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IN THIS EDITION | VOLUME 113, ISSUE 6 Arts & Life
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(A)broaden your horizons with UA study abroad programs
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Claiming to be apolitical in the climate that we currently reside in seems to be a way to circumvent the harshities that come along with it. But it is problematic in itself to consciously avoid political responsibility, as it only further highlights the realm of privilege that allows you to avoid politics. It is somewhat utopian to think that — with the overtly dystopian scare that is the current presidency — that every American citizen would jump on the activism train. And although younger and younger demographics are taking it upon themselves to be politically involved, there is still a large group of young adults that choose to turn a blind eye to the issues at hand. Common comebacks for not being involved in politics are “I don’t care about politics,” “Politics stress me out” or something along the lines of “It doesn’t matter if I vote or not.” No matter the political party you align yourself with, the upcoming election is predicted to have a record voter turnout. The high interest coming from both sides forecasts the highest ballot turnout in the past 100 years. According to Fortune, “Catalist, a firm that studies voting practices, predicts that 156 million people will cast ballots in 2020, a major rise from the 139 million that voted in 2016.” In 2016, 41.6% of eligible voters identified themselves as apolitical and did not exercise their right to vote, according to Everyday Feminism. The issue with claiming to be apolitical is that you are, in many ways, depending on your background and class standing, thus acknowledging your privilege as someone who isn’t immediately impacted by political decisions. Having the ability to be disengaged only works as long as you are able to keep your social blinders stable. If there is an issue at hand that does not directly affect you — that you do not have to think about on a daily basis — that is a privilege. “Checking your privilege” is a phrase that may seem worn out to those who have it, but its importance is not diluted because of
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OPINIONS | TRAVEL
Broaden your horizons this year BY MIKAYLA BALMACEDA
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Everyone’s encountered at least one student who has studied abroad and it’s all they can talk about when they get back. So what’s the big hype about studying abroad?! Jennica Larson, a University of Arizona May 2019 graduate, was a part of the Eller program in Rome during the spring 2018 term for a four-month program. She said that she was guilty of constantly talking about her trip abroad when she got back to the states. “I feel that I learned so much about myself and European culture when I was abroad that I use examples from my time abroad when talking to people,” Larson said. The UA offers just over 100 programs in more than 50 countries. The time periods range from two weeks to 10 months. There are programs offered all year long, offering UA and non-UA students many opportunities to study abroad. Executive Director at UA Study Abroad Harmony DeFazio said that the top two destinations are Spain and Italy with several programs within those countries. There are three main program categories. Arizona Abroad Locations give students the opportunity to study at a partner university of the UA and pay regular UA tuition. With this program, students are able to choose from a variety of courses. UA faculty-led programs are organized or taught by UA professors and staff. This program brings UA students together to earn direct credit. Exchange programs are where students attend a UA partner institution for a certain term and attend classes with local and international students. Through this program, students earn transfer credit that doesn’t go toward their UA GPA. Eligibility requirements vary by program, and this eligibility must be maintained even after being accepted into a program. Requirements include GPA, disciplinary clearance, financial holds, class standing or year and more for specific kinds of students such as non-UA and graduate students. “Denying students is rare,” DeFazio said. “Our goal is to make study abroad accessible and to have more UA students going abroad. Study abroad coordinators work with students to help them find a program that is a good fit, which includes making sure they meet the eligibility requirements. In some cases, programs can fill up if there is a maximum capacity, but this is also rare.” There are many programs that cost the same or even less than a UA semester. Students are able to apply their federal and institutional aid toward the cost of study abroad. UA offers many opportunities for scholarships and financial aid. This past summer, I was fortunate enough to be able to go on one of these study abroad programs and I can say it was 100 percent worth it. I was a part of the Eller Business Administration Minor Abroad program, which was UA faculty-led. Through this four-week program, I spent the first two weeks studying in Prague, Czech Republic and the last two weeks in Florence, Italy. I made new friends, I experienced different cultures, I picked up some of the different languages. And through this program, I received nine direct academic credits. Something that I think a lot of people think about while considering studying abroad is if they could go and do it alone, not knowing anyone in the program.
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Being a part of Eller, Larson knew a lot of people going on this trip, which made her feel more comfortable making the decision to go abroad. But Larson said, “Although I enjoyed having people I knew, if I could do it again, I would go alone. I didn’t get a chance to make as many friends from Italy as I could because I had the comfort of the people I knew from Eller.” Camryn Harper, a UA senior, was a part of a direct exchange program with Sciences Po, a political science school in Paris, and was there for five months. Harper said, “I think it’s a positive experience either way. It was nice having my roommate as my one friend right away, but I think going alone is a great way to branch out and make the most of your experience rather than it being like taking a trip with your friends.” The program alone that I was a part of was $10,995. This included the flight from Prague to Florence. The tuition also included the academic credit, housing, health insurance, local transportation, welcome and farewell dinners, cultural activities, city tours and excursions.
Italian languages, participated in a Czech and Italian cooking class and went on business visits to the Apple and Piaggio Museum, many day trips, guided tours and bike tours. I even went on an overnight excursion to the Tuscan Coast. Larson’s program was $17,000 for tuition and she estimated that she spent around $7,500 to $10,000 while being abroad, including her flight there and back. I’d say that one of the main drawbacks about studying abroad would definitely have to be the expenses. There are so many different expenses to consider. There’s tuition, flights and personal spending money for the time you are abroad. But again, UA offers many scholarships and financial aid! So the financial aspect shouldn’t discourage you at all. Harper received a study abroad scholarship that covered her whole semester abroad. Her rent was $750 a month and she said she spent around $600 a month on food and other miscellaneous things. Larson said if she could study abroad again, she absolutely would and misses it everyday. Harper said she definitely would as well. She’s even thought about getting a master’s degree abroad. There’s a lot of things to consider before studying abroad. But if you were to talk to someone who has been, more often than not, they’ll tell you that it is 100 perfect worth it. Harper said, “UA has so many programs that it’s easy to find your perfect fit.” If you’re interested in studying abroad, get started and check it out!
I learned so much about myself.”
— JENNICA LARSON, UA GRADUATE Because I was a part of a shorter program, the courses that I took were more accelerated and fast-paced. This was very stressful trying to manage on top of all the things that I wanted to experience and all the extracurricular activities that we had to do. Through this program, I was introduced to the Czech and
— Mikayla Balmaceda is a senior double majoring in journalism and creative writing.
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ARTS & LIFE | UA EXHIBIT
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ONE OF THE PAINTINGS that was shown at the Birds of Paradise art show at the Joseph Gross Gallery.
Art within oppressed bodies BY SUNDAY HOLLAND @sunday_holland
On pieces of wooden board that are all different shapes and sizes, environmentalism and feminism collide in an explosion of color. Based in Toronto, artist Sara Golish explores eco-feminism through her oil painting series, “Birds of Paradise.” The reception for this work was recently held in the Joseph Gross Gallery on Sept. 26 and is open to the public for free until Nov. 14. Melissa Rendon, a junior studying studio art at the University of Arizona, said it was her second time seeing the exhibit. “For a woman of color such as myself, the show is empowering,” Rendon said. “The techniques [the artist] uses are very eye-catching.” In the series “Birds of Paradise,” Golish paints portraits of traditionally oppressed bodies surrounded by vibrant flora and fauna. The exhibit consists of 10 pieces, each one depicting a different message of empowerment for women subjects and for the Earth. Ashley Rubin, curator of the show and the senior academic advisor for the UA School of Art, initially discovered Golish’s artwork while she was scrolling through Instagram two years ago. She then reached out to Golish to see if the series could come to the university. “I told Sara [that] right now, the conversation going on on this campus is one about inclusion and diversity, and ‘I think your artwork would fit into that conversation,’” Rubin said. “We just don’t get a lot of diversity in museums and art spaces. I was hoping to rectify that with this art show.” According to Rubin, the show has three elements in all of the paintings: foliage, birds and women. First, each painting contains plants that exist in tropical nature, such as birds of paradise, snake plants and palms, which symbolize different things such as resiliency, familial history or appreciation for culture. Second, a species of
parrot is included to represent celebration, joyfulness and good things to come. Then, last but not least, is the women of color themselves, standing proud and potent, empowered in their positions on the wall. “That’s one of the reasons that I thought it would be awesome to bring this show here,” Rubin said. “We don’t see a lot of brown bodies exhibited in this way, even though we’re so close to the border with a diverse population.” The art show drew a response from all kinds of people, from all different ages. Moisés Paiewonsky, an associate professor in the UA School of Music, slowly wandered through the gallery, spending time with each painting. “I think it’s about empowerment, companionship and paralleling the beauty and exoticism of birds with the beauty and exoticism of people,” Paiewonsky said. “There is detail in these works and energy that they evoke that you can’t experience unless you come and stand in front of them.” Phaedra Farbrook is an 11-year-old who likes to make art with colored pencils. She came to the reception with her parents. “[The paintings] are really good and super realistic,” Farbrook said. “I guess the paintings are trying to say, ‘preserve nature.’” According to UA News, the tropical setting in which the women stand creates an ecofeminism lens which calls to mind the traditional connection between women and the Earth. Simultaneously, it alludes to their oppression throughout colonial history. According to Rubin, Golish’s paintings were on display in Charleston, S.C. before being shipped to Tucson for this exhibition. Golish’s works have also been exhibited in Toronto, Montreal, Denver and New York. As for the draw of the exhibit as a whole, Rubin said, “If you want to view artwork that’s relatable, beautiful, packs an emotional punch and that’s not intimidating at all, you should come to this show.”
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ARTS & LIFE | AROUND THE CORNER
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HERBAL TEAS IN STOCK at the Tucson Herb Store on Fourth Avenue in Downtown Tucson. The store sells teas for boosting metabolism, helping allergies and other remedies.
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THE ENTRANCE TO THE Tucson Herb Store in Downtown Tucson. The Tucson Herb Store also has an in house clinic and hosts classes on herb usage.
Local shop of herbs, teas and home remedies The Tucson Herb Store, located on historic Fourth Avenue, is filled to the rim with the scents of teas, plants and other natural herbs. The store, which opened in 2003, focuses on alternative herbal medicinal use BY ISABELLA BARRON @bellambarron
As soon as you enter the tucked away front store, you are enveloped in the scent of incenses, teas and herbs. The Tucson Herb Store, located at 228 N. Fourth Ave., has been providing herbs and herbal medicine to the Tucson community since 2003. According to the website, the store offers “a large variety of herbs, both staples and natives, teas, tinctures, incense and products for the home, body, and mind.” Amanda Brown, herbalist, acupuncturist and owner of the Tucson Herb Store, has been studying herbal medicine for about 18 years. “I feel that it’s really important for our community to have a relationship with herbs,” Brown said. “We have grown up and evolved with plants, so it is an intrinsic part of our nature to have that connection.” According to Brown, she feels that a relationship to plants is a healing one and brings the community together. “I have always felt that an herb store is something that a community really needs,” Brown said. “Healing and health should be more accessible.” Brown expressed the importance for shopping locally and how online shopping has become “deadly.” “It’s important to have human connection and quality products, not mass-marketed,”
Brown said. Herbalist and employee of the store [Ash Ritter] has been studying plants for 17 years. She makes bulk medicinal and culinary herbs as well as formulas for health and wellness sold at the store. Ritter said she believes that the herb store is a beneficial and easy way for the Tucson community to receive healing. “A big reason why I love this space and herbs in general is that it’s a traditional and accessible form of healthcare,” Ritter said. Ritter says that herbal medicine allows people to be more intimate with their own health, rather than relying on others. “It is truly an art form,” Ritter said. “It is a lifelong passion and a journey that will never end.” Inside the herb store, there is an onsite clinic that offers healing through acupuncture and herbal consultations. Brown offers acupuncture and herbal consults through the onsite clinic. She is also trained in somatic experiencing, “a form of trauma therapy aimed at relieving and resolving symptoms of PTSD and other mental and physical health problems,” according to the Tucson Herb Store website. Bradford Trojan also works at the onsite clinic and offers somatic experiencing therapy as well as craniosacral therapy. Trojan explained that craniosacral therapy is aimed at healing trauma in the muscles through gentle touch.
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ASH RITTER, ONE OF the employees at the Tucson Herb Store on Fourth Avenue in Downtown Tucson works during her shift. Tucson Herb Store has been open since 2003.
“I think that it’s really nice that there’s that work going on in the herb store,” Trojan said. “Kind of like a little healing center for people to come and feel safe and feel like they’re getting support on whatever they’re working on.” The store offers classes for people in the Tucson community looking to further their knowledge on herbs. The first Saturday of every month, the store hosts a “Community Herb Circle” from 1011 a.m. Then, on the third Saturday of every
month, they host an “Herb Salon” from 1011 a.m. Their monthly “Watercolors Plant Study Group” class, as well as a “Botanical Cooking Class,” are taught by Brown and Ritter respectively. For more information on the Tucson Herb Store, visit their website or their Instagram page. The Tucson Herb Store is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.
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NEWS | CRIME APPLICATION
Community awareness application for students BY GABRIELLA COBIAN @DailyWildcat
Wildfire is an application in which students can get alerts about major crimes or events happening at the University of Arizona. The Wildfire app sends relevant notifications to your phone and shows community posts on the home feature. The app has users at over 100 college campuses across the country, according to Hriday Kemburu, CEO and cofounder of Wildfire. The app also has over 3,000 reviews, on the Apple App Store. The purpose of Wildfire is to spread awareness; the app allows you to post about just about anything, including chatter, safety and events going on in the community. According to Wildfire’s website, the community guidelines explain that users should be mindful when posting. “It is also important to remember that something that may be disturbing to you may not violate our community guidelines. Notifications are sent out based on their relevance and pertinence to the immediate, surrounding
community.” The community guidelines also warn not to post inappropriate content, such as violent threats or harassment. “Wildfire believes in freedom of speech and expression, but in order to ensure that people feel safe expressing diverse opinions and beliefs, we do not tolerate behavior that crosses the line into abuse, including behavior that harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence another user’s voice,” the guidelines read. Wildfire gives users the option to report a post, which then gets reviewed. Wildfire reassure its users that what is marked as an alert is accurate, saying, “We have a moderation team that works to verify content posted on Wildfire before it [is] sent out as an alert. Our goal is to build safer, more informed communities focused on spreading useful, factual, and timely information.” Jesus Aguilar is a University of Arizona Police Department Officer in the Crime Prevention/Public Information unit. “Be careful with the information you’re giving out and avoid giving personal
information,” Aguilar cautions. Aguilar said that the app may be tracking your information. Neither Aguilar nor other UAPD officers had heard about the app. According to Aguilar, Wildfire is not an app UAPD has recommended; there’s no training on it. Aguilar claims the major communication alert source at the UA is the UAlert program and the official app is LiveSafe. Aguilar strongly advises students to report an incident to UAPD, not just post it on Wildfire, to ensure the situation will be addressed. Wildfire’s community guidelines urge users to call 911 if urgent circumstances occur before posting about it on Wildfire. Undergraduate pre-public health student Mapendo Katotola sees nothing negative about the app and finds Wildfire useful. Katotola says she’s used the app for two weeks. “I get to know stuff that’s going on [on] campus. There’s nothing I don’t like about it; it lets me know about what’s going on because I’m a new student and I don’t know that much about the campus,”
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WILDFIRE IS A NEW app that allows UA students to alert each other to happenings on campus. The app is similar to Twitter in that anyone can comment and see the posts.
Katotola said. “If something happened somewhere else, I can take a video or picture and try to inform others. Be careful about this.”
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SPORTS | UA SOCCER
Arizona’s Brooke Wilson shines in second year BY JACOB MENNUTI @jacob_mennuti
Arizona women’s soccer has been filling the stat sheet so far thanks to several players this season. Nobody has made a bigger impact, however, than sophomore forward Brooke Wilson. Wilson was born in Vista, Calif, where she knew she wanted to play soccer since a young age. “When I was two years old, my mom tried to get me into ballet — she really didn’t want me to play soccer,” Wilson said. “My grandma gave me a soccer ball and I kept kicking it; I wouldn’t pick it up, so that’s when my parents knew it was going to be crazy.” Wilson’s soccer career took off early as she quickly became one of the most desirable prospects in the country. The four-star recruit was ranked No. 54 in high school on the IMG Academy 150 by Top Drawer Soccer. But despite some of her other offers from schools like Colorado, Santa Clara and Notre Dame, Wilson felt Arizona was the best place for her. “I really didn’t go on a lot of other visits,” Wilson said. “I came here and they sold it really well.” Wilson followed in her mother’s footsteps, a University of Arizona alumna herself, and committed to the UA during her freshman year of high school. “I just felt like when I walked on campus, it was a home, and the energy was awesome when I talked to the players, so I literally committed right after I came,” Wilson said. Wilson stepped onto campus and immediately made a name for herself, logging three goals and an assist in her first nine collegiate games. Her season was cut short, however, after breaking her leg midway through last year’s season. “It was really discouraging, but my team kept me on my front foot and made sure that I was going to be back and better,” Wilson said. Despite not being on the field for most of the year, Wilson viewed her injury as a learning experience. “Learning from Jill [Aguilera], Jada [Talley], Cliffy [Hannah Clifford], and Leah [Carillo], who were our forwards last year, I got to observe how they play against these big schools, so just by watching them, that helped me get better,” Wilson said. Wilson made a full recovery in the off-season and has been tearing up the competition since then. She’s tallied five goals and two assists in 2019 while
leading the team in points and goals scored. Her success has been getting national attention as Wilson has been invited and has attended several Team USA soccer camps. “It’s pretty cool being around such highly talented people, Wilson said.” It also prepared me for bigger games going into the Pac-12, because I’ve played with a lot of those people at the camps, so it’s just helped me learn and get better.” Wilson hopes that one day she can continue playing soccer at a higher level. “That’s honestly one of my biggest goals. I don’t even know what kind of job I would want, all I know is that I would want to go pro,” Wilson said. “I just hope I can continue to get better and help Arizona soccer get better.” The ’Cats are approaching the bulk of their conference schedule and Wilson is prepared to compete alongside her teammates. Catch Wilson and the rest of Arizona soccer back in action this week at home against UCLA on Thursday, Oct. 3 and again on Sunday, Oct. 6 against USC.
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ARIZONA’S BROOKE WILSON 20 PROTECTING the ball away from the opposition while getting challenged to the ball.
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WILDCAT BROOKE WILSON 20 TRIES to keep the ball away from a UCI defender during the second half of the UA-UC Irvine game
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ARTS & LIFE | LEGENDARY MCBRIDE
Elvis, Tina Turner, Madonna and the Statue of Liberty walk onto the University of Arizona… BY JAMIE DONNELLY @JamieRisa11
The Arizona Repertory Theatre’s first show of the season, “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” puts their actors in drag over-the-top costumes, makeup looks and wigs. “It is more so in your face than anything I have ever experienced,” said Rachel Wilkins, one of the wardrobe heads for the show. The show tells the story of Casey, played by University of Arizona student Dylan Cotter. When Casey loses his job as an Elvis impersonator, he turns to the drag scene in order to provide for his wife and the child he has on the way. “With a lot of pressures mounting up on him, he eventually turns to the unlikely world of drag and drag queens to help solve his problems,” Cotter said. “He finds a little bit more than just financial security in these people.” For Cotter, this was the first time he had ever come into contact with drag. While drag didn’t pique his interest prior to the play, he said he was able to learn about the history behind drag and had a fun time representing the community. “I never really had interest in it or knew what it was,” Cotter said. “As soon as I got cast in the play and we started prepping for the show, I became more and more familiar with the world of drag and the culture of drag. The history was like an entirely new universe that I never heard. It was a really great time.” Similar to Cotter, Naphtali Curry, who plays a character named Tracy, had also never been in drag. In the past, Curry had to wear makeup in order to portray a scary ghost face, but he had never done makeup that portrayed beauty.
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ONE OF THE SETS for the show featured shelves filled with various wigs, fabrics and shoes
“When I did Addams Family here, we had to wear, like, ghostly, ancestry makeup,” Curry said. “We still had contour and things like that but it wasn’t like giving face contour, more so just making us look older and ghost-like.” According to Wilkins, co-director Patrick Holt went over the makeup basics with the actors. Holt is an associate professor at the UA School of Theatre, Film & Television and a prominent drag queen. He taught everyone how he wanted it to look and perfected it along the way, allowing the actors to do their own makeup for the show. Wilkins said they all look so great when they are transformed into their characters. “It was hard, I’ve never done it before,” Curry said. “You don’t want it to look
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spotty, so that was my biggest challenge, just making sure everything blends. I learned it pretty quickly. From starting it to doing it by myself, it took me about a week to really solidify this is how it goes and it will look like this every time.” When it came to costumes, the bigger the better. Wilkins said Holt designed the costumes with the help of theatre production student Shaelyn Ellershaw. Wilkins and the rest of the wardrobe department made the costumes that couldn’t be bought, such as the Tina Turner dress and Elvis jumpsuits. “As you can imagine, Patrick having that field of knowledge already led to the most amazing kind of spectacular costumes, from beautifully embroidered dresses that give a callback to the Elvis and 50s theme
of the show, to ridiculous and over the top bikini leotards,” Cotter said. “You get the full range of really nicely done stuff and stuff that will make you laugh as soon as you see it.” Curry said the bold wardrobe in the show included the biggest costumes he has ever had to wear, and he has to make eight costume changes throughout the show. “In other shows that I have done, it’s like pants, shirt, you’re good, and this time, I’m having to do the most costume changes I’ve ever had during a show,” Curry said. Despite having three back-to-back costume changes, Curry said that he is blessed to have some time in between. Cotter, on the other hand, has to change from woman to man in the matter of seconds. “We have two wardrobe people on Dylan because he has so many changes,” Wilkins said. “The longest change that he has is in between scenes. When he runs off, we have 15 seconds or less to literally get him out of a woman and into a man or get him out of man into all woman.” Wilkins said they were able to work on a routine and figure out what works best when it comes to the fast wardrobe changes. She said they can probably do it with their eyes closed now. In addition to the crazy costumes and makeup, Cotter said the show is sure to make you fall from your seat laughing. “Aside from the fact that you’re going to have nonstop laughter for an hour and a half, the show is really funny and hilarious,” Cotter said. “You’re going to see everything in the world of drag from every perspective.” If you’re interested in learning more about the show, you can visit them at theatre.arizona.edu.
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TUCSON PRIDE 2019
TUCSON PRIDE 2019
Tucson celebrates its vibrant colors
THE TUCSON PRIDE PARADE hosted a variety of signs and costumes that put pride front and center when they walked from Country Club Road to Broadway Boulevard. Shortly after the parade, a festival took place at Reid Park, where booths had merch to sell and information to share with people who needed resources about where they can get help as an LGBTQ+ individual. Attendees could also listen to music and eat food while they strolled through the park Saturday, Sept. 28.
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SPORTS | RECAP
Game recap
Red Blue BY JACK COOPER @jackwcooper23
Fans got their first look at the future of Arizona basketball during the Red-Blue game Sept. 27. The Blue team ultimately won 4632. Devonaire Doutrive led the team with 15 points followed by Max Hazzard with 11 and Stone Gettings with 10. The annual Red-Blue game is always something Arizona Basketball fans look forward to and this year was no different. Coming off a disappointing year where the ’Cats finished 17-15, there are much higher expectations this year. Nico Mannion and Josh Green headlined an incoming freshman class that was ranked No. 7 by ESPN. The night started with Sean Miller talking about the passing of superfan George Kalil over summer and how much he meant to the basketball program. Shortly after, the dunk contest started. Green, Christian Koloko, Ira Lee, Doutrive and Zeke Nnaji all battled it out, but eventually Doutrive won the contest with a combined score of 96. After the dunk contest the two teams split up and faced off in a scrimmage. The Red team had Green, Mannion, Hazzard, Lee, Nnaji, Kory Jones and Jake DesJardins while the Blue team had Dylan Smith, Jemarl Baker, Gettings, Dourtive, Koloko, Jordan Brown and Matt Weyand. The Blue team jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead and never looked back. Doutrive was the best player on the court and finished with 15 points. “He’s grown up a lot,” Miller said. “He’s more mature, bigger and stronger. When you practice and work your way through a freshman year regardless of your role you should have a great summer and be that much better as a sophomore.” After the game, Miller also talked about how some of the freshmen might have struggled since it was their first time in front of 15,000 people and what to expect moving forward. He pointed out Mannion in particular. “Nico did fine. I’m going to be his biggest fan here early on,” Miller said. “It’s almost unfair with the high expectations for him … Everyone has to take him with a grain of salt. He’s not going to be perfect every night but he’ll get there.” Arizona’s next game is Nov. 1 against Chico State at Mckale Center in an exhibition match-up. They will then face off against NAU to open the season on Nov. 6.
Four UA stats that mattered against UCLA Arizona football defeated UCLA Saturday by a final score of 20-17 to improve to 3-1 on the season. Here are four crucial stats from the team’s first conference win against the Bruins BY AMIT SYAL @asyal21
When news of both Khalil Tate and J.J. Taylor being out for last night’s game, Arizona fans were a little uneasy and were not sure what to expect for the home conference opener. However, all eyes were on true freshman Grant Gunnell after a threetouchdown performance against NAU. As this was his first career start, it was anticipated that the freshman would throw at least a couple of interceptions. However, Gunnell threw for 29for-44 with a grand total of 0 interceptions on the night, as impressive as that sounds. “As an offense, we had to make sure that we’re all on the same page ... Even though it was his first game, he showed great strides,” redshirt senior Cedric Peterson said. “He was really up. He came and talked to everybody after every series.”
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We’ve seen this before in the season, as Arizona football has continued to struggle with penalties. Saturday night at home, the team racked up 10 penalties for a total of 74 yards. Without a doubt, defensive coordinator Marcel Yates has worked on the defense and it has really shown in the past two games, as they held Texas Tech to 14 points and UCLA to 17 points. However, as the team continues to travel and face tougher opponents, penalties are something that could be the deciding factor as to whether Arizona makes a bowl game or not. With UCLA’s reputation of having a weak pass defense, Arizona knew that keeping the ball in the air would be the better strategy, especially with Gunnell in for Tate. After four quarters of action, Arizona only ran for a grand total of 99 yards compared to a total of 352 passing yards on the night. “We ran it and we weren’t getting much early,” Head Coach Kevin Sumlin said. “What we’re trying to do is stay away from negative yardage plays, and I thought Grant [Gunnell] did a nice job even in the zone read game of either pulling it himself and running for 4-5 yards or pulling it and flipping it on the perimeter.”
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In a nail-biter victory like the one against UCLA, Arizona football needed some clutch plays down the line to help secure its first conference victory of the season. In this regard, Arizona football went 2-for-2 on fourth downs, something that most definitely helped them keep the momentum going in high-pressure situations. “It feels good to get a win, especially to start conference play,” junior linebacker Colin Schooler said. “But we got a game next week on the road, and based on our past, we don’t really play to our full potential on the road. So we’re focusing on getting a road win, especially in conference play.” AMY BAILEY | THE DAILY WILDCAT
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NEWS | COOKING CREATIVELY
Local chef cooks up meals for people with diabetes BY JAKE TOOLE @DailyWildcat
Mike Neylan, or Chef Mike, is a personal chef in Tucson who specializes in cooking for clients with diabetes, including University of Arizona students. Neylan’s career started in, a Connecticut, where he was chef for 25 years. He said that his work included having a private jet catering company and cooking at multiple restaurants and bakeries. According to Neylan, he started cooking for diabetics when one of his clients told him her father was recently diagnosed with diabetes and wanted to know if Neylan could cook for him. Neylan plans individualized meals for every client. He said that every diabetic has different needs and he differentiates meals he cooks for those needs, such as a client having Type 1 diabetes or Type 2 diabetes, or if they are pre-diabetic. “Well, the thing is some of them have to eat really like no potatoes, no rice,
because it will spike their insulin, their sugar levels up really high,” Neylan said. “It’s all individualized, what I do. I follow a doctor’s instructions.” He said that, for his diabetic clients, he cooks with a lot of vegetables, whole grains and lean protein and that he can also cook vegetarian and vegan dishes. Neylan has also cooked for people who have high blood pressure. He said for them, he tries to cook food that is low in salt, which can also help diabetics. According to Neylan, he has cooked for UA students before. He said that a graduate student’s parent reached out to him since they were worried that the diabetic student might not eat well enough two states away, so he cooked for them. Sarah Duke, a registered dietitian nutritionist and co-founder of Duke Nutrition Experts, said that she has referred clients to Neylan. She said that most of the conditions she deals with at DNE are chronic inflammatory conditions, which include fibromyalgia, rheumatoid
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CHEF MIKE NEYLAN HAS worked as a chef in Tucson for years. He specializes in cooking food for people with diabetes
arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome and migraines. She also said that nutrition can help control and improve most diseases. Duke said her reason for referring clients to him is personals chefs are
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THESE ZUCHINNI MUFFINS BY Chef Mike combine flavor and nutrition.
TUCSON HUMANITIES
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OCT 2019
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Join us for the 10TH ANNUAL Tucson Humanities Festival: NEXT a series of thought-provoking events featuring special guests, including
Tucson Humanities Festival and the Urban Humanities event sponsored in part by Rio Nuevo and Humanities Seminar Program
Humanity’s achievements bring about widespread changes. We’ve harnessed fire, created languages and built civilizations. How will society transform again? What’s beyond the horizon? Can the past be a guide for the future? How can the humanities shape tomorrow’s world? What’s next?
TONIGHT! URBAN HUMANITIES: New Practices for Reimagining the City, Jonathan Jae-An Crisman OCT 7 DESIGNING WOMEN: Overlooked Trailblazers of the Bauhaus, Elizabeth Otto OCT 24 PURO AMOR: A Reading with Sandra Cisneros
FOR TIMES, RESERVATIONS AND INFO ON THESE AND OTHER TUCSON HUMANITIES FESTIVAL EVENTS, VISIT
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NEWS | POLICE BEAT
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BY VANESSA ONTIVEROS @NessaMagnifique
He asked her again, this time mentioning the stories of sexual assaults. She then told him that she had ridden with a driver who worked for Uber and Lyft and who told the “creepiest stories.” She then repeated that everything was fine and there was nothing to report. The officer gave her the case number should she want to report anything in the future.
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Halloween may be around the corner, but no ghost story can compete with the “creepy” stories one passenger heard from her rideshare driver. A University of Arizona Police Department officer responded to a call from a woman who was already at the UAPD station on Sept. 21 at around 8:20 p.m. The woman told the officer she was a rideshare driver and that she had been hearing worrying reports from a passenger who told her that another rideshare driver she had ridden with had been bragging about “raping” students on campus. The man also reportedly said that he had dated a UA student and kept condoms and pregnancy tests in his car, which he makes girls take after assaulting them. The woman who was making the report said she works as a driver as well and had built up close relationships with many of her frequent passengers, which is why this story disturbed her to the point she needed to report it to law enforcement. She also said she was considering handling the problem herself, which the officer urged her not to do. The officer asked if she had any more information on the other driver. The woman said all she knew was his name on his rideshare profile and that he drives an SUV with green lights around the windows. She also gave the officer the contact information of the passenger who originally told her about the driver. The officer spoke with the passenger on the phone and explained why he was calling. She initially told him that she was fine and did not have anything to report.
A visit from a police officer can knock some sobriety into any drunk person on a Friday night. UAPD officers arrived at the area near Cherry Avenue and Drachman Street at around 11 p.m. on Sept. 20 after receiving a call from Parking and Transportation Service employees who said they saw a man riding in circles on an electric scooter yelling at people and asking them to “punch him in the face.” The officers quickly found the man, who gave them his driver’s license. The officers noted that he was 20 years old. When one of the officers began to talk to the man, he confirmed that he was 20 years old. The officer told him about what the employees had seen. While talking, the officer reported that the man smelled like alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and was swaying slightly as he stood. The officer also called over the two PTS employees, who told him they had been patrolling the area when they saw the man stagger as he ran in circles. They temporarily lost track of him before he reappeared, now with a scooter. The officer went back to the man to continue interviewing him. He noted the man’s age and signs of intoxication and said he wanted to ask him a few questions. The man said that he had “pre-gamed” by drinking alcohol before he attended a Date Dash at a sorority. When the officer asked if he had bought the alcohol, the man reportedly hesitated. He also did not want to give the officer his wallet to look at when asked, so the officer said, “Just give me your fake ID.” The man then pulled out a driver’s license that said he was 24 years old. The officer arrested the man for minor in possession with liquor in body and possession of a fictitious ID. He was cited and released.
Law enforcement officers often arrive at the scene of a crime after the deed is already done. But one UA graduate student has an unusual strategy to keep serious crime from happening in the first place. A UAPD officer arrived at Tyndall Avenue Garage after receiving a report of a vehicle that looked like it had been broken into on Sept. 20 around 3:40 a.m. According to the Parking and Transportation Services employee who made the call, the lock on the vehicle’s driver’s side door looked like it had been punched out and its camper shell was open. The employee also told the officer that the day before when he had been checking the garage, he noticed that the vehicle had been parked in the same spot for a month. When he went back to it that day for a closer look, he noticed the suspicious damage. PTS gave the officer the name and phone number of the student the vehicle was registered to, and the officer gave that student a call. The student lived in a residence hall nearby and agreed to come to the garage. When he arrived, the student explained the damage. He said that the broken door lock and damaged camper shell had been like that for a while. He also told the officer he left the door unlocked to prevent future damage if anyone tried to break in, though he never left anything valuable in the vehicle. The student checked the car and confirmed that he did not see any unexplainable damage or changes.
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COOKING FROM PAGE 13
very helpful for people who want or need to eat healthy or in a specific way, but don’t have the time to cook due to long work hours, or just don’t enjoy cooking. “I like to refer to Chef Mike because he has experience working with diabetics, people with food allergies and sensitivities and other conditions, and he will also work within the parameter we give him,” Duke said. “He also takes into account what the clients like to eat so they will enjoy their meal plans.” Neylan said that he believes it is important to cater to those with diabetes. “It’s a real problem,” Neylan said. “People are diagnosed every day, thousands of people, diagnosed every day, and it’s a real issue with people and not eating right can make things worse.” From her personal experience, Duke said that Neylan’s meals are not only healthy, but delicious. “Chef Mike goes out of his way to make healthy food taste delicious,” Duke said. “I’ve tried some of his meals and they are really good. Hiring a personal chef can be a great way to help you stick with a nutrition plan.”
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THIS IS VEGAN LENTIL chili that Chef Mike cooked. He can cook for people with a variety of dietary needs.
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CHEF MIKE COOKED SALISBURY steak for a client. He said he tailors meals to people’s tastes and needs.
Tucson Reptile & Amphibian Show & Sale Tucson Expo Center Irvington BTW Palo Verde & Alvernon
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NEWS | STEM WOMEN
Four UA women selected for inaugural class of AAAS ambassadors BY ANA TERESA ESPINOZA @anaespi2405
Four out of the 125 women chosen to represent The American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN ambassadors program are from the University of Arizona. Jessie Rack, Earyn McGee, Erika Hamden and Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil were awarded this honor and will work with middle school girls to interest the young girls in STEM fields. The program aids women in sharing their stories on a national platform. It also lets them meet other women in science, technology, engineering and math. The women honored come from various backgrounds and do their research in different fields. Rack is currently a coordinator for the UA Community and School Garden Program and already spends time with K12 kids. She does garden projects where they conduct research while also having fun by playing in the dirt. “I work with schoolgirls and I think what I most want them to see is that being a scientist isn’t one thing,” Rack said.“It’s not like just reading books all day. I think [people] get the sense that maybe science is just like you’re in a lab where you’re reading boring stuff all day and it’s not. It’s super dynamic and it looks 100 different ways.” These scientists agree that representation in the field is long overdue and said that they are happy to be a part of the program. “Science is infinite. There’s never going to be a point in time that’s like ‘oh we’ve answered all the questions,’” said McGee, a natural resources doctoral student. “There are people who may think that but then you take a step back and ask, who are the people asking all the questions? and do they have the potential or experiences to answer all those questions?” The ambassadors program was launched in May by Lyda Hill Philanthropies and was created to further women in STEM fields. Feeling like a fake These women are an example of perseverance in a historically maledominated field. Hamden, an assistant astronomy professor who also works in the Steward Observatory as an assistant astronomer, said that women are being systematically pushed out of STEM fields and that before women make a change, they need to realize that the problem is not with them but rather the system, and the sooner
as that it’s realized, the easier it will be to break down the barriers. “A lot of girls feel Imposter’s Syndrome, and that takes a structural problem because they feel unwelcome and it turns into a personal problem, but they can’t do anything about that; it has to be a structural change,” Hamden said. “Here’s what’s going to happen, and if you know about them, then you can learn how to tackle them.” Imposter Syndrome, in which a person doubts the legitimacy of their accomplishments and feels like they are really a fraud, is also something McGee said she identified with. Being one of, if not the only black woman in the room, often leads her to feel like her accomplishments may be underappreciated. “Often times, I feel like I’m being tokenized because at times it feels like my accomplishments don’t mean as much, almost like I’m filling a quota. Like ‘oh, you’re just the person that was lucky enough to get picked,’” McGee said. “I guess fellowshipping with other black students, I find and meeting with them and seeing that we have almost the same experiences has helped me out.” Early Inspiration Rack recalls watching a film when she was young where she saw a female scientist and naturally, she thought “Oh, I’ll do that.” “It was a movie in the ‘90s with Sean Connery,” Rack said, “There was a lady scientist and she was a biochemist searching for the cure for cancer in the Amazon Forest. I was like, ‘You could do that?’” She remembers telling people that she would be a biochemist searching for the cure for cancer in the Amazon Rainforest and, although she ultimately didn’t do that, it inspired her enough to be curious and look for answers in the environment around her. McGee and Hamden said they did not have set role models but being a scientist was something they wanted to since they were little and the people in their life always encouraged them to do it. “My mom never said ‘I don’t know why you want to do that so you shouldn’t,’ it was more like ‘I don’t know why you want to do this but go ahead and do what interests you,’” McGee said. Hamden has a background in science as both her parents are scientists. “My parents never pushed me into it but rather it was something I just always felt like doing,” Hamden said.
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EARYN NICOLE MCGEE, A senior Doctoral student at the University of Arizona, was recently named as a 2019 AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador. The platform used to increase visibility of women in STEM careers.
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JESSIE RACK, A PROGRAM coordinator for the Supporting Environmental Education and Communities program at the University of Arizona, was recently named as a 2019 AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador. The platform used to increase visibility of women in STEM careers.
She recalled wanting to be an astronaut and that is what ultimately sparked her interest in astrophysics. Research titans McGee is an ecologist who has done some work on studying lizard diets and is doing an Instagram scavenger hunt called #FindThatLizard, where she shows a picture of a hidden lizard and shares information about lizards to make it fun and informational at the same time. She’s also doing a literature review on barriers that women of color face in STEM fields and addresses how it’s important
to represent these groups. She said black people tend to live off natural resources but with little to no representation, and so they don’t have a say in how those resources are distributed. ”I’m doing a literature review to look at the barriers that prevent black women from entering and staying in natural resources careers. Women are severely underrepresented,” McGee said. “It’s important to increase representation — not just for the sake of representation, but also because there are black people who use and
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depend on natural resources.” Rack’s main interests have always been helping her environment and asking scientific questions to further understand the things she saw. However, recently her job has focused mainly on community outreach and getting kids excited about science. “So I love science a lot, obviously, and I love research, but I think I like talking about it more than doing it,” Rack said, “So I help kids do research projects and I get them to figure out their own thing and do little experiments.” Mutlu-Pakdil is an astrophysicist that not only discovered a new form of galaxy, but has one named after her. Currently, she works at the Steward Observatory as a postdoctoral research associate and is a 2018 TED Fellow. Hamden is an astronomer who, like MutluPakdil, gave a TED Talk where she talked about her success and failure in science. Her project was the faint intergalactic-medium red-shifted emission balloon, also known as FIRE-Ball, which her team launched September 2018, but the balloon had a hole in it and the telescope crash landed back to earth, a reminder that science requires the resilience to fail. “The job of a scientist is to fail every day. A lot of people don’t feel like they have room to do that,” Hamden said.
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DR. ERIKA HAMDEN, AN astrophysicist at the University of Arizona, was recently named as a 2019 AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador. The platform used to increase visibility of women in STEM careers.
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BURCIN MUTLU PADKILL, A Ted Fellow and astrophysicist at the UA who discovered “Burcin’s Galaxy,” was recently awarded the AAAS ambassadorship to serve as a role model for youths interested in STEM careers.
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NEWS | CYCLIST DANGER
UA cyclists worry about dangerous road BY LAUREN BOOKWALTER @laurenbookwalt1
After a deadly bike crash early September in Madera Canyon, some cyclists at the University of Arizona are feeling the weight on their shoulders. Some blame the carelessness of motorists, while others blame the infrastructure on campus and throughout Tucson. Joey Iuliano, a graduate student studying geography and urban planning and the captain of the cycling team on campus, said he believes that the dangerous dilemma between cars and cyclists has to do with several issues, starting with the carelessness of drivers around town. Iuliano said there are multiple places on campus where cars will pull into the bike lane to unload students without taking into consideration the cyclists making their way around campus. “I talked to a woman earlier this morning about parking in the bike lane,” Iuliano said. “She got out of her car and screamed bloody murder at me because she refused to move her car because she didn’t see what the issue was. That’s the mind shift we have to do and the only way is to have a person in uniform say the unloading zone is here and it is a dedicated space for cyclists.” Tucson was considered the 24th best city for biking last year by Bicycling Magazine. There are bike lanes throughout the city as well as outside of Tucson. However, Iuliano thinks that these additions do not make Tucson completely bike friendly. “There is still a long way to go,” Iuliano said. “Right now, I’d say we have seven miles total of protected bike lanes where we have thousands and thousands of paved roads.” According to the website visittucson.org, there are at least 131 miles of car-free trails in the Tucson area known as The Loop. Iuliano said that Tucson is still not as safe as it could be, even on campus. He made examples of Park Avenue and University Boulevard, saying that Park Avenue has parts of the road unequipped for biking, with several parts of the road lacking a bike lane. This forces cyclists into the motorist traffic, hoping that drivers will see them. Another example is the congested intersection of Helen Street and Mountain Avenue. Iuliano claimed that it is an unsafe area for pedestrians and cyclists alike with its crowded crosswalk and bike path. In addition to the congestion and lack of bike lanes, the paved road is unsatisfactory to Iuliano, as it is often littered with debris that poses the threat of damaged tires. “There is a lot of inherent favoritism towards people in cars because the vast majority of our infrastructure is set up that way,” Iuliano said. “It’s a huge paradigm shift to get traffic engineers and urban planners to shift from ‘Well, we just have to build it to move as many people and cars as we can to this intersection,’ to understanding that it’s not about just moving cars, but it’s about moving people as quickly and efficiently as possible. That means on bike, on foot, on transit, a whole host of mode options.” Iuliano claimed that although there is a shift toward this direction, the number of comments on articles about cyclist fatalities say otherwise. In addition, there are Facebook pages like the Picture Rocks Watchful Warriors page that are dedicated to sharing hate speech towards cyclists. “Paintball guns are very effective,” a member of the Facebook page said. “You can see the visceral hate that people will post,” Iuliano said. “It is unreal what other people will say about someone who got hurt while walking or riding.”
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A STUDENT CYCLING ALONG Fremont street by the Honors Village. Cyclists on the road are in conflict with UAPD over different rules they have to abide by.
Smartphones, in Iuliano’s opinion, have also added to the danger. Cameron Beard, a junior nutritional science student and director sportif for the cycling team, agreed with Iuliano. Beard said he has been hit once by a car and that he has met several other people who have been hit as well. Beard is from Bend, Ore. and compared Tucson’s bike friendly atmosphere to his hometown. He feels it is safe to ride within Tucson but that the farther a cyclist moves from the area, the more dangerous it becomes. Along with the danger of cell phones, Beard feels there should be more repercussions toward drivers who get into the bike lane and the green box in front of traffic lights. He believes this will control the problem better. “I’d say most times when a cyclist gets hit by a car, it’s the driver’s fault,” Beard said. “I haven’t seen a time where it was the cyclist’s fault.” Beard also mentioned that there are many people that are afraid of cyclists, often being afraid to pass them and creating a line of cars. Shelby Rae Hoglund, Graduate student in the environmental science department confirmed this. Hoglund said there are three different populations in Tucson: the bike friendly community, those scared of bikes and those that hate cyclists. Hoglund said she did not tell her coworkers and acquaintances that she is a cyclist because of the hate she receives from other people. She finds that drivers generalize cyclists as people who take up space and don’t follow the rules. She also chooses to ride alone rather than with people. “I think that people that don’t have connections to people that ride a bike to commute seem more apathetic about it,” Hoglund said. Hoglund said she has been hit by cars twice. Both times the drivers did not face any repercussions. So has Spencer Ciammitti, a junior molecular and cellular biology student.
Ciammitti said he was in an accident just this past summer that caused him to have a phobia of riding a bike for a few months. “It was rough for a good two months,” Ciammitti said. Right now, Ciammitti is going through a legal battle with the driver that hit him. Unless the cyclist wants to prosecute the driver on their own terms, Ciammitti believes that there are no repercussions for motorists unless they break traffic laws, or it was intentional. “I think it more of cycling is somewhat new in American culture,” Ciammitti said. “In Europe, it’s completely different. There is a mutual respect for cars and bikes. In the U.S., it seems there is a bigger aspect of a nuisance and [cyclists] should get out of the road.” Ciammitti gave the example of an incident that occured a couple weeks ago. There is a mass bike ride that occurs every Saturday, and during one of these, a driver pulled up next to the cyclists and threw thumb tacks out his window. “It proves that he knew we were going to be there, so he had thumb tacks available to throw,” Ciammitti said. “Why? That’s my question. We’re not purposefully trying to disrupt traffic or anything. Most of us follow the rules of the road.” Ciammitti agreed with Iuliano that there is an infrastructure problem in Tucson. He felt the city could do better than it has been doing, citing a bill that has been proposed to raise taxes for better infrastructure. The bill proposes a slight raise in taxes for better roads. Ciammitti believes that the increase in taxes would benefit people in Tucson since there are so many cyclists. But for now, many cyclists still believe the roads pose threats to their safety. “There is a saying with people who ride,” Iuliano said, “where if you want to kill someone and get away with it, kill them in a car while they’re on a bike because you probably won’t get anything.”
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