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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013
VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 50
GIVING THEIR SOULS AWAY Thousands turn out for Tucson’s All Souls Procession, which returns to downtown for 24th year to honor the dead
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ith strips of gold-and silvertinged paper in hand, more than 80,000 people walked along the All Souls Procession route Sunday evening, leaving carefully inscribed notes in the care of an urn, to be burned and sent to the souls of loved ones lost. Lighting up Sixth Avenue, the urn commanded the procession and wove through the crowds and floats that filled downtown. It served as a collection of thoughts and memories acquired from attendees throughout the night’s events, consisting of hand written-notes, photos, mementos, figurines and other objects. Loosely taking root in the Mexican tradition of Día de Los Muertos, the All Souls Procession returned for its 24th and biggest year yet, said Urn Ambassador Rachel Alter. It began as a small ceremony on Fourth Avenue to honor the passing of Susan Kay Johnson’s father and has since grown into one of the biggest processions in the Southwest, reaching people of all ages and cultures through the commonality of loss. “I just think that the emotions of love and loss and gratitude are all collective and we come together as a community to amplify each other’s gratitude and relieve each other’s sorrow as we take on those emotions collectively,” Alter said. The crowd moved as one
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I love the fact that so many people can come out and be together in a public place at the same time.
—Diana Meter, All Souls Procession participant
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PAUL PRATT DRESSES UP for the Dia de los Muertos parade in downtown Tucson on Sunday. Pratt, like many others in the parade, was marching with photographs of deceased loved ones.
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Afghan prof takes Women in campus culture capture
first Pac12 title BY MAKENZIE THIEL
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MUZGHAN HAMRAZ LEFT, a professor from Afghanistan, and Suzanne Bott (right), discuss the heritage conservation program involving the UA and Kabul University on Wednesday. Hamraz is a visiting professor who is studying cultural preservation in order to take the knowledge she gains back to Afghanistan.
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The Daily Wildcat A visiting professor from Afghanistan is learning about cultural conservation in order to take what she learns back to her country. Muzhgan Hamraz, is a professor from Kabul University in Afghanistan who came to Arizona through
the UA’s Heritage Conservation Program. Hamraz said she’s hoping the knowledge she gains here will allow her to expand the class options at her own university. She has suggested that Kabul University add three courses to its curriculum: culture heritage conservation, ethnography of Native Americans and site management.
Arizona women’s cross country won its first Pac-12 Conference championship on Saturday in Louisville, Colo., while the men’s team finished eighth. “We are so proud of the ladies,” said head coach James Li in a press release. “This whole year they have been doing such a great job in everything they do. They are so focused and to come here in a difficult situation at altitude and against a really good Colorado team on their home course. It was a hard-fought victory, and it was a great job by all the girls today.” Senior Elvin Kibet not only finished second in the women’s race but she was also awarded the Pac-12 2013 Scholar Athlete of the
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Year Award before the race. Elvin Kibet had a time of 21:15, coming in nine seconds after the first place winner. Second for the women was sophomore Kayla Beattie, who came in fifth place overall with a time of 21:20. Coming in third for UA was junior Nicci Corbin with a time of 21:23, good for sixth place overall. Freshman Maria Larsson took 24th place overall with a time of 22:30. The final scorer was junior Hanna Peterson, who came in 32nd place with a time of 22:43. In 2012, Arizona finished second place at the Pac-12 championships. “For the team winning the Pac12 Championship for the first time ever, that’s just amazing,” Elvin Kibet said in a press release. “We went into this race and coach Li told us, ‘Run with spirit. It’s one thing to run but it is another to run with spirit.’” The Arizona women’s team won the meet with a total of 69 points, Colorado took second place with 75 points, Washington came in third with 111 points, Oregon came in fourth place with 113 points, Stanford came in fifth with 129 points and ASU had 138 points, good for sixth place. Arizona earned a point on ASU in the Territorial Cup Series with this win. The Territorial Cup
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