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UA grad runs for state house ASUA By Brian Mori ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
Just over a year and a half after graduating from the UA, Dustin Cox, 24, is making good on his promise to run for state office. Cox graduated from Skyline High School in Mesa, Ariz., in 2004. He was awarded the Flinn Scholarship for academic excellence and community service, which he could use at any Arizona public university. Cox said the scholarship, which he
valued at about $60,000, persuaded him to stay in-state. “I was on my way to Stanford when I got the Flinn Scholarship, and you don’t give up the Flinn,” he said. Cox worked with UA student government to bring cohesive social justice programs to college students, which he believed were missing at the UA. He developed A-Town at UA, which is a branch of Anytown Arizona, Inc., a national nonprofit youth leadership organization devoted to promoting
social awareness, diversity and involvement for high school students. “I found the money from all over the place — private and corporate donations, and the UA,” Cox said. “(College students) have the passion, the energy and the resources at our institutions of higher education to really wield a lot of influence and make some changes in policy and practice, and make a huge impact on our community.” Cox said A-Town programs let students work for causes that interest them.
“It’s kinda like a boot camp for folks who want to make a difference,” Cox said. “No matter where you’re from, what you’ve done, (A-Town) educates you about issues and inspires you to do things about them.” Since earning his Bachelor of Arts in political science and sociology, Cox has served as executive director at Anytown Arizona, Inc. and Anytown America. The Arizona Daily Star named Cox one of Tucson’s top 40 professionals under age 40 in 2009. COX, page A10
appoints chief justice By Taylor Avey ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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UA Space Sciences is in the running for a $650 million research grant to study the composition of asteroids whose paths of travel intersect with the orbit of the Earth. The sculpture outside of the UA Flandrau Science Center and Mineral Museum is an example of what the center of an asteroid looks like when it is floating in space and before it enters our atmosphere and becomes a meteorite.
UA up for $650 mil from NASA By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
UA Space Sciences is competing against three other schools for a chance to run a NASA space mission. The UA could receive $650 million for the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from NASA’s New Frontiers spaceexploration grant project. OSIRIS-REx will be used to
retrieve rock samples from an asteroid more ancient than Earth, providing samples for both research and museum exhibits. If the UA lands this gig, it will be the biggest research project in UA’s history. “We do a lot of great studies of meteorites but we don’t understand the context,” said Dante Lauretta, deputy chief of the OSIRIS-REx mission. “So this asteroid return mission gives you
that critical piece of information where we can say, ‘This piece came from that spot on the asteroid.’” Lauretta noted that these carbonrich rock samples could have organic carbons and clay minerals with water inside, possibly explaining how DNA developed. Chris Shinohara, science operations center manager on the project, sees even more positive results for NASA
and the UA. “People have been looking at manned asteroid missions,” Shinohara said. This mission would be a good precursor to such an endeavor, he added. “I think (this project) will help position the UA for many other opportunities out there,” Shinohara said. OSIRIS, page A10
In the first week of the spring semester, the Associate Students of the University of Arizona appointed first-year graduate law student Jen Dang as a justice to the ASUA Supreme Court. This week they will promote her to Chief Justice of the supreme court. Today’s ASUA meeting will be in the Ventana Room of the Student Union Memorial Center at 5 p.m. Current Chief Justice Melanie Rainer is unable to perform her duties this semester, and will relinquish her title to Dang, according to Emily Fritze, executive vice president of ASUA. Also on the agenda, ASUA will plan an event to acknowledge all the people involved in the textbook rental project. Frank Farias, assistant vice president of Student Affairs and executive director of UofA Bookstores will partner with the Arizona Student Association’s State-wide Chairman, Kenneth Strocsher, a political science and contemporary western-European politics junior to plan the event. The textbook rental program was initiated to reduce students’ textbook burden each semester. It was also designed to provide professors the option of scanning excerpts of books, instead of requiring students to buy entire textbooks, according to Tyler Quillin, an ASUA senator who participated in the program. Since the launch of the textbook rental program, the number of book titles offered has increased from 20 titles to 400 titles. “We’ve made significant strides toward the textbook rental program,” Quillin said. “[The presentation is] to commend the hard work of the people in the bookstore.” Farias will come prepared to update senators and students on the progress of the program. Senators will also review and vote to approve the 12 budget items on the consent agenda.
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UA Tech Park to house solar plant, flowers By Laura Donovan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
Bell Independent Power Corp. has chosen the UA Science and Technology Park to house a new solar plant. “We believe that we can be a major demonstration facility for solar energy,” said Bruce Wright, associate vice president for University Research Parks. The park recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary. The celebration focused on planning for the next 15 years and developing a “Solar Zone” as a means of obtaining alternative energy resources. The solar plant, which will be an anchor tenant of the UA Tech Park’s solar zone, will use up to 45 acres of parabolic solar mirrors to capture solar energy. “The park is partly a demonstration site for solar energy,” Wright said. “We want to introduce the public to solar awareness.” Wright hopes to bring additional types of solar energy to the newly established “Solar Zone.”
“We’re committed to being sustainable, and the park aims to showcase its expertise and play in the solar energy market,”Wright said. The Tech Park preserves resources in other ways. At present, the UA Tech Park recycles all water, including domestic and waste, on site. In selecting the solar plant site, Bell Corp. looked for the best place for a solar generating station, and was also interested in developing a relationship with a university. “The UA Tech Park is a good site for this facility because of their ability to accelerate permitting and will allow us access the University of Arizona’s capabilities,” said Bell Corp. President Joseph Bell Jr.
UA Tech Park to house solar plant 45 acres for the solar plant to be placed in innovative “Solar Zone”
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The UA Science and Technology Park is planning on housing a new solar plant called the “Solar Zone” within the next 15 years.
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Learn what to expect and how to prepare for an interview at 1 p.m. today in Career Services room 441 in the Student Union Memorial Center. No prior sign-up required.
Tonight at IBT’s on Fourth Avenue, catch free drag show hosted by “the one, the only Bunny Fu Fu.”This ongoing drag show offers glamour and more than a few makeup tips. 9 p.m.
Today is the birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lewis Carroll, Lil Jon and seventeenthcentury English politician Harbottle Grimston. A lot of talent — and a lot of crazy names.
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Journalism junior So do you have a job? Yeah, I work at Abercrombie and Fitch. How long have you worked there? Well, I worked there in high school and then I stopped working there because I came to school here. But then I needed a job last semester so I started working there again. Where did you live before you came here? I lived in Phoenix. You worked there for like how many years in Phoenix? Only like a year. It was my senior year of high school. Did you get hired quickly here because you used to work there? Yeah, I was like that employee, you know, they already knew could fold clothes right, so, uh, yeah. Because they have this special technique, board folding. Super thrilling. Is that what you do the whole time, just fold clothes or are you like the inventory person? I am the “model” (makes quotation marks with fingers). There are impacters and then there are the models. They try to make it sound cooler then it is. You are out on the floor. And then impacters work in the back and they shelve all the shipments we get in and organize it. So if someone came into Abercrombie once a week, would the “Get Fierce” thing catch on? Or do you think people ever notice what you are talking about is cologne? They would probably catch on if they were in there enough. But I don’t think I can remember seeing clients regularly. Do you ever see large families visiting from Sonora, Mexico? That is all I ever see. They are our best customers. They literally are probably the only people that shop there. Which one do you work at? At Park Place. It’s the only one in Tucson. —Emily Bowen
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Scientist: Alien life could already be on Earth LONDON — For the past 50 years, scientists have scoured the skies for radio signals from beyond our planet, hoping for some sign of extraterrestrial life. But one physicist says there’s no reason alien life couldn’t already be lurking among us — or maybe even in us. Paul Davies, an award-winning ASU physicist known for his popular science writing said Tuesday that life may have developed on Earth not once but several times. Davies said the variant life forms
Mamma Mia! How can I resist you? ABBAWORLD theme park opens in London
“I hate when you find someone passed out over the toilet and you have to call the fire department.” — César E. Chavez building submit at dailywildcat.com or twitter @overheardatua
fast facts • A cockroach can live for nine days after its head has been cut off. • The world’s largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to five feet in length. • The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914. • A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star. • In Sweden there is a ski-thru Mcdonalds. • Pinocchio is Italian for “pine head.”
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the director of the U.S. SETI project, which listens for signals from civilizations based around distant stars. She said several of the scientists involved in the project were interested in pursuing the notion, which Davies earlier laid out in a 2007 article published in Scientific American in which he asked: “Are aliens among us?” So far, there’s no answer. And ever finding one would be fraught with difficulties, as Davies himself acknowledged. —The Associated Press
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— most likely tiny microbes — could still be hanging around “right under our noses — or even in our noses.” “How do we know all life on Earth descended from a single origin?” he told a conference at London’s prestigious Royal Society, which serves as Britain’s academy of sciences. “We’ve just scratched the surface of the microbial world.” The idea that alien micro-organisms could be hiding out here on Earth has been discussed for a while, according to Jill Tarter,
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• In York, excluding Sundays, it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow. • Babies are born with 300 bones that eventually fuse to form the 206 bones that adults have.
LONDON — Is it possible to have too much ABBA? Knowing me, knowing you, the answer is no. The spangly Swedish quartet that gave the world “Waterloo” and “Dancing Queen”has sold 400 million records since its 1970s heyday and spawned the hugely successful stage ABBA and film musical“Mamma Mia!” And now there’s ABBAWORLD — a new museum-turned-theme park in London with enough music, mementoes and memory-lane appeal to satisfy even the most fervent ABBA fan. ABBAWORLD’s Swedish organizers promise the exhibition — which opens to the public on Wednesday — will be“a place for total interaction”with the band. The celebration kicks off Tuesday night with a party attended by band members Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anna-Frid“Frida”Lyngstad. “It started with,‘How do we give the visitor a big hug in each room?’”said Magnus Danielsson, president ofTouring Exhibitions, the company behind ABBAWORLD.“This is going to be more like going to‘Mamma Mia!’than going to an exhibition. We want people to sing and dance.” ABBA’s music is inescapable throughout ABBAWORLD, from the exuberance of “Dancing Queen” through the melancholy of “Knowing Me, Knowing You” to the heartbreak of “The Winner Takes It All”— reminders that the band started off as two married couples and ended as two divorced ones. The exhibition tells the band’s story in 25 rooms spread over 30,000 square feet. Glass cases contain spangly costumes in silk, satin and spandex. Visitors can see recreations of Polar Studios, where the band recorded, and the seaside cabin near Stockholm where Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson composed the band’s hits. One corner holds the helicopter pictured on the cover of the 1976 album“Arrival.” An ambitious interactive element lets visitors take quizzes, recreate the band’s sound at a mixing desk, or dance and sing alongside an animated ABBA via“holographic video”technology. The gift shop features Abba T-shirts, teddy bears, jigsaw puzzles and figurines — along with CDs. Band members Andersson, Ulvaeus, Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog all support the project and have donated memorabilia and recorded interviews that are played on screens throughout the exhibition. —The Associated Press
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What time is it anyway? By Bethany Barnes Arizona Daily Wildcat Many clocks on campus do not work. The Harvill building has seven working clocks, one clock that is off by 20 minutes, 20 frozen clocks and five classrooms that are without a clock. All seven working clocks were a different style than the broken clocks. “(It) may just be the age of the clock,� said Chris Kopach, associate director of facilities management, when asked why the clocks don’t work. According to Kopach, the clocks are calibrated by a centralized system out of a power plant. Kopach said 56 of 653 electrical maintenance requests in the past seven months were clocks. “It actually does bother me that the clocks don’t work in Harvill 210,� said Carrie Cole, a UA theatre arts professor. “So often I’m trying to make sure the students have the time they need to process the information, yet we also still need to keep the momentum of the class going. It’s a challenging balance to maintain, and when you can’t glance up and easily keep track of
time or when students can’t do so during small group dynamics, it can hamper progress.� Liz Warren-Pederson, a graduate student and faculty member who currently teaches in a classroom with a broken clock, said she has only had problems with the clocks as a student. “I know the facilities management does its best,�Warren-Pedersen said. “It’s easy enough get around but it kind of belies the purpose of having a clock in the classroom if the time is not correct.� Second-year pharmacy student Carrie Hammer said some of her classes don’t even have clocks. “We just started bringing our own,� Hammer said. Hammer added some students in her class chipped in and bought a wall clock to bring to classrooms without clocks. Other students were not bothered by the clocks not working. “It happens,� said Sarah Yount, an anthropology senior. Jon Moser, an engineering senior, agreed. “It’s not that big of a deal. Most people nowadays have cell phones,� Moser said.
History of the clock tower and its bell: • The bell in the clock tower is one of two salvaged from the U.S.S. Arizona in 1941 • The other original bell is on display at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • The bell was saved in 1944 when Wilber L. Bill Bowers, UA class of 1927, discovered that the bell was about to be melted down • Bowers helped the UA acquire the bell • The bell in the clock tower arrived on campus in July 1946 • The bell is rung seven times on the third Wednesday of every month at 12:07 p.m. to honor the achievements of the UA and its community • Before the new Student Union Memorial Center was completed in 2002, the old clock tower did not tell time correctly Gordon Bates/Arizona Daily Wildcat
This clock in the CĂŠsar ChĂĄvez building is among the population of dilapidated clocks on campus. This picture, taken in the early afternoon on Jan. 19, makes it apparent that the correct time is not being displayed to the staff and students.
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ewsflash: Teenagers are having sex. Followup newsflash: Withholding information about sex does not make teenagers have sex less. What it does do is make that inevitable sex result in pregnancy much more often. According to a Jan. 26 article in the Washington Post,“The pregnancy rate among 15-to-19-year-olds increased 3 percent between 2005 and 2006.”The survey also tracked abortions and miscarriages, so the results reflect how many unions between teen mothers and their partners resulted in pregnancy. This rise in teen pregnancy and the various explanations for it come just one day after an edition of the dictionary was banned in Southern California elementary schools for including a definition of oral sex, according to The PressEnterprise of Riverside, Calif. It’s an interesting juxtaposition, and one that illustrates all that is wrong with the way parents and legislators consider sex and draft laws about it. As is obvious from these statistics, the abstinence-only education funded by the federal government with $1.5 billion since 1986 — according to the National Coalition Against Censorship — is not effective. Teens are having sex and getting pregnant at rates that are higher than ever. Limiting knowledge and information about sex is only resulting in more young girls becoming sexually active remaining unaware of the risks and methods of protection. Parents like these overly-concerned room mothers in SoCal need to face reality: Teenagers who do not have information about sex still have sex. Not definining oral sex does not mean their precious little Madison will not have oral sex. In fact, she’ll probably have oral sex at an age much younger than they prefer even if she’s a virgin until she’s 30. For those parents to attach a social stigma and a punishment to a curious middle-schooler looking for information about sex is for those parents to say they’d rather have that kid totally clueless about their bodies and their options than than provide them with information that could lower their risk of pregnancy. From movies on Lifetime to shows on MTV, teen pregnancy is everywhere — why is information about information for young potential parents (that is, all teens) not? Abundant scientific and anecdotal evidence proves that to make talking about sex punishable has tragic results. High-profile teen mom Bristol Palin is just one of the victims of this illogical and dangerous phenomenon: because of the culture of the purity pledge and purity ball, Palin is burdened with a young son at a less-than-ideal time in her life. And yet all the politicians have learned from this huge new responsibility in this young girl’s life is to keep pounding the message into the sweet young schoolchildren and get the enlightened to keep their mouths shut. Though Palin originally said on Fox News that abstinence for teenagers is“not realistic at all,”in an appearance on Oprah last week she said she “can guarantee”that she will now remain abstinent until marriage. The young Palin feels she has to live up to the unrealistic picture the her mother’s political party has created, even though she has already been a victim of the culture of the all-hallowed virgin. Instead of canonizing the idea of adolescents staying virgins until marriage, we should bring our children out of the dark ages. Sex education should include a complete and thorough consideration of sex and the resultant issues — or, at the very least, a dictionary. —Anna Swenson is a sophomore majoring in english whose main weapon is knowledge. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu
MAILBAG: online comments On ‘Wildcats end losing streak to ASU,’ Jan. 24
Coach Miller, it is bigger than one win. It is a monkey off the back of the program in two years, a passing of the guards in your first real test as coach; not only the rival but the first place team in the Pac AND on the road. This is more than just a win, it sends a message to the alumni to start to fill up McKale, true faith in your ability as a coach, because your coaching was really present last night.
I love the question you ask at the end,“What is my half?”We don’t expect ANYONE to sell their house — that’s crazy. But we believe that each of us has more than enough of something in our lives — our time or our“stuff.”It might be the clothes in your closet or the hours of TV you watch each week or the number of diet Cokes you drink a day. Figure out what you can use less of, then get together with others (it’s more fun in a community or family) anddecide where you want to donate those resources. It works!
Mark What, no comments about the Zona Zoo contingent totally overshadowing an arena full of ASU fans? We are Zona Zoo and we make the difference! Kevin W.
On ‘Guns a possibility for UA teachers,’ Jan. 25
To quote a former student of the UA (now at another school for the PhD): Nothing says “stop whining about your grade” like a Glock. People need to stop looking at TV shows and movies for an idea about how gun violence plays out. Fred I should have expected this kind of backwards and barbarian mentality when I came to the“wild west.”I am 100 percent against guns on campus. I feel less safe if I know someone next to me would have the chance to start shooting for whatever reason. At the university we teach and learn how to defend ourselves with our intellects. Here, we are supposed to obtain the tools (and mentality) to survive in the world, and to make the world a better place with less violence. If one (aside from the police, of course) has to pull out a gun on campus to defend any point of view or reason, this person should not be on campus in the first place. Paul
Kevin Salwen
On ‘Haiti: Too late for US aid,’ Jan. 25
Why do so many people (including the author) have a “blame America first” attitude? The fact that Hait was a standing pile of rubble before the earthquake is not the fault of the U.S. Haiti is one of the most corrupt governments on the planet and has been for a long time, a lot longer than the years Bush 1, Clinton and Bush 2 were presidents. If any country should be blamed for Haiti’s condition, it should be France. France has a long history of colonizing lands and leaving them in ruins, and Haiti is no exception; just visit any country that was a colony of France and you’ll see for yourself. Charles Under international law, regardless of what you say about rating the U.S. next to France regarding who takes the prize for destroying Haiti more out of the two (which is actually kind of a vulgar stance to take as any decent person goes), the U.S. still has to answer for its crimes and pay massive reparations for a modicum of justice to be delivered. Needless to say, it’s quite a hypocritical endeavor to point fingers at situations we can’t do anything about practically, while ignoring those dire miserable situations where we not only can do something about them, but also have a moral and legal responsibility as citizens to do so. And on the subject, France indeed has a long history of being a brutal colonial power, responsible for destroying communities and peoples all around the world, as they still do, in heavy arms sales and by their part in neoliberal economic policies that wreak havoc on Third World countries. We in the U.S. simply do all this on a much larger scale, being more powerful.
On ‘The greater half,’ Jan. 26
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ext month marks the beginning of the testing period for the AIMS exam, Arizona’s high school exit test, and students across the state will be subjected to a barrage of general knowledge questions which, as a body, nominally represent the whole of the Arizona curriculum. But here’s a question for the Arizona Department of Education: Why require a test that has no clear purpose, reduces standards of education, is biased against minorities and has an astronomical cost for a negligible return? AIMS (a contrived acronym with the cumbersome title of “Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards”) was first administered in the late 1990s amid hand-wringing (not necessarily unjustified) about the state of national elementary and secondary education systems. Motivated by federal funding promised to states that create educational accountability tests, 26 states, including Arizona, have established high school exit exams to evaluate students’
knowledge. But, as noted in a recent New York Times article (“As School Exit Tests Prove Tough, States Ease Standards,” Jan. 11) it is doubtful that these tests serve any useful purpose. AIMS is no exception to the eroding standards which have plagued similar tests nationwide. Arizona’s high school class of 2006, the first class required to pass AIMS in order to receive diplomas, saw the passing grade lowered from 71 to 60 percent correct in the math section, and 72 to 59 percent in the reading section, according to an Arizona Republic article (“State deems failing grades good enough to pass AIMS,” May 13, 2005). The passing grade is not a fixed percentage from year to year, but rather derived from a scale based on the test’s perceived difficulty. The passing grades for the 2009 AIMS test, calculated from raw score data found on the Arizona Department of Education Web site, were 57 percent for reading, 58 percent for math and 65 percent for the new science portion (introduced in 2008, which is not a graduation requirement). These are less than ambitious goals —and impossible to evaluate against previous tests, as the difficulty of the test changes from year to year (trending, unsurprisingly, downward). Additionally, such standardized tests have been accused of systemic bias against poor and minority students. As reported in another Republic article (“Minorities score low on AIMS,”
April 22, 2005), a study conducted by Arizona’s state universities found that though “65 percent of White students have passed the math section, twice the percentage of African-American and Hispanic students. Only about one out of four Native American students have passed the math section.” Rather than suffer the consequences — political and financial — of admitting that their educational systems are failing, many states have elected to lower the passing standards for their exams. John Robert Warren, an exitexams expert quoted in the Times article, said that “The exams are just challenging enough to reduce the graduation rate…but not challenging enough to have measurable consequences for how much students learn or for how prepared they are for life after high school.”That is to say, by administering a test such as the AIMS, instead of enforcing “high standards”Arizona schools make a ceremonial sacrifice of their most disenfranchised students. The school system then releases the incompetent remainder out into the world or even into fine institutions such as the UA — explaining in part, among other things, the state of our general education program. Such exit exams are not only unreliable for student evaluation and standards enforcement, but very expensive. A press release dated June 1, 2009 from Pearson Education, the company
which designs the AIMS test, reports that “the new (2009) contract is valued at approximately $11.8 million through June 2010, after which time it is annually renewable through June 2014... bringing the total potential contract value to $68.2 million over a maximum five-year term.” This figure includes only the cost of purchasing the test. The 2009 state budget provides about $10 million under the general heading “Achievement Testing,” and predicts an additional $5.9 million in federal assistance under the No Child Left Behind Act. Instead of spending such an exorbitant amount in tests that arouse widespread suspicion, both federal and state money would be better spent improving the actual institutions of elementary and secondary education. The AIMS test and its ilk do not only leech funding from real education but actually damage it, encouraging teachers and administrators to “teach to the test” rather than impart necessary knowledge and skills, in order to secure federal funding. Arizona needs to provide an actual education, not a test designed to deceive, inveigle and obfuscate. — Ben Harper is a graduate of the Arizona public school system, and (several inspirational teachers excepted) probably could have done just as well if he had fished his GED out of a box of Cracker Jacks. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.
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UA student cited, unable to workout
A University of Arizona Police Department officer was driving west on Enke Drive on Saturday at 7:10 p.m. when he saw a man jumping a concrete wall on the northeast side of Arizona Stadium on 540 N. Vine Ave. The man was already on the other side of the wall when the officer met up to talk with him. The officer and the man were separated by a metal gate, which was locked. After hopping back to the same side of the gate as the officer, the man said he was at the stadium to workout. The man was identified as a UA student, and while the officer was checking his identification information the student was questioning the officer as to why he needed his information. While the officer was explaining that it is not okay to be inside facilities that are locked, the man said, “Why aren’t you out looking for real criminals, there could be a girl getting raped right now.” The officer told the man that a Code of Conduct violation would be filed with the Dean of Students for review, and that he would need the man’s address and phone number to complete the report. The man asked the officer, “Why do you need that, are you going to go to where I live, are you going to call me?” The report was finished and the officer advised the man to not go into locked areas. The man was released.
Reported stabbing, shotgun requested
A UAPD officer responded to a residence at 914 E. Drachman St., to assist the Tucson Police Department with a reported stabbing on Saturday at 6:25 p.m. The report stated there was a woman at the house who had stabbed a man. When both officers walked towards the front of the house, an unknown person closed the door and would not come out. The UAPD officer requested that another officer bring a shotgun to the scene. An additional officer arrived with the shotgun to assist TPD officers. A TPD officer noticed two people in the back of the house were cleaning one another off in the bathroom. The man in the house came out of the side door. At first he was uncooperative and shouted at the officers. The man was shirtless and had a two-inch cut, which was bleeding, on his right shoulder. He also had several cuts on his left forearm. The man was handcuffed and brought to the front of the house. The woman was also brought outside of the house. The house was cleared. Police discovered that a stabbing had not occurred. UAPD cleared the scene and TPD took over the case.
Woman not able to sleep under truck
Last Wednesday at 11:49 p.m., a UAPD bicycle officer was patrolling the Second Street Garage at 1340 E. Second St. when he noticed a woman lying under a truck in the lot. She was found sleeping under the truck and after being woken up, she crawled out from underneath. The officer recognized the woman because she had been arrested on last Monday for trespassing. The officer called the Pima County Jail after the woman gave him two different names. According to the officer she was hard to understand and stated that she needed money to buy a phone card to call her home in China. She then said she was a U.S. citizen and was on the UA property to meet a professor, but would not give the name of the professor. The officer told the woman she was not allowed to sleep in the parking garage. The officer attempted to find a shelter for the woman. The shelters the officer called were full, and the officer told the woman she could not stay in the garage, but that she could contact the Salvation Army for a place to stay. The woman refused to leave and would not take the name or address of the Salvation Army. After refusing to leave, the officer arrested the woman Thursday morning. The woman was transported to Pima County Jail and booked for trespassing. She was advised not to return to UA property unless it was for a legitimate purpose. The officer requested that detectives attempt to make contact with the Chinese Consulate to find more information on the woman.
Assault by orange?
A UAPD officer arrived at the Chi Omega sorority house at 1420 E. First St. at 1:40 a.m. on Monday. A woman reported seeing an unknown man inside a gated area on the northeast corner of the house. The man was lying naked inside the bike compound. She made eye contact with the man while trying to open the door. She heard a thud and looked around to see the man had thrown an orange in her direction. She was able to get in the house and contact UAPD. The officer searched the area around the house, the bike compound and the backyard. Another officer found a jacket lying on the ground of Little Chapel of All Nations at 1052 N. Highland Ave. The jacket had an empty Ziploc baggie and $15 cash in the pockets. Officers were not able to locate the man or the orange that was thrown at the girl. The jacket and money were placed into UAPD property.
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Frosh Williams exceeding expectaions By Vincent Balistreri Arizona Daily Wildcat
Arizona forward Derrick Williams may not have the same national buzz as Kentucky’s John Wall or Kansas’ Xavier Henry, but the breakout freshman has proven to be equally as important to the Arizona basketball team. Williams has sent shock waves through the Pacific 10 Conference with his thunderous dunks and effectiveness in the paint, making him the focus on the opposing coaches’ film sessions. The freshman, only a three-star recruit coming out of high school, has turned out to be the steal of the 2009 freshman class. Williams is leading the team with 15.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per contest, making him an early favorite to win the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He’s posted three consecutive 20-point games, two of which resulted in Pac-10 road wins for Arizona. His knack for scoring in the paint and getting to the foul line has been a major plus for the Wildcats, especially as UA head coach Sean Miller didn’t expect Williams to be such a major contributor this early in his collegiate career. “Where we would be without him, I can’t even begin to imagine,” Miller said. “Right before we went to (Hawaii) Derrick wasn’t a starter. He was someone we felt really good about, his talent you can see in practice, and at that point he hadn’t put it all together. “Eight days later he shot 21 free throws against Wisconsin,” Miller added. “The game just comes easy to him and he has really good body for a freshman.” Since the 25-point performance against Wisconsin in November, the forward has proven his worth to the Wildcats and shocked even himself with his first season. “It has surprised me a little bit; I didn’t think I was going to put up 15 and 20 points,” Williams said. “I just thought I would come in and be a role player.” Though Williams has developed into Arizona’s lone inside threat, the post is foreign territory to the forward, who has guarded other team’s center in most games this season. “I was more on the perimeter in high school, it was our offense that allowed me to do that,” he said.“When I first got here I wasn’t post-oriented, I didn’t know all the post moves. “In high school I shot around three to four 3-pointers a game,” he added. “I just been going through the basics every day, learning from Kyryl (Natyazhko) and Alex (Jacobson), taking what they know and expanding my (inside) game.” Considering Williams has rarely taken shots from the outside, it’s hard to believe that he can be just as efficient from the perimeter. But La Mirada High School basketball coach Larry Kaupang, who coached
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Arizona men’s basketball forward Derrick Williams goes for a left-handed layup in the Wildcats’ 77-58 victory over ASU in Tempe Saturday. Williams has been the surprise of head coach Sean Miller’s recruiting class and has often led the team in scoring.
Williams in high school for three years, believes when Williams gets a chance to showcase his perimeter game, he will impress. “That’s the part of his game that I don’t think everybody has seen,” Kaupang said. “He’s phenomenal from the wing position. Even though he’s big he has a good first step and he has a great jump shot, he just hasn’t had a chance to show that part of his game yet. “When everyone sees him play outside a little bit more,”he added,“everyone will see something really special.” The idea of Williams flourishing on the perimeter has to have opposing Pac-10 coaches scratching their heads. Williams has caught many by surprise but not Kaupang.
Kaupang recalls a game against the No. 2 high school team in the country — Artesia High School — a team that featured highly touted Mississippi State freshman Renardo Sidney and current Oklahoma City Thunder rookie James Harden. La Mirada beat the team with the featured stars, with Williams having an impact on the game as just a sophomore. “He was only about 6-1 or 6-2 as a freshman but between his freshman and sophomore year he kind of grew up quickly,” Kaupang said of Williams’ progress in high school. “I knew he was going to be really good by the time he was a sophomore, but I didn’t think he would be this good.” Kaupang joked that recruiting
experts have always been wrong about Williams. “It’s funny because one of the recruiting magazines said he had no hops,” he said. “We used to tease him about it, telling him he couldn’t jump, knowing that the guy was wrong. It was funny that someone can put a label on you and it sticks even though it’s not true.” The majority of recruiters were wrong, and Williams has been one of the Wildcats’ most valuable players despite having a long way to go in his development. “When you think about what he’s done as such a young player, it’s very promising to think about what he can become,” Miller said.
Evaluating Arizona football’s potential prospects before the combine It’s Senior Bowl week and that means one thing: The NFL Draft is getting closer. Although there are no Arizona players participating in this weekend’s Senior Bowl, there are still plenty of Wildcats that will hear their names called at the end of April, and a few more that might get a shot in the NFL as free agents. Let’s take a quick look at some Arizona players and where they stand in terms of the NFL.
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Rob Gronkowski, TE
Gronkowski is the only underclassmen leaving the program early for the draft, and his decision has been controversial from the moment he declared. Did he leave too early? Was it the right decision? We won’t know for a while, but the fact is that he is leaving and NFL scouts will notice. In terms of skill set, Gronkowski
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might be the best tight end in this year’s draft crop. He’s huge, he’s a very good blocker, and he’s a great receiver. He’s currently projected as a second-rounder, but only because he didn’t play last season. If he can blow up at the combine and prove that he is injury-free, you might see Gronkowski sneak into the lower first round.
The dark horse Earl Mitchell, DT
It’s only a matter of time before Mitchell shoots up the draft boards. He has everything NFL teams want in a player: He’s a leader, he works hard, and he produces on the field. Mitchell recorded 44 tackles and six sacks this past season — both very high numbers for a defensive tackle. The only thing that will keep Mitchell in the mid-lower rounds of the draft is that not many NFL scouts know what position he’ll play. He’s a bit undersized for a defensive tackle at 6-foot-2, 295 pounds, and if he were to stay at defensive tackle he would likely need to play a traditional
DT in a 4-3 scheme. Since the NFL has been moving toward 3-4 defenses over the years, Mitchell might be too small to play a traditional nose tackle spot in those schemes. Will he stay at defensive tackle? Will he move to the defensive end? He’ll probably go wherever he’s asked. Don’t forget — Mitchell came into Arizona as a running back before getting moved to the defensive line. That team-first attitude will go a long way towards a roster spot in the NFL.
Might get drafted Devin Ross, CB
Ross has ideal size for an NFL cornerback. At 5-foot-11 he’s tall enough to avoid glaring mismatches, and he’s very compact and well-built, which allows him to be an above-average tackler from the cornerback position. Ross had 79 tackles this season, a high number for a corner. What he has in size, though, he lacked in production in 2009. At the beginning of the season, Ross could have been selected in the first three
or four rounds, but he struggled in coverage at times this year. Regardless, he earned a chance to play in the NFL over the course of his career as a Wildcat.
Chris Gronkowski, H-back
The elder Gronkowski doesn’t wow you with his measurables or his numbers, but he is a solid football player. He said in a press conference that scouts told him he could go as high as the fourth round or as low as undrafted, but regardless of where or if he gets picked, Gronkowski will find his way onto an NFL roster. He’s projected as a blocking fullback and a gritty special teams player, and any coach will tell you that you can’t have enough of those guys.
Outside looking in Cam Nelson, FS
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The Arizona men’s basketball team has completed more than half of its schedule, with an overall 10-9 record and a potential showdown with California on Sunday for first place in the Pacific 10 Conference. That’s not bad for a young team transitioning into a new era, with the 11th-best schedule in the nation and the second toughest nonconference schedule in the nation. Arizona is coming off of two consecutive Pac-10 conference road wins at Oregon and ASU and is finally starting to look like a team developing chemistry. “You can see that at Oregon and ASU that our team is having fun playing the game,” said Arizona head coach Sean Miller. “They’re enjoying playing with each other, they’re starting to see that all the hard work is starting to be worthwhile.” Miller attributes the team’s improved camaraderie to the road trips and tough experiences throughout the season. The first-year UA coach was thrilled to see the atmosphere in the locker room after snapping the five-game losing streak to ASU. “It was a fantastic feeling in the locker room,” Miller. “I was excited for the team after the game but I was equally worried where we go from here.” Miller has reason to be worried — the Wildcats haven’t won three in a row all season. With 11 games remaining in the season, and the tournament streak still in question, the players insist they aren’t focusing on the streak. “It’s not a matter of winning so we can get in the tournament,” said forward Jamelle Horne. “We want to win to keep winning. We have two in the row so we want to build three, four, five, maybe six.”
Parrom bringing toughness
Freshman Kevin Parrom won’t stand out in the box scores after a game, but the toughness he’s brought to the court since his Wildcat debut against North Carolina State on Dec. 23 has been key to the Wildcats’ progress. Parrom brought the defensive mentality that the Wildcats needed. “He’s really helped us establish that defensive identity more than we had it before,” Miller said. Most recently, he showed his worth late in the second half of the ASU game when he was called for a flagrant foul when he prevented ASU guard Ty Abbott from converting a break-away dunk. When asked, Parrom insisted that it was just a hard basketball foul. “I wasn’t trying to hurt the guy,” Parrom said while Jamelle Horne sat beside him and repeated what he had posted on his Twitter account after the game: “I’m from the Bronx, No easy buckets.” Parrom said he didn’t receive any harsh feedback about his foul, outside from ASU’s distaste for the play. “I can’t go back to Tempe,” he joked. “If I go back there, I might not come back.” Horne said he thought the entire moment should be displayed in the hallways of McKale Center, especially considering Parrom’s smile after Abbott jumped in his face after the foul. “The greatest thing about that foul was the smile he had on his face afterwards,” Horne said. “That’s going to be famous.”
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Miller said he was impressed with the Zona Zoo in the first semester and hoped they would be supportive during the last seven home games. “I hope they’re in full force for the final seven games,” Miller said.“It will make a huge difference in the games, as well as recruiting, so the prospects can get that great feel for what its like to be at home at McKale.”
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Gymnastics, guidos and God By Kevin Nadakal ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Editor’s note: On Sunday, the Gymcats and senior Sarah Tomczyk took on ASU in Tempe. Tomczyk recorded a 9.90 on bars and 9.925 on vault, giving her two career highs. She won two events over the weekend and led the Gymcats in three. The Arizona Daily Wildcat sat down with Tomczyk to talk about being a senior, her favorite athlete, and her Jersey Shore nickname.
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DW: Can you talk about your performance on Sunday? ST: We started off on bars and it was a great routine for me personally, I felt like I hit a lot of handstands and a lot of my lines really well, better than other meets. I got a career high on bars so I was pretty excited about that and then went to vault and did probably the best vault of my career. Nailed it. I was real excited about that. I did a pretty dynamic floor routine and was excited. Then went to beam, I fell last week on beam, so it was really great just to get back in the mode of hitting, because I hit the first meet and then fell. It was great just to put a full meet together and hit all four events; that was my goal for the week. Have you ever had a meet like this, where just all-around you did amazing? I have never competed all-around; I
competed all-around one time last year. It was a pretty solid meet but for the most part I have only competed three events, because beam has been my weaker event. I’ve had meets where I have hit my three events that I normally compete in extremely well, but never in all-around because I have never had the opportunity. Being that this is your senior year was that extra special because it was against ASU? It was extra special (laughs). It’s just special being on this team in general and just taking the win. Having only five girls up on certain events, knowing that we had to count every single score that went up, it was so awesome. Just that I was able to lead the team as a senior and just step up was great. Did you get a lot of calls and texts from family this week to congratulate you? Well yeah, my family is very proud, especially my dad. All my family is very proud I shouldn’t say just my dad, but he gets really into it. My sister was telling me he would not shut up basically (laughs). He just kept talking about it and my scores. He is just really proud and he always is. Do you have any routines or superstitions that you do before a meet? Not really before meets, but like before I compete. It’s not really a superstition;
it’s more of just something I do. I always just look at one of my teammates and point up its like me doing my routine for God. So I do that before basically every event, and especially on floor. Me and Katie Matusik do that together, its just keeps my focus on performing for (God) and doing it all for his glory. Other than gymnastics do you watch any other sports? Not really, I mean I support all the sports on campus. Like I go to football games, I go to track meets, been to a swim meet, volleyball. So I really like other sports, but in terms of professional stuff I don’t really follow sports very much. So who is your favorite athlete, either in gymnastics or in something else? Favorite athlete ever? Oh gosh that’s a hard question. I really don’t have favorites. I really enjoyed watching Courtney Kupets at nationals last year, in gymnastics. She is like the most amazing all-arounder. She is just incredible to watch, and she did things like three days in a row. There is three days of competition, and she is just phenomenal. (Tomczyk’s dog, Bear, barks in agreement) Do you ever feel old on this team? Half of the team is 18 or 19-years-old. I do feel old (laughs). I feel really old.
Well I just turned 23 in January. I feel old but my body doesn’t feel old, and I feel young in spirit. I feel like I fit in really well with the girls. They don’t look at me, I hope, as being too old to be around them. They always include me in stuff. One of the editors always asks this question for athlete of the week, if you could date another athlete on campus who would it be? Well I’m married so I don’t think I can answer that question (laughs) so I wouldn’t anyone date anyone else. If I was single I could probably answer that but since I’m not, my husband probably wouldn’t be too happy about that (laughs). Yeah that might be a good idea. If you had to pick a Jersey Shore nickname, for yourself, what would it be? A Jersey Shore? You know the show on MTV. The one with the guidos (does fist pump)? (Laughs) that’s so funny because we call Aubree (Cristello) a guido. I don’t know umm I don’t know (laughs). Something with my last name in it, so like Tom Girl because my last name is Tomczyk. (Laughs) That’s so lame.
Check out dailywildcat.com to see the video of Tomczyk’s Athlete of the Week interview.
Tennis duo transfer from Southeast to Southwest By Nathan Comerford ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
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here are more than 300 NCAA Division I schools in the United States. What are the odds that two international students, one from Bulgaria and one from Chile, would choose to attend the same Division I university for tennis, and then unknowingly transfer to another during the same semester? Apparently, those odds are pretty good. The UA received two new tennis players this semester as transfers from the University of Georgia: Men’s player junior Borja Malo and women’s player freshman Alexandrina Naydenova. “She told me she was coming here and it was a big surprise,” said Malo of his former Georgia teammate.“It’s kind of funny it happened that way, with the same universities and all.” Malo, originally from Chile, played for a year at Georgia after joining the squad in January 2009. In his only season with the team, the Bulldogs compiled a 25-4 record, made an NCAA Elite Eight appearance and finished the season as the nation’s No. 6-ranked squad. Naydenova came not long after Malo, enrolling for the start of the fall 2009 semester in a Georgia team that finished the previous season at No. 3 in the country. So why choose Arizona over a team that is normally a national powerhouse? Both Malo and Naydenova had their reasons. “I wasn’t really playing in the tournaments at Georgia,”Naydenova said.“That’s why I came here. And I really like the coach and the program here. “The weather was also really nice,” she added. “Nothing like Georgia. I want this all year round.” While Malo agreed about the weather, his decision to transfer was not based on playing time. He was extremely pleased with the Georgia program, his teammates and his coaches and the entire situation. But the deciding factor was his scholarship.
country, he knows what it’s about,”said men’s head coach Tad Berkowitz.“We have a lot of confidence in him when we play our tougher matches.” “We anticipate Alex playing in the top three (for singles),”said women’s head coach Vicky Maes. “While we’re not expecting her to play her best tennis now after not practicing much last semester, we expect her to start playing better after she has extra time on the court and in the weight room.” On the other side of the court, both players are extremely pleased with their new programs and
head coaches. “I think I have better communication when there’s a woman coaching the team,” said Naydenova.“I really get along well with (Maes) and I think she’s a great person. She trains us very well and she knows what she’s doing.” Malo said that the first thing that stood out to him was how the coaches helped with the transfer. “There’s a lot of paperwork and everyone has been with me and I’m so happy of my decision,” Malo said.“I just love it here.”
Prediction for former ’Cats Vuna Tuihalamaka, MLB
Tuihalamaka has decent size at 6-foot-2, 230 pounds and he plays extremely fast. He only played at Arizona for two seasons, though, which means that NFL scouts probably don’t have enough film on him to take a chance in the draft.
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unfortunately there’s no category for that on a scouting report. Nelson was a three-year starter in the Arizona secondary but recorded just one career interception. The NFL has become fascinated with the ball-hawking safety-types, and unfortunately Nelson didn’t show that he had those kinds of skills during his career. What he does have, though, is a winning attitude. Nelson is the quintessential“gamer.” The defense looked to him as its leader and he shone in the season’s biggest games against Oregon and USC. Nelson can react to plays as quickly as anyone and was very aggressive at the line of scrimmage, showing above-average run support.
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Arizona tennis players Borja Malo, left, and Alexandrina Naydenova came to Arizona from Chile and Bulgaria, respectively. The pair coincidentally transferred to the UA after stints at the University of Georgia.
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“My scholarship wasn’t the same as the one they offered me here,” Malo said.“I came in a recruitment trip and I liked it a lot. It was the same atmosphere I had in Georgia and I decided, for me, it was the best thing to come here.” Because it was a mutual release — both Georgia and Malo were OK with him transferring — it allowed him to continue playing instead of sitting out a year because of the transfer. Malo also had another incentive to come to Arizona: Reuniting with childhood friend Andres Arango — currently a senior on the men’s team and native of Ecuador. When traveling around South America at a young age for tennis, both Arango and Malo met at a match and have continued their friendship until this day. They are even roommates here in Tucson. “I always talked with him and when I told him my situation, he helped me to talk with the coaches here,”Malo said.“He was a big influence.” Naydenova, on the other hand, was looking for a team outside the Southeastern Conference so she wouldn’t have to sit out a year due to transfer regulations. This led her to the West Coast. She came to UA on a recruitment trip and couldn’t say no. Both have faced difficulties though, Naydenova more than Malo. She is still only 17, and just this past July, she was still living in Bulgaria. She misses her family, but she still gets to see them every semester. At Georgia, both tennis teams practiced together, which allowed the two to become acquainted in her first semester there. But neither knew about each other’s plans to transfer to the desert. Both are incredibly pleased with their situation at Arizona, as are their coaches. Both players are expected to make an immediate impact. Last weekend, Naydenova went 2-0 in her singles matches, and Malo won his only match. “Just the guys knowing he has that experience and having played for the upper programs in the
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ASSIStANt foR MARkEtING, bookkeeping office, errands, flexible PT. Late afternoon, weekend times available. Campus area. Excel experience. Email resume: terrydahlstrom@volkco.com buS PERSoN, HoSt, & DISHWASHEr PT evenings. Apply 11:30-4 pm Tues-Sun. Caruso’s 434 N. 4th Ave. cAREGIvER WANtEd foR elderly woman who had a stroke. She needs light housekeeping. Some meals required. MUST LOVE CATS. Must have car. Call Cookie 623-9178.
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cENtRAL LocAtIoN. juNIoR 1BD starting at $409. 1&2BD available. Pool, spa, BBQ, picnic area. On busline. Free rent plus ask about student discount. 520-323-3356 cIty vIEWS, 2bd units, St. Mary’s/ Silverbell starting at $725, APL 7474747 cutE 1bd NEAR UofA. Quiet, peaceful 1 story court. Campbell/ Glenn area. regular $499, but $359 to studious person. 747-1455 LARGE 2bd 1bA 1mile from UofA, water included. Off-street parking. $565/mo No smoking, No pets. 520749-2625 or 520-490-6892 LocAtEd IN tHE heart of Tucson. Deerfield Village is your oasis in the desert. Great for students. 1& 2BD. 24hr fitness center. Heated pool & spa. Free shuttle to UofA. GPA discount, gated community, business center w/WIFI. Call to reserve your home today. 323-9516. $99 moves you in! +up to 2months free!
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AbSoLutELy tHE LARGESt 3bedroom 2bath around for only $1400/ month. Great location across the street from Mansfield Park within a mile of the UofA. Full size washer/dryer, A/C, alarm system, fireplace, ceiling fans, built-in desks, private fenced yard, high speed Internet available, pets welcome. No security deposit (o.a.c.). Now taking reservations for summer/fall 2010. Call 747-9331 www.Universityrentalinfo.com
!!!!!!!!!!!!!AWESoME uNIvERSIty area 5bedroom houses from $2075/ month ($415/bedroom) to $3000/ month ($600/bedroom). Five distinct locations to choose from all within 2miles of UofA. Spacious 2story floor plan includes 2extra large bath, zoned A/C, full size washer/dryer, alarm system, upper deck, wall of windows in living/dining area, private fenced back yard, pets welcome. Quality living rents quick. Now taking reservations for summer/fall 2010. No security deposit (o.a.c.). Call 747-9331 www.Universityrentalinfo.com
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1bd HouSE 600Sf saltillo tile floors water paid stove refrigerator fenced yard pets ok $525 ALSO 1bd house close to campus wood floors claw-foot tub stove refrigerator $550 CALL rEdi 623-5710 Or www.azredirentals.com 1bLock to uofA 2bd house A/C garage stove refrigerator dishwasher washer dryer mountain &city views fenced yard covered patio $650 ALSO 2bd brick house Arizona room stove refrigerator washer dryer fenced yard move-in special $615 CALL rEDI 6235710 Or www.azredirentals.com 2bd HouSE A/c wood floors office/ study stove refrigerator washer dryer covered patio $785 ALSO close to campus 2bd house 1100sf double garage fireplace washer dryer fenced yard mountain views $800 CALL rEDI 520-623-5710 Or www.azredirentals.com
NEAR uofA. StudIo- $375/mo, 1BD- $525/mo, 2BD- $600/mo 4293829/ 444-6213 oN cAMPuS 2bd $775/mo. Water included, fireplace, parking included, wood floors, A/C. Owner rE agent russ 349-8442. Avail 3/1 oN cAMPuS StudIo $535 this includes all utilities and parking! Located at 801 E. 4th Street, wood floors, a.c., and a location that is as close as the dorms without the roommates. Call russ at 520-349-8442 (Owner is a licensed rE agent) Available 2/1/10 oNE oR tWo bedroom apartment loft or house close to campus behind rincon Market ample parking starting at $750.00/ month, 1st month free 322-2940 gmadrid@sebra.com quIEt 1bd APARtMENtS starting at $425-$460. 2mi bike ride to UofA. Amenities close by. Call Jimalee at 325-6545 RESERvE NoW foR summer/fall 1BD furnished. University Arms. Special summer rate May to August $425/mo. years’ lease $500/mo. Nine month in fall $525/mo. 1515 E. 10 St. 623-0474 www.ashton-goodman.com StoNEWood/ GLENN StAR apartments 4BD/ 3BA, 3BD/ 3BA, on-site manager, secure, free internet. W/d, & free private storage room. $600$1225. No security deposit. Cathy 8845044 StudIoS fRoM $400 spacious apartment homes with great downtown location. 884-8279. blue Agave Apartments 1240 N. 7th Ave. Speedway/ Stone. www.blueagaveapartment.com
uA coNvENIENt, LARGE 1BD 1920s duplex, wood floors, ceiling fans, $435/mo, lease, deposit, no pets. 682-7728. 2bdRM/ 1bAtH, St. MARy’S & Silverbell, gated w/pool, all like new appliances incl., central cooling, carpet/ tile, sm. enclosed patio, $675 520-4009485 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!AWESoME 2bEdRooM, 2bath just $940/ month. Close to UofA campus. Spacious floor plan with A/C, alarm system, full size washer/dryer, fireplace, ceiling fans, built-in desks, private fenced yard, high speed Internet available, pets welcome. No security deposit (o.a.c.) Now taking reservations for summer and fall 2010. Quality living rents quick! Call 747-9331 www.Universityrentalinfo.com !!!4bLkS to UofA! Large 2BD 1BA. $660/mo +util. Wood floors. Evap cooling or AC possible. No pets. Security patrolled. Quiet. www.uofahousing.com 624-3080, 299-5020 1bd 1bA PRIvAtE, fenced. W/d, large backyard, new tile throughout. Close to UofA &shopping. $550/mo. Call Peggy 520-331-8285 1bdRM PARk & AdAMS. $500/mo. Dep $500, app fee $30/adult. Burns Development & realty 327-8971. 1bEd 1bAtH uNIt $525/mo. Must see. Short walk to 4th Ave., Downtown, UofA. Call Jesus Johnson 520886-6023 2bEd 1bAtH NEAR 1st and Grant. Covered parking, carpet and tile. $650/mo. Call Jesus Johnson at 520886-6023. 2bLockS fRoM uA. 1000sqft 2bd/1ba duplex unit. A/C, fireplace, wood floors, carport. 315 N Park Ave. $750/mo. Avail. now. 520-903-4353 2bR 1bA, Ac, fenced yard $700. 1704 N. Highland. Call 743-0667 2bR, 1bA duPLEx, private fenced yard, covered parking. Ft Lowell & C Club $600/mo tel. 904-0548
2bd/1bAtH HouSE foR RENt. Newly remodeled with washer, detached one-car garage. 1block from uofA! $800/month. call Adam 661-9500.
APARtMENt foR RENt in an Historic Neighborhood near the University of Arizona. One bedroom with large fenced yard. Available February 1st, 2010 Call: 792-3646 or 7913500
3bd 2bA HouSE 1800sf A/C double garage washer dryer dishwasher stove refrigerator fenced yard covered patio mountain views $1050 ALSO preleasing for summer/fall 3bd 2ba house A/C extra room gated property fenced yard stove refrigerator dishwasher $1095 CALL rEdi 623-5710 Or www.azredirentals.com
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HEdRIck & cAMPbELL! 2bdRM unit avail $495. Evap cooling rent incl water/ trash. deposit $495, app fee $30/adult. Burns Development & realty 327-8971 juSt 3bLockS fRoM Campus. 2bedroom/1bath, cvd parking, laundry, quiet 4unit complex, xtra storage, deposit reqd, no dogs, nonsmoking. 1mo. free with 12mo. lease Water/trash paid $749.00/mo. 520-603-3491 MovE-IN SPEcIAL 1month free on a 1year lease. Many upgrades. 3/4mile to UofA. 2BD/2BA. $675/mo. Water included. Small pets okay. Application fee $35 per adult. Security deposit $675. Pet deposit $200. Call Bea Stanford realty at 520-885-5771, 520-4195771. PRE-LEASING foR SuMMER/ Fall 2010. Newer construction duplex on CatTran, near UofA &UMC. Has many upgrades. $1495/mo +$1495 deposit. 909-4089
ALL utILItIES +PHoNE cable &web paid A/C lease negotiable carport stove refrigerator $550 ALSO 1bd unattached guesthouse ceramic tile floors water paid fenced yard covered patio mountain views $425 CALL rEdi 623-5710 Or www.azredirentals.com LARGE StudIoS oNLy 6blocks from campus, 1125 N. 7th Ave. Walled yard, security gate, doors, windows, full bath, kitchen. Free wi/fi. Unfurnished, $370, lease. No pets. 9774106 sunstoneapts@aol.com
REModELEd vERy cLEAN 2bd/1ba guesthouse. 8th/ Euclid $650 utilities paid plus covered parking! 520-2411662 WALk to uofA, close to downtown &busline. Large studio, covered porch, off street parking. Separate kitchen &bath. $425/mo w/year’s lease. 2983017
!!!!!!!!!!SAM HuGHES CLASSiC HOMES. 2749 E. 5th St. 2927 E. 4th St. 3&4 Br HOUSES. CLOSE TO UOFA. AVAILABLE NOW. $1200$1450. CALL 400-8796. !!!!!!LuxuRy uofA Home- BrAND NEW 4Br 4+1/2 BA and 6Br 6+1/2BA HUGE 3CAr GArAGE just blocks north of UA. All 4HUGE BEDrOOMS are upstairs and have own private CUSTOM TILED FULL BATHrOOMS each Br has private WHIrLPOOL TUB, +WALK-IN CLOSET +high 10ft ceilings +ceiling fans, +custom vanities with GrANITE tops +LArGE OUTSIDE BALCONY. FULL LAUNDrY, LArGE KITCHEN with beautiful CUSTOM CABINETS +GrANITE TOPS +GLASS TOP rANGE +DISHWASHEr +DISPOSAL +WALK-IN PANTrY +CAVErNOUS LIVING-rOOM with 10ft ceilings +MOrE. ABSOLUTELY THE NICEST rENTAL in UA area! CAN FUrNISH if desired. www.myuofarental.com 8841505. Ask about our current special. !!!!!SIGN uP now for Aug 2010– 2,3,4 &5bdm, NEWER homes! 2mi to UofA, A/C, Garages and all appl. included. www.GoldenWestManagement.com toll free 866-545-5303 !!!4bLkS NoRtH of UofA. 1127 E Adams. 1BD house. $640/mo. All new! No pets, Quiet, security patrol, A/C. www.UofAhousing.com 624-3080/ 2995020. $900- $1700 AuG 2010 – 1,2,3,4 & 5bdm, NEWER homes! all within 2mi to UofA, A/C, Garages and all appl. included. www.GoldenWestManagement.com toll free 866-545-5303 1bd 1bA doubLE carport. Tile throughout. Extra storage space. W/d hookups. $575/mo. includes water. Near UofA. 245-8388
3bd HouSE AvAILAbLE near campus. W/d, AC, beautiful backyard. $1200/mo OBO. Very safe. Pets okay. Available Now. Call 909-4334. 3bdRM 2bAtH W/offIcE. 1014 E. roger. Beautiful wood paneling, fireplace, beamed ceilings, dishwasher, extensive use of tile, large kitchen. $1150/mo. inquire about special. 2993987. 3bEdRooM/ 2bA HouSE with pool. Mountain/Prince.$990/month. $1000 deposit/can make payments. Available now. Very nice! 235-6587 or 235-9906. 4bd 2bA 1MILE north of campus. Large fenced backyard, all appliances included, A/C, carport parking. $1100/mo +deposit. 623-910-4639 4bd 2bA 2StoRy home on Glenn/ Campbell $1400/mo. Please contact Kendra 520-982-4998 4bd 3bA HouSE A/C stove refrigerator dishwasher washer dryer fenced yard covered patio $1000 ALSO 1block to campus 4bd 2ba house A/C fireplace washer dryer stove refrigerator fenced yard pets ok $1400 CALL rEdi 623-5710 Or www.azredirentals.com 4bd/ 3bA, buILt 2006, large living area, carpeted bedrooms with access to patios, A/C, W/D, dishwasher. Available 4/1. Below market rent $1000/mo. 2926 N Tyndall Ave, 520903-4353 4bd/2bA NEWER HoME, 1mi from UA, carpeted bedrooms, A/C, W/d, dishwasher, fenced yard, $900/mo. 1136 N 11th Ave. 733-5767/ 918-3921 5bd 2.5bA house A/C double garage brand new appliances walled yard mountain &city views $1395 ALSO 5bd 2ba house 2000sf A/C fireplace washer dryer dishwasher stove refrigerator saltillo tile floors wood beamed ceilings $1600 CALL rEdi 623-5710 Or www.azredirentals.com
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A Guide to Religious Services First southern Baptist ChurCh Breakaway Worship for college students and young adults. Sundays 6:00pm, Worship 11:00 am. www.priorityministry.com | 445 e. speedway.
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Arizona Students’ Association kickoff meeting focuses on new members and the year to come. check it out online at
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Elma Delic, far right, chair of the Arizona Student Association and journalism junior, speaks to students interested in becoming members of ASA during an ASA kickoff meeting in the Student Union’s Rincon Room on Tuesday. Attendees broke into action groups during the meeting to brainstorm, mingle and network.
Probe into Harvard coffee poisoning will continue THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University says a four-month investigation into possible coffee poisoning at the medical school has failed to turn up any suspects. Harvard police interviewed 150 people during the investigation that began when six researchers fell ill Aug. 26 after drinking from a coffee machine in a lounge. The school later determined the coffee was laced with sodium azide,
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a toxic chemical used in school labs. Officials said in a Dec. 23 memo to the Harvard Medical School Community that police were concluding the “active phase” of the investigation, but that the case remained open. The development was first reported Tuesday by the Boston Herald. The memo says campus police will “actively and fully pursue”any new leads and details security enhancements. Harvard officials declined Tuesday to elaborate further.
Politically proud
Campaign platform Education, health care and creating jobs through alternative energy are Cox’s main focuses. “These are things that just plain make sense, they shouldn’t be wedge issues for the parties but things we should be able to accomplish,” Cox said. Though Cox said he’s optimistic about the future of government both at the federal and local levels, he thinks bitter philosophical feuding between extremists has distracted Arizona politicians from preventing the state’s fiscal catastrophe. “It’s such partisan rancor up there right now,” Cox said. “The Republican leadership is going around saying, ‘If we cut taxes, it’s going to make everything better.’” Cox said he fears the legislature’s decision to cut hundreds of millions in education funding not only scared away prospective corporations in need of an educated work force, but may have also forced current companies to relocate. “We should be investing in the largest economic engines in the state instead of cutting them,” he said.
Transparency
“I have a lot of hope in what I see in advancements in transparency and ethics,” Cox said. “The Obama administration has opened up truckloads of information.” He is proud of the UA’s promotion of gender equality in fundamental ways, like instituting gender-neutral bathrooms.
Teacher earns B.A. day before dying THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONCORD, N.H. — It was Harriet Richardson Ames’ dream to earn her bachelor’s degree in education. She finally reached that milestone, nearly three weeks after achieving another: her 100th birthday. On Saturday, the day after receiving her diploma at her bedside, the retired schoolteacher died, pleased that she had accomplished her goal, her daughter said. Ames had been in hospice care. “She had what I call a ‘bucket list,’ and that was the last thing on it,” Marjorie Carpenter said Tuesday. Ames, who turned 100 on Jan. 2, had earned a two-year teaching certificate in 1931 at Keene Normal School, now Keene State College. She taught in a one-room schoolhouse in South Newbury, and later spent 20 years as a teaching principal at Memorial School in Pittsfield, where she taught first-graders. Through the years, she had taken classes at the University of New
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UA alumnus Dustin Cox, 24, is running for state office a year and a half after graduating, on the platform of creating jobs, health care and education.
He supports UA President Robert Shelton’s decisions during the UA transformation, but also encourages administrators to consider reducing their salaries as well. He said the UA and the state of Arizona have some catching up to do in terms of utilizing technology making government operations more transparent. “Transparency is laying everything out on the table — who you’re meeting with, why you’re meeting with them and the results of those meetings,”Cox said.
because my degree’s in the works.’” College officials, including Walker, drove the document to Ames’ bedside on Friday. Walker, who first met Ames in 1997 at an alumni gathering, said she enjoyed listening to her talk about her students and how she encouraged them to read. “She’s the kind of person that every parent would want their first-graders to have as a teacher,” very loving and caring, Walker said. She will read Ames’ diploma at a memorial service this Saturday,“if I can do it without crying.” Paula Finnegan Dickinson of Gilford, who was Ames’ student back in 1956 and became an educator herself, regarded her as a mentor and dear friend. “Mrs. Ames, along with Dick, Jane, Sally, Spot and Puff, became our friend,” Dickinson said, recalling the “Dick and Jane” series that was used in class reading groups. “With her enthusiasm, these characters came to life. … Mrs. Ames showed us how reading opened the doors to other experiences we in Pittsfield might never have known.”
Astroid mission bigger than Mars
OSIRIS-REx is a proposal based on a previous proposal to NASA in a smaller contest, but this project is bigger and better, Lauretta said. The project is six years in the making and is one of three finalists. The other two are Venus and Moon missions presented by University of Colorado at Boulder and Washington University in St. Louis. The winner of the grant will be announced in a year and a half.
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Hampshire, Plymouth Teachers College and Keene State to earn credits for her degree. With her eyesight failing, she stopped after retiring in 1971 and was never sure if she had enough credits. Her wish for a degree became known when a Keene State film professor interviewed her a couple of years ago for a piece on the college’s own centennial, which the school celebrated last year. The school decided to research her coursework and see if it could award Ames her long-sought diploma. The offices of the provost, registrar and other departments worked quickly in the last month to determine, that indeed, it could. “She wanted to be the best that she could be,” said Norma Walker, coordinator of the Keene State College Golden Circle Society, an alumni group for classes that graduated 50 or more years ago. Walker said when she mentioned to Ames during a recent visit that the college was working on the degree, Ames started to cry and said, “’If I die tomorrow, I’ll know I’ll die happy,
It will help future exploration and inspiration. Americans can be proud of an accomplishment like this.
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— Dante Lauretta Project’s deputy chief
Heather Enos, the OSIRIS-REx UA program manager, says the project would definitely provide NASA more “bang for its buck.” “It’s going to be much larger than the Phoenix (Mars) Lander, so it of course makes a huge financial impact on southern Arizona on the amount of dollars and jobs we can sustain,” Enos said. Many of those jobs will go to students from all majors. Out of the $650 million, students will work with the $125 million that will stay in Arizona. Lauretta, deputy chief on the project, is sure of UA’s qualifications for the mission and is confident that their current team can win the grant. “It’s really exciting science,” Lauretta said. “We’ve got a great team from academics, industry and NASA, and it’s within our abilities with all of those other missions we’ve done. It will help future exploration and inspiration. Americans can be proud of an accomplishment like this.”
Quick Facts:
Who: UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is heading the spacecraft project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is managing it, Lockheed Martin builds and commands it (they also built the Phoenix Mars Lander), and KinetX would navigate the spacecraft. What: The space probe would collect at least two ounces of samples to study, so researchers would know where they came from and that they are uninfected by outside materials. OSIRIS-REx is an acronym for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer. When and where: It would depart September 2016 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and land back in the Utah desert in 2023. Why: Asteroids like this one formed Earth, and this type of study is a high priority for NASA-manned missions in the future.
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