’s disrespectful to victims. Everyone needs to be outraged. Everyone needs to be asking hard questions about the state of our judicial and law enforcement systems.

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Elite competition at Chess Fest BY alexis wright

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The historical Hotel Congress, full of people on a Saturday afternoon, falls away to the pure mental focus that the black and white chess board demands.

The eighth annual Chess Fest: When you Bishop on a Star, was organized by Tucsonfounded group 9 Queens, a 501c3, nonprofit group dedicated to empowering people and communities through free chess workshops around Tucson.

The organization’s mission is to use chess to promote critical thinking skills, academic performance and self-confidence in underserved and under-represented demographics in an effort to help actuate potential.

“It’s creating an opportunity for people to learn, regardless of age, gender or race,” said Vicki Lazaro, board member and interim treasurer of 9 Queens.

The name 9 Queens was inspired by the name of the most powerful piece on the board: the queen. The group’s website explains that while there is only one queen, every other pawn has the potential to become a queen. However impossible it may seem, all eight pawns are able to change into queens, meaning that nine potential queens are on the board.

The name evolves into a metaphor for the

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Rochelle Ballantyne, a young woman who is on her way to becoming the world's first female, black chess master, ponders her next move during 9 Queen's 7th Annual Chess Fest at Hotel Congress on April 26, 2014.

capacity all children and individuals have to become a powerful queen.

The event is in its eighth year of Chess Fest mania. Nyssa Miccio, the marketing assistant for Hotel Congress, described the event as, “fun, interactive and local,” and said it brings people together to bond over the love of the game.

This year at Chess Fest, the communitywide celebration will feature U.S. Women’s Chess Champion and International

Grandmaster Irina Krush.

The seven-time world champion was the youngest champion to win the title at the age of 14 in 1998. She went on to become the first American woman to obtain a grandmaster title in 2013. Having represented the U.S. in eight world Olympiads, Krush graduated from New York University with a Bachelors in International Relations.

The event will provide opportunities for

locals to see current and former professional chess strategists in an engaging, laid-back environment.

Paul Gold, retiring Raytheon employee, former chairman of 9 Queens, and former master-level player and teacher, noted that this event is more accessible to the masses because it is not the like normal, structured tournaments the United States Chess Federation presides over. The competition is one afternoon-long event.

“Most people are there because there’s chess, but it’s also like old home week,” Gold said. “You get to see faces you haven’t seen in a while.”

The activities offered at the event for players of all levels include a giant chessboard painted on the Hotel Congress parking lot for guests to play with a lawn-sized chess set, beginner lessons with the Hendricks Knight Hawks Chess Team and Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, and arts and crafts with the Tucson Children’s Museum, among many other games presented by their community partners.

Lazaro noted that there’s a saying in chess that can be taken beyond the game. Simply put, “Think before you move.”

Hotel Congress is located at 311 E. Congress St., and Chess Fest runs from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15.

— Follow Alexis Wright @DailyWildcat

'Museum as Sanctuary' gives voices to displaced

BY Alexis Wright

Arizona Summer Wildcat

Artistic self-portraits, timelines and mementos voice the screaming silence that refugees and asylees express when art is the only language they have.

“Museum as Sanctuary: Perspectives of Resilience” marks the 20th anniversary of The Hopi Foundation’s Owl and Panther Project, hosted by the Tucson Museum of Art. The program highlights the healing powers of art through creative expression.

This is the second exhibit presented at TMA by the Owl and Panther Project. The first, “Giving Voice to Tucson’s Refugees,” was met with hesitance because it was considered an educational exhibit, noted Morgan Wells, the curator of education at TMA. “You don’t often think of kids art hanging on the walls,” she said.

Yet the group and the exhibit prevailed, continuing to meet on Tuesday evenings for two hours, fostering their theme of resilience using art.

Program participants are refugees and asylees: people who are temporarily granted political asylum. Their home countries include Bhutan, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Jordan, Mali, Mexico, Iraq and Nepal.

The program’s mission is to provide a safe haven to help refugees and asylees heal from their past experiences, to encourage them to share their ideas with their new community and to promote the spirit of helping others.

The Hopi Foundation’s Center for Prevention and Resolution of Violence was the initial program that treated refugees grappling with issues that come with displacement, like losses of community and family.

However, in 1999, Marge Pellegrino, program manager for The Hopi Foundation, took charge of the program and has since developed many partnerships with local organizations to encourage group members to get out into the community and nature to write and create.

The program, described as “dynamic, a place to belong, and longterm,” by Pellegrino, does not pressure individuals or families to graduate from the program unless they feel ready.

Pellegrino also noted that if someone hits a bump in the road, they are welcome to come back for a Tuesday art and writing session.

“It gives you a new language to use,” said Marianna Pegno, associate curator of education at TMA. One such participant was Patty Barceló. Originally from Guatemala City, Guatemala, she is now a member of the advisory committee to help incoming people through their troubles. Barceló’s parents were union organizers in the early ’80s and were identified by the Guatemalan government because of their views. Her father was taken away and tortured for months, she noted.

The night that the soldiers showed up at her home was a night she would never forget.

“No matter how long it’s been, I still remember hiding under the table while the police shot everyone in sight. I go back to that day,”

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Handmade paper kites bearing wishes from immigrants of all ages are displayed in "Kites: Three Wishes" at the center of the Tucson Museum of Art's "Museum as Sanctuary: Perspectives of Resilience" exhibition ongoing now until January of 2015.

Barceló said.

Her transition was made easier by the Owl and Panther Project.

Since the program’s start date, it has adapted to the needs of those coming to Tucson. While writing used to be the focus, the program now emphasizes art—the universal language of expression.

“The result is that families and individuals are in the world in a more confident way,” Pellegrino said.

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Urban sustainability in "Unprocessed"

BY Sarah Pelfini

Arizona Summer Wildcat

As a health-conscious individual and selfproclaimed foodie, I find myself stocking up on every food-related book I can get my hands on.

Everything from Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food,” to Hannah Hart’s “My Drunk Kitchen,” to the endless supply of Pinterest recipes.

Whether it’s scientific or comical, I take what is most applicable and attempt to integrate the information into my life. But as a college student with a limited budget and limited time, I have found that it is difficult to fully integrate many health theories into to my own life—and especially difficult to perfect those immaculate Pinterest deserts.

Now, Megan Kimble did something different while writing “Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Years of Reclaiming Real Food.” Rather than simply stating the facts about why it is better for our bodies to eat unprocessed food, and the repercussions on the environment and the economy. Kimble wove together personal stories detailing her relationship with food, tidbits of her life experiences, while depicting her year-long adventure of removing all unprocessed food from her life.

At the time of her experiment she was 26, working toward her master’s degree and living off a $16,780 income in Tucson. I was instantly intrigued.

How is it possible for someone to eat whole foods without breaking the bank while maintaining a social life and not purchasing a farm?

“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” Kimble explained while discussing her inability to mill her own wheat to make bread on a regular basis. She makes a point out of providing ways to navigate the unprocessed realm without sacrificing daily comforts and maintaining an equilibrium of imperfection.

We must come to terms with the idea that in life, as in eating, it is impossible to expect perfection. As Kimble discusses, people across the U.S. spend their time shifting through aisle after aisle in grocery stores, searching for most colorful and perfectly shaped fruits and vegetables they can find. Producers supply consumers with what they want, and that has become a widespread idea of perfection.

Kimble explains how important it is for each individual to find alternatives to the mainstream ways of finding food. She is a member of Tucson Community Supported Agriculture, which furnishes her with a weekly supply of locally grown produce for twenty dollars.

The offerings of produce typically come from a selection of heirloom vegetables and fruits, meaning that every beet or carrot is shaped and colored uniquely, is not genetically modified or sprayed with pesticides, and tastes as vegetables should.

For those who can’t afford to shop at Whole Foods Market or stock up on organic produce, CSA offers an inexpensive way to insert

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Kimble also provides local resources for Tucson community members. For example, the University of Arizona Community Garden offers people the opportunity to grow their own food on a plot of land. The program not only provides individuals with sustainable food sources, it creates a sense of community and allows people to appreciate what they put in their bodies.

In her book, Kimble also discusses Native seeds/SEARCH, a seed-saving nonprofit that aims to provide food security and education about indigenous produce. She also recommends ReZoNation, a local farm that produces a range of produce, honey and poultry for Tucson community members.

One of Kimble’s obsessions is chocolate, but after endless searching she was unable to find a chocolate brand that did not incorporate refined sugar, chemicals or preservatives. So she went on a hunt of her own to bring back the smooth, creamy goodness she longed for.

After a bit of trial and error in the kitchen, Kimble settled on a combination of cocoa powder, cocoa butter, vanilla, honey and a dash of salt. This simple list of ingredients produced as she described a quick yet scrumptiously melt-in-your-mouth chocolate bar.

Kimble and her journey to reclaim real food within an urban space shows that, despite the trials and tribulations of maintaining an unprocessed diet, there are entire communities that offer ways to assist you in your journey.

With a little heart and a lot of effort, a sustainable urban diet is within reach for those who seek it.

When looking for a realistic, relatable and entertaining read, look no further than Kimble’s “Unprocessed.”

— Follow Sarah Pelfini @DailyWildcat

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Sports • Monday, August 10, 2015

arizona Summer Wildcat • 15

New season means crucial role for Jackson-Cartwright

BY Ivan Leonard

Arizona Summer Wildcat

With the departure of point guard T.J. McConnell to the NBA, whoever steps up to run the Wildcats’ offense is going to have some massive shoes to fill and high expectations to reach.

Throw in a backcourt that includes returners Gabe York, Kadeem Allen and Elliott Pitts along with freshmen Allonzo Trier and Justin Simon, and Arizona will have a talented—albeit crowded— backcourt. Head coach Sean Miller will have shifty sophomore Parker JacksonCartwright returning to help mentor and potentially start for a new-look team.

The sophomore from Los Angeles, Calif., had a modest yet respectable freshman season as he averaged 2.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 9.6 minutes per game while running the second-team offense.

With a year of experience under Miller and an influx of new talent, expect Jackson-Cartwright to be more aggressive on offense, whether it’s scoring or passing.

With the four leading scorers from last

year’s team gone, it’s essential for other players to step up, and it is crucial for the point guard to put them in optimal positions.

Whether it was dishing it to York and Pitts for open looks, feeding Kaleb Tarczewski and Ryan Anderson in the post, or setting up Trier, Jackson-Cartwright proved last year he was a talented passer.

McConnell has already given JacksonCartwright a huge opportunity by leaving for the NBA. Leaving the backcourt to JacksonCartwright at Arizona is like handing over the keys to a Ferrari. While that statement is debatable, Jackson-Cartwright’s remaining tenure at Arizona could have an interesting outcome.

As great as McConnell was, the Wildcats' offense would become frustratingly stagnant at times. As soon as Jackson-Cartwright came in, the pace accelerated and the offense would go on runs to energize the time. This isn’t to say Jackson-Cartwright was better than McConnell, more he was the yin to McConnell’s yang.

McConnell was the steady facilitator

who fed his teammates and only shot when necessary, while JacksonCartwright was the blur who weaved his way through defenses and stretched the defense with his 39 percent 3-point shooting, or took great care of the ball with his 2.61 assist-to-turnover ratio­ — evidence of his already high basketball IQ and willingness to play within the system and not try to freelance or make unnecessary passes.

Jackson-Cartwright will never have the size McConnell possessed and might never become the lockdown defender McConnell was, but he has already shown he can run a lethal fast break offense and hit shots from the outside.

While there is still plenty of time before the season tips off, and any of a number of players could emerge as the team’s starting point guard, it is great to know the Wildcats still have Jackson-Cartwright as their sparkplug.

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Coach Sean Miller instructs Arizona guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright (0) before entering into Arizona's 85-78 loss to Wisconsin in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 28.

Stagnant recruiting in 2016 spells trouble

BY Ezra Amacher

Arizona Summer Wildcat

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t’s almost mid-August and Arizona basketball has no commits for its upcoming recruiting class.

That’s not a statement we’re accustomed to reading. Especially not in the Sean Miller era.

But following five-star forward T.J. Leaf ’s decommitment on Thursday, Aug. 6, Arizona embarks on the upcoming academic year with no jewels in its basket.

Given Miller’s previous success pulling in top recruits at Arizona, this could read as both surprising and concerning.

It’s surprising given that by this date last year, three of the four members in the Wildcats’ 2015 class had committed, including elite guard Allonzo Trier.

That class would end up ranking No. 4 nationally according to recruiting website 247Sports.com.

Why is it concerning?

In the time since Miller reeled in that highly touted class, the Wildcats’ head coach has missed on a couple big targets;

in April, five-star big man Ivan Rabb chose California over the UA while graduate transfer Damion Lee ditched Arizona for Louisville.

And in the summer months, which are traditionally a fertile time for Miller and his staff to land commitments, no class of 2016 recruits decided to pull the trigger.

With the decommitment of Leaf, it’s hard to look at the past 12 months as anything but a lull period for a program that has owned the recruiting trail ever since Miller arrived in Tucson.

But as anyone who lives in Tucson knows, droughts are followed by monsoons, and it’s only a matter of time before the first rain drop hits the 2016 class.

Arizona is in on a number of elite recruits and a few are reportedly scheduled to visit within the next week or two.

The biggest name visiting campus is Markelle Fultz, who began his official visiting tour on Monday, Aug. 10.

Fultz, a combo guard out of Dematha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., is considered a consensus top-20 player in the 2016 class and has heavy interest from Kentucky and Louisville.

To Arizona’s benefit, Miller was among the first schools to put an offer to Fultz, way back in January when he was only playing for Dematha Catholic’s junior

varsity squad.

Fultz blew up this summer playing in an Adidas sponsored league, and now practically any school in the country would love for him to bring his scoring touch to their program.

Arizona is also expected to receive an official visit from Tucson native Mitch Lightfoot sometime soon. Lightfoot plays high school basketball at Gilbert Christian.

Although Lightfoot is labeled as only a three-star recruit, he too had a great summer on the AAU circuit and now garners interest from a handful of big programs including Kansas, Utah and Stanford.

Arizona would conceivably have the upper edge on the hometown kid, and Lightfoot’s coach told Scout.com that the UA will receive his last official visit— usually a good sign.

But neither Fultz nor Lightfoot is Arizona’s biggest target.

Rather, that’s Josh Jackson, a consensus top five player in the class. In fact, 247Sports ranks Jackson as the top overall recruit among high school seniors.

A six-foot-seven shooting guard out of Detroit, Mich., Jackson is as explosive as he is commanding on the court. He’s the type of player that could come in as a freshman and dominate from the first

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Coach Sean Miller addresses campers on the last day of Sean Miller Basketball Camp at McKale Center on June 13.

practice.

Along with Arizona, Kansas, Michigan State and UCLA are among the programs on Jackson’s shortlist, according to Zagsblog.com. Jackson’s mother told the site that he plans to officially visit Arizona and Kansas during the school year.

And if Jackson, Fultz and Lightfoot all end up in Tucson next year, you can bet that no one will remember the slow start to this recruiting class.

— Follow Ezra Amacher @EzraAmacher

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Richards seeks alpha dog role

BY Ezra Amacher

Arizona Summer Wildcat

Being a senior in the Arizona football program carries some special privileges.

For one, you get a nice picture of yourself on the practice field wall. Then, on the final day of practice, you get carried off the field by teammates like you’re royalty. Oh, and you never have to worry about getting pranked by upperclassmen.

Plus, if you’re David Richards, you get to go to Pac-12 Football Media Days.

That last part might not sound like so much fun. But for Richards, the trip to Warner Bros.

Studios in Burbank, Calif., included a chance to enjoy the California sun and eat at a couple nice steakhouses. All on company’s dime.

“It was a blast,” Richards said. “You’ve got to tip your hat off to Coach [Rich Rodriguez].

We’ve been out here a couple years working for him, so to be able to do that is definitely a reward for us.”

The trip was fun and the T-bone steaks were delicious, but Richards is ready to get back to work and embrace his role as the senior leader on a wide receiving core that will need to stay sharp if the Wildcats are to repeat as Pac-12 South champions.

This year will be a much different situation for Richards now that he’s expected to be one of quarterback Anu Solomon’s top targets.

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Arizona wide reciever David Richards (4) stretches with teammates before the spring scrimmage at Arizona Stadium on April 10.

Last season, the player from Palmdale, Calif., played sparingly. He finished the year with 23 total receptions for 211 yards and just one touchdown, against Colorado.

Expect to see more passes come his way this season.

“I have to go out there and lead by example,” Richards said. “We have a lot of young receivers who could potentially play a lot this year, so they have to have a role model who

they can look up to.”

By that, Richards doesn’t just mean his play on the field.

Like Austin Hill last fall, Richards is there to offer a mature, even quiet presence.

“Me and [Austin] are kind of the same guy,” Richards said. “We don’t really talk too much.

We’re not the ‘hoorah’ kind of guys, but we go out there and set an example for the younger players.”

Given how Arizona’s coaching staff doesn’t hold back on the yelling and screaming, an older figure like Richards almost needs to exude composure to help the new guys.

And there are quite a lot of new guys, especially on the offensive line where Arizona is losing three starters.

However, Richards likes what he’s seen early on from the group.

“They’re looking good today from what I can see,” Richards said. “Freddie [Tagaloa] definitely stepped in, and he’s going to be a great player this year. But I don’t think we’ll have too much of a drop off. They all worked hard in the summer and got stronger, and I think they’ll take a step up this year.”

Those are encouraging words from a guy who has worked with his fair share of offensive lines since arriving in Tucson as a Mike Stoops recruit.

Richards and the Arizona program have come a long way since then, thanks largely to the leadership of previous guys in the same spot that Richards is in now.

Belief trickles down from the top, and if Richards puts assurance in his teammates, they’ll have to follow lead.

“We feel confident in ourselves,” Richards said. “We’re the Pac-12 South champions for a reason.”

— Follow Ezra Amacher @EzraAmacher

Ashley looks to be productive for Dallas

BY Ivan Leonard

Arizona Summer Wildcat

After a rocky summer that included going undrafted, spurning the Los Angeles Lakers for the Atlanta Hawks Summer League team and then eventually getting cut by them, it seems as though Brandon Ashley has found a home in Dallas, Texas.

The former Arizona forward and All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention member agreed to a partially guaranteed multi-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks on July 27, 2015, which would have his salary as $525,093 for the 2015-2016 season. With this signing, the 2014-2015 Arizona Wildcats now boast four players on NBA rosters with Stanley Johnson, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, and T.J. McConnell also actively in the NBA. The former five-star recruit from Oakland, Calif., is coming off a junior season in which he averaged 12 points and five rebounds on 51 percent in 38 games for the Wildcats. He would also win Pac-12 Tournament MVP and capped off his Arizona career with 17 points and four rebounds in a loss to Wisconsin.

He injured his foot his sophomore season and would miss the rest of the season after helping lead the Wildcats to a 21-0 start that might have ended in a Final Four appearance had he stayed healthy. During his three-year tenure with the Wildcats, he started 81 out of 95 possible games and averaged 10 points and five rebounds on 51 percent shooting.

Ashley is joining a Mavericks team coming off of a 50-win season that included a first-round series loss to the Houston Rockets in five games.

He might be hard-pressed to find consistent playing time as the Mavericks frontcourt includes Chandler Parsons and the talented yet aging power forward Dirk Nowitzki. He could potentially work his way into the rotation as the Mavericks are quite thin up front after the Nowitzki-Parsons combo.

Although his versatility allowed the Wildcats to play him at three positions in college, at sixfoot-nine, he could potentially play power forward and center with the NBA seemingly doing away with traditional, back-to-the-basket big men for smaller, more athletic ones who can shoot; and for a big man, there is no better tutor

than Nowitzki.

While he may not have been an NBA center in the past, in today’s drive-and-kick NBA, having big men who can shoot the ball is optimal as it spreads out the defense and allows the ball handlers more room to operate, like the Golden State Warriors proved when they took the league by storm last year. A big man with a deft shooting stroke makes a team even deadlier as it can draw the opponent’s big man away from the paint and make attacking the basket and getting offensive rebounds much easier when its best rim protector is 20 feet from the basket.

He may not have the flashiness or popularity that Johnson, McConnell and Hollis-Jefferson possessed, but he was the most consistent offensive player for the Wildcats, even if Johnson led the team in points. While Ashley will not wow with his rebounding or overwhelm anybody with his athleticism, hopefully he will expand File Photo/Arizona Summer Wildcat his game in the pros and his sweet-shooting Then-Arizona forward Brandon Ashley (21) holds up his trophy to the crowd after recieving the Pac-12 stroke will translate into a long NBA career.

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Tournament Most Outstanding Player after Arizona's 80-52 win over Oregon in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on March 14.