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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014

News to Note

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he Centers Disease Control Prevention announced protocol for working Ebola-infected patients.

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overnor Jan Brewer 2. G recently fired a department chief who lead investigations regarding her administration. fficials say Arizona 3. O residents give too much thought to Ebola and

not enough thought to the flu season. — News courtesy of The New York Times and AZ Central

In this issue

VOLUME 108 • ISSUE 41

Professor recognized as scholar BY KATELYN CALDWELL The Daily Wildcat

Sheila M. Gephart is the third faculty member at the UA in the last five years to be selected nationally as a 2014 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar. Gephart is an assistant professor at the UA College of Nursing and a prominent member of the NEC Society. NEC is another name for necrotizing enterocolitis, an intestinal disease that affects premature infants and can lead to death. It is considered to be one of the most severe illnesses that a premature baby can contract. The award is going to give

Gephart a way to fund her research period and plans to use the majority projects as well as reward her of her earnings to fund her research for demonstrating promise in project for NEC. educating Gephart future nurses said she wants I liked being in America. to spread in a profession “I liked awareness being in a of NEC to where I profession parents of continually had where I premature to learn continually i n f a n t s — Sheila Gephart, had to learn, because not assistant professor at the UA College of Nursing and I could too many are use my interest familiar with in science with the disease. It my interest in helping people, and is one of the top-10 leading causes being with people,” Gephart said. of infant deaths in the U.S. As part of the award, Gephart will The award will fund the research receive $350,000 over a three-year and positions her to work on

implementing prevention and early recognition practices for NEC. “We cannot really prevent NEC without engaging parents,” Gephart said. In June, Gephart found out she was one of 12 selected to become a RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar. “I think it really means I am in a place to learn from nursing leaders in the field nationally, and to be really developed into someone who can lead academic nursing in the future,” Gephart said. “I think more than anything, it is an opportunity.” Gephart created a risk factor scale called GutCheckNEC. The

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ARTS & LIFE

Sports - 10

MISCHIEF MANAGED

7-footers look to pair up for Sean Miller Arts - 7

Crafting old cigar boxes into elaborate purses Opinons - 4

Editorial Board makes its picks for Congress Weather HI

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85 61 LOW

Harry, Haiti 88 / 75 Potter, Canada 46 / 29 Haunted Hills, Austrailia 91 / 57

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YOUNG WITCHES AND WIZARDS PRACTICE casting spells during professor Minerva McGonagall’s transfiguration class at the Valley of the Moon’s Harry Potter and the Haunted Ruins on Sunday. This theatrical event brings Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry to life for children of all ages, giving them the opportunity to attend classes such as Care of Magical Creatures, taught by Rubeus Hagrid, and Defense Against the Dark Arts with professor Remus Lupin, along with a welcome greeting by Albus Dumbledore himself.

Muggles and Mudbloods are welcomed to see the Harry Potter cast a spell on the Valley of the Moon for its annual Haunted Ruins walking theatre event. BY VICTORIA PEREIRA

The Daily Wildcat

Calling all “Harry Potter” fans: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry has opened a new campus, and it’s right here in Tucson. For the rest of the month, anyone who has dreamed of receiving their letter of acceptance to the school — delivered by owl, of course — can finally become first-year scholars of magic at the Valley of the Moon’s Harry Potter

and the Haunted Ruins walking theater. Valley of the Moon, located 15 minutes away from campus on Allen Road, was opened in 1932 by George Phar Legler as a mental and spiritual refuge for himself and others. “Legler was a gentle, eccentric old man,” said Zack Jarrett, current Valley of the Moon president. Legler was a Spiritualist who believed in ghosts, fairies and magic and was a friend to children. Through Valley of the Moon,

Legler wanted to teach children how to be kind, loving individuals in order to better their world. Following this central ideal, Legler created an enchanted garden park for local children and gave tours of this imaginative, fantasy land for over 30 years. The tours were free of charge back then, and Legler continued to lead them until his failing health and eyesight forced him to stop. After almost 10 years without tours at Valley of the Moon, a group of teenagers rediscovered

the place they used to visit as children and, with Legler’s guidance, recreated the magical playground of their youth. Since then, Valley of the Moon has been an all-volunteer organization that runs community events once a month and holds special fundraising events in October, always upholding the values and beliefs of Legler, who died in February 1982. One of the traditional events held at Valley of the Moon for

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Arizona ranks in ad spending UNH incident sparks concerns BY HARRISON LEFF

Arizona Sonora News Service

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Fast Facts This day in history he explosion of a 1. T bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in 1910.

housands of Vietnam 2. T War protestors march on the Pentagon in 1967. ermany ends 3. G unrestricted submarine warfare in 1918. — Courtesy of History.com

The money being contributed to this election cycle shows just how much some are willing to spend in their pursuit of victory. More than $490 million has been spent on 811,800 political advertisements for state races across the country in 2014, according to the Center for Public Integrity. Arizona came in at seven on the list, with $19.2 million spent on roughly 25,000 ads. One reason for the high spending in Arizona is that there are a few close races, which results in additional spending, according to UA professor Barbara Norrander, who specializes in elections, public opinion and political parties. Many of these contributions come in the form of advertisements sponsored by different types of groups, including political action

BY MAX RODRIGUEZ The Daily Wildcat

their views. Although this may seem like a cash-cow opportunity for media companies, the federal regulations guiding the process ensure media companies can’t

Partying took on a slightly different tone as University of New Hampshire students joined former Republican Sen. Scott Brown in debauchery, which has UA political leaders talking about the dialogue used at the event. UNH students could be heard on a YouTube video of the event saying things like, “F*ck Jeanne Shaheen,” and also referred to Shaheen, who is running against Brown in New Hampshire, with sexist slurs at the party on Oct. 12. The College Democrats of America put out a press release shortly thereafter admonishing Brown for

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CAMPAIGN SIGNS LINE the streets in Tucson ahead of the election. Arizona ranks number seven across the nation for money spent on advertisements in state races in 2014.

committees, super PACs and 501c organizations. Advertising is often purchased directly by the PACs, which then air their own ads either in support or opposition of whichever candidate supports


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