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Regents approve UA vet school

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Arizona Board of Regents approved a committee’s recommendation for implementing a veterinary medicine degree program at the UA during its meeting at the Northern Arizona University campus on Thursday.

The proposed program has been subject of debate during the past year, and the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation recently donated a gift of $9 million in support of the proposed veterinary program.

Shane Burgess, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Andrew Comrie, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, are both in

support of this program.

“What we’re really building is a program that’s going to be able to involve Arizona economically,” Burgess said.

Burgess explained to the board of regents that this program was built on a 2012 National Research Council medical needs report on the following areas: rural service, public health and biomedical engineering.

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At the beginning of the morning session of the meeting, audience members spoke during the call-toaudience to address their belief and need for the UA veterinary medicine degree program.

The call-to-audience session began with Judy Prosser, a thirdgeneration cattle rancher from Northern Arizona, who said the

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WILLIAM GERALD, more commonly known as Janee Starr, performs during his final solo performance in IBT’s Saturday Night Starlets drag show. IBT’s, Tucson’s most popular gay bar, hosts the drag queen runway show every Saturday evening at 9 p.m.

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Recently, Facebook raised concerns when it announced that any name on the website must be an individual’s legal name.

This policy has angered the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community, particularly drag queens and transgender individuals.

The policy itself states that

“the name you use should be your real name as it would be listed on your credit card, driver’s license or student ID.” Patrick Holt, an associate professor at the School of Theatre, Film and Television, moonlights under his drag persona, Tempest DuJour. He said that the policy is a matter of common sense among the community.

“I understand the reason for the name policy,” Holt said. “But I think this is a case of the spirit

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UA student takes on adventure in Singapore White wasn’t always sure he was going to be able to afford going to Singapore due to the intense application process. According to the Meet Kyron White, a political science junior, scholarship website, over 2,300 scholarships who is currently studying abroad at the National were awarded to students this year.

University of Singapore with “You had to have a good the Benjamin A. Gilman GPA, 3.2 or above,” White International Scholarship. said. “My GPA is about a It is amazing; White is well-traveled 3.4. And honestly, when I in Southeast Asia and has submitted my application, I you’ve never previously visited Hong didn’t think I’m going to get seen anything Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. this scholarship, because like it.

In the interest of learning my GPA isn’t a 4.0. But I got — Kyron White, more about the region’s a callback a couple months political science junior traditional culture, he said later, and it was the best call he wanted to visit a country of my life.” with a diverse background White ended up receiving and a “vibrant political community.” the $5,000 scholarship, which White said made “There’s a bunch of regulations, the ports are this trip affordable in addition to the low cost of very busy and you see so much going on around living in Singapore for foreigners. you,” White said. “It is amazing; you’ve never WHITE, 3 seen anything like it.”

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of the law versus the letter of the law. I think anyone who is looking at a drag queen’s website knows that [he] is a drag queen, and I don’t think anybody is trying to hide that or fool anybody.”

Marty Aguirre, a theatre arts senior, who goes on stage under the drag persona Morgana Le Fae, said he feels that money is part of the motivation for the policy.

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The candidates for Arizona governor, Democrat Fred DuVal and Republican Doug Ducey, debated on the future of Arizona’s K-12 education after November’s midterm elections last night in Phoenix.

The state of Arizona spends 43 percent, nearly half of the state’s budget, on education, according to John Hook, moderator of the debate and Fox 10 Phoenix news anchor and reporter.

DuVal addressed his worries for Arizona in his opening statement, and stated education is not properly funded in our state and that Arizona is headed in the wrong direction.

“We are not properly funding our children’s schools, and our children are being left behind,” DuVal said. “I will stop the cuts to our public schools. I will use the veto if I have to, but I will not allow another dollar … to be cut from our public education.”

Ducey opened with background on his family, noting that he comes from a family of educators. He said that his sister-in-law is a public school special education teacher in Paradise Valley, his mother-in-law is a school nurse in the Roosevelt School District and his brother-in-law is a former school principal on the Hopi Reservation.

Recently, Arizona voters passed an initiative to insist that there is more investment in public education, and the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld its commitment, DuVal said. While DuVal said he believes the commitment should be enforced immediately, he said that Ducey does not feel the same way and will appeal the decision.

Hook’s first question of the night was how each candidate would grade Arizona’s public education system.

DuVal said that grading Arizona’s education system is a challenge because some schools are A’s, some are D’s and the state’s schools are all over the map. According to DuVal, Arizona has some of best local schools and charter schools, but there are disappointments in both categories.

Ducey said he gives our system a C minus, adding that Arizona’s high school graduation rate is 77 percent, while the national rate is 81 percent.

“We have such room for improvement,” Ducey said. “We have pockets of excellence, and we have places in this state where we demonstrate that we can educate a child better than anyone else in the country. But we have far too many places that aren’t working, where children are falling through the cracks.”

DuVal stressed the importance of valuing public education teachers.

He said that one third quit every year, which equals losing 50 percent of teachers over five years, because the state cannot compete with the salaries other education systems are offering around the country.

Ducey said he will not cut public education funds or raise income taxes, and will create a state that will appeal to out-of-state businesses, so that they will relocate to Arizona; according to Ducey, all of this will happen over a term or two.

“I believe that talent is equally distributed in the world,” Ducey said, “but opportunity is not.”

Ducey said the state shouldn’t try and make everyone attend college, because it’s not working. He said he supports vocational training, using the East Valley Institute of Technology as an example.

DuVal also said that the state needs to send children where they will pursue their passions and maximize on their future careers.

“Education and talent is the driver of 21st century growth,” DuVal said. “And if we improve our K-12 system and make commitments across the board, not only will we have a better workforce, but we will be communicating to businesses looking to grow that they will find their workforce needs here.”

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FERGUSON, Mo. — There were no demonstrators outside the Ferguson Police Department or on the city’s main business center Sunday afternoon, yet the wounding overnight of two police officers in apparently unrelated incidents left the troubled Missouri city far from at ease.

Tensions flared in the St. Louis suburb over the weekend after officials said a Ferguson police officer was shot in the arm Saturday while chasing a suspect outside the city’s community center.

In a separate shooting incident shortly after midnight early Sunday morning, an offduty St. Louis city officer was hurt by breaking glass after the occupants of another vehicle shot his car multiple times as

he was driving on the freeway, officials said. That officer was treated and released.

There were no early indications that either incident was connected to the demonstrations in Ferguson over the Aug. 9 police shooting of a black 18-year-old, Michael Brown.

The unidentified Ferguson officer was conducting a “business check” at the Ferguson Community Center when he spotted a male suspect at the building who began running away when he saw the officer, according to a spokesman for the St. Louis County Police Department, which is investigating the incident.

“During the foot pursuit, the subject spun toward the officer armed with a handgun, and fired shots at the officer,” St. Louis County police spokesman Sgt. Brian Schellman said in a

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One shot hit the officer in the Officials initially said that there arm, and the officer returned were two suspects involved in that incident, fire but did but Schellman not appear told The Times to hit the The subject on Sunday suspect, spun toward the that “our w h o detectives escaped officer armed have since into the with a handgun, determined w o o d s and fired shots that there behind the at the officer. was only one community — Brian Schellman, s u s p e c t ,” c e n t e r, St. Louis Country police attributing the Schellman spokesman discrepancy said. to a “fluid” T h e situation. officer was S o m e treated at a hospital for the injury, which was Ferguson demonstrators were described as not life-threatening. initially incensed Saturday night Schellman said he did not have after hearing a rumor that police information Sunday on the had killed a citizen, and Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron officer’s condition.

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a gathering crowd to disperse after bringing news of the officer’s shooting.

The off-duty St. Louis city officer, who was wearing his uniform pants but not his uniform shirt, was shot at a couple hours later while driving a personal car on Interstate 70 less than a mile from Ferguson city limits, according to St. Louis County police. Investigators weren’t sure whether the officer, who didn’t return fire, was specifically targeted or whether the shooting was a random act of violence.

“The officer was traveling in the right lane when a vehicle began passing him on his left,” Schellman said in a statement.

“An unknown number of occupants in that vehicle were armed with handguns and began firing multiple shots at the offduty officer’s vehicle.”

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Ricardo Pereyda, a veteran, addresses the Arizona Board of Regents during the call-to-audience session at a meeting at Northern Arizona University on Thursday. Pereyda called on the regents to reinstate Dr. Sue Sisley, who was dismissed from her position at the UA after getting approval to conduct research on the effects of medical marijuana in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

unique model of the proposed UA veterinary school would benefit Arizona.

“We have a critical shortage of rural farm animal veterinarians in the state of Arizona,” Prosser said.

Prosser said she believes this program would encourage students to stay in Arizona for veterinary school and ultimately solve the problem.

“It is not a time to limit the possibilities,” Prosser said. “It is a time to be creative, innovative and look for opportunities.”

Another third-generation Arizona rancher, Andy Groseta, said the major concern among ranchers and farmers is a shortage of large-animal veterinarians in rural areas. Both Groseta and Prosser emphasized the need for younger veterinarians, because from their experiences in rural communities, veterinarians tend to be significantly older.

Groseta thanked President Ann Weaver Hart for supporting the UA

veterinary program and said the ranchers in the state of Arizona are excited for the program.

Groseta said from his experience, he has seen students from Arizona go to veterinary schools in other states and not return. He also said it would be wonderful to have those veterinarians serve Arizona.

Serving the rural communities in Arizona isn’t the only factor regarding the support for the UA veterinary program. Zane Gouker, an animal sciences major, said the average veterinary student that graduated in an in-state Arizona college had a $250,000 debt, compared to the new UA vet school, which would cost only $100,000.

When it came time for the regents to vote on the action item Thursday afternoon, all were in favor except for Regent Jay Heiler. Heiler had reservations about the distributed education model on which the program would be based.

Under this model, students would

complete the program in four years without having to get a bachelor’s degree, according to Comrie.

Burgess went on to explain that the program would provide students with 11 semesters of clinical training.

Heiler asked about the additional cost of the program even with the $9 million gift, and Burgess replied that there were no additional costs.

There are a small number of fellowships established through endowments as a result of the donated gift, according to Comrie.

He said the pricing structure of the degree would make the program self-funding.

“This program will be a magnet, too,” Groseta said. “It will draw kids not only from Arizona, but throughout the country and throughout the world.”

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he Arizona Board of Regents approved a $40,000 performance bonus for President Hart and a 20-percent pay increase for Arizona State University President Michael Crow. Former NAU president John Haeger also received a performance incentive.

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he board of regents is considering implementing a multi-year tuition setting process, which would establish tuition rates for the Arizona universities several years in

advance. The board is also considering changing the tuition setting process and having three separate meetings at each of the universities instead of setting the tuition rates at just one meeting.

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he board approved the $256 million ASU Sun Devil Stadium renovation project.

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he board also voted to approve several projects, budget requests and other items requested by the universities, including:

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In 1985, the 1,191 refugees who resettled into Arizona came from 12 different countries. In 2013, the 3,600 refugees represented 42 nations. The country count in these statistics, from the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program, excludes refugees classified as “other,” which can be accorded to someone who is stateless or to people categorized under the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program.

Tucson’s reputation as a welcoming city for refugees goes back at least a decade.

In the mid-’80s, the bulk of the state’s refugees came from countries such as Romania, Vietnam, Cambodia and Ethiopia. Today, the majority is composed of Iraqis, Afghans, Somalis and Cubans.

The shift reflects instability seeping into different parts of the world, said Charles Shipman, Arizona’s state refugee coordinator.

Due to the Vietnam War and the USSR’s dissolution, most of Arizona’s refugees in the ’80s and ’90s came from those parts of the world. In some ways, resettlement was more manageable then because the bulk of the refugees were coming from fewer regions, and agencies in Arizona became familiarized with them, Shipman said. As trends in refugee resettlement took a more global pivot, local organizations had to adapt to the specific needs of more communities.

Ferdinand Lossavi Lossou, who heads Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc.’s resettlement program, said he thinks the data hold true, noting the refugee communities he works with have grown increasingly diverse over the years.

Catholic Community Services assists refugees with housing, case management and learning English. In a field of work where budgets are always tight, he said funding is an even bigger challenge for his organization than adapting to the various needs

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of the people they serve.

The number of refugees Catholic Community Services helps has doubled from 150 in 2003 to 300 in the present day. He said although federal funding to his organization has increased over the last decade, more money is still needed.

Abdi Abdi, executive director of non-profit Horizons for Refugee Families, said his organization prides itself on being a place where “refugees help refugees.”

The majority of its governing board are either current or former refugees.

Abdi was 8 years old when the Somali Civil War displaced his family into a Kenyan refugee camp. He learned English there and was resettled into the U.S. 12 years later. He became a caseworker within 10 days of arriving, and in 2004, helped co-found the Somali Bantu Association of Tucson. Taking into account the evolving demographics of Tucson’s refugee community, the organization changed its name to Horizons for Refugee Families several years ago.

Today, Horizons serves more than 2,000 people annually, assisting with everything from immigration paperwork to job searches, Abdi said. He added that he still feels grateful to the humanitarian workers who helped him in the refugee camp all those years ago.

Kristjan Laumets, principal of John B. Wright Elementary, estimated that 25 percent of his students are refugees.

“The other day, I sat at table with kids from four different continents,” Laumets said.

He said that not only are the children securing a brighter future than their parents had, but that they also serve as symbols of perseverance for their classmates.

Today, Naji studies electrical engineering at the UA. He said he hopes to return to Iraq someday and use his skill set to improve the area he was born in.

“I always think about that,” he said. “You can never forget home.”

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“My local friends will go to the library from 10 a.m. all the way to only 9 p.m.,” White said. “They say that staying at the library past 9 p.m. is really bad for your health. [They prefer] to stay there until 9 p.m. and then get a good night’s rest and be ready the next day.”

Some other problems White noted were the lack of air conditioning units in the Singaporean hostels he lives in, the humidity in the region, trouble keeping up with family and friends in America and the “struggle” of finding good coffee in Singapore.

Despite these issues, he recommended this trip to UA students majoring in political science or communications, because of the culture and the NUS’s new major. According to White, NUS offers a new major called Communications and New Media. In this major, students study social media and how it relates to communication, White said.

“It’s a really cool thing to get around and grasp, because [I] never knew how much social media influences political science,” he said. “One of the things that the National University of Singapore emphasizes is that you are very dependant on social media, and because of that, you have to study it a lot and take courses on it.”

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“It’s definitely affordable,” he said. “The cost of living for a Singaporean is very expensive, but for a foreigner, it’s very affordable.”

The diverse food choices in Singapore are, on average, cheaper than in the U.S., White added.

“The food in Singapore is really diverse,” he said.

“You could get Indian food, [Malaysian] food — anything, honestly. The average meal in America is $7 to $10, and here, it is $2 to $5 on average.”

Despite the low cost of living, White added that the fines in Singapore are exorbitant.

“If you eat or drink in a subway, it’s like a $500 [fine] just eating or drinking if they catch you,” he said.

He also said the $100 fine for chewing gum did not deter him from doing so in Singapore.

“I knew about the gum coming into Singapore, [but] I haven’t been scared to chew gum in public,” he said. “I’ve been a little rebel and popping my gum.”

Even though there are some cultural differences in Singapore, like the way students use libraries and the dependence on public transportation, White said he is adjusting well to their society.

“There’s one thing I’ve had to get used to here,” he said. “People use the library a lot.”

He added that they do so because of their beliefs

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KYRON WHITE, a political science junior, poses in front of Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore in August. White is studying abroad in Singapore for the fall 2014 semester.

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HOLLIS WHITEWATER, also known as Holli B. Sinclair, performs during his final solo performance in IBT’s Saturday Night Starlets drag show. Saturday was Holli B. Sinclair’s debut performance.

Aguirre said he doesn’t agree with Facebook’s policy that requires people to use their legal names.

“As a performer, we have the ability to change who we are,” Aguirre said, “so naturally, one of the things that we change is our name.”

Aguirre said with a personal profile, a person doesn’t need to spend money, but with a Facebook page, a person can pay for self-promotion.

Holt also said that another issue with the law goes beyond people just looking at the web page or profile of a performer; rather, it is an issue of self-identification. Holt said a lot of people in the LGBTQ community have had difficulty finding acceptance and have been rejected by family and friends.

“This alias, whether this is a drag name or a transsexual person who is transitioning, it represents a new person and a new life,” Holt said.

Holt said that the alias, though not a legal name, is truly representative of who the person is.

Aguirre also agreed that an issue with the name policy is the effect it will have on performers’ lives outside of their drag personas.

“People should be free to use whatever name they choose,” Aguirre said, “because it

could be costly for them if they did go by their legal name.”

Aguirre added that sometimes people change their Facebook profile names because they could get fired if their workplaces knew about their personal lives.

Greg Daniels, one of the co-directors of ASUA Pride Alliance, also said that an individual’s safety can be put at risk when such a policy is in place.

“There are deeper issues that come with enacting policies such as these,” Daniels said, “such as those that involve people trying to flee domestic violence situations, hide themselves from stalkers, or people who do not go by their birth names because they may be transgender or agender.”

Holt also said that drag queens are the only performers being targeted for using their professional, rather than legal, names on the social networking site.

“I don’t see anyone going after Lady Gaga or other entertainers who don’t use their legal names,” Holt said. “And there are plenty of actors, musicians and other entertainers that don’t use their legal real names on Facebook, but no one is going after them.”

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Stop trying to make ‘bitch’ happen

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ast week, I found myself in the eye of the storm of an epic girl fight. I felt like Principal Duvall in “Mean Girls,” watching girls scream “you bitch” at each other and not being able to do anything about it. This conflict occurred at Bagel Talk at the Park Student Union, and I couldn’t help but ask the antagonist why she felt the need to call another girl an “ugly bitch” in front of a ton of people just jonesing for bagel sandwiches. She said it was an act of empowerment, that she was reclaiming a word. I didn’t leave high school for this.

I do not think that the so-called reclamation of the word “bitch” is helpful for anyone.

There’s an institutionalized double standard between women and men regarding assertiveness. When little boys offer their opinions and speak out in class or other settings, they are characterized as showing leadership qualities and being assertive. When little girls do it, they are bossy. When these little girls grow up, they’re not labeled as bossy. They’re now bitches.

These attitudes, and the words that support them, demean women and encourage people to belittle women who stand up for themselves and make their own way, further increasing gaps in our schools and workplaces.

In 2008, when tensions were high and we were struggling as a nation to decide between our first black president or our first female president, it was easy to call Hillary Clinton a bitch for being assertive.

Tina Fey, the then-Weekend Update correspondent for Saturday Night Live, agreed.

“Let me say something about that,” Fey said. “She is [a bitch.] And so am I. Bitches get stuff done. That’s why Catholic schools use nuns instead of priests. … At the end of the year, you hated those bitches, but you knew the capital of Vermont.”

Bitches do get stuff done, but that’s because these “bitches” are competent and capable women first and foremost.

Celebration of the “bitch” has recently run rampant, popularized with the introduction of terminology like “boss ass bitch” and “bad bitch.” Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé are frequently referred to by these phrases, but even though the pejorative may now be glamorized, there is still an irrevocably negative connotation for these words and others.

Carmen Love, a senior studying history and Spanish, thinks that using the word “bitch … normalizes” it.

“It’s easier for [bitch] to slip out when it’s a part of your vocabulary,” Love said. “Yes, it’s just a word, but it’s not something that I want to be called, especially in an emotional or heated situation. … There’s an ugly emotion associated with [bitch] that, if experienced previously, cannot be totally removed.”

As Carmen said, the emotional connotation to a word can never be fully removed from its usage. This is especially true when someone uses potentially offensive words that characterize a group they don’t belong to.

When Janis Ian responds to Damian reading about himself in The Plastics’ Burn Book: “Too gay to function?” by saying “That’s only OK when I say it,” she produces a textbook example of appropriation of pejorative words.

Just because you have one gay friend, or one black friend, or one femaleidentified friend doesn’t mean you can use triggering words in everyday conversation; they aren’t yours.

But any usage, regardless of intent or who the user is, normalizes and makes words like bitch acceptable. I don’t want my sister, or my mother, or any of my female friends to feel like they need to be refer to themselves as bitches to be successful. I want them to feel like they need only be their kick-ass selves.

— Nick Havey is a junior studying physiology and Spanish. Follw him @NiHavey

‘Sugar Daddies’ on website exploit female students

BY Casey Hoyack The Daily Wildcat

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he Internet is a strange place, full of tap-dancing goats and cities built out of chewing gum. But one of the stranger things found on the Internet these days is “Seeking Arrangement,” a website that connects young, pretty, collegeaged women (known on the site as “Sugar Babies”) with older, wealthy men called “Sugar Daddies.” There are female Sugar Daddies, occasionally referred to as “Mommas” when mentioned, and Sugar Babies of both genders, but I want to focus specifically on the relationships between older men and younger women. Through “mutually beneficial relationships,” the website claims, Sugar Daddies get companionship (read: sex) while the Sugar Babies get showered with gifts, clothes, trips and, most importantly, money.

Creeped out yet?

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money-needy female college is that in 2013, “Seeking students. College is expensive, Arrangement” reported that 44 I get it. But surely women are percent of all 2.3 million Sugar entitled to an education without Babies were college students. having to spend four years at the Further, if they register with beck and call of some old rich an .edu email address, they guy. are entitled to a premium And I am not the only one membership. For the men disturbed by this website, either. seeking to become Sugar “There are Daddies, a a range of premium perspectives membership [Women] and opinions can cost up should not on sex to $1,200. be coerced work as to Clearly whether it is college by economic exploitative or women are circumstance empowering,” using this to see their said Hannah site. Why? only value in Lozon, acting To pay for someone else’s director of the their college sexual desire.

UA Women’s expenses.

Resource Gain or Center. no gain “However, the language of ‘baby,’ (monetarily), it is clear that ‘daddy’ or ‘mama’ is disturbing this website is exploitative and one that reifies domination and commodifies these young and control and is suggestive of women, treating them like prize child prostitution.” hogs at an animal auction. This Some may agree with Lozon company is using the current that this constitutes a form of environment of unreasonable prostitution. However, rather college tuition costs and lack of than chastise women who would legal employment opportunities use this site or attack them as to exploit vulnerable,

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prostitutes, we must instead criticize the sites that enable this kind of exploitation in the first place.

While it may be their choice, it isn’t really a free one. Women should be free to choose things that uplift their worth and dignity; they should not be coerced by economic circumstance to see their only value in someone else’s sexual desires. Choices that uphold a woman’s — or any person’s — dignity must be free of the kind of harmful consequences they may run into using “Seeking Arrangement”: abuse, fear and paranoia over appeasing their “daddy” so that their tuition checks aren’t cut off.

No young scholar should be reduced to a Sugar Baby. And any society that allows and compels it has a lot to answer for.

— Casey Hoyack is a philosophy, politics, economics & law senior. Follow him @Hoyack_

Homophobia in sports hurts women

BY Elizabeth Hannah The Daily Wildcat

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hen Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner proposed to her girlfriend Glory Johnson (also a WNBA player), the sports world barely batted an eye. SportsCenter did not devote 24/7 coverage to the event, and newspapers did not consider Griner’s engagement worthy of the front page. Nobody suggested that Griner’s sexuality might be “a distraction” for her teammates; nobody questioned whether the Phoenix Mercury should re-sign Griner.

This apathetic reaction stands in stark contrast to the media storm that erupted when Michael Sam became the first openly gay football player to sign an NFL contract. It further pales in comparison to the publicity directed at NBA player Jason Collins, who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated after announcing that he is gay.

Perhaps most striking is the fact that Sam and Collins are considered average, at best, in their respective sports. Griner is the face of the WNBA, as famous as any female athlete in the U.S. So why didn’t

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her engagement give rise to a fury of apocalyptic media attention? She is, after all, marrying another woman.

The answer lies in the association between sports and masculinity that defines how society views female athletes differently than male athletes.

We stereotype male athletes as being powerful, tough, manly — and therefore, heterosexual. Homosexuality in male athletics threatens our traditional ideas about the relationship between masculinity and sexuality. When we attribute these same characteristics to female athletes, however, we reach the opposite conclusion: They must be gay. If a woman joins a sports team, it is probably because she likes other women.

This label has a serious impact on women in sports. Research in the Sociology of Sport Journal has shown, for example, that the lesbian stereotype makes it difficult for female coaches to recruit athletes and operate within male-dominated athletic institutions. The book “Strong Women, Deep Closets: Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport” by Pat Griffin, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, cites additional studies that indicate some girls simply drop out of athletics at a young age for fear of being associated with homosexuality. This stereotype can also

explain why female athletes take explicitly sexualized photos, hoping to distance themselves from the stigma of lesbianism, and why girls avoid the weight room to avoid looking “mannish” or, as Emma Watson put it in her recent viral speech at the U.N., “muscly.”

And it explains why Michael Sam and Jason Collins create a sense of “moral panic” among sports fans, while Griner generates nothing more than apathy. Even before she was “out,” people assumed she was gay.

Homophobia in sports is a complicated issue. Its effects on men’s athletics are obvious: Gay male athletes have historically hidden their sexuality in order to conform to locker-room culture. But while its effects on women’s sports are perhaps more subtle, they are no less damaging. Despite the success female athletes have enjoyed in recent decades, they continue to suffer from the constant pressure to conform to societal standards for femininity.

— Elizabeth Hannah is a neuroscience & cognitive science sophomore. Follow her @ehannah10

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BY ADRIANA ESPINOSA The Daily Wildcat

From Florida to Fourth

Two UA students were diverted to the Dean of Students Office for minor in possession of alcohol on Sept. 20.

The University of Arizona Police Department responded to Árbol de la Vida Residence Hall to check the welfare of a student after his father called UAPD to check on him.

According to the father, the student had seemed disoriented on the phone and was diagnosed as being diabetic.

When the officer arrived to the student’s room, he noticed that the student was spitting into a trash can and lying on his bed. He began getting upset because he thought he was going to get in a lot of trouble. The officer noted that the room smelled strongly of intoxicants.

The officer called Tucson Fire Department to evaluate the student and make sure he was OK. The officer noticed that both the student and his roommate seemed to be under the influence of alcohol with bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech and noticeable swaying when standing up.

The student assured the officer that he was capable of testing his blood sugar on his own, but struggled doing it for about 10 minutes and multiple attempts.

TFD cleared the student to stay the night in his residence hall. The student said that he had consumed multiple gin and tonics at IBT’s on Fourth Avenue with a Florida driver’s license that his friend gave him. Both students were diverted to the Dean of Students Office for minor in bodily possession of alcohol.

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A UA student was diverted to the Dean of Students Office for minor with spirituous liquor in body on Sept. 20.

A UAPD officer and TFD responded to the Coronado Residence Hall in reference to an intoxicated male student who had fallen out of his bed twice.

The UAPD officer met with the residence assistant on duty at Coronado, and she directed the officer to the student’s room.

When the officer arrived, he met with the student’s roommate, who was unaware that his roommate had been drinking. The roommate said that the student did have friends over earlier that night, but when he returned home, the student was already sleeping.

While the roommate was talking with his friends, the student fell out of his bed. The student’s roommate and his friend helped him back into his bed, but he later rolled out of bed again and hit his head.

The student woke up while the officer and TFD were there, but he needed to sit down to be evaluated by paramedics. The officer could smell a strong odor of intoxicants coming from the student and noticed he had red watery eyes. The student repeatedly said he only consumed six shots.

TFD evaluated the student, and he was medically cleared for the night.

The student was instructed to complete the UA Diversion Program.

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CAMPUS EVENTS Guest Artist Morris Palter Solo Percussion Recital. 7 pm. UA School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. Morris Palter will present a solo percussion concert. Admission is free!

Tucson Film Premiere- ‘The Connection.’

7pm. Student Union Memorial Center, Gallagher Theater, 1503 E. University Blvd. After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, journalist and filmmaker Shannon Harvey traveled the world in search of the missing link in health care. Cost: $5 Steward Observatory Public Evening Lecture.

7:30pm. Steward observatory, Room N210.

Professor Edward Olszewski will present “The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and Their Interaction with the Milky Way. Biosciences Toastmasters 12 pm to 1 pm.

Medical Research Building, Room 102. The UA Biosciences Toastmasters Club provides a comfortable and fun environment for scientists and other professionals to practice speaking and leaderships skills.

Mindfulness and Meditation Mondays 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. UA Cancer Center, Kiewit Auditorium, 1515 N. Campbell Ave. Join us weekly for this free stress-relieving meditation training. Regular meditation has many preventive benefits and helps to cultivate a peaceful mind.

Lecture and Cooking Demo: ‘Prickly Pear:

CAMPUS EVENTS Mexico’s Gift to the World.’ 10am. Pima County Cooperative Extension, 4210 N. Campbell Ave. This lecture/demonstration on cooking with prickly pear is presented by cookbook author and expert on cooking with native plants, Carolyn Niethammer. By the time you leave the class, you will be equipped to head out to the desert and gather your own prickly pear. Cost is $32

TUCSON EVENTS

Fall Themed Craft Sale. 3:30pm to 9:30pm.

Rita Watters Art Gallery and Southerwestern Gift Shop, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, Suite 20.

Thanksgiving and fall themed crafts for sale.

Music at Hacienda Del Sol. 7pm to 9pm.

Hacienda Del Sol, 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol Road. A variety of Rock, Jazz, Latin and the Blues with KXCI’s Marty Kool!

Zumba 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm. Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. A fun workout class that mixes high and low intensity moves for an interval-style, major calorie burning, total body workout! You’ll hardly realize you’ve done your cardio, muscle conditioning, worked on flexibility, and balance by the time you leave class!

Monday Night Football and Smoke Signal 5 pm to 9 pm. Danny’s Baboquivari Lounge 2910 E. Fort Lowell Road. What goes better

TUCSON EVENTS with football than barbecue and fried food?

These things are always subject to change, so please call the day of to confirm.

Tai Chi 11 am to 12 pm. Sunrise Chapel 8421 E. Wrightstown Road. Slow graceful gentle exercises with qigong techniques.

Sign-In 15 min. before class. Indoors with beautiful Catalina Mountain views. *Certified Instructor from Tai Chi for Health Institute. $30 a month.

Morning and Evening Meditation 7 am to 8 am. Desert Ashram 3403 W. Sweetwater Drive. Begin and end your day with Sanskrit chanting, worship, and meditation in a contemplative environment of Jyoti Mandir Temple of Light.

16TH Annual Home Garden Tour 9 am to 3 pm. Various location in Tucson. Garden Tour ticket on sale now. Self-Guided Tour of unique gardens with garden talks and demonstrations at every garden. Tickets on sale at Pima County Cooperative Extension 4210 N. Campbell Ave. Degrazia’s Greatest Hits. 10am to 4pm.

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, 6300 N. Swan Road. This exhibit of more than fifty of Ted DeGrazia’s most popular reproductions will be running through January 28th, 2015.

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SPORTS SCORE CENTER

FOLES, EAGLES LOSE CLOSE TO NINERS San Francisco 49ers 26, Philadelphia Eagles 21

CHEESE HEADS WHACK RIVAL CHICAGO BEARS Green Bay Packers 38, Chicago Bears 17

JETER ENDS CAREER WITH WIN OVER SOX New York Yankees 9, Boston Red Sox 5

WHAT TO WATCH

PATS AND CHIEFS BATTLE ON MNF 9/29: New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 5:30 pm, ESPN

WOMEN’S GOLF TRAVELS TO SUNSHINE STATE 9/29: Arizona women’s golf at Annika Invitational

SUFFERING SOCCER TEAMS FACE OFF 9/29: Stoke City vs.

Newcastle United, 12 pm, NBCSN

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A win for Arizona likely puts the Wildcats in the AP top-25 rankings and could give the team the boost needed to go on a roll.

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NUMBER OF THE DAY Arizona senior outside hitter Madi Kingdon (9) continued her dominate senior season over the weekend by racking up 16 kills and six digs in a win over No. 20 UCLA.

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UA loses Pac-12 opener The USC Women of Troy scored three second-half goals to hand Arizona its second loss of the season

BY BRIAN PEEL

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Arizona soccer opened Pac-12 Conference play Friday afternoon at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium but could not secure an upset win over No. 21 USC. The Wildcats (6-21) looked like the better team at times against the Women of Troy but were not nearly as clinical at goal, falling 3-0.

In what was a close first 45 minutes that had Arizona outshooting USC 5-3 with several of the Wildcats’ shots on goal, Wildcat freshman midfielder Gabi Stoian hit two quality free kicks from just outside the USC penalty area, but both were saved by USC goalkeeper Caroline Stanley, who finished with three saves on the day.

Arizona head coach Tony Amato said he liked what he saw from the Wildcats early, but USC was able to gain too much momentum in the second half.

“I thought the first half went right,” Amato said.

“We had a game plan, and it was playing out exactly how we saw it. Then the second half started, and their first goal, off a set piece — we just didn’t do a good enough job defending it, and that changed the whole game. They got a lot of confidence off that goal, and they started to spread us out and it caused some problems for us.”

The Women of Troy come out of the locker room with a purpose, pressuring the Wildcats on both offense and defense before finally scoring in the 49th minute, when Alex Quincey found open space off a throw-in and knocked it in for the 1-0 lead.

Arizona moved the ball well and found some space in the attacking third, but USC’s defense was always up to the task, blocking several Arizona shots and forcing numerous turnovers.

In the 64th minute, it

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ARIZONA FRESHMAN midfielder Gabi Stoian (9) tries to protect the ball from USC defender Dominique Randle (5) during UA’s 3-0 loss against USC on Friday at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium. Arizona lost its Pac-12 Conference season opener for the second-straight season.

was USC’s Katie Johnson that was the benefit of a well-set up cross from teammate Sydney Sladek to make it 2-0.

Sladek found room on the wing, and her cross had no chance of being defended by the Wildcats.

Pushing forward again, the Women of Troy forced a penalty kick when a USC attacker was tripped up in the penalty area in the 73rd minute.

But Wildcat goalkeeper Gabby Kaufman stopped Savannah Levin’s shot, diving to her left to keep the deficit at only two.

With Arizona doing all it could to make it close late, USC tacked on one final goal in the 83rd minute when Sladek easily split the pressing Arizona defense to make it 3-0 on a breakaway.

Despite a handful of chances, the Wildcats

Volleyball sweeps UCLA in road win Senior outside hitter Taylor Arizobal, junior middle blocker Halli Amaro, sophomore outside hitter Ashley Harris and redshirt Elite defense and stellar offense propelled freshman middle blocker McKenzie Jacobson No. 18 Arizona volleyball to a three-set (25- headed Arizona’s defensive pursuits while 20, 26-24, 27-25) sweep of No. 20 UCLA last additionally providing instrumental support in Friday in Malibu, Calif. The Wildcats are now the Wildcats’ balanced offensive attack.

2-0 against Pac-12 Conference opponents and Jacobson, who led the team with a .500 have garnered a 13-1 hitting percentage, overall record. gathered a team-high Arizona recorded three solo blocks and a .350 hitting five block assists to percentage compared accompany seven to UCLA’s .277 clip kills. Harris was in MADI KINGDON and dominated the on six of Arizona’s Bruins defensively, 15 blocks and also YEAR/ POSITION out-blocking them recorded seven kills.

SR. OUTSIDE HITTER 15-1.

Amaro and Arizobal “Wins on the road amassed six kills are so hard to get,” apiece. Amaro added MAJORS GENERAL STUDIES AND UA head coach Dave three digs and was in SPORTS MANAGEMENT Rubio said. “Great on five blocks, while effort for our kids on Arizobal contributed HOMETOWN a really short week. defensively with PHOENIX, AZ We’ll take it and get a dig, three block out of town.” assists and a solo HEIGHT Senior outside block.

6’ 1” hitter Madi Kingdon “Blocking comes notched a team-high in waves,” Rubio 16 kills, while adding said. “We were just 2014 STATS six digs and three able to gain a lot of 252 KILLS, 125 DIGS, 34 BLOCKS, assists. Senior libero momentum and Ronni Lewis had 10 that helped us a lot 280.5 TOTAL POINTS digs, and sophomore defensively, and it setter Penina Snuka was nice to be able tallied 41 assists and to slow them down at three kills in the Wildcats’ victory. the net.”

After having her worst offensive game of the After cruising to a first-set win, the Wildcats year earlier last week against ASU, Kingdon was depended on surges late in the second and third able to make the necessary adjustments. Her sets to overcome deficits and turn the tables on accuracy improved, and she went from hitting the Bruins. Arizona grabbed a quick 8-4 lead in .066 on Wednesday to posting a .227 hitting percentage on Friday.

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were unable to score a single goal in the match, making it the first time all season Arizona has been shut out.

“I think we caused some turnovers that led to chances,” Amato said.

“USC blocked it, or they recovered quickly. They have two very good center backs who are strong and athletic, and they defend well. Some of those chances became half

chances, because they defended it well.”

Next weekend, the Wildcats will try to rebound when Oregon State and Oregon come to Tucson.

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Cross country under performs

BY EZRA AMACHER The Daily Wildcat

The Arizona men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Virginia/ Panorama Farms Invitational on Friday, with the men coming in fifth place and the women finishing fourth overall.

The meet, held in Earlysville, Va., included a number of top East Coast programs. Host Virginia took home first place on both sides.

Senior Kristina Aubert had the strongest showing for the Wildcats, as she finished second overall in the 6K race with a time of 20:40.49. On the men’s side, senior Sam Macaluso led the way in the 8,000 meter race with an 11th-place finish.

“I think we definitely have a mix of some good performances and some disappointments,” Arizona head coach James Li said in a press release. “Overall, the team’s performance was a little below what I hoped we would do. It’s a very tough course here, probably tougher than anywhere we have run in a good number of years. But, overall, many of the athletes did really well.”

In the women’s race, senior Stephanie Bulder was Arizona’s second finisher with a 17th-place finish. Senior Clea Formaz was right behind at 19th place, and junior Molly Callahan came in 25th overall. The final scorer for the women was senior

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Amanda Russell, who finished 33rd.

The women earned 95 points, just shy of cracking the top three.

“For the women to finish one point behind Wake Forest was difficult,” Li said. “We could’ve done better. We have a good group, but we just need to move the group closer to our front runner.”

On the men’s side, freshman Bailey Roth finished 19th Overall, the team’s overall, second for performance was the Wildcats behind a little below what Macaluso.

I hoped we would “Bailey [Roth], do. being his first ever 8K, longest race in — James Li, UA Associate his life, that was a Head Coach great run by him,” Li said. “I was really proud of him.”

Senior Kenji Bierig was next to finish for the men, coming in at 25th overall. The final two Arizona scorers were sophomore Collins Kibet in 28th place and senior Jonas Legernes at 71st overall.

“This is the first race we really ran a full team,” Li said. “If we could get our fifth and sixth person closer to the front, we can do that, but we just have to get it done. We can’t talk about it; we have to get it done.”

The Arizona men’s and women’s cross country teams now have about three weeks before their next meet on Oct. 17 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis.

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he Arizona Wildcats football team couldn’t have had its bye week at a better time. Not only did it come right after the craziest game of the season so far, it is also before the most important game of the season. Arizona plays No. 2 Oregon in Eugene on Thursday in an ESPN showdown with considerable Pac-12 Conference implications.

A win for Oregon puts the Ducks in prime position to take over the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 rankings and readies the team for a huge matchup with UCLA next week. A loss drops Oregon in the rankings and puts a noticeable damper on its playoff hopes.

A win for Arizona likely puts the Wildcats in the AP Top 25 rankings and could give the team the boost needed to go on a roll.

An Arizona loss makes next week’s USC showdown that much more important.

However, winning at Oregon is easier said than done.

Arizona hasn’t won at Oregon since 2006, with the most recent road matchup coming in 2012 with an embarrassing 49-0 loss. The players that remain from that 2012 team include, but are not limited to, Austin Hill, Reggie Gilbert, Tra’Mayne Bondurant, Jared Tevis and Casey Skowron.

Each were just sophomores at the time and their only experience in Autzen Stadium is that 49-0 loss. Not exactly the greatest of experiences to have as your only game played in one of the loudest stadiums in the nation.

Maybe the only comparable recent road game is the 2006 matchup against LSU in Baton Rouge. The Tigers thoroughly destroyed Arizona 45-3 on national television.

Getting better results against Oregon this season hinges on improved consistency from the Arizona offensive skill players. Major contributors like Anu Solomon, Nick Wilson and Cayleb Jones have never played in a game of this magnitude previously and have to show resolve

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the sweep. The Bruins struggled to keep up with the Wildcats but then went on a 6-1 run to jump FROM PAGE 6 ahead 22-21. the first and never gave UCLA UCLA had a set-point a chance to come back. The opportunity, but critical kills Wildcats f r o m limited the Kingdon Great effort Bruins to a a n d .167 hitting for our kids on A m a r o percentage turned the a really short w h i l e tables. An week. We’ll take posting a Arizona it and get out of .414 clip of error tied town. their own. the game — Dave Rubio, UA volleyArizona at 25, ball head coach f o u g h t but the U C L A Wildcats through the second set, as held strong to take the final neither team led by more than two points off a service error by two points. The Bruins took a 22- UCLA and a block.

20 lead, but Arizona refused to The Wildcats are off until relent and went on a 4-1 run to Friday and Sunday when they force UCLA on the ropes. Bruins’ conclude their road trip by outside hitter Karsta Lowe tied matching up with Utah and the game at 24 with a kill, but the Colorado.

Wildcats sealed the deal with a kill and ace serve.

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ARIZONA REDSHIRT freshman quarterback Anu Solomon (12) passes the ball to wide-open freshman running back Nick Wilson (28) during UA’s 49-45 win against California at Arizona Stadium on Sept. 20. Arizona has to show more consistency this week if the team is to upset Oregon on the road.

in their first Pac-12 road game.

Solomon has been up-and-down at times with his accuracy this year, especially against California last week. His deep ball needs to be more consistent against an athletic Oregon secondary that has future NFL firstrounder Ifo Ekpre-Olomu.

His ability to control the deep ball and limit turnovers will be a huge key to a second-straight victory over the Ducks. This is magnified even more considering Oregon’s defense is allowing only 21.2 points per game

this season.

Everyone knows the Oregon offense is going to score in bunches, and the defense will give up yards, but the Ducks are deadly when their defense limits scoring opportunities.

As the days count down before Thursday’s showdown, there’s no doubt Arizona football head coach Rich Rodriguez will ready his players for the biggest game of the season.

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57%: Percent of UA students who have been vaccinated against HPV. An additional 23% don’t know if they’ve been vaccinated.

1 in 2: Odds that a sexually active person will get an STD by age 25. Most won’t know it.

69%: Percent of UA students who usually or always wear a condom.

85: Number of calories typically burned during 30 minutes of sex.

29%: Percent of UA students who say they have been tested for STDs in the past year.

268: Number of calories typically burned during 30 minutes of Zumba®.

4 million: Estimated number of annual chlamydia cases in the U.S. Most cases affect young people.

72%: Percent of UA students who had 0 or 1 partners during the past school year.

30 million: Number of unique users who use online dating websites in the U.S. $1.2 billion: Estimated revenue of the U.S. online dating industry.

Horror movies: Sharing an attraction or repulsion to them is one of the best predictors of the long-term success of a relationship, according to online dating site OKCupid.

2 to 1: Odds that Twitter users are more likely to masturbate today compared to everyone else, according to OKCupid.

5%: Percent of UA students who had 6 or more partners during the past school year.

35%: Percent of UA students who reported being single and not dating in 2002.

47%: Percent who reported being single and not dating in 2014.

56%: Percent of UA students who thought they need medical insurance to be seen at Campus Health. In fact, no insurance is needed to be seen at Campus Health – students just need to be enrolled in at least one credit hour.

99%: Percent of UA students who used Campus Health who would recommend us to a friend.

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Children learn to appreciate literature BRITTNEY SMITH/THE DAILY WILDCAT

CHILDREN PLAY Inside the Children’s Museum Tucson in downtown Tucson during the Love of Literacy event on Saturday. Children play with wooden building blocks at the Build It! exhibit.

BY MIA MORAN The Daily Wildcat

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he Children’s Museum Tucson transformed its front lawn into a world of words during its Love of Literacy event on Saturday.

The fourth annual Love of Literacy event attracted families with children of all ages and offered booths with interactive activities put on by local Tucson businesses. From creating works of art at Tucson Unified School District’s watercolor booth to exploring the Pima County Public Bookmobile on site, there was no shortage of hands-on activities for children as well as informational services for parents. “[Love of Literacy] is an opportunity to engage with partners in the community, other nonprofits that have programming and services around literacy,” said Michael Luria, executive director of the Children’s Museum Tucson. “We’re acting as a conduit between the community and those organizations that support and promote literacy.”

According to Literacy Connects, a nonprofit that aims to provide reading services to both children and adults in Southern Arizona, 60 percent of fourthgraders in some Pima County schools read below grade-level compared to the 40-percent national average. Luria said events such as Love of Literacy allow parents to access information about different services in the community that can help their children’s reading.

“Let’s say a parent has a child that’s struggling with reading,” Luria said. “Here, they’re going to learn about sources in our community that they can tap into at no charge for them.”

As one of those resources, Arizona Public Media had a booth to provide information on fun and educational programming available through its local Public Broadcasting Service.

“A kid can have fun, but also learn a lot,” said Kent Laughbaum, a board member of AZPM’s Community Advisory Board.

“To enjoy learning, that becomes a lifetime activity for them.”

L ost in Translation: A British Invasion

BY KEVIN C. REAGAN The Daily Wildcat

The purpose of this column is to gain an outside perspective of the UA environment from the view of one of the many foreign exchange students who visit the Old Pueblo each semester. Olivia Bradley is making her seventh trip to the U.S. this fall as she studies a variety of courses in the English department. This windsurfer from Birmingham, England, said she is excited to explore more of the West Coast during her yearlong stay in Arizona. A fan of “Grey’s Anatomy” and books by Junot Díaz, this bookworm is still trying to find someone to explain to her what “bear down” means.

Bradley spoke with the Daily Wildcat about yearning for Chinese food, homework overload and encounters with the notorious Brother Dean.

Daily Wildcat: What is one of the biggest culture shocks you’ve experienced so far?

Bradley: There’s a lot more small talk here; it makes it easier to make friends.

People here are more open, I would say.

You can start a random conversation while waiting in line somewhere.

What is something you really miss in England?

Food’s definitely been a big one. Chinese food in England is very different than it is here … like chow mein here is not the same at all. I’m also not use to eating food with so much cheese on it, like pizza and Mexican food. And I miss a good cup of tea. … I have to get iced coffee.

What were some of your perceptions of America before visiting?

Before I came to America, I thought Americans were really fashionable and everyone was beautiful. And the more I’m here, I realize American people have bad fashion days, too. I wasn’t expecting that based on the outside portrayal of America.

I had no idea that the Southwest had a Latino population or that there were very many Asian people. My view of America was one of lots of white people and a few black people. I had no idea how diverse America [is].

What’s been one of the strangest things you’ve seen here?

I’ve had a few run-ins with that Brother Dean guy, and that was so bizarre. People don’t do that in England. Even if they have a strong opinion that they’re protesting, it’s never directed at someone. I mean, I get the whole you guys having those constitutional rights, but I feel like there is no counteraction for, like, when it becomes hateful speech. I feel like we’ve been quicker to pick up on that.

What is something you’re getting tired of people asking you?

A lot of people ask me about the weather and how I’m adjusting, but I feel like they think England is a lot colder than it actually

Sheena Querrer, a pre-physiology junior, and Valerie Zapanta-Dispo, a junior studying pre-physiology and nutritional sciences, both volunteered at the event as a part of the UA’s Filipino American Student Association. Their shared passion for volunteering and children’s causes drove them to help put on Love of Literacy. Luria said the easiest way for UA students to get involved with the Children’s Museum Tucson and events like Love of Literacy is through volunteering.

Both Querrer and Zapanta-Dispo said that in a world overwrought with technology, promoting reading with engaging events such as Love of Literacy is important in early child development.

“I think it’s really important, especially now where everything’s so into technology … for kids to have something like this where you’re not staring at a screen,” ZapantaDispo said.

No TV screens or iPads could be found at this event. Instead, stories were enacted on stage by “Stories that Soar!,” attracting a large crowd as the actors performed

various skits. There were also readings by Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Rep. Ron Barber.

For Isabel Holliday, a second-grader from Manzanita Elementary School, the plays were her favorite part about Love of Literacy.

Holliday said that she loves reading because “you can find new stuff” in books that you can’t find anywhere else. Her favorite books are the “Nancy Drew” series

by Carolyn Keene, comprised of mysteries solved by a teenage girl, and “Whatever After” by Sarah Mlynowski, a series about a girl whose magic mirror transports her into different fairy tales.

Through its engaging and educational activities, Love of Literacy showed that children in the Tucson community could easily be transported into an imaginative world, even without a magic mirror.

— Follow Mia Moran @miasarahlucille

Show.

Me. Dat. Tat. Sienna Mackey, pre-business junior

Tell me a story about your tattoo.

It was a blissful summer’s afternoon in 2010. Me and a bunch of friends were just hanging out in my living room, and one of my friends was like, “Hey, let’s do stick and pokes.” So we did, and I got this one, the diamond. My friend got a peace sign on her wrist, which I heard hurts really bad. My tattoo took two hours and hurt really bad.

What does it symbolize for you?

I don’t know; let me make something up real quick.

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OLIVIA BRADLEY, a junior English major, sits on stairs at the Student Union Memorial Center on Friday. Bradley will spend the full academic year in Tucson before returning to her hometown in Birmingham, England.

is. Like, they ask me about snow, when it rarely snows in England.

How are you adjusting to the heat? If you don’t mind me asking.

It’s taking a while. I can be outside now.

When I first got here, I was just like hopping from one air-conditioned room to the next.

How would you compare the academic environment here to England?

I’m not use to having such a high volume of work, so I’ve been here a month and I’ve done three or four essays, which seems crazy to me. Usually we do two a semester per class in England, so it’s a heavier workload. But I’ve noticed the grading is a lot more relaxed. I got like a 10 out of 10 on an essay and I was like, ‘How?’ … It doesn’t make sense to me; I’m use to being so critically marked.

Do you think the extra work is benefiting your education?

I don’t feel like it’s academically benefiting me; I don’t feel as challenged by it. I feel like its quantity over quality. I mean, it’s good practice in terms of organization … but I don’t feel like my mind is being as stretched as it is back home.

What is something you can’t wait to tell your friends back home about?

Football games. Even though I’m not the biggest sports fan, I think it’s something I’ll spend the rest of my life explaining to people, but no one will understand.

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Do you have any future tattoo plans?

I do. I would like to go professional next time, and I’d like to get a shoulder piece of a rose, which is so cliché, but it’s my middle name. I want to do it in water color and have it just sweep across my shoulder. But we’ll see. I’m also contemplating doing a piece around the diamond on my ankle, and turning it into something that is significant to me instead of just a whim.

Michelle Closs,

2007 UA alumna, psychology and athletic training Tell me a story about your tattoo.

I’m the youngest of 13 kids. My sister is a tattoo artist, so I grew up watching tattoo artistry on bodies as a way of expression, but I never really wanted to get one on my own body.

When I was turning 17, I went with a bunch of kids to a tattoo parlor, and I watched them choose a bunch of ridiculous things off the wall and put them on their bodies permanently. I made a decision that I am never going to just pick someone else’s artwork and put it on my body; it’s going to have to be unique. So, the question popped into my head, “Well, why is it that they are putting these things on their bodies?” Mostly instant gratification. So, my very first tattoo is on my lower abdomen, and it’s a stamp that says, “instant gratification,” as a testament to what I feel most people do right off the cusp of getting their first tattoo.

What does your tattoo symbolize for you?

In the last decade, it’s reminded me of where I don’t want to be anymore in my life, as far as making decisions based on instant gratification.

Do you have any future tattoo plans?

I do. What’s interesting is all the boys in my family have our last name on their stomachs.

Growing up pretty androgynous with my gender, I was on the cusp of whether I was going to join my brothers in doing that or not. My piece is going to be very genderless and unique in joining them in the name quest. And I am going to have my sister do it for me!

— Compiled by Ian Martella — Photos by Ian Martella