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hat started as a racy spam email became an obsession for one thirdyear graduate student at the UA. Andrew, whose name has been changed by request, first encountered porn when he was 10 years old. He received an email containing images of a woman’s breasts and a message that said something like, “Hey, come check out my website!” he said. Out of curiosity, he clicked on the link in the email.

Among college-age adults, 87 percent of men and 31 percent of women watch pornography, according to a 2008 study by researchers at Brigham Young University.

“Everybody in my dorm watched it and talked about it,” said Jack Podczerwinski, a political science junior. “We’re all sexual beings. It is what it is.”

While online pornography may be used to satisfy sexual and physiological needs, it may also be used to escape from mental and emotional pressures. People turn to porn to alleviate stress, loneliness and depression, said Debra Cox-Howard, a counselor at Counseling and Psych Services at Campus Health Service. What

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The UA and other universities have been paying to keep their names out of the porn industry since the Internet’s version of the red light district opened in December.

Web domains designed for the adult entertainment industry, “.xxx,” became available for public purchase about two months ago.

The new .xxx domain has been widely interpreted as the launching of a new wave of Internet pornography. Now, users who are combing the web for porn, and those who aren’t, can identify which websites

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contain adult content.

While some are buying the .xxx domain to create adult-only sites, universities are scrambling to reserve the URLs to keep their trademarks from falling into the hands of those with pornographic intentions.

The UA has spent $500 on .xxx URLs “in order to prevent any inappropriate use of the university’s name and trademarks,” according to Johnny Cruz, UA assistant vice president of communications.

University of California, Berkeley has spent $1,300 to protect its good name, according Bob Sanders, the manager of science communications at UC Berkeley. The school has

blocked seven .xxx domains so far.

For the past year, Arizona State University has been researching which URLs containing the ASU trademark are most likely to be used to create pornographic sites, said ASU Trademark and Licensing Director Fernando Morales. ASU plans to spend “a couple hundred dollars” on .xxx sites, he said.

“It’s the main ones you want to defend against because you don’t want anyone picking up those instead of your regular site,” he added.

On the other hand, some universities think Internet users will easily recognize which sites are university-affiliated and which

ones are not. After Oregon State University’s request to reserve oregonstate.xxx was denied, the school decided it’s “not going to worry about it,” according to Melody Oldfield, the director of University Marketing at OSU. So far, more than 100,000 .xxx domains have been published on the Web, joining the long list of adultonly URLs. An estimated 4.2 million websites contain pornography, and approximately 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography every second, according to TopTenREVIEWS, a website that reviews Internet filter software and gathers Internet statistics.

The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity became unrecognized due to hazing allegations, and former members claim that neither the UA nor their national organization helped them fight the allegations.

On Jan. 20, the fraternity’s national executive council revoked the charter of the Arizona Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi after members of the headquarters staff conducted an investigation of hazing allegations in cooperation with the UA, according to Shawn Collinsworth, Phi Kappa Psi executive director. Collinsworth said that the national organization had “their own due process” with the UA chapter, and found the allegations to be true.

“They (the UA chapter) were not living up to the beliefs and values of our organization,” he said.

The chapter was forced to cease any activities planned for the remainder of the school year, and all undergraduate members became recognized alumni of the fraternity.

Although Phi Kappa Psi’s recognition was revoked due to hazing, some former members of the fraternity said the allegations were not only false, but that they were not given a chance to fight these allegations.

“I’m kind of disappointed …

There was a lack of effort by the UA and nationals to improve our situation, then they blew it for us completely,” said Robert Roberto, the most recent president of the UA’s Phi Kappa Psi chapter. “I didn’t get a chance to try. But whatever.”

Roberto said that if hazing did occur, it was long before he joined the fraternity, and that the allegations against the fraternity regarded “partying” and “social stuff,” not hazing.

Paul Fielding, the fraternity’s president from spring of 2010 to fall of 2011, said their chapter became unrecognized because a former member reported that he had been hazed. The fact that their national organization revoked the charter without meeting any of their members, Fielding said, was “really disappointing.”

“I thought it (becoming unrecognized) was possible, but I didn’t think it would happen to us,” he said. “It was kind of out of the blue.”

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Construction irks some nearby Continued expansion of Arizona Stadium affects campus residents

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While construction around the Arizona Stadium is not bothersome to some, others feel the noise distracts them from school work.

The project, which began this month, aims to expand the football stadium capacity, revenue and design. The project is slated to be complete around June of 2013, and will cost about $72.3 million.

Some students expressed concern as to where this money was coming from, but Athletic Director Greg Byrne said the money was not coming from student tuition.

Funding to expand the stadium will come from various independent family donors, he said, and the rest will be paid off over the next 30 years on a bond-selling program.

According to UA’s Planning, Design and Construction website, “construction of the new north endzone facility at Arizona Stadium will provide upgraded premium seating and fan amenities, relocate and provide new facilities for the football program and provide new concourses cross connecting

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Construction crews work on expanding Arizona Stadium and aim to finish around June 2013. In the meantime, students have to cope with the noise and limited access to some dorms.

access to the east and west stadium seating.”

Since the project started, some students living close to the construction site have complained about it being inconvenient, loud and obnoxious during the day.

Bryan Yabut, a biology freshman, said the construction doesn’t wake him up in the mornings but, “when you wake up that’s all you hear throughout the whole day.”

He said that it doesn’t bother him when he’s trying to get work done,

but that it’s annoying not to be able to walk outside the back of his dorm, Hopi Lodge Residence Hall, to get to the Student Recreation Center or go down to Highland

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initially seems like a casual pastime can turn into an addiction, she said.

To combat the problem, an addict might find something to replace the substance, just like a cigarette smoker might start chewing gum. However, the problem with Internet pornography is that it is ubiquitous and easily accessible, Cox-Howard said.

“We’re married to our computers,” she added.

In the beginning, Andrew satisfied his curiosity by looking at pictures of women’s breasts. But soon he was visiting sex blogs, having sexually explicit conversations in online chat rooms and sharing pornographic pictures with other users.

“At first, it was only spending like 15 minutes or so at a time on the computer, but at the worst point, sometimes it would be like five or six hours,” he said. “One thing that pornography does too is that it always demands more. So, what you did online the night before almost never is good enough for tonight. So you always want more and more and more — something new, you always want something new.”

His addiction followed him to

college and began to take a toll on his social life.

“A couple times in undergrad my roommate would say, ‘Hey, do you want to go do this or that?’ and I’d be like, ‘No, not really,’ and then, as soon as he’d leave, I’d be on the computer,” he said.

Spending several hours hunched over the computer caused Andrew to lose sleep, waste time and develop poor posture and severe back pain.

In social situations, he noticed he couldn’t resist “checking people out,” especially women.

“I could never let girls get too close because I felt like I would somehow make them dirty just by being around them,” he said. “I couldn’t be a true friend, sometimes.”

Then, about three years ago, Andrew exchanged sexually explicit photos with a female friend.

At the time, he was dating another woman, and sharing pictures with his friend felt like betraying his girlfriend, he said.

For Andrew, this was the final straw.

Soon after, he found a counselor who helped him understand his needs, his insecurities and his obsession with pornography.

“I felt comfortable just telling the straight truth to him (the counselor), which was helpful,” he said. “He

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could tell when I was kind of wiggling around the truth and he’d call me out on it.”

Finding a counselor, a support group or an accountability partner can sometimes be the most challenging aspect of combating porn addiction, said Philip Alderink, a campus chaplain for the Graduate Christian Fellowship at the UA. Alderink often counsels graduate students struggling with such problems. The negative social stigma attributed to porn addiction prevents users from admitting their obsession and seeking help, he said.

Alderink described pornography as “rampant” among college students, and said he expects every man he meets has viewed pornography.

“I don’t think that anybody is immune from it,” he said. “Society is fooling itself if it thinks pornography is not a problem.”

The UA Main Library is all too familiar with the popularity of porn.

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While porn isn’t illegal in Arizona, viewing it publicly is. The UA Main Library staff catches people viewing pornography on the public computers “several times per week,” according to Travis Teetor, library operations supervisor. Those caught watching porn on library computers are asked to stop.

“If they refuse to discontinue their behavior or to comply with our request, we would call UAPD immediately,” Teetor said.

Many anti-pornography advocacy groups, such as Enough is Enough and Pure Hope, say pornography motivates people to perform bizarre or violent sexual activities in their real lives, leading them to sexually abuse others. Some believe pornography objectifies women, encouraging viewers to devalue the women they interact with on a day-to-day basis.

However, some argue that consuming pornography actually prevents users from abusing and objectifying

E-books may soon replace textbooks

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Daily Wildcat Every game day, ZonaZoo passholders crowd the student section and cheer on Wildcat athletes.

From donning hot animal suits to getting completely naked and running across the field, every ZonaZoo member has their own way of showing spirit.

This school year, 12,000 students hold passes to the only student-run student section in the Pac-12. Ten thousand of those 12,000 students were allowed into the football stadium each game this season on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Because the student section at McKale Center only houses 2,300 students for basketball games, ZonaZoo members must reserve tickets online the Sunday prior to that week’s game.

“There’s not enough student seats and we have such a big school that it’s almost too competitive,” said Louis Christensen, an agricultural business junior. “But the good part about it is the people that go actually really want to be there and will stay the whole time, unlike football where people leave at halftime.”

The ZonaZoo section opens two hours prior to game time, before any other ticketholder can enter the stadium. During that two-hour period, students watch the ZonaZoo TV show to get pumped up for the game.

“It’s their home, it’s their stadium … they get to kind of get excited and then really pump up the crowd as well as they come in,” said Hillary Davidson, the ZonaZoo executive director and senior studying business marketing and sports management.

ZonaZoo works closely with the athletics department to ensure that its members continue to show their passion and dedication

While the ubiquity of mobile devices and electronic textbooks continue to grow on college campuses, many say they would rather use the real thing.

On Jan. 19, Apple launched its new iBooks app for their electronic devices. iBooks 2, which Apple calls “the next chapter in learning,” is the first bookstore app to sell electronic textbooks that can be accessed on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Currently, only Pearson and McGrawHill education textbooks are available for purchase.

Aside from providing instant access to courseware for students, the cost of these app textbooks, which has been set at $14.99 or less, is far lower than that of most hardbound textbooks. As more publishers move to mobile devices, UA faculty and administrators contemplate the effects of this option for students on the college textbook market.

“It’s a huge challenge,” said William Neumann, senior lecturer in management information systems.

E-books are cheaper, Neumann said, but they “turn into a pumpkin at the end of the semester.”

Though you have equity when you purchase a physical textbook, Neumann said, e-books have “no residual value.”

There’s a “hidden ecosystem behind textbooks,” Neumann said. The reason textbook prices have crept upward is because they now include “collateral material” that makes a teacher’s job easier, he said. Essentially, textbooks now come with their own curriculum.

“There’s always a revenue issue,” Neumann said. He said that Amazon.com is pushing to circumvent publishers. An author who builds a book, Neumann said, can’t separate its chapters.

Unlike textbooks, electronic books

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through buying passes and reserving seats. Though ZonaZoo is one of the biggest and loudest student sections, there is still room for improvement, according to Davidson.

“We need to make sure that ZonaZoo students are signing up and showing up to pre-season games as well as in season games, and we need to show our dedication that way,” Davidson said.

Nick Lenhart, a business marketing junior, also said sometimes students in the ZonaZoo section lack dedication, especially with football.

“It all depends on how our sports team is doing and, I mean, I guess you can find that anywhere you go that has a really committed student section,” Lenhart said.

ZonaZoo has recently entered a competition with I Love College Hoops to officially become “the number-one student section in the U.S.,” according to Davidson.

Christensen said ZonaZoo could

use a little more togetherness in order to live up to the reputation of the best student section.

“If we have some sort of person to look to, to keep the zoo together … a zookeeper if you will … we definitely have the noise, we definitely have the rowdiness,” Christensen said.

Along with setting up and pumping up the student crowd before games, ZonaZoo holds more than 50 events every year. The ZonaZoo organization has community outreach, marketing, media and programming sections. Volunteers work every semester to run these committees and host events from tailgates before football games to designs and a TV and radio show.

“When you become a part of ZonaZoo, you become a part of something bigger than yourself,” Davidson said. “We have 12,000 of the craziest fans in the U.S., we have 12,000 of the most spirited fans and we have 12,000 of the most passionate fans.”

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does not mean it hasn’t happened,” she said.

Although the construction does not make too much noise now, noise levels will start increasing “very shortly,” according to project manager Eric Grenz. He said that workers will start drilling within the next week and a half, and shortly after they will start bringing and pouring concrete.

This will be louder than the work happening at the construction zone now, he said.

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“Basically from where I am I can’t hear it at all,” said undeclared freshman Sean Bugas, a Hopi Lodge resident. “But I’m sure that in other places on the other side of the dorm people can probably hear it, but I don’t know how much or of what significant level they hear it.”

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was concerned with how much money is being spent on the project. Noise from the construction is not affecting him, he said.

“I haven’t really noticed anything, it hasn’t woken me up so it doesn’t bother me,” Gabos added.

Paige Dunn-Albertie, assistant director of Residential Education, said she has not heard any noise complaints as of yet from residence hall residents.

“I have not heard any, but that

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The UA’s Phi Kappa Psi chapter has the opportunity to come back to campus in 2015 if a nonformer member wishes to restart the organization. Although their national organization is unsure as to exactly when and how this will occur, Collinsworth said, they are “very interested” in restarting the chapter eventually.

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allow teachers to customize their courses by choosing what parts of a given book best fit their course — teachers are no longer confined to using an entire text for their course.

“A book is no longer a book,” Neumann said.

Aaron Tesch, an adjunct instructor of psychology, said he is trying to create his own iBook textbooks for his courses.

“I do think hardback textbooks are a thing of the past,” Tesch said.

“I’m hoping to make these books extremely cheap and as interactive as possible.”

Tesch said he also believes that introducing cutting-edge technology to the classroom can have a positive effect on education.

“Technology like app textbooks has the potential to make it possible to make large classes more interactive, cheaper and more personalized. However, technology is not a substitute for high quality material,” he said.

Kurtis Durfey, a marketing specialist for the UofA Bookstore, said that although e-books are up and coming, students prefer textbooks they can hold.

“Our research indicates that the vast majority of our current students prefer the physical, tangible textbook,” he said. “We know that middle schools are embracing technology in their curriculum, and we expect that those students will come to college with a greater preference for digital content and technology.”

Durfey said he suspects there will always be mixed feelings about which solution contributes to a more valuable learning experience — digital or physical, or perhaps a varying blend of each.

“Whether or not digital will completely overtake traditional textbooks, we’re just going to need to wait and see if that’s what the students and the faculty really want,” Durfey said.

he said, explaining that 762 men have been initiated into the Arizona Alpha chapter, including Mr. Phi Psi, the fraternity’s second executive director. “We will work with the UA when the time is right.”

While former members remain unsure about who would want to restart the organization after everything that happened, some still feel pride for ever being a part of the fraternity.

“Once you’re a member, you’re always a member,” Fielding said.

“I’m a member whether they come back or not. It’s for life.”

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others. Viewing pornography allows people to explore their sexual desires; this keeps them from experimenting and potentially harming their sexual partners, said Brion Scroggins, district manager for Continental Adult Shop.

“The industry is an outlet for males, females, couples to get out sexual frustrations and desires,” Scroggins said. “We’re here to make money because people want to come in here and buy what we sell; we’re here to increase people’s sexual awareness.

We’re not here to increase the negative aspects,” Scroggins said.

For Andrew, the “negative aspects” — social isolation, a “splintered” identity, emotional detachment, guilt and shame — grew unbearable.

“Once you get tired of being sick and tired, I think that’s a good thing.

Because that’s when you’re ready to admit you have a problem, to really look for change,” he said.

It has been almost 15 years since he opened that first email. Andrew has confronted his addiction and managed to be porn-free for the better part of a year.

“I feel a ton of relief, a ton of gratitude, and I feel like I can connect to people again,” he said. “I get a lot more sleep, which is great. I don’t feel dirty like I used to feel. I’m not over sexualized, I don’t feel like a brute.”

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Romney poised for Florida win Growth Mcclatchy tribune

ORLANDO, Fla. — Mitt Romney is poised to win big in Tuesday’s Florida Republican primary, a victory that would move him an important step closer to the party’s presidential nomination.

About 2 million people are expected to cast ballots in the biggest primary of the 2012 campaign so far. Most polls suggest a double-digit Romney victory over his three rivals, and the former Massachusetts governor is likely to tout a strong showing as proof that he has broad appeal to a diverse electorate.

But the race won’t be over. “A Romney victory will leave us where we thought it was several months ago, with Romney the likely nominee. But a lot of Republicans still are not reconciled to that idea,� said Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel / MCT Newt Gingrich, a former speaker Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is welcomed to the stage by Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno, at Lanco Paint of the House of Representatives, had Co., in Orlando, Fla., on Friday. Romney is expected to triumph in Tuesday’s Florida Republican primary. hoped to capitalize on the momentum from his South Carolina landslide presidential nominees John McCain and Bob ahead among every subgroup of voters: conserover Romney on Jan. 21. The two began last week Dole to the late William F. Buckley’s National Re- vatives, evangelicals, young, old, rich, poor and in a virtual Florida tie in most polls. view — pronounced Gingrich erratic and unfit middle class.

But the well-funded Romney camp unleashed for the presidency.

Gingrich has vowed to stay in the race until the an ad barrage questioning Gingrich’s ethics and The attacks scored. Polls tell the tale: Romney August convention. Texas Rep. Ron Paul made work for mortgage titan Freddie Mac. And Rom- holds a 12.5 percentage-point lead, according to only a token effort in Florida, but he’s mounting a ney attacked Gingrich sharply in two televised an average of nine surveys taken from last Tues- strong effort in Nevada, the site of the next caucus, debates, while Gingrich’s performances failed day through Sunday — all after the first Florida on Saturday. to provide the boost that two South Carolina de- debate — compiled by Real Clear Politics, a nonFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum all bates had given him there. Last, iconic figures partisan website. A Quinnipiac University survey but abandoned his Florida effort over the weekfrom the GOP establishment — from former conducted Friday through Sunday had Romney end. He’s expected to be in Nevada on Tuesday.

Police tear down Occupy Charlotte camp; 7 arrested Mcclatchy tribune

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CharlotteMecklenburg police waded into the Occupy Charlotte protest site Monday afternoon, arresting at least seven people and dismantling the campground that the group had established last fall.

A group of about 30 police officers crossed the street into the protest site at about 2:45 p.m., moments after Capt. Jeff Estes had given Occupy Charlotte’s members “one final warning� to take down their tents and comply with an order he had given for the first time almost eight hours earlier.

Police were acting to comply with a new city ordinance that went into effect at midnight, prohibiting groups from camping on city-owned property.

Amid shouts and the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner� from Occupy Charlotte participants, police officers pulled down the tents and tossed them into nearby trash trucks. By 3:45 p.m., all of the 30 to 40 tents that had been erected on the lawn of the old City Hall were gone.

Estes said seven people had been arrested on charges of delaying and obstructing officers, a misdemeanor.

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Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers arrest an Occupy Charlotte protester at the Old City Courthouse on Trade Street in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday.

Occupy Charlotte made one last attempt to forestall the eviction, going to Mecklenburg Superior Court at 2 p.m. and asking Judge Jesse Caldwell to issue a restraining order against the city. Caldwell said the docket was full and told the protesters’ attorney, Robert Davies, and City Attorney Robert Hagemann that they would have to wait.

Hagemann said the city would not wait. Davies then tried,

unsuccessfully, to find another judge to issue the order. “A bunch of people will get arrested,� Davies said at the time. “We did everything we could.�

His words were proven true just a few minutes later. With police Chief Rodney Monroe watching from the front steps of police headquarters — across the street from the lawn of old City Hall, where Occupy Charlotte has taken up residence since last fall — police massed on the far side of

the street.

Meanwhile, Occupy Charlotte members weren’t budging. About 30 tents remained on the lawn, and members of the group stayed inside a few of the tents.

With Occupy Charlotte participants shouting “Shame!� and “Arrest us! We’ll multiply,� police began taking down the tents. Police quickly arrested one person on the grounds — a man who had refused to leave his tent. A second person could be seen taken away in handcuffs minutes later.

Six people, apparently Occupy Charlotte participants, locked legs on the ground and refused to move.

Police separated the six and led at least some of the group away in handcuffs.

Some aspects of the event were bizarre, such as the protesters singing the “Hokey Pokey� as police advanced on the tents. One Occupy Charlotte participant ran back and forth across the lawn with an orange tent on his head and an insulting message for police written on the tent. Meanwhile, dozens, if not hundreds, of people in nearby buildings watched the proceedings through office windows and from rooftops.

a goal for Europe’s leaders Mcclatchy tribune

LONDON — European leaders grappling with a stubborn debt crisis reaffirmed their commitment Monday to sign a new pact limiting public spending, but pledged also to spur growth and create jobs in an acknowledgment that austerity cuts alone will not pull the continent out of its economic funk.

European Union officials said they would make special efforts to tackle youth unemployment, which has swelled to alarming levels in countries such as Spain. They promised to increase apprenticeships, remove impediments to further liberalize trade within the EU and dip into an untapped pot of more than $100 billion in development funds to launch new projects.

Of the EU’s 27 member states, 25 restated their intention to sign an accord to prevent reckless government spending by giving Brussels more oversight over their national budgets and penalizing countries that stray. The new treaty is to be ready by March.

Opting out are Britain, which rejected the proposal when it was first put forward last month, and the Czech Republic, which reversed its previous decision to join because of constitutional objections. Neither country is among the 17 that use the euro currency.

The measures are Europe’s latest attempt to stanch the euro debt crisis after more than two years of unsuccessful stopgaps. Until now, the focus has been almost exclusively on forcing heavily indebted nations to make harsh public spending cuts to whip their budgets into line, but there is a growing consensus that ever-greater austerity is crippling economies, not putting them back on their feet. “We recognize that financial stability is in itself not enough to get out of the economic crisis,� EU President Herman Van Rompuy said. “We must do more, in particular on economic growth and employment.�

The new treaty on fiscal discipline is designed to give investors confidence that there won’t be a repeat of the runaway budget deficits that have thrown the viability of the euro into doubt. Greece, Portugal and Ireland have all had to accept international loan packages in order to keep paying their bills; worries have spread to Spain and Italy, whose economies are considered too big to bail out.

At Monday’s summit in Brussels, EU leaders approved bringing a beefed-up European rescue fund online in July, earlier than originally scheduled. But they put off until March the question of whether the $650 billion fund will be big enough to reassure the markets.

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Perspectives Editor: Michelle A. Monroe • 520.621.7581 • letters@wildcat.arizona.edu

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Tuition bill would charge students $2,000 more

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A state representative is pushing a minimum tuition bill, HB 2675, that would make students pay at least $2,000 a year unless they have a full-ride scholarship for athletics or academics. While this completely goes against Arizona’s state constitution’s promise of making higher education as free as possible, it’s also punishing students who don’t get a full ride.

Partial scholarships, tuition reductions and other forms of financial aid are the only ways that some students can afford to attend school. Charging them an additional $2,000 because they couldn’t get it all paid for is ridiculous.

“I don’t see why these (college graduates) who are going to earn so much more (than high school graduates) can’t take out loans for $2,000,” said Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, who sponsored the bill. “It’s a small fraction of the cost of their education. Graduating with an $8,000 loan is not the end of the world.”

It’s not the end of the world, but it certainly is a rocky beginning. In an unstable economy with employment down, it’s irresponsible to assume college students are going to make money right away.

President Barack Obama spoke about the importance of higher education in America during his State of the Union speech. Well, adding extra costs to receive that education will make it even harder for Americans to learn.

For placing additional burden on students, this bill gets a fail.

Arizona attempts a ‘California roll’

An Arizona house bill would make it legal for some bicyclists to yield at stop signs instead of stopping. However, the bill is confusing and only applies to those 16 or older, because they’re more likely to know traffic laws.

But that’s the classic, “Do as I say, not what I do.” If a child sees adults going through stop signs, why would they do any differently?

Also, giving bikes a special exception to stop signs will provide unnecessary confusion for cross traffic. As a vehicle that has the right-ofway starts to accelerate, they have to guess if the bike coming up will stop, yield or just blow through an intersection. If there’s one thing we’ve all learned on campus it’s that bikes don’t always follow the law.

The bill is poorly worded and offers a confusing solution to a simple problem. If bikes are treated as vehicles, everyone knows the expectations.

For poor wording, this bill gets an incomplete.

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Fraternity system called out

A fraternity member at Dartmouth University, Andrew Lohse, wrote an exposing column about his time in his fraternity, and the dehumanizing hazing that took place there. Some say that his view can’t be trusted because he was kicked out of his own fraternity. But Lohse brings up several points about discussions with administration before he was out of the Greek system, and doesn’t attack particular people or the Greek system as a whole. Rather, he sheds light on a terrible cultural movement on campus and the school’s administration’s failings.

This semester, the UA chapter of Phi Kappa Psi was kicked out after its national organization found that it was hazing pledges. Whistle blowers like Lohse should be applauded, and the national organizations of Dartmouth fraternities should get involved.

People like Lohse should be commended for speaking up and protecting their fellow students.

For taking a stand, Lohse gets a pass.

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Pulse of the pac See what other Pacific-12 Conference schools have been talking about.

Daily Utah Chronicle University of Utah

Daily Trojan USC

“LDS Church’s role in politics legal,

“Laptop-free classrooms need to go”

disproportionately influential”

When people outside of Utah think of the state, one of the first words that comes to mind is “Mormon.” The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is inextricably tied to the history of the state, and as a result, many aspects of LDS and Utah culture are inseparable. With nearly two-thirds of the state identifying themselves as LDS, the word association is entirely understandable.

Anyone who is familiar with Utah’s liquor laws or lack of a lottery can tell you that even the politics in Utah are strongly influenced by the LDS Church.

The involvement of the LDS Church in Utah politics has recently been brought up by the ongoing lawsuit the Utah Hospitality Association brought against the state regarding certain liquor laws.

To be in violation of the current laws, “The [LDS] Church would have to be doing more than just influencing. It would have to be playing a role in the decision-making process,” said law professor Wayne McCormack.

Because a majority of the electorate and Legislature are members of the LDS Church, LDS opinions are going to dominate state politics. As frustrating as those who claim that the LDS Church possesses too much political influence might find this, the organization is legally within its rights to express its preferences and lobby for certain initiatives.

Even if they reach a more specific definition of what constitutes “interfering” in the function of the state, it seems unlikely that this approach will accomplish anything for those hoping to lessen the influence of the LDS Church in Utah politics.

— Michael Ukkestad, Jan 30 issue.

When was the last time you used a laptop?

Whether students type an essay in Microsoft Word, scroll through an article in PDF form or compile notes in Google Docs, technology serves as an integral part of our day-to-day college lives.

Naturally, when professors issue a “no laptops allowed” classroom policy, many students become discouraged.

Many professors argue that laptops are distracting. But let’s consider why students become tempted to hop on Facebook or to chat with friends in the first place — in many cases, they simply aren’t engaged in class.

Two-hour-long oral lectures and 50-slide PowerPoint decks full of black-and-white text do not keep students’ attention.

A recent study by the Southern Cross University in Australia found that Twitter helps shy students share their ideas in the classroom and encourages class participation.

In the study, students anonymously tweeted their comments on class material and those comments showed up on their professors’ laptops via PowerPoint. In this manner, professors used laptops to engage students rather than distract them.

Twitter is a great example, but it’s only a starting point. Professors can brainstorm other ways to engage students through the use of online collaboration and technology tools.

If professors look to technology as a potential medium for improving the classroom experience rather than hampering it, both parties will benefit.

— Jasmine Ako, Jan. 29 issue.

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— Robert Iddiols university alumnus

The Daily Wildcat editorial policy

Daily Wildcat staff editorials represent the official opinion of the Daily Wildcat staff, which is determined at staff editorial meetings.

Columns, cartoons, online comments and letters to the editors represent the opinion of their author and do not represent the opinion of the Daily Wildcat.

“Stopping smokeless statism” I am a sanctimonious non-smoker. I have never smoked a cigarette in my life, nor do I ever intend to. I guess you can call me a nicotine buzz killer.

But despite my fervent anti-smoking attitude, I would never dare to snatch a cigarette out of some unexpecting soul’s mouth in a fit of self-righteousness.

While I may detest the unhealthy habit, I understand that it would be grossly inappropriate to enforce my values upon others. Live and let live is my motto, and if someone chooses to “live” by hastening his or her march to the grave, then so be it.

Unfortunately, our university’s busybody bureaucrats haven’t learned this rule of common courtesy. Just earlier this month, UC President Mark Yudof mandated that all 10 campuses of our university ban tobacco consumption completely by 2014.

That’s right, fellow Berkeleyans, the administration doesn’t just want to prevent you from harming other students’ bodies — they want to control yours.

So, I call on my fellow students — smokers and non-smokers alike — to stand up to this atrocious intrusion on our personal freedom. An unenforceable law like this broad tobacco ban should be no law at all. We as taxpayers, students and human beings should have the freedom to live our lives peacefully without some nanny state do-gooders breathing down our necks.

But, if all else fails, there’s always that hidden spot behind Stephens Hall to light up. ­— Casey Given, Jan. 23 issue.

Affirmative action doesn’t help

— Editorials are determined by the Daily Wildcat opinions board and written by one of its members. They are Bethany Barnes, Kristina Bui, Steven Kwan, Luke Money and Michelle A. Monroe. They can be reached at letters@wildcat. arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatOpinions.

Dear Daily Wildcat, When walking west on Championship Drive one need go no further than the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center to find something to be proud of about the university’s Athletic Department. After the men’s swim team destroyed Texas, the No. 2 ranked team in the country, in an epic battle last week. Why did the student community need to leaf through several of the back pages of your publication before learning of their success? I suggest you remedy this shameful disregard. Every column inch that you fail to print about the swim team for the remainder of the week represents a mile lost in your reputation.

The Daily Californian UC Berkeley

ast month, the Obama administration issued guidance to colleges and universities on how to increase racial diversity on campuses.

Some support the administration’s dedication to diversity, and its ability to “contribute to the educational, economic and civic life of this nation,” as the Department of Education said.

Still, many universities have been struggling with the repercussions of affirmative action for years. If we as Americans truly believe that no one should be judged by the color of their skin then race should no longer be a factor for consideration in universities.

The benefits of diversity are undeniable. If every student or worker had the same race,

economic background, religion and/or sexual orientation, then all communication would be gathered and interpreted in the same way. This is why the UA has been trying to increase diversity for years. Without it, our student body would largely consist of people who grew up in Phoenix suburbs, which would create a very restricted worldview in terms of communicating universal information.

However, as listed above, diversity is not restricted to skin color alone. If affirmative action were implemented in order to achieve the highest amount of diversity, it would have to include everyone who is not the “typical” American citizen. This would lead to widespread reverse

discrimination, which is equally as unfair as discriminating against minorities.

Since universities are academic institutions, students should be admitted based solely upon their academic merits. At the University of Texas at Austin, 80 percent of the student body graduated high school in the top 10 percent of their class. The remaining 20 percent was admitted based upon other individual assessments, including race. This 20 percent has proven challenging to the university because of their lack of academic success. That very reason is why the university has filed a lawsuit in hopes of reviewing the need for affirmative action, and it is one of three universities currently waiting to hear from the Supreme Court about affirmative action problems.

This is not to say that students admitted by affirmative action are unable to succeed at UT Austin, or at any other university.

However it is unfair, both to the student and to the university, to accept someone into an academic institution if they are unable to

perform at the expected academic level, especially if it means denying someone who is more qualified.

The top 80 percent at UT Austin includes more than just white students. This is not surprising — skin color does not influence one’s intelligence. If this is true, then colorblind admissions would not compromise a university’s diversity.

America consists of people from many different cultures and backgrounds, all of which deserve equal treatment in society.

None of these people should be judged by their differences, and even if this judgment has good intention, it does nothing to help discrimination. As Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said in 2007, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Our universities should consider this thought.

— Lauren Shores is a journalism sophomore. She can reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatOpinions.

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Police Beat

By Elliot P. Hopper Daily Wildcat

Not a laughing matter

A University of Arizona Police Department officer arrived at Cellar Bistro on Thursday at 3:40 p.m. after an employee reported seeing what looked like a handgun. The employee said he saw the gun located in the Cellar next to the stage and opening doors. He picked it up, but noticed there was neither a magazine nor bullets in the chamber. He notified the police immediately, who arrived and detained the weapon. After further inspection, the officers realized that it was an airsoft gun. Officers and the employees speculated that the gun was used for the Comedy Corner, a stand-up comedy show every Wednesday night peformed by students. UAPD sent an email to Comedy Corner to verify that the gun was actually an airsoft gun. The gun will remain in UAPD Property and Evidence until a performer from Comedy Corner retrieves it.

Come at me, bro

A Tucson resident was at the UofA Bookstore with his family on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. His wife and children were standing in line downstairs when the man decided to step out of line and browse the rest of the store. Upon coming back he saw his wife speaking with a customer service representative, so he decided to approach them and see what they were talking about. Right after the husband walked up, he turned around to a male college student who said to him, “Hey you’re cutting the line!” The husband responded “no” and said that he was already in line, and that he was simply standing with his wife. The student repeated his argument again, this time six inches from the husband’s face.

The husband said that the student had a “threatening look in his eyes.” The husband then grabbed the student by the shirt and threw him nine feet back, saying he feared that his wife and children were at harm. The student instantly stood up, prepared to punch the husband. Bookstore employees rushed over to the scene before the two had the opportunity to hurt each other. Police arrived at the bookstore minutes later and contained the two men. They reviewed the security tapes and decided that the student was at fault for showing physical aggression. The student was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Five warrants and no happy endings

A librarian at the UA Main Library called UAPD after she saw a male student viewing pornography in the corner of the library on the public computers. UAPD officers arrived on the scene and asked the male student to step outside with them. As they stepped outside, the student asked, “What’s this all about?” The officers stated that they were called because someone saw him viewing pornography. He said that he had not viewed anything like that on the computers. As the officers walked over to view the history on the computer, he told them, “Well maybe something popped up on the computer, I don’t know.” They asked for his driver’s license and ran a check on his information, and found that the student had five outstanding warrants for his arrest. UAPD officers arrested him for the warrants, warned him against viewing pornography and sent him to Pima County Jail.

Officers said that if he was caught viewing pornography websites again, he would lose his privileges at the university.

Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. A complete list of UAPD activity can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.

UA Science Spring 2012 Lecture Series Tonight, Jan 31st at 7pm, Centennial Hall

Living Beyond 100

Free!

The Biology of Aging: Why Our Bodies Grow Old Janko Nikolich-Zugich

All organisms age, but we really do not have a clear explanation how and why. Do we have to grow old? Can we identify processes that can impact aging of particular parts of our bodies or, even better, of our entire bodies?

Join us tonight to learn why aging research is important to us all.

Visit cos.arizona.edu/beyond or call 621.4090 for full schedule.

Funders: Arizona Center on Aging, Arizona Daily Star, Cox Communications, Galileo Circle, Godat Design, Innovation Park/Bob Davis, Raytheon, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Sanofi US, The Marshall Foundation, UniSource Energy & Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.

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Campus Events

Talk - ‘Behind the Emergency Response to the Giffords Shooting’ At 10:10 a.m. Jan. 8, a gunman fired into a small crowd gathered outside Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on Your Corner” event. At 10:12 a.m., the first call was placed to emergency services. At 10:15 a.m., the police arrived followed by the paramedics at 10:16 a.m. Injured victims were mostly taken to the University of Arizona Medical Center. What happened inside the hospital? How did the staff work together to handle the medical crisis? How did they face the pressure of national attention and the visits from important political figures? Learn all this and more at our Medical Heroism event – see and hear about how teamwork in the health field can help stabilize an urgent situation. Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom. Tuesday, January 31, 2012 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

LGBTQA Support Group This group is a safe space for UA students to talk in an open and supportive environment about issues impacting their lives and the LGBTQ and Allied community.

Students can discuss topics ranging from coming out to making new friends, from the media to gender identity. Facilitated by LGBT staff to provide resources and guidance if needed, the group is free and confidential. Please drop in - no need to call! For more information, please contact Martie van der Voort, MC, LPC, 621-3334 or email: vandervoort@health.arizona.edu. Room 412 is located on the 4th floor of the Student Union Memorial Center, directly across from the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership (CSIL) and next to Career Services. Tue, January 31, 4:00pm – 5:30pm.

Wildcat Calendar Campus Events

Science, Technology & Art: A SISTA Exhibition The School of Information: Science, Technology & Arts (SISTA) is pleased to announce our first exhibition to be held in the University of Arizona Student Union Gallery, running from January 17th to February 9th. Admission is free and open to the public. This juried exhibition includes work

by UA faculty, staff, and students who are blurring the lines between art, research, technology, and science. Information about SISTA can be found at http://sista.arizona.edu or by e-mailing info@ sista.arizona.edu. Union Gallery Hours: Monday Wednesday and Friday: 12pm - 6pm, Thursdays: 12pm - 8pm

“Mapping Arizona: From Mexican Territory to U.S. State” (exhibit) This is new exhibit on display in the UA Main Library from Jan. 6 – March 28, 2012, details the path Arizona took to become a state – first as part of the Territory of New Mexico, then as the Territory of Arizona, finally attaining statehood in 1912. In addition to an array of historical maps, “Mapping Arizona” also includes books and unique documents selected from Special Collections extensive holdings. These additional materials offer insight into the stories that accompany the lines, boundaries, and borders within the maps. UA Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd.

Upper Division Writing Workshop - ‘Writing a Research Paper’ Joe Stefani of the Writing Skills Improvement Program will discuss “Writing a Research Paper.” This lecture is part of a semester-long series of free workshops held weekly. This Tuesday, January 31, 2012 from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. in Social Sciences room 411.

January 31

Campus Events

Steward Observatory Mirror Lab Tours A behind-the-scenes look on Tuesdays and Fridays at the cutting-edge optical technology involved in making giant telescope mirrors at Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, University of Arizona. Tours are conducted at 1 p.m and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Advance reservations are required and can be made by calling 520-626-8792.

Admission: $15 adults, $8 students.933 N. Cherry Ave., N208 Professional Development Seminar - ‘Interviewing for Jobs and Internships’ Learn what to expect and how to prepare for an interview so you can answer interview questions with ease. No prior signup required. Student Union Memorial Center Career Services, Suite 411. Tuesday, January 31, 2012 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Improv Comedy: Charles Darwin Experience FREE! The Charles Darwin Experience: The UA’s only all improv comedy group performs every Tuesday night in the Gallagher Theater at 10:10 pm. It’s an hour long show and completely FREE. So take a break from your mundane lives and enjoy the hilarity!

Tucson

ATC Presents Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’ Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have … Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. A mind-blowing cast of four actors play over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure.

Broadway’s most intriguing, most riotous, most unmissable Tony-winning comedy smash proves that anything the movies can do, the theatre can do more hilariously! January 14, 2012 - February 04, 2012. Times vary. Arizona Theatre Company presents at Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Church Ave. Phone: 520-622-2823 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase. The World’s Largest Treasure Hunt, January 28 - February 12, 2012 www.tucson-gem-show.org/

To Bead True Blue® and The Tucson Bead Show These shows create the longest artisan bead and design event in the country, with nine days of exhibitions. They have become traditions – bringing attendees from across the U.S. and thirtyeight countries –putting shoppers in a lively, artistic environment with more than 500 artisan booths, galleries, and displays, with bead makers and artisans, and the finest wholesale merchants. Both shows are open to the public with no admission fee. Register online or at the door. Exhibitors sell on a cash and carry or order-writing basis. There is complimentary onsite parking and shuttle service.

For exhibitor and workshop lists, and registration, visit tobeadtrueblue.com and thetucsonbeadshow. com. To Bead True Blue, Sunday - Friday, January 29 - February 3, 10am-6pm; and The Tucson Bead Show, Saturday - Monday, February 4 - 6, 10am6pm. Doubletree Reid Park, 445 S Alvernon Way

To sponsor this calendar, or list an event, email calendar@dailywildcat.com or call 621.3425 Deadline 3pm 2 business days prior to publication

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Minnesota 120, Houston 108

San Antonio 83, Memphis 73

Jumping for joy Junior high jumper transferred high schools in search of a bright future on the track

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unior high-jumper Brigetta Barrett didn’t always have something to smile about. Growing up in New York as the middle child of three in a single-parent home, Barrett realized she couldn’t stay there forever.

“Growing up, I loved to play outside and was always very active,” Barrett said. “But as I got older I just felt like New York just wasn’t for me. I had to get out.”

Struggling with symptoms of depression and coming to the realization that paying for college was Brigetta not within her family’s budget, Barrett wanted to Barrett find another way of earning a college education.

Year: Junior “I always made sure to excel in everything I did,” she said.

Height: 6-0 “I figured if I could be good Event: High jump enough at more than one area I would have a better shot. I From: Wappingwould always pray and think ers Falls, N.Y. you know ‘God, I know you have a plan for me and you want great things from me,’ but I felt like things were falling apart.”

After a brief introduction to high jumping while attempting other sports at her high school in New York, Barrett decided the track event could be her ticket to college. While competing at the Armory one day in Manhattan, Barrett was captivated by a photograph of a female high jumper with impeccable form.

Barrett said a stranger caught her looking at the picture and told her: “Don’t worry, you’ll get there.

I’ve been watching you and you’re going to be one of the greats,” and that’s a moment that has stayed with her as motivation.

“At that moment, I realized I wanted to be just like her,” Barrett said.

Her sophomore year in high school, Barrett convinced her mother to allow her to move to Texas under the impression that she would have a better chance at getting recruited. In reality, Barrett was battling ongoing sadness and decided to make a change and move in with cousins she barely knew at the time.

“Moving to Texas was one of the best decisions I ever made,” Barrett said. “But in the beginning I would hide in hallways and just cry. I would skip class because I didn’t want anyone to see me upset.”

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evin Parrom isn’t eligible for the NCAA’s medical hardship waiver, which would allow him to redshirt the 2011-12 season.

But if there’s one situation where the NCAA needs to stray from its robotic decision-making and put down the rulebook, it’s this one.

Parrom has played in about 90 percent of the games on Arizona’s schedule, while the NCAA requires less than 30 percent. If his seasonending foot injury The pain, both were his only obstacle physical and this season, it would emotional, that be understandable for the NCAA to be Parrom’s felt set in its ways. Plenty over the last of athletes go down six months well each season with nasty injuries and just outweighs that pass the 30 percent of a typical foot mark, missing out on injury. that coveted medical redshirt.

Parrom’s hardships lie so much deeper than a bone fracture in his right foot though. The pain, both physical and emotional, that Parrom’s felt over the last six months well outweighs that of a typical foot injury.

Parrom’s endured about as rough of a sixth month stretch as any player in UA basketball history. To lose his grandmother to an illness, get shot at home when visiting his sick mother, then lose her as well is enough to deal with.

Now Parrom’s been stripped of his only outlet. The basketball court was Parrom’s getaway. The reason he didn’t consider redshirting at the start of the season was because he needed basketball to heal.

“I didn’t want to sit out the whole year and think about what happened,” Parrom said a week ago.

“In order to recover, I also had to recover mentally.

People don’t understand that. In order to recover mentally, I wanted to play basketball. I needed to

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High jumper Brigetta Barrett trains at Drachman Stadium on Monday. Barrett endured a number of hardships before using high jumping as a way to get to college.

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Arizona softball aims to reclaim magic

By Cameron Moon Daily Wildcat

The Arizona softball program — one of the most prolific in NCAA history with eight national championships — took a step back last season.

Last season was the first in 24 years that the Wildcats were not among the eight teams to reach the Women’s College World Series. But if there was ever a team that looked as though its fire was relit, it was the softball team this fall.

“After last year’s finish, we have regrouped and looked at where we feel we need to be and why we didn’t get there,” said head coach Mike Candrea in a press release. “I feel extremely good about this group; they’ve worked extremely hard. Their energy level has been great and their commitment to our ultimate goal has been revitalized.”

The fall schedule didn’t feature any teams that will give Arizona fits during the regular season, but instead

only trailed in one game, outscored opponents 91-5, and in one game had more grand slams (two) than the opposition had baserunners (one).

The team boasts five seniors — second baseman Kristen Arriola, outfielders Karissa Buchanan and Nicole Bryan, catcher/first baseman Lini Koria and Jessica Spigner, a high-profile senior transfer from Tennessee. These athletes will give the Wildcats a steady foundation that will be able to guide five freshmen taking on extensive roles right out of high school.

“I think our senior class has tasted a little bit of everything,” said Candrea.

“They’ve been to the championship game of the World Series and they’ve been on a team that felt what it was like not to make it to the World Series.

Colin Darland / Daily Wildcat It’s always a nice thing to have seniors that are playing a valuable role on your The Arizona softball team is trying to rebound from missing the Women’s College team, which is our case this year.”

World Series for the first time in 24 years last season.

The focal point of Arizona’s game allowed it to try things out and see All-Americans. plan in 2012 will be the offense. The what worked best for its deep and The Wildcats’ power and pitching ‘Cats’ bats were white-hot in fall talented lineup which includes two were on display this fall, as they games, blasting 17 balls out of the park

Up next What: Arizona vs. McNeese State When: Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m.

Where: Tempe, Ariz.

in nine games, including five from freshman Chelsea Goodacre and four from junior Brigette Del Ponte.

“You’re going to see a team that can do a lot of things offensively,” Candrea said. “Our short game will be aboveaverage. But our strength is going to be our ability to swing the bat. We have pretty deep power throughout our lineup.”

Arizona’s lineup is stacked for what could be a magical season in Hillenbrand Stadium, and the Wildcats don’t want last season lingering in fans’ minds.

“We want to compete,” Del Ponte said. “We want to let people know that we’re Arizona softball and you’re going to have to work really hard to beat us.”

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Whyte’s struggles have led to UA losses in Pac-12 Conference play

By Zack Rosenblatt Daily Wildcat

Entering the season, junior guard Davellyn Whyte was expected to take on the leadership and go-to scoring role that former Wildcat Ify Ibekwe left behind. The two-time All-Pac-10 player had found success at the college level from the minute she stepped on campus.

But now the Wildcats are reeling. With seven losses in their last nine games after starting the year 11-1, Arizona has reached its low point of the season. In those recent seven losses, the Wildcats’ margin of defeat has been an average of 11 points per contest.

Strange as it may sound, it’s in these losses that the Wildcats have discovered just how important production from their leading scorer is to whatever success they have.

“I just think when things aren’t going well, typically players put a lot on their shoulders and I think (Whyte) is no different,” head coach Niya Butts said. “She’s trying to do what she can to help us win, and I think sometimes when you do that, the harder you fight, the

more you struggle.”

Whyte is second in the Pac-12 in scoring at 18.2 points per game, but recently her allaround numbers haven’t been so rosy. In the last three games — all losses — Whyte has averaged 9.7 points per game, four turnovers, shooting 25 percent from the field and 20 percent from 3-point range.

In Arizona’s eight losses on the season, Whyte has averaged 17.1 points, — just 15 points excluding a 32-point game against Utah — and 4.5 turnovers per game, coupled with 29.9 percent shooting both overall and from long range.

In 11 of Arizona’s 13 wins — excluding lowscoring affairs in blowouts against Long Beach State and BYU-Hawaii — Whyte averaged 21.2 points, 3.9 assists, 3.2 turnovers and shot 43.6 percent from the field, in addition to shooting 3-pointers at a 42.7 percent clip.

To go along with the idea that Arizona goes as Davellyn Whyte does, in games where Whyte scores 20 points or more, the Wildcats have a 7-2 record. In those games, she averages 24.7 points, shoots 46.4 percent from the field

and 46.2 percent from 3-point range.

“More than anything, it’s a lack of focus offensively and defensively that’s hurting everybody, but Dav in particular because she knows she has a big responsibility on this team,” Butts said.

It’s unreasonable to expect Whyte to come out every night and score 25 to 30 points. But if she can so much as score 20 points per contest the rest of the way, Arizona will be better off.

But, even with Whyte’s struggles, a team can’t turn the ball over 23 times, as the Wildcats did against Washington State and Washington, and expect to win. A team, a 3-point shooting team at that, can’t shoot 1-of-13 from long range, as it did against Colorado, and expect to win.

Still, Butts said she’s confident in her team going forward.

“There is a lot of season left to play and I wouldn’t be a very good coach if I wasn’t optimistic about what we can do moving forward,” Butts said. “I’ve seen this team before at a higher level, we just gotta get back to that and the first thing is just taking care of the basketball.”

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Junior guard Davellyn Whyte has struggled during Arizona’s rough stretch in Pac-12 Conference play.

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Busy Pulmonology office in sierra vista seeking arizona li‑ censed provider, or graduate of program to be licensed. great benefits and competitive salary. please fax or email: Margaret reilly 520‑417‑0581 mreilly@cochiselungcenter.com

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centraLLy LocateD stuDIo close to UofA, shopping. $400/mo including utilities, W/D access.

Graduate students preferred. Call John at 444‑4602.

Large stuDIos 6bLocks UofA, 1125 N. 7th Ave. Walled yard, security gate, doors, win‑ dows, full bath, kitchen. Free wi/fi. $380.

977‑4106 sunstoneapt‑ s@aol.com Mnt/DrachMan ‑ $615 a month, 1bd/1bath, living room, kitchen, enclosed yard, laundry fa‑ cilities, off street parking. Part of duplex. Walking distance to UofA. 615 square feet 207‑6281 avail‑ able now rooMMate Match & InDv. leases. FREE dish & WIFI. Pets, pool, spa, fitness & game rooms, comp. lab, cvrd park & shuttle.

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DupLeX For rent. 2bd, 1ba, A/C, fenced yard, near UofA. $700. Call 743‑0667.

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unattacheD guest house A/C, water pd, no lease $425 ALSO 1bd with washer/dryer $580 REDI 520‑623‑5710 or log on to www.azredirentals.com

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Cruz’s Super Bowl run inspires a city Mcclatchy tribune

PATERSON, N.J. — The word VICTORY is spelled out in the windows of Paterson’s School 21, along with the phrases “Go Giants” and “Cruz Control.”

It’s a tribute to Victor Cruz who, in addition to being a star wide receiver on New York’s Super Bowl-bound team, is also a School 21 graduate.

It is at this school, here in the 4th Ward — one of the toughest sections of this impoverished city — where Cruz’s success rings perhaps most loudly.

“I respect him a lot,” said Tyrie Sampson, 14. “I’m an Eagles fan but I like how he’s from Paterson — shows us kids in Paterson we have dreams too, and we can fulfill them.”

Students at the K-8 school have written him letters professing their admiration. A Giants game program is taped to gymnasium doors, the word “Paterson” underlined each time it appears in his team profile. And his former teachers are proud that the determined, respectful little boy who lit up the hallways with his now-famous smile is headed to the Super Bowl.

“Everyone is floating on air,” said Sandy Macolino, Cruz’s former gym teacher. “We couldn’t be more excited about it.”

Cruz has risen from being just

another kid from Paterson to NFL glory, a charismatic 25-year-old about to play on the biggest stage in football.

It’s an ascent made possible by hard work, talent and the support of loving parents: a mother who instilled faith and resolve, a now-deceased father who introduced him to the game and coached him in his early years.

He’s fast becoming a role model to kids in his hometown. They can see themselves in him: He’s Puerto Rican and black. He lived in a single-story house on East 18th Street. He didn’t get sidetracked by an environment beset with drugs and violence. And he overcame academic and other setbacks.

Despite his undeniable skills, “he didn’t have things on a silver platter by any means,” said his godfather, Jimmy Salmon, a well-known amateur basketball coach.

“He’s very inspiring,” said Chris Diaz, 13, an eighth-grader. “When I found out he was from Paterson, I got amazed. I started doing research about him, found out what college he went to, high school, all the sports he did when he was younger. I’m really trying to, like, follow in his footsteps.”

Cruz is only now beginning to grasp his newfound celebrity.

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Barrett initially got involved in the Duncanville High School track and field team as a sprinter. A former high jump coach suggested she push the school to build a jumping pit for her on the school grounds.

Barrett soon became the only high jumper at her high school and immediately gained the attention of college coaches.

“I didn’t know anything about recruitment at the time,” she said. “But after my coaches sat me down and taught me everything, Arizona met all my non-negotiables.”

Barrett topped off her high school career with two state championship wins in a row, and then prepared to transition to college life in Arizona. Now, the impact she’s had on her

“It’s really starting to sink in — how rare my story is and how far I’ve come,” he said last week.

“Every step of the way I just tried to play my hardest and whatever opportunity came my way, I just tried to take advantage of it,” he said. “I understood that opportunities were going to come few and far between, and when that small window opens for me I have to jump right through it and make sure I seize that moment and that opportunity.

Thank God I have.”

The Victor Cruz story is one “that inspires the underdog,” said Alonzo Muir, a former teammate at now-closed Paterson Catholic High School.

“It’s huge for the city. … It’s huge for him — it’s even huge for me and I’m many miles away and every time I see him on TV it gives me the chills because, it’s like, he really did it,” said Muir, who shared an undefeated season with Cruz their senior year.

Cruz is a study in “perseverance and resilience,” says Benjie Wimberly, a city councilman who was also Cruz’s football coach at Paterson Catholic.

Although an “extraordinary talent” with “great play-making ability,” Wimberly said, Cruz didn’t land a Division I scholarship.

Arizona teammates rivals the impact she’s had during meets.

“She is an amazing person,” teammate Julie Labonté said. “When you talk to her, she makes you feel special. She’s a great motivator.”

As one of the most decorated athletes on the roster, Barrett said she feels she is more prepared than ever to tackle all her aspirations. She is currently a theater arts major and hopes to become a playwright and break into the modeling world, along with achieving her ultimate dream of becoming an Olympian, which she’ll pursue this summer.

“As young as she is to already have achieved the things she has is fantastic,” track and field head coach Fred Harvey said. “She’s already a world champion. And the thing about her is that she cares. Whatever it takes, she really truly cares.”

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New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz (80) scores a touchdown during first-quarter action against the Dallas Cowboys on Jan. 1.

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play this year, whether it was good or bad.”

Now Parrom can’t even do that. The junior forward doesn’t want a pity party.

He tweeted after Saturday’s game, “Zona zoo there is no time to feel sorry for me or my injury. I really appreciate all the love and support but we still got to win the pac12!”

That’s how Parrom is. He doesn’t want people to feel bad for him and treat him differently. He’s as mentally strong as his New York roots and 6-foot-6, 215-pound frame suggest.

On media day in October, little more than two weeks after he was shot, Parrom limped around Richard Jefferson Gymnasium talking to reporters, still flashing the trademark smile that’s lit up McKale Center for the last three seasons.

Even with a wrap around his left hand and the gunshot wounds on his right leg concealed, Parrom stayed composed. Even as his mother lay in the hospital, days away from losing a long bout with breast cancer, Parrom still found room for hope and positivity.

He wore a pink wristband with bolded

white letters that read, “HOPE.” For all that Parrom’s been through, one would hope the NCAA could have a heart and grant him an extra year of eligibility.

“It would be nice if he could just catch a break,” UA head coach Sean Miller said after Saturday’s game.

The NCAA can give him that break.

There’s no way to undo the trauma and misfortune he’s endured, but that added year would do wonders for Parrom.

The Tucson community and Arizona basketball are his family. Two more seasons with them would surely help the mental healing process even more.

Then there’s the basketball side. Parrom has a legitimate chance in the NBA. He has great size, can defend, handle the ball and knock down the open three.

If scouts can only draw on next year’s film, however, he most likely won’t hear his name called on draft day.

His basketball future shouldn’t be stripped by events outside of his control.

So have a heart, NCAA, because if there’s one person in need of some positive news, it’s Kevin Parrom.

— Mike Schmitz is a marketing senior. He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatHoops.

Comics • Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Daily Wildcat •

Q When you pass out do you

still have REM sleep?

A. patterns. This disruption can lead to restless sleep and other An unfortunate effect of alcohol is the disruption of sleep

sleep problems, which can cause fatigue, memory, cognition and motor deficits the following day.

Alcohol also impacts our dreams. Even at low amounts, alcohol suppresses REM (“rapid eye movement�) sleep, which is the stage of the sleep cycle where the majority of dreaming occurs. When the amount of alcohol is low, REM sleep is restrained only in the first half of the night. At larger amounts, REM sleep is suppressed throughout the night. If you skip your REM dream cycle, how will you enjoy battling zombie crab-monsters or riding your dragon naked through your old high school auditorium which now somehow resembles an apocalyptic Disneyland?

All kidding aside, REM sleep is very important. The benefits include enabling our minds to process emotions, memories, and stress much more effectively. REM sleep helps our brain learn and develop new skills. Researchers postulate that dreams are the brain’s way of handling information we get during each day.

Beyond the disruption of REM sleep, there are serious dangers of drinking until you pass out. At a BAC level of .25 to .3, average drinkers become sedated, have trouble standing, perceiving what is going on, and staying awake. As the possibility of alcohol poisoning increases, drinkers may choke on their vomit. Most drinkers will lose consciousness around .4 BAC and risk going into a coma.

In the end, our dreams are meaningful, entertaining, and vitally important to our health – providing peeks into our subconscious, possibly correcting imbalances in our psyche, and finding creative solutions to problems we are up against in life, be they feeling overwhelmed by exams or battling zombie crab-monsters. “If you want sweet dreams, you’ve got to live a sweet life.� ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

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as being affiliated with a former warlord, Mir Alam. He said Mohammad’s group was not part of the NATO-sponsored Afghan local police, set up to help villagers fight off the Taliban. But some Western-armed local groups have been accused of various abuses, including kidnappings and robberies.

Word of the Kunduz killing emerged as the U.S. Embassy renewed calls for the protection of women’s rights in Afghanistan.

In a statement, the embassy expressed support Monday for a conference to be convened next month by Karzai to combat domestic violence.