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Arizona may very well go blue in Nov. Polls show Arizona may vote to elect a Democrat for pres. BY RANDALL ECK @reck999
Bill Clinton is the only democratic presidential candidate to turn Arizona blue in the past 64 years. Hillary Clinton, according to some experts, may become the second. Arizona was a conservative, southern Democratic state before Barry Goldwater’s unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1964, according to Barbara Norrander, a professor at the School of Government and Public Policy. Goldwater is responsible for building up the Republican party’s dominance that has lasted ever
since, according to Norrander. Arizona Democrats enjoyed a period of populist support under two-term governor Janet Napolitano, said Dino Kadich, secretary general of UA’s Model UN and a geography sophomore, but they have suffered in the state since. For the first time since her husband won the state during his reelection campaign, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats have a chance to turn Arizona blue, and Kadich believes they will. Clinton has a two percentage point lead over Donald Trump with 11 percent of likely voters supporting a third party candidate, according to the most recent Arizona poll from Oct. 6, sponsored by Emerson College. The Clinton campaign designated Arizona a competitive state and subsiquently sent a team of staffers
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to Arizona to strengthen her ground campaign, according to Kadich. The campaign also vowed to spend thousands of dollars on advertising. Arizonans may have already seen her “Role Models” ad that began airing around the nation. It shows children watching some of Trump’s incendiary comments. Kadich said Trump, who may have to defend Arizona, plans on flooding the airwaves before the election, which historically inspires voter turnout. Many factors put Arizona’s traditionally conservative voting record in to question this presidential election, Norrander said. One Arizona, an organization that tracks and encourages Latino voting, predicts over one million Latinos will be eligible to vote and will make up one-fifth of the voters this election, with the numbers
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expecting to climb. An increased Latino turnout would change the composition of the electorate and shift it in favor of the Democrats, according to Norrander. Kadich said Democrats have been attempting to increase historically low Latino turnout in the state with well-organized voter registration campaigns. One Arizona, a “nonpartisan coalition led by 14 grassroots organizations supports family values that are truly inclusive of all people, regardless of race, economic status, gender, reproductive choices, or sexual preference,” according to the organization’s website, reported a five-fold increase in Latino turnout in Phoenix’s most recent mayoral election from 2011.
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Tucson has seen about 10 distracted driving motor vehicle accidents directly related to Pokémon Go. UA researchers are looking into how similar apps have the potential to increase the number of accidents BY ALEXANDER GONZALEZ @DailyWildcat
Since the app Pokémon Go was released in July, researchers across the country have started to analyze how attention consuming games such as Pokémon Go have the potential to cause an increased number of accidents. Pokémon Go, the most downloaded app ever in its opening week, was originally created to promote healthy activity among its players. It enticed its players to look for Pokémon using real-world landmarks and to grow as trainers. Now, some researchers believe the increased adoption of technology and smartphones can lead to higher numbers of distraction-related traffic collisions. Dr. Bellal Joseph and Dr. David Armstrong, both practicing surgeons and researchers in the UA College of Medicine, were intrigued as to how Pokémon Go contributed to distractionrelated accidents after the game’s release. Joseph is an associate professor and the UA vice chair of knowledge expansion and Armstrong is professor in biomedical engineering and public health. “Distracted driving is a very big issue right now—whether it be texting and driving or gaming and playing,” Joseph said. “It is almost replacing alcohol as the
number one reason for motor vehicle accidents.” Tucson alone had about 10 cases that were directly influenced by Pokémon Go, according to Joseph, but this isn’t a solely local issue—it’s a national one, as well. The use of mobile devices while operating a vehicle is an issue that has been recognized by past studies, according to Joseph. He said the detection of this behavior has not gone unrecognized and is being addressed thanks to the efforts of the Banner University Medical Center levelone Trauma Center which alongside the Student Union Memorial Center, launched an inter-prevention program that has led to the creation of signage reminding students to be responsible drivers. “There is no way we can stop people from texting and driving. As it is, we have laws against it and people still do it,” said Lauren Jacobson, a senior studying English and Pokémon Go player. “It’s impossible and people are going to do what they want to do essentially. If people are going to play Pokémon Go while they are driving and endanger themselves and others, unfortunately, I don’t think there is much we can do to stop them.” Jacobson said this game is not designed to be played in the car and that certain features such
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Joseph said this problem impacts both people who actively play Pokémon Go and those who do not. Joseph said studies like these demonstrate the reliance everyone has on technology, but they also show the unfortunate dangers that come with it.
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InnovateUA has been hard at work this semester encouraging students to pursue new and creative pathways to entrepreneurship. “I got involved with InnovateUA because I didn’t necessarily have a community when I started at the UA and I found the events I was at to be really exciting to understand how my ideas could be taken to the next level,” said prebuisness sophomore and community director of InnovateUA Robert Johnson. “I wanted to build that community with them because I saw how important it was for me personally.” Johnson, who oversees InnovateUA’s events said he pushes its mission of fostering the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship campuswide and would encourage students of all majors to get involved. Johnson said when he was first introduced to InnovateUA, he was inspired by the people around him that were working through and advertising this process. “There’s no other place campus-wide that you are able to have your idea and build it out with all the different resources we offer,” Johnson said. Justin Williams, founder, chairman and CEO of Startup Tucson and an InnovateUA cofounder and executive director, said since it was established in 2014, the vision was always to have a student-run initiative. Students will start pitching their ideas to InnovateUA’s annual Pitchfest, this week according to Williams. Pitchfest is a nationwide competition where students compete to win up to $1,000 by submitting a video ranging from 30 seconds to three minutes detailing their idea. Pitches can be submitted online to one of many different problem-solving categories including health, mobile apps, tech and hardware and more.
Jasmine Sears, a sixth year optical sciences Ph.D. student and the operating director for InnovateUA, said she got involved with during the first Pitchfest she attended, where she won one of the categories. “At the end of the Pitchfest program, which lasts about a month, we take all the pitches, review them and award prizes at the end,” Williams said. “Then we invite everyone who did that to continue on in a series of programs throughout the rest of the school year.” Sears said the types of skills students develop can help them in areas outside the business realm, too. An example situation she gave was if students ever wanted to apply for grant money. “The universal benefit of participating is that employers desperately want students to become their employees who have these kinds of skills,” Williams said. Melissa Vito, senior vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and senior vice provost of Academic Initiatives and Student Success said InnovateUA is comprised of groups of students from all academic areas. “InnovateUA pulls students together around ideas, issues and ways to solve problems that lead to unique businesses on campus,” Vito said. Over the course of last year, Williams said several thousand students participated in different InnovateUA programs, with the largest ones being Pitchfest, Hack Arizona and TEDx UA. Stipends from InnovateUA’s budget can be awarded as prize money to students at the end of the year. In addition, the Perkins Coie LLP Law Firm donates $10,000 toward prize money for students participating in InnovateUA, according to Williams. “There are a lot of different opportunities to do what you want to do and help change the world in the ways you want it to change,” Williams said.
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Reid Park Zoo announces UA partnership BY MARISSA HEFFERNAN @_mheffernan
UA students will not only have the option to study at the new UA School of Veterinary Medicine, but will also have the opportunity to work with diverse animals at Reid Park Zoo, thanks to a new partnership with the UA. The zoo will break ground on a new $3.8 million Animal Health Center in December, Reid Park Zoo Administrator Jason Jacobs said at Friday’s 2016 ZOOcson event. It should be an 11-month project with the architecture company Swaim Associates, LTD., as long as there are no unexpected delays. “Once you start digging, you never know what you’ll find,” Jacobs said. The planning for the collaboration first began in November of 2013, but really got started in the spring of 2014 according to Jacobs. The current Reid Park Zoo Animal Health Center was built in 1978 and is only 3,000 square-feet. At the end of the project, the zoo will have a new 10,000 squarefoot building with state-of-the-art equipment. Also included will be two rooms capable of housing up to four people. Those rooms are intended for UA juniors and seniors studying exotic and diverse animals, allowing them to actually live and work in the center on a rotating basis.
Shane Burgess, vice president of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and interim dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, said this collaboration will benefit both the UA and the zoo. “Our partnership with the zoo has been blossoming the past couple of years,” Burgess said. “The zoo is critical to us. It’s key for us to be able to attract the very best people in the world to come out here.” Chief philanthropy officer of Reid Park Zoo and a UA alumna Diana Whitman was also excited about the new center, along with the students that will be working there. “When you look at the old health center—this will make a big difference,” Whitman said. “It will be a real pleasure. This project is big for our animals—our animals need that kind of care.” Dr. Alexis Moreno, chief veterinarian at Reid Park Zoo and a UA alumna agreed with Whitman, saying that this partnership will present students with a great opportunity to gain experience in a difficult field. “The zoo will get a lot of exposure, as will students,” Moreno said. “In the zoo medicine field it’s all about getting your feet wet, and getting in the door. This will show students what it’s all about.” Earlier at the ZOOcson event, Moreno auctioned off two “Zoo Vet
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If these trends remain consistent, this will give Democrats an advantage in future Arizona elections, according to Norrander. Arizona’s conservatives are divided into different groups, one being the Libertarians, Norrander said. The Libertarian faction of the conservative majority in Arizona may choose to vote for Gary Johnson if they are not happy with Trump. With Johnson already polling more than seven percent in Arizona, a repeat of the 1996 spoiler caused by Ross Perot, could hand Arizona’s electoral votes to Clinton, according to Norrander. Lauren McCarthy, a regional director for the Gary Johnson campaign, said Arizona will not go blue this election. She noted Johnson will not spoil Arizona for Trump because Johnson is drawing more votes from former Clinton supporters than Trump supporters. Arizona has a significant Mormon population and Trump’s comments on Mitt Romney have lowered his favorability among Mormon voters. Norrander said this was evident in his poor results in the Utah primary. Trump polls poorly with wealthy
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JONATHAN SPRINKLE POURS HIMSELF A margarita through a lit ice sculpture during ZOOscon 2016 at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson on Friday, Oct. 14. Dr. Shane Burgess, UA vice president for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension announced at the event a $350,000 donation allowing the university and zoo to break ground on a new animal health sciences center.
for a Day” packages to help raise money for the zoo. Amid the cheers that followed the two $20,000 final bids, she told the crowd why she had chosen to get into the field.
college-educated Republicans, Kadich said. Many Maricopa County voters fall in this demographic and may harm Trump’s chances in the state. A poor performance by Trump in the state could also hurt McCain’s senate reelection chances according to his campaign. Norrander said McCain is less likely to be impacted by a Clinton landslide than other downballot candidates because he is a well-known incumbent and can be more easily separated from Trump by voters. McCain recently withdrew his support for the Republican nominee in light of an audio recording containing vulgar comments about women alluding to sexual assault. McCain released a statement saying he could not vote for a candidate who disrespects a majority of the electorate. FiveThirtyEight, and election forecast and data journalism site, placed Clinton’s chance of winning Arizona this election season at 51.4 percent as of Oct. 15 and marked Arizona as one of 14 states to watch this election. Even with changing demographics, Arizona could remain a red state in the future, Norrander said, as demographics are constantly changing. A few elections ago, Latino voters were up for
Moreno said with the new partnership between UA and Reid Park Zoo, more students will get to pursue their passions. “I get to wake up, then come here
and play with the lions, and then the elephants,” Moreno said. “Yes, play. Don’t get me wrong, I’m practicing veterinary medicine, but I’m also doing what I love.”
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grabs, but currently, Latinos’ increasing voter share provides Democrats with an advantage. Republicans could attract those votes by bringing forward new policies, Norrander said.
She added the national divide between urban and rural voters could come in to play in Arizona. In this dynamic election cycle and the near future, whether Arizona will turn blue remains to be seen.
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Santa Claus is driving around A University of Arizona Police Department officer was patrolling an area near Fourth Street and Cherry Avenue on Oct. 5 and was flagged down by a man who said that in the last 24 hours his wife had been approached by the same man twice. The officer went to visit the man’s wife at her work at the Student Union Memorial Center. The woman said that the night before she had been cleaning the restaurant she worked at prior to closing when she saw a man sitting at one of the tables nearby. The man did not speak to her, but he continued to sit at the table using a laptop. That morning, the woman was driving to work and was in the left turn lane of an intersection when a car pulled up next to her on her passenger side. The driver yelled to the woman to roll down her window, but she didn’t. The woman then heard the driver yell at her, “Santa Claus wants to talk to you.” The woman looked over and saw that the man driving that car looked similar to the man she had seen in the Student Union the night before. The woman did not know the man and had not seen him before these incidents. The officer told the woman to talk to UAPD if the man came back to her workplace again. Cooking all day A resident assistant at Babcock Residence Hall flagged down UAPD officers on Oct. 7 about a man, later identified as a UA student, who walked through the Babcock parking lot and was believed to have marijuana on him. A resident assistant had seen a man near the Warren Tunnel grab several items from the ground and then walk back to the residence hall. When the residence assistant approached the area, it smelled like marijuana and no one else was nearby. The RA pointed out the man, and officers saw him enter a communal kitchen. Officers spoke to the man and noticed that he smelled like marijuana and had a glassy look in his eyes. When asked about the marijuana, the man said he couldn’t smell any and that he had been cooking all day and had not left campus. The officer had seen the man walking in the parking lot and asked him about it and he said he “had just been walking in the area.” The officer asked the man what was in his pockets and the man said it was his wallet and cigarettes, though he said he had not been smoking. The officer got a search warrant approved and found a small clear glass pipe containing marijuana residue in a bowl and found containers holding marijuana buds in the man’s pocket. The man was taken to Pima County Jail and booked for possession of Marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
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How can you prevent yourself from doing sexual things when you are drinking? In other words, preventing the urge to do things even though you know it’s not safe. Realizing that things may not be working out the way you want is a good first step. For most individuals who drink, the difference between a fun night out with friends and a night of regrets comes down to one thing – dosage. Light or moderate drinkers tend to enjoy more of the benefits of alcohol (social, fun, relaxing) and less of the things most of us try to avoid (regrets, blackouts, hangovers). Even more seriously, heavy drinking is associated with higher rates of unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexual assault. In weighing your own experiences with alcohol, you may decide – like the 38% of UA students who abstain from alcohol – that drinking has more costs than benefits. If you do choose to drink, however, there are several basic strategies to help you manage your alcohol use:
1. If you drink, have a plan.
Set a limit on how many drinks you will have, count until you get there, then stop. Drink on a full stomach, know the alcohol content of your drink and have a sober designated driver.
2. Stick with friends you know and trust.
If you feel uncomfortable in a particular setting, let your friends know you want to leave. Trust your instincts. If you see something that doesn’t look right, speak up and step up to help someone in need.
3. Get consent and practice safer sex.
Mixing sex and alcohol can be risky, especially if you are not in a consensual, mutually monogamous relationship. If someone is incapable of giving consent due to drug or alcohol use, forced sexual acts are considered sexual assault, punishable under Arizona state law.
In summary, remember to control the things you can and take ownership of your actions: where you drink, who you drink with and how much you drink. All of these factors are entirely up to you. To talk to someone about your concerns, contact Counseling & Psych Services (CAPS) at (520) 621-3334 or go to health.arizona.edu for more information.
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t’s a noble deed trying to play devil’s advocate when you feel that a legitimate view is not given the respect it deserves. But sometimes that view is shown to be so categorically undependable that playing devil’s advocate is morally impermissible. The defenders of the Donald Trump presidential campaign have reached that moment. Recently, Trump has shown that he is categorically unfit to be the President of the United States of America and I can no longer, in good conscious, play devil’s advocate for this presidential campaign. An audio recording was recently leaked of Trump discussing how he would sometimes kiss and grope women without even asking them. Current Vice President Joe Biden called the actions Trump described as “textbook sexual assault.” If you haven’t heard the audio, I should warn you that coarse language is used and the subject matter is mature in nature. Trump’s behavior was not simple “locker room talk” as he called it. There is such a thing as locker room talk, and that’s not what Trump engaged in when that so-called “hot mic” picked up his words 11 years ago. Locker room talk is light-hearted, coarse language. Locker room talk is candid discussions about consensual sexual activity. It’s a private conversation where friends can talk and joke about generally taboo subjects without the potential of accidentally offending anyone. Locker room talk is not bragging about sexually assaulting people, nor is it about reducing people to sexual objects. Two women, Jessica Leeds and
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Rachel Crooks, have since come forward following the release of the recording accusing Trump of exactly the kind of behavior he was bragging about back in 2005. Both women have reported unwanted sexual advances by Trump. These reports confirm that Trump’s behavior was more than just mere talk. What’s more, as Leeds’s story will attest, is that Trump has been engaged in activities like this for at
least 36 years. I understand that this election has been an extremely divisive race. I understand that many Americans are upset with the status quo that is the federal government, and I understand that many are distrustful of Hillary Clinton. What is difficult to understand is how someone can still support Trump in light of recent events. I cannot understand how someone can look at this behavior
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and believe that he is fit to be Commander-in-Chief. What’s more perplexing is how people can make excuses for his irresponsible actions. Trump is so unjustifiable as a candidate that those who still support him cannot even claim to do so out of party loyalty, as droves of Republicans have been quick to pull their support from the Trump train. This includes Arizona Sen. John McCain, who was a Republican
presidential nominee himself. There are few arguments that could be made in favor of Trump and none can be made to justify his objectification and treatment of women. While the benefit of the doubt can often serve the truth and help reveal a candidate’s true character, Trump revealed his 11 years ago and no longer deserves any benefit of the doubt. He certainly won’t receive mine.
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The importance of UA’s Guerrero Student Center works at one of campus’ many cultural centers, the Guerrero Student Center, as the graduate assistant community facilitator. Duarte told me about the Guerrero Center’s goals, campus presence and the discrimination students associated with the center face at UA.
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dentity is important. It’s what we chose to define ourselves by—the essence of our background. However, identity is not something that is static or frozen. Our identities evolve, morph and mutate based on life experiences, beliefs or goals. Identity can be difficult to understand, especially for a college student who is experiencing life on their own for the first time. It might be extremely difficult to hold on to an identity, or to let an identity go that you’ve lived with for many years. Understanding one’s identity is an important process that people go through in their lives. Some of us are born understanding of our identity; others learn about their identity as they evolve and grow as students and humans, and others might not even know how to learn or further understand their own identity. Once in a while, I like to talk about resources on campus that many people might not know exist. I recently overheard someone complaining about not having cultural connections on campus, and not being able to fully identify with things or people on campus. Many UA students are not aware that our campus houses many centers that work toward creating a sense of community. These centers include African American Student Affairs, Asian Pacific American Student Affairs, the Guerrero Student Center, LGBTQ Affairs, Native American Student Affairs and the Women’s Resource Center among others. All of these groups have one main goal in mind—to work toward raising social consciousness and creating an inclusive environment on campus for all students. Manuel Luis Duarte, an M.A. candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher Education,
campus, and how can they become involved? Yes, events are open to anyone and everyone, as we encourage all students to immerse themselves into our culturally affirming programs. Students can always come to the Center at any time during business hours to study or socialize. They can apply to be a part of the programming leadership board. They can sign up for our listserv, where they would get announcements for what is going on with the Center or any other important campus messages. We also have student workers who help run the front desk.
What is the mission of the Guerrero Student Center? The mission is to support students to achieve academic and personal excellence by shaping a safe and inclusive campus environment through culturally affirming programs and events that cultivate a sense of We as a belonging, build community, campus need encourage critical reflection and develop students to focus on how as learners, leaders, we approach social professionals and engaged justice issues...” citizens.
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What are some of the biggest issues that students who are active in the Guerrero Center experience on campus, in terms of the campus climate in regards to social justice? I would say that some of the biggest concerns that our What do your —Manuel Luis students have with campus is responsibilities at the Duarte, the ability to show their identity getting negative Guerrero Student Center Guerrero Center without reactions. We have students include? graduate assistant that are afraid to speak Spanish My position duties community facilitator for fear of being looked down include working closely on or for fear of being mocked. with the organizations What we as a center give them and clubs associated with is a space where they can be the Center, managing the comfortable with themselves, be comfortable Center’s Programming Leadership Board with speaking Spanish, be able to share stories of undergraduate interns, maintaining with people who might have similar stories. the Center calendar, organizing programs That’s what we as a center try to cultivate—to and events and creating community with really give them a space where they can be undergraduate students. comfortable, be at home, and not be scared of any type of negative comments. In what ways can the Guerrero Student Center motivate and encourage students? What are some times when students have felt It gives students a place where they can like they are not being properly represented establish networks and build community. or acknowledged on campus? It has made me more culturally aware of We have instances when the Border Patrol my own culture and has opened my eyes to [is] on campus, whether it be for a job fair, or microaggressions and lots of issues within sometimes they’re just parked out on the [UA] social justice. Mall. And I know that a lot of those moments have been triggering for some students because Is the Center opened to all students on
we have students who have family that has been taken away and torn apart completely by Border Patrol. And so seeing the Border Patrol displaying themselves on campus is a reminder of hurtful history. A lot of students just feel scared and hurt that something like that would be allowed on campus. This might not be the intentions of campus officials who allow them on campus, but they also don’t take into consideration the fact that we have students who go through this. We might have students that went through it this past weekend. I think as a campus, we have to [be] mindful that just because we as individuals don’t go through something doesn’t mean others don’t. How do cultural centers help these students? Cultural resource centers give students a place to be able to speak to people who do understand where they are coming from, whenever they feel like they are not being heard or represented by the larger campus. We as a campus need to focus on how we approach social justice issues, in a sense, that we don’t just look at our own culture but all the cultures within our campus and have solidarity. As a collective group, we can be stronger. As a cultural center, we try to program with other centers and involve different others, to find common ground, to be educated, and have an area or place on campus where one can find community and commonalities, a place where they can find students and staff who are open to having them here. We’re open to having new students all the time. It’s important for students to find a place where they feel welcomed. Culture is a huge part of our identity, and is something that we can lose touch of while living in a new place, with new responsibilities. It is important to acknowledge cultural centers on campus and how their missions can benefit students who are struggling to find themselves while in college. Students can turn to cultural centers not only to help them become more aware of their own culture, but of others as well.
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Marana Pumpkin Patch continues to grow BY ISAAC ANDREWS @isaacandone
Six years into the Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival, the excitement grows almost as quickly as the corn. Since its opening, the festival’s size and attractions have grown significantly. “I started this in 2011 after visiting some other pumpkin patches, and I just thought, you know, I could do this,” said Jon Post, owner of Post Farms and the Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival. “I already have a farm, so I knew I could grow the pumpkins, and I wanted to offer more entertainment than just going out and picking pumpkins.” The festival has a long list of attractions this year, including train rides, cart and wagon rides, pig races, rubber duck races, a petting zoo, pumpkin cannons, jumping pillows and a large straw mountain. There are two huge corn mazes—one is shaped like a tractor with the words “Post Farms” carved into the path, and the other features Linus from the “Peanuts” cartoon with a sign that reads “Welcome Great Pumpkin.” “Last year, parking was a huge nightmare because we ran out,” Post said. “So I made the parking lot quite a bit bigger, that’s one of the biggest things, for me anyway.” Post grows Bermuda grass in the parking field during the part of the year that he doesn’t use it for parking. “A lot of things have gotten bigger,” said Diane Vennard, an employee at the pumpkin patch. “The face painting is all new, I don’t think they had pony rides last year. It just keeps growing, every time I come, there’s something new.” Vennard enjoys the fresh air and family atmosphere of the festival. She works at the patch alongside her son-in-law, who drives one of the train rides and her daughter, who works at the ticket booth.
The festival provides employment for many people during the month of October. Kelton Brice is working his second year at the pumpkin patch. “I just like the atmosphere, everyone is pretty friendly and it’s kind of like a big family,” Brice said. The festival offers special discounts for children under 32 inches, with free admittance and for field trips. Oct. 5 was Special Needs Day, which included free admittance for special needs classes. “It’s all about fall festival,” Post said. None of the events are oriented around the Halloween holiday, though—Post said he wanted to give attendees the classic hometown pumpkin patch feel. “We have a lot of transplants in Tucson from other areas,” Post said, “They just don’t have that good fall feeling, and so that’s what I want to try to offer.” Marco Arredondo is a middle school teacher who brought his wife and kids out for their first visit. “We haven’t been here before, but we’ve heard great things,” Arredondo said. “The first thing that the kids saw was this bouncy thing, so that’s the first thing that we went to. Now we’ve got to move on because we’ve only got until 7 p.m.” The Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival is open from Oct. 1 to Oct. 30, Monday through Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Over 50 acres of homegrown pumpkins are available for picking at $0.50 per pound. “This year will be our first year that we are going to do a Christmas event,” Post said. “We’ll have a light display on about 2,500 feet of the 4,500 feet of train track that we have.” This Christmas extravaganza will be lit from Dec. 9 to Dec. 23, and will include festive decorations and live Christmas music. Tickets for Christmas on the Farm are limited and only available for $10 per person during the Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival.
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FAMILIES SEARCH FOR THE perfect pumpkin at the Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival on Saturday, Oct. 8.
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A YOUNG GIRL HOLDS tight to a premature pumpkin at the Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival on Saturday, Oct. 8.
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A FATHER AND HIS daughter shoot pumpkins out of a cannon at a truck at the Marana Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival on Saturday, Oct. 8.
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PIGS AT THE MARANA Pumpkin Patch and Farm Festival take a lunch break on Saturday, Oct. 8.
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Q&A BY VICTORIA PEREIRA @vguardie917
From playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in a just-for-fun play that became a YouTube sensation, to embodying the future Prince Harry with the Arizona Theatre Company, Dylan Saunders’ short acting career has been quite extensive and varied. StarKid Productions was the team of creative University of Michigan students that took the internet by storm with streamable musicals including “A Very Potter Musical,” “Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier” and “Starship.” Saunders has been part of this team since it began in 2009. Saunders, who currently plays Prince Harry in ATC’s “King Charles III,” sat down with the Daily Wildcat to talk about his time in the desert, the beginnings of StarKid and his bonds with fellow “King Charles” cast members.
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you refer to them as the StarKid team because they’re just some of my best friends. That’s like saying are you still involved with your college friends, you know? StarKid’s such a funny beast— it’ll always exist in some form because it’ll always be online. It’s basically project to project—we get approached to do the shows that we want to do and if it works with people’s schedules, it’s kind of like that’s how it’s always been.
So have you been with StarKid from the beginning? Yes, I have been involved since the beginning. The guys who write all of the books for all of the scripts are some of the most talented comedy writers I’ve ever met. They are who approached me first about doing it and I always tell people it’s so bizarre to me that StarKid exists in the way that it does, in a certain sense, because it was a complete DW: So you were recently in ATC’s accident from day one. We taped the very first show that performance of “King Charles III” in Tucson and are now performing we did, which was “A Very Potter the show in Phoenix. What made Musical” for our families, and it you come to Arizona for this show? was basically put online as an DS: I’ve been trying to do this archive. There was no intention of play since I first read it. I fell in love it going any further than that. We with it the second that I read it and thought, ‘Oh, some of our parents missed this so it I identified with the would be nice for character, and I them to be able to think it’s a really I always tell see it since a lot important story. So people it’s so of families live all I’ve been just trying to find theaters bizarre to me over the country.’ And then kind of across the country that StarKid exists instantaneously, that were producing in the way that it people were it, and Arizona was does, in a certain referring to it as a a perfect window because [it’s] really sense, because it was company. It was basically great to [its] actors a complete accident like, ‘Oh, what and it was a really from day one." company is this great window of and who are these time. I just went and what’s in and auditioned —Dylan Saunders, actors their next project?’ and it just kind of Arizona Theatre And none of those worked out. Company actor and are questions we StarKid Productions even considered You’re out here in Arizona now co-founder because, like I said, this wasn’t a goal, and have been it was an accident. taking on various So I was basically acting roles across tapped by Matt the country for the past few years, so are you still Lang, who’s one of the two writers and he said, ‘Do you want to play involved with the StarKid team? Very much so. It’s funny to hear this role of Dumbledore?’ So that was
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DYLAN SAUNDERS AND ADAM Haas Hunter in Arizona Theatre Company’s, “King Charles III.” (Photo by Jeff Smith)
kind of my first foray into it and the rest is history. It’s changed the course of my whole life—it allowed me to get my first theatrical agent, it’s been a constant source of work and entertainment and joy for me. It’s always funny—you don’t know where your life is going to take you based on little decisions that you make on the day-to-day. I mean, this is a defining moment of my whole life, this play we put up for very little money on a shoestring budget for fun. So how does StarKid Productions and working with the StarKid team differ from more traditional theater performances and crews? I think with regional theater most of the time you’re working with a director you haven’t met and a cast you haven’t met before. Right off the bat, everyone’s going in trying to scope out what the rehearsal room’s
going to be like. And then with StarKid, I imagine it must be like “Saturday Night Live” in a sense, where you’re in a format that’s very familiar with a group that’s very familiar. The trust in the work is automatically much higher. That’s still achievable [with regional theater], but the main difference I would say is that StarKid is family. It’s family first and its trust first, and it’s also people whose work I’ve seen develop over the years. Do you have a favorite role from your StarKid Productions? Yeah, probably my fondest StarKid memory on a number of levels is “Starship.” I played a guy named Tootsie Noodles [Pincer] and I doubled as one of the main villains in the show. It was our first show that we had done out of college … and it was also creating a character that didn’t exist in any kind of canon. That was the
most exciting for me and I just fell in love with these characters so fast. Do you have any advice for students here at the UA pursuing dreams in theater, film and television or any of the arts? You have to love the work. You have to love the fact that it’s hard. I think I expected that it was going to be difficult … but nothing can really prepare you for being totally on your own without a safety net. So that’s the thing that took me a second—as much as I adore the creative side of this job I also, with as much passion, have to love the business side of it. And there’s nothing wrong with that—they coexist for a reason. I think I’ll also say it’s imperative to be making your own stuff. Even if it’s just writing a pilot, or a short film or a web series, I think for the downtime when people are telling you ‘no,’ you get to create your own ‘yes.’
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Volleyball loses at Cal, still holds own fate BY NIKKI BAIM @nikkibaim22
The Arizona Wildcats volleyball team has been on a roll, defeating three straight ranked teams heading into Sunday’s matchup with California. The Golden Bears, however, put a halt to Arizona’s winning streak in five sets, winning 3-2. It was Cal’s first win over the Wildcats since 2013, according to Pac-12 Networks. The Wildcats started off sluggish and Cal took advantage of early miscues en route to a 25-22 win in the first set. Arizona recovered, efficiently picking apart the Golden Bear defense with an over .400 hitting percentage to win the second set 25-23 to regain momentum. “It’s unfortunate we weren’t prepared to play,” Arizona head coach Dave Rubio told Arizona Athletics. “There was certainly a lot at stake and we didn’t take advantage of the opportunity that was presented.” Though the Wildcats appeared to be back in control of the game, Cal never wavered and continued
to attack Arizona. The Wildcats won the third set but the Golden Bears stole the momentum in the fourth thanks to the play of middle blocker Belen Castillo. She controlled the match with 20 kills on 32 total attacks including some timely hitting to keep Cal in the lead during the fourth set. Arizona came out cold in the 15-point final set. Cal scored two quick kills and miscommunication between McKenzie Jacobson and Penina Snuka gave Cal a 3-0 lead. The Wildcats were plagued by unforced errors, especially on the serve, accruing 14 errors in the game. “Cal played well but we were really poor,” Rubio told Arizona Athletics. “We were poor both physically and mentally. We were not ready to play.” The Wildcats played catchup with the Bears for the rest of the set, but with such little room for error in a short match, Arizona couldn’t come back. The loss dropped the Wildcats to 13-7 on the season and 5-3 in the Pac-12 Conference. The Wildcats had won three games in a row prior to Sunday’s matchup. Despite the loss, Arizona are still sitting in a position to control
their own destiny in the Pac-12 race. A crucial two-game set with the Washington schools—who sit atop the Pac-12 standings—begins Friday in McKale Center. No. 13 Washington State is coming off a loss to Utah but is still at the top of the Pac-12. The Cougars boast a 15-5 overall record as well as a 5-3 record in conference. The Wildcats will have to continue to get outstanding play from sophomore Kendra Dahlke, especially defensively, as Cal was able to exploit weaknesses in the Wildcats’ defensive front on Sunday. Senior Kalei Mau will be key for the Wildcats next weekend. Mau, arguably the best hitter on the team and in the conference, still seems to be struggling with a back injury and has yet to regain the form Wildcat fans are so used to seeing from her. She continues to battle and give UA a chance to win every match. The fact defenses have to set extra attention on her makes Mau such a threat for the Wildcats. Following the Washington State game on Friday, the No. 7 Huskies come into town to take a hand at knocking the Wildcats off their game.
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ARIZONA SETTER PANINA SNUKA (left) and middle blocker Devyn Cross (middle) attempt to block a spike from California on Sunday, Oct. 16, in Berkeley, California. The Wildcats lost in five sets, snapping their three-game win streak.
Washington is atop the Pac-12 standings but faces a crucial stretch of games in Arizona, facing ASU first on Friday night. The Huskies have beaten quality non-conference foes in No. 17 Hawaii, Maryland and Oklahoma, and currently hold a 15-2 overall record.
Prior to Arizona’s road trip through California, the Wildcats faced only one ranked team at home in No. 21 Oregon on Oct. 1. This weekend will bring two, one a top-10 matchup that has potential to push the rest of the season in the Wildcats’ favor.
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Arizona football needs to take a good look at itself; it starts with Rich Rod BY SAUL BOOKMAN @Saul_Bookman
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t was an uncomfortable day in Arizona Stadium. Depending on your view, that could be in reference to the weather, or the display put on by Arizona football during Saturday’s game against USC. A program once considered to be on the rise in the Pac-12 Conference has hit rock bottom and there are few signs it will improve any time soon. Head coach Rich Rodriguez spoke about the future of the program with high hopes during his post-USC press conference, but what does that have to do with the present? It’s unlikely that incoming freshmen are going to have that much of an impact; freshman quarterback Khalil Tate didn’t exactly shine on Saturday, and there’s the first example of how much you should rely on freshman in college football. The Arizona fan base has been sucker punched, and this one will hurt for a while. While fans were led to believe that football in Tucson was on an upward trajectory following a Pac-12 championship appearance and Fiesta Bowl bid, the Wildcats have done a complete 180-degree plunge and have taken their talents to the injury report. The excuse of injuries should be falling on deaf ears by now. The utter lack of talent on both sides of the ball is the real reason this team is failing. Last year, the defensive injuries pulled the wool over the eyes of Wildcat fans, who excused the poor play because Scooby Wright III and others were out of the lineup. It is the same script this year, but on the opposite side of the ball, and it shouldn’t fly. This is another year of shortcomings by Rich Rod-led recruits, leading one to believe his abilities as an impactful recruiter aren’t as good as many had hoped they would be. The fans know it, the opposing team knows it and, more importantly, the students know it. The ZonaZoo had approximately 279 people in the stands after halftime, according to Scott Bordow of The Arizona Republic. It was at roughly 60 percent capacity at the beginning of the game. It seems the heat and the play on the field have pushed the students back into McKale Center for the remainder of the season. There is no reason to suffer through four hours of a mediocre product in the 137-degree on-field heat, when you could be anywhere else in air conditioning. Rodriguez has said several times that he likes noon kickoffs; the fans firmly disagree. The east side of the stadium had about as many fans as the town of Mayer, Arizona, population: 1,408. The announced attendance was even more ridiculous. There definitely weren’t, as the announced sell-out numbers suggested, 55,463 people there. You’d be lucky if it was just over half that by looking at the crowd, most of those scurrying to the shady parts of the stadium to escape the heat. Rodriguez is on pace to not win another game this season. He has been surpassed by Colorado, Washington State and even Oregon State, which has a conference win. The fan base is at a loss, and there is doubt as to whether UA football can be a big-time program. Fans are split, mostly because they are unsure whether UA could secure a big time coach like Rodriguez. That’s absurd. Sure, it wouldn’t be easy, but that doesn’t mean you settle for being average. If that were the case, Kevin O’Neil would still be the men’s basketball coach. For his part, vice president of athletics Greg Byrne has had his coach’s back, but even he has a breaking point. The support for men’s basketball has always been off the charts, and Byrne undoubtedly wanted to transfer some of that passion to the gridiron. It isn’t quite working out. The mark of any great A.D. is the hiring of personnel, none more
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THE ZONAZOO STUDENT SECTION at the beginning of the first (top) and second (bottom) halves of Arizona’s 48-14 loss to USC on Saturday, Oct. 15. The attendance was announced as a sellout crowd of 55,463.
important than a program’s football coach. Byrne knows this. There are up-and-coming coaches all over the country, some have succeeded in far worse places than Tucson (see: Boise, Idaho). The coaching staff says it will work hard to make this right, but
part of the problem in realizing there is a problem is the failure to recognize there is one until it is too late. That is the responsibility of the head coach—a responsibility Rodriguez has failed to meet up to this point.
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Versatility the name of the
Red-Blue Game BY CHRISTOPHER DEAK @ChrisDeak12
This year’s McDonald’s Red-Blue Game is a wrap, and the next time the Arizona Wildcats take the floor in McKale Center will be for a pair of exhibition games before facing Michigan State in Honolulu to kick off the college basketball season. Arizona fans will be tuned in to see the new-look Wildcats when Arizona travels to face the Spartans on Nov. 11. While the on-court battle in the Red-Blue Game does not generate the same intensity level that a regular game typically produces, there are still some important takeaways from the scrimmage. This year’s point guard situation should be an improvement from last season. Kadeem Allen was the primary point guard while Parker Jackson-Cartwright backed him up in 2015-2016. Jackson-Cartwright was one of the best players on the floor during the Red-Blue Game, and looks poised to be the starting point guard this season. Head coach Sean Miller has been pleased with his progress since the shifty guard arrived in Tucson two years ago. “He’s really gotten better, I think that’s very obvious to see,” Miller said. “He’s stronger, faster, more sure of himself and he’s one of the many things that I’m really excited about [this year].” Freshman guard Kobi Simmons played point guard opposite Jackson-Cartwright, and Miller hinted there has been a learning curve for the five-star recruit. “It’s tough to judge Kobi right now because we’re asking him to play two positions,” Miller said. “One of which is the point guard and there’s more of an upside to that. But right now, he’s not going to look as good playing this game as he otherwise would have.” With that said, Simmons has proved he is one of the best athletes on the team. If he can improve throughout the season, it gives the Wildcats the opportunity to let Allen loose. Allen is more comfortable playing off the ball, and did so for most of the Red-Blue Game. He finished with 14 points on 12 shots—the most taken by anyone in the game. Allen averaged 25.9 points per game in his final season at Hutchinson Community College en route to being named the JUCO Player of the Year before transferring to Arizona two years ago. He is the only senior on the team, and Arizona will lean on him as its leader this year. “He’s waited his turn, he’s paid his dues and he’s had a really good offseason,” Miller said. “He’s mature, he’s older, and we need him to be a really good player for us for sure.” The Wildcats’ biggest strength this season will be their versatility. The rotation this season is loaded with players who can effectively play two to three different positions. Freshman Rawle Alkins will see most of his time come at the small forward spot, but he can play shooting guard because of his athleticism and scoring ability. Alkins scored most of his points at the rim Friday night. Allen can, of course, play the point guard if necessary, along with playing off the ball. Sophomore Allonzo Trier will get minutes at small forward, but will primarily play at guard. Ray Smith is athletic enough to cover smaller wing players at small forward, and big enough to play power forward. Miller is hoping Smith can stay healthy and come back as strong as he was before his two ACL surgeries. “I’ve already seen him over the last three or four weeks make tremendous gains,” Miller said. “I’m excited to continue to watch him. Hopefully he stays injury free.” Dusan Ristic will likely start at center, but he’s a good enough scorer to play the four-spot if Miller ever wanted to have Ristic and sophomore center Chance Comanche on the floor at the same time.
Finally, freshman Lauri Markkanen can play the four, five or even the three, and he showed that versatility Friday night. Markkanen was the star of the Red-Blue Game, putting up 14 points and seven boards on a 4-of-7 shooting night. Markkanen showed off a calm, silky jump shot and looked poised playing in front of the McKale Center crowd. “You know, Lauri had 14 points and seven rebounds and I think that’s pretty much to be expected from him,” Miller said. “As our offense smooths out, there are so many things that Lauri can do. He’s not 6-foot-8, Lauri is 7-foot and he’s not slow, he can move. We’re excited to have him.” Versatility will be a buzz word for the Wildcats all season. Miller will experiment early on with some of his new faces to see where they best fit. Markkanen will start at power forward, but could see time at center when Miller really wants to spread the floor. Expect to see a lot of backcourt variations early on this season. One of the Achilles’ heels for the Wildcats over the past few seasons has been the 3-point shot. This year may be more of the same. Both teams in the Red-Blue Game combined to go 5-for19 from beyond the arc and there may not be a go-to shooter like York provided the Wildcats last season. Jackson-Cartwright shot 37.5 percent from the 3-point line last year—the best mark for any returning player—but will have an increased workload this season, which could affect his efficiency. Markkanen will help give the frontcourt the 3-point dimension it has lacked in the past few seasons, but will be most effective playing the pick-and-roll game. Arizona finished second in the country in defensive efficiency in 2013-2014. The Wildcats finished fourth in 2014-2015 but fell all the way to 29th last season. Defense is the cornerstone of Miller’s program, and there was a noticeable dropoff last season. Granted, those two teams that made it to the Elite Eight had defensive specialists like T.J. McConnell and Rondae HollisJefferson, but this Arizona team needs to finish better than 29th in the country to contend for a deep run. Kaleb Tarczewski was the anchor for those teams, and out of the trio of Markkanen, Ristic and Comanche, someone will have to step up to protect the rim. It could take a while for this team to gel. There won’t be anywhere to hide when it comes time to play Michigan State, and it will be an early test for the Wildcats. This team has the right pieces in the right places to make a deep run in March, but those pieces are mostly new faces. If Arizona can find its identity and develop its freshman in time, the Wildcats could aspire to party like its 1997 come March.
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Arizona guard Kobi Simmons (2) soars to the basket during the slam dunk contest before the Red-Blue Game in McKale Center on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. The slam dunk contest was won by fellow freshman Rawle Alkins.