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Seastone said that the university is committed to being proactive regarding crimes on campus, and that victims are encouraged to report crimes, even if they do not intend to prosecute.

“It is important that they report it so we can help them through this situation,” Seastone said. “I want to emphasize that one assault is too many.”

Seastone also pointed out that there was a decrease in

A former UA student alleges mishandling in an investigation into the plagiarism of his work by a UA professor.

Nick Johnson accused Susannah Dickinson, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture, of plagiarizing his work. Johnson was looking online for Dickinson’s graduate thesis to make sure his final thesis met the requirements when he discovered Dickinson’s theft of his work.

Dickinson failed to respond to the Daily Wildcat after multiple requests for comment.

Johnson filed his first formal complaint about Dickinson on April 25, 2013. After this type of complaint is made, its merit has to be determined.

First, the misconduct must be reported to the University Research Integrity Officer, according to the University Handbook for Appointed Personnel.

Johnson received an email from Lucinda Rankin, a physiology lecturer and the current Research Integrity Officer, the day after his complaint was filed saying that it had been received. After receiving a complaint, Rankin begins a preinquiry to determine the claim’s merit.

Rankin and Johnson met to discuss the findings of the pre-inquiry in May 2013. Johnson said that Rankin told him the Research Integrity Office confronted Dickinson, who admitted to taking Johnson’s words for her statement.

Johnson said that Rankin told him that Dickinson had various excuses, but admitted to the plagiarism and requested that her publisher take down her statement, which was the first misstep in the investigation.

When the RIO reasonably believes that misconduct may have occurred, which it did, the RIO immediately contacts the necessary parties, according to university policy.

Dickinson, Leslie Tolbert, the vice president of research at the time, Janice Cervelli, dean of the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape

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The UA released its 2014 Campus Safety, Security and Fire Report on Tuesday; the report indicates that reported sexual assault incidents have increased

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At a news conference, the UA released its annual Campus Safety, Security and Fire Report on Tuesday, indicating that sexual assault and other crimes have increased within the last year.

Focuses of the event included the increase in forcible sex offenses, aggravated assault and liquor law violations. These increases consisted of forcible sex offenses from four in 2011,

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19 in 2012 and 28 assaults in 2013. Aggravated assault rose from two in 2011, eight in 2012 and 16 assaults in 2013. Liquor law violations rose to 730 in 2013, up from 607 in 2012 and 450 in 2011.

In attendance was Brian Seastone, police chief of the University of Arizona Police Department, Kendal Washington White, senior associate dean of students, and Kathleen Young, coordinator of clinical services for the Oasis Program.

The UA is one of eight universities selected by the Association of American Universities to take part in the Undergraduate Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics Education Project initiative, and the STEM departments at the UA have been working to reform their teaching strategies.

The UA STEM Project received a grant in June 2013 and will be funded for the next two years. The grant is essentially designed for universities that are transforming STEM courses by making them more studentcentered so students are more engaged in the learning process, according to Vicente Talanquer, a chemistry and biochemistry professor.

“The grant is helping people in different STEM departments to implement these changes in courses,” Talanquer said. “It’s providing resources to develop new curriculum, implement those new strategies in the classroom and assess the impact that it’s having.”

Talanquer also said that the grant is paying for faculty to become more involved with the

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John Pollard, director of general chemistry, said the change in STEM courses has

not been because of previous problems, but is centered on the benefit of student engagement.

“I think it was more of across the country there’s been a wave of change that’s coming, that’s happening in STEM education,” Pollard said, “and it’s because of a lot of the work out there done in science and engineering and math show that engaging students in thinking critically in the classroom can improve learning outcomes.”

In redesigning the classrooms, faculty members have been looking at strategies that improve learning results.

Strategies would include increasing the amount of student engagement. According to Pollard, faculty members have been doing this since before the grant.

“When we got this AAU grant, we staked our flag on the ground so to speak and said, ‘We’re really going to really try to make a push here now,’” he said.

This project is intended to help STEM-interested students not only become eager to enroll in these departments, but to encourage already-enrolled students to stay.

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Architecture, Robert Miller, director of the School of Architecture, and Srini Raghavan, chair of the University Committee on Ethics and Commitment at the time, would have been notified.

According to Johnson, the notification did not occur at this time. Instead, Rankin attempted to get Johnson to agree to an informal agreement and end the investigation.

Johnson emailed Rankin a few days later about his belief that UHAP procedures had not been followed and that he would not agree to the arrangement.

According to Johnson, Rankin said that the general council was telling Rankin “not to notify the dean and director,” which he claims is in direct violation of the policies laid out about how investigations should be handled.

Rankin requested and received a three-week extension to the preinquiry phase at this time, marking another deadline missed in the investigation, Johnson said.

Rankin sent Johnson a copy of the documentation Dickinson had provided regarding anything that could be construed as unattributed work from Johnson, and he found additional instances where he believed that Dickinson had plagiarized his work.

Johnson then emailed Tolbert regarding the new potentially plagiarized pieces. Tolbert told Johnson that she didn’t think the new information was worthy of new action. She indicated to Johnson that the general council has final say in the interpretation of UHAP. Tolbert told the Daily Wildcat that she no longer has records from that period and did not recall the specifics because so much time has passed.

“What I might have said is that things go to the general counsel when there’s a legal issue,” Tolbert said. “General counsel provides guidance to administrators. … They help administrators to interpret laws and rules and regulations.”

Johnson went to CAPLA on June 7 to deliver his complaint about Dickinson in person. According to Johnson, Cervelli was not cooperative because she refused to accept the complaint or even look at it. Cervelli was out of town and not available to contact during the writing of this article.

During the inquiry period, the RIO gathers all documents related to the case to determine whether an allegation is legitimate to show specific instances where misconduct has occurred, according to university policy.

If Rankin determined that this was the case, she would have contacted the chair of the UCEC, Raghavan, so

News • Wednesday, October 1, 2014 that he could set up an inquiry panel and launch an investigation within the UCEC, according to university policy.

Rankin contacted Raghavan 17 days after the original deadline, and Johnson received an email from Rankin telling him to expect to be contacted by the UCEC panel conducting the inquiry.

According to university policy, the inquiry must be completed within 60 days. Johnson did not receive any information by the deadline.

Johnson sent an email on Aug. 12, 2013, to Jennifer Barton, the new vice president of research, about the missed deadline. He received correspondence the next day saying that the deadline for the inquiry had been moved to Oct. 31, 2013.

According to Johnson, the allotted courtesy of nick johnson time for the inquiry jumped to 142 Former graduate student Nick days.

According to Johnson, Barton said Johnson accused Susannah Dickinson, she told him that the extension was assistant professor in the College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape due to scheduling conflicts in the Architecture, of plagiarizing his work. summertime.

Dickinson was reprimanded for plagiarizThe members for Dickinson’s ing parts of Johnson’s thesis and currently case were Raghavan, Ping Situ, an teaches courses at the UA. associate librarian in the research and learning department, and finding legitimate evidence to Paul Bennett, a clinical professor support Johnson’s allegations of of law, according to Bennett. They Dickison’s plagiarism, according to interviewed Johnson on Sept. 24, the report.

2013, according to Johnson.

Bennett said the panel Johnson said that he felt their recommends another investigation questions were meant to lead him that is sent to a different committee in a certain direction. According to and that the recommendation for a Johnson, they had asked him about formal investigation is made based on any correspondence he had with whether there is enough information Dickinson. that a person with “common sense” According to Johnson, Dickinson would want it further investigated. had sent Johnson an email asking The UCEC gives its decision to the him to be a co-author on her RIO who notifies the university that statement. a formal investigation will occur and Johnson told the committee that an “ad hoc Investigative Committee” he had not seen that email until after consisting of nine members is he had already found that Dickinson appointed to conduct the formal had used his uncredited work. At investigation, according to university that point, policy.

Johnson The UCEC Is it ever said he did was supposed appropriate not want to submit this for a professor to talk with to Rankin and Dickinson to plagiarize a Andrew Comrie, because the senior vice student’s work Dickinson president for and pass it off as h a d n ’ t academic affairs their own work? attempted and provost, by — Nick Johnson, to contact Oct. 31, 2013, former UA student him. but Rankin told Johnson Johnson that said he she had received the report on the asked the committee, “Is it ever inquiry on Nov. 2, 2013. appropriate for a professor to Johnson said that the deadline for plagiarize a student’s work and pass notification if an ad hoc committee it off as their own work?” According formal investigation was to occur to Johnson, the panel had no reply. was Nov. 10, 2013, but was also Bennett would not answer specific missed. According to Johnson, he questions about Dickinson in order received a notification letter that to preserve her privacy. was postmarked on Nov. 14, 2013.

The UCEC publishes an annual The committee should have begun report of its findings from the their investigation on Dec. 10, 2013, previous year. In its 2013-2014 report, in accordance with the policies laid it referenced Dickinson’s case and its out in UHAP, according to Johnson. findings.

However, the first committee The panel of three believed that meeting did not take place until Jan. misconduct had occurred after

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Timeline of events: April 25, 2013 – First complaint May 22, 2013 – Johnson met Rankin, asked him to agree to informal agreement; Rankin received three-week extension to contact UCEC June 12, 2013 – Rankin sent formal letter to UCEC Aug. 11, 2013 – Johnson asked why he hadn’t heard anything regarding UCEC’s investigation Sept. 24, 2013 – Johnson interviewed for UCEC investigation Oct. 31, 2013 – Deadline when Rankin and Comrie should have received UCEC report Nov. 2, 2013 – Rankin said she received UCEC report Nov. 10, 2013 – Deadline for notification of inquiry outcome if investigation is required Nov. 12, 2013 – Rankin told Johnson notification was sent Nov. 14, 2013 – Johnson emailed Rankin that he had not received notification; notification postmarked on this date.

Nov. 16, 2013 – Johnson received notification in mail March 10, 2014 – Rankin emailed Johnson and said that she will “notify you of the outcome once the Provost has made a final decision.”

April 9, 2014 – Original deadline for final decision May 14, 2014 – University extended deadline for decision May 20, 2014 – Comrie sent letter of decision to parties involved, but not Johnson Aug. 20, 2014 – Johnson wanted notification from Comrie about decision Aug. 28, 2014 – Received notification from Comrie about decision Sept. 19, 2014 – Sent another letter to Comrie, Hart and associate dean of CAPLA; no response graphic by Nicole Thill/The Daily Wildcat

14, 2014.

Johnson said that Dennis Ray, a professor in the School of Plant Sciences, was the head of the committee and contacted him in March 2014 about the ad hoc committee’s preliminary findings, which had more inaccuracies and less information than any previous report.

The ad hoc committee’s investigation was then sent to the Comrie for the final say. His conclusion was sent to President Ann Weaver Hart and other involved parties, according to university policy.

Comrie sent a letter on May 20, 2014, addressing what the ad hoc committee found regarding Dickinson. Johnson said he did not receive the decision on Dickinson through this correspondence until he sent a letter to Comrie asking for it on Aug. 20, 2014. He received the decision on Aug. 28, 2014.

The committee agreed with UCEC that misconduct had occurred in the case because Dickinson used Johnson’s work without giving him credit, according to the letter.

A UA student found guilty of misconduct, according to the Code of Academic Integrity, may receive sanctions ranging from a warning to loss of the student’s degree, or even expulsion from the university.

According to university policy, the provost can terminate faculty found guilty of misconduct.

However, according to the letter obtained by the Arizona Daily Star,

the only punishment that the ad hoc committee recommended for Dickinson was developing a series of plagiarism workshops and notifying her publisher of what Johnson had contributed.

UA spokeswoman Andrea Smiley did not want to “speculate” on the decision of the committee and of Comrie.

“Clearly, they felt that would be an appropriate recourse for [Dickinson] to follow,” Smiley said.

Comrie wrote in a statement that Dickinson should have a formal admonishment acknowledging the misconduct, though he indicated that the offense was not grave.

Smiley described that formal admonishment as a letter that “would reside in [Dickinson’s] personnel file.”

“We take this very seriously,” Smiley said. “We followed a very comprehensive process. And, you know, we continue to consider this a very serious situation, and we’ll continue to follow a very comprehensive process.”

Dickinson is still teaching at least three courses in CAPLA this semester, according to UAccess.

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“Operation Ken and Barbie” is Grace Borst’s slogan for her transformation. It has helped her succeed in reaching her ideal image and weight along with her husband.

“I have been struggling with my weight my whole life,” said Borst, 25, from Phoenix. “I have tried everything and nothing seemed to work.

I was sick of who I was and I knew I needed to change my lifestyle.”

This is when Borst noticed a lot of women using social media accounts dedicated to fitness and weight loss, so she decided to do the same.

Modern media applications are a significant asset to those determined to shed unwanted pounds and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third (34.9 percent or 78.6 million) of U.S. adults are obese.

There are more than 13,000 health and fitness applications available via iTunes as of August 2012, as stated by Translational Behavioral Medicine journal article “Twitter classification model: the ABC of two million fitness tweets.”

This study gathered data on daily use patterns, exercise frequency, location based workouts and overall workout sentiment. The authors argue that social media and media applications have turned exercise into something positive,

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“Simple mobile devices can function as inexpensive, accessible and powerful triggers for behavior change and may be a particularly powerful mechanism for delivering social support,” the authors wrote.

Researchers can now examine many questions, ranging from how apps and sharing of workout information motivates people, how apps influence social support, to which apps have the best features when it comes to physical activity.

“Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition” contestant Bruce Pitcher from Salt Lake City, lost over 200 pounds on the show and is now an expert on nutrition and fitness and said social media has played a huge role in his success, so much so that he developed his own weight loss game on DietBet, an application for smartphones.

Pitcher believes when people post before and after photos it inspires those people to get up and do something about their weight because they see others who are in the same situation. He gets the most feedback when he posts photos on social media of where he used to be and where he is now.

Pitcher started his own DietBet game that has more than 2,100 contestants and over $64,000 in the pot. DietBet is a challenge that costs users money to enter and they then pledge to

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lose a certain amount of weight in a certain period of time. If they do not lose the weight they signed up to lose, their money is awarded to the winners and the winners get their money back. The application does make it pretty hard for people to cheat, there are officials that look over official weigh-in photos that are submitted with unique words of the day to ensure it was not taken too late or too early.

“DietBet gets people really fired up and gets them going because you have a purpose first of all,” Pitcher said. “People put their own money into it, and it’s amazing when people put their own money into something that they are fighting for — they’re going to get something back in return.”

On DietBet, participants communicate with each other and users share their workouts, meal plans and positive words.

“When you share [with] people your story and how you overcome it,” Pitcher said, “people just look at it and continue to look on social media and say, ‘Why not me?’”

Amanda Regele wrote a thesis in 2013 titled “Effects of Online Media Applications on Fitness” at the University of Arizona. She said she thinks social media and applications play an extremely powerful role in helping people reach their fitness goals.

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features have the most significant impact,” Regele said. “What these applications do a great job of is tapping into the users intrinsic motivation where they actually end up enjoying the actual activity as opposed to doing it solely for the end result.”

Regele added that “social media ties people together and exponentially enhances the aura of competition. With social media, we are always in the know about our friends’ diets and workout routines and this creates the perfect environment to get our competitive juices flowing.”

Regele sees social media connecting and motivating us even more in the future.

“Whether it be new types of workouts that are becoming the hot new thing,” Regele said, “social media is ultimately what will spread the word around the world and turn something from a trend into a viral sensation.”

Grace Borst, also known as @graciesjourney on Instagram, has lost more than 50 pounds in five months. She has more than 24,000 followers and over 1,000 posts.

Borst said she once thought being fat was her destiny.

She posts exactly what she eats, workouts with calories burned, transformation photos of herself and others, her scale to show how much she has lost, and pretty much anything motivational to inspire others.

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“We are an institution of higher education,” White said. “Our goal is not about from page 1 punishment, it’s about helping students understand how their burglaries from 70 in 2012 to 29 actions have an impact on in 2013, and auto theft from 28 themselves and the rest of the in 2012 to 12 in 2013. university community.”

“We want to emphasize Young also talked about that our education and Oasis and what it strives to do programming that we have in terms of sexual assault on done, our institutional campus. commitment Among these to getting efforts is the people to use of Oasis as Those report the a confidential crimes, is prevention reporting responsible system in efforts for some of situations of are really these rises,” rape.

Young important Seastone said. said that these at the outset He then numbers of directed the of what we confidential conversation reports are do with our to White to included on students talk about the the annual — Kendal education that Washington White, report, but that senior associate is being done no prosecution dean of students by diverting takes place. students Y o u n g t h r o u g h said that the the Dean increase in the number of of Students Office instead of forcible sex offenses indicated arresting them and causing that more students are the student to have a criminal reporting these crimes. record in regards to liquor law “I want students to know that arrests. they can report,” Young said. “I “Those prevention efforts are want them to know what the really important at the outset of options are and for them to what we do with our students,” feel free to come forward and White said. get the help and support they White explained how the need.”

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disciplines choose to change their major for the wrong reasons,” said Jane Hunter, associate professor of practice in the Office of Instruction and Assessment.

“Evidence shows that students who learn in an environment that is more engaging tend to stay in their chosen field. We believe that implementing more effective teaching strategies, we may encourage more students to pursue STEM fields, and we may retain more students in those fields as well.”

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researched strategies have not only proven to help engage students in the classroom and retain more knowledge in STEM fields, but have also benefitted females and minorities where there’s more active group work and collaborative activities.

“The [UA-AAU Undergraduate STEM Education Project] does not focus on any specific populations,” Hunter said. “We are focusing on all students. However, many STEM departments across campus are making special efforts to help underrepresented students succeed.”

Kayla Marquez, a computer science senior, said she dropped out of her engineering major because she couldn’t pass a vector calculus class.

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“I think this approach that the STEM departments are embarking on will definitely help students who were in the position I was and encourage women to stay in the field,” Marquez said.

Pollard also said that the STEM initiative is aiming to include more women in the STEM fields.

“The idea is that the inclusiveness of more women, not only does that provide more career options for women but also the STEM field benefits from being more diverse both in gender and in race and all of these things,” Pollard said. “The STEM careers, the STEM majors, benefit from having a good amount of men and women.”

He said toward the end of October and beginning of November, there will be a new learning space for students involved in this new STEM culture. According to Pollard, students will sit at round tables instead of individual desks. He also said there will be screens throughout the classroom to promote an atmosphere of student engagement.

Pollard added this will take the UA to the next level in terms of STEM teaching on UA’s campus.

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o one called Shonda Rhimes an “angry Black woman” when she was writing for white protagonists.

About a week before the premiere of The New York Times ran an article that opened with, “When Shonda Rhimes writes her article, it should be called ‘How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.’” Alessandra Stanley, the writer of the article, went on to laud Rhimes for her three-dimensional representations of black women on the small screen, saying that three of Rhimes’ characters are good examples of representing “angry black women.”

But herein lies the problem: The three characters Stanley chose to discuss (Miranda Bailey of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Olivia Pope of “Scandal,” and now Professor Annalise Keating of “How to Get Away With Murder”) are multilayered and three-dimensional, yes.

But they are not angry black women. In fact, I would argue that the “angry black woman” does not exist at all. Sure, there may be women of color that express feelings of anger, but the “angry black woman” is a stereotype, an urban legend so flimsily fabricated that she cannot exist anywhere besides on paper or in the minds of the uneducated. The “angry black woman” is a two-dimensional and incomplete story.

Jennifer Donahue, a visiting assistant professor and advisor in Africana Studies whose research has included African-American women’s literature and feminist theory, articulated the immediate dangers in the angry black woman fallacy.

“In short, the stereotype of the ‘angry black woman’ renders black women as ticking time-bombs, the embodiment of liability and objects more likely to explode in a virulent tirade than engage in theoretical discussion,” Donahue said.

This raises the question: How can black women express their frustration with a system that consistently fails to represent them without being brushed off as “angry black women”?

The danger of this stereotype is not that it is necessarily always wrong — black women are allowed to be angry, too — but that it is reductive. Shonda Rhimes, in reaction to The New York Times article, is not “allowed” to react in anger, because she would somehow be proving a point and perpetuating a reductive image.

Audra McDonald, the most Tonyawarded actress of all time and a prominent African-American political activist, tweeted, “So offended by @ nytimes REDUCING @shondarimes 1 of the most powerful, brilliant, successful, & creative women in TV to a racial stereotype,” later adding, “I am an offended black woman over here.”

The stereotype of the “angry black woman” is just another way of stripping black women of their full humanity.

While Meredith Grey can express every emotion in the gamut of human experience, writers have to be careful of how they “deal with” Olivia Pope or Annalise Keating, lest they confirm the “angry” stereotype.

And this, I think, is the saddest point of all: That we have to tailor our black women away from certain emotions for fear of fulfilling a stereotype. As Gloria Jean Watkins, also known as bell hooks, writes in “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism”, one of the biggest chapters in the Black Feminist bible, “When people talk about the ‘strength’ of Black women, they are referring to the way in which they perceive Black women coping with oppression. They ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.”

Black women, and black women characters, can be strong. They can be authoritative. They can even be mad as hell. But they’ll never be the angry black woman.

— Paul Thomson is a senior studying BFA acting and Africana studies. Follow him @BePaulite

Immigration interests align between West and the rest

BY Chikezie Anachu The Daily Wildcat

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brahim, a boy of 16, is escorted to the Egyptian border by his father and siblings. A small ship floats, waiting.

“Hurry up,” the deck hand whispers in Arabic. Ibrahim hugs his siblings and turns to his father, tears in his eyes, and hugs him, too.

That was the last time the father would see his son. The ship was sunk by the very men he trusted to convey his son to the paradise that is Europe.

In the past eight months, the number of people who have disappeared trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe has exceeded 2,500, according to the International Organization for Migration.

A record 4,077 migrants have died trying to cross seas and deserts around the world this year — and the year isn’t even over.

The IOM believes that 40,000 migrants have perished since 2000. Many have been refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East. Many others are simply fleeing economic disasters and poverty in their home countries.

Developed nations often have more favorable attitudes toward people from other high-income countries. Such migration patterns pose fewer problems for the receiving nations, as these persons often have sizeable incomes and share certain cultural ties with their host nations, such as immigrants from Australia to the U.K. or from Canada to the U.S. The real challenge lies in the citizens of low-income countries with high levels of illiteracy. Unable to afford foreign education or legal means of migration,

issue, and the developing world can’t they are forced to take exceedingly afford not to work with them. dangerous paths in their attempt to seek It is not too farfetched to propose opportunity outside the misery and creating a kind of New-Deal-cumpoverty of their home countries.

Marshall-Plan for the developing world.

Some find a naturally air-conditioned It is only when jobs are created and seat on the top of the infamous La Bestia, people are gainfully employed that wars a cargo train that connects the U.S. and and conflicts can be reduced. When there Mexico. Others try their luck with the are no wars, naturally, there will be fewer waves of the sea. Even worse are those or no refugees. When people are assured who attempt the American pastime of a decent standard of living in their home hiking, trekking through the desert and countries, they will have little to no reason dying in astonishingly high numbers. to migrate elsewhere. A win-win situation Many are killed by their own traffickers, for everyone is the key to ending migration like the 500 who travelled with Ibrahim and keeping boys like Ibrahim safe and at from Egypt. Others are subjected to home. torture, starvation, imprisonment, rape Angelina Jolie, a special envoy for the and harassment. These men and women United Nations High Commissioner for have no other means to seek a better life.

Refugees, summed up this argument in Is this fair? simple language. She argued, “We have to Doubtless many will say that the understand what drives people to take the developed world shouldn’t be blamed fearful step of risking their children’s lives for the incompetence of the leaders of on crowded, unsafe vessels.” the developing world. But in an age of She may not be able to globalization, adopt the entire world, the wealthier It’s not too but the movie star’s voice nations who have farfetched can act as a call to demand benefited most to propose action for the developing from open and free creating a kind world and for immigrants. trade must also A continuation of the take responsibility of New-Dealstatus quo will only lead for ensuring that cum-Marshallto higher numbers of everyone benefits Plan for the migrants, increasinglyfairly from the developing daring traffickers and game. world. ever more deaths. Just as The World Bank in the HBO series “Game estimates that of Thrones,” walls, either of Europe and remittances (payments from immigrants America or of Westeros, cannot keep out send back to their family in their country forever the surging numbers of migrants of origin) will grow by 8.4 percent over the next three years. This year alone, over $436 by doing nothing. “Winter is coming,”says House Stark — or in our case, an exodus. billion will be remitted. The implications of this sum are staggering. Whole nations are dependent on this money, while highincome nations are effectively bleeding — Chikezie Anachu is an international this money out of their economies each trade and business law student. Follow him year. The West can’t afford to ignore this @Don_Chikzy

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YOUR VIEWS In response to “Let’s talk about frat culture,”

by Kirk Hendricks (Sept.

30) I am a member of a prominent fraternity on the UA’s campus, and after reading this article, I couldn’t remain silent. There is no question about it: Rape is an evil and horrendous act. There is never any excuse for raping someone. Period. End of Story. I truly shudder, though, at the loaded statement that “Fraternities are creating rapists.” While I cannot speak

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for other fraternity houses, I know that it is not something that is taught, encouraged or even made light of within the walls of my house. In fact, on day one of our pledging process, it was drilled into our heads to always be respectful of women. Not just because it would increase our reputation on campus, but because it was just the right thing to do.

It should be made extremely clear that the only way a fraternity “creates a rapist” is by failing to act in a swift and effective measure to immediately suspend/expel a

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person from the organization the second that an accusation [has] been made, and to welcome any investigation that the police, school and/or nationals would like to make.

Even if the accused is later found to be innocent, it at least sends the message not only to its members but the general public that [the] organization has a “zero tolerance” policy when it comes to rape. Any organization, greek or not, that does not have such a policy in place has no place on our campus or any other campus for that matter.

While the topic of the correlation of fraternities and rape is a very sensitive issue toward many, let’s not forget that for those fraternal organizations that “do it right”

(which is 99 percent of them), Greek Life can be an extremely positive experience. People get involved in these organizations for a myriad of reasons, not just to party and get laid, and while there are many who will never understand what partaking in the Greek Life culture is like, nearly every person who gets a chance to experience it has nothing but positive things to say at the end of the day. As the curators of these organizations, we owe it not only to ourselves but to each other to stand by our principles and to actively fight this cultural problem.

And then and only then will the negative image on the Greek Life community begin to change.

— Alex

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BY ARIELLA NOTH

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Risky business

IT’S A GREAT BIG UNIVERSE OUT THERE.

A female student received a student diversion for minor in possession of alcohol in the body on Sept. 19.

A University of Arizona Police Department officer noticed a female individual walking westbound around 12:30 a.m.

She appeared to be holding her side in pain, had a noticeable sway and was stumbling while walking down the street.

The officer made a U-turn so he could conduct a welfare check on the individual. Upon contact with the woman, the officer asked if she was in pain or needed medical attention.

She said she did not and that she was fine.

The officer then explained to the female student he stopped her because she appeared to be in pain. The officer then asked for identification.

She provided a valid driver’s license and said she was a university student who lived off campus. The officer asked her if she had been drinking that evening, and she responded that she had been at a house party earlier that evening.

The female was wearing an oversized white button-up shirt, which the officer noted was similar among many of the women walking around campus. When asked about it, she responded that she had been at a “Risky Business” party at a fraternity, the address and name of which she could not recall.

The officer informed the woman she was going to be diverted for underage drinking. The officer explained the process to her, and said she understood. The officer gave her a courtesy ride to her off-campus apartment, and a UA Diversion Program form was filled out and mailed to the Dean of Students Office.

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Two female students were issued student diversions for minor with spiritous liquor in body on Sept. 19 after they ran through the street without utilizing the crosswalk and were almost struck by an oncoming vehicle.

A UAPD officer saw a group of women exit a fraternity around 1 a.m. The officer then saw a vehicle go through an intersection when it made an abrupt stop.

Following the abrupt stop, the officer saw three women laughing and shouting as they ran across the road. The officer followed them when he saw them approach him. The officer asked if they were aware they had almost been struck by an oncoming vehicle, and they responded with, “He almost hit us,” and laughed.

The officer noted all the women had red, watery eyes and a strong scent of intoxicants coming from their breaths. When asked where they had been drinking at, they all pointed at the fraternity. They were wearing large, white button-up shirts, similar to the group that the officer had seen leaving the fraternity.

The officer asked how old they were, and they all said they were underage. When asked for identification, they said they had none. When the officer began asking for their names and dates of birth, one of the women walked away and would not return when asked to. The other two could not identify her.

Additional officers in the area attempted to locate her, but couldn’t. The other two women verbally identified themselves.

The officer explained they were going to be issued student diversions through the Dean of Students Office, and they said they understood.

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UA Fall Career Days. 11am to 4pm. Student Union Memorial Center, Ballroom. Make career contacts at the biggest career fair held on campus all year. This fair included organizations from all sectors: nonprofit, government, healthcare, business and industry. Green Fund Open Meeting. 1pm. Student

Public Talk- Dr. Peter Rhee, Trauma Surgeon.

5:30pm to 6:30pm. Thomas W. Keating Building, Room 103. 1657 E. Helen Street. Dr. Rhee is known for working to save Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ life in the tragic January 2011 shooting. He will also speak about what he sees as the future of trauma research and physician scientists’ work in a time where discussions about gun rights and scientific funding are politically charged. Refreshments will be served.

Performance by Double Bassist Philip Alejo and Colleagues. 7pm. UA School of Music, Holsclaw Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road.

Double bassist Philip Alejo collaborates with colleagues for Sergei Prokofiev’s brilliant quintet, originally composed to accompany the ballet “Trapeze,” and now considered a chamber music masterpiece. Cost is $5-$10.

Info Session: Nationally Competitive Scholarships to Fund Study Abroad. 3pm.

Slonaker House, 1027 E. Second Street.

This information session will cover nationally competitive scholarships students may apply for to help fund their study abroad experiences.

This session will cover the Boren Scholarship (& Fellowship), the Critical Language Scholarship, the Gilman Scholarship, and the PKP Study Abroad Grant.

Coffee with the Curators. 3pm. Arizona State Museum. Join us for a cup of coffee and a conversation with Arizona State Museum associate director Michael Brescia. Brescia will discuss some of the ways in which print culture fashioned daily life in colonial Mexico via a few striking (and really cool) additions to the ASM library.

‘And If Your Friends Jumped Off a Bridge, Would You Do It?’ Lecture 7pm. James E. Rogers College of Law, Ares Auditorium, Room 164. This lecture is part of the Mind and the Law lectures series. Amanda Pustilnik will present this lecture.

UA Arthritis Center Presents ‘Optimal Aging, Rewinding the Clock.’ 7:15pm. DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Road. What we can do to “live younger longer” will be revealed in “Optimal Aging, Rewinding the Clock,” a presentation by Michael Hewitt, PhD, Canyon Ranch Health Resort research director for exercise science.

TUCSON EVENTS Ceramics Class 10am to 12pm. Tucson Jewish Community Center 3800 E. River Road. A paintit-yourself pottery experience. Decorate premade clay objects: plates, mugs, animals, birds, and more. Learn techniques for applying colored glazes. Cost includes firing of 3 finished pieces.

TUCSON EVENTS $32 for 6 sessions /$28 JCC member.

Evening Meditation 7 pm to 8 pm. Desert Ashram 3403 W. Sweetwater Drive. Need some time for reflection and to come to a deeper understanding of yourself? Melt some stress away with calming as well as energizing meditation.

Yume Japanese Gardens Reopening for the Fall/Winter Season. 9:30am to 4:30pm. 2130 N. Alvernon Way. Students with ID $6, adults $9 Beyond Words. 10am to 8pm. Kirk-Bear Canyon Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road.

Calligraphic interpretations by Joyce Brodsky using traditional and contemporary tools and media. Cost is free!

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

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

Thanksgiving and fall themed crafts for sale.

Degrazia’s Greatest Hits. 10am to 4pm.

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

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SPORTS SCORE CENTER

UA takes success in stride

KANSAS CITY ROYALS WIN WILD PLAYOFF Kansas City Royals 9, Oakland A’s 8

PSG EDGES FC BARCELONA IN THRILLER PSG 3, FC Barcelona 2

BAYERN TAKES CLOSE WIN OVER CSKA MOSCOW Bayern Munich 1, CSKA Moscow 0

WHAT TO WATCH GIANTS AND PIRATES SQUARE OFF TO STAY ALIVE 10/1: San Francisco Giants vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 pm, ESPN

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PICKS UP 10/1: Athletico Madrid vs. Juventus, 11:45 am, ESPN3

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PICKS UP, AGAIN 10/1: Arsenal vs.

Galatasaray, 11:45 am, Fox Sports 1

UPCOMING SCHEDULE FOOTBALL 10/2 at Oregon

MEN’S BASKETBALL 10/18 Red-Blue Game

VOLLEYBALL 10/3 at Utah

SOCCER 10/3 vs. Oregon State

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ARIZONA SOPHOMORE SETTER (20) Penina Snuka and Arizona redshirt freshman middle blocker McKenzie Jacobson (18) block ASU junior outside hitter Macey Gardner’s spike during Arizona’s 3-2 win against ASU in McKale Center on Sept. 24. Arizona volleyball head coach Dave Rubio praised his squad after the Wildcats defeated UCLA.

BY EVAN ROSENFELD The Daily Wildcat

When Arizona volleyball travelled to Southern California to face off against UCLA this weekend, the Wildcats showed no mercy, dominating the net on both sides and defeating the Bruins in consecutive sets (25-20, 26-24, 27-25) en route to their 13th win of the season.

“To beat any one of the two Los Angeles schools isn’t something that happens very often,” Arizona volleyball head coach Dave Rubio said. “It’s a real credit to the players

and the team to be able to Before Friday, the last go on the road on a short time Arizona swept the week, play on Wednesday Bruins at home, and the night, have a tough five- first time a team headed by set match turnaround and Rubio won a duel in straight leave on Thursday, and then sets in LA, was in 2011. have to play “We played the match flawlessly We played on Friday a g a i n s t flawlessly against a U C L A ,” against team that’s senior middle UCLA playing on b l o c k e r — Rachel Rhoades, two days’ rest.

R a c h e l UA senoir middle blocker I’m proud of Rhoades said. how we were “There was able to tough a ‘never say that situation die’ kind of out. It’s a attitude about real example of what we’re our team. We knew for a fact trying to accomplish as a before we even stepped on group.” the court that we were going

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to win the match.”

Regardless of how Arizona performed against the Bruins, Rubio said the team still has things it needs to improve on.

“Our swinging percentage still is a little low; our back row attacking location and our setting still need to be better,” Rubio said. “We’ve been really focusing on trying to get more offense through the middle of the court. We did a better job against UCLA. I think we got more space to hit around.

ASU really did a good job at scouting us and were prepared for McKenzie [Jacobson].”

Soccer looks to avoid repeat of 2013 season

Jacobson claims Pac-12 Conference honors

Redshirt freshman McKenzie Jacobson was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after providing vital contributions in Arizona’s five-set victory over No. 19 ASU at home and sweep of No. 20 UCLA on the road.

Jacobson, who found herself taking on a starting middle blocker role after Rhoades was sidelined due to a concussion earlier this month, has provided the Wildcats with steady defensive presence in the

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Pitts may see more court time

BY BRIAN PEEL

The Daily Wildcat

Arizona soccer head coach Tony Amato and company certainly hopes this isn’t a repeat of last season.

After a strong nonconference showing last season, the Wildcats dropped their first three games of the Pac-12 Conference season, losing to UCLA, Stanford and Cal. They finally won their first game in conference against Oregon State, who is coming into town this weekend.

Amato said he’s confident the team can rebound quickly from its slow start in Pac-12 play.

“I have all the confidence in the world,” Amato said.

“They’re a strong group that I have a lot of confidence in. They know they played a really good team and the next game is always winnable, and we think we can go out and win every game. We’ll regroup and be good to go this weekend.”

DeFelice done

In the Wildcats 3-1 victory over Lipscomb a few weeks ago, senior defender Brie DeFelice went down with an apparent knee injury.

She’s missed the last two matches, and it was confirmed by Amato that she will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL. “Brie is officially out,” Amato said. “She tore her ACL, and she had an MRI and will

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ARIZONA SOCCER HEAD COACH Tony Amato (left) talks with assistant coach Paul Nagy (right) while walking off the field during halftime of Arizona’s 3-0 loss against USC at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium on Friday. Arizona has the Oregon schools up next on the schedule as the Wildcats look to avoid a losing streak.

have to have surgery in October. She has plans to graduate and go on to physical therapy school. She’ll have to spend the rest of the season cheering on the group. She’s on our leadership group, and we know she will be a great teammate the rest of the season.”

Before the injury, DeFelice was having a strong senior campaign, as she was

a pivotal part of the Wildcats’ back four on defense.

Stoian still leading the way

Now through more than half of their 19 regular season games, the Wildcats certainly have an idea of who they will lean on for scoring production.

Even after being held scoreless against USC last Friday, freshman

forward Gabi Stoian is still near the top of almost every offensive statistic in the Pac-12.

Through 10 games, Stoian is tied for second in conference in goals with seven, second in total points with 18 and tied for fourth in assists with four.

Despite being bottled up by the Women of Troy in her first Pac-12

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lliott Pitts may be projected to be a third-string guard going into this season, but the 6-foot-5 sophomore shooting guard, who now has a year of experience in head coach Sean Miller’s program, has the potential to breakout this year and function as an critical cog within Arizona’s’ already stacked arsenal.

Last year, Pitts’ defensive drawbacks limited him from receiving substantial game time.

However, his attention to detail, growing physical presence and ability to crash the offensive glass and extend possessions provides the Wildcats with a legitimate option as the coaching staff looks to fill the void left by Nick Johnson’s departure to the NBA. Competition will be fierce this year when it comes to playing time in the Arizona backcourt. Highlytouted freshman Stanley Johnson will do his part to pick up the slack and should see playing time at both the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Junior guard Gabe York and junior college transfer Kadeem Allen give the Wildcats additional depth at the two. Arizona now has the backcourt depth it was lacking a year ago, but don’t let that downplay the role or contribution Pitts could have for Arizona.

Crazier things have happened.

Players get injured, like when Brandon Ashley broke his foot last year at Cal and was subsequently sidelined for the rest of the year.

Others may begin to reveal weaknesses in one or multiple facets of the game — case in point, York’s defensive struggles and issues with consistency last season.

Pitts will be able to provide Arizona with confidence and ideally

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ARIZONA SENIOR DEFENDER Mykaylin Rosenquist (12) tries to gain possession of the ball from USC senior midfielder Alex Quincey (27) during Arizona’s 3-0 loss against USC at Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium on Friday. The Wildcats are looking to prevent a repeat of the 2013 season when they lost three straight Pac-12 games to open conference play.

ARIZONA SENIOR OUTSIDE HITTER Madi Kingdon (9) spikes the ball past ASU junior setter Bianca Arellano during Arizona’s 3-2 win against ASU in McKale Center on Sept. 24. The Wildcats have won 13 games so far this season with a perfect 7-0 home record.

BY JAMES KELLEY

The Daily Wildcat Arizona soccer lost its Pac-12 opener 3-0 to No. 21 USC. The score line could’ve been worse, but senior goalkeeper Gabby Kaufman saved a Trojan penalty kick.

After starting the season 0-4, the Oakland Raiders fired head coach Dennis Allen on Monday. The Raiders have lost 10 games in a row, went 8-28 under Allen and have had 10 head coaches over the last 20 years, with just three total winning seasons.

Kansas football fired Charlie Weis after the Jayhawks went 6-22 under Weis. It’s been a quick fall from grace for Weis, who was hired as Notre Dame’s head coach in 2004 after successfully leading the New England Patriots’ offense.

After the Jameis Winston suspension fiasco, No. 1 Florida State escaped North Carolina State with a 56-41 win. After the game, the Seminoles had to face allegations that they faked injuries to slow down the Wolfpack’s attack.

After its 3-0 win at then No. 20 UCLA, Arizona volleyball has risen to No. 14 in the rankings, its highest ranking since 2005.

Freshman middle blocker McKenzie Jacobson was named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

Arizona hockey freshman forward Alex Nespor scored four goals in his collegiate debut. The Wildcats beat NAU 8-2 in new head coach Chad Berman’s first game.

Former UA thrower Alyssa Hasslen was named one of nine finalists for 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year. Wildcats have won the award four times, three times since 2007.

Senior cross country runner Kristina Aubert finished second at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational. Aubert has won or finished second in all three of her races as a Wildcat.

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freshmen are doing what she’s doing.

We’ve got a little bit of depth now, which is nice.”

middle.

Jacobson also possesses strong attack abilities and hasn’t been shy in showing them off. In the UA’s 3-0 rout over the Bruins, Jacobson was in on eight of Arizona’s 15 blocks, had three solo stops and led the team with a .500 hitting percentage comprising seven kills on 14 attempts. Against ASU, she compiled a career-high eight kills and additionally added five blocks.

“I’m pleasantly surprised that she’s been able to perform at the level she’s performed at, but it’s a credit to her willing to be coachable, work hard every day and continue to get better,” Rubio said. “It’s obvious we’re pretty excited about her because not too many

Moving on up

FROM PAGE 6

After back-to-back wins over ranked opponents, the Wildcats are now ranked No. 14 overall in the Monday’s AVCA coaches poll.

Arizona is one of seven ranked Pac-12 teams, including No. 1 overall Stanford and No. 4 overall Washington, which leads the nation for most teams ranked from one conference.

Looking at this week’s Pac-12 schedule, there are three matchups between ranked conference foes.

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WHILE BEING CONTESTED BY California then-freshman forward Roger Moute a Bidias, Arizona then-freshman guard Elliott Pitts (24) drives the ball towards the basket during Arizona’s 87-59 win against Cal in McKale Center last season. Pitts has gained 20 pounds during the offseason and has a chance to join the rotation.

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emerge as the consistent 3-point specialist off the bench that the Wildcats need.

Last year, Pitts broke into Arizona’s rotation after Ashley was injured in early February. He was part of the Wildcats’ first sub group eight times and gained valuable minutes of experience in 24 contests. Despite Pitts’ limited opportunities, he began to show the foundation of a potential key contributor and major threat from beyond the perimeter.

Pitts finished his freshman campaign ranked first among rotation players in overall 3-point percentage (.393) and converted 11 of his 28 longrange attempts. He shot with 42.9 percent accuracy from the field, 39.3 percent from the 3-point line and grabbed 24 total rebounds, seven of which were offensive.

Pitts tied for fifth on the team with 11 3-point makes, including hitting one 3-pointer in each of Arizona’s final two games of the NCAA tournament despite playing just 11 total minutes over that

stretch.

Over the summer, he was determined to bulk up and reportedly gained 20 pounds.

According to Miller, Pitts, who was a lanky 170 pounds before entering the program last summer, is now up to about 190 pounds.

This extra weight will give Pitts a more dominant physical presence on the court and allow him to break through defenders and finish at the basket with more emphasis than last season. It will also allow him to be more effective when defending the perimeter.

Additionally, Pitts said he spent the summer working on shooting off the dribble, shooting and finishing at the rim and adding some more athleticism to his outside game.

If he’s given more opportunities and game time experience and improves his defensive skill set, Pitts could very well be a viable sixthman option for the UA.

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she’s one of the best ever as several other categories, she now sits in second place including career saves and in career shutouts with 13. shutouts in a season.

FROM PAGE 6 This season, Kaufman game, Stoian still looked like has recorded four shutouts Netkix the most dangerous Wildcat against Florida International, Last weekend was the on attack, NAU, Nevada Wildcats’ first time on c r e a t i n g and Idaho. television in 2014. They several close With 10 regular better get used to it.

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ARTS & LIFE Showbiz dystopia steers off track

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ctors are the most important tools in movie making, treated with a reverence and humanity above that of any other position on set. Once a film starts shooting, everyone, including the director, can still be fired, except for the actors. However, director Ari Folman imagines a world where actors are not tools, but digital templates.

A hybrid of live-action and animation, “The Congress,” partially based on Stanislaw Lem’s 1971 novel “The Futurological Congress,” overextends beyond the enticing premise of its first act.

Robin Wright plays a fictional version of herself, although this version is of an aging actress who’s being phased out by the studios.

This could be farther from reality, with Wright presently manipulating the country as cool Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.”

Perhaps “phased out” isn’t the correct phrase. In an obvious reflection of the current post-production and green screen-laden film industry, Wright the actress is being phased out, but Wright the character is in high demand.

The head of Miramount Studios (Miramax and Paramount put together) presents Wright with one final contract: Allow the studio to use a digital copy of her in movies, and don’t act for 20 years. The tech has advanced so that movies can be made without breathing performers, but with their electronic avatars.

With the studio head all but guaranteeing obsolescence if she doesn’t go along with it, and with the added prospect of spending more time with her son Aaron (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who’s steadily going both blind and deaf, Wright opts to be scanned.

Wearing a white bodysuit that masks

everything but her face, Wright must present emotions on cue to be scanned by the impressive dome of lights and cameras that surrounds her. The blue flashes burst to capture her likeness, illuminating her face in an alien, skeletal way.

When she refuses to continue with the process, her agent (Harvey Keitel) tells her a story that takes her from laughing to crying, all so that the necessary emotions are on file. It feels like a violation, a theft, of Wright’s soul.

Given the state of film in the year 2014, this presentation of the entertainment industry is uncomfortably prescient. You don’t need to look farther back than “The Maze Runner,” released not two weeks ago. What allowed director Wes Ball to take the reigns was 2011’s “Ruin,” his eight-minute long action short that was entirely special effects work. “The Maze Runner” has already grossed $150 million dollars against its $34 million budget and a sequel is in the works.

If there’s writing on the wall, it says, “We’ll do it in post.”

Folman, however, expands his vision beyond that of the film industry, and this is where “The Congress” derails, almost to never get back on track.

After 20 years of no acting, Wright goes to the Futurological Congress, Miramount’s new tech showcase. She must sniff a hallucinogenic before entering, and the world transforms into a cartoon that explodes with vivacity.

Using the phrase very deliberately, this is Miramount’s “Brave New World.” This also is where the film lost me. The studio has cracked DNA, chemistry and free will; in the cartoon universe, people can transform into anyone or anything and don’t have to face the pain and suffering of “the other side.”

The second act takes the notions introduced in the first and takes them to their furthest extent, going off the edge. It’s a blue pill too big to swallow.

The animations are a gorgeous fever dream, but this potent image potpourri becomes overpowering and ludicrous.

BRIDGIT FOLMAN FILM GANG

After cartoon Robin and her cartoon partner have sex that saw their naked, foliagesprouting bodies framed against an exploding blimp, they are served lobster by a grinning Michael Jackson.

Remember all of the ethical questions raised by the Tupac Shakur hologram at Coachella in 2012? In this future, you can be Tupac. Or Jesus Christ. Well, for some, that’s one and the same.

However, the sobering third act brings us back to the other side and offers a final minute

that is beautiful and nearly transcendent, but it’s not enough.

“The Congress” opens and closes strongly, but its middle is too much of a mess.

Grade: C — Follow Alex Guyton @GuyTonAlexAnder

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BARBRA STREISAND released her new album ‘Partners’ through Columbia Records on Sept. 16. This album recently beat Chris Brown in nabbing the top spot in record sales.

Movies, music, Broadway — there is no domain in entertainment Barbra Streisand has not conquered, and her recent album proves her staying power

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It’s official: Barbra Streisand is the reigning diva of the music industry, as her latest album Partners has just made her the only female artist to have a number one album sold in each of the last six decades.

Take that, Cher.

The new album consists of 12 songs, all duets with 12 male singers. The list of singers include Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Andrea Bocelli, John Legend and Josh Groban.

“It was a great idea,” Streisand said in an interview with Jian Ghomeshi, reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ”You know, instead of having to look for 12 new songs, my producers felt like I could do a good job revisiting a lot of the standards I’d done, but with a new twist as a duet.”

When the album was released earlier this month, Streisand beat Chris Brown to the number one spot by selling a total of 196,000 copies by Sept. 21, according to Billboard. com. What’s even more impressive is that this is her 10th number one album.

There’s something to be said about a successful women in today’s world. The fact that this wasn’t her first rodeo but her 10th, shows just how much people enjoy her work.

According to Biography.com, Streisand’s singing career began when she moved to Manhattan, N.Y., in 1960 and got a job as a cabaret singer, which led to her getting attention from record companies. The result: a recording contract and several successful albums.

One may wonder why she isn’t performing live concerts more often if she is so successful. The reason behind

that, Biography.com says, is that Streisand avoids live performances due to stage fright that she believes stems from her concert in 1967 in New York Central Park where she forgot the lyrics to one of her songs.

As a result, according to Biography.com, she did not perform live on stage for 27 years until 1994. That year, a concert she did landed in the top 10 and the tour made over $10 million to donate to charities such as AIDS organizations, women and children in crisis and relations between Jewish and Arabic peoples.

Her humanity and vulnerability doesn’t limit itself there. Even she sometimes doubts her singing ability.

“Every once in a while I get insecure and think, ‘Do I think I can do that?’” Streisand said in the interview with Ghomeshi. “I think it’s good to have a bit of self doubt in the equation of what makes somebody successful. It’s what motivates you.”

Perhaps that is the reason behind her success or her “undisciplined” lifestyle as a child, as she also discussed in the interview with Ghomeshi. Or perhaps she is not afraid to take a chance and not afraid of criticism, only irked by untruthfulness. Either way, Streisand continues to make history.

An extra bit of Streisand trivia is that the song “Evergreen,” from the 1976 film “A Star Is Born” was filmed in several locations here in Tucson, such as downtown Tucson and the Tucson Community Center.

— Follow Ivana Goldtooth @goldiechik93

Bands break free from garage to rock downtown Tucson

BY MELANIE TRECHA

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The local Tucson garage band Prom Body opened up for Los Angeles’ Cherry Glazerr and King Tuff last Saturday at a concert off of Toole Avenue. Prom Body, which has been gaining national popularity, opened up to a small audience. Prom Body has done its fair share of opening slots for incoming bands, such as Ty Segall, and the full set it performed was quite impressive.

Garage rock can range anywhere from wild and original to fuzzy and conventional, with most current bands falling into the latter category. I was glad to see that Prom Body is bringing its own originality and flavor to a great, but really overdone, genre, sounding almost shoe-gazey at some points. It’s already done some tour dates on the West Coast, but from now on, it’d be worthwile to catch this local gem in action before it really starts getting big.

Next up was the reason to be there — Cherry Glazerr, named after KCRW disc jockey Chery Glaser. Since its first EP to its debut on Burger Records, I have been so charmed by this band’s youth and weird lyrics. At first, when I heard “Grilled Cheese” and “Trick or Treat Dancefloor,” I was kind of pissed at the person I thought was trying way too hard to be a 16-yearold girl. Turns out she wasn’t pretending; guitarist and vocalist Clem Creevy isn’t even 18 yet, and her music is already being used by legendary house of couture Saint Laurent. The band’s latest single, “Had Ten Dollaz,” premiered on Vogue’s website and

is absolutely unstoppable, even more so when performed live.

Since two of the three band members are still in high school, tour dates are scarce, so this was a rare chance to see a growing band in its raw youth. Creevy’s guitar melodies combined with the bass lines and tight, powerful drum bits, such as in “White’s Not My Color This Evening,” blew me away. This is a band with skills and stage presence way past its members’ ages.

Cherry Glazerr played a few new songs as well, promising growth but maintaining its unique sound.

Closing out the show was headliner King Tuff. KT, mega garage rocker, has his own goofy, rock ’n’ roll-caveman-thing going, which most enjoyed on Saturday night. He and his band — composed of Old Gary and Magic Jake — mostly played songs from their new album, Black Moon Spell, but they somehow fell flat. Maybe it was the still tiny crowd, or maybe it was the lyrical simplicity and repetition of the new album, but I wasn’t feeling it. I saw videos of the previous night’s show in Phoenix (Cherry Glazerr also played), and it looked 20 times better. Maybe they weren’t feeling Tucson so much, either. Still, King Tuff ’s talent and originality are undeniable; you’ve got to see him if he’s in town. Overall, it was a great night and a great show, as it always is on Toole Avenue.

— Follow Melanie Trecha @KAMP_Radio