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Tucson community protests Ferguson verdict downtown BY MAX RODRIGUEZ The Daily Wildcat
Hundreds of protesters marched throughout Tucson on Tuesday evening in order to show solidarity with the protests in Ferguson, Mo., and with Michael Brown. The protesters lent their voices to the chorus of discontent echoing throughout the nation as
similar protests occurred in cities across the U.S. The protests broke out throughout the country following a grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on any of five charges related to his shooting of Brown. The protesters began the night at the Ronstadt Transit Center in downtown Tucson where they held signs in support of Brown
and chanted at cars driving down Congress Street. Some of the signs and banners included messages such as “Make Police Obsolete,” “A system cannot kill those it was never meant to protect” and “Would you still support Darren Wilson if he killed your son?” The protesters chanted messages including “Black lives matter,” “All lives matter,” “No justice, no peace, no racist police” and “Killer cops
have got to go.” The protesters left the center shortly thereafter as they marched downtown as well as on Fourth Avenue, University Boulevard and throughout the UA campus, before heading down Speedway Boulevard and returning to the Ronstadt Transit Center. As the protesters marched
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— All news courtesy of The New York Times
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The UA and ASU rivalry is entrenched in Arizona history
ASU & UA match up in rivalry football game Arts & Life - 3
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Sun Devils and Wildcats don’t get along, that’s a proven fact
BY ARIELLA NOTH
The Daily Wildcat
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he UA will face Arizona State University on Friday for the coveted Territorial Cup, part of an ongoing, heated rivalry between the two schools. The schools are known for their conflict in terms of sports, but the history of the feud stretches further than just athletics. Shane Dale, author of the book “Territorial: The History of the Duel in the Desert,” told the State Press that the roots of the rivalry go beyond our battling teams. “The history behind it … makes it so personal,” Dale said. He added that when ASU — known in the 1950s as Arizona State College — was trying to be recognized as a university, the UA protested. “UA was the only university in the state for decades, and they wanted to keep it that way,” Dale said, “and what happened is that in 1958, there was a proposition on the ballot, Proposition 200, that would change ASC’s name to ASU.” He said that on the day of the first game at Sun Devil Stadium, UA fans broke in and burned “No on 200” into the grass. “Based on the interviews I did, that really started making it a personal rivalry,” Dale said. “Proposition 200 passed easily, and ASU went to Tucson that year and blew out UA 47-0. There were some other things that came up as well, but that really set the nastiness of the rivalry since then.” However, the Territorial Cup Series website claims that the football rivalry dates back 100 years ago, before the emergence of Proposition 200. The website claims that in 1885 when the UA was founded as the state’s first university, the Tempe Normal School also opened. The Tempe Normal School later became what is now known as ASU. “The Arizona Territorial Normal School football team
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BY ROBERTO PAYNE The Daily Wildcat
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TOP: ARIZONA FANS AND ASU fans hold up signs during Arizona’s 58-21 loss against ASU in Tempe last season. Bottom: According to academic research, the UA-ASU rivalry is the most intense rivalry in the nation.
he UA and ASU rivalry is one of the hottest rivalries in the nation from a national media perspective, and it’s definitely the most hateful in general. Folks in Tucson hate the Sun Devils, and folks in Tempe don’t like the Wildcats, either. The UA-ASU rivalry was described as the most intense rivalry in the nation, according to the Arizona Republic. Fans voted that the Territorial Cup is more intense than classic rivalries such as Ohio State-Michigan and UtahBYU. According to a UA football press release, the Territorial Cup is regarded by the NCAA as the oldest rivalry trophy in the nation. In essence, that research validated what many Arizona and ASU supporters already knew: This rivalry is one of — if not the — toughest rivalries in the nation. Don’t believe me? Well, remember a UA kicker named Alex Zendejas? Of course you do. Just one year after hitting a gamewinning field goal to defeat the Sun Devils, Zendejas was shunned after missing two extra points that cost the Wildcats a win. His name is now synonymous with “failure” in Tucson. Sure, Zendejas was volatile, as most kickers are, but it was the simple fact that he missed against ASU that cemented his legacy in a negative light. ASU has dominated the football portion of the matchup lately, winning nine of the 14 matchups in the past 14 years, including three of the last four. Overall, Arizona leads the all-time series 47-39-2 and has gone 29-19 in Tucson. This year’s football matchup is the biggest in over 20 years, as it’s the first time since 1986 that both teams are ranked heading into the game. At No. 13 in the nation, the
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oday in 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt officially established modern Thanksgiving as a holiday.
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Members-only hotel established at UA BY HOLLY HALSTEAD The Daily Wildcat
During last week’s Arizona Board of Regents meeting, the board made the decision to approve the UA’s request to enter into a lease with a new Tucson hotel for the purpose of establishing a University Club. The agreement is with a hotel that will be built in the empty parking lot between the UA’s Louise F. Marshall building and the current Marriott Hotel. The new hotel is set to be 13 floors, with the top floor being designated for
the University Club. According to the Executive Summary from the Arizona Board of Regents meeting from Nov. 20-21, there has not been a UA faculty club in over 25 years, and UA faculty and administration have wanted an exclusive place for faculty. Lynn Nadel, the regents’ professor of psychology at the UA, is acting as coordinator for the project. He explained that this new club will be for more than just faculty members. The club, which will require memberships, will most likely have memberships available on various levels.
According to the plan, memberships will be available to faculty members, alumni, retirees and general community members as well as to entire departments and local businesses. Memberships will not likely be available to undergraduate students but may be available to graduate students and others, Nadel said. Nadel added that membership drives are set to begin soon and will continue for approximately the next yearand-a-half.
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PSYCHOLOGY REGENTS’ PROFESSOR Lynn Nadel shares blueprints of the Marriott Hotel’s future Residence Inn, which will be located between the hotel and the Louise F. Marshall building. The Regents Distinguished Professors gathered on Friday to discuss ideas for a University Club located on the new hotel’s top floor.