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DAILYWILDCAT.COM Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 – Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 VOLUME 110

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UA to host transgender conference First ever international transgender studies conference starts Wed. BY JESSICA SURIANO @JessicaSuriano

The UA will be holding the first ever international transgender studies conference

in the Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom from Sept. 7 through Sept. 10. Trans*Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender, Embodiment and Sexuality, will be hosted by the UA Institute for LGBT Studies. The idea for the conference came from Susan Stryker, an associate professor of gender and women’s studies and former director of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies. Stryker, who recently stepped down after

five years to continue furthering research and scholarship efforts, said 95 percent of the work has been done by her colleagues. “The conference is more specialized than just LGBT issues, it focuses specifically on transgender studies,” Stryker said. “What we’re looking at in this conference is diversity issues from the standpoint of gender variability.” Stryker said that the conference aims to

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lands No. 1 2017 recruit BY IVAN LEONARD @Ivan14bro

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Center DeAndre Ayton, the No. 1 basketball recruit for 2017, chose the Arizona Wildcats on Tuesday night to further his basketball career before making the jump to the NBA. The Kansas Jayhawks were the odds-on favorite to land Ayton. Had they landed the 7-foot center, he would have been the Jayhawks’ second No. 1 recruit since 2013. The Phoenix native is coming off a season in which he averaged 21 points, 16 rebounds and almost four blocks per game for Hillcrest Academy in Phoenix. Against Sunrise, Ayrton messed around and earned a triple double with 52 points, 33 rebounds and 10 blocks in what was by far his best game. “I’ve seen him grow a ton in the last year, even in the last three months,” Hillcrest coach Kyle Weaver said per Jeff Goodman of ESPN. “He’s become a leader. There’s no one I’d rather go to battle with than DeAndre. He has such a

OFFICER RANDY BROWN WRITES warnings early Tuesday morning, Sept. 6, on the corner of Highland Avenue and Olive Road. Officer Brown said he hopes pedestrians and bicyclists pay attention when at crossings to keep everyone safer.

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SPORTS | PAGE 19 AFTER TOUGH LOSS TO BYU, UA FOOTBALL NEEDS TO REFLECT AND LEARN BEFORE GRAMBLING STATE

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