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ASUA increases club funding

BY ALYSSA SCHLITZER The Daily Wildcat

ASUA is changing its fundallocating processes for clubs after having trouble ensuring all money for clubs was allocated, and is on track to do that by the end of the year.

Jordan Allison, the executive vice president of the Associated

Students of the University of Arizona, said over the years ASUA has been able to increase club funding from $225,000 to $250,000, allowing more opportunities for student organizations to achieve their goals.

ASUA club funding allows different clubs to reach their goals and creates opportunities

for them that they would not be able to have otherwise.

Clubs can get money for events, T-shirts, competitions, equipment, renting rooms and anything else they need that will benefit them and increase their success.

A lot of the money given is for travel, so when clubs go on trips, they will be reimbursed for the

event when they come back.

ASUA allocated over $250,000 to clubs and organizations this year and it boasts over 550 student clubs on campus, ranging from Greek organizations to the UA Harry Potter Alliance.

Clubs can get money for what they need by filling out a form,

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ARIZONA GUARD PARKER JACKSON-CARTWRIGHT passes to a teammate during Arizona’s 72-53 win against Missouri on Monday at Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii. Behind a defensive surge, the Wildcats defeated the Tigers and set up a matchup against Kansas State on Tuesday.

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rizona’s first game of the 2014 EA Sports Maui Invitational started out almost identically to the first three games of the season. The Wildcats (4-0) trailed early against the Missouri Tigers before Rondae Hollis-Jefferson sparked a run —

something the forward has done all year — that led to a 72-53 Arizona victory.

Missouri led 5-0 about two minutes in before UA head coach Sean Miller subbed in Hollis-Jefferson at the 17:21 mark, changing the landscape of the game. With Hollis-Jefferson on the court, the Wildcats went on a 14-4 run and took control of the driver’s seat.

The rest of the first half was back and forth with the Arizona defense coming alive toward the end. The Wildcats forced nine first-

half turnovers, scoring 10 points off turnovers in the half. Arizona recorded seven steals in the first half alone.

Leading the way in the first half with 10 points was forward Brandon Ashley, who was playing in his first road action since his Feb. 1 foot injury at California. Ashley played just 13 minutes in the half but was a reliable 4-7 from the field.

Ashley finished the game tied with a team-high 15 points on an efficient 5-9 shooting from the field.

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St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch announced Monday evening that police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown, leading to a series of protests in Ferguson, Mo., was not going to be charged with the murder of Brown.

CNN broadcast the announcement that the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson due to a lack of probable cause. During the press conference, McCulloch gave detailed accounts of what occurred prior to and during the shooting and a summary of the information presented to the grand jury.

McCulloch said the grand jury concluded there was no probable cause to indict the officer after weighing the evidence and testimony. McCulloch also said an issue during the case was a series of false testimonies, and that several witness accounts all had different claims on where Brown’s hands were during the shooting.

“The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction,” McCulloch said in the televised press conference.

McCulloch also said that prior to receiving the autopsy reports, the grand jury heard from witnesses.

CNN reported that the office of the prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County sent out a statement early Monday afternoon that said the grand jury had made a decision and that it was going to be announced later that day.

Media outlets were then told that the announcement would take place at 8 p.m. central time. Throughout the evening, individuals continued to question why the announcement was being pushed into the evening.

The office of African American Student Affairs was holding its Diaspora Dinner the evening that the announcement was made.

Matice Moore, the program director for AASA, informed everyone in attendance that the decision was going to be announced during the event.

Moore informed the attendees of the event that prior to beginning the evening, they would watch a video with statements from

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UAMC receives average grade

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The Daily Wildcat The University of Arizona Medical Center received a “C” rating by The Leapfrog Group and has since taken measures to improve its performance for the community.

The Leapfrog Group is a national independent nonprofit organization which compares hospitals’ quality, safety and efficiency standards, according to the Leapfrog website.

A biannual report is provided to those who purchase a membership and are able to provide input about any hospital that forms a part of the

survey. The grades are based on measures of safety, quality and resource usage that are of interest to healthcare purchasers and consumers.

As a nationally recognized and standardized survey, The Leapfrog Group attempts to capture any medical errors performed at hospitals, such as UAMC, to reduce any issues that reflect negatively toward the hospital in the future.

Although the Leapfrog survey might be conducted by a thirdparty observer, the hospital makes a note that there are other sources to refer to when it comes to the business’ performance.

“We don’t participate [with the Leapfrog survey so] we actually

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER received a grade of a “C” by an independent organization called The Leapfrog Group. UAMC has two sites: One is on the university campus (pictured) and the other on the south campus.

don’t look at that rating,” said Dr. Andreas Theodorou, chief of staff at UAMC. “We don’t fill out a questionnaire [through them].”

UUAMC prefers to consult the University HealthSystem Consortium, since it compares it across academic medical

centers, which are very different from regular hospitals, according to Brett Behan, co-director of quality for UAMC. According to the UHC website, the organization also focuses on the same goal as Leapfrog:

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New application helps prevent procrastination among students

BY CHASTITY LASKEY The Daily Wildcat

A Stop Procrastinating study found that with the rise of social media and ease of access to the Internet, more students are procrastinating their work.

In a press release from Rob Jones, communications manager for Stop Procrastinating, a survey of 1,500 undergraduate students in the U.S. found that over 50 percent procrastinate using the Internet.

Stop Procrastinating is a webblocking software available for Windows and Mac OS. “Many claimed that the constant distraction from the Internet through social media and websites, such as YouTube and many others, were playing havoc with their ability to concentrate for long periods of time,” Jones said.

The survey found that 74 percent of students face severe procrastination because of online distractions.

In addition, 61 percent of participants said they were distracted by the Internet even with only a week to complete an essay, and 64 percent said they were distracted while studying after checking their email or other social media.

Undeclared freshman Victoria Soto said she finds herself procrastinating all the time, not only with social media, but also with TV, friends and family. “[My procrastination] worries me because it makes me feel like I’ll never get anything done, which only makes me procrastinate more,” Soto said.

Will Little, creator and CEO of Stop Procrastinating, said in an email interview that people tend to procrastinate on work even when it can be fun.

“It is easy to procrastinate when you have the Internet to distract you,” Little said.

Little said he kept getting distracted by the Internet when

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STOP PROCRASTINATING IS AN APPLICATION that allows users to block websites for a designated amount of time with the intended result of helping people concentrate on their work. The application was launched this year and has been downloaded by approximately 15,000 users.

he was trying to write a play, and the computer. The second option when he couldn’t find anything prevents circumvention of the to help him stop procrastinating, block even after rebooting the he decided computer. The last to create his option allows users It is a own software to block certain privilege to tackle the sites instead of the to feel that problem. entire Internet.

“I wanted to Little said that something create software although the I created is that allows software was only genuinely people to block launched this year, helping the Internet it is growing in people in three ways, popularity, and has — Will Little, giving them been downloaded creator and flexibility,” Little by approximately CEO of Stop said.

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maintaining transparency with patients.

By providing data and relevant safety information, UHC provides insight on latest advances in healthcare that enables hospitals to improve their performance in the long run.

“We do multiple ongoing quality improvement projects based on the outcomes we measure as an institution,” Behan said. “The highlight we are really looking at to focus on right now based on our data is catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central line infections. We know all of those can significantly tribute to mortality and really affect outcomes of patients. We have an opportunity to really improve with patients and we can control these types of things.”

Kara Snyder, co-director of quality for UAMC, also said UAMC attempts to achieve the adequate level of care for every patient who visits the hospital.

“We also focus on efficiency measures that The Leapfrog is also interested in making sure we are fiscally responsible as a country,” Snyder said. “We talk about how we move patients in a safe way through our system as expeditiously as possible and getting to the right level of care about they leave the hospital.”

and every Monday the ASUA Appropriations Board meets to go over the requests to see what can be funded and what is beneficial for the club.

According to Allison, this is an opportunity for clubs to do things they could not do if they did not have the funding.

“I’m really happy that we are able to provide that service to students so that they can get that real world experience and really exercise their passions for what they do,” Allison said.

Allison said it is amazing for her to see the requests that come through, such as conferences in different states, doing service events and even traveling to foreign countries to provide medical services to people there.

ASUA Sen. Ellen Dunn said that having club funding through the ASUA Appropriations Board encourages more student involvement and allows for opportunities without having to pay out of pocket.

Each year, new clubs get added to the list and UA organizations grow, so there are always new club requests.

“My favorite part of club funding, though, is seeing the unique requests from really passionate clubs because it just exemplifies the diversity of this campus and how everyone has a chance to get involved and discover their interests,” Dunn said.

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people living in Ferguson, Mo. Following the video, she informed everyone that the evening would be flexible and allow for discussion when the verdict was announced.

Prior to the announcement of the verdict, news outlets reported that major cities across the country were seeing protesters gather in preparation, in addition to those in The duty Ferguson and of the St. Louis. grand C N N reported that jury is to following the separate announcement fact from of the verdict, fiction — Robert hundreds McCulloch, of people St. Louis g a t h e r e d County outside of prosecuting the Ferguson attorney police station began to chant and surged towards the metal gates, where they were met with police officers in riot gear.

“I just wanted to start by [acknowledging] this historic moment we are in, and definitely [by] honoring what is happening in Ferguson and honoring it by being together,” Moore said.

Brown’s family released a statement following the announcement asking that the frustration of the verdict be funneled towards positive change.

The statement, released by Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr., read, “Join with us in our campaign to ensure that every police officer working the streets in this country wears a body camera. We respectfully ask that you please keep your protests peaceful. Answering violence with violence is not the appropriate reaction.”

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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Executive Vice President Jordan Allison, left, and Sen. Ellen Dunn, right, during the weekly ASUA Senate meeting on Wednesday at the Student Union Memorial Center. The main point of discussion was the campaign code.

The ASUA Appropriations Board is run by student directors, Dunn said, and is beneficial to students because they are the ones who make the funding decisions; it allows students to work together and increase club involvement.

Issac Ortega, ASUA president, said this funding allows clubs to experience opportunities, such as traveling to go accept national awards, researching, networking with people in New York and competing in competitions around the country while

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Hagel resigns, new leader to be chosen TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Chuck Hagel “no ordinary secretary of defense” as he announced Hagel’s resignation Monday, opening the way for a new Pentagon leader to confront evolving national security challenges in the final two years of Obama’s presidency.

Hagel has been under pressure from the White House to step down, and White House officials have suggested that Obama sought new leadership in the U.S. campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants in Iraq and Syria.

Hagel, an enlisted soldier during the Vietnam War who rose to the rank of sergeant, developed a closeness with servicemen and women, Obama said in formal remarks from the White House.

“He understands our men and women like few others because he stood where they stood,” Obama said, standing beside the outgoing secretary and Vice President Joe Biden. “He’s been in the dirt, and he’s been in the mud. And that’s established a special bond.”

Hagel’s resignation comes less than two months after he penned a blunt memo to national security adviser Susan Rice pointing out what he saw as problems in the administration’s policy toward Syria.

The memo advised a sharper approach to dealing with Syrian President Bashar Assad, who remains in power as the U.S. focuses on removing ISIS from Syria and Iraq.

Obama has called on Assad to step down, but he has not authorized using military force, including a proposed proxy army of moderate

rebels, to remove the Syrian leader.

Hagel, 68, never mentioned the disagreement publicly and evaded questions about the rift.

On Monday, Obama said it was “an appropriate time for him to complete his service.” He also thanked Hagel, a former Republican senator, for serving with “class and integrity” and offering candid advice.

“When I nominated you for this position, you said that you’d always give me your honest advice and informed counsel. You have,” Obama said. “When it’s matter[ed] most, behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, you’ve always given it to me straight, and for that I will always be grateful.”

In brief remarks following the president’s announcement, Hagel thanked Obama and said he believed the administration has set the nation on a “stronger course to security, stability and prosperity.”

The secretary, who at times appeared to be out of the White House inner circle, noted “it is a team effort. And that’s part of the fun of it, to help build teams and to work together to make things happen for the good of the country and make a better world,” he noted.

“For all of that, I am immensely grateful.”

Hagel said he will stay on until his successor is confirmed. He first raised the idea of leaving the administration after the midterm elections last month with Obama, a senior administration official said.

Hagel, who took office in February 2013, is the only Republican in the upper echelon of Obama’s circle of advisers. He and Obama forged a friendship in the Senate, where both were critics of the war in Iraq.

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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL announces his resignation as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.

battle, Hagel took over the Pentagon at a time it was facing a massive retrenchment with the end of expensive ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also had to absorb $47 billion in budget cuts mandated by Congress that predecessors said would gut the force.

He helped to manage the drawdown of the war in Afghanistan for the U.S. military, with a focus on preparing the fighting force for future missions and cutting some areas of military spending.

But he never could generate the spotlight in the way of his predecessors: Leon Panetta, who had served as CIA director and presided over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, or Robert M. Gates, Obama’s first defense secretary, who had also headed the CIA. Hagel never seemed to show the brash personality that earned him maverick status as a Republican senator from Nebraska who

took controversial positions and issued blunt assessments, no matter the consequences. At congressional hearings on ISIS, Hagel often took a backseat to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey.

Obama has reportedly been looking at several candidates to run the Pentagon during his final two years in office. A former military adviser, Michèle Flournoy, is said to be one of those under consideration.

The name of Ashton Carter, a former Department of Defense official who was on the short list for the job the last time around, has also been floated.

Another name mentioned was Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, poised to become the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee in January, but his spokesman said Reed isn’t interested in the job.

Thousands cross Kurdistan, ISIS territory TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

MAKTAB KHALED CHECKPOINT, Iraq — The thousand or so people pressing up against the barbed-wire and chainlink fence were polite but growing impatient as they waited to be searched individually by a pair of Kurdish peshmerga fighters. A third fighter with a long wooden stick loudly reminded them that nobody had the right to cross.

“Shut up and wait,” he shouted, punctuating his command with a snap of the staff and an obscenity.

“Any problems and you can walk back to the other side.”

By the other side, he meant about 650 feet down an empty stretch of highway to an overpass, where fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria could be seen watching through binoculars and sniper scopes.

The Maktab Khaled checkpoint is the farthest forward position for forces gathered along the 900mile line that separates Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region from the hostile forces of ISIS. From here, 20 miles south of the city of Kirkuk, now under Kurdish control, the highway leads to Baghdad, where the Iraqi government is in control, as well as to Mosul, Tikrit and Baiji, all places where ISIS reigns. For anyone wishing to cross out of ISIS territory — or into, because there are those, too — this is the place to come.

There used to be others. But heavy fighting outside the northern city of Zummar near the Mosul Dam and the capture in August by ISIS of Bartella, a Christian village between Mosul and Irbil, have left only the Maktab Khaled checkpoint open for people who want to cross the lines.

The overwhelming majority are

people who want to leave, who come pushing heavily loaded carts filled with possessions because motor vehicles aren’t currently allowed to travel through the no-man’s land, said Maj. Staf Farhat, who mans the checkpoint on the Kurdish side.

A far smaller number of people travel the other way, mostly residents of Kurdish villages that are now inside ISIS territory.

“Most days, between 8,000 and 10,000 people total want to cross,” Farhat said as he sat in the trailer that is his small office.

The trailer is surrounded by 10-foot-tall earthen berms and 6-foot-deep trenches, obstacles to any car or truck bombs ISIS might want to send his way. But Farhat thinks the risk is low. “They want the checkpoint to stay open more than we do,” he said, referring to ISIS. That’s why sniping incidents or suicide bombers are rare, he said.

Until about a month ago, motor vehicles were allowed to cross, but that ended — not for security reasons, but because an intelligence officer, who asked to be called “Officer Yousef,” uncovered a smuggling ring that was bringing refined gasoline and oil into the Kurdish areas, with the proceeds going to ISIS. “The people doing the smuggling were Kurdish, so that means they were bribing officers in the peshmerga, which means we had a security problem,” Yousef said.

“That’s when the decision came to stop all vehicle traffic.”

Farhat and Yousef said ISIS wants to keep the border crossing open, providing the people who live under its rule some semblance of normal movement and trade. So far, the Kurdish government has been accommodating, though if it were left to the two soldiers, the crossing

would be closed.

“I don’t need to go to Mosul,” Yousef said. “And I don’t care if people from Mosul want to come here, but we keep it open and treat people in the right manner.”

Farhat has another observation from inside his heavily guarded compound.

“You see the trenches and berms around us?” he said. “They’re to protect the checkpoint from suicide car bombs, but those come from Kirkuk, like the one three months ago that killed 12 of my men.”

Kirkuk is controlled by the Kurds but still has hundreds of thousands of Sunni Arab residents, some of whom are ISIS sympathizers. It’s an ethnic stress point on the front line.

“I’m supposed to be the front line but I have enemies to my back as well,” he said.

$99 SEASON PASS Israeli PM delays bill, FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS preserves coalition TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday staved off a potential splintering of his governing coalition, at least for now, with an agreement to delay bringing a contentious nationality bill before the Knesset, or parliament.

But the government, beset by constant quarrels, remains on shaky ground and the Israeli leader is seen as likely to continue backing an array of hard-line measures in response to some of the worst violence to hit Israel in years: a string of attacks by Palestinian assailants that have left 11 people dead in little more than a month.

A vote on the nationality measure, which had been approved Sunday by the Cabinet, could have led to a parliamentary showdown and triggered early elections. Lawmakers were originally scheduled to take up the measure Wednesday.

The bill designates Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. Although Israel’s Jewish character is legally anchored in many key documents — including its 1948 Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the country’s commitment to “freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel” — the bill came under fire for provisions that included eliminating Arabic as an official language and opening the door for Jewish religious law to take precedence over democratic practices.

Critics also said the measure could be used to discriminate against Arab citizens, who make up one-fifth of the population.

Centrist coalition members, including Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, had declared their vehement opposition to the bill, but indicated they would support a softened version that explicitly protected minority rights. Israeli news reports said a revised version was being drafted and that the vote would be put off until a compromise could be reached.

Netanyahu, addressing his Likud faction, promised to push ahead with the measure in some form.

“This bill and the proposals … are expressing the fact that Israel is the national state of the Jewish people and only theirs, along with preserving the rights of every single citizen of the state,” he said.

Israeli news media, however, read the campaign as largely a cynical attempt by Netanyahu to position himself to the right before the Likud Party’s leadership primaries in January, and one that could result in increased international pressure on Israel.

“The prime minister and the Likud rightwing ministers know full well there is no need to this bill. They know there is nothing in it,” Ben-Dror Yemini wrote in the Yediot Aharonot newspaper Tuesday. “They know its only contribution will be to help the delegitimization campaign against Israel.”

Though under heavy criticism from Western governments on issues such as increased Jewish building in traditionally Arab parts of Jerusalem, Netanyahu last week vowed a harsh response after five Israelis — three of them dual U.S. citizens — were killed by knives and gunfire at a Jerusalem synagogue.

Even before the synagogue attack, Jerusalem for weeks had been the scene of near-constant clashes in parts of the city annexed by Israel after the 1967 war. Tension continues to simmer over the status of the hilltop shrine known to the Jewish as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

The attacks have prompted stringent countermeasures by authorities, including orders to demolish attackers’ family homes; one was destroyed last week, and another Palestinian family is fighting a demolition order in the Supreme Court. Officials also threaten to strip Palestinian assailants and their families of Jerusalem residency rights.

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Policing words is so basic

BY ASHWIN MEHRA The Daily Wildcat

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ime magazine recently made a pretty basic move.

On Nov. 12, Time released a poll titled, “Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015?” It was Time’s fourth annual words-to-ban poll, with previous winners being “OMG,” “YOLO” and “twerk.” On the poll this year, however, was a slightly more contentious word: feminist.

The inclusion of feminist led to criticism from the likes of The Washington Post and The Huffington Post. Time issued an apology, saying it “meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year.”

The logic behind banning words is faulty at best. Language policing is based on the assumption that there is a good version of a language and a bad one that need to be kept separate. This year’s Time poll also includes slang words, similar to the previous winners. The idea that these words, along with feminist, should be banned is an example of an institution deciding what is acceptable to say and when and how it can be said, especially by marginalized groups.

Time’s original explanation of why the word feminist was included was that it seems like every celebrity has to declare if they are a feminist or not. The explanation asked readers to “stick to the issues and quit throwing this label around.”

Since when is feminism not an issue?

In a world where, as Time reported in September, only 31 percent of speaking characters in Hollywood movies from 2010 to 2013 were women, how is it not important to ask people in the entertainment industry about their opinions on feminism?

“It speaks to a larger cultural opinion that feminism is irrelevant or that it’s something that doesn’t matter oftentimes,” said Elizabeth Verklan, a graduate student studying gender and women’s studies. “… It’s saying, ‘That’s done, that’s done, that’s over, there aren’t these issues.’”

Feminism isn’t just a buzzword to ask celebrities about. Women in the U.S. still face gender discrimination, such as being paid less than male counterparts.

Celebrities are important in promoting feminism, as they help create the dominant culture.

Time’s poll isn’t an attempt to ban feminist discussion, but to police who gets asked about feminism and when people can talk about it. Not asking celebrities where they stand on the issue, though, is giving the people who make culture a free pass.

“It would be odd to not ask someone if they identify as a feminist if they, for instance, have light-up signs on their stage that say feminism,” Verklan said. “… Ideally, maybe we would have more political conversations with our celebrities as opposed to who they’re dating or how they diet or workout.”

The problems with the poll don’t end with feminist, either.

Some of the other words on the list included “bae,” “basic,” “turnt” and “yaaasssss.” As The Daily Beast points out, these are words that all originated in music by black rap and hip-hop artists.

Time claims bae and basic are overused, and turnt and yaaasssss barely have explanations for why they should be banned.

Words that originated in the language of predominantly black artists shouldn’t be banned because popular media picked up on and overused them. Time’s suggestion that they should stinks of racism.

Time’s poll is really a way to wrestle control of a changing language back from a younger, more diverse generation.

“Policing of the English language broadly is always entangled in race because the English language is controlled by white people,” Verklan said. “… Language [can be] a tool of white supremacy. It’s a tool in so many ways to maintain power [and] cultural power.”

Words used by young people, and often black people, do not need to be banned. Language changes, and that isn’t a bad thing. People don’t speak the English of William Shakespeare anymore. Even if the poll has no actual power, feminist especially has no place on it — besides, Time is itself complicit in asking celebrities, like Shailene Woodley, their opinions on feminism.

Time may have an issued an apology for including feminist in the poll, but a better response would be to discontinue the poll completely. Language changes, and until Time gets with the times, it’s definitely not my bae anymore.

— Ashwin Mehra is a physiology senior. Follow him @Arvedui

Ferguson in Flames A St. Louis native worries about seeing her city torn apart by violence, but wonders if that’s what it will take for change to come

BY TREY ROSS

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n Aug. 9, I was hauling moving boxes into my new room at my sorority house in Tucson when officer Darren Wilson, in St. Louis, shot Michael Brown.

Michael Brown was black and Darren Wilson is white.

I was not fazed by the news. I’m from St. Louis; we’ve always had race issues. It’s sad and naive how complacent I was, right?

But on Monday, I watched the news as it was announced that Wilson will not be indicted and people cried and news broadcasters wore gas masks and the National Guard stood in formation. I am in shock at the disarray of my home.

I can feel the pain of Brown, his family, his friends and every other oppressed African-American resident of St. Louis who lives in a world of white power, poverty and a failing education system. I’ve seen the destruction and the hopelessness of Ferguson, Mo., and other areas of North County. St. Louis has a problem. I live among many racists, and maybe Brown will be the spark to ignite the change.

I’m heartbroken.

President Barack Obama said tonight that racism is an issue in America that must be addressed, especially the distrust between law enforcement and people of color, but also that people should protest peacefully and respect the verdict of the grand jury.

I agree with his powerful statement, and I pray that we can create solutions that are coupled with peace.

After all of this chaos, you can hop on Twitter for some ignorant entertainment.

I can guarantee everyone you follow will magically be a politician, eyewitness or lawyer now that the verdict is out.

Yes, American flags have been burned tonight during protests in Ferguson, but an account actually called @Drunk_America decided to start tweeting about how “disrespectful” the protesters were acting.

Which is worse: burning a flag to make a statement or a self-proclaimed parody patriot attempting to understand burning a flag to make a statement?

I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but until all court documents are released, I will mourn for my city and I will mourn Michael Brown as a person, not as a symbol.

However, I can lose sight of the importance of creating change in my hometown when my family is afraid, when I am afraid. Businesses and schools are closed and boarded up, Governor Jay Nixon called a state of emergency in Missouri and news footage is littered with cars on fire and broken glass. Will the city have to burn for change?

There is so much noise. I feel too involved in the situation to be able to explain it to anyone here at Arizona without sounding racist or like a tree-hugging hippie. No one understands.

Honestly, I have no idea which verdict would have been better.

Brown should not have been killed.

But, when evidence and testimonies are released, they will be the final word on whether Brown died an unarmed, innocent man or an unarmed, guilty man.

My family knows Robert McCulloch, the prosecuting attorney who read the verdict, and he’s a great guy. Should that sway how I feel about the situation?

I want to see equal opportunities for everyone in St. Louis, but does that mean that I shouldn’t be worried about the safety of my family tonight? It’s like the roles have been reversed just a little bit; I can understand the everyday fear within the black community because I can now feel it, temporarily, as a member off the white community.

— Trey Ross is a journalism sophomore.

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Despite the distractions of violence and sensationalism, Michael Brown’s death will always be about race

BY CHICHI OFFOMAH Guest columnist

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n light of the absolute circus of events that unfolded Monday night in Ferguson, Mo., the aftermath of the most divisive police brutality case of our time is clear: Post-racial America is not so post after all.

Ask a classroom of fellow Wildcats to define race and racism and prepare yourself for a heated discussion.

Each response will factor in an experience and each experience will — knowingly or unknowingly — be colored by how the individual sees their life and their potential.

Is race the color of your skin? Is it the culture you come from or the clothes you wear that combine to give the world a picture of who you are? Is racism in the simple act of hating one race, or does it have to do with power and disadvantage? It’s not so much the question of whether racism does or doesn’t exist, as it is the point that race does exist.

And race, whether we like it or not, seems to determine how our lives play out.

In the months leading up to the grand jury’s verdict,

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Michael Brown was called everything from a thug to a druggie to a thief. Much of the media ignored his family and friends completely and focused on painting a sensational picture of a relatively normal teenager. A picture of Michael Brown holding up the peace sign was captioned across a few news outlets as proof of gang activity. Brown’s past deeds were examined and crossexamined. No stone was left unturned — or so it seemed — in a quest to offer the public enough proof to speculate on.

It was not so much that Brown died unarmed, but whether it was deserved as a function of the life he had led.

In the days to come, many will say that rioters in Ferguson don’t care about Brown. They will try to lump in the majority of the peaceful protesters with the violent few. They will say this ruling was an unbiased result of an objective examination of the evidence.

They will also say a police officer was justified in using “deadly force” in shooting another person while he was down. They will say race had nothing to do with it.

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Violence isn’t the answer, but violence isn’t the point: Protest is. Privilege and oppression are very real and completely undeniable. Derailing the conversation to point out the violent few undermines the point of the many who take to the streets to ask justice of an unjust system.

The complete inability of American media to tell a straight story has confused everyone as to what really happened between the victim and the victimizer. A grand jury with access to proof from a police department that dragged its feet on naming the perpetrator but was quick to put out conflicting reports of what was done with the body in the aftermath isn’t much of a judicial body at all.

Most troubling of all is this: As a black body living in a volatile town with a predominantly white police force supported by white elected officials, there is an undeniable connection between the color of Brown’s skin and the manner of his death.

People imagine racism to be what their parents and

grandparents experienced in the ’60s. They imagine a world where racists proudly wear their colors, beat their chests and proclaim from the highest hilltops that black life doesn’t matter. It’s what allows them to claim that the U.S. is, after a short 50 years of transition, firmly past all of that. Rejoice; extreme institutionalized oppression on the basis of skin color does not exist.

But that’s completely and utterly wrong.

Brown is the embodiment of every black kid stopped by the cops on their way home. He is every man of color who has left his house, never to return.

Brown is every son, every cousin, every brother never to be seen again at a family reunion. He is the student who never made it to school, a potential unrealized, a dream forever deferred.

Brown is every victim of a broken system that was not designed to protect or serve, and his race had everything to do with it.

— ChiChi Offomah is a UA 2014 alumna

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POLICE BEAT

BY ARIELLA NOTH

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Two students reported that someone stole Vyvanse, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, from them between Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 from the Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall.

A University of Arizona Police Department officer responded to a call on Nov. 12 and met with the students. The first student told the officer she took the medication every morning and on that day she thought her bottle of medication felt light.

She said she counted the capsules and found 10 missing. She said she was sure they were missing as she had the prescription refilled on Nov. 5 and only takes one a day.

The student said she called her roommate who counted her capsules and found six missing from her bottle. The student sent a text to her second roommate and asked if she had taken their medication.

The second roommate said she would never take medication from them and didn’t even know they were taking any medication.

The students whose medication was taken said their roommate did know about the medication as they had discussed it with her before.

They said they were very careful about locking the room door and not allowing anyone in without someone present, and that no one had access to the medication except for the roommate.

One of the students said several items of clothing had also gone missing, and the roommate had said she had not seen the clothes.

The student said she had found one of her missing T-shirts in a drawer of the roommate’s desk.

The roommate had already asked to be moved to another room when one opened. The students were informed that she could not be forced to leave the room until then.

The roommate was called and asked to stay out of the room until she moved out. She came by and picked up some clothing and said she would not return until Monday.

The students said they just wanted the incident documented but did not wish to participate in the judicial process. They asked the officer not to speak with the roommate. They also said that they were afraid of her boyfriend and said that on one occasion, he held a pocket knife in a non-threatening manner and said no one should bother the roommate.

The students were satisfied with the roommate’s assertion that she would not return and agreed to lock up their medications and valuable items for the rest of the week.

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The Tucson Fire Department and University Emergency Medical Services were already on the scene treating the intoxicated man. The man informed TFD firefighters that he had been drinking whiskey and coke at a party.

TFD cleared the student, who was left in the care of his roommate.

While speaking with the man, the officer could smell a strong odor of intoxicants on his breath. He also had red, watery eyes, a flushed pale face, slurred speech and vomited on the floor.

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CAMPUS EVENTS College of Medicine Founders Day Lecture noon. UA Medical Center, DuVal Auditorium, Room 2600, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. The Founders Day Lecture was established in 1979 to commemorate the founding of the College of Medicine and to recognize and honor UA College of Medicine faculty for their scientific accomplishments.

Art Aloud Noon - 1 p.m. Arizona Health Sciences Center Library, Java City. Join us for Art Aloud – the spoken word cafe open to all. Open mic for those who want to share. It is free for anyone to perform regardless of style, experience, or identity.

Green Fund Open Meeting 1 p.m. Student Union Memorial Center, Picacho Room.

The UA Green Fund Committee will review mini-grant requests and program alteration requests. This meeting is open to the public.

Photo ID: Portraits By Native Youth 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Native American high school students from Ha:san Preparatory and Leadership School in Tucson share their own photographic portraits. $5 adults, Free for Cat Card holders. Arizona State Museum. October 18, 2014– March 31 2015.

CAMPUS EVENTS ‘The Full Monty’ 1:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. $31 Regular; $29 Senior, Military, UA Employee; $21 Student. Marroney Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Road. “The Full Monty” will run Nov. 12-Dec. 7 in the Marroney Theatre.

TUCSON EVENTS Fiddle and Country Music Jam 7:00 p.m.

- 9:00 p.m. Weekly on Tuesday evenings.

Southwest Community Center, 5950 S. Cardinal Avenue. A weekly jam session of the Southern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers Association.

Adaptations: Recipe for Survival 10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Saguaro National Park West, 2700 N. Kinney Road. A 100-yard walk in the cactus garden at the visitor center to discover physical and behavioral adaptations of desert plants. Cost included with admission.

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Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. Butterfly and orchid pavilion filled with over 300 butterflies at a given time. Daily. Oct. 1-May 31, 2015.

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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Sonoran Desert 2:00 p.m. Join park naturalist Bob Brandner for this 30- minute presentation to discover the fascinating world of reptiles and amphibians. Wheelchair accessible.

Saguaro National Park East, 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail. Cost included with admission.

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Holiday treats for sale at Union

BY VICTORIA PEREIRA The Daily Wildcat

The temperature is dropping, retailers have begun displaying their Christmas items, and the amount of turkeys stocked in supermarkets is sky high.

This all means one thing: The holiday season has taken over Tucson. Of course, no holiday season on campus would be complete without the yearly Student Union Memorial Center’s Holiday Bake Sale.

The SUMC bake sale began on Monday and is stationed on the ground floor of the SUMC food court right across from On Deck Deli, which is also running the event.

Students and faculty who desire a sweet treat for the holidays can preorder pies, breads and pastries for pickup between Monday and Wednesday, if placed 24 hours in advance.

Those not preordering can simply walk up to the table between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday and purchase whatever they’d like. There are limited quantities of baked goods, however, so customers who haven’t preordered should plan on buying their treats earlier rather than later.

The SUMC Holiday Bake Sale isn’t just for the traditional pies and cookies, although they sell those, too. One look at the goodies on display allows people to see the variety the bake sale is offering: The tables are covered in everything from almond Danish strips to peach

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AN ON DECK DELI EMPLOYEE HELPS to sell baked goods while dressed as an elf during the Student Union Memorial Center’s Holiday Bake Sale on Monday. The jalapeno cheese bread is one of the more popular items sold at the bake sale.

frangipane bars to zucchini bread. The bake sale obviously caters to various different palates.

“One of the best sellers is the jalapeno cheese bread,” said Manja Blackwood, the UA bakery supervisor. Blackwood has been

working at the UA for almost 10 years and has contributed greatly to the growth and success of the bake sale. While On Deck Deli does the selling aspect, the production team in the bakery make all the products.

For several weeks, Blackwood and her six-person team have been getting ready for the sale, choosing which items to include on the menu, making small changes to old favorites and getting all the necessary

ingredients. The actual baking didn’t begin until Sunday.

“Because of the freshness of everything, it takes a little bit of planning to have everything taken care of,” Blackwood said.

“The planning usually takes longer than making the stuff.”

All of the goods sold are prepared the day before to ensure the products are fresh and of good quality. Students can pay for the baked goods using their meal plan, and the bake sale has even begun to attract those not affiliated with the UA. “We get quite a lot of people from outside [the UA] and we get a lot of staff members,” said On Deck Deli manager Nancy Lopez.

On Deck Deli also runs a similar bake sale right before the end of the first semester in preparation for the December holidays.

The convenience of the bake sale also tends to be a draw for students, especially those living in residence halls with limited access to kitchen equipment and a lack of time to bake.

The products are packaged to be easily transportable so they can survive a ride home.

“If you go to class and you want to just pick something up to take over to your parents’ house, it’s homemade — it’s homemade at the university,” Blackwood said.

Order forms can be found online at the On Deck Deli’s page on the SUMC website.

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A physics professor will instruct a new course next semester titled The Science of Good Cooking, which explores the chemistry existing inside the kitchen

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A new class is coming to the UA next semester that will move scientists from the laboratory into the kitchen.

Srinivas Manne, an associate professor of physics, will teach the new course, titled The Science of Good Cooking, through the physics department.

The basic concept of the class, according to Manne, is to use “the principles of thermal physics and chemistry to make cooking — and baking and preserving — more interesting, fun and tasty.”

Throughout the semester, questions will be posed and solved, such as: What kinds of molecules make up food? What is heat? How does it travel? How REBECCA NOBLE/THE DAILY WILDCAT do these molecules respond ZAC LUSK, A ROUTE 66 GRILL employee and education sophomore, prepares a hamburger to heat? What are infrared at Park Student Union on Monday. waves and microwaves? And how do they transfer energy?

Just as in other science but on occasion, guest lecturers All of these questions fall classes, students will have their ranging from master chefs to under the main concepts students will learn in the class own experiments to perform in bakers will come in to apply — electromagnetism, heat the form of cooking different scientific principles to their flow, phase changes, materials foods, and they will be expected cooking. According to Manne’s properties and biochemistry — to keep a lab notebook that syllabus draft, the homework which will then be applied to includes information about will consist of students keeping their trials and results from a notebook that compiles their cooking.

These each project. cooking experiment data into questions will be M a n n e one area. After each cooking the fundamental c u r r e n t l y experiment, the students will basis of the class, Physics teaches a write a short report showing and the lectures has the s e n i o r - l e v e l the results found and concepts and projects will thermal physics learned during the experiment. reputation be constructed to Manne described cooking as a class, physics of dealing go hand-in-hand way to explore the way molecules 426.

The class with these topics. with exotic serves as a interact with each other. In The projects environments way to show this manner, experimentation for the class — Srinivas Manne, students that becomes not only intellectually associate professor of will incorporate physics has satisfying, but delicious, too. physics baking and The Science of Good Cooking p r a c t i c a l cooking, such applications to will be available for the first as boiling eggs everyday life. time next semester as physics and creating “Physics has the reputation of 200. The course will be offered baked Alaskas. During these types of assignments, Manne dealing with exotic environments on Tuesdays and Thursdays said enrolled students will be like photon gases and neutron from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. “using infrared cameras to stars,” Manne said, “but in track the heat flow inside baked fact, the same basic principles potatoes, measuring water loss can be used to bake a turkey.”

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How would your friends describe your style?

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What are you wearing for Thanksgiving?

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How would your friends describe your style?

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Who or what inspires your style?

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Where was beer first invented?

Was it really in Egypt?

A. Hieroglyphics show Pharaohs drinking the cold stuff – make

The history of beer goes back millennia to the birth of civilization.

that the warm stuff – over 5,000 years ago, a gift befitting royalty and a worthy offering to the gods. They were certainly not alone. Historians and archaeologists have found evidence of beer and beer-making around the globe including Mesopotamia, Syria, Israel, China, Greece and more. The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, etched in stone and clay around 1792 BC, even cites rules related to brewers and the ancient taverns they ran. As Christianity expanded into Europe, the popularity of beer surged, most notably due to monks whose monasteries doubled as breweries.

While ice beers, specially lined cans, and krausening came much later, beer in its basic form has been around for a very long time. Like many things, the first brews were probably happy accidents. Even before the rise of agriculture and the cultivation of barley, the principle grain associated with beer, we can imagine a curious Homo sapien drinking a groggy honey and rainwater mixture in a hollowed out tree that had fermented from wild, wind-blown yeasts. The result would have been a crude version of what we would today call mead, or honey wine.

All beers are the result of fermentation, the process by which carbohydrates, usually in the form of sugars or starches, are converted into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide gas. In most European brewing traditions, these carbohydrates are derived from malted barley, where grains are germinated in water then halted by drying them out. The Saccharomyces genus which brewing yeast belongs to are the most important and – until relatively recently – least understood aspect of the brewing process. Not until the rise of microbiology and Louis Pasteur in the 1850s were the connections between yeasts and fermentation explicitly made.

Believe it or not, the concept of moderation may be almost as old as beer itself. Sophocles, the ancient Greek playwright, spoke of the idea of balancing moderate amounts of drink with a well-rounded diet. Today, many people continue to enjoy beer for the same reasons earlier cultures did, and like them, understand that despite its benefits, it’s also possible to have too much of a good thing.

Reference: Arnold, John P (2005). Origin and History of Beer and Brewing

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UA women’s basketball loses second straight control, and at one point they led by as many as eight points. However, Texas Tech clawed its way back in the Arizona women’s basketball lost its final minutes by taking the lead with second down-to-the-wire game on 1:36 to go and never relinquishing it.

Friday, a 57-54 defeat to Texas Tech in Down by three with nine seconds Lubbock, Texas. Despite holding the to go, Arizona had the ball with a lead for much of the second half, the chance to extend the game, but a Wildcats could not close out the win missed shot by Holloway cemented and now move to 0-2 for the season. the win for the Red Raiders.

Freshman Charise Holloway led Texas Tech, picked to finish last the UA with a game-high 14 points, in the Big 12 this season, had four including a pair of 3-pointers. The players score in double-digits, 5-foot-9 guard has including Kelsi started both games Baker, who this year and has finished with If you go quickly proven a 10-point, McKale Center herself as one of 11-rebound 11 a.m. vs. UC Santa the top shooters on d o u b l e Barbara Gauchos a team that lacks double. scorers.

As a whole, As a group, rebounding Arizona shot a was one of dismal 27 percent from the field and Arizona’s bright spots in the loss. The made just nine baskets in the second Wildcats edged Texas Tech 47-41 on half. The Wildcats attempted 21 shots the boards, with 10 rebounds coming from outside but only knocked down from senior forward Alli Gloyd. four of them.

Free-throw shooting is another The UA got off to a slow start in the area for optimism, as the UA went 14 first half, making just one field goal for 19 from the charity stripe. in the first seven minutes. A 15-2 run Arizona head coach Niya Butts turned things around before the two deployed a balanced attack versus the teams went into halftime tied at 24 Red Raiders, as 10 different players all apiece. recorded double-digit minutes.

For much of the second half, it The Wildcats, nonetheless, were looked as if the Wildcats were in

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ARIZONA FORWARD LABRITTNEY JONES (24) dribbles down the court during Arizona’s 76-72 loss to CSU Bakersfield on Nov. 17 in McKale Center. Jones and the Wildcats have lost two straight to open the season.

FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 10

Quarterback question remains unanswered

As expected, Rodriguez didn’t give an update on injured Arizona quarterback Anu Solomon at his weekly press conference.

Rodriguez, who doesn’t talk about ailments until the injury report is released two days before games, said “Good try,” when asked for an update about Solomon.

Solomon tops Arizona’s weekly depth chart this week at quarterback, backed up by Jesse Scroggins, Jerrard Randall and Connor Brewer.

“Anu has been banged up for several weeks now and he’s trying to fight through it,” Rodriguez said. “If he can’t go, then we’re

going with Jesse and Jerrard and Connor and the rest of the guys.”

Scroggins, Randall and Brewer are all co-listed as second, but Scroggins came in first to relieve Solomon on Saturday.

“He played solid,” Rodriguez said. “I thought he made a couple of nice throws under pressure. He went in there and was composed and was seeing the field the way we wanted him to.”

Scroggins, who had only played against UNLV and Washington State, came in and went 3-for-5 for 64 yards, including a 43-yard pass.

“I think he gave the team some confidence too, which was a nice boost,” Rodriguez said.

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PAC-12

FROM PAGE 10

This week: Friday vs. Stanford (6-5, 4-4) 2. No. 12 Arizona (9-2, 6-2) The Wildcats leap over ASU because they beat Utah by 32, the UA’s biggest ever margin of victory over an AP Top 25 on the road. Meanwhile, the old enemy only beat Utah by one in overtime in Tempe.

Last week: Fourth, W at Utah 42-10 This week: Friday vs. No. 13 ASU (9-2, 6-2) 3. No. 13 ASU (9-2, 6-2) The Sun Devils survived an early scare from Washington State to set up the biggest Territorial Cup game in years. The winner could still go to the College Football

hampered by foul trouble. Starter LaBrittney Jones, usually one of the team’s top scorers, committed four fouls, forcing the sophomore to spend much of the game on the bench. Jones would finish with two points.

Arizona’s scoring woes were magnified by poor shooting performances from the rest of the team.

Senior Candice Warthen went 3-18 from the field and finished with eight points. Junior Keyahndra Cannon was slightly better, scoring nine points on a 4-11 outing.

The UA also hurt itself by committing 16 turnovers while dishing out only seven assists.

Sloppy play and miscommunication has been a reoccurring theme for this group. Without a few of those mistakes, Arizona could be 2-0 right now instead of sitting winless.

The Wildcats return back home where they will face UC Santa Barbara in an early 11 a.m. matchup on Tuesday. The Gauchos have started the season 0-4, losing their most current game against NAU 6749.

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Playoff; the loser could drop down to the Foster Farms Bowl, whatever that is.

Last week: Third, W vs.

Washington State 52-31 This week: Friday at No. 12 Arizona (9-2, 6-2)

division isn’t too shabby. There, I said it; now pass this link around, SEC fans. I dare you.

Last week: fifth, L vs. Arizona 42-10 This week: Saturday at Colorado (2-9, 0-8)

4. USC (7-4, 6-3) Even the return of Josh Shaw, who sprained both his ankles running from the cops — but told the country he did so saving his nephew —couldn’t prevent the Trojans from losing the Crosstown Rivalry game. Of course, Shaw probably would say USC won.

Last week: Second, L at UCLA 38-20 This week: Saturday vs. Notre Dame (7-4)

6. Colorado (2-9, 0-8) Sadly, the Buffaloes’ season will come to an end this week, and I won’t get to make fun of them any more. But the good news is the basketball power rankings are starting up and I’ll have even more time to think of nasty things to say next semester.

Last week: Sixth, L at Oregon 44-10 This week: Saturday vs. Utah (7-4, 4-4)

5. Utah (7-4, 4-4) Arizona blew out the Utes, but fifth place in the nation’s best

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Football notes: Wildcats understand rivalry stakes GAME DAY MEN’S BASKETBALL

7 p.m. AWAY V. KANSAS STATE

UPCOMING SCHEDULE MEN’S BASKETBALL 11/26 vs. TBA

FOOTBALL 11/28 vs. ASU

VOLLEYBALL 11/26 vs. USC

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MAN CITY AND BAYERN MUNICH FACE OFF Manchester City vs.

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QUOTE TO NOTE More than the usual bragging rights are at stake when Arizona football hosts ASU in the annual Territorial Cup rivalry game.

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More than the usual bragging rights are at stake when Arizona football hosts ASU in the annual Territorial Cup rivalry game.

No. 12 Arizona hosts No. 13 ASU on Friday with the archrivals both being 9-2 and 6-2 in the Pac-12 Conference. The winner will take the Pac-12 South Championship if Stanford beats No. 9 UCLA. “This is an easy week to get our guys focused and excited to play,” UA head coach Rich Rodriguez said. “I would be shocked if our preparation isn’t at an all-time high.”

Rodriguez said he doesn’t get tired of talking about ASU, and that the game will be bigger because it is in-state and in-conference and division.

“Those that say, ‘If you only win one game, but you beat ASU, it would be a great year,’ I don’t believe that at all,” Rodriguez said.

“But is it the most important game on our schedule? Sure, because it’s the rivalry game.”

ASU has beaten Arizona twice in a row.

“It’s a tough-nosed rivalry,” UA safety Jared Tevis said. “A lot of people outside the state don’t really know about it, so I think it is a little bit underrated, but there’s definitely a bit of hatred for the opponent on both sides and it’s a pretty historic rivalry. … It has all the components to make it a great rivalry, so it should be a fun game.”

According to a study performed

by Joe Cobbs of Northern Kentucky and David Tyler of Western Carolina, the Arizona-ASU rivalry is the most intense in the country.

Cobbs and Tyler surveyed fans, according to The Arizona Republic, and the Territorial Cup ranked ahead of No. 2 Ohio State-Michigan, No. 3 Toledo-Bowling Green, No. 4 Utah-BYU and No. 5 Central Michigan-Western Michigan.

“Not surprising, again, because it’s not only in the same conference and same division, but it is in the

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ARIZONA RUNNING BACK TERRIS JONES-GRIGSBY (24) fights through a tackle from Colorado linebacker Addison Gillam (44) during Arizona’s crushing 38-20 win against Colorado at Arizona Stadium on Nov. 8. In the midst of rivalry week, the Arizona football team understands what’s at stake this Friday.

same state,” Rodriguez said when Freshman phenom asked about the study.

The accolades continued to roll The UCLA and Stanford game in for UA freshman running back will start at the same time as the Nick Wilson.

Territorial Cup, and Rodriguez On Sunday, Athlon Sports named said the W i l s o n Wildcats won’t national be scoreboard freshman of watching. the week.

This is an easy “There won’t O n week to get our be any updates Monday, in Arizona guys focused and the Pac-12 Stadium, other announced excited to play than [the UA] that Wilson — Rich Rodriguez, and ASU,” w o n UA football head coach Rodriguez said.

Offensive “You can get it Player of on your iPad and the Week your computer and that and your phone, but there will be junior punter Drew Riggleman won no updates on our school board or Special Teams Player of the Week. our ticker. Our focus better be all on Riggleman punted seven times for ASU, and I think it will be.” an average of 52 yards in Arizona’s 42-10 win at Utah.

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PAC-12 POWER RANKINGS

The South division will have its winner

BY JAMES KELLEY The Daily Wildcat

North 1. No. 3 Oregon (10-1, 7-1 Pac-12 Conference) Since the Ducks are really just killing time until the Pac-12 Championship game, let’s review how they fared against their potential opponents. Oregon lost 31-24 to Arizona at home, beat UCLA 42-30 on the road and hasn’t played ASU this year.

Last week: First, W vs. Colorado 44-10 This week: Saturday at Oregon State (5-6, 2-6) 2. Stanford (6-5, 4-4) The Cardinal jumps back over Washington after getting a better win than the Huskies, beating California on the road. It also became the second North team to become bowl eligible, so there’s that.

Last week: Third, W at California 38-17 This week: Friday at No. 9 UCLA (9-2, 6-2) 3. Washington (7-5, 3-5) Saturday night, the Huskies became the third team from the North to become bowl eligible.

Since they play 13 games this year, they need to have a winning record; what a novel concept.

With Wazzu in the Apple Cup this week, Washington has a chance to end the regular season winning two straight after losing five of seven.

Last week: Second, W vs. Oregon State 37-13 This week: Saturday at Washington State (3-8, 2-6) 4. California (5-6, 3-6) Cal is the only other Pac-12 North

team with a realistic chance to go bowling. The Golden Bears host BYU, whose random schedule makes it hard to project a winner.

Will the Cougars that beat Texas show up or will it be the ones that lost four games in a row to midmajors?

Last week: Fourth, L vs. Stanford 38-17 This week: Saturday vs. BYU (7-4) 5. Oregon State (5-6, 2-6) With a game left and needing one more win to get to bowl eligibility, the Beavers have a chance, but not a good one since it’s the Civil War. To beat Oregon, OSU probably needs both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant on their side. Perhaps even William Tecumseh Sherman, too.

Last week: Fifth, L at Washington 37-13 This week: Saturday vs. No. 3 Oregon (10-1, 7-1) 6. Washington State (3-8, 2-6) After being given up for dead a couple of weeks ago, the Cougars beat Oregon State and even led ASU at the half. There’s hope in Pullman, Wash., and since U-Dub is pretty average, they could steal the Apple Cup. Last week: Sixth, L at ASU 52-31 This week: Saturday vs.

Washington (7-5, 3-5) South 1. No. 9 UCLA (9-2, 6-2) The South is now a three-team race after the Utes got massacred and the UCLA broke the Trojans.

The Bruins have the upperhand as they get to play a team from the North and only need to win to get in.

Last week: First, W vs. USC 38-20

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Wilson ran for 218 yards, the ninth most in UA single-game history and the highest ever for a freshman against the Utes.

Wilson has rushed for 1,085 yards this season, the 13th most in school history and the 15th 1,000yard rushing season in UA history.

Wilson said he was surprised by his success, but credited the other running backs, associate head coach/co-offensive coordinator/ running backs Calvin Magee, Rodriguez and the linemen for helping him.

“I think I got pretty lucky as far as my path to success,” Wilson said.

Wilson’s 12 rushing touchdowns are the most for a UA freshman and seventh highest in school history.

The rookie has rushed for over 100 yards the last three games.

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FOOTBALL, 9

MEN’S HOOPS FROM PAGE 1

At the end of the first half, Arizona led 32-25 but didn’t have a firm grasp on the lead.

The start of the second half saw the Arizona lead hover around 10 points, never dipping below eight or rising above 11.

Essentially, the Tigers couldn’t close the gap and the Wildcats couldn’t extend the lead.

The see-saw affair continued until about nine minutes left in the game. Stanley Johnson — who finished with 14 points and five rebounds — hit a pair of free throws to increase the UA lead to 13 points. From that point on, it was all Arizona.

The Arizona defense held Missouri to 36.4 percent from the field and a paltry 23.1 percent from the 3-point line. Adding to their woes, the Tigers shot 69.2 percent from the free-throw line.

Miller’s squad allowed only 35 of Missouri’s 53 points to come from the field.

Combine Missouri’s poor shooting with 17 total turnovers, and it’s no surprise the Wildcats pulled away. The packline defense that Miller deploys dared Missouri to shoot from deep, something the Tigers simply could not do with consistency.

Arizona might not make a ton of 3-pointers this season — the

Wildcats only have 21 makes so far — but this defense isn’t going to give up very many deep balls.

That’s not to say the Arizona offense has regressed either. The offense is definitely better overall this season than last year, but this is a defensive team first and foremost.

Miller will be the first to back up that claim, too.

And to be fair, this Missouri team (2-2) is not the same caliber team as last year. Gone are three starters: Jabari Brown, Jordan Clarkson and Earnest Ross. For those who don’t know, those were the top-three scorers last season, accounting for 51.4 of Missouri’s 72.9 points-per-game average.

Anytime a team loses 70.5 percent of its scoring from one season to the next, there’s bound to be regression, and for this Missouri team, there certainly was.

Up next for Arizona are the Kansas State Wildcats. Behind 24 points from Wesley Iwundu, Kansas State defeated Purdue 88-79 in its opening game in Maui, Hawaii, to set up the matchup.

The battle of the Wildcats should be a bit more competitive, but Arizona should have the upper hand against Kansas State.

Tip-off is set for today at 5:30 p.m. MST and the game can be seen on ESPN. — Follow Roberto Payne @HouseofPayne555

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