The Daily Wildcat 10.02.15

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The Reid Park Zoo on Twenty-second Street is a great place to spend the day. The zoo is open year-­round, and the animals are always looking for some new friends.

Ways to fill uneventful weekend

BY Victoria Pereira

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When it comes to events in Tucson, there’s almost always something going on—but this weekend is somewhat of an oddity. Save for one or two shows, there really aren’t many special happenings or one-time events for students to attend this weekend.

A boring weekend simply isn’t acceptable, so here are five things to do during the weekend when there’s nothing else going on.

Movie Night — With midterms coming up and a constant barrage of tests and projects hitting everyone at once, movies and TV tend to get left by the wayside around this time of year. Put the textbooks and laptops away, silence your cell phones, grab some popcorn and a few good friends and have a movie night at home.

Rom-com, sci-fi, action, Western, horror, drama—pick any genre, find a couple of movies you’ve never seen on Netflix or from Casa Video, grab your favorite movie snack and get lost

in another world for a little while.

Reid Park Zoo — Reid Park is gigantic. Not only is there a zoo within its borders, but the park also boasts a dog park, an experimental rose garden, Hi Corbett Field—the official UA baseball stadium— various other sports fields, a man-made pond and an outdoor concert area.

The zoo inside the park, although it seems like it would be small, is really a sight to see and a great way to spend a weekend morning. From staple zoo creatures like lions, elephants and giraffes to a myriad of colorful bird species and other exotic animals, the Reid Park Zoo exceeds expectations. It even has sea otters that show off their adorableness for the zoo guests. Admission is $9 for adults, and the zoo will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until May. Picnic in the Park — If you’re looking to get outside but aren’t feeling up for a trip to the zoo, how about a good, old-fashioned picnic? The weather this weekend is looking to be hot, so instead of trekking to the nearest park in

the heat of the day, wait until it starts to cool down and grab some friends for a dinner picnic.

Picnics don’t hurt your wallet, either. Making your own food or even buying it prepared from the grocery store is a lot cheaper than going out to eat, and hanging out at a park is free. Find a shady tree, throw a Frisbee or a football around, enjoy a Tucson sunset and kick back with some buds.

Mini Golf — Driving around Tucson, it’s easy to notice that golf is a pretty popular thing around here. It doesn’t seem to make much sense because growing grass in the desert isn’t the easiest of tasks, but according to golfnow. com there are over 25 golf courses throughout Tucson.

Golf may not be the most exciting or cheap activity to take part in as a college student, though, which is why there’s mini golf.

Easier and a lot more colorful than normal golf, mini golf is one of those activities that can always be fun with good company, whether you’re a hole-in-one ace or you hit the ball into the water

traps every other swing. Golf N’ Stuff, Funtasticks and Triple Play are the three mini golf locations in Tucson, and Funtasticks is just a single bus ride away from campus.

Roller Skating — The music, the lights, the ridiculous looks on your friends’ faces as they try to stay upright while circling the rink—there’s really nothing like roller skating.

Skate Country, Tucson’s one and only roller rink, is located on Twenty-second Street about 20 minutes east of campus. The rink has skating sessions throughout the week, including a 7-10 p.m. session on Friday and multiple throughout Saturday and Sunday.

Skate rentals are available for $3 a pair if you don’t have your own, and session admission ranges in price from $1 on Monday nights to $8 during the Friday and Saturday late skates.

And don’t worry if it’s your first time, just grab a friend to hold on to.

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Art & Life • October 2-4, 2015

BY Emma Jackson The Daily Wildcat

In this week’s edition of “Hey, Barkeep!” Alina Mouritsen talks about her first weeks at Good Oak Bar and how her past work experience has helped her.

The Daily Wildcat: How long have you been bartending?

Alina Mouritsen: Here?

Both, here and in general.

So here: a couple weeks. In general, like eight months.

Where else have you bartended?

I bartended at Ermano’s on Fourth [Avenue.]

And then I worked at Ten Fifty-Five at the tap room. So I guess I’ve only bartended with beer and wine, never spirits.

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How do you like it here so far?

I like it! Yeah, I’ve worked for the owner for like three years. I used to work at Diablo Burger.

I started up in Flagstaff at Diablo Burger, and then I transferred down here, and yeah, I like it a lot.

Why did you decide to switch to bartending here instead of Diablo Burger?

I got offered a job here, there was an opening and I had been more interested in learning about beer and wine than food. So yeah, I thought I’d try something new.

I know you said you’ve only done beer and wine, but do you have a favorite drink to make?

Yeah! Well, here I mean our wine cocktail and beer cocktail list is pretty small. I guess I like making Puddle Jumpers. It’s a red wine, sangria kind of served over shaved ice, so it’s like a slushie. So that’s fun; I get to use the shaved ice machine!

Do you have any memorable customers?

I mean, I don’t know that many customers yet because I’ve only been working here for a couple weeks, but we do have a really nice regular that’s been coming here since we opened. He actually was in here tonight. He’s just a nice, good, middle-aged guy. He usually comes in and has one beer. We give him all of his beers for $5 because he’s our most loyal customer.

What weird things have happened in the few weeks you’ve been here?

Well we’re on Congress, so we get to see a lot of stuff happening down there. Congress can be kind of a weird area late at night.

What do you appreciate in a customer?

Well, as you can kind of see, our whole concept is Arizona, so I really appreciate when a customer is open to trying things and open to learning about, say, a different style or a different take on a really traditional style of wine or beer. And obviously respect is really nice in a customer.

What’s something that customers do that pisses you off?

I really don’t like being called over by being snapped at. Big no-no. And just being rude in general or not tipping.

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Bartender Alina Mouritsen pours a glass of wine at Unplugged Bar and Wine on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Mouritsen has bartended for eight months after working in the food industry.

What’s your favorite part about working here or bartending in general?

I do enjoy the customer interaction.

Obviously I’ve been working in service for a long time. I’ve worked in restaurants since I was 15, so like nine years, so I really enjoy working with people.

Working here is really cool because we’re supporting all kinds of local wineries, local breweries and local farms. All of our food is [Arizonan] which is great. I enjoy the concept of this place—like a small bar where we do everything with integrity. All of our products—we know the people who make it and how they make it, and so that’s what I like.

And is that what you meant when you said that your menu is all-Arizona?

Yeah, … with a couple exceptions—like our potatoes we can’t get from Arizona, so we get those from Idaho—but all of our beers are from Arizona, and it’s cool because we know them, and if we go visit they’ll show us their

system; show us how they make everything.

It’s cool, it feels really community-based.

Have you ever bartended any special events, here or at Ermano’s, or have you gone anywhere cool for bartending?

Yeah, I did an event at Ermano’s; it was a Sand-Reckoner dinner. So our chefs prepared a six-course dinner, and then Sand-Reckoner Winery came, and they paired a different wine with each course, and we did it on a day that we were closed so [customers] bought tickets in advance. … It was really fun.

What do customers do that makes your job more fun, or what keeps it exciting?

Well, I like it when customers are having fun. … I like talking to people, so if a customer comes in and they are sitting alone on their phone, I would rather they talk a little bit, but that also depends on if I’m busy doing something.

How do you think all the restaurant experience that you’ve had before has helped you with bartending?

It has helped me learn time management, which is really important in bartending.

And bartending is different than serving in a restaurant, in that serving, you develop this relationship with your table. It’s a longer relationship, and bartending, it can be just a 10-minute, five-, two-minute interaction, so you have to learn how to make that interaction positive, even if it’s really short and you don’t have the whole hour wine-and-dine and get to know them a little bit. It’s helped me learn how to prioritize things and how to multitask and establish a good connection with people in a short amount of time.

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Colorful shirts lines the racks of Creations Boutique on Fourth Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 1. The shop opened in 1971.

Creations boutique channels bohemia

BY Erika Parra

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On a hot Wednesday afternoon along Fourth Avenue, employees of Creations Boutique are hard at work styling mannequins and creating an ambiance for the display window to make their fall merchandise shine.

Merchandising manager Caitlin Cramer is responsible for the creative direction in these displays, and she said her inspiration comes from the clothes themselves and the environment we live in.

The clothes that are now up for display at the window are accompanied by different types of cactus, pieces of wood and twigs to give the display a desert vibe that Cramer describes as a “whimsical bohemian dream.”

Cramer has been working at Creations for a year now after

working for a corporate retailer for five and a half years. She said that because she was born and raised in Tucson, she had always wanted to work in a local shop.

“I found Creations—we found each other, I should say—and I’ve been here ever since, and I love it,” Cramer said. “I love working for something local, something that is Tucson-oriented.”

Store manager Jessica Wilson also has experience in a corporate company, and she said that her two years at Creations have made it the “best job” she’s ever had.

Wilson said that Creations opened back in 1971 by owners who are based out of Phoenix. The first Creations Boutique is the location on Fourth, and Wilson said it is very special to them. The boutique has managed to maintain the bohemian style of the ’70s, but still keeps up with the

trends. Aside from the bohemianstyle clothing, Cramer said the store’s clothing also has classic and simple pieces.

“So much of it is also traditional, like denim jackets or basic V-neck tees or vintage denim shorts,” Cramer said. “I think it’s key pieces mixed in with fashion pieces that we have that gives us a really great balance for our customers. So someone can come in wanting a T-shirt, jeans and sandals, and another person coming in directly after them could want a totally head-to-toe, fashion-forward outfit for a Friday night out.”

Wilson explained that the owners go to different countries, such as India, China and London, to buy prints. They enjoy prints, and it keeps the bohemian style consistent throughout their collection of clothes.

The accessories sold in the

boutique—such as statement-piece necklaces, head chains and arm bracelets—also contribute to the hippie style of the shop and Fourth Avenue. Not only is there a variety of clothing going on in the store, but the crowds it brings in also come from different walks of life.

Wilson recalled instances when older customers entered the store and reminisced about shopping at Creations during their times at Tucson High School. She also explained that the younger crowd loves to go in for festival outfits.

“We have college girls who come in especially for Coachella,” Wilson said. “They’ll buy festival stuff, and then we just have the hippie Fourth Avenue people—Just an eclectic mix.”

Both women said they believe that when you enter Creations, there is a friendly and homey feel to the store.

Wilson said they definitely keep that boutique vibe in their store and make it a “hip, cool, fun atmosphere.”

Cramer claimed that customers can always feel like themselves in the shop and said she loves to chat with the customers to get to know them personally.

“The whole team here really gets to know our customers,” she said.

“That’s one of the amazing things about working for a local retailer, is you have the time to get to know your community.”

Creations Boutique opened a second store on the east side. They will have their first anniversary on Oct. 10 and will celebrate with a 20 percent off sale. Their third location will open in Tempe in the beginning of November.

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UAPD to be equipped with body cameras by lauren renteria The Daily Wildcat

University of Arizona Police Department field officers will soon be equipped with body cameras while on duty.

UAPD Chief Brian Seastone made the announcement about the body cameras at a UAPD Town Hall meeting on Thursday, also addressing other new measures regarding police protocol, campus crime and safety.

The department has been in training with the new body camera technology for the last eight months. The cameras will be implemented for field use in November.

UAPD budgeted the cost for 58 cameras and newly issued tasers at $96,000. The department will also be able to renew the body cameras every two years for the latest technology.

The footage the cameras document will be public record, meaning that anyone can request to see what was filmed.

Seastone said it was time that the department implemented body cameras to the field officers.

“The reason it’s the time is because we need to show our story,” Seastone said.

“We want our officers protected, we want the community protected and we want the institution to be protected.”

Following the release of the annual

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University of Arizona Police Chief Brian Seastone addresses officers and the public about the incorporation of body cameras within the police department at a UAPD Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 1. The new body cameras will begin use in November.

“Campus Safety, Security and Fire Report,” published Wednesday, Oct. 1, Seastone talked about the most relevant crimes to the UA and fluctuations in these numbers.

In recent years, according to the report, sexual assault and other violent crimes have been on the rise. While this may look like a trend on the UA campus, Seastone said it reflects the amount of people who are willing

to report these crimes.

Seastone said he has addressed the lack of community response by helping victims of violent crimes and creating an understanding and accepting environment at UAPD. “We make sure that we put out the message that it’s not the victim’s fault,” Seastone said.

“Reaching out and asking people to feel more comfortable is really working, as well as our

collaboration with the Oasis Program at Campus Health.”

Seastone said sexual assault crimes increased by eight cases in the last year, domestic violence crimes increased by 13 cases and stalking by four. However, common crimes that have decreased include dating violence and crimes against property.

Seastone also gave a brief presentation of the new LiveSafe smartphone application.

The app allows anyone on campus to connect directly to UAPD and to request a virtual walk home from people in their contacts. Since its debut in August, the app has shown to be useful in reporting crime, with rates of two to three reports per day.

Lauren Pierce, a psychology senior and director of operations for UA SafeRide, said she commends UAPD for its involvement in technological advancement.

“I think, most importantly, that UAPD is working more with technology and making a stronger presence here at the [UA],” Pierce said. “I think that they are making very great strides with the LiveSafe app. I have personally downloaded the app, and I think that it is a fantastic resource.”

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UAPD report shows crime increases, decreases by ava garcia

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The University of Arizona Police Department released its annual “Campus Safety, Security and Fire Report” on Wednesday.

The report, which contains statistics from the 2014 calendar year, is conducted in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crimes Statistics Act and was released before its Oct. 1 deadline. The report contains data regarding crimes ranging from liquor law arrests to manslaughter from 2012 to 2014.

“One crime against a person is too many,” said UAPD Chief Brian Seastone. “However, we are very fortunate that we have not had a higher number of crimes against people and crimes against property on our campus for being a major university in a major city in the [U.S.]” One of the larger increases of

offenses in the report were forcible sexual offenses, something Seastone predicted would happen.

“This doesn’t mean that we see a crime trend,” Seastone said. “What we are seeing more and more, and the victims are telling us, is that they’re more comfortable coming and reporting the crimes to us now.”

Seastone emphasized the importance of reporting such crimes even if the victims do not intend to prosecute the perpetrator.

“We want them to report it so that we know what’s going on so that we can help them get the resources that they need,” Seastone said.

Domestic violence offenses also increased from five in 2013 to 18 in 2014 on the UA main campus.

Seastone cited a revised Arizona statute that includes incidents with roommates as domestic violence to be one of the factors behind this increase. Dating violence, however, has decreased from 15 offenses in

2013 to four offenses in 2014 on the UA main campus.

“We’re hoping [the decrease in dating violence is] due to education and better communication between individuals,” Seastone said.

Robberies, which involve a threat of violence, decreased in 2014, while burglaries increased from 29 incidents in 2013 to 41 incidents in 2014 on the UA main campus. UAPD has developed an app called LiveSafe that allows users to report crimes as long as the crimes are not in progress, which can be useful to report thefts. “[Students] can snap a picture and they can text it to us,” Seastone said.

“We’re trying to keep up with the modern age, the way people want to report things to us in a timely manner.”

Liquor law and drug law arrests have both decreased over 2014, a trend that Seastone attributes to the UAPD’s diversion program through the Dean of Students Office, which

can allow students to avoid criminal charges on liquor and drug law violations if they attend workshops, complete community service and fulfill certain sanctions.

“We are very proud of our diversion program and the partnership with the UAPD,” said Dean of Students Kendal Washington White. “What we do as far as sanctions and holding the students accountable is more beneficial, and the students learn much more from that experience than just going through the criminal justice system.”

Both Seastone and Washington White emphasized the importance of raising awareness about crime among students and faculty.

“We speak to the students and parents about thinking of universities as a bubble where nothing bad is going to happen when students are here,” Washington White said.

“The university is a microcosm of the larger society, and the issues

that happen off campus happen on [campus], which is why we are very robust in the programs and services that we offer to our students.”

Seastone credits a decrease in regular theft to this raised awareness through crime-prevention efforts conducted by police liaisons on campus. He recommends that students report unusual activity to authorities and always attend to their belongings.

“Crime prevention is everybody’s responsibility. It takes a partnership,” Seastone said. “We see that here on our campus: through administration, through our dean of students, through our students. This is a great place. We want people to think of the [UA] as their hometown. We’re here to help.”

The full campus crime report can be accessed online at uapd.arizona.edu.

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Featured Fulbright scholars at the UA by terrie brianna The Daily Wildcat

The UA is home to a multitude of Fulbright Scholars. Each year the program selects a handful of students for rare opportunities.

About ten students out of the applicant pool for the Fulbright program are given the opportunity to do an English-Teaching Assistantship, a Study-Research Grant abroad or, in some countries, complete a Master’s degree.

Emily Kotay, a scholarship advisor for the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships, said the UA is a top producer of Fulbright scholars.

Only graduating seniors can apply, Kotay said, because Fulbright scholars must have their bachelor’s degree by the time they would be abroad with Fulbright. “[The Fulbright program] looks for students who have ambassadorial qualities, demonstrate leadership and independence, and are eager to live abroad and immerse themselves in a new culture,” Kotay said.

For undergraduate students who are interested in the Fulbright program, Kotay said they should study a foreign language.

“For some countries, Fulbright requires an advanced level of language proficiency,” Kotay said. “Also take advantage of studying abroad, [which] clearly

demonstrates you’re capable of taking on a full year in another country as a Fulbrighter.”

Edward Polanco, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of History at the UA, is a Fulbright scholar currently in Mexico for a nine-month expedition, conducting research for his dissertation.

“I was drawn to Fulbright because it allows students to live abroad for an academic year and conduct research,” Polanco said.

“As a Ph.D. student in history, getting to Mexico for an extended period of time is crucial so that I can consult archival documents.

The data from these sources will help craft my dissertation.”

Polanco has had the opportunity to visit Puebla, Mexico, and is planning to visit Oaxaca for Día de Los Muertos in November.

Polanco said that one of the most rewarding aspects of traveling through the Fulbright program is experiencing another culture.

“A long-term trip allows me to observe Mexican holidays and partake in Mexican traditions, which is an experience that is impossible to replicate in classrooms or books,” he said.

The Fulbright program is unique, according to Polanco, because recipients are placed alongside individuals who are researching an aspect of the country they find interesting.

Polanco’s interest in Mexico stems from growing up in the Southwest in the areas that were once part of New Spain. He said he is fascinated with the shared roots of these places that transcend borders and predate the presence of Europeans and nation-states.

“Mexico has 19 other student researchers all investigating various facets of [the country.] … Meeting and talking to these people has been very rewarding,” Polanco said. “Many fellowships or grants simply place researchers in the field where they are on their own, [while] Fulbright fosters and encourages networking.”

Jennifer DiLallo, a senior studying Hispanic linguistics and speech, language and hearing sciences, is also a Fulbright recipient who is expected to travel to Brazil as an English-teaching assistant.

“As an ETA, I’ll also be performing some sort of side project, and I’d like to continue my work with supporting language development in underprivileged communities,” DiLallo said. “However, I’m trying to stay super flexible since my outreach will depend on what community I’m placed in.”

The most rewarding aspect of this scholarship, DiLallo said, will be the plane rides to and from Brazil, where she will be able to reflect how the trip has changed her.

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Edward Polanco, a doctoral student of history in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, presents his research at The Playground Bar and Lounge during a Grad Slam event

“My experience in Brazil will connect back to my post-graduate plans,” DiLallo said. “I want to pursue a M.S. or Ph.D. in bilingual speech-language pathology, and I cannot learn enough about

bilingual language acquisition and intercultural experiences to make that happen.”

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UA cuts 324 jobs in response to state budget cuts BY sebastian laguna The Daily Wildcat

With the UA facing new budget requirements, the university has made the decision to remove 324 positions.

These cuts are the result of the new budget that Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law in March, which reduced the total amount of state funding for Arizona’s public universities by approximately $99 million.

Included in the 324-person cut are 108 layoffs, terminations, retirements and resignations of workers that the UA currently employs, according to Arizona Public Media.

“UA was able to keep layoffs to a minimum and achieved the job cuts largely through resignations, retirements, and by not filling vacant positions,” said UA Chief Financial Officer Gregg Goldman in an interview with the Arizona Daily Star.

The remaining 216 positions will be reduced mainly through the removal of vacant positions and various other reductions within the

university’s many departments, according to AZPM. According to the UA, these cuts will result in a $21.7 million savings in salary, wages and benefits that the university will retain for the upcoming year. In addition to the job cuts, the UA also intends to cut travel spending by approximately $3.9 million and bring in $2.8 million in new revenue.

The main purpose behind these new cuts is the effort to address the $28.4 million reduction in the university’s budget that is expected to take effect for the upcoming 2016 fiscal year.

“I believe the driving force behind these cuts had to do with the lack of funding granted to public universities as a whole,” said Tanzida Zaman, the co-chair of the Student Services Fee Advisory Board.

One of the main concerns for students will be the potential impact of having fewer employees to handle the university’s responsibilities.

The UA cites several impacts that these cuts will have on various university departments.

“I know several departments that had to

prioritize which items and positions they wanted to keep and which ones they wanted to cut,” Zaman said.

According to the UA, both the humanities and engineering programs will be forced to increase the section sizes of core undergraduate classes. Other departments, such as the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Honors College, will have to reduce the number of courses and seminars offered per semester.

“This could mean more responsibilities spread among fewer people and students potentially experiencing trouble accessing staff members who are growing busier by the day,” Zaman said.

The neuroscience and cognitive science program will be forced to eliminate courses, its speaker series and its colloquium. In addition, the UA nursing program will not be able to expand its online course offerings as previously expected.

The UA anticipates that these new job cuts will lead to a reduction in hours of operation for the UA Main Library’s Express Document

Center and the Fine Arts Library.

Additional renovation of facilities is expected to be delayed along with other projects involving energy sustainability and savings.

These job cuts impact programs outside of the classroom as well, such as the University of Arizona Police Department and Parking and Transportation Services. UAPD will eliminate their Student Camera safety program while PTS’s initiatives to replace shuttle buses will be delayed along with anticipated parking lot maintenance.

Several other programs, such as University Information Technology Services, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid and the Graduate College, will also be impacted by the job cuts.

While these cuts will serve to reduce the university’s budget for the upcoming year, the impact on students and faculty across the university has yet to come to its full extent.

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Targeting ‘anchor babies’ hurts GOP

BY Hailey Dickson The Daily Wildcat

GOP candidates Jeb Bush and— surprise, surprise—Donald Trump have recently come under fire for their usage of the term “anchor babies” as a staple for their antiimmigration rhetoric.

Anchor babies, according to the conservative candidates, are children born of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. who apparently serve as tools for their parents to deter deportation and secure easier access to citizenship themselves.

The term is dehumanizing. It suggests that immigrants only have babies on U.S. soil to serve as instruments to ease parents through citizenship proceedings, because immigrants obviously can’t have children for all the normal reasons— you know, to build a family and all

that.

Not only is the concept derogatory, but it’s also completely unjustified.

First, birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. should not be a question. It is a fundamental right secured by the 14th Amendment, which states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

Conservatives in border states have challenged this right by attempting to make birthright citizenship harder to attain. Trump has even suggested his intent to bypass constitutional framework and outlaw birthright citizenship altogether, stating during CNN’s GOP debate that to change the 14th Amendment “probably doesn’t even need” congressional approval.

Trump and others on the far right are trying to fear-monger voters into believing that children of the undocumented are somehow a major threat to the U.S., that their

very existence is some kind of tactic to manipulate the existing, absolutely effective immigration policy and allow more immigrants to attain citizenship.

Here’s where the xenophobic tactic falls short: the U.S. already takes virtually no consideration of family ties into account when deporting undocumented persons.

“U.S. immigration agents detained and summarily deported more than 100,000 parents of more than 200,000 U.S. citizen children [from 2011 to 2012] alone,” according to a Human Rights Watch analysis. Further, “Fewer than 10 percent of the parents of U.S. citizen children apprehended by border agents were allowed a hearing before an immigration judge at which they could potentially make claims about their family ties.”

See? Granting citizenship to babies has no effect on whether their parents can ever become U.S. citizens. Bush and Trump should be able to take a sigh of relief; at least that bothersome 14th Amendment

doesn’t get in the way of tearing families apart.

The anchor babies debacle has caused Bush to alienate minority voters, particularly within the Hispanic community. In a blundering attempt to win back Hispanic voters, Bush attempted to clarify his offensive comments, telling CNN cameras that “anchor babies” were “frankly more related to Asian people.”

What better way is there to appease one minority than to attack another?

Actually, the “birth tourism” trend that’s scaring conservatives, in which an expectant mother will come to the U.S. to ensure citizenship for her child without the intention of becoming a permanent resident herself, is a bit more prevalent among Asian immigrants.

Gary Chodorow, an immigration lawyer based in China, said in an interview with CNN Politics that he has seen a “very obvious” boom in recent years of Chinese parents seeking to give birth in the U.S. He

also said that many of his clients look for his guidance on navigating U.S. immigration laws.

An increasing amount of Chinese agencies collaborate with “birth houses” in cities like Los Angeles.

Expectant Chinese mothers can go to these places for support as they plan out the births of their children, who will attain U.S. citizenship.

While the birth tourism industry is growing, it doesn’t represent a significant social problem. While news agencies attempt to put the phenomena on blast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded only 9,075 births in the U.S. in 2013 from non-citizens.

Further, birth tourists, by definition, return to their home countries after delivering, taking their newborn American citizen children with them. Often, expectant parents from China do so in order to evade China’s one-child policy, which can’t be applied to U.S. citizens.

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BY Maddie Pickens The Daily Wildcat

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n 2013 President Barack Obama announced an initiative to create a “College Scorecard”; that is, comprehensive data about colleges nationwide designed to keep colleges accountable for their rising costs.

In theory, this is a valuable effort. Measures like average tuition charged, the number of low-income students enrolled and the debt that graduates accumulate after graduation are key to providing students and parents the know-how they need to make educated

financial decisions.

After all, college debt is clearly on the rise, and so is college tuition. That’s where the accountability portion comes in: in an ideal world, parents and students would know what they were paying for. They would also know how likely it is that they’ll be able to pay down their nearly inevitable debts after graduation.

Such a scorecard would also help to settle the battle over whether the benefits of a private education really outweigh the benefits of a state school—because the cost certainly does.

A few weeks ago, Obama finally unveiled his “College Scorecard.” The only problem is that it’s not actually a scorecard.

There is certainly data; 171 megabytes of it, to be exact. The data certainly addresses some of the measures the administration promised it would. Data about low-income students, average tuition, average debt after graduation,

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average salary after graduation and percent of as a senior, but I really wouldn’t have known students who are paying down their debt… It’s where to start with that much information,” NPR actually took some of the data and ran all there. some analyses with In fact, that’s part creating charts that of the problem.

So much data can be it, compare some of the So much data can overwhelming, especially information in a sidebe overwhelming, for high school seniors who, most by-side format. Students especially for high likely, have never made a major can, for example, see school seniors who, most likely, have never financial decision like the one they “schools that emphasize made a major financial are now facing. They’re also likely upward mobility.” The decision like the one not experts in statistical analysis. category ranks schools based on the share of they are now facing. students receiving Pell They’re also likely not Grants, net price for experts in statistical families making less than $48,000, share of analysis.

“My college decision really came down to the first-generation college students, default rates, money,” said Exene Anderson, a sophomore on-time graduation rates and median income studying molecular and cellular biology.

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What separates NPR’s rankings from the so-called “College Scorecard” is the fact that it used the data to make value judgments about the schools. If the Obama administration had done that, it would have been far more justified in calling it a “scorecard”.

Instead, they’ve left students with a data dump of epic proportions. In order to make a comparison similar to those made by NPR, a student would have to figure out which data is relevant to their questions and do individual searches to pull out the schools that matched it.

It’s great that the government is beginning to put more effort into helping students make informed financial decisions when choosing colleges. However, its data is just a little too empirical to be really useful. In order to truly help students, it should provide more tools for comparison than just raw data. Until then, seniors will likely continue to struggle in their searches for affordable schools.

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Other parents come from Asia to ensure their U.S. citizen children will eventually have a better chance at returning to attend an American university. Either way, they do not stay in the U.S. or impose any continuing burden on public services.

The disproportionate attention Bush and others have devoted to this racist “anchor baby” non-issue has been a huge turn-off to all minority voters.

“There seems to be very little effort to mobilize the Asian-American vote,” said Erika Lee, the director of the Immigration History Research Center for the University of Minnesota, in an interview with CNN Politics.

“So to have Asian-Americans enter into this debate as potential ‘anchor babies’ is— people feel like it represents the disregard that politicians have for Asian-Americans.”

It’s ironic that the most vocal opponents of anchor babies are conservatives who consistently taut their devotion to “family values.” Next time they attack the parents of anchor babies and call for their deportation, they should remember that family unity is a fundamental human right incorporated in both domestic law and international human rights treaties.

Hillary Clinton took to Twitter with the truth we should all accept about “anchor babies:” “They’re called babies.”

— Hailey Dickson is an Anthropology and Molecular and Cellular Biology sophomore.

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BY BAILEY BELLAVANCE The Daily Wildcat

The planetary discovery of the decade may have just been made by a UA alumnus.

Lujendra Ojha and his team, for the first time ever, have discovered proof of liquid water on the surface of Mars—a discovery that can have tremendous implications for the future. The discovery was first made by Ojha during his time as a UA undergraduate using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, a high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

In 2011, during Ojha’s undergraduate tenure, he began independent research under the supervision of Alfred McEwen, a professor of planetary geology and principal investigator for HiRISE. The main findings of Ojha’s 2011 research project suggested that recurring slope lineae or RSL—areas on Martian slopes that appear to flow during warm Martian seasons—may be caused by water. If water was present, it would have to be briny given that the surface of Mars had been found to be salty.

Over several months, Ojha and McEwen were able to remove distortions like shadows from the images from HiRISE and clearly observed RSL changing over time. What Ojha’s undergraduate study could not determine was if RSL were definitively caused by briny water; the study could only provide the best explanation for RSL. In 2011, Ojha’s long-term goal

was to determine if RSL were caused by water and how likely it would be that life could survive under Martian conditions. With new research, Ojha has succeeded in finding the first evidence of liquid, briny RSL on Mars.

For years RSL on Mars have puzzled scientists. RSL have been seen by HiRISE since the MRO’s launch in 2006. These RSL appear annually, grow incrementally over time and are strongly correlated with solar heating.

RSL often follow small gullies and can reach up to 100 meters in length.

Until Ojha and his team began their research, it was only hypothesized that RSL were caused by water or frost.

However, Ojha has been able to find direct evidence suggesting RSL are caused by salty water.

Ohja and his team looked at four different Martian slopes where RSL appeared using HiRISE and the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars—able to take spectral measurements of the Martian surface—aboard the MRO. CRISM allows researchers to identify

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minerals and other elements present on the surface by analyzing their wavelengths from visible to infrared.

Different minerals produce different wavelengths, which was crucial to Ojha’s research. Using CRISM, Ojha was able to determine the composition of RSL and found they were composed of hydrated salts.

The main spectral findings suggest that the salts present on Mars are magnesium perchlorate, magnesium c h l o r a t e and sodium perchlorate.

Given the high salt content, the water on Mars was able to remain a liquid despite the planet’s cooler surface temperatures.

The presence of perchlorates leaves the presence of life on Mars a controversial topic. Perchlorates in high concentration could be toxic to life, as they make the water salty; but perchlorates are also used in certain metabolic processes to support life, according to Scott Murchie, a researcher from Ojha’s team and principal investigator for CRISM. The current data on RSL does not provide insight about the concentration

Finding briny, flowing water on the surface could lend credence to the possibility of other water present on Mars, which might be less salty and more hospitable to forms of life.

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THE DARK, orange lines emanating from the Martian mountain are called recurring sloped lineae, which appear and elongate during the warmer Martian season. UA scientists took many photos using the Mars Reconissance Orbiter to confirm that these growing lines are liquid water.

of perchlorates in the water, but solely confirms the existence of perchlorates.

Until the concentration of perchlorates is known, it will be difficult to tell whether life could survive in these conditions.

“The key question is going to be what is the salinity of the water that forms,” Murchie explained.

Finding briny, flowing water on the surface could lend credence to the possibility of other water present on Mars, which might be less salty and more hospitable to forms of life. Matt Chojnacki, another researcher on Ojha’s project and HiRISE associate staff scientist, suggested that while the brine found on the surface could potentially be unfavorable for primitive life, water the is key ingredient to forming life and could possibly be found elsewhere on the planet in a more usable state.

In his 2015 research, Ojha was the lead of a team of seven that continued his research from 2011. After making the initial discovery, Ojha took charge of analyzing the spectral data on his newest research project.

While it is known that the source of the water is not from ice melt, the source of the water is ultimately still unknown.

This, along with the perchlorate concentration within Martian water, are two important questions in the course of uncovering the planet’s resources and understanding its ability to sustain life.

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Soccer hosts pair of top-25 teams

BY Ryan Kelapire The Daily Wildcat

If there were any weekend that epitomizes what it means to be in the Pac-12 Conference, this would be it. Arizona women’s soccer will host both No. 23 Cal (6-2-2) and No. 5 Stanford (7-2) in what should be an arduous weekend of soccer.

“It’s Pac-12 play, so we know every weekend is going to be like that, where it’s one or two [tough] games,” said Arizona head coach Tony Amato.

The Wildcats (7-1-1), who moved up from No. 25 to No. 17 in the NSCAA Coaches Poll after an impressive home win against No. 21 Washington, are well-prepared for these difficult weekends, however.

Almost three weeks ago, the Wildcats took on both No. 18 Texas Tech and No. 14 Pepperdine in the same weekend. Arizona didn’t get exactly the results it wanted, coming away with a tie and a loss, but Amato thought it was a perfect primer for what the UA is going to see on a weekly basis in conference play.

“We felt like that looked like a Pac12 weekend,” he said. “That was an important weekend for us to see and gauge where our team was and know that it’s going to take that sort of effort in any given weekend to get results, and we were able to learn a lot from

that.”

Arizona midfielder Jaden DeGracie said that the tough opponents Amato sets the team up with help them practice and improve.

“The Texas Tech and Pepperdine weekend definitely will help us for Stanford and Cal, even though I think Stanford and Cal will be harder just because [they’re] in the Pac-12, and [they’re] going to be more of a grind, but we’re ready for [them],” DeGracie said.

The first of the two games is Friday against Cal at 7 p.m. The Golden Bears lost to Colorado in overtime in their first Pac-12 game.

Cal has one of the better offenses in the Pac-12, as it is tied for fourth in the conference for goals scored.

The offense is spearheaded by Arielle Ship, who leads the Pac-12 in shots (40), points (18) and goals (8).

Ship and company won’t find it easy to score on Friday, however, as Arizona’s defense has only given up a conference-best four goals this season.

Senior Sheaffer Skadsen has been the anchor of the unit. She has played the entire game in eight of nine matches this year, and was recently named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week.

If last year’s matchup between the two schools is any indication of how Friday’s game will play out, it should

be a dogfight. That game resulted in a 1-1 tie after two extra times. For that reason, Amato knows Arizona can’t afford to overlook Cal for the more difficult game against Stanford.

“We’ll only look only at Cal in terms of what the team knows, and we’ll try and find a way to get that win on Friday,” Amato said. “Then we’ll move on to Stanford from there.

There’s no easy game in this league, and Cal is no exception to that.”

Arizona will then take on Stanford on Sunday at 11 a.m. The Cardinal beat Utah 4-1 in its Pac-12 opener.

Stanford’s success this year is certainly no surprise. The Cardinal has dominated the Pac-12 for years.

It has won the conference nine times and once won 44 straight conference games from 2008-2013.

The Cardinal, like the Wildcats, is a stout defensive team. It is tied for second in the conference in goals allowed (5) and have recorded four shutouts this year. One interesting statistic is that the team hasn’t given up more than two goals in a game in over 10 years.

Cardinal offense is no slouch either, as it is second in the conference in shots taken (167), and the high level of play on both ends has allowed the team to out-shoot its opponents 167-52.

Historically, Arizona is 2-18-0 against Stanford, with the Wildcats’

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Arizona forward Hannah Wong (7) races Washington defender Havana McElvaine (8) for the ball on Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium on Friday, Sept. 25. The Wildcats host Cal and Stanford this weekend.

last win coming in 2005. There are a lot of similarities between Arizona’s conference-winning 2005 team and the current team, so perhaps this is the year that the Wildcats can break their nine-game losing streak to the Cardinal.

It will require a tremendous effort to do so, but it is a challenge that the Wildcats are more than willing to take on.

“We’re always up for a challenge,” DeGracie said. “Every sprint we did in preseason and every time we’re in the weight room and grinding on the field, … that’s for moments like [this] weekend.”

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‘NBA 2K’ Review: your turn to play for UA

BY Justin Spears The Daily Wildcat

Move over “Madden” because “NBA 2K16” officially released Tuesday, and the infamous game franchise has taken a big step forward. The game is gathering attention from not just NBA fans, but college hoops fans who have the chance to bring back memories prior to the fallout of March Madness.

The last March Madness game released was in 2009, with high-flyer Blake Griffin on the cover when he was in his glory days at Oklahoma.

“NBA 2K16” contains a new feature in the “MyCareer” story mode that

begins with the created character as a highly touted recruit from Harlem, New York, who is attempting to play his way into a scholarship for an elite program.

One of those elite program schools is Arizona and now the students who weren’t athletic enough or tall enough can fulfill their dreams of playing in a fake arena that is supposed to be the McKale Center. The other schools are ASU, Connecticut, Georgetown, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan, Texas, UCLA, Villanova and Arizona’s least favorite team, Wisconsin.

In the commitment video the created character holds at his house,

the player mentions playing for Wildcat nation.

Even though it seems nice and dandy, “NBA 2K16” has a misspelling in the subtitles. When the commitment mentions playing in Tucson, the game spelled it as “Tuscon”. Other than that, the commitment video is surreal and gives a feeling of committing to a blue blood program.

Let it be known that featuring the Wildcats in a respectable basketball game is a genius scheme Arizona head coach Sean Miller is using.

Miller has a reputation for snagging top recruits consistently, and now hopeful recruits can visualize how

they might look in an Arizona uniform. Granted, in the video game there are only four games available to play at the college level, but there are two familiar faces.

Former Wildcats Rondae HollisJefferson and Stanley Johnson are back in Arizona uniforms, and in the very last game of the season there’s a chance of redemption against Wisconsin. And oh yeah, Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker are playing for the Wisconsin Badgers, so there’s more of an incentive to play for Arizona.

Once players compete at the college level, the NBA draft is held and based on the player’s

performance; the draft stock will either rise or fall.

Usually video games have a difficult time outdoing the previous year’s game, but “NBA 2K16” adding colleges to the mix takes the experience as a basketball player to another level. From playing in a high school gym to playing in front of 14,545 fans in an artificial McKale Center before taking off for the association, “NBA 2K16” truly shows the daily life of an aspiring basketball player.

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UA volleyball hopes to rebound vs. Cal

BY IVAN LEONARD The Daily Wildcat

After a hard-fought loss to No. 8 Stanford, Arizona gets a chance to avenge its defeat as it takes on another Bay Area team in the game against Cal on Friday night.

Arizona took two of the first three sets 25-15 and 25-21 before Stanford came back with a 25-23 win to tie.

The Cardinal closed the game out with a 17-15 win, defeating Arizona for the 18th consecutive time.

“Another close match that we are right in all the way up until the end,” said volleyball coach Dave Rubio.

“We just couldn’t execute well enough, especially in the end of games four and five. We just didn’t make enough right plays at the right time for us to win that match.”

It was a hard loss to last year’s conference champions, but the game may be a sign that the gap is narrowing between the two teams.

Stanford won nine more games than Arizona last year, and this time around the Wildcats had the team on its heels. While they do not get to rematch Stanford this season,

the Wildcats could potentially meet them in the postseason.

Setter Penina Snuka, who leads the conference in assists per set, steadied the Wildcats’ attack with 46 assists and 16 digs, while Kalei Mau tallied 23 kills.

The loss puts the Wildcats at 11-4 for the season with all four of their losses coming to teams in the top 15.

“We’re not executing when the bigger moments arise, and as a result we’re hoping to win instead of taking destiny into our own hands,” Rubio said. “Elite teams don’t rely on that. Rather, they rely on asserting their will at the time the match is the most important.”

The Golden Bears come into town Friday at 8 p.m. to try to get to the .500 mark (6-7) while the Wildcats try to keep pace in the Pac12, as they are currently 1-2.

The Golden Bears have been swept by four teams this season, and the Wildcats have swept eight teams already, five of them at home, so Cal better watch out.

Cal comes into this matchup on

a three-game losing streak and is currently sitting at No. 11 in the Pac-12 standings. The team is led by middle blocker Lillian Schonewise, who averages 2.59 kills per set on .345 hitting. Arizona swept the Golden Bears last season and will look to defend its home court, where it is 6-2 for the season.

Friday’s game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks.

After this match, the Wildcats will take a two-week break from McKale Center as they travel to take on the Washington and Los Angeles schools. They return to McKale on Oct. 23 to face the Colorado Buffaloes, but Pac-12 will be broadcasting their road games to keep you posted.

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ith Anu Solomon’s status unknown for Saturday’s game at Stanford, the Wildcats should turn to current backup quarterback Jerrard Randall to run the offense. Literally.

When Arizona was in the midst of getting blown out last Saturday to UCLA, things got worse when Solomon left the game with an injury. By that point in the game the Wildcats were lethargic and beat down, both mentally and physically.

On Randall’s first play of the game, he took the ball to the house on a 39-yard touchdown run. Everyone at Arizona Stadium knew it was coming, and Randall undoubtedly brought life back into the crowd.

Randall does struggle a bit when he throws, but he’s incredibly tough to tackle when he runs. He is a big play threat waiting to happen every play, and Arizona will keep Stanford on its toes with Randall behind center.

Arizona needs life when it travels to Stanford. The amount of injuries this team has suffered this season is unusual and tough to deal with. Each injury takes a toll on the team. Without Solomon, coming back from the UCLA loss will be tough.

A player like Randall will keep the Wildcats motivated. A win at Stanford will put Arizona right back into the top-25 mix.

If they win, the team’s confidence will climb once again, and Randall is the one to take them there.

It’s a given that if Solomon doesn’t play, then Randall will fill the void as the starting quarterback as the Wildcats take off for their first conference road game in Palo Alto.

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he almighty “war ginger” could receive the look, but the best option is Brandon Dawkins for Solomon’s replacement. The redshirt freshman fought issues last season and redshirted his true freshman season, but Dawkins is creating buzz around the team especially after his performance against NAU. Dawkins has one touchdown of the season, running for 43 yards against the Lumberjacks.

If Rich Rodriguez has the desire to use the offense the same way Solomon ran it, then the closest player to Solomon is Dawkins. He is 6 feet 3 inches, and just like Solomon, he doesn’t have the breaking speed that Randall has, but he is a crafty yet conservative runner who isn’t afraid to pick apart defenses with his arm.

Arizona will rely on its run game against Stanford with Nick Wilson and Randall. But if Randall goes down, Arizona can utilize the passing attack with Dawkins’ touch.

Sure, Werlinger may be the team favorite with his iconic nickname, but at this point, Arizona is willing to do just about anything to get the win. Arizona is injury-plagued, and if Saturday’s game takes a turn for the worse, then Dawkins will be the only weapon to revive Arizona’s season.

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‘The Martian’ is a heart pounding tale

BY Victoria Pereira The Daily Wildcat

What would be your first reaction to finding out that you were stranded in a barren wasteland at least 33 million miles away from civilization? Astronaut Mark Watney is confronted with this very situation in Andy Weir’s science fiction novel “The Martian” and probably speaks for the vast majority of us with his opening line, “I’m pretty much …” well, let’s go with “[ducked.]” Watney is ducked.

The novel begins with Watney regaining consciousness after being hit with flying debris during a Martian sandstorm and subsequent evacuation of the landing site.

His five fellow astronauts, all scheduled to remain on Mars for the next month, had to abandon their mission and their presumeddead colleague—assumed to have died in the severe weather conditions—and are on their way back to Earth by the time Watney is able to assess his situation.

Now, with no way to contact NASA or his crewmates and the next Mars mission due to arrive on the planet in four years, Watney has to figure out how to survive in the harshest environment humans have ever set foot on.

I first heard about this book after seeing the trailer for 21st Century Fox’s film adaption, which opens in theaters today. While perusing the shelves of Barnes and Noble one

afternoon, I came across Weir’s novel and thought that I might give it a try. After reading the first few pages I was definitely intrigued.

The first several chapters of the book are told from Watney’s point of view through daily mission log entries, filled with his sarcasm and a sense of humor that he miraculously holds on to in his bleak situation.

I enjoyed Watney’s personality at first, but after a few chapters the conversational tone began to get a bit bland; I had expected more from a New York Times Best Seller. Around chapter six, however, the point of view shifts to a third-person narrator and begins to inform the reader about what’s going on outside of Mars, specifically in the NASA control rooms and with Watney’s crew on their way back to Earth. This change in tone and narrative style was refreshing, as it gave the author a chance to explore different styles within a single piece, switching between the conversational Watney logs and the more literary, third-person narration.

A little bit after this turning point was when I really got hooked. Just when you think things are going well, Weir throws another curveball at you. Instead of stopping at the end of this chapter like you promised yourself, you keep going, needing to know what fate will befall Watney, the first man to be abandoned on another planet.

While reading, I noticed that this book tends

to read a bit like a young adult novel. Although this book is meant for large audiences spanning across many ages, it gives off a vibe at times that feels very similar to the writing of Suzanne Collins or Maggie Stiefvater.

This isn’t a criticism at all, but in fact a compliment: the writing styles are most similar in their clarity and ease of understanding. Weir doesn’t dumb down his writing for his reader, often including complicated chemistry and throwing us into a future where manned space explorations are commonplace.

Instead, he streamlines it, including only the important details and focusing on delivering plot and action to the reader rather than ornamentation and decorated language.

There’s no worry of getting caught up in excessive figurative language or symbolism, but there’s also no danger of being bored.

Weir’s style of writing simply won’t allow for his reader to be uninterested—every action happens for a reason, every endeavor has a consequence and every odd is against Watney’s survival.

At its core, “The Martian” is a page-turning, stylistically excellent science fiction novel that explores what it would be like to be the only living soul for millions of miles. Here’s hoping the film will do the story justice.

— Follow Victoria Pereira @vguardie917

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UA Museum of Art to host famous work

BY Justice Amarillas The Daily Wildcat

Have you ever been face-to-face with a Jackson Pollock painting?

How about a Mark Rothko? A Robert Rauschenberg? If not, you should visit the University of Arizona Museum of Art and experience these famous artists’ works personally.

The museum has plenty of authentic works of art, thanks to its fine donors and successful funding.

Ground broke for the museum in 1955 after the Kress Foundation donated 25 Renaissance master art works in 1951, and Edward Joseph Gallagher Jr. established a memorial collection as a tribute to his son in 1954.

The museum’s mission, stated on its website, is to engage diverse audiences, inspire critical dialogue and champion art as essential to our lives.

“Although ground was broken for the museum in 1955, many people in Tucson don’t realize that we’re here or that we have such a strong collection,” said Gina Compitello-Moore, the marketing manager for the museum.

“We’re working hard to change that

and no longer be a hidden gem, but rather just a gem in the Tucson arts landscape. We’re excited to engage with new audiences and work to become a resource for campus and Tucson.”

The museum has also undergone some new renovations, including a new layout for the lobby, giving it a sleek and modern look to accommodate today’s predominant interior architectural designs.

Because of the renovations, the admission price has also been slightly increased.

“Due to recent budgetary realities, we had to increase our prices to continue to be able to offer the highest quality exhibitions and programming,” Compitello-Moore said. Rest assured, the renovations are well worth the slight increase in price.

One advantage of visiting the museum is that exhibitions are constantly changing, which means there is always something new to see during each visit. Some current exhibitions are:

“Art Lab Presents” — Become intimate with the history and practice of art at “Art Lab Presents,” which features items

from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, including Mark Rothko’s “Green on Blue (Earth-Green and White)”, Jackson Pollock’s “Number 20” and Morris Louis’s “No. IV”.

“School of Art Faculty Exhibition” (through Nov. 8) —

This bi-annual exhibition features recent work from faculty in the School of Art.

“Wavelength: The Art of Light” (through Dec. 6) — This

exhibition attempts to explore the many different facets of light in art and the way in which the scientific understanding of light can be translated into art. According to UAMA, the exhibition features James Turrell’s “Deep Sky Portfolio,” which explores light through the transformation of the Roden Crater in Northern Arizona. “Wavelength” is held in conjunction with the museum’s Month of Light, which lasts through the month of October.

Visitors are delighted at the rarities found at the museum.

“I’m surprised at how rarely I’ve seen David Wojnarowicz prints up at museums. Great to see these!” wrote Julie Thompson on her Twitter page.

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Mikayla Mace, a senior studying neuroscience & cognitive science, left, Tiffany Luu, a senior studying public management & policy, center, and Jay Stephens, an archaeology graduate student, right, behold a Rothko painting under different colors of light at an interactive exhbit at the University of Arizona Museum of Art on Wednesday, March 25. The Museum offers students a chance to observe paintings created by well-known artists such as Jackson Pollock.

N. Olive Rd. near Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard on the UA campus.

Its hours of operation are Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

The museum is closed Monday and Tuesday and on university holidays.

Admission is free for museum

members, students with ID, faculty and staff, military personnel, visitors with a SNAP card or Tribal ID, and children under 18. General admission is $8, and admission is $6.50 for seniors 65+ and groups of 10 or more.

While you’re in the museum, please no flash photography, food, drink or tobacco products.

— Follow Justice Amarillas @WildcatJustice3

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Arts & Life • October 2-4, 2015

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memorably menacing performance from Johnny Depp as notorious, reallife crime lord James “Whitey” Bulger is far and away the best part of “Black Mass,” with the surrounding narrative being underwhelming.

Bulger leads the Winterhill Gang, a group of Irish-Americans who vie for control of criminal activity in South Boston. Their competition is the Italian mob run by the Angiulo family.

Bulger isn’t the only one from ‘Southie’ who’s gone and made a name for himself.

His younger brother, William “Billy” Bulger (Benedict Cumberbatch), is a Massachusetts senator, and John Connoly (Joel Edgerton), who grew up a few doors down from the Bulger residence, has risen through the ranks of the FBI. The ties run deep and unyielding in South Boston.

This unholy trinity will eventually lead to their downfalls, but first it will lead to South Boston being infected by Bulger. As a highranking politician, Billy doesn’t associate

himself with his brother’s life, and his handsoff attitude essentially serves as passive acquiescence. Connoly, on the other hand, strikes a deal with the devil himself, more or less giving Bulger carte blanche to do whatever he wants.

At the Bureau, Connoly feels pressure to bring down the Angiulo mafia. He strikes a deal with Bulger, his childhood neighbor and fellow Southie, to become an FBI informant. Bulger’s not an educated man, occasionally speaking like someone who didn’t make it out of high school. He’s shrewd enough, though, to realize that becoming an informant not only brings him into the FBI’s fold, but that they’ll also go after his enemies.

Bulger serves as a constant force of nature in this world, with his physical appearance making him into a sort of morbid Grim Reaper.

His colorless hair is slicked back so tightly that it clings to his skull. His eyes, though, are his most unnerving trait. They are an opaque gray-blue.

Initially, his family gives him a smidgen of

humanity.

There’s a great scene where Bulger, his wife Lindsey (Dakota Johnson) and son Douglas (Luke Ryan) are sitting around the kitchen table, having breakfast like the perfect American family. When his son tells him that he got in trouble at school for punching another boy, Bulger says that his son’s mistake was not that he punched a kid, but that he punched a kid where people could see.

There are many of these innocuous moments that turn on a dime with Bulger’s threatening presence. In a scene where a woman says she’s not feeling well, Bulger offers to take her temperature, knowing that she’s faking ill. He puts his hands all over her forehead, then her face and then moves down to her neck, “feeling her glands” with a grip that’s a few muscle tenses shy of choking her. It makes your skin crawl.

Bulger doesn’t have much of a character arc, though. He’s evil to begin with and stays evil through and through. Bulger’s right-hand enforcer describes him as “strictly criminal.”

The progression in narrative comes from Connoly, who goes deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole of protecting Bulger’s status as an informant as his fellow co-workers at the FBI get more and more suspicious of what exactly Bulger is providing them.

The problem is that this isn’t the part of the movie that everyone’s come to see. We want to see Depp chew up the screen.

The second act also feels inert. Bulger’s power and influence expand, but it lacks the perspective of scope of, say, “The Godfather: Part II.” Even when Bulger gets involved in embezzling with jai alai in exotic Miami, it just doesn’t feel any different than what he’s been doing in Boston.

A lot of Bulger’s crimes are relayed to the

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audience through once-removed dialogue.

Toward the end of the film, a character says that Bulger introduced drugs to nearly every gradeschool-aged kid in the city. The problem is, we haven’t seen Bulger dealing with drugs, nor have we seen the effect that his drugs have had.

The film will zoom in on Bulger’s story when he shoots or strangles someone, but it doesn’t give an accurate sense of the larger scale of his actions.

Even with Depp’s performance as Whitey Bulger, “Black Mass” lacks character, and isn’t memorable.

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Cafe on 4th is epic in both name and eats

BY Kristine Bruun-Anderson

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Epic Cafe is local, affordable and unique when compared to other breakfast and lunch spots around the UA campus.

Guests can order their favorite soups, salads and sandwiches 363 days a year from 6 a.m to midnight. Aside from its extensive menu, Epic Cafe also contains an in-house bakery, producing some of the freshest and most delicious pastries in all of Tucson.

The cafe is located on the cusp of Tucson’s infamous Fourth Avenue, which is home to many different cafes similar to Epic.

What makes Epic Cafe unique is the large amount of community support inside the establishment. The walls are filled with promotional flyers of upcoming events and other local information.

The menu is separated into sections that are titled “Breakfast,” “Sweets,” “Ice Cream,” “Sandwiches,” “Soups” and “Salads,” clearly providing a fair amount of variety.

For a typical lunch at Epic, a sandwich or sandwich-and-soup combo will cost about $9 altogether. In terms of bread selections,

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Streetlights illuminate Epic Cafe on Thursday, Oct. 1. The cafe is located at 745 N. Fourth Ave.

the options are extensive. The cafe allows the customer to choose from a plethora of bread types, making the experience personal to each customer’s specific tastes.

Sandwiches are served in a timely manner

with a side of chips. Portions are large, and the ingredients appeared to be and tasted extremely fresh.

The “Au Natural,” a house favorite, was perfectly smeared with a light coating of mayo

and mustard, layered with fresh turkey, cheese and lots of crunchy sprouts. The dish was simply delectable.

In terms of the cafe itself, it did seem to feel a bit quiet at times. There’s nothing wrong with creating an inspiring environment in a motivative setting, but some background tunes never hurt anyone.

Employees behind the counter were attentive and helpful and had the knowledge to recommend almost everything the menu offered, making it easy for a customer who has never been to Epic Cafe before to find their new favorite meal.

It’s no doubt that if a hungry student were to visit Epic they would leave feeling full and satisfied as well as refreshed and aware of local happenings.

One of the most important things about taking a break in the day for breakfast or lunch is to find a spot where the customer feels they can relax in the midst of their busy day. Epic Cafe creates this environment for students, business professionals, workers and locals — Follow Kristine Bruun-Anderson @Kristine_B_A

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Arts & Life • October 2-4, 2015

Life advice from behind a hot dog cart

BY THEA VAN GORP

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Perdida Joy works at the hot dog stand in front of the Richard A. Harvill building during the week. I am always taken by her big black hat with feathers jutting out the back and her fabulous collection of rings splayed across her fingers. I asked her to tell me her favorite life story, and debated whether I should get a hot dog.

“I think this story is one of my best,” Joy said.

“I was leaving an abusive jerk. I hitchhiked out of Houston, Texas, starting at the Hollywood Cemetery on I-45 and Main [Street]. I had been stuck there for two days, but then the good Lord offered me a choice, OK? “This guy in a red, convertible Mustang pulls in, and he uh ... offered me money for services, and I told him I wasn’t interested and only needed a ride. So then this guy with handicap plates and a beat-up, pick-em-up truck pulls into the cemetery, and he gets out of his truck and offers me a ride. So I think, ‘Okay, I’ll take this ride,’ you know?

“Just as I am trying to get, with my dog and my pack, to this guy, the guy in the Mustang pulls up in between me and the guy in the pickup. He’s flashing a lot of hundreds and he’s telling me, ‘You know, you’re gonna have to do something for this guy.’ And I said, ‘No, honey.

The devil sent you, and God sent him, and all I

asked for was a ride.’

“And sure enough, this guy [in the pickup truck] gave me a ride—not far, 25 miles to the next town—and he took me out to lunch to his favorite restaurant. He bought my dog some food and me some mosquito spray because he said the mosquitoes were bad, and he dropped me off on this nice little creek where I could rinse off my clothes, take a bit of a bath and start my day fresh.

“So, there you go. You’re offered that choice in life, darling, and I tell you what: the rest of my rides home were all wonderful people.

“It was real funny on my last trip—this is the irony and fun of my life—the guy’s [Citizens band, a trucker radio] handle, was the ‘Grim Reaper.’ So I started at the cemetery with my choice between the angel and the devil, and end up with the Grim Reaper seeing me safely back to Flagstaff. Only in real life, … and it was fabulous. Seven rides in nine days.”

She rolls her own cigarette as she tells me the one piece of advice she values most.

“Don’t take life so seriously,” she said. “You’ll never get out of it alive. That is the best piece of advice my mother ever gave me, and it is true.

You have to be able to laugh.”

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