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Voters skeptical of marijuana
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Arizona residents can vote to legalize recreational marijuana with Proposition 205 on Nov. 8. If passed, Proposition 205 would decriminalize marijuana to instead regulate the substance like alcohol, legal for individuals over 21. Carlos Alfaro, deputy campaign manager for the Yes on 205 Campaign, said he supports Proposition 205 because he believes in personal freedom. “I think it’s unnecessary and ridiculous that we’re arresting 15,000 adults in Arizona for simple marijuana possession,” Alfaro said. “Prop. 205 is the best way to help that because not only would it be legalizing it, it would
be ending prohibition and giving money to our public schools by taxing marijuana.” Proposition 205 would eliminate the vast majority of possession arrests in Arizona, according to Alfaro. The proposition would levy a 15 percent tax on all sales, which would be used to fund public health and education. The Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee conducted a study that estimated Proposition 205 could bring in $124 million annually in taxes and fees. Of the taxes raised, more than $55 million would go to schools. The regulations, sales and taxes would be set by a new Department of Marijuana Licenses and Control, which
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would allow the government to get funding from something individuals currently do through illegal means. Kestrel Gorlick, a computer science and mathematics freshman, said people will get marijuana if they want it, legal or not. “However, the fact [is] that somebody with three grams of weed on them gets the same jail time as someone who physically assaults somebody,” Gorlick said. “Any kind of leeway cutting out that amount of crazy jail time for anybody is a really good step in the right direction. More than anything, it’s just that the events that led to it being criminalized in the first place are so shady and wrong. It needs to be fixed.”
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Marijuana use is at an alltime high, according to a University of Michigan study via USA TODAY. The study stated that one in every 17 college students use marijuana daily or near daily, meaning 20 or more times a month. The legal risks of smoking marijuana are high in Arizona, where only medical marijuana is legal. Possession of less than two pounds is punishable by four months to two years in prison and a $1,000 fine. “These laws are not working, and they are making criminals out of our communities and it’s time to stop it,” Alfaro said. Those opposed to Proposition 205 have a slew of other
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First lady campaigns for Clinton in Phoenix Michelle Obama told Arizona voters Hillary Clinton’s campaign represents hope for the future of the country
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First Lady Michelle Obama spoke words of encouragement and hope to Arizona voters from all backgrounds at a Phoenix rally in what has recently become a swing state campaign for both presidential parties. Calling it a “battleground,” Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego told the crowd at the Phoenix Convention Center that Arizona has officially become a swing state. He pointed fingers at Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, specifically, and said people like him are the reason Arizona is no longer a dominant red state. “Arizona is a battle state because you [Arpaio] made it one,” Gallego said. “We want it more.” Because of this, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has targeted Arizona this week, with Bernie Sanders campaigning in Flagstaff and Tucson on Tuesday, Chelsea Clinton at Arizona State University on Wednesday and Obama in Phoenix on Thursday. At the Phoenix rally, Obama reached out to people from all backgrounds by saying their differences are not as big as people often think they are. “When it comes to our values and our dreams, we are not all that different,” Obama said. “We are a nation that is built on our differences, and that is why I believe that we are created equal.” The theme of Obama’s speech was finding hope. Obama said
when people like Donald Trump spread negativity, it’s easy to feel discouraged and lose hope for the future. Obama said hope is the one thing that cannot be lost. She said this hope, which Clinton’s campaign represents, is the same hope that makes people work hard and believe things will be better in the future. “This is what hope looks like,” Obama said, pointing to the screaming crowd. Clinton supporter Sherri Rutman, who traveled from Tucson to see Obama, said she knew the first lady’s speech would be uplifting. She said she believes Obama represents the right values and has a way of staying positive in the face of negativity. “We need that positivity,” Rutman said. Obama said Trump does not understand what ordinary people face on a day-to-day basis. She said the billionaire is trapped in his tower, far away from hard-working people and the reason that he feels the way he does about minority groups is because he cannot relate to them. “[Trump] can’t see people like us, because he does not share our humanity,” Obama said. “Trump thinks we should be afraid of our Muslim brothers and sisters because he does not know who they are. It is easy for him to knock people with disabilities because he cannot relate to them.” Rana Singh Sodhi from India
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said the way Trump puts people in groups is scary. He said it’s wrong to put all the people from a certain religion into one group. “We are the people of America,” Sodhi said. “We are all different immigrants with different faiths.” Obama spoke about Clinton’s experience and said not only does the first lady have a powerful vision for America, but she also has powerful policies that will allow her to make her visions a reality. Obama described Clinton’s political experience and compared it to Trump’s lack of one. Obama said Clinton has what it takes to go toe to toe with foreign leaders, and she has more experience than anyone that has ever run for president, including Barack Obama. “And she just happens to be a woman,” Obama said. Obama told the crowd Clinton is the hope for the future, while Trump represents fear and conspiracy, the opposite of hope. At the end of her speech, she urged the crowd to get out and vote. “If you like my speech, then go vote,” she said. “If you want to stand up for your fellow Americans, then go vote. If you want to elect Hillary Clinton, vote.” In closing, Obama challenged voters personally. “My final question, Phoenix: are you with me? Are we gonna get this done?” The crowed roared.
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WRC conference fights sexual violence BY SHAQ DAVIS @ShaqDavis1
The Women’s Resource Center, Students Promoting Empowerment and Consent and the Dean of Students Office are sponsoring a one-day conference to inspire participants to participate and empower the movement to end sexual violence. The Fearless Conference is a free, allday event for 100 passionate people from across Arizona who have been working to prevent or speak out about sexual violence. On Oct. 21 from 8:30 a.m to 7:30 p.m, panels, discussions and breakout-sessions will attempt to inspire and rejuvenate those doing work to impact communities. The theme of the conference is “Raising Campus Voices to Stop Sexual Violence.” Students affiliated with the WRC got the idea to host a conference at UA when they went to the Fearless Conference held at New York University in 2015 and became inspired, according to Krista Mallay, the WRC director. She said their experiences in New York led to discussions of having a conference at the UA. “There was lots of support for it, and people were willing to support financially a little bit,” Mallay said. She said for the sessions, the WRC discussed what would be most effective for the conference. Kendal Washington White, the dean of students and the assistant vice president of Student Affairs, said the conference
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UA STUDENTS WALK WITH a sign reading “Speak Up. Speak Out. Against Sexual Assault” in the Take Back the Night March on April 12. The Dean of Students Office, Women’s Resource Center and Students Promoting Empowerment and Consent are hosting the Fearless Conference, a free one-day conference to empower the movement to end sexual violence.
will highlight issues that occur too often in America. “The Fearless Conference is an opportunity to raise awareness and provide education related to issues that impact too many in America, in the general community and on college campuses,” Washington White said.
Washington White said in many instances it takes someone affected for a discussion to take place. “I am certain that most people know someone who is the survivor of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking ...” she said. “Unfortunately, we don’t discuss or take an interest in these issues until we or
someone we know is impacted.” According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, many students don’t report being harassed sexually. “Nearly two-thirds of college students experience sexual harassment, and less than 10 percent of these students tell a college or university employee,” the report said. “One in 5 women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college,” according to the report. When someone is assaulted on a college campus, 90 percent are never reported. Mallay said she believes this conference will improve not only learning but unity with others outside of the UA. “Definitely co-learning together and also solidarity building,” she said. “I think, as we do this work in our different respective corners on campus or across the state, we want people to feel like they have solidarity with other activists.” Mallay said the conference can rejuvenate someone to continue their work. “We hope people leave feeling inspired and they be recommitted in their work and re-energized to keep going,” she said. For the future, Mallay hopes that the conference is a step toward greater things. “I think that this will only further the creative and interesting work that we’re doing around sexual violence prevention at the Women’s Resource Center,” Mallay said. Find more information on the Fearless Conference on its website: http://a10rocha. wixsite.com/uafearlessconference.
Eller students help make a difference
BY ELIZABETH O’CONNELL @_eoconnell
Eller College of Management students and the UA community will take to the streets of Tucson Oct. 2122 as volunteers for the 16th annual Eller College Make a Difference Day. Caitlin Barner, a marketing and management information systems junior, is the student community outreach manager for Eller College Make a Difference Day. She handles backend operations regarding the event, such as registration and placing volunteers with different engagements. The college partners with United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona as a way to reach out to larger non-profit organizations in Tucson, Barner explained. From there, United Way gives the college engagements to choose from.
Eller College’s partnership with United Way extended from their participation in United Way’s Day of Caring. “It’s kind of like a double whammy between volunteering for United Way and volunteering for Eller,” Barner said. The goal for this year was to have around 1,250 volunteers, but there are already over 1,400 volunteers registered, according to Barner. Volunteers are placed throughout the community with different engagements. Barner said the event usually has a lot of the same engagements from year to year because of how well volunteers perform their first time. This year, the two-day event will be more focused on making the community look better. Volunteers may be placed to work with Tucson Clean and Beautiful, Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids, Ben’s
Bells or Cyclovia, to name a few. “I’m excited to see my hard work and the class’ hard work come together and people really enjoying themselves due to that commitment with the event,” Barner said. Paulo Goes, Dean of Eller College of Management, will experience his first Eller College Make a Difference Day as dean. He said he is excited to participate and learn more about this event. Goes said he believes Eller College Make a Difference Day is a great opportunity for students, faculty and staff to engage and connect with the community. “I think as the business college in Tucson, we have to be very close to the community,” Goes said. “We have to be very close to the population around us and understand how we fit and how we can help.”
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STUDENTS AND FACULTY ENTER McClleland Hall on Sept. 20. The Eller College of Management contributes volunteers to various community organizations each year for its annual Make a Difference day.
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Map the Immune System UA researchers have developed a novel map of the immune system. It took a cross-department collaboration to get the job done BY ELIZABETH O’CONNELL @_eoconnell
Adam Buntzman, research assistant professor in the department of medicine, has brought together different departments in order to create the first map of the human immune system. Certain patterns of immune receptor functioning are correlated to different disease outcomes in hospital patients. The project analyzes the enormous array of immune receptors to find patterns that might correlate to good and bad immune responses, according to Buntzman. The bulk of the project has been going on for more than 10 years. “There are a variety of clinical syndromes that occur that are directly and intimately tied to the adaptive immune system,”
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ADAM BUNTZMAN, RESEARCH ASSISTANT professor at the College of Medicine, works with DNA in a lab on Oct. 5 in Tucson. Buntzman led the collaboration to make ground-breaking progess on mapping the immune system.
Buntzman said. “In the past, we haven’t been able to find those patterns [of ] which ones of those receptors are good and which ones are bad.” Because there are millions and millions of parts to the immune system, it was thought to be an impossible task to identify the patterns in the receptors. Buntzman compared it to finding a needle in a haystack, but it ended up not being as impossible as it seemed, he said. Computers and other tools are necessary to count and analyze the patterns within the immune receptors, which makes collaborating with people who spend their lives making and designing computer chips essential. “Low and behold, you find people who do a task that robustly,” Buntzman said. “The wonderful thing is we have individuals on campus that do that very thing.” The UA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was able to answer the call. Buntzman explained that he needed these experts to help design, create and deliver computer chips that would work with this type of project. Buntzman turned to Ali Akoglu, associate professor in the ECC department and BIO5 Institute, about four years ago for help on the immune system mapping project. Akoglu said one day Buntzman showed up at his office after seeing his name and area of expertise on the BIO5 faculty list. From the first day, Akoglu said he could see Buntzman’s excitement and passion for discovery. “The thing is that when you do collaborative research, it is not easy to find matching interests and good chemistry,” Akoglu said. “It turned out to be a really great adventure.” The project was fortunate in regards to financing, according to Akoglu. This allowed the team to start working quickly. If Buntzman used traditional computer methods to create a map of the immune system, he said it would have taken over
a hundred years. But the graphics processing unit Buntzman, Akoglu and Akoglu’s graduate student, Gregory Striemer, developed was able to run an analysis in about 17 days. “Other groups have modeled the adaptive immune system but did so with a million [immune receptors] at a time,” Buntzman said. “We’re talking about us swamping the previous laboratories attempts by a couple trillion fold.” He credits part of this accomplishment to the friends he made within different departments that were able help him. The next step for Buntzman is to find patterns within the data. He aims to learn which of the immune receptors are important. This can be answered statistically and through collaboration with computer scientists, algorithm developers, mathematicians and database developers, according to Buntzman. With help from these departments, Buntzman and this project are able to store and calculate the information, pick out patterns and check if those patterns are correct. Buntzman said they have already found a few patterns that are in the process of being published. “Now you want to find patterns that can help people clinically,” Buntzman said. “[You want ones that] actually impact the way somebody is treated in the clinic or diagnosed in the clinic.” Buntzman is currently working on developing tools to pull out patterns that relate to disease outcome. “In various aspects of clinical medicine, we are planning to use it,” Buntzman said. “It is currently being assessed in multiple autoimmune diseases as well as tumor responses, and we’re hoping to expand into other inflammatory states like asthma.” Buntzman said he thinks that this work will blossom significantly in the future and that he would not be in this position if not for his collaboration with other university departments.
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POLICE BEAT BY MEGAN JACOBY @DailyWildcat
Dorm dramatics A UA student contacted the University of Arizona Police Department to report the use of illegal drugs in her dorm room. The suitemates had been accused of using cocaine in the room in the past. When the UAPD officer attempted to enter the room, there was no response, despite sounds coming from inside. The officer attempted to get the resident assistant on duty to handle the situation as a potential policy violation. He advised her to let him know if any illegal activity occurred. The UA student had told him of an incident that occurred a couple of weeks ago when she attempted to clean the bathroom floor and her suitemate yelled at her for cleaning it incorrectly, resulting in an argument where the student felt threatened and was scared to leave. After some deliberation, there was no probable cause for the student to be arrested, as they were both equally engaged in the argument. The UAPD officer suggested that it may be a violation of the student code of conduct. The officer concluded his investigation by informing the student she could move to a different room, but the student didn’t feel she should have to because she didn’t do anything wrong. Caught red handed Two UAPD officers responded to Likins Residence Hall in reference to the odor of marijuana in a dorm room on Oct. 10. The officers met with the resident assistant, who said he stopped outside one of the rooms due to a loud noise. When the resident assistant asked the students to open the door, the scent of marijuana emitted from the room. When the officers approached the room, the student’s eyes were red and glossed over. As soon as the door opened, the odor of burnt marijuana wafted from the room. The residents were advised why the officers were there, and upon being asked if they wanted to turn anything over, one of the residents retrieved a converse shoebox. In the box were RAW brand rolling papers, RAW brand tips, a white and blue plastic Smoke Buddy Jr. smoke filtration device, three black tube containers and a clear purple prescription bottle. All items had evidence of marijuana residue, but there was no usable marijuana to be found in the room. One resident then admitted to buying 4 grams of marijuana for $40 from one of his friends, whom he did not identify, and said he smoked every other day. The other student said he was not involved in the purchasing of the marijuana and that he only smoked once a week. The officer took possession of all the items and told the students they were going to be diverted to the Dean of Students for possession of drug paraphernalia.
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issues with it. “The biggest reason why I oppose it is because, first of all, if it needs to be amended, it’s extremely difficult for the legislature to touch it,” said senior Ashlee Bierworth, a double major in political science and law. The proposition would become a statute, meaning changes could occur in the Arizona legislature or by another ballot initiative. “Another reason is the lack of authority in the law enforcement to regulate driving under the influence of marijuana,” Bierworth said. “The prop doesn’t specify a legal limit of marijuana in your system.” Driving under the influence is illegal with or without the passing of Proposition 205. However, there is currently no way to quickly and accurately test someone for amounts of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical responsible for most of marijuana’s psychological effects. “It makes it difficult for people to be charged as driving under the influence—even if they are impaired under marijuana—under this law,” Bierworth said. Both sides, however, have groups with vested interests funding them.
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These laws are not working, and they are making criminals out of our communities and it’s time to stop it."
—Carlos Alfaro, Deputy campaign manager at Yes on 205 Campaign
“The funders behind Prop. 205 are based out of [Washington] D.C.,” said UA alumna Laura Ciscomani, who is a volunteer with Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy. “Ninety-six percent of funding for Prop. 205 comes from the Marijuana Policy Project, which is one of two major marijuana industry lobbying groups.” Other pharmaceutical and alcohol companies are big backers of the opposite side. The largest contributions include a recent $1 million contribution from Discount Tire and $500,000 from an opioid manufacturer in Chandler called Insys Therapeutics Inc.
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ARIZONA RESIDENTS WILL VOTE on Proposition 205 on Nov. 8. If passed, the proposition would decriminalize marijuana and regulate the substance like alcohol, legal for individuals over 21.
“The alcohol industry and the opioid manufacturers in Arizona have given them hundreds of thousands of dollars to run a no
campaign because they see it as competition to their product,” Alfaro said. “[There are] big lobbies against marijuana legalization
because it hurts their bottom line.” Registered voters can help decide if the grass will be greener come November.
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BY NINA ULLOA AND SEAN ORTH @nine_u and @seanaustinorth
Luna Aura A handful of internationally known musicians touch down in Tucson on Saturday. Why? For the inaugural Dusk Music Festival at Rillito Park, of course. RL Grime and Matt and Kim are two of the festival’s biggest artists, but Dusk is about more than just selling tickets to see big names. Dusk aims to put Tucson on the map in the music scene. To do that, the festival brings to the stage one artist with deep ties to Arizona. That artist is Luna Aura, who will play the opening set at Dusk from 2-2:30 p.m, and she is just as excited for a major music festival in Tucson as you are. “I love everybody on the lineup,” Aura said. Aura said she knows someone involved in the planning of the festival and the founders called her about a possible appearance. She said she didn’t think they would call her back, but she held out hope. Aura said she felt both relieved and excited when Dusk got back in touch to book her for the festival. Aura grew up in the greater Phoenix area and has also spent time in Tucson. “I grew up in Gilbert, and I lived in Tempe,” Aura said. She now lives in Los Angeles, where she completed and released her new EP, Madhouse. Moving to a big city like LA gave her more opportunities as a rising artist. She worked on the EP with sound engineer Justin Hergett and producer/songwriter Evan Gartner. “We started actually working on [Madhouse] in February,” Aura said. She recently wrapped up a U.S. tour to promote the EP, which included stops in Seattle and Phoenix. She plays Apache Lake Music Festival in Roosevelt, Arizona, on Friday and Dusk on Saturday. “A lot of my fans are in Arizona,” Aura said, which explains the many stops in the state. But she also has a large number of fans in other parts of the country. Aura is especially familiar with Southern Arizona, though—she said she’s a big fan Bisbee, Arizona, where she filmed a music video for the EP’s title track. The video shoot took place at the Bisbee Grand Hotel, a supposedly haunted spot. Did anything eerie happen while filming the video? Aura said her entire stay in Bisbee felt pretty spooky. “We closed ourselves in an old, haunted hotel … and spent two days building a dream-like atmosphere that would be suitable for this song and video,” Aura told GroundSounds. Don’t miss the first set of the festival as Aura brings her atmospheric dream-pop to the Dusk stage. – N.U.
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Matt & Kim
Indie-dance duo Matt and Kim don’t take themselves too seriously, and they really don’t think you should, either. “If I do say so myself, I think we’re a good choice [for Dusk], but is that the presidential thing to say here?” asked Matt Johnson, the duo’s keyboardist/guitarist. The Brooklyn, New York-based musicians will headline the Dusk Music Festival on Saturday and plans to bring a set full of energy and surprises. As headliners, Matt and Kim will help close the show in an hour-long set starting at 9:00 p.m., right before the final closer RL Grime. “I think festivals are where we shine because we want to play shows that anyone can enjoy,” Matt said. “We put in so many bits and pieces of other people’s songs and covers and things that we can dance to.” Matt and Kim are known for their danceable live-sets, and although they have never played in the southern part of the state, Matt said he particularly remembers Arizona crowds having a history of being “extra wild.” “We’ve never been through Tucson before, but we expect them to be the same wild bunch,” Matt said. After meeting in college, the duo’s chemistry sparked a music career spanning a decade with five-studio albums along the way. Neither Matt nor his bandmate—and partner—Kim Schifino played an instrument until they met, but that didn’t prevent the two from growing as artists together. “Sometimes you can find someone who is really great at an instrument and then you find out in the end that you maybe don’t get along with them when you try to make a band with them,” Matt said. “That’s why I feel sometimes it’s better to find someone you do get along with and work well with and then have them learn an instrument. That’s essentially what happened with me and Kim.” Matt and Kim’s unique blend of pop-punk and hip-hop allows them to experiment and get rowdy in their live shows. Matt said he feels like it’s the “playoffs” or “finals” when they play a festival set. The duo condenses their songs to be more impactful, and the show turns into something similar to a hyped-up DJ set. Unlike the try-hard, look-cool bands that, according to Matt, just end up boring crowds, Matt and Kim don’t rely on each other’s musical talent to express themselves individually. Their electric chemistry and passion “stir it up,” intertwined with their larger-than-life stage presence. “I think we were two people that worked well together before we ever played music together,” Matt said. “We’re a band [whose]
attitude is similar in, like, a ‘we don’t give a fuck’ sense.” Matt and Kim’s child-like excitement manifests itself in the duo’s loud and upbeat sounds—a fresh dose of positivity amid the dark clouds of musical pretension. “Me and Kim will both try to shake our asses in time together, which me trying to shake anything just doesn’t work,” Matt said. Before recording their most recent album, New Glow, the two decided to take two weeks off—the longest they’d ever been apart from making music. Because Matt and Kim bounce off each other with ease, writing albums doesn’t serve as a tedious task for the couple. After living a domestic lifestyle for a bit, Matt and Kim built up enough inspiration for a new LP. “Sometimes the best inspirations come from getting away from it all and then just coming in real fresh,” Matt said. Although glad to have escaped the sophomore slump, Matt said he and Kim don’t necessarily have a path of evolution— they just continue to have fun and create whatever comes to them. “I feel like we’re not moving in one direction,” Matt said. “We kind of do something one way and we make it a little shinier and glossier, and then do it another way and make it a little sturdier and prettier.” Matt and Kim have no signs of slowing, and even after five and a half albums, they continue to find new creative angles and approaches to add to their eclectic sound. “A lot of bands mature as they get older, and I don’t want to do that—I want to immature,”
COURTESY LUNA AURA
LUNA AURA, A NATIVE Arizonan, will open Dusk Music Festival Saturday. While still up-and-coming, her unique electro dream-pop sound has been praised by various critics.
Matt said. “I think that’s a better move.” Luckily, UA students aren’t quite ready to grow up either, and this Saturday they’ll prove just how wild Tucson really is. -S.O.
COURTESY MATT AND KIM
MATT AND KIM WILL headline Dusk Music Festival. In 2005, the dance-rock duo started making music in Brooklyn, New York, and have released five studio albums since.
8 • The Daily Wildcat Dusk Music Festival started as a simple idea spitballed around by a group of UA alumni and local businessmen. One of Dusk’s founding partners, Steve Stratigouleas, spoke to the Daily Wildcat about the history of the festival. If Stratigouleas’ name doesn’t ring a bell, his restaurants surely will. “I own Union [Public House] and Reforma [Cocina Y Cantina] with my partner [Grant Krueger],” Stratigouleas said. Stratigouleas founded Dusk along with John Rallis, Page Repp and Pete Turner. Rallis, Repp and Stratigouleas are all UA alumni. “So I grew up with John [Rallis] for the past 30 years in Tucson,” Statigouleas said. “We’ve been childhood friends—our parents were friends. John and I were business partners at one point when we were in the mortgage industry.” Rallis works as a loan officer with V.I.P. Mortgage Inc., located on Oracle Road. “So John has been cooking this idea around for years—you know, ‘Let’s do a music festival,’” Stratigouleas said. “I had my businesses open, I had the birth of my daughters. He had the birth of his daughter. So we kinda put this on hold.” Rallis and Stratigouleas realized they would have to make their move soon. If they didn’t, someone else would inevitably launch a major music festival in Tucson. “The idea is simple,” Rallis said. “Every big city has a multi-genre music festival. Tucson is now over one million people. It’s time.” Repp serves as president and architect at Repp + McLain Design and Construction. He’s an alumnus of the College of Architecture and a member of the Arizona Wildcat Club. Repp then ran the idea of a music festival by Turner, “and it kind of all just came together with the group,” Stratigouleas said.
Turner founded Illegal Pete’s. The University Boulevard location of the Colorado-based chain opened on Dec. 10. This isn’t Turner’s first musical venture. He also operates a record label, Greater Than Collective, in association with the restaurant. Greater Than releases music from bands in Colorado. The Dusk founders then brought in Turner’s friend, Bart Dahl, to handle festival marketing. Dahl works at Boulder-based management and booking firm Madison House Inc. Dahl said the founders aren’t doing this for the money—they don’t expect to make a profit on Dusk. The four founders want to foster a sense of community in Tucson and provide a fun, annual experience for UA students. Free shuttles will run to and from Illegal Pete’s on Saturday from noon to midnight. Dusk will also provide a free bike valet, Uber discount codes and on-site paid parking. Proceeds from the festival will benefit various local organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs and Youth on Their Own. The organizers are excited for their vision to become a reality on Saturday and hope to extend this festival beyond just a oneyear event. —N.U.
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Most music festivals first book their artists and worry later about how they’ll feed and hydrate a huge crowd. For Dusk Music Festival, however, food wasn’t an afterthought. The team behind Dusk has thought about its potential food offerings since they first conceived the idea of a local music festival— partially because half of Dusk’s founding partners are restaurateurs. Festival co-founder Pete Turner owns Illegal Pete’s, a Colorado-based chain serving quick-service Mexican food. Illegal Pete’s faced protesters when it first opened on University Boulevard, but Pete’s has since become a staple among UA students. Steve Stratigouleas, another festival cofounder, coordinates the food that will be available at the festival. Stratigouleas co-owns Union Public House and Reforma Cocina Y Cantina. Reforma opened in late 2015 and Union opened in 2011. Illegal Pete’s, Union Public House and OBON Sushi Bar Ramen will all have a presence at the festival. Other restaurants include Commoner & Co., Prep & Pastry, Choice Greens, BrushFire BBQ Co., Dante’s Fire, Empire Pizza, Goodness Fresh Food & Juice Bar and BIRD Southern Table & Bar.
Now onto the exciting part: Dusk’s menu. OBON will serve tuna poke, while Goodness will serve assorted juices, snow cones and pastries. Stratigouleas gave the Daily Wildcat a sneak peek of what his own restaurants will bring to the festival. “From Union we are going to have our famous pub chips,” Stratigouleas said. “So those are hand-cut russets with our mornay cheese sauce, and then you’ll get some bacon lardons. Our pub chips—people have been loving those for five years. So that’ll be one of the items. The other item we’re doing is a kalua pork Hawaiian sandwich—a barbecue pork sandwich— with a pineapple kimchi.” Stratigouleas said Reforma will also have two menu items for sale—carnitas tacos and nachos with manchego cheese sauce, black beans and Jalisco salsa. Bart Dahl from Dusk’s management and booking firm, Madison House Inc., said attendees can expect to spend about as much money as they normally would at these restaurants—no crazy price markups just to get some good grub in between sets. —N.U. Follow the Daily Wildcat on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for live coverage at Dusk.
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AMBASSADOR EMERY PAYNE PASSES out flyers in front of the Dusk Music Festival booth on the mall Wednesday, Oct. 19. The music festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 22 at Rillito Park and will feature both local and internationally acclaimed musicians.
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OBON’S TUNA POKE BOWL (tuna, sushi rice, cucumber salad, seaweed salad, avocado, jalapeños, spicy poke dressing and crispy onions) is one of the many dishes that will be served at the Dusk Music Festival. The festival has placed an importance on providing quality, local food to the festival-goers.
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Tucson’s art scene boasts incredible talent that can compete with the likes of art capitals around the world, and it’s this resource that Dusk site Art Director Kristen Repp hopes to tap into at the festival. “It’s great because this festival will enable all of our attendees to see a collection of work from well-known artists like Joe Pagac and Danny Martin and also some emerging artists like Gabriella [Molina],” Repp said. Molina will present graphic motion art featuring found items and others projected along with looping segments featured in the festival’s silent cinema. Molina said she found inspiration through her experience teaching art to children. Her piece focuses on a sense of play that’s imperative to having quality music festival experience.
“You really need to have a sense of play and creativity to map out how to be part of a festival,” Molina said. Pagac, known for his Rialto murals, has created paintings of the performing artists with a dusk sky as background. Martin has created a coloring book featuring his work and— continuing with that theme—will have a massive drawing on site that Dusk attendees can help color in. Repp, one of the founders of the festival and a UA architecture alumna, has created a glowing metal entry piece spelling out “Dusk” to welcome festival-goers. “We’re not reinventing the wheel— it’s something that we’re due for,” Repp said. “We want to broaden your horizons and enhance our identity—our beautiful desert and that we have a kick-ass city.” —A.F.
The inspiration to combine technology and the typical festival lineup came from a conversation between Steve Stratigouleas, one of the founders of Dusk, and Justin Williams, founder and CEO of StartUp Tucson. StartUp Tucson is a main sponsor of TenWest, a week-long community festival that focuses on Tucson’s emerging entrepreneurship, community, innovation, creativity and more. “A lot of technology comes from art,” Stratigouleas said. “It’s a good segue for people to enjoy the music festival and have different things to do besides music.” Some of those change-of-pace attractions include a classic arcade, a silent cinema and art display vehicles. People can experience the kinesthetic pleasure of playing one of the 25 classic arcade machines or take in the visual beauty of the art display cars and silent cinema.
“We’re just trying to make things different—a whole experience of art,” Stratigouleas said. Emerging technologies disrupt the future, and these potential technological agitators include robots, Tesla vehicles and virtual reality. The robots come courtesy of Bit Buckets, a robotics community team. “[Bit Buckets is] going to come out as a club and actually let people play with their robots and teach them a bit about robotics,” said Elliot Ledley, one of the people running the TenWest tech pavilion. Additionally, a Tesla model X will be on display along with interactive exhibits featuring both art and technology. Adding to the emphasis on emerging technology, a virtual reality demo will allow festival-goers to strap in and experience a virtual world. COURTESY CREATIVE MACHINES —A.F. JOE O’CONNELL’S SON SMILES at his father through one of Creative Machine’s SeedPods. Creative Machine plans to show off
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JOE PAGAC’S MURAL ON Borderlands Brewing Company. Pagac, a Tucson-based muralist and fine artist, finished this piece in April 2015 in conjunction with the Tucson Murals Project.
some of its emerging techonologies at the festival.
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Hillary won the last debate, hands down BY RAAD ZAGHLOUL @RaadZaghloul
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mean, who does that?” Sec. Hillary Clinton may have been referring to the use of Trump Foundation funds to buy a giant self portrait, but she likely spoke for many American voters tonight as they watched her opponent discover creative new ways to shoot himself in the foot. In many ways, Wednesday’s debate in Las Vegas was business as usual for this election cycle. Debate previews promised viewers an all-out cage match, although it is unlikely that the sight of two senior citizens arguing about the merits of their respective charities satisfied the more bloodthirsty elements of the electorate. But the fact that the response to this debate as an anticlimax is distressing in more ways than one. Most notably, one of the candidates said, “I’ll keep you in suspense,” when asked if he would concede in the increasingly likely event of defeat. Let voters remember that in 1960, Richard Nixon conceded defeat to John F. Kennedy despite plausible and widespread rumors of actual voter fraud and general chicanery, most famously in Mayor Daley’s Chicago. If Richard Nixon is the moral high bar in any situation, you have a problem. Of course, it must be noted that Sec. Clinton, resplendent in a white pantsuit of armor, had to come face to face with her own issues.Mr. Trump brought up recent allegations that Democrats had paid various operatives to disrupt his events. These have
yet to be confirmed, but better candidates have run effective smears on less. Unfortunately for Team Trump, the former senator danced Astaire-like away from the charges. Other attacks on the Clinton Foundation were hastily launched and left to die mid-air. For someone who so skillfully eviscerated the entire Republican primary field and has, in general, run a staggeringly aggressive campaign, Mr. Trump is a deadbeat debater. Some of the most egregious examples of this can be found during the heated, semicoherent exchange about Russian president Vladimir Putin. Mr. Trump, constantly exploring new frontiers of grammar and syntax, replied to his opponent’s insinuation that he would be a puppet president for Putin with this gem: “No puppet. No puppet.” And then later on: “No, you’re the puppet.” Mr. Trump’s later “condemnation” of recent Russian cyber-attacks on Democratic systems sounded uncomfortably like his “disavowal” of David Duke. In each case, his half-hearted rebuke was accompanied by a fervent claim to ignorance. With this kind of debate performance, any claims that Donald Trump has fundamentally changed since he entered this race almost a year and a half ago can finally have the last layer of lime laid on them. The truly astounding thing about Mr. Trump is his continuing refusal to even resemble a presidential candidate. The Clinton team has indulged this inclination almost from day one. In lieu of a coherent ideology, in lieu of a basic grasp on logic, facts or science, Mr. Trump has
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subsisted on a combination of shrill defensiveness and an unwillingness to close his mouth for more than five minutes at a time. This is exactly the kind of candidate you want to debate. Give him enough time, and he begins to say things like this: “Nobody has more respect for women than I do.” It goes without saying that this claim is off by at least several billion people. To give Sec. Clinton her fair due, she did more than just show her opponent how to turn his necktie into a noose. With each debate, she has gained more pathos and forcefulness on the stage, culminating on Wednesday night with a top-tier performance. Of course there were the zingers—the puppet one seemed to be especially effective—but it
was more than that. Early on, Sec. Clinton made history by giving one of the most unequivocal defenses of a woman’s right to choose by a presidential candidate. There is not much more that can be written about these debates since each one has essentially picked up where the previous one left off. There is one candidate who misses no opportunity to self-destruct. The other one looks like she is going to win. This has been a common refrain on campus in reference to the two main candidates: “Of 300 million people, this is the best we could come up with?” In the words of St. Augustine, “We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.” There has never been a perfect
presidential candidate. As long as there have been elections in this country, there have been nasty elections. This election offers a unique opportunity, though. Many undergraduates at the UA will cast their first vote for president this year. Very rarely is this country faced with the living embodiment of the worst of us. It happened in 1968, when the pomaded segregationist George Wallace ran under a third party banner. It is happening now, as the carrot-colored caricature of alt-right rage and deliberate ignorance is only a stone’s throw away from the presidency. It is the responsibility of every citizen of our beloved battleground state to reject this incoherent mess of a candidate.
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Surfing the internet during the election doesn’t have to mean losing your sanity BY JULIAN CARDENAS @DailyWildcat
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his past year has been difficult for a lot of people because of the heated, toxic political climate. It seems there is a new bombshell or allegation thrust into the media every day about the presidential campaign. It’s exhausting information to grapple with in addition to all of the other information we have to process through each of our own individual lives. The heated environment—and at times hateful rhetoric—has engulfed the public and seems to be visible now in people’s lives, and not just on national news television and news articles. Voters have been encouraged to openly discuss the country’s issues by the presidential candidates’ abilities to quickly interject information through social media. Social media—and the keyboard confidence that comes when writing behind a screen instead of communicating in person—has allowed us to more openly discuss our opinions. It has driven us to disregard people, ignore them and further divide within ourselves. This ability to shame and destroy others so openly has allowed us to see parts of people that we may have never seen if it weren’t for the over-sharing that happens online and in social media platforms.
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It has torn up our previously conceived perceptions now that we are able to easily know which side our friends have chosen regarding this election. Admittedly, it’s quite difficult to continue to love and respect people when they have very strong, different views that seem closed-minded. Social media has been a big part of this presidential campaign. Through it, the presidential candidates tweet, post and share things they find relevant to their constituents. They celebrate themselves and trash the other,
online, publicly. Celebrities have joined in on this online fight as well. Everyone seems to turn to Twitter or Facebook to share their own views or opinions, nowadays. However, celebrities and our presidential nominees are not the only people engaging in arguments online. We’ve all been there. It’s hard to see someone share and discuss something so adamantly, especially if you feel passionately against that viewpoint. So, what do we do about this? Delete them to avoid seeing their
posts you see as negative? Maybe, if you want. But I think that’s a bit petty, and plus, having contacts is very important, especially for college students. Even if those contacts have different views, you still have to network online. Do we try to change them? Some of us do, which is why these online bashing wars are so ongoing. We engage in arguments, educated discussions, debates or full-on Twitter wars to try to change people’s beliefs. We want them to see life the way we do.
We want them to be able to understand where we’re coming from. We want them to see why we think they’re wrong. However, we don’t do this to people we don’t really know or care about. We don’t go out of our way to tear down just any opposing argument—we do so only to the people who we believed had redeemable qualities before we knew of their opposing views. We only try to save people that we actually have the slightest amount of care for. Ignore them? We can’t just ignore people for the rest of our lives, right? We also can’t ignore the fact that you know that you don’t agree with each other. This might create some passive aggressiveness that could complicate things down the line. Hate them? Hate should never be an option. We cannot hate each other because of our differences. We cannot continue a cycle of discrimination, hatred and abuse. Accept them? Sometimes—although it hurts you, burns your soul, goes completely against everything you stand for—you just have to be nice and accept someone for their differences. Don’t be that one person always trying to correct another person, being extremely adamant and persistent on every single one of the words you utter. Just let someone explain themselves in whichever way they can, and acknowledge the ability we have to voice our opinions openly in this country.
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UA softball set to host Fall Invitational
BY CHRIS DEAK @ChrisDeak12
Arizona softball hosts the Arizona Fall Invitational this weekend, beginning Friday afternoon. The Wildcats will host Central Arizona College, Pima Community College, Cypress (California) College, Scottsdale Community College and Arizona Western College. Fifteen games will be played between Friday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 23, with the Wildcats will opening the roundrobin tournament against Central Arizona on Friday. They face Arizona Western in the second part of a doubleheader. Another doubleheader is scheduled for Saturday with games against Cypress and Scottsdale Community College. The tournament will conclude on Sunday when Arizona faces off against Pima Community College. Arizona has already played two games this fall. It played
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a doubleheader Oct. 8 against Grand Canyon University and Eastern Arizona College, winning 13-0 and 16-0 (5 innings), respectively. The Wildcats completed a no-hitter against Grand Canyon with sophomore
5:30 p.m. UA vs. Arizona Western
1 p.m. UA vs. Scottsdale CC
Taylor McQuillin and senior Nancy Bowling combining for the no-no. In 12 innings overall, the Wildcats gave up only three hits and struck out 13 batters over the course of the two games. All games at Rita Hillenbrand
Memorial Stadium this weekend are free of charge. The Wildcats will play one more game this fall on Wednesday, Oct. 26 against Central Arizona and will host their annual alumni game Oct. 30.
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ARIZONA PITCHER DANIELLE O’TOOLE pitches during Arizona’s 7-4 win against Houston April 9 at Hillenbrand Stadium. O’Toole is the Wildcats’ returning leader in earned run average from last season.
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Home cookin’ key for Arizona volleyball BY SYRENA TRACY AND NIKKI BAIM @syreeenatraaacy and @DailyWildcat
The Arizona women’s volleyball team will return to McKale Center this weekend after a historic two-week road trip nearly sweeping all four of the California schools. The Wildcats will take on the Washington schools, which sit atop the Pac-12 Conference standings, starting Friday, Oct. 21. This is an important weekend for the Wildcats as they take on two top-20 teams for a pair of matches. This weekend sets up to be, perhaps, the most important of the year as Arizona can solidify its case for not only an NCAA tournament birth but also a chance at the Pac-12 title. It all starts with No. 18 Washington State who began the Pac-12 season 5-0, including three victories over top-10 teams. Washington State, however, has slowly lost its momentum by losing three straight matches, including two five-setters last weekend at home to Colorado and Utah. The Cougars have a 6-3 record in the conference due to their strength at the net. WSU leads the conference in opponent hitting percentage (.148) and total blocks (251). Arizona will follow Friday’s matchup by taking on the highest-ranked team in the conference, No. 7 Washington, who leads at
ARIZONA VOLLEYBALL IN MCKALE CENTER UA vs. No. 18 Washington State Friday, Oct. 21 • 6 p.m. UA vs. No. 7 Washington Sunday, Oct. 23 • 11 a.m. 6-2. Washington is dominant in all positions but is led by junior setter Bailey Tanner. Tanner leads to Pac-12 in assist and sets (10.63) alongside Crissy Jones, who is the conference’s leader in aces and sets (0.40). Out of conference, No. 17 Hawaii, Maryland and Oklahoma have all been defeated by the Huskies, who currently hold a 16-2 overall record. Washington faces a crucial stretch of games in Arizona, facing Arizona State first Friday night before coming to Tucson. “Its going to be a tough weekend ... every bit as competitive as the last two weekends that we’ve faced,” Arizona head coach Dave Rubio said. “It’s going to be two days of fierce competition.”
In order to defeat the Washington teams, the Wildcats will need to continue their impressive play from sophomore Kendra Dahlke and senior Kalei Mau. Mau will be an important player for the Wildcats this weekend. Being undoubtedly the best hitter in the team and in the conference, she is still recovering from a shoulder injury along with a bad back and has not put on the performance that fans are used to seeing from her on the court. “My heart is on the court,” Mau said. “There’s one thing I want to do and that’s be out here with my team. The Wildcats have the potential to do well in the matches thanks to their improving health. The Wildcats’ top three scorers— Dahlke, Mau and Katarina Pilepic—are healthy and preparing for this weekend. “It’s good to have everyone back and on the same page,” Dahlke said. “Its excitement and the energy of the team. We are all on the court together and about to have some fun.” The Arizona Wildcats are one spot out of the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association Top 25 and are in the midst of the Pac-12 race. “There’s an inner drive by this team,” Rubio said. “They know what is at stake and the legacy they want to leave, especially for the senior group.”
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The rocket man of Arizona swimming Arizona swimming head coach Rick DeMont is entering his 30th year as a part of the coaching staff—with the pool still his life passion
BY MATT WALL @MWall20
At the age of 16, high school senior Rick “Rocket” DeMont was on top of the world. That is, until his world came to a crashing halt. “It went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in four days,” DeMont said. DeMont would be disqualified by the International Olympic Committee in the 1972 Munich Olympics after winning the 400 freestyle gold medal. According to the New York Times, DeMont had taken an asthma medication known as Malax, which contains ephedrine. “I have been asthmatic since I was 4 years old,” DeMont said. “I was working with doctors about medication and put everything that I was taking [on the medications list]. The asthma stuff tested me positive. No one told me not to take it. I’m kind of the drug testing poster boy, I guess.” The matter would be broadcasted all over the globe and DeMont was forced to return his gold medal. The story was later pursued by ESPN, the Times, Dan Patrick, Sports Illustrated and Howard Cosell. “It’s so long ago, it doesn’t make any difference to me,” DeMont said. “It was a crash course in world politics. I was an idealistic 16-year-old. What I was involved in was just ugly politics. It was really hard for me to understand the adult world. I was thrashed by it. It was too much for me, being a 16-year-old, to handle the amount of attention. I was in way over my head.” DeMont was one of just four high-schoolers competing at the Olympics that year. All that is behind him now as he leads the Arizona men and women’s swimming and diving program, entering his 30th year with the program. After 29 years of trying to clear his name, DeMont was cleared by the US Olympic Committee and became the head coach of the Arizona program in February of 2014. DeMont replaced former Wildcat head coach Eric Hansen,
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ARIZONA SWIM COACH RICK DeMont during the Wildcats’ wins over the Washington State Cougars and the UNLV Rebels on Oct. 23, 2015 at the Hillendbrand Aquatic Center. Demont was hired as head swim coach in 2014.
who resigned from the position due to “undisclosed reasons.” If you happen to run into DeMont now, he’s as happy-golucky as can be. “I look forward to coming into work because he’s just got energy,” Arizona assistant coach Steve Brown said. “He’s 60 going on 30.” That same energy has transfixed the collegiate sport of swimming for 30 years, all of which have been with the Arizona Wildcats. “I realized I had a tremendous
effect on these little people and they have a tremendous effect on me,” DeMont said. “I was good at it, and I could relate to them. Maybe it’s because I’ve been to hell and back.” It’s a big way DeMont has found to connect with his studentathletes and fellow coaching staff. “Humor keeps it light,” DeMont said. “You are asking these people to go to the end of their rope and live there and build a house there, right on the end of their rope.
Humor lightens the mood and takes stress away. We are in the middle of incredible stress all the time, and you have to be able to laugh at it.” DeMont first joined the Wildcat program after transferring from the University of Washington as a student. Bob Davies, who coached DeMont in high school, was the main reason for DeMont’s transfer after the Huskies program was terminated. Coaches in the program notice first-hand DeMont’s ability to connect with his team. “His way to connect with athletes on a very personal level is very unique and beneficial,” assistant coach Adam Byars said. Few coaches have the opportunity to work at their alma mater. Far fewer get the chance to coach for a school for more than 30 years. “I’ve never represented another school in my coaching career,” DeMont said. “I don’t think there is another coach maybe anywhere who can say that.” When you walk into DeMont’s office in McKale Center, a painting hangs on the wall to the left of his desk. DeMont picked up art as a young boy and has continued to evolve his mastery of the arts over the years. “He looks at each individual athlete as a piece of art, so he has to sculpt it and mold it the way he thinks it’s going to swim through the water the fastest,” Brown said. “His attention for detail and nuisances is unparalleled. He’s a kid at heart.” Growing up, DeMont struggled with hyperactivity, so his family encouraged him to pursue art. “My grandmother was an artist, so I grew up thinking art was normal,” DeMont said. “She was a big influence in my life. I had the stuff to do it with. I had all the fixings to do art as a young kid. It calmed down my hyperactivity because I was an unbelievable handful.” Standing at 5-foot-11, few would guess that DeMont was one of the most prolific swimming athletes of his generation.
“He’s a legend in the sport,” Brown said. “He’s an Olympic gold medalist at 16, a world record holder, he’s coached so many Olympians, world record holders [and] NCAA Champions.” Speaking of legends, DeMont and his Wildcats will face in-state rival ASU this season, but it will feel much different than before. Twentyeight-time U.S. Olympian Michael Phelps will serve as a volunteer assistant with the Sun Devils. “I want to know how much Michael is coaching,” DeMont said. “I’m trying to figure out why a guy that is a 100-millionaire would want to coach. I’m skeptical if he’s actually coaching. But his coach is coaching and they are really good. They are very popular right now. We got to go against him, and we do that by paying attention to our day-to-day.” At the end of the day, the sport has been DeMont’s life, and he has appreciated giving back to the many that taught him. “I’ve been around a long time,” DeMont said. “There is starting to be very few people who have been around at [the] very high level of competition [that] I have. You bring your live experiences to the deck and try to influence young people in a positive way.” From when DeMont was a swimmer, the sport has certainly changed in terms of training and the attitude of swimmers in general. “Training has become a lot more specific,” DeMont said. “The idea of beating a team to death and taking the survivors, those kind of days are over. The mindset of the 1970s was if it hurts, that’s good. We are a lot smarter physiologically and psychologically [about] what people can take.” Whether it be his coaching style or how he pioneered negative split swimming, a technique still used today, DeMont lives and breathes swimming. More so, he has the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young people every single day. “I live vicariously through them,” DeMont said. “Their medals are mine.”