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ASUA accepts help in concert planning from UApresents By Shannon Maule ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT After losing nearly $1 million on April’s Jay-Z concert, student leaders say they hope to win back the campus’s respect by collaborating with UApresents to organize, but not fund, an upcoming concert featuring The Fray. Ticket sales for the concert have already covered the cost of the performers themselves, a dramatic improvement compared to April’s loss. As of Wednesday, 1,450 tickets have been sold. The cost of the concert is $40,000, “which is very reasonable for such a popular group,” said UApresents Director of Marketing Jo Alenson . Unlike with Jay-Z, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona is not putting one penny toward the event, which is instead being funded exclusively by UApresents. Instead, the group has handled most of the public relations and advertising work for the concert. Caleb Wilson, media arts sophomore and special events coordinator for ASUA , said he is putting forth a strong effort to make sure things run smoothly for this event, which he described as an “educational opportunity” for his team. “We are still taking it to the next level and practicing as if it was our own show,” he said. Working in tandem with UApresents has been a good way for ASUA planners to relieve some of the pressure of organizing a concert, Wilson said. “I expected conflicts of interest, but it is actually all working out very well,” he said. “If we had a solo show, liability and responsibility would be all our own, but now it is not.” As the group gains experience with public relations — which has been the main aspect of ASUA’s

Federal officials discuss school violence CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CHICAGO — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder came to Chicago Wednesday to address the issue of youth violence across the nation, bringing the weight of their offices but little in the way of funding or a plan to address it. The visit came two weeks after the release of a video capturing in lurid detail the fatal beating of a student at Chicago’s Fenger High. That video prompted a national outcry as it made the rounds on national television and the Web, sparking the speedy response from the Obama administration. Holder and Duncan met privately with a handful of Fenger students, parents and school officials Wednesday morning before holding a joint news conference with Mayor Richard M. Daley. While the officials spoke in broad terms about the video sounding a public alarm, no one suggested specific public actions or solutions — beyond launching VIOLENCE, page 3

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involvement in the concert — it will be better prepared for future events and more able to avoid future catastrophes, Wilson said. “We have to accept what happened to the ASUA reputation,” he said. UApresents is also excited about pairing up with “such an important group on this campus,” Alenson said. “We felt badly about last year and the fact that having another event this year was unlikely because of the budget,” she said. “UApresents has always wanted to work with this particular student group in the Jacob Rader/Arizona Daily Wildcat past, and now they could not be Sen. Emily Fritze, left, and Sen. James Brooks, right, discuss funding issues at Wednesday’s ASUA meeting. ASUA has been working closely with UApresents to put on a successful concert with The happier.”

The first batches of the new swine flu vaccine have arrived in Pima and Yuma counties. Pima County Health Department spokeswoman Patti Woodcock says the county received 9,000 doses of a live virus formulation of the vaccine and will begin distributing it at regular clinics starting on today. None of the swine flu vaccine that arrived recently in Pima County will be delivered to the UA, Woodcock said. Campus Health Services officials had said they expected to begin receiving swine flu vaccinations in early November, and remain unclear about exactly when the vaccines will become available on campus, said Campus Health spokeswoman Terri West . “We don’t even know when we’re going to get it,” she said. Yuma County received 1,900 doses on Wednesday. They will be given to health care workers and pediatric patients. The vaccine is in a nasal mist. State health officials expect about 70,000 doses to arrive in the state’s 15 counties this week. The first batches of injectable vaccine, which uses a killed virus, are expected to start arriving within weeks. Between 800,000 and 1 million doses are expected then. By the height of the flu season in January, the state hopes to have vaccinated up to 70 percent of the population — as many as 4 million people.

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Pulitzer winners to speak at UA By Michelle Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Two Pulitzer Prize winners and former Daily Wildcat reporters are at the UA today to speak about investigative reporting after writing a series of articles exposing the misuse of power in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Paul Giblin and Ryan Gabrielson will be visiting several journalism classes before attending a dinner reception in the early evening, with a lecture to follow. They will be speaking specifically about their particular Pulitzer series as well as investigative reporting in general. Afterward, they will open the lecture up to questions and “talk about whatever the audience wants to talk about,” Giblin said. Giblin and Gabrielson wrote a series of articles in July 2008 about the Lisa Beth Earle/Arizona Daily Wildcat negative impacts of the Maricopa Ryan Gabrielson and Paul Giblin return to where it all began in the Arizona Daily Wildcat newsroom. Both are former Wildcat reporters who recently won the Pulitzer Prize. They are back at the UA to County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s illegal immigration policy. speak about investigative reporting.

They conducted hundreds of interviews, sifted through public documents and created a database to analyze arrests in the area — a database that not even the sheriff’s office has to this day. Under the policies at the time, there was “rather light regard for civil liberties — anyone who was brown and driving around certain roads and at certain times were likely to get pulled over,” Giblin said.“There was a shifting of a lot of manpower to illegal immigration, which left many other places not enforced. The response time went up from 911 calls. Serious crimes such as rape went un-investigated.” After months of researching and analyzing, the five-part series was published in the East Valley Tribune. After the story, a flurry of events occurred. The two largest repercussions were that Arpaio was re-elected, but is now under investigation by the FBI and PULITZER, page 3

Grad bill will need to pass council By Tim McDonnell ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A bill of rights for graduate students, still in its infancy, will face a long road full of bureaucratic challenges before it can become legally binding university policy, officials said. The bill, originally passed by the Graduate and Professional Student Council in September 2008, was dropped due to confusion between the GPSC and the Graduate Council, a faculty body charged with handling policy decisions and grievances, said Andrew

Carnie, a linguistics professor and chair of the Graduate Council. One problem, he said, was that the bill did not clarify that some of its policies already existed in other university documents such as the employee handbook and the Arizona Board of Regents policy document. Graduate College deans requested that the document be split into a statement of rights and a statement of responsibilities and identify content that was already extant in other documents. What exactly happened to the bill after that remains unclear, but since then

graduate student leaders have maintained that the bill has faced resistance from administrators. Many faculty members question the need for a graduate student bill of rights, James Johnson, an optical sciences doctoral student and GPSC assembly chair, said at GPSC’s Sept. 30 meeting. “This is going to be an uphill battle for us,” he said. Nevertheless, Carnie called the bill very important and said that after the bill was returned to the GPSC, “(The UA) Transformation hit us all, and I

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think it just got lost.” Adding to the difficulty of resolving such issues is the fact that GPSC leadership turns over every semester, he said. A small group of former and current GPSC members met Sept. 3 to decide on an unofficial working version of the bill — largely unchanged from the 2008 version — to use in an Oct. 13 forum with President Robert Shelton. The next step is for the bill to be passed by the GPSC. President David

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As part of Coming Out Week, the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership will be hosting a SafeZONE training session to help make campus more welcoming for the LGBTQ community. This workshop will be held in room 404 of the Student Union Memorial Center at 4 p.m.

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A Closer Look Book Club provides an opportunity for in-depth conversation about literature. This week it will discuss “The Family Tree” by Margo Glantz. The discussion will take place in the Poetry Center at 5:30 p.m.

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Paul Giblin and Ryan Gabrielson, UA journalism alumni and Pulitzer Prize winners, will be giving a public lection. This lecture will be held in room 211 of the Education building at 7 p.m.

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What are your thoughts on butt sex? (Laughs) Butt sex, huh? I’ve never been offered it. If I was, I’d probably jump right on it. I guess it depends on if the girl is clean or dirty.

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(Laughs) What do you mean by that? I mean, it’s still the butt either way. Like, if they seem clean I’d probably go for it. If they seem like a dirty girl I’d probably have to say, ‘No’ and pass. But the dirty girls are probably more willing to offer. Yeah. You’re right. (Pauses) Um, fuck. That’s a really random question. (Laughs) OK, how about this? If a girl says she’s a virgin but she’s had butt sex is she really a virgin? No. Fuck that. She’s not a virgin. No girl can say they’re a virgin if they take it in the ass. (Laughs)

Man sets out on ‘journey of renewal’ bearing 12-foot cross ABERDEEN, Wash. — A man who dragged a 12-foot cross from Longview, Texas, to his home in Washington state had some good news when he arrived. Aberdeen police Capt. John Green says they decided not to arrest James Strickland Tuesday night when he came into town. Green told KXRO-

Would you be OK with being a dirty dude if that meant you got some from a clean butt? Yeah. For sure. And what exactly do you mean by a clean butt? I don’t know. One that (pauses) I don’t think girls clean their assholes. (Laughs)

AM he will trust Strickland to appear before a judge to clear up four misdemeanor warrants. The 39-year-old Strickland says he has a troubled past that includes drug use, run-ins with the law and falling out with his family. He says he was praying about his problems when he received a mes-

sage to start walking in May on a journey of renewal. He took along the cross, which rolls on wheels. Strickland says the trek took him through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah and Idaho.

FBI releases Smith investigation files Guy 1: I don’t like really big boobs. Guy 2: I usually like one big boob and one small boob. — La Paz Residence Hall

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Fast Facts In 1904 a cruise from New York to great Britian was $10 (third class). Motor vehicle with the best safety record in Europe: The moped.

The last U.S. train robbery took place in 1933. Adolf Hitler had his own private train, complete with 15 railcars. It was called the Amerika. Ancient Rome had rent-achariot businesses.

Why did NASA send small animals into space? Among other things, to see if they would throw up.

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MIAMI — The FBI investigated whether Anna Nicole Smith was part of a plot to kill her tycoon husband’s son, whom she was battling for his late dad’s fortune, but prosecutors ultimately decided there wasn’t enough evidence to charge the Playboy Playmate, newly released files show. Anna Nicole Smith’s FBI records say the Smith agency investigated Smith in 2000 and 2001 in a murder-forhire plot targeting E. Pierce Marshall, who was at the center of a long legal fight to keep the starlet, model and stripper from collecting his father’s oil wealth, valued in the hundreds of millions. The younger Marshall has since died. The documents released under the Freedom of Information Act depict an investigation going on as the fight raged over J. Howard Marshall II’s estate. There is no indication how authorities became aware of the alleged scheme, but agents interviewed Smith on July 3, 2000. When told why she was being questioned,“Smith began crying and denied ever making such plans,” a report said. “Smith adamantly denied ever contemplating such a crime,” an agent wrote, and prosecutors eventually agreed the case could not go forward. Smith was 26 when she wed the 89-year-old Marshall, owner of Great Northern Oil Co., whose wealth was estimated by Forbes to be $550 million in 1992. They met while she was a topless dancer at a Texas strip club. He died of natural causes in 1995, little more than a year after they wed. His son died in 2006 at age 67 of an infection and Smith died a year later at age 39 after collapsing in her South Florida hotel room. The FBI files show a .357 Smith and Wesson revolver was confiscated from Smith’s home, along with a 3½-inch stainless-steel knife and, for reasons that were not explained, a black and orange hat described as “Dr. Seuss.”All three objects were returned to her about seven months later. In a June 27, 2000 interview, Marshall said Smith rarely spent time with his father after their 1994 marriage and said his father complained that she asked for $50,000 to $60,000 twice a week. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 2006 that Smith could pursue her late husband’s fortune, overturning an appellate decision, which continues to be fought in California. The money became a factor after Smith’s death, too, with Stern, her mother, and another boyfriend all fighting over an estate that ultimately will go to her daughter, who is now 3. — The Associated Press

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What is it with that anyway? I mean, what’s the infatuation with butt sex? It’s different than regular sex. It’s something that you can tell your friends. You can be like, ‘Yo, I had anal.’ No one else really does that. Plus, it’s a little bit tighter. (Laughs) That’s true I guess. But the fact that you would want to do it in a butt, that doesn’t make you dirty for wanting to put it in some poop? Ew. (Laughs) Yeah, I guess. It’s all pretty fucking dirty. It’s an asshole.

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Bookfest planners hope to top last year’s event By Marissa Freireich Arizona Daily Wildcat

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Melissa M. Vito, vice president of student affairs, speaks at a press conference for the Tucson Festival of Books in the UofA Bookstore lobby Oct 7. This year’s festival will be held on campus March 12-14, 2010.

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Organizers for the Tucson Festival of Books met in the UofA Bookstore yesterday morning to celebrate the success of last year’s event and share their expectations for this year. Bruce Beach and Brenda Viner, two of the organizers and founders of the festival, said the event raised $200,000 for Literacy for Life Coalition, Reading Seed and the UA. This past spring, the UA hosted the first the Tucson Festival of Books. About 900 volunteers helped run the event and more than 50,000 people attended. Organizers say they hope the festival will have more authors and attendees this year. The second annual Tucson Festival of Books will take place March 13 and 14 on the UA Mall. Some of the sponsors of the event include the Arizona Daily Star, the UA, University Medical Center, UofA Bookstores, Pima

County Public Library and Tucson Medical Center. The UA is excited to partner in the event, said Melissa Vito, vice president of student affairs, adding that the event showed that people do have an interest in the UA for reasons other than sports. “Last year it was planning and visualizing, and this year we can look back and know what it was and imagine even bigger things,” she said.“I think the Tucson Festival of Books proved that there is an enormous interest in literacy and learning and reading and culture in this community.” The Diamond Children’s Medical Center will be the presenting sponsor for this year’s festival. “Literacy is so critical to our community and especially the children of our community,” said Greg Pivirotto, president and CEO of University Medical Center. Arizona has one of highest high school dropout rates in country, which may relate to

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Talenfeld, a second-year law student, said he has made the bill a top priority for his tenure as president. The bill is “absolutely central to my legacy,” he said. Next, the bill will need to be approved by both the Graduate Council and the Faculty Senate, Carnie said, after which it will head to the Office of General Counsel and finally to the president. There is a pressing need for such a document, said Dianne Horgan, associate dean of the Graduate College and an organizer of the Graduate Council. At the moment, it can be difficult for graduate students to know where to turn when they have questions, complaints or concerns, a problem that could be alleviated by a cohesive bill of rights, she said. “There shouldn’t be a dispute,” Horgan said.“It’s a matter of how students want information presented.”

a “national conversation on values.” “It’s not a conversation where we want to do all of the talking,” said Holder, flanked by a cadre of local officials. “We want to listen to educators, to parents, to students and to experts in the field and find out the best ideas for addressing this urgent problem.” While the focus was national, the most concrete response was local — a $500,000 grant for Fenger High School and the elementary schools that send students there. The money can be used however the school decides, though currently the district says it’s on track to spend almost that much for buses that have been shuttling kids to and from Fenger since the beating death. Those kids are from the Altgeld Gardens housing projects, and have been in conflict with kids from the neighborhood. The issue comes as no surprise to Duncan, who served seven years as the head of Chicago Public Schools. Youth violence in the city became a national issue during his tenure, as scores of public school students were murdered. Each year, it seemed, a marquee case emerged that prompted a public outcry. Duncan struggled, as have many school chiefs and law enforcement officers, to reduce the violence. Ultimately, little changed. Duncan rattled off some of the names of children killed in Chicago over the years: Blair Holt, Starkeisha Reed, Dantrell Davis. Duncan said that he hoped the death of Albert could start a conversation on values, and on the responsibility for everyone to ensure that children grow up in environments of support. “Somehow, many of our young people have lost faith in the future,” Duncan said.“They’ve been denied the love, support and guidance they need. They’ve grown up believing that their life is not worth anything, and no one else’s life is worth anything either.” Duncan seemed to indicate that what differed

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Horgan and Carnie said that the bill would provide a much-needed opportunity to update a mentoring handbook for graduate students distributed by the Graduate Council, which, Carnie said, “desperately needs to be revised.” As momentum gathers for

the bill, many of the key players in the approval process, including Shelton, have said they are supportive of the project. “David (Talenfeld) has indicated that this is a real priority for him, so we’ve made it a real priority for us too,” Carnie said.

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Alums won for Sheriff Arpaio reports

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the Department of Homeland Security — headed by former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano — is reviewing its policy that allows local authorities to detain and arrest suspected illegal immigrants for breaking immigration laws. “Locally, (Arpaio) had a lot of support from everyone else in politics, and now he’s having fights every single day with the county board of supervisors,” Giblin said. “After the series ran, it allowed politicians to distance themselves from him.” Arpaio is also under investigation for criminal and civil rights violations, abuse of power, corruption and cracking down on political opponents, Giblin said.

The series won several awards, including the George Polk Award for Justice Reporting and the Pulitzer Prize. “I wasn’t expecting to get the Pulitzer,” Giblin said. “We just thought we were writing a pretty interesting story. I always dreamed of winning a Pulitzer, but I never expected it.” “A week before we won, Paul and I were in New York, and a handicap poll went out and we weren’t on it,” Gabrielson said. “Paul was upset we weren’t even in the conversation and I was like, ‘Paul we’re not going to win a Pulitzer. Let’s just enjoy what we have.’” The investigation hasn’t stopped for Gabrielson, who is a postgraduate fellow at the University

of California at Berkeley. “I’m doing an investigation on immigration enforcement,” Gabrielson said. “Right now I’m expanding it to a national level.” Despite winning a Pulitzer, both journalists were laid off from the East Valley Tribune — a paper that cut almost half of its staff, Gabrielson said. With regard to future work, Gabrielson added that he “would be hesitant to stay at a paper. Non-profit investigative reporting is most likely where I’ll be. But long term, it depends on what happens to journalism.” Giblin is senior political editor and one of the founders of the Arizona Guardian, an Arizona news Web site.

literacy problems, Beach said. More than 400 authors participated in last year’s festival for workshops, lectures, book signings and interviews. Viner said after attending a book festival in Los Angeles she thought it would be a good idea to do something similar in Tucson. She said the UA was the perfect location for the festival. “It’s the intellectual hub of the community,” she said. Paying for the event this year will be easier because last year the organizers did not have a budget and had to raise funds independently, she said. Frank Farias, assistant vice president of student affairs and executive director of bookstores, said he hopes to get some international participation in the festival, especially from Mexico because of its proximity to Tucson. “I planted the seed and now I’m trying to get others to cultivate it,” he said.

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Graduate and Professional Student Council President David Talenfeld discusses the graduate student bill of rights at a GPSC meeting in the James E. Rogers College of Law on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

about the most recent death was that it had been caught on videotape. In truth, violence happens across the city and with a startling frequency — Albert is the third public school student killed since school started a month ago and the fifth teen. “It takes capturing a death on video to wake the country,” he said. Standing outside of the city hall news conference, a band of activists gathered to shout down Duncan and others as they exited. They carried signs reading: “You can’t solve it, your system caused it.” Some were community activists and faith-based groups offended that they had not been invited to the meetings with Holder and Duncan. Jesse Jackson was among them. “They’re not talking to the people,” he said. “They’re talking to each other. This is top-down.” Others felt that Duncan was being disingenuous coming to Chicago to discuss youth violence when he had a front row seat for seven years. The idea of additional resources to the broader community was raised more than once. “The larger issue is that unless support services are provided to improve these children’s quality of life in a meaningful way, it’s going to be the same song with a second verse,” said an irate Derrick Harris, president of the North Lawndale Local School Council Federation. Harris and others accuse Duncan of exacerbating the problem, at least in the Fenger neighborhood, when he changed Carver High School into a selective military academy. When that happened, kids from Altgeld Gardens were forced to travel all the way to Fenger for school, placing them in another neighborhood’s territory. Duncan dismissed that. He says that the number of Altgeld students at Fenger has barely changed since 2003.

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Dangerous garage encounters, parking crunch eased by alternate transportation

A parking garages seem a bit like shopping mall parking lots. If you have an on-campus parking permit, you’ve probably been coerced into hurrying and freeing up your parking space for a complete stranger. There’s something bothersome and even dangerous about walking to your car and noticing that another car is impatiently waiting for you to empty up your parking spot. As the driver backs up, flicks on his blinker, and seems to rush you to get in your car and jet out of the garage, you quicken your pace to get out of the situation as soon as possible. Someone needs your parking space, so the polite thing to do is take off. If people are in a hurry to back out of a parking spot the second they jump in their cars, they face an increased probability of getting into an accident. They can do minor damage by tapping someone’s bumper, or they could hit a person, with devastating results. Severe or superficial, the dangers of careless driving in parking garages are harmful. Thankfully, this kind of situation shouldn’t happen as often as in the past, at least with respect to a recent Wildcat news report, which stated that UA Parking and Transportation Services has an excess of parking permits this semester. It makes sense that more students would reject the parking permit option. In a Wildcat report released earlier this year, Parking and Transportation Services marketing manager Bill Davidson said parking prices would go up $50 in 2009 and $116 in both 2010 and 2011. There’s only so much money students can afford to lose each semester. If they accept tuition increases, they’ll have to cut corners somewhere else, and campus parking garages seem to be the casualties in this case. Even with the permit price increases, there are still fewer spaces for students to use. Several on-campus lots have been torn down to accommodate new residence hall construction, eliminating parking spots. With the increase in costs and reduction in lots, there isn’t much of an incentive to drive to school anymore. It’s convenient to come and go as one pleases, but the costs are beginning to outweigh the benefits, and students are using alternate transportation to get to and from campus. Because Arizona weather is pretty warm year-round, students can walk or bike to campus without coming down with a case of frostbite. As disgusting as it may be to trek to campus in 100 degree-plus weather, it’s considerably more dangerous to do the same thing in snow. Roommates can carpool, and residents of certain student apartments can take advantage of the free shuttle services. There have always been multiple forms of transportation available, but students are starting to take advantage of resources. We support on-campus services and resources, but we also support a student’s honest attempt at managing his or her money. The decrease in campus permit purchases also eases the burden on permit owners, who are less likely to be turned away at parking lots now that more than 1,000 permits have yet to be bought. Cheers to the students who opted out of on-campus parking permits this year. Hopefully, you found a more fiscally responsible option, and you certainly made parking garages feel less like mall parking lots the day after Thanksgiving.

MAILBAG Cynicism accomplishes everything

You know, it’s too bad. I went into reading “Why not hope for the best?” (Oct. 7, 2009) hoping it would be an uplifting article about selflessness and hope. Maybe once I would have opened up a student newspaper and read an article with feeling. It only took me to the second paragraph to realize that the article was less about genuine optimism and more about politics and blasting people who don’t believe that CNN is a real (whatever that

means) news source. Nope. It was just another cynical take on cynicism. It’s too bad, really. By employing a little cynicism, maybe it could have been intriguing or uplifting. Oh well. I guess that’s what happens when you have hope. David Neff Media arts junior

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Anniversary of U.S. bombing of Afghanistan reveals unchanged U.S. brand carnage

ight years ago this week, President George W. Bush announced massive U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America that killed 3,000 people. As a result, a far greater number of people have died, mostly civilian, according to human rights groups. Now, the question that should have been asked in the first place remains: Why fight terror with more terror? And are we, as Americans, safer because of such blood-thirsty, pathological thinking? Now, eight years and an allegedly benevolent president later, the carnage continues, with far greater intensity. Obama’s “Pakistan policy” demonstrates a culmination of American violence in the region. The Washington Post reported earlier this year that among Obama’s first achievements in office were U.S. air strikes (by unmanned “Predator drone aircraft”) which have now moved from Afghanistan into Pakistan, targeting “suspected” terrorists, and killing 20 people in two separate attacks. At the time of the report, “At least 132 people have been killed” in 38 missile strikes, “all conducted by the CIA, in a ramped-up effort by the outgoing Bush Administration.” Through the present date, according to various world press agencies, literally hundreds more people have been killed in dozens of drone attacks in Pakistan alone by the Obama Administration, which obviously has willfully continued the tradition of Bush’s

terror program. So this is the level of savagery the U.S. has regressed to? Not even due process for our victims — the very suspicion of “terrorism” is Gabriel punishable by death. Matthew I remember reading ArSchivone thur Miller’s “The Crucible” columnist in high school, wherein merely being accused of the crime of “witchcraft” in 17th-century Salem was enough to prescribe the death sentence. There is a particular twist of the witch-hunt story that parallels today’s supposedly civilized era of American politics: In the course of the play, certain well-to-do Salemites start using the anti-witch hysteria as a weapon to get rid of their economic or political rivals by planting a suspicion of “witchcraft” against them. The predictable result is death by accusation. Not unlike any variety of metaphorical witch hunts, U.S. policy in the Middle East is doubtless one of terror, injustice and political expediency. Five days after Sept. 11, The New York Times reported on an agitated U.S. belligerently mustering all its weapons — economic, military and diplomatic — against Afghanistan, a country widely known to be exceedingly weak and defenseless. One of these “weapons” was the “elimination of truck convoys that provide much of the food and other supplies to Afghanistan’s civilian population.” Notice that our enemy in this instance was not the Taliban, nor al Qaeda. It explicitly was the “civilian population” that was the

target of our brutal attacks, against whom we were using all the options that could possibly inflict the highest levels of human pain and suffering: bomb them, starve them and economically strangle them, with the victims numbering in the tens of millions. All of this was carried out with utter disregard for international law, which protects civilians in a time of war. This past June, Reuters reported that the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, expressed “strong concern at the continuing problem of preventable civilian casualties, especially in the context of aerial bombing,” referring to U.S. drone attacks in the region, and called for accountability based on independent investigations. Groups such as Human Rights concur, and have repeatedly called for the respect of international law, which the U.S. continually rejects. Meanwhile, no one can satisfactorily explain what this war is even about, apart from mouthing the usual high-falutin expressions of “defeating” terror and “helping” Afghans. President Barack Obama calls our occupation a “war of necessity,” though like many politicians, he doesn’t quite say what that means. All we see him doing is increasing American troop levels to “a record 68,000,” as CBS reported Monday. Although no one can explain U.S. actions, much less government officials, at least the American people seem to have an overwhelming feeling against this so-called “choiceless” war. According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll taken in August, 51

percent of Americans oppose the war as “not worth fighting.” And it is with particular insult to say that we are “helping” Afghans in any way, although it’s instructive to see what Afghans think about our levels of violence in their country. A Washington Post article earlier this year reported that the increase of U.S. forces into Afghanistan would meet two opposing forces: an armed insurgency and Afghan public opinion. As the report stated, the majority of Afghans reject the violence of the Taliban as well as the infinitely greater violence of the U.S.; Afghans themselves would rather attain political settlements through negotiation among Afghans. Meanwhile, according to UA history and political science professor David Gibbs, a specialist on Afghanistan, the American people are “tiring of war,” with the disaster that is Iraq and now the “quagmire” that is Afghanistan, both coming at a time of financial crisis. Gibbs asks the obvious question: “How much longer will the public be willing to put up with it?” It is a question we might well ask ourselves when we hear the daily reports of new U.S. atrocities that ironically are already yesterday’s news. In a sense, today’s and tomorrow’s news are still uncovered. It is the will and choice of the United States, the American people, what such coverage may be. — Gabriel Matthew Schivone is a junior majoring in art, literature and media studies. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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By Michelle Cohen ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The U.S. Marine Corps will host a discussion with a highranking federal judge Friday to increase awareness of the corp’s legal program. It will be the Marine Corp’s first UA Judge Advocate General panel, said U.S. Marine Corp Capt. Johnny Luevano. “This is only the second time that we have conducted a JAG panel to promote our program on an Arizona university campus,” Luevano said in an e-mail. “The panel is strictly to promote our available opportunities as a Marine Officer Attorney to college law students or law graduates.” Last month the Marine Corps hosted the first such discussion at Arizona State University. “It was successful,” Luevano said of the ASU event. “A couple of interested students are in the application process now.” The discussion “will expose anyone interested in becoming a marine JAG officer to a question and answer session for panel members to give their experiences as JAG officers,”he said. U.S. federal Ninth Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins will speak at the event along with several JAG officers. Second-year UA law student Andy Seher, who is applying for the JAG program, said he wants to become a JAG officer for two reasons. “It’s just a great way to get legal experience quickly after I get out of law school,” he said. “In addition to legal experience (the Marine Corps) offers travel opportunities to have an adventure while serving your country.” The event will be at noon Friday in the Student Union Memorial Center suite 411 and free lunch will be provided, Luevano said.

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cott Stuber always knew he wanted to work in the movie business. “When I was a kid, I loved movies and sports,”he said. Stuber graduated from the UA in 1992 with a degree in media arts, and now works as a producer. His latest film, “Couples Retreat,”opens tomorrow. Stuber is originally from Los Angeles, but wanted to go to school out of state and liked the UA campus. As a producer for the film, Stuber hired the writer, cast and director and worked on the script.

“Basically, you’re responsible for everything from beginning to end,”he said.“It’s an all-encompassing job.” Everyone can relate to the dynamic of “Couples Retreat,”Stuber said. “It’s all about relationships, which we all have and have gone through,”he said. The movie was filmed in about three months last fall in Bora Bora, and premiered Monday. Stuber said it was fun to reunite with the cast for the premiere, because they went their separate ways after shooting the film. “It’s like a homecoming, essentially,” he said. Vince Vaughn co-produced the movie with Stuber. He said they took the job seriously, but had fun at the same time.

“We share similar taste in comedy,” Stuber said. One of Stuber’s favorite movies to work on was“The Break-Up,”since it was the first movie he produced. “It has a special place in my heart,” he said. A typical day for Stuber consists of meetings and phone calls with directors, actors and agents. If he is in the process of shooting a movie, he spends his days on set approving ideas and designs. “The great thing about the job is there are no two days that are alike,”Stuber said. Stuber has been in production for 18 years. When he returned to Los Angeles after graduation, he found work as a production assistant for commercials and

music videos before being a marketing assistant at Universal Pictures. He then worked for director Richard Donner for about six years. Stuber now has his own production company. “The job is that you’re constantly looking for new things that inspire good stories,”he said. Stuber said he still follows Arizona football and basketball. He said they are strong programs, and he’s eager for them to“come alive.” Stuber said the UA provided him with a strong foundation in literature and film, which prepared him for his current career. “The main thing you have to know is how to tell a story,”Stuber said.“Those are the building blocks of what I do each day.”

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UA reports items stolen from fenced yard on campus

University of Arizona Police Department officers responded to the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warehouse at 1145 S. Warren Ave. on Sept. 28 at 9:25 a.m. in reference to a burglary. Upon arrival, officers met with the university employee who reported the incident. According to the employee, sometime between Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m. and Sept. 28 at 9:25 a.m., an unknown person or persons stole a Sony VCR and an unknown brand digital video multiplexer, valued at $50 each, from the open bed of a university-owned pickup truck parked in the fenced yard on Warren Avenue. According to police, no damage was done to the vehicle and no signs of forced entry were found in or around the fenced lot. Police have no suspects or witnesses at this time.

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UAPD officers were on patrol in the area of Second Street and Park Avenue on Sept. 28 at 2:25 p.m. when they observed a white Honda improperly displaying an Arizona license plate. Officers initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver. Police informed the driver of the reason for the stop and were able to identify him using his driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. A records check of the man revealed a license suspension. The driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license also showed that the man was required to be driving a vehicle with an ignition interlock device, which he was not. According to the driver, he had borrowed the car from a friend. The man was cited on charges of driving on a suspended license and operating a vehicle without a required ignition interlock device. The vehicle was towed for a mandatory 30-day impound and the driver was released on scene.

Man reports license plate switch-a-roo

UAPD officers met with a man in the parking lot of the UAPD station at 1852 E. 1st St. on Sept. 28 at 3:49 p.m. in reference to a stolen vehicle license plate. According to the man, sometime between Aug. 31 and Sept. 25, the license plate that belonged on his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chevrolet Cobalt was stolen. The man claimed that on Sept. 10 he had received a citation in the mail from the Department of Public Safetyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Photo Enforcement Division that showed a Chevrolet Malibu displaying his license plate on Aug. 31. The man called his son to confirm that the correct license plate was on the Cobalt. The son reported that it was not. While waiting to figure out exactly what to do about the situation, the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son called back on Sept. 25 to report that he had discovered that the correct license plate had been returned to the Cobalt and the plate that had been put on the Cobalt was removed. Police ran a check on the plate that had been switched and discovered that it had originally been registered to a Chevrolet Camaro but had been indefinitely suspended. The man and his son had no idea who would have switched the license plates on the Cobalt and police have no suspects or witnesses at this time.

Woman claims to have been drugged at Phi Kappa Psi party

UAPD officers met with a woman at the UAPD station on Sept. 29 at 10:39 a.m. in reference to suspicious activity. According to the woman, she believed she had been drugged with GHB, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;date rape drug.â&#x20AC;? She told police that while on Facebook.com on Sept. 26, she had learned of a party at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. She attended the party at 1011 N. Tyndall Ave. at approximately 9:30 that evening. The woman claimed that on arrival, a fraternity member she knew gave her a drink. Later, an unidentified man gave her another drink. The woman told police she had assumed both drinks contained vodka, as they were both colorless. The woman reported that at approximately 11:30 p.m., she had begun feeling â&#x20AC;&#x153;overly flirtatious.â&#x20AC;?The woman also claimed to have experienced a loss of both hearing and bladder control. The woman told officers that her friend had walked her back to her residence at the Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall at approximately 1 a.m. on Sept. 27, at which point she vomited. The womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends later told her that between the hours of 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 and 1 a.m. on Sept. 27, she had made out with three different men at the party. The next day, the woman looked up GHB online and believed she had experience its symptoms. She also told police that she had attempted to contact the fraternity president and had left several messages at the fraternity, but had received no replies. She told officers she was reporting the incident to document the event in the hopes of preventing any future sexual assaults. 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.

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Former Arizona guard David Bagga kisses the floor after his final game on March 7, 2009, in McKale Center. Bagga is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his new book ‘The Walk-on,’ which covers his career with the Wildcat basketball team and is coming out on Oct. 27.

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nticipation mounted as David Bagga awaited his departure from Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. After a cross-country flight from Orange County, the former UA basketball walk-on sat idle at his journey’s halfway point. He was off to Europe, stationed at a much more symbolic halfway point: The transition from a misfit college basketball benchwarmer to any form of a professional basketball player. “I had an Arizona sweatshirt on and one of the guys also heading off to Europe asked me if I was a fan of Arizona,” Bagga said. “I kind of looked at him and said, ‘Something like that.’” Bagga, often known more as a fanfavorite rah-rah guy than an on-court

contributor, wanted to hold onto basketball as long as possible after graduating from the UA this spring. Then he got cut overseas in September. Nine teams, 13 days and thousands of miles later, the final chapter of his basketball career came to a close. Coast-to-coast, over the pond, then back coast-to-coast — now he can finally publish his story. From cover-to-cover. ••• Getting cut was always his biggest fear. Just for fun, just because making the team as a walk-on was already defying odds in itself, Bagga began chronicling his adventures from the day he walked on campus. “I always had that fear, when I had coach (Lute) Olson he would come up to me and say, ‘Hey, I don’t need you anymore,’” Bagga said.“That’s always something that pushed me to work harder in the classroom.” His writing gave him a platform to express the behind-the-scenes life of being part of a program coming off a 2005 Elite Eight appearance, like the

time one of Bagga’s teammates tried to break his jaw. In practice freshman year, Bagga accidentally got tangled up with one of his teammates, who thought it was on purpose. “He tried to start something with me, I tried to walk away and he hit me right in the face in the middle of the drill,” Bagga said.“There was blood coming out of my palate. My whole mouth was bleeding. “I felt like quitting and (was) thinking how I didn’t even sign up for this. But it was part of the journey of being a walk-on.” And he kept with it, even through two coaching changes and sudden departure of Lute Olson — the man Bagga dedicated his memoirs to. “I thought, I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next three years, but I want to continue writing,”Bagga said. As if anybody could ever script what happened. ••• Everything was different overseas. BAGGA, page 8

The red zone is never a safe place for defenses. But for the Arizona football team, it’s practically the gallows. So far this season, the Wildcats have failed to stop opposing offenses from putting points on the board each and every time they sneak the ball within the 20-yard line. In fact, Arizona has not only allowed points anytime an opponent is in the red zone, but it has given up a touchdown 10 of the 12 times that has happened this season. The end result: 76 points against the Wildcats. In its game against Iowa, Arizona’s only loss this season, the Hawkeyes scored all three of their touchdowns on running plays in the red zone and later tacked on a 20-yard field goal to convert 4-4 in red zone trips for the day. The Wildcats went on to lose by 10. What a difference some defense would have made. “We absolutely need to improve,” defensive coordinator Mark Stoops said. “Sometimes it comes down to making plays and jarring the ball loose or making some negative yardage plays. But either way we really need to improve.” While Iowa managed to reach the end zone with only running plays during its 27-17 win, Arizona’s front men are not solely to blame for the opponent-scoring frenzy they have seen in the red zone thus far. Of Arizona’s 10 allowed touchdowns, four have come through the air as opposing receivers have outmaneuvered Wildcat defenders to the ball. This weekend against Washington, Arizona will need both facets of its defense to improve, as Huskies quarterback Jake Locker presents a dualthreat — especially in the red zone, where he has scored on three rushing touchdowns this season. “(The red zone) is tough because DEFENSE, page 8

McKale Horton relishes leadership role makeover By Tim Kosch ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

Athletic dept. replaces outdated arena banners By Tyler Kurbat ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

The Arizona athletics program is satisfied with the addition of 19 new athletic achievement banners to the McKale Center to replace 25 faded, old banners. “We needed to get the newer, fresher look up there,” said associate director of athletics Suzy Mason. The renovation took skilled planning and has been in the works since June. According to Mason, the critical element to the additions was guaranteeing that the stadium still maintained clear sight lines and an unobstructed view. The goal was not to interrupt the viewing field for the many fans who attend sporting events, no matter where they sat. The tricky part, Mason said, was trying not to block the center stage JumboTron with the dangling banners. “We still need to tweak them a little and lower them a few inches to work out the alignment,” said director of event operations Matt Brown. “The old banners were eight or nine years old, and they were just a standard vinyl material that didn’t really hold up too well to the … lighting that we had at the time which caused a lot of the banners to fade,” Brown added. BANNERS, page 11

There’s just something about him. Whether he walks into a team meeting, a defensive huddle or a media interview, whoever is present is immediately put at ease by the cool, relaxing smile defensive tackle Donald Horton flashes. “Donald, man, he just encourages us all the time,” senior safety Cam Nelson said.“He always tells us, ‘Don’t take things for granted,’ and stuff like that. He reminds us that there are people that wish they could do what we do.” Horton has been a solid contributor on the field since his freshman season, but it’s what he does off the field that has made him so popular on the team. “He’s just a good, solid leader,” defensive coordinator Mark Stoops said.“He’s a great person. He’s an inspiration to a lot of us in the way he handles himself and the way he conducts himself. He’s just a solid player and a solid person.” So how does the man himself feel about being a key player both on and off the field? It’s pretty simple, actually: it’s not a burden, not an extra responsibility and not anything new — it’s just Donald being Donald. “To be put (in a leadership role) is pretty cool,“ Horton said after Wednesday’s practice.“It just shows that the hard work paid off. I’ve always felt like I worked hard on the field and tried to do my best, but this year I’m the old guy on the team and I have to insert myself to be the best leader possible.” Being the guy that players gravitate toward and look up to is an honor in itself, but Horton is a special case because he’s been able to effectively lead by example.

As a defensive tackle, he rarely lights up the stat sheet — he has just five total tackles this season and one sack — but his ability to do different things on the field might help the team more than collecting 10 tackles a game. “His versatility is unbelievable. He can do so many different things inside for us,” defensive tackles coach Mike Tuiasosopo said.“He’s very quick, he’s explosive and he’s low to the ground, which is what you look for in a defensive lineman.” Horton is officially listed as a defensive tackle, but such a limiting title could be considered an insult. In addition to his traditional 4-3 formation defensive tackle spot alongside senior Earl Mitchell, the DeSoto, Texas native has lined up at nose tackle and even started the Oregon State game at defensive end in place of an injured Brooks Reed. And at 275 pounds, all of his playing time pits him against much larger players. “Donald has just been a reliable guy since he’s been here,” head coach Mike Stoops said.“He’s very versatile. He’s undersized but it hasn’t been a factor in his play. “He’s matched up with most people he plays against and he probably gives away 20, 25, maybe 30 pounds,” Stoops added.“He’s a good athlete and a little bit undersized, but his athleticism makes up for it. He’s got a big heart, too.” It seems that Horton can’t be mentioned without adding what an outstanding person and leader he is — and that’s no accident. Horton embodies the type of player the Stoops regime has tried to recruit from the beginning — perhaps not an elite talent coming out of high school, but someone who works hard and does things the right way. “You need more and more of

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Arizona defensive lineman Donald Horton pressures the NAU quarterback on Sept. 12 during a 34-17 Wildcat victory. Horton has become a prevalent defensive leader on the Arizona squad this year.

those kinds of guys with that kind of leadership and that kind of character,” Mark Stoops said.“When you start getting more and more guys like that, it really helps the program.” And on a personal level, it all comes full circle for Horton. After

playing in a rotational role during his first three years at Arizona, he’s now the full-time starter and leader that he always hoped to be. “As far as my role and what I’ve been doing,” Horton said,“I’m pretty proud of myself.”

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Senior defender Zach Cherney takes a slap shot during a Feb. 21, 2009 game in the Tucson Convention Center. He and fellow captain Geordy Weed have led their young team by example through two losses to ASU to begin the season.

Leaders rise from ASU series By Mike Schmitz ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT With 94 points and seven total seasons of player experience lost to injury or sickness in last weekend’s ASU series, the Arizona Icecats needed someone to lead the way. Enter senior defenseman Zach Cherney and sophomore defenseman Geordy Weed. “You’ve got two major leaders that … arose out of the two games, and that’s Geordy Weed and Zach Cherney,”head coach Leo Golembiewski said.“They will certainly warrant C’s on their jersey for the road trip and probably for the season.” Whether it was rallying the troops during a 0-6 slaughtering or calming the team after allowing three goals in the opening five minutes, Cherney and Weed took the reins for the Icecats team last weekend. “They definitely took leadership in the locker room. That’s what we need when we’re down,” said sophomore forward and game-two standout Scott Willson. “Cherney

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and Geordy definitely stepped up big time for us tonight.” The Icecats lost both games, but at a time when youngsters needed someone to follow, the two defensemen stepped up. Their leadership did not stem from what they said, but rather how they performed. “Hockey players are visual players,” Weed said. “So if they see us doing something or we see them doing something, everyone’s going to follow.” In game two of the series, even from the stands it was easy to see Cherney and Weed flying around the ice for every loose puck. When things got physical, it was No. 15 and No. 8 in the face of an ASU player backing up their teammates. Cherney played Friday’s game with a high fever due to influenza, but was still crashing into the boards when the team needed energy and slowing down the tempo when the team needed to collect itself. The Icecats defense was constantly tested, as evidenced by ASU’s 67 to 26 shots on goal advantage. But

the team’s two most valued defensemen answered the call. After an early three-goal barrage by ASU in the second game, the Icecats defense held them to three goals over the final 55 minutes. By following the intensity of Cherney and Weed, young defenders like Nick Stolz, Zack Waxenberg and Shane MacLachlan elevated their games. “There were only a couple of guys in the locker room these last two games who have played for the Icecats,” Cherney said. “That’s our responsibility as returning players, whether you’re a sophomore or a senior, it doesn’t really matter. Lead by example.” The Icecat rookies not only needed guidance regarding how to play college hockey, but also how to handle an intense collegiate rivalry. “We said, ‘We’ve been there before, we’ve played this before. We’re going to have to set the tone for the team and let them know what everyone should expect,’”Weed said. The Icecats certainly didn’t ex-

pect to be swept, but the leadership Cherney and Weed showed may have been more valuable in the long run than the team’s wins or losses. While that leadership experience will be key when the team is at full strength, Cherney doesn’t want the “C” on his jersey to limit leadership to a select few. “While I am honored that I have the respect of the coaches, players and my peers, it is just a letter,” Cherney said. “You don’t need a ‘C’ on your chest to lead.”

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Europeans generally didn’t care about basketball. “(It was) kind of shell-shocking at first because I was out there on my own. The whole scene out there was unbelievable,” Bagga said. “A lot of people don’t even know England has basketball teams because most of the attention goes to soccer out there, which they call football.” Basketball isn’t a major European sport, nor does it carry the attention and intensity of the crazed college environment in the U.S. Instead of flying to away games like Pacific 10 Conference basketball teams, Bagga and the 14 hopefuls took trains — averaging three hours of travel — across Europe. “I was on a train, I had all my Arizona stuff on, and some lady was asking me what it was,”Bagga said.“When I told her I played for the University of Arizona, she thought I was in the NBA.” It’s not a pampered game, either. Bagga said it was the most physical style he’s ever seen, comparable to the NBA D-League tryouts he participated in earlier this summer. Of the 14 misfits, mostly comprised of NAIA and Division II players, only two were given contracts. “There were no boys. It was all men,” said 22-year-old Bagga, the youngest participant on the trip. “It’s definitely a men’s league out there.” •••

They definitely took leadership in the locker room. That’s what we need when we’re down.

Bagga returned to the U.S. in September and picked up a new game: marketing. The publishers at AuthorHouse are pushing Bagga’s promotions and relationships. They gave him a 16-page booklet of media contacts from Orange County to Pima County and everywhere in between. From television, radio, and newspaper to the Internet, Bagga will begin a book tour in Tucson. “I told someone at my gym, they asked me what’s next now that I’m not playing overseas,” Bagga said.“I said I had a book coming out. They said, ‘About what?’ “Honestly, there are some people who don’t believe me when I tell them I have a book coming out,” Bagga said. “The Walk On” will be available Oct. 27 on Amazon.com — maybe by then, people will believe. Because that’s all Bagga ever did.

— Scott Willson sophomore forward

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you start running out of room,” said senior cornerback Devin Ross. “You really have to tighten up and pick up the intensity to keep (opposing) teams from scoring. “We’ve watched tape all week (on Jake Locker) and we’ll be prepared,” he added. “We give everyone the same respect.” With all the trouble Arizona’s defense has had stopping teams near the end zone, it comes as little surprise that the Wildcats are only mildly more successful at stopping teams on short-yardage third and fourthdown conversions. On third downs, Arizona finds itself in a similar position as its red zone defense — dead last in the Pacific 10 Conference. Wildcat opponents have converted more than 41 percent of the time. A stirring example of Arizona’s struggles came against Iowa when the Hawkeyes were faced with a crucial third and 23 midway through the second quarter. The Wildcats’ defense broke down and Iowa running back Adam Robinson legged out a 43-yard run, stealing the momentum and setting up the Hawkeyes’ second touch-

down of the day. Outside of Arizona’s loss to Iowa, the failures to stop teams on third down have yet to significantly impede the Wildcats. However, this has not stopped Stoops from focusing his defense’s attention on the situations. “Teams have been managing the ball well and they have been respecting the football in the red zone against us,” Stoops said. “Somehow we need to come up with some stops. I think (fixing the issues) is really putting it all together — through the air and on the ground — and just making the key stops in those situations.” With some of the Pac-10’s toughest opponents remaining on Arizona’s schedule — including No. 7 USC — the Wildcats will surely need to fix the defensive holes they have. In terms of winning football games, strong defense on third downs and in the red zones may not be the only thing determining a team’s success. Washington State leads the Pac10 in red zone defense, but sits last in terms of overall record. However, it is a necessary element Arizona’s

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Wildcat defensive tackle Earl Mitchell chases down an Iowa running back during a Sept. 19 Arizona loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City. The Arizona defense has struggled mightily in the red zone throughout the season and hopes to turn it around against Washington.

defense needs if it wants to be in the chase for the conference title come December. “You can’t win games if you’re still standing out there after a third down

(play),” linebacker Xavier Kelley said. “It’s a long day if you’re out there on the field the whole time. Plus, if you let a team drive down the field on you through consecutive third downs, it’s

going to be tough to hold them out (of the end zone).” “We need to improve on those thirddown, fourth-down conversions,” he added,“and then we’ll be all right.”

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Should the Arizona football team be a top-25 team if they beat the Washingon Huskies? PRO:

Deserving Wildcats have already beaten quality opponents

Mike Stoops’ football team has yet to be overly impressive. The Wildcats had their fair share of struggles against Central Michigan, NAU and most definitely at Iowa, but now they stand with a 3-1 record going into Washington. Should they defeat the Huskies, the Wildcats deserve to slip into the top-25. Disbelievers would point to Arizona’s struggles — many of which came in wins — as evidence to keep the team on deck to the top 25. But this squad is exactly what Stoops said it would be at the beginning of the year: Kevin No one player or position stands out above the rest, but at the Zimmerman same time, very few holes exist at any area on the field. sports editor The defense struggled to keep a Football Championship Subdivision team in NAU off the scoreboard during the Wildcat’s unimpressive 34-17 win in Tucson. Then, the offense sputtered against the Iowa Hawkeyes on the road. Despite that, the Wildcats have pulled off the wins they were expected to and even some they were not. After beating Central Michigan, the Chippewas went on to defeat the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference, showing they were no measly Division I squad. In its last away game, Arizona took out Oregon State, a team coached by Mike Riley, arguably the best head coach in the Pacific 10 Conference besides USC’s Pete Carroll. And before that, the Wildcats’ game against Iowa proved less of a disappointment because of how poorly they played, and more of a disappointment due to how good a team Arizona had the opportunity to beat. Iowa went on to steal a game from then-No. 5 Penn State and now is placed in the top-15 of every major college football poll. Speaking of polls, Arizona itself is the No. 22 team according to USA Today’s Sagarin ratings. That statistics-based ranking system, compiled by USA Today’s Jeff Sagarin, also shows the Wildcats have the No. 21 strength of schedule, proving that they aren’t being aided by playing struggling teams in the first third of the year. Overall, Arizona has been inconsistent but has still yielded wins. Why not give the Wildcats credit?

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W-tennis’ Marks advances By Michael Fitzsimmons ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Sophomore Natasha Marks began her attempt at winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships this week, as she won all her qualifying matches at the Riviera Tennis Club in Los Angeles. “I really like the heart she has showed in this tournament,” assistant coach Ryan Stotland said. “She keeps improving after every match.” Marks, the only Wildcat women’s tennis player left in the tournament, began the qualifying rounds on Tuesday by squaring off against Kayla Duncan of Texas Christian University. Duncan took the first set of the match before Marks caught fire and won the next two sets for a final line of 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. In a late afternoon affair at the Riviera, Marks met

Kristina Nedeltcheva of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, who put up an early fight before Marks rallied to win in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. The Nottingham, England native carried her momentum into third-round play on Wednesday, when she met Amanda Granson of Duke. In a hard-fought match, it was Marks’ grit that ultimately secured the 6-4, 6-1 victory and a slot in the main draw event versus Florida’s Marrit Boonstra. “Granson is a tough player and Natasha had to fight for every point,” head coach Vicky Maes said. The main draw matches commence at the Riviera Tennis Club on Thursday and will end on Sunday, wrapping up the All-American Championships. “Making it through (qualifying rounds) at the AllAmerican is a huge feat, and we hope that Natasha can pull through for a little longer,”Maes said.

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If Arizona beats Washington this weekend, it will go a long way toward the ’Cats entering the top-25 polls. A 4-1 record and a 2-0 mark in the Pacific 10 Conference would be impressive, but unfortunately, it won’t be enough to get them there immediately. And that’s not a shot at Arizona’s reputation, but rather a reflection of recent events and how topheavy college football is this year. Look at what kind of weight a win over the Huskies would carry. Yes, Washington has drastically improved from last year, Tim and yes, it did beat USC when the Trojans were ranked in the top Kosch five. But since then they’ve lost two straight and have a mediocre sports writer 2-3 record. If Arizona wins this game, it would be the second team to defeat the Huskies and enhance its record to 4-1 this season. The last team to do so was Notre Dame, which beat Washington with an overtime touchdown in South Bend, Ind. Like Arizona, the Fighting Irish’s lone loss this season was to a Big Ten Conference team, Michigan, and all of their victories have come in close, less-than-convincing fashion. Teams like the Wildcats don’t care how they get the “W,” but the voters for the national polls do — that’s why Notre Dame and Arizona have been left out of the polls thus far. Then there’s the rest of the country. The bottom third of the top 25 is pretty stacked. What really sticks out is how low Auburn and South Carolina are ranked. The No. 18 Tigers are 5-0 with wins over West Virginia and Tennessee, and the No. 25 Gamecocks are 4-1 and just beat Ole Miss, which at the time of that game was ranked No. 4. Arizona faces an uphill battle when it comes to breaking into the top 25, including competition from unranked teams like the Pac-10-leading Stanford Cardinal and undefeated Wisconsin Badgers. Now, the Wildcats have won every game they should have won, but dropped their most difficult game against Iowa. Arizona has no reason to be even remotely disappointed with its 3-1 record, but a victory over Iowa would have certainly put it in the top-25 conversation. The truth is that none of this actually matters to the Wildcats right now. Their biggest focus is to win each weekend and let the rankings take care of themselves. At this point, the significance of a win for Arizona would be that of another conference victory, not a national statement.

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Since 2002, when the last banners were assembled, McKale Center has switched to fluorescent lighting, allowing for the installation of the new and improved banners. “Rather than just a white background with blue and red lettering,” Brown said, “it’s a red background with white lettering, which tends to pop quite a bit to the eye. They’re much more visible.” As for the banners’ new design, they now run with a vertical orientation as opposed to the previous horizontal design. “This is pretty typical of what you’d see in other collegiate venues and some professional venues, like the Boston Celtics or the New Jersey Devilstype banners,” Brown said. For now, the Arizona men’s basketball team dominates the banner spectrum, encompassing all of its Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four appearances.

Regardless, there seems to be a great all-around vibe about the new banner additions. “We’re very, very satisfied and I think all the coaches have expressed their pleasure with it as well,” Brown said. “It’s been a win-win for everybody so far.” Arizona volleyball head coach Dave Rubio was very pleased with the new aesthetics. “They look a little classier, and it’s nice to have the Final Four emblems,” Rubio said. “It’s really night and day — it’s nice to be recognized with our past.” With the banner project coming to a close, all that remains is the anticipation of one last exciting element: seeing the banners on the big screen. “I think (the banners) help feature the U of A and they have a much cleaner look to them,”Mason said. “I definitely think the fans in the area will like them, but I also think they will look great on T.V.”

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Rookie Crabtree finally signs with San Francisco McClatchy Newspapers Mike Singletary preached, Scot McCloughan explained, Michael Crabtree signed, the lockerroom leaders shrugged and nothing seemed wrong in the 49ers universe on Wednesday. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but this is how playoff seasons feel and how good teams accept the end of a senseless negotiating standoff. What the 49ers have going now is bigger than Crabtree, and he must have realized that a few days ago. Crabtree caved, arrived, got into uniform and, as Singletary said,“We’re going in this direction — and everybody that’s not going in this direction, they’re going to get left behind.” That’s a team with momentum. That’s a team with a plan, and with their owner, Jed York, on quite a roll. Hire Singletary, entrust McCloughan, watch the team start 3-1, hold your ground on Crabtree’s large demands. … Yeah, not a terrible last year or so for Jed. Now Crabtree is in the fold on the 49ers’ terms (six years, about $17 million guaranteed), and he has a chance to develop into a passing-game difference-maker in a month or so. All of a sudden, the 49ers look as put-together as they have been since they reached the 1997 NFC title game. The head coach is as solid as it gets. The GM is gaining stature. The roster is young and talented and utterly devoted to the big picture. The young owner hasn’t made a misstep yet. This doesn’t mean the 49ers are guaranteed a playoff spot. Doesn’t mean they will avoid a major bump — with Crabtree or with someone else — on the way to January. They almost certainly will hit a two- or threegame losing streak at some point. Maybe at some point some doubt will creep in.

But the Crabtree episode is just another instance of franchise-wide coherence, patience, confidence and fortitude. And those are four words not usually ascribed to the 49ers in recent years, especially not by me. They were willing to wait out Crabtree. They knew they had to. They won without him. He came in. Amazing. Something is happening here. Something big, probably. “The one thing was nice … there was no panic, from the head coach or ownership, not one time did they come to me and say, ‘Listen, we have to have this guy in,’” McCloughan said of the 10week Crabtree absence. “We didn’t want it to come to this, but we were never going to panic. It’s not about the one individual.” Of course, for 10 or more weeks, Crabtree’s stance made sure it was about him, the individual, even though the 49ers seem determined to take it in stride. Crabtree didn’t have much to say at Wednesday’s press conference — after the 2 a.m. agreement — but he surely was trying to sound as team-oriented as possible. “This is the team that drafted me, so I watched them very closely, the intensity they put in every Sunday,” Crabtree said. “I’m looking forward to play a big role in that offense.” The 49ers could certainly use a play-making receiver. And the veteran players said that Crabtree would either earn credibility, or he wouldn’t. Time will tell. The locker-room leaders — Shaun Hill, Patrick Willis, Vernon Davis and many others — will tell. “As his teammates see what he has,” Singletary said, “it’s just matter of them saying, ‘Hey coach, we need him on the field.’ It’s a matter of Shaun Hill saying, ‘Hey, he makes us better.’

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Sharptail birds in the big country of North Dakota McClatchy Newspapers NEW TOWN, N.D. — Grasslands rolled to the horizon in every direction. The terrain climbed gently to meet the sky in the west and plunged sharply into a verdant valley to the east. Across this vast panorama walked a hunter, his vest and cap glowing in the late September light. The hunter was Mark Helmer of Clover Valley. Ahead of him worked his black Lab, Boof, quartering deliberately across the grasses. Helmer and I had driven 11 hours west from Duluth to see if we could scratch some sharp-tailed grouse and gray partridge from the expansive North Dakota landscape. We arrived at New Town, on the shores of Lake Sakakawea, about a week after the Sept. 12 opener. You don’t want to wait too long on sharptails. The longer the season goes, the farther away they tend to flush. Suddenly, Boof stopped moving. He raised one forepaw, and his head was cocked to the side. He was on point. Helmer, 56, moved up close to Boof. In the next instant, the air was full of sharptails. Four or five of the big birds flushed ahead. Helmer touched off both barrels of his shotgun, and two grouse fell from the sky. Boof retrieved them both. They were the first sharptails of the trip Helmer had taken. He had hunted the species casually before, if they happened to flush on pheasant hunts farther east. But this was the first time he had walked the prairies and the stubble fields and the tree rows of western North Dakota. Now, he was ecstatic. “Boof, you made my day. You made my trip. You may have made my whole year,” Helmer said. “I am hooked. I’ll take this over pheasant hunting.” And Helmer loves his pheasant hunting. But it’s easy to see how a hunter with a good dog can fall in love with sharptail and gray partridge hunting on the North Dakota plains in September. It has several things going for it, and Helmer could see all of them clearly. “I like the topography. I like the grasslands. You can watch your dog work,” he said. For those of us who spend most of the year in forests or marshes, the lure of open country and big skies is strong. More than once, we paused in our walks to watch Canada geese, snow geese or sandhill cranes riding a northwest wind across the sky. The walking is effortless in calf-high grasses or golden stubble from cut durum wheat. Up on a rise, you can see almost into the next time zone. “Boy, this is big country,” Helmer would mutter from time to time. And except for workers tending oil rigs,

we were almost alone on the plains. We saw exactly two other hunters in three days of hunting, although we knew of two or three other groups from Minnesota who hunted in the same area. “There are so few people,” Helmer said.“So few hunters. And everyone is so friendly.” On several occasions, local farmers or oil rig workers stopped to visit and sometimes pointed out areas where we might find birds. Helmer made a big swing through the grassland. He saw a thicket of silverberry, a tree-like shrub where sharptails and Huns often took shelter from the midday sun. When he was close enough, he sent in Boof. Sharptails erupted from the tiny thicket in waves. The air was alive with wingbeats and the soft clucks that sharptails are known for. A good 35 or 40 birds must have gone out. The daily limit on sharptails is three, and after Helmer had dropped one bird, he quit shooting. He was in bliss as Boof returned the bird to him. He looked it over, straightened its feathers and stowed it in his vest. I knew just how he was feeling. I had limited on sharptails earlier, on the same piece of land. I had neglected to load my gun as we moved into the field, so when a covey of sharptails boiled from a thicket, they escaped unscathed. I was feeling pretty sheepish, but only my yellow Lab had witnessed the moment. But in 20 minutes, the dog and I had rustled up three singles, and, with shells in my old 16-gauge, they all had ended up in my vest. Each day after getting our limit of sharptails, we moved on to Hungarian partridge. The days were warm — up to 80 degrees — so our Hun hunts were typically short. We hunted them in abandoned farmsteads, working around shelterbelts, old barns and isolated brush patches. But we had our best Hun hunting in isolated clumps of silverberry, a gray-green shrub. Often these thickets of silverberry grew around rock piles heaped at the edges of fields long ago by farmers. Ideally, those thickets were adjacent to fields of wheat or flax stubble. The little birds would launch from those thickets 20 or 30 strong, peeping as they went. The challenge, as with any covey rise, was to focus on one bird at a time. Sometimes, we watched where the birds went and were able to get some of them up a second time. By night, we camped on the shores of Lake Sakakawea, an impoundment of the Missouri River. Crickets sang in the grasses. Great horned owls hooted us to sleep. Coyotes yipped in the distance. Living on this marvelous landscape, hunting its native birds, imbued in us a sense of timelessness. Helmer seemed to put it best. “I’d love to have seen this country the way Lewis and Clark saw it,” he said.

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