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Proposed senate reforms raised questions at Thursday’s ASUA Senate meeting.

Associated Students of the University of Arizona Sen. Michael Finnegan, the main curator of the reforms, said the major changes include the addition of one representative of each UA college and three at-large positions — which do not represent specific

colleges — to the senate in order to have broader representation of student views and opinions.

“This directly addresses the representation problems that we have within senate right now,” Sen. Joe Zanoni said. “To be honest, 10 of us cannot fully represent all the students here at the UA. This reform directly addresses are diversity issue within senate.

This would open it up to all the colleges and vastly improve our diversity, so we can just answer

directly to the students.”

According to Finnegan, if a college fails to present a candidate, one would be chosen from that college’s council.

Finnegan said this is because student government still wants representation from that college.

However, if there is no council or group from that college for a candidate to be chosen, the position will then turn into an at-large position. According to Finnegan, similar reforms have

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prioritization is.”

In response to this, Leavitt said that the crime rate was at an alltime low, and that this hysteria was a result of the 24-hour news cycle.

“When we use a firearm, our goal isn’t to kill anyone,” Leavitt said.

“It is to stop them.”

Robert Marquez, a criminal justice sophomore, was one of the several students who attended the event.

“I think [the media

An Arizona scientist is leading a team that has gotten one step closer to finding the ingredients for life in outer space.

Ian Crossfield, a UA astronomer, is leading a group of scientists from around the world who, last month, discovered a small planet that is in the right zone around its star where water could exist.

On Jan. 6, Erik Petigura, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, was examining data collected from the NASA Kepler Space Telescope Mission when he discovered a red-dwarf star showing three different changes in its brightness. This led him to believe the three planets were closely orbiting the star, crossing in front of it during their orbit and periodically blocking some of the starlight.

After additional research, Crossfield proved that they had discovered a new planetary system.

The star, called EPIC 201367065, is not Earth’s closest neighbor, sitting more than 35 times farther away than our closest star, but this M-Dwarf star is one of the closest stars known to have planets that cross the star from Earth’s vantage point.

The discovery is significant,

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DEPUTY CHIEF Sharon Allen responds to a question during the law enforcement panel sponsored by the Black Law Students Association in the auditorium at the James E. Rogers College of Law on Wednesday. The panel was presented with questions regarding recent incidents of police brutality.

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been implemented at Arizona State University.

Sen. Ellen Dunn asked whether colleges who do not have student leadership would have an opportunity or the time to put one together.

Finnegan said colleges without student leadership positions would have to be a recognized club, and if not, they would have to go through the regular senate

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Police officers and lawyers gathered for the Black Law Students Association’s installment of its Black History Month panel series, “To Protect and Serve: A Police Perspective on the Use of Deadly Force.”

The discussion took place Wednesday at the James E. Rogers College of Law. The event focused on a discussion of deadly force, racial biases and police

stereotypes portrayed in the media.

The panel consisted of Deputy Chief Sharon Allen, Assistant Chief John Leavitt, Officer Benjamin Frie, Tucson attorney Michael Storie and adjunct professor Rick Unklesbay.

“One thing I thought was really interesting was that there were, like, seven speakers on the panel, and all of them were white,” said Jacqueline Lira, a sophomore studying criminal justice and

political science.

Lira added that she was aware some of the speakers were chosen for their positions, but the fact they were all white was noticeable.

As the panel discussed the use of deadly force on behalf of the police, Jason Buckner, a first-year law student, addressed the panel.

“You’ve gone from protecting the community to protecting each other,” Buckner said. “I’m just curious as to what your

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Pace increases for pedestrian safety

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Tucson’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee first convened September 2013 to address issues surrounding pedestrian injuries sustained on local roadways and to make city streets safer.

On Oct. 15, 2014, Tucson News Now reported the committee “discussed asking the city to include pedestrians in a traffic diversion program, which would give pedestrians the option to reduce their fine or waive their citation like motorists can.”

These proposed diversion classes would focus on educating Tucson’s pedestrian population. At the time of the report, PAC could not be reached for comment.

Katie Gerdts, an anthropology freshman from Long Beach, Calif., said she loves Tucson’s college-town

atmosphere and culture.

Gerdts has lived just off-campus while attending the UA, and getting used to Tucson traffic norms has been odd due to some local differences, she said.

Providing pedestrians who violate traffic laws an optional educational class could quell the issue, Gerdts said.

“I think that’s a good idea, personally, because I feel like jaywalking is a really big problem here,” she said. “I think just having some better general awareness of how cars are going to react to you would be really helpful.”

On Feb. 4, the University of Arizona Police Department announced it received three separate grants from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, which totaled $51,198.

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process to be recognized.

“This is all very tentative. … The main thing we want to do is increase representation, per college, per student,” Finnegan said.

Sen. Brooke Serack asked if the senate could, instead of having representation from each of the four graduate schools, create two at-large overall graduate positions.

“We want to give them an equal opportunity to have a voice as well,” Finnegan said. “ASUA represents undergraduate and graduate students. We wanted to make sure we can hear their voice more effectively than we can now.“ Serack agreed with this, stating that the idea will undoubtedly need to be developed over time, but the amendment helps the student government’s representation problem at present.

“I think this is a really good idea,” Serack said. “I think it will definitely make us more transparent to the student body.”

Sen. Jack Emery noted an issue that hadn’t yet been addressed: As of now, the reform proposes 20 senate seats.

He explained that last year, there were 20 people that made it to the general election, meaning some colleges may be underrepresented, while others may make up a nominal portion of the new senate seats.

In the first couple years of these reforms, Emery said he foresees the availability of at-large seats becoming so broad that the

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These grants were awarded to fund three UAPD programs: • Officer deployment and supplies for enforcing DUI laws and reduce underage alcohol consumption • The purchase of a new radar monitoring display center that will gage motorists’ speed navigating the campus, which will increase UA safety • And, increase police officer presence during peak pedestrian and cyclist hours for traffic law enforcement, as well as education Additionally, some of the grant money was allocated to fund the distribution of reflective wrist straps to students in order to boost pedestrian safety, and provide free bike lights to increase cyclist compliance with mandatory city laws.

Filbert Barrera, UAPD public information officer, said the department will be handing out approximately 200 bike lights to students who may need them.

Although Barrera is unfamiliar with PAC proposal, he said any diversion class offered to pedestrians who have been cited needs to be

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ASUA Sen. Michael Finnegan speaks during the Associated Students of the University of Arizona’s weekly meeting in the Student Union Memorial Center on Wednesday. The senate discussed changes that would be made for the upcoming election in terms of seats available and to whom they could go to.

majority, if not all, at-large candidates, will be elected by default of this policy.

“I think [Finnegan] did a really good job on this,” Sen. Joshua Wexler said. “The more I hear about it, the more I like it.”

Sen. Elena Gold asked about how these reforms will affect workload and committees.

“While all these concerns are pretty valid,

we really need to focus on the changes being made to this document,” Emery said. “A lot of these changes don’t need to be made to the constriction.”

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comprehensive and provide appropriate cost pedestrian fatalities and 1,356 injuries state-wide.

Almost 89 percent of these incidents occurred benefits to attendees.

Barrera said statutes for pedestrian citations are within densely populated urban centers such as written as safety measures, and officers enforcing the UA campus.

On Monday, Sean Connolly, a these laws often consider how pre-business sophomore, received traffic has been affected. warning from UAPD. Connolly Furthermore, everyone plays The pedestrians abegan crossing a campus street a role in traffic flow on UA’s campus, and safety is easier are much worse late, pushed the pedestrian signal too far and was subsequently to maintain when pedestrians about it than the stopped by a UA officer. keep the drivers’ perspectives in Given the option, Connolly mind, he added. cars would forego a pedestrian “I think that there’s a diversion class simply because misconception that, ‘Well, I’m — Katie Gerdts, reducing the fine is not worth the in a crosswalk; I can just go,’” an anthropology time, he said.

Barrera said, “and that’s not freshman “I don’t think that would be true.” appropriate for a jaywalking Gerdts has adjusted to being violation,” Connolly said. “I think a part of university foot traffic that’s a little over-the-top.” standards, has not been cited or Conversely, for someone who is not from warned about pedestrian violations, and said she feels cars are commanding far better control on the area, Gerdts said she believes pedestrian diversion classes would be an optimal option.

UA’s campus streets.

“Since Tucson has some different policies, I feel “I’ve never had an issue with it,” Gerdts said, “but I feel like the pedestrians are much worse like that would be a really good idea,” she said. about it than the cars are.”

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“If it’s a crosswalk, then pedestrians have the right of way, but if it’s not, then bikes do.”

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because the smallest of the three may be the closest, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone known to date, Petigura said.

“It’s easy to get caught up in the word habitable zone and start talking about life,” Barman said, “but we don’t know yet all the details that you would need to allow life to form and flourish.”

One factor that influences the location of the habitable zone, is the type of star the planets are orbiting, especially in regards to the brightness of the star, Barman said.

These three planets orbit an M-dwarf star, meaning the star is smaller and cooler than the sun.

Because of this, the planets must be closer to the star to have a “pleasant” surface temperature, Crossfield said.

When the Kepler Space Telescope was launched in 2009, its main goal was to find and explore different planetary systems throughout the universe.

To do this, the space-based telescope needed to look at a huge number of stars to track changes in brightness to see if the stars had planets orbiting them.

Initially, Kepler found more than 1,000 exoplanets of various sizes, some of which were in or near the habitable zones of their stars, according to NASA. While Kepler has found lots of planets, many of them are large and similar to Jupiter in size, since they are easier to find.

Earth-sized planets have still been found, but many of them are not in the habitable zone, or, if they are, they are too far away for indepth study. This find is significant because one of the planets is slightly larger than Earth, close to the habitable zone, and close enough for in-depth, atmospheric study, Crossfield said. “[This discovery] is exciting for at least two reasons: First, because K2 is working and it is finding these systems around small M-dwarfs that we hoped to find so that means we can expect to find a lot more in the coming years,” Crossfield said.

“It’s also exciting because with this particular system, the planets should be very good for follow up observations … to study their atmospheres to find out what they are made of.”

tries] to make [shootings] look more dramatic than [they] really [are],” Marquez said. “They try to put police officers on the spot, especially if the person shot is of a different race. They don’t have all the evidence, but they show what people want to see, to make the police look bad.”

Storie, a law enforcement attorney, stated that he’s had cases where he has to console police officers after they have had to use deadly force.

“It scars them,” Storie said. “If you think [police officers] are standing in an office, with their chests puffed out getting high fives, you are sadly mistaken.

I have, routinely, at 2 in the morning, woken up and have had to hold an officer who is crying.”

When asked about racial biases in the police department, Leavitt said, “We hire from the human race. People have racial biases.

It’s a constant battle in any profession, I think.”

The Black History Month panel series will continue on Feb. 18 and 25, from noon to 1:15 p.m., at the College of Law, Ares Auditorium.

The panels are set to focus on “Diversity in Higher Education: The Admissions Process” and “Side by Side for Social Justice: Broadening Your View to See the Bigger Picture.”

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Cellular highway breaks down in ALS

BY AMY NIPPERT

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Microtubules are the highways of the cells, providing transport and stability. Researchers have previously linked microtubule problems to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and now UA researchers have definitively connected an ALS gene to deficits in microtubule stability.

Alyssa Coyne, a neuroscience graduate student in Daniela Zarnescu’s lab, recently published a paper in Journal of Neuroscience showing the molecular link between a gene associated with ALS, TDP-43, the disease of ALS and microtubule stability.

Their research hinges on futsch, a messenger RNA. Messenger RNA, known as mRNA, are molecules that carry genetic information from the nucleus to the sites where the information can be translated into proteins.

Futsch mRNA encodes a protein associated with microtubule stability in flies and has a human homolog called MAP1B, Coyne explained.

They discovered the connection between TDP-43 and Futsch “by accident.” An incorrect hypothesis led to a candidate approach where likely targets of TDP-43 were examined. That eventually led them to discover that futsch mRNA is inhibited by TDP-43, said Zarnescu, an associate professor in molecular and cellular biology.

In this disease, TDP-43 sequesters RNA and prevents it from being translated into protein. This prevents essential proteins from being made,

including the microtubule stabilizing proteins they recently discovered.

“Microtubules are the main highway,” Zarnescu said. “If you have a problem with microtubules, it’s like driving home on a road filled with potholes.”

Coyne added that it was already known microtubule transport was somehow affected in the disease, “but they didn’t have a mechanism to explain this.”

“In the TDP-43 model, we see less stable microtubules,” Zarnescu said. “Microtubules are important for maintaining the structure of the neuron and transport within the neuron. Without microtubules, you cannot maintain connections between motor neurons and muscles, a key defect in ALS.” This eventually causes neurodegeneration through the loss of nutrients and structure that result from a loss in transport.

“If the road doesn’t work properly and you can’t transport things that are essential for normal function,” she said, “then it’s like a winter storm and the food doesn’t make it to the grocery store.”

Their collaborator, Robert Bowser, chairman of neurobiology at the Barrow Neurological Institute, found analogous deficits to the findings, but they were only found in the spinal cord. This suggests some differences between motor neurons and other neurons in the brain. The majority of spinal cords of ALS patients with TDP43 pathology showed the same deficits in microtubule stability as was seen in the fly model.

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NORMAL AND ABNORMAL expression of MAP1B in human ALS patients and fly model of ALS. The fly model and human patient show nearly identical abnormalities in expression of this messenger RNA, which is involved in microtubule stability.

The thinking in the field is that there is a great deal of overlap between neurodegenerative diseases, Zarnescu said, where a variety of different causes lead to similar mechanisms and themes between conditions.

Coyne is planning to look at existing microtubule stabilizing drugs, typically used in cancer treatment, to see if they will reduce the neurodegeneration in

the flies.

The lab is also planning to screen for compounds that inhibit the association of TDP-43 with other targets. If the TDP-43 can be prevented from sequestering other mRNAs, Zarnescu said, then it wouldn’t have the deleterious effects on the cell.

This includes the breakdown of the microtubules and subsequent

neurodegeneration as the neurons would be able to have the normal transport they need to survive.

“Everything that needs to go a long way takes the microtubule highway,” Zarnescu said.

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Changing climate helps microbial disease grow

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THIS IMAGE of a cluster of Neisseria gonorrhoeae cells infecting a human epithelial cell was taken with a scanning electron microscope and appears in the journal Microbiology. The bacteria induces the host cell to produce noodle-like projections callled microvilli that wrap around the bacteria and interact with it.

Host cell and STD co-exist

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Pathogenic bacteria of the Neisseria genus, such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, have a tendency to cause asymptomatic infections, or infections that don’t elicit immediate symptoms.

Immunobiology researcher Maggie So and her collaborators have found that a motor complex called the Type IV pilus may play a role in asymptomatic infections caused by Neisseria bacteria.

“Six out of 10 women who acquire Neisseria gonorrhoeae in their cervix will actually be asymptomatically infected,” So said, “so they have no idea that they’re walking around and engaging in sexual activity and maybe passing the pathogen on.”

So’s lab believes that the ability of pathogenic Neisseria to cause asymptomatic infections and the ability of certain species of Neisseria to colonize the body harmlessly are both caused by the retraction dynamics of the Type IV pilus motors.

Neisseria are covered with hairlike fibers called pili, which are made of a polymer of proteins, according to Alyson Hockenberry, an immunobiology graduate student working in So’s lab.

“An interesting feature of these pili is that they extend and retract … similar to a fishing pole or a grappling hook,” Hockenberry said.

According to Hockenberry, the Type IV pilus motor is composed of four proteins located on the bacterial membrane: three involved in retraction of the pilus fiber and one involved in its elongation.

The fiber elongates until it reaches its target on the host cell, where it attaches. Once attached, the fiber will be depolymerized, or retracted, back into the cell. Pilus retraction moves the entire bacterial body toward the cell, Hockenberry said.

Currently, Hockenberry is working on constructing mutants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae motor proteins by making a series of changes in the DNA of the bacteria, which will then be used to investigate the role of pilus retraction dynamics on asymptomatic infection.

Hockenberry said she believes there is a connection between commensal bacteria and pathogenic bacteria that cause asymptomatic infections.

“We also know that these bacteria retract their pili differently, and we think that that will decide whether or not that bacteria does or does not cause disease,” Hockenberry said. “So, the commensal Neisseria elongata, it retracts its pili slower, and the pathogen [Neisseria] gonorrhoeae retracts faster.”

So recently started a new project to identify host and bacterial genes that allow bacteria to coexist peacefully through a mouse model with a bacteria similar to Neisseria, AP2031.

In this type of commensal relationship, the two organisms are neither helped or harmed.

“I think [the project is] unique, and it’s the first of its kind,” So said, “because there has been no animal model that will allow us to study commensalism at this level of complexity and sophistication.”

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Climate change has been linked to warmer temperatures that are, in turn, causing increases in disease-carrying microorganisms.

Kelly Reynolds, UA researcher and associate professor at the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, is developing a new method to measure the levels of waterborne pathogenic microbes, including a microorganism called Naegleria fowleri that thrives in warmer weather conditions.

The need for a minimally contaminated water supply has encouraged the development of advanced techniques aimed at evaluating the microbial composition of water samples.

One such technique has evolved in Reynolds’ research, which uses laser analysis to identify surface proteins unique to particular microbes.

“One of the strategies we’re developing is a better way to automatically track the changes of microbial populations in the water supply by using a real time monitoring system,” Reynolds said.

By passing an electrical current through a glass fiber in a water sample, a charge is generated, which attracts microbes to the fiber. An infrared laser is then passed above the surface of the fiber, and disruptions in the laser’s path are recorded, Reynolds explained. These disruptions are actually functional surface proteins, and the readings can be matched to the fingerprint of specific microbes to determine the organisms that are present.

“We want to make sure we have not only good sensitivity in our method but also good specificity,” Reynolds said.

The vast number of microbes present in real-world samples makes it difficult to separate good background bacteria from harmful pathogens.

“No level of pathogen in a water sample is safe, but there are acceptable levels,” Reynolds said. “Right now, the regulatory standard for acceptable rate of illness is 1 in 10,000 per year. The key is that your method is sensitive enough to guarantee that low level

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A FEMALE AEDES aegypti mosquito feeding on human blood. These mosquitos carry the vector-borne disease dengue fever.

of contamination.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, N. fowleri lives in warm freshwater and can travel up the nose and into the brain, causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis. This disease results in brain inflammation, tissue degradation and death. N. fowleri has a mortality rate of over 97 percent in patients who exhibit disease symptoms.

“When you have an increase in water temperature above ambient, the result is increased microbial growth and metabolism,” Reynolds said.

Warmer temperatures and an abundant algal food supply provide Naegleria with optimal conditions for growth, Reynolds added.

Even though rising N. fowleri levels have a more direct relationship to climate change in the U.S., increasing temperatures and other environmental factors are causing higher levels and spread of other types of diseases as well, primarily zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.

“Rabies is an example of a zoonotic disease, because it is involved in animals and can be transmitted to humans,” said Heidi Brown, associate professor of epidemiology at the College of

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Public Health. “West Nile virus is a vector-borne disease, because it requires a mosquito vector to transfer the virus from animals that tend to be a reservoir for the disease to humans.”

According to a report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in the U.S., environmental changes may also lead to the spread and increase of diseases such as West Nile and Lyme disease.

To an extent, higher temperatures and increased precipitation can potentially magnify the population and extend the life cycle of diseasecarrying vectors like mosquitoes, Brown explained.

Although vector-borne diseases such as the West Nile virus are more common in the U.S., N. fowleri poses a greater potential threat due to its high mortality and because its growth can be more closely correlated with global warming trends.

“Naegleria is one example that hits close to home for Arizonans,” Reynolds said. “We already have cases of Naegleria fowleri occurring in our summer months.”

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Too many people, not enough rain in Arizona BY maddy bynes The Daily Wildcat

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t’s a dry heat,” we Tucsonans tell our concerned relatives from more temperate climates. What we don’t tell them, of course, is that an oven is a dry heat, too, but folks don’t normally go sticking their heads in them.

The fact remains: Tucson is hot. Really hot. And dry. Tucson gets an average of 12 inches of rainfall per year. For comparison, Massachusetts has gotten more than 70 inches of snow in just the past two weeks.

Mobile, Ala., gets 65 inches of rain a year.

In Arizona, we bake, and in Alabama, they steam.

But that lack of water combined with an ever-increasing population adds up to a very big problem for the Southwest.

Since 1990, the population of Pima County has grown by almost 300,000 people. According to the Washington Post, recent population analyses estimate that Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas will all gain Congressional seats after the 2020 census. People want to live here.

This growing population creates a fundamental problem for most western states past the 100th meridian: There are more people with less water to share.

According to the U.S. drought monitor, most of Arizona, California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico have been in drought for most — if not all — of our lifetimes.

In Arizona, we depend heavily on water from the Colorado River, but the Colorado River Basin is shared with six states — New Mexico, Utah, California, Nevada, Wyoming and Colorado — and Mexico.

To supplement our growing population, the state came up with the Central Arizona Project, which diverts water from the Colorado River and sends it down to Phoenix and Tucson. The U.S. uses so much of the Colorado River water that, for many years, it was not flowing all the way to the end of the delta in the Sea of Cortez, which makes Mexico none too happy.

Groundwater, water pumped from wells, is how most of Arizona, including Tucson, receive its water. Due to the overuse of streams and rivers, as well as growth in the populations pumping ground water, many rivers that were once community beacons of water and life are now bone dry. The Santa Cruz used to run through Tucson just about 100 years ago; today, it only flows when monsoon season hits. Though population growth and water overuse greatly affect Arizona water tables, the laws are also an issue.

Anyone who took seventh-grade science would know that water flows cyclically. Evapotranspiration leads to condensation in the air, which then leads to precipitation. After precipitation, things get a little more complicated, because precipitation leads to streams and rivers that eventually run into oceans. However, it also recharges aquifers and tributaries that move at a snail’s pace. Yet, only one small Arizona law related to subflow legally acknowledges the connection between groundwater and surface water.

Regents’ professor of law Robert Glennon explained some of these odd scientific understandings embedded in Arizona water law.

“The [water] law was developed in the 19th century when hydrology was at its infancy,” Glennon said.

This leads to one of the biggest problems in water law today: Science has far surpassed the efficacy of the law. Today, we understand how groundwater and surface water are connected, but we did not understand that in the 19th century.

“There was a time in the mid-20th century when the Arizona Supreme Court decided to integrate groundwater and surface water,” Glennon said, “but because of a howl of opposition from farmers, the Arizona Supreme Court reverted back.”

With the way things are going, the CAP will likely see less and less water, especially in drought years. So, how does that affect us here in the Old Pueblo?

“What you’re likely to see over time is a decrease in [water] use by agriculture,” Glennon said. “The water will retire to urban use.”

This is troublesome, since a large portion of the state’s economy depends on agriculture. All in all, 21st-century laws need to be developed to respond to new scientific realities. However, until that can happen, we can all make a difference by conserving our water use. Taking shorter showers and turning the water off while brushing your teeth or shaving may sound like hippie propaganda, but it will help sustain our water tables. Though there isn’t much you can do about changing a law — besides talking to your legislators — you can save the amount of water you use and help keep this oven we call home habitable.

— Maddy Bynes is a junior studying political science and history.

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Instead of asking actresses more, ask all celebrities less

BY Hailey Dickson The Daily Wildcat

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f Amy Poehler says it, it must be so. Right?

That seemed to be the premise when the famed comedian took to Twitter following the 2015 Golden Globes Awards with a lot to say. America’s favorite funny lady made a loud statement with a hashtag and subsequent media campaign to #AskHerMore.

“Ask Her More” is the sentiment held by public figures and Twitter activists alike who note that, even at the most distinguished of award ceremonies, reporters care more about what a woman is wearing than about what she has accomplished.

This is obviously an issue. While men on the red carpet are treated like dimensional human beings — asked about their characters, goals and political opinions — women are reduced to mannequins who are repeatedly and monotonously interrogated about “who they are wearing” and what type of underwear they could possibly be donning beneath risqué gowns. The gender divide here, as in other places in and out of Hollywood, is blatant and sickening.

However, rather than “asking her more,” can’t we just ask all celebrities less?

It should not come as such a surprise that actors and actresses are treated as brand representatives. Their jobs as movie and television stars are to look and act in ways that best represent their characters, producers and agents. If celebrities are asked about how they

speech, uploaded at roughly the same time, has less than 500,000 views. Watson’s status as a famed actress elevates her platform to have reached an audience over 15 times larger than that of a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Of course, both of these young women are doing amazing things, and their words, which are similar in message and meaning, have the potential to change the world. The danger with seeking extraneous commentary from celebrities arises, then, only when a Hollywood star uses their popularity to counter the opinions of experts.

UA communications associate professor Jennifer Stevens Aubrey shed some light on the risks of this discord.

“I suppose the only issue for me is with the cases in which the celebrities’ views are not in line with the experts’, such as the Jenny McCarthy anti-vax position,” Aubrey said. “Her position, in particular, caused serious detriment to public health.”

In this case, we see that a celebrity can use her popularity to impose a dangerous opinion with no foundation in actual research. Such unfounded claims, particularly those made by anti-vaccine celebrities, can amass hysteria amidst uninformed and impressionable media consumers.

While celebrities who use their fame for good are extremely admirable, the dangers of solely entrusting the famous for relevant political opinions can be dangerous. So, media, please do the public a favor and #AskThemLess.

are dressed, it’s partly because looking certain ways is what they are paid to do.

So, why should we place so much weight on the opinions of those whose jobs are to star in our favorite Netflix series? Off the red carpet, many celebrities are virtually treated as omniscient beings. While many actors are only educated and trained in the arts, we still expect them to act as the be-all and end-all sources for political, social and environmental commentaries.

Our reverence for these glamorous figures is understandable, but it’s misplaced and can even be dangerous. Celebrities often use their platforms to publicize their political views.

Take Leonardo DiCaprio on climate change, Angelina Jolie on human rights and Emma Watson on feminism. While these people are doubtlessly eloquent and informed in their respective areas of activism, should we really be more attuned to them than to professionals, scholars and political activists who have dedicated their entire lives to gaining expertise in these areas?

On a list published on Harper’s Bazaar of “25 Inspiring Women Who Changed the Face of Feminism”, 11 out of the 25 noted were actresses or singers. Here, Beyoncé — who admittedly looks stunning while dancing in the foreground of a giant “FEMINIST” sign — is juxtaposed with Hillary Clinton, the most successful female politician in our nation, and Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head at 15 in her fight for girls’ education and is now the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Which of the three does not belong?

We can see the issue clearly when Watson’s United Nations speech on gender equality has close to 7 million views on YouTube, while Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance

— Hailey Dickson is a freshman studying public health and molecular & cellular biology.

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Bras, boxers and news briefs Ted Cruz actually did a good thing

A Feb. 11 article by Mother Jones’ David Corn accuses Sen. Ted Cruz of being a hypocrite for advocating as an attorney for $50 million awards on behalf of clients, while simultaneously running a campaign in which he argued that, as a matter of policy, those awards should be legally limited; in Texas, the tort reform law that Cruz supported capped punitive damages at $750,000.

Corn seems to ignore the fact that it’s possible and even necessary for lawyers to make legal arguments in court that contradict their personal politics. The classic example is John Adams, adamant revolutionary and U.S. president, agreeing to be the defense attorney for the British troops implicated in the Boston Massacre.

In a world where extremely qualified judicial nominees are rejected because they once served as defense attorney for an unpopular client, it bears repeating that for attorneys, the professional ethics of ensuring a person has adequate counsel should supersede the ethics of personal belief.

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The War in Iraq, Part III

Call in the National Guard

President Barack Obama has asked Congress to pass a bill authorizing the use of force against ISIS “or associated persons or forces.” The bill wouldn’t authorize “enduring offensive ground combat operations,” but it would make the ongoing air strikes in Iraq and Syria semi-legal.

The U.S. hasn’t declared war since World War II. The power to declare war is enumerated as a congressional power in the Constitution, but a series of events over the past century has made Congress progressively more unwilling to use that power and the president progressively more willing to argue that his status as commander in chief allows him to circumvent Congress. Believe it or not, this actually makes a belated Authorization for Use of Military Force something like a compromise.

Whatever they want to call it, at least our government will now be holding a public debate about ISIS and our military’s role in the fight.

Alabama’s constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage was overturned over a month ago, and the stay on the ruling expired on Feb. 9. After the Supreme Court rejected Alabama’s bid to extend the stay, Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was previously removed from the bench for disobeying another federal order, sent a memo to probate judges in all 67 Alabama counties ordering them not to issue marriage licenses in accordance with the ruling.

As a result, Alabama’s same-sex couples can only marry in nine counties at this time. Alabama has a historically bad understanding of the Supremacy Clause, but at least in this case, there’s retribution in sight.

According to Justice Clarence Thomas, the U.S. Supreme Court’s unwillingness to intervene in Alabama right now is indicative of their intent to legalize samesex marriage nationally before June.

— Compiled by Jacquelyn Oesterblad

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“Don’t tell them anything” Two UA students were arrested in front of Coronado Residence Hall on Feb. 14, 2014.

Two University of Arizona Police Department officers were in the area of Park Student Union when one officer observed two women exit a vehicle in front of Coronado. One women fell as they walked to the door.

The woman attempted to get back up. However, she fell again. Her companion offered assistance but she was also stumbling.

The officers had the women sit on a nearby wall before conducting a welfare check.

The officer noted that both had red, watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.

After the officers identified both of the women, one of them continued to tell the other, “Don’t tell them anything.” The officer had the other officer on the scene separate the two.

The officers seperated the two women noting that one remained argumentative throughout the conversation. “Don’t tell them anything,” she repeated.

The officer could detect a strong smell of intoxicants coming from the woman’s breath.

Upon informing the woman the reason for making contact, she became defensive, and without being pressed, stated that she was not drunk.

The officer asked her if she would submit to a breath test to show she did not consume alcohol, and she said that she would not. She refused to provide any information that was not her name or date of birth.

She did, however, keep asking to speak with her father. The officer informed her that she was an adult and did not need her father. However, she could speak with him once the investigation was over.

The officer cited the woman for minor in possession in body. Both women had code of conducts completed and forwarded to the Dean of Students Office.

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A UA student was diverted to the Dean of Students Office for possession of alcohol on Feb. 14, 2014.

A UAPD officer arrived on the scene and met with the community director of Coconino Residence Hall in regards to a note he received from his first floor resident assistant.

The note stated that two residents possessed alcohol. The community director said that neither of the residents had been a problem, and he did not recall them being investigated for anything.

The officer arrived at the room, knocked on the door and a man answered. The Community Director and the individual greeted each other. The officer introduced himself and asked if the roommate was home.

The individual said that the roommate was not home, but when asked if the officer could speak with him in regards to an issue that had been brought to UAPD’s attention he said, “Yeah, sure. Come in.”

The officer informed the individual about what the note had said. The individual went into his closet and pulled out a box containing seven assorted beers, which he brought from home.

The individual also removed a red fuzzy box from under his bed. The box contained a 1.75-liter bottle of Kirkland brand vodka, a glass milk container labeled Adult Chocolate Milk, two 0.5 milliliter Malibu Rums, 99 Bananas, Macallan Scotch, Jägermeister, Captain Morgan, Belvedere Vodka, UV Vodka and 550 milliliter organic cider.

The officer informed the student that because he was forthcoming and cooperative about the items in his possession, he would divert him to the Dean of Students Office.

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Join us as Diane Austin, professor and director at the School of Anthropology and research anthropologist with the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, opens Special Collections’ newest exhibition with a talk titled “University of Arizona Anthropology: A Century of Continuity amid Change.”

Reading: Sherwin Bitsui. 7pm. UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St. This reading is part of “The Poetics and Politics of Water,” a series presented by the American Indian Studies Program and the Department of English, co-sponsored by the Poetry Center.

Lincoln’s Birthday Tribute. 7:30pm. UA School of Music, Crowder hall, 1017 N. Olive Road. The University of Arizona Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony present “Lincoln’s Birthday Tribute.” Featured on this program are UA faculty artist Matthew Tropman (euphonium), UA doctoral student Jenina Gallaway (soprano) and UA alumnus Alejandro Bañuelos (baritone). $10 general admission, $7 UA employees and seniors 55+, $5 students

TUCSON EVENTS Moving Students Forward: A Community Interactive on Education.

6:15pm. 421 N. Arcadia Ave. Join us for a 90-minute interactive panel discussion that examines how we can collectively and positively impact education and see real, meaningful change in our community. We welcome your input and perspective.

Throughout the program, we’ll stream your critical questions and thoughtful comments to the audience and the panelists via live, interactive Twitter and text polls.

Science Café at Borderlands Brewing: Niki vonHedemann. 6pm. Borderlands Brewing, 119 E. Toole Ave. The Science Café series at Borderlands Brewing in downtown Tucson features Carson Scholars, graduate students who are selected by the UA Institute of the Environment. Their research focuses on environmentally related science and solutions. Niki vonHedemann will present “Can money grow on trees? Exploring Guatemala’s forestry incentive programs.”

Prism and Perspective: Landscapes, Compositions, and Bodies. 12pm to 5pm. University of Arizona Museum of Art, 1031 N. Olive Road. This is the second installment of Edward J. Gallagher, Jr.’s

TUCSON EVENTS donation of twentieth-century art to the UAMA in memory of his son. Gallagher’s collection consists of artistic explorations of the abstract and the figural, landscape and portrait, and line and color in modern art. The exhibition includes works by Mark Rothko, Raoul Dufy, Marino Marini, and Yukiko Katsura.

Tucson Sculpture Festival. 11am to 6pm. Art Gallery, 1122 N. Stone Ave. The Drawing Studio presents over 75 local and international sculptors, including artists from New York, Germany and China. The opening reception will take place at the Art Gallery other locations will be Moen Mason Gallery, the Granada Gallery and the Sculpture Resource Center.

Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show.

For two weeks near the start of every year, Tucson becomes playground the world of international gem and mineral trading, buying, and bargains. See http:// www.visittucson.org/events/gem-show/ for more information. Running through February 15th.

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OYSTERS, AVOCADOS, bananas and dark chocolate are all supposed aphrodisiacs. Aphrodisiacs are foods that can allegedly heighten libido when eaten.

Eat your heart out to get turned on

BY ELISE MCCLAIN The Daily Wildcat

Dim the lights, crank “Floetry,” pop the bubbly and fill your undies drawer with scented Glade PlugIns: We’re only days away from the year’s most notorious Hallmark holiday of syrupy love and palpable loneliness known only as Valentine’s Day. Somewhere between an evening of wining, dining and wooing, it becomes your obligation to produce a night your partner won’t soon forget. If you find your desire for your beloved insufficient after gifting bodega-bought flora and consuming half a box of artisanal chocolates, then some would urge you to consider a naturopathic approach.

Enter stage right: aphrodisiacs.

Like many natural remedies, the effectiveness of aphrodisiacs varies.

While some claim these modern love elixirs are capable of reducing your

heartthrob to a humanesque puddle of carnal ecstasy, others claim their effectiveness holds no validity.

For centuries, people of all walks of life have ingested these antique remedies purported to stimulate sexual desire. They find their roots in ancient civilizations and their namesake extends from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of sensuality and love. Similarly, according to a 2010 Campus Health Service SexTalk Q&A, the term “horny” is speculated to find its origins in cultures that consumed aphrodisiacs such as ground-up rhino and reindeer horns. While oysters, dark chocolate, strawberries, balut, sea cucumber, Spanish fly, truffles, ginseng, rhino horn and even tiger penis are rumored to put you in the mood, there exists little to no scientific proof to support the validity of such claims. According to a review conducted in 2014 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,

no alleged aphrodisiac has been proven to be effective.

Though there have been several studies conducted in the arena of aphrodisiacs, actual evidence is weak to support any claims.

Janice Swanson of the Mayo Clinic writes that “research has shown [supplements and foods thought to affect libido] to be largely ineffective at producing a sexual response in either men or women.”

A Food Research International review of animal and plant-based aphrodisiacs by John Melnyk and Massimo Marcone did determine that there are promising candidates for sexually enhancing foods.

However, “there is not enough evidence to support the widespread use of these substances as effective aphrodisiacs,” and there may be possible hazards to consider due to the “limited number of studies, unclear mechanisms and lack of

knowledge regarding potential side effects.”

Lee Ann Hamilton, assistant director of health promotion and preventive services and writer for SexTalk, said certain foods are capable of raising your phenylethylamine levels, but none can do so significantly enough to bear an effect in the bedroom.

Similarly, no foods are found to raise your libido enough to make a significant difference.

“There is little evidence that any food or compounds have a significant effect on libido or sexual performance,” Hamilton said. “Of course, alcohol lowers inhibitions, thus causing people to express their desires or fantasies more freely than when they are sober.”

While trying to spice things up in the bedroom, some may turn to supplements claiming to possess sex-enhancing properties, though

many of the claims are unsupported and often fraudulent.

“The complexity of hormone interactions, coupled with our own desires and expectations, have stronger influence on sexual behavior than any food or substance [we could ingest],” Hamilton said.

When it comes to getting busy, the strongest sexual tonic isn’t something you can consume.

Rather, it’s your own mind. If you believe aphrodisiacs give you that little extra “lift,” then it is likely to be a psychological effect rather than a physiological one.

“Bottom line on aphrodisiacs: If you think something will make you a better lover, it probably will,” Hamilton said.

— Follow Elise McClain @DailyWildcat

‘The Bachelor’: UA, will Event asks: you accept this rose? what’s love got

BY MADISON SCAVARDA

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With its 19th season well underway, “The Bachelor,” featuring farmer Chris Soules, is a must-see for many UA students who tune in regularly on Monday nights.

Audience members follow Soules and the contestants as they travel to different countries and go on extravagant dates.

All the while, viewers try to predict where Soules’ heart is at, excited when their favorite contestants get a rose and dismayed when Soules decides to send them home. For many, the drama that ensues on the show makes “The Bachelor” not only entertaining but also an event that cannot be missed — especially this close to Valentine’s Day when love tends to be a highly discussed topic.

Emmanuelle Reed, a nursing freshman, Rachel Clark, a veterinary science freshman, Max Holland, a microbiology senior, Hannah Burns, a freshman studying special education and rehabilitation, and Melanie Grant, a retail and consumer sciences senior were interviewed regarding their opinions on “The Bachelor.”

What is your opinion of the current bachelor, Chris Soules?

Emmanuelle Reed: “I like him. I think he is genuine and is [on the show] for the right reasons.”

Rachel Clark: “He seems like a good actor.”

Max Holland: “He is a classic American heartthrob. I went home, and my mom was watching it. I think it is hilarious to watch all the girls walk out of the limo already in love with him.”

Hannah Burns: “I think he is boring. He shows no particular interest in any one girl; it’s all the same. He is cute, though.”

Melanie Grant: “I don’t think he is that cute. I don’t think he is anything special. I do think it’s cool that he is farmer. He is not the typical bachelor-type guy.”

Who would be your ultimate bachelor/ bachelorette?

ER: “Someone who is looking for a wife and is genuine.”

RC: “Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is smart and cute, and he is in my favorite movie.”

MH: “Wilma Wildcat.”

HB: “Smart, funny, a little nerdy, tall, with pretty eyes and caring.”

MG: “Ryan Gosling or Matthew McConaughey. If you could combine the two, that would be even better.”

Do you think the dating depicted on “The Bachelor”/“The Bachelorette” is valid?

ER: “I think it is entertainment. I think some of it is acting.”

RC: “No, that girl who talked about onions … Chris kept her for like four episodes.”

MH: “No way. Just as valid as Tinder is.”

HB: “No, absolutely not. It is all TV. It is strictly for entertainment.”

MG: “I don’t think so. I just think it’s like [a] competition. You can’t really get to know a person by going on a group date.”

Would you go on the show as either a contestant or as a bachelor/ bachelorette?

ER: “No, I just don’t think that dating the same guy with a bunch of other girls is normal.”

RC: “[I would go on the show] as a bachelorette but not competing for a guy.”

MH: “No way. Is there money involved?”

HB: “If it came down to when I was 35 and I had no one, I would go on the show. It would be funny. It would be an experience.”

MG: “100 percent I would do it. You get to go places.”

— Follow Madison Scavarda @DailyWildcat

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BY CHELSEA REGAN The Daily Wildcat

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RACHEL CLARK

MAX HOLLAND

HANNAH BURNS

MELANIE GRANT

Love is in the air — but exactly what is “it”? “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” — a part of the Creative Collaborations series organized by the UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry — is an hour-long musical event aimed to examine the science and psychology behind love.

David Sbarra, an associate professor and director of clinical training for psychology, and Paula Fan, a regents’ professor emerita for the UA College of Fine Arts, will team up to approach the subject of love in a fun, informative manner on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon in the lower level of the UA Bookstore.

Fan will present classical songs in a variety of styles spanning three centuries. Two singers, Seth Kershisnik and Mackenzie Romriell, will accompany her as they perform a variety of songs, including “At the Last Lousy Moments of Love” by Bolcom and Weinstein and “Love in the Dictionary” by Celius Doughtery.

“Everyone can think of a love song — celebrating the things that attract the one who is in love — both in the case of the successful conquest and the unsuccessful,” Fan said. “Everyone can think of a breakup song, lamenting the end of love.”

Sbarra will discuss the science behind romantic relationships,

and the music played by Fan and her accompanying singers will be interspersed throughout his talk. Sbarra will shed light on love from a psychological standpoint, breaking a relationship into “the four seasons of love.”

He defines his four seasons of love as “Attraction, which is what draws us together; falling in love, which is what cements us together in a love relationship; maintaining, which is what keeps us together in a relationship; and finally, transitions, which is how we manage the end of a relationship.”

The Creative Collaborations series often consists of presentations that meld two disciplines that initially seem unrelated. However, according to Fan, in the case of “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” they very much are related.

“My somewhat warped sense of humor, coupled with the sense of inquiry that defines the Confluencenter, prompted me to approach Dr. David Sbarra, who does a lot of research on … divorce,” Fan said.

In presenting jointly, Fan said they are shedding light on what it means to be human.

“The performing and creative arts are an expression of humanity,” Fan said. “The social and behavioral sciences explore the motivation behind works of arts.”

— Follow Chelsea Regan @DailyWildcat

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Staff Picks: Athlete Crushes JAMES KELLEY

EZRA AMANCHER

STEPHANIE RICE

ALEX MORGAN

Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice recently retired from the sport as one of the most decorated Olympic athletes in the country’s history. Rice won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was named World Swimmer of the Year.

Now that she’s out of swimming, she can pursue other interests. Maybe modeling?

Sadly, I only have 50 words to talk about Alex Morgan, because she’s got the hat trick of qualities that an athlete crush should have. She’s good (she scored five goals in seven games last year for the USA), she’s a swimsuit model and she doesn’t have the baggage of Hope Solo.

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STEVIE KATZ

MARCUS MARIOTA

CRISTIANO RONALDO

Marcus Mariota is my crush because he is from Hawaii, which I have always dreamed of going to. He is a very good-looking athlete that plays quarterback in my favorite sport, football. Mariota is smart with the sport, as well as outside of it, which makes him even more desirable.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most popular soccer players today. Not only is he debatably the best soccer player in the world, he is hands down the most attractive (in my opinion). If he’s good enough for the cover of Spanish Vogue, he’s good enough for me!

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David Oliver is a decorated hurdler for Team USA, with the teeth to match. The 6-foot-2 track phenom is a Colorado native and Howard University graduate. Look him up, and compare his muscles to his opponents’; they stand no chance. He’s the ultimate triple threat: athleticism, beauty and brains.

I’m going a bit outside of the box here by picking Ellen Hoog as my athlete crush. Who is Hoog? Well she’s a Dutch field hockey player who is talented and beautiful and definitely worth a google. I’m serious, guys. Go google her. You won’t be disappointed.

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ZOE WOLKOWITZ

T.J. OSHIE

MATT KEMP

T.J. Oshie is obviously my Valentine because he bleeds blue just like I do. Oshie has been a big part of the St. Louis Blues’ success for years. And since were on the topic of blue, he has dreamy blue eyes, along with a dirty top-shelf shot that will win any shoot-out (like he did for the U.S. in the Olympics).

I didn’t have to think twice about my athlete crush. I’ve been crushing on Matt Kemp since I set my eyes on him, even before Rihanna did. His beautiful eyes go perfectly with his beard, and his skin reminds me of Dove chocolates. Not to mention he’s an outfielder. I like outfielders.

MATT WALL

JUSTIN SPEARS

LINDSEY VONN

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Being a former football player, I’ve always been attracted to other athletes, including U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn. Vonn is currently dating Tiger Woods, but that won’t stop me from admiring the fact that the gold medalist is a complete triple-threat. The Olympian is beautiful, athletic and has a pearly white smile.

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A hard-core debate on porn Sexuality is complicated, and it’s important to avoid one-kind-fits-all-women prescriptions

BY jacquelyn oesterblad The Daily Wildcat

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ex is weird. It’s even weirder than most of us think, because most of it, most of the time, happens behind closed doors.

But some sex, some of the time, occurs for public consumption. And because this sex is visible, because its weirdness is out there for the whole world to see, this sex becomes the touchstone for whatever it is you think is wrong with American sex as a whole.

But feminists who support porn, like myself, do so for a fairly simple reason.

We recognize that all sex and sexuality is complicated and that, historically, attempts to delineate “good sex” from “bad sex” have been used to persecute women and queer people — the exact same people feminism is supposed to be by and for.

Women sometimes embody their own sexualities in ways that make gender theorists nervous. They perform submissive, degraded characters for lovers. They choose to take jobs that temporarily lease out their sexualities.

They masturbate, as one 2009 study found 20 percent of women do, to rape fantasies.

As it turns out, women disagree on the definition of sexy. But when anti-porn feminists advocate what feminist scholar Rosemarie Tong describes as “gentle, touchyfeely [and] side-by-side (no one on the top or bottom)” sex as the only right way to be a feminist and have sex, I hear old ideas that feminism fought so hard to eliminate: Moral people only have penis-in-vagina, procreative sex in the missionary position. The argument against porn, largely, is an argument against certain forms of sex and sexual embodiment.

One need only look at Mike Huckabee for evidence that these ideas are connected.

In his new book, Huckabee asks, “Does it occur to [Jay Z] that he is arguably crossing the line from husband to pimp by exploiting his wife as a sex object?” The assumption, of course, is that Beyoncé’s portrayals of sex, both on video and in lyrics, are demeaning and even a potential example of exploitation by the men in her life.

This, perhaps, is the biggest “ugh” factor about many anti-porn arguments. They assume that millions of women are being hopelessly duped into making decisions that aren’t really their own, consenting to

practices in which they don’t really want to participate and that they need to be saved from their own hijacked sexualities. My feminism teaches me to trust women over any other source when they speak about their own experiences. So when porn performers join with other sex workers to create massive advocacy organizations that explicitly call for the respect of women who choose careers in all forms of sex work — like Sex Workers Outreach Project and Sex Work Activists, Allies and You — I try to listen.

They don’t want their jobs banned. They just want better legal protection and industry regulation.

The further assumption in Huckabee’s argument against Beyoncé is that there’s something inherently wrong with any situation in which a woman might choose to associate herself with her sexuality rather than, say, her emotional, spiritual or intellectual self.

But performing sexuality can be very empowering for women who have been denied the right to be a whole person before, with an identity in all four of those spheres.

We now have women installing poles in their homes for private use and couples filming their own homemade porn. The oldest lesbian bar in the country, Phase 1 in Washington, D.C., hosts monthly queer burlesque shows.

Compare these forms of porn sexuality to other, totally accepted cultural phenomena.

What has encouraged more people to have the kinds of sex that anti-porn feminists think are inherently degrading to women — hardcore porn, or “Fifty Shades of Grey?” Given Hollywood’s obsession with portraying fellatio and simultaneous near-ban on images of cunnilingus, is porn really solely responsible for de-centering women in sex?

Porn fails as a touchstone for whatever it is you think is wrong with American sex as a whole. There’s a lot wrong with the way our culture treats sex, and some of it finds an expression in porn. But a lot of it finds its expression in other places, and porn and other performative sexualities can be used by women to subvert patriarchal ideas about sex.

Plus, sometimes, it’s just damn sexy.

Watching porn helps support an industry built upon sex trafficking and the abuse of women

BY ashwin mehra The Daily Wildcat

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alentine’s Day is right around the corner — time for a night full of sex, chocolates and, for all the single people, probably some Pornhub. However, it’s probably better to keep the porn away; in fact, it’s for the best, as watching porn is really rather unethical.

The problem with porn is two-fold: It’s not just about what’s going on the screen but also what’s going on behind the screen.

On screen, there’s the problem with the way the actors, especially women, are portrayed. It only takes a quick peek at the home page of any porn site to see why: The video titles tend to be about women being dominated, used or humiliated, if not outright raped.

Watching the videos, including those without such titles, is no better. Men who watch them, especially young men and boys under 18, learn to associate sex and orgasms with these words and actions. They normalize the abuse of women during sex.

Women are often merely used in the videos, which usually end with the men having orgasms. There’s generally little time given to the women any pleasure.

Pornography also tends to not depict sex in the way actual people tend to have sex — or even depict people as they actually exist. Not every man has a 7-inch penis and not every woman has DD-sized breasts.

These problems tend to revolve around the treatment of women in porn by men, which makes porn focusing on non-heterosexual couples less likely to be grounded in sexism.

That doesn’t necessarily make it better, especially when men are directing the women or the relationships depicted are problematic, but it certainly removes the sexism otherwise inherent to porn. In fact, according to The Huffington Post, a study done by Pornhub and BuzzFeed shows that the top categories of porn for women are “Lesbian” and “Gay (male).”

There’s also an argument to be made for so-called female-friendly porn, or porn for women, where the participants actually have an emotional connection that isn’t based on

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women being used by men. However, this leads into porn’s second problem: The viewer has no idea what is actually happening behind the camera.

One recent example of this is Jessica Mendes, whose stage name was Jessie Rogers.

Mendes spoke to a class at Arizona State University last year on the abuses in the porn industry. She told the class that many of the women tend to go to shoots high to dissociate from the sex, and that in her opinion, the industry is no different than a prostitution ring, with agents pimping out actresses for money. She also related the story of a male performer who beat and choked her off camera, almost killing her.

Stories like this may not be the norm; it’s not possible to know unless more porn stars speak out about the industry. Not every performer, regardless of gender, necessarily dislikes what they’re doing.

However, that doesn’t mean this experience is an aberration. Nonprofit organization Fight the New Drug published an article in August of 2014 called “Porn’s Dirty Little Secret,” using data from multiple academic studies to look at the industry’s treatment of actors. The studies show that the industry sometimes forces people into porn and that men who visit prostitutes are twice as likely to have watched porn in the last year.

And, of course, not every porn film is made with unwilling participants, but it’s often impossible for a viewer on Pornhub to know whether they are watching someone getting raped or not. And when people do watch those videos, the ad revenue has the potential to help fund studios that participate in sex trafficking.

None of this is to say that porn itself is inherently bad, but the porn industry certainly is — and watching porn funds that industry.

If the viewer knows that the participants in a video consented, that there’s no abuse and that no money is going toward sex trafficking, then watching porn wouldn’t be bad. But without the ability to know any of that, perhaps it’s better to stick to reading smut or just using the power of your imagination. At least those don’t hurt anyone.

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

In the name of love, opt out of texting mind games

BY Jessica Terrones The Daily Wildcat

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hy do we do the things we do for love?

No, really. Why do we do this stuff, especially when it actually gets in love’s way?

It’s February, and now’s the time to finally try catching the eye of that one person who makes it hard to pay attention in lecture. However, in college, since the old-fashioned technique of “talking in person” is no longer in vogue, people may avoid actually confronting this person and opt for a text message instead.

But where do they begin?

Today, not only do many avoid person-to-person contact, but now there is also an over-dramatized “texting rulebook” one must follow before texting anyone they may be interested in. As CollegeHumor has aptly put it, “texting mind games will ruin your life.”

Playing hard-to-get has always been a thing, because some people are under the strange delusion that this will actually make others want you more. But in the digital era, these mind games have gotten more complex.

Undeclared freshman Chloe Thom said she “won’t reply to the first text or even the second text” but will reply on the third. When asked why she does this, she said, “It’s just a rule; I don’t know why I do it, but everyone does it.”

Did I miss the memo? Everyone does this?

“I do use some texting rules but not often,” criminal justice freshman Stephanie Ghanem said. “I try not to act too clingy when texting, but I don’t act completely disinterested.” For example, she said, “I won’t doubletext if a guy doesn’t reply.”

Guys’ responses were quite similar.

Pre-business freshman Bryce Hawkins said that the reason guys like him use texting rules is because they “are afraid of the girl thinking [they] are annoying or feel like [they’re] suffocating them.”

Neuroscience and cognitive science freshman Eric Kiberu said that the main reason he uses these rules is

because he doesn’t want to “give off the wrong impression or annoy the girl.” Hawkins said he “won’t use emojis, depending on the vibe [he gets] from a girl.”

I’m confused. Don’t people text because they like each other? People should stop being so afraid.

Texting games are unnecessary and unhelpful. Thom stated that though she follows the rules and plays the games, she wishes “people could text how they want and not feel judged.”

So on behalf of love, I make the following plea: Let’s stop judging people who break the rules when texting and work on appreciating the fact that someone likes us enough to reach out.

New media and forms of communication are supposed to make things easier. Let’s not use them to police people’s interactions even more than before.

— Jessica Terrones is a journalism freshman. Follow her @jessandreaxoxo

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The story of the birds and the bees never gets old and doesn’t look to outlive us any time soon.

But what is it about sex that makes people so animalistic?

It seems that, as humans, sex is most pleasurable when we embrace our wild side. From “sex kittens” to “Playboy bunnies,” animals have made their way as objects in the bedroom.

The following examples of animal sexual behaviors may be extremely uncomfortable to read, but they just may be beneficial to releasing your animal instincts in the bedroom. Why should the birds and the bees get to have all the fun?

Imagine having a penis that’s about eight times the size of your body. The barnacle is a very fortunate crustacean. It attaches itself to any surface it chooses — oftentimes, a rock or whale. However, because of its stationary lifestyle, in order to reproduce, it must have a penis long enough to reach out to a nearby mate. So, every time you hear SpongeBob SquarePants curse out “barnacles,” just remember that this is no animal

to belittle.

Did an angry violent woman who might strangle you to death and then eat you ever turn you on? According to the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research article, “First encounter with a live male blanket octopus: the world’s most sexually size-dimorphic large animal,” a variety of male octopi have a third arm called the hectocotylus, which is actually the male’s penis. During sex with the female, the male will pass the hectocotylus into the female’s cavity. In order to do this, the arm must first be severed, and the male does not generally survive. The hectocotylus is left in the female’s cavity to be used for reproduction.

Thinking about BDSM yet? According to biologist Carin Bondar in the 16th episode of her web show, “Wild Sex,” appropriately titled “Fifty Shades of BDSM,” the Golden Orb Spider will actually

“bind up his female mate after sex.” Bondar also discusses that tigers enjoy pain in sex in her video, “F*&# Like Rabbits.” The male tiger’s penis is extremely sharp and spikey, and it stabs the female’s vagina during sex in order to kick-start ovulation, in addition to scraping out semen from previous partners.

However, this painful method isn’t necessarily forced upon the female cat. When a female goes into heat, she will continue to want sex until her heating

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The birds and the bees: doing it how they do on the Discovery Channel period is over, even after mating once. In the meantime, she will have multiple partners, who may all end up as fathers for the same litter. Humans clearly aren’t the only species who enjoy getting a bit risqué with their partners.

So, why do humans enjoy pain during lovemaking at all? Some claim it’s foreplay. However, like other animals, some people prefer another famous type of foreplay: oral sex. According to the 2009 study, “Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time,” scientists found that fruit bats engaged in oral sex and that by doing this, the bats ended up having sex for longer periods of time.

Dolphins and monkeys are actually known to be few of the mammals other than humans that engage in sex on a regular basis, instead of just for reproduction. Several months ago, the BBC explained ethologist Jonathan Balcombe’s theory in an article, “Do Animals Have Sex for Pleasure?”:

Reproduction is essential to an animal’s purpose, and reproducing has evolved to be more pleasurable as an activity.

Sexual virtue tends to be a touchy subject among humans.

Some dictate that sex is ultimately founded in love. Though science has yet to prove whether animals actually love, the ability to mate for life has been observed only in humans and very few other species. Wolves, however, not only mate for life, but they also keep their offspring in their packs. Some even suggest that monogamous swans created the popular heart-shaped symbol by leaning their foreheads together.

Whether for reproduction, love or pleasure, the animal kingdom has given humanity an interesting perspective on sexual activity.

Bloodhound Gang’s lyrics say it best: “You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals. So, let’s do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.”

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SHADES OF GREY

The fanfiction turned movie is highly anticipated, drawing people to see the film both opening day and on Valentines Day COMM

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The highly anticipated showing the movie 11 times a day Valentine’s Day premiere of “Fifty in their two biggest theaters, with Shades of Grey” has students 70 seats each. flocking to local theaters to reserve What seems to be attracting seats. people to this movie is the main Road House Cinemas, a local character, Anastasia Steele. dine-in movie theater, has already Katherine Montgomery, a senior sold out all 3,100 of its tickets and studying philosophy, politics, has a special called “Fifty Shades economics and law, said that the of Delicious” for their menu that main character is much like Bella includes wine and is part of their from “Twilight.” She doesn’t really $50 Valentine’s Day couples’ have a personality, so you can special. Other insert yourself local theaters into the story, are selling preMontgomery sale tickets as said. well.

Century 20 Ac c o rd i ng El Con Mall to Fandango, isn’t expecting this movie is many people the quickest to see the selling R-rated movie on movie in more Va l e n t i n e ’s than a decade.

Day. El Con Business managers Insider said said that they — Alizianna La Purco, the book has don’t believe event coordinator and sold 70 million many people manager at Road House copies in the will show up Cinemas U.S. alone. on Valentine’s “ I t ’ s Day, because supposed to be most people the best one of want to see it the year,” said Alizianna La Purco, the Thursday it premieres. event coordinator and manager Special or no special, students at Road House Cinemas. “We are still going to see the movie. have had people calling since last “I have a friend, and she month, so we put up our shows bought her ticket for the midnight about two weeks ago. So, everyone premiere on Thursday for a prewas able to purchase tickets … in sale at EL Con,” Montgomery said, advance — and two weeks ago “and she is buying my ticket as is when we sold out. That’s why well.” we had to add more shows on Tuesday, and those ones are all sold out now.”

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“I’m not surprised a lot of people are going to see it, but I’m not going to. It doesn’t interest me.”

— Michael Chaput, general studies senior

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“I haven’t really read the book, but it’s rated X, so it seems like an interesting movie. I know a lot of my friends are super excited, but I don’t know if I will see it because I didn’t read the book.”

— Jillian Bradshaw, criminal justice sophomore

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“I think it’s an interesting and curious concept that people are excited to see pan out. I’m going to see it because I think there’s a lot of mystery behind it, and I’m curious to see it as opposed to it in words.”

— Makenna Pence, freshman studying special education

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— Marty Pagel, UA professor in chemistry and biomedical engineering

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Fascinating purchases for V-Day

BY ADRIANA ESPINOSA The Daily Wildcat

Local Tucson shops give students options to explore a different side of Valentine’s Day this year that depart from the usual chocolates and roses.

Fascinations, a local adult entertainment store, is offering many options to introduce into their sex lives for those celebrating Valentine’s Day, from beginner items to items for those more sexually advanced, according to Anna Kanto, store manager of Fascinations.

The Sexy Valentine’s Bag O Tricks by the Screaming O company is amongst the gifts Fascinations has to offer and includes various vibrators and lubes.

The popular couples vibrator called We-Vibe has also been a huge seller at the store.

Kanto said what makes this item fun and interesting is the phone app that gives one person the power to turn it on and off whenever they want from anywhere in the world, while the other person uses the vibrator.

The app comes with the vibrator when it is purchased and is popular

amongst long-distance couples and military couples where one or both persons may be deployed.

The social media buzz over the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie, coming out on Thursday, has also caused a buzz in the local adult entertainment shop.

According to Kanto, there is a full wall dedicated to “Fifty Shades of Grey”-themed toys and kits to purchase, specifically those exploring the BDSM community.

The collection includes multiple bondage and fantasy kits that range from about $20 and up, but Fascinations also offers a variety of lingerie, massage oils and sex toys ranging in price from $2 and up.

Kanto said that Valentine’s Day is the busiest time of the year for the store, even topping the holiday season. While working the evening and night shifts, she has seen a lot of young adults and university students buying Valentine’s Day gifts.

“A lot of people are being more adventurous with their sex lives because of [the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie],” Kanto said. “It’s really nice, because a lot of that stuff can be fun

— and I think, before, a lot of people were scared to explore that.”

Kanto said that the store is not only a place to purchase lingerie and sex toys but is also an educational outlet for those who are simply curious and have questions.

“We are all very open here,” Kanto said, “so we kind of help the conversation for people who are shy.”

Jellywink Boutique is another local adult store that caters to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community but is open to anyone.

Kat Hermanson, a gender and women’s studies sophomore, works at the boutique and said that it has a wide variety of novelty items that are gender and sexuality inclusive.

Hermanson said that the We-Vibe has been a popular item at the store, along with books on female orgasms, various bondage and dominatrix kits and different massage oils.

Hermanson said that, while Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark holiday in her eyes, she feels that it gives people an excuse to explore their sexualities.

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A VIEW OF FASCINATIONS, an adult store on Speedway Boulevard. The store said that in addition to a “Fifty Shades of Grey”-themed special available, other purchases have been made for Valentine’s Day.

to bring new things like lube or vibrators into the bedroom,” Hermanson said. “I think that Valentine’s Day is a really good

gateway to introduce those ideas.”

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and he would go for four to five innings,” Lopez said. “But then you’d have that magical sixth inning, and before you know it, there’s four runs on the board. He’s too good for that.”

One name that wasn’t listed in the weekend lineup was last season’s Saturday night starter, Cody Hamlin. He’s on the board for a Tuesday night start against North Dakota State, with Nathan Bannister finishing the two-game series on Wednesday.

Lopez said the only reason Hamlin isn’t on the mound for the weekend series, even after a great performance in Saturday’s “meet the team” intersquad scrimmage, is because his teammates didn’t slip up.

“Everything is up for grabs, and we are evaluating from the shoulders down,” Lopez said. “Austin has done a very good job, and Robby and Tyger have been consistent.”

Schnabel is a prime example of Lopez’ methodology. His name was rarely etched into the scorebooks last year. He was 0-4 in game appearances with a 9.18 ERA. “The edge is here; it’s, ‘Hey, you pitch well FILE PHOTO/THE DAILY WILDCAT tonight, you’re in the mix next weekend,’ and I ARIZONA BASEBALL PITCHER Tyger Talley pitches during Arizona’s 6-5 victory over UCLA on April 13, at Hi Corbett Field. think our program needs that,” Lopez said.

Talley is among three Wildcats who have been picked to start the season-opening, three-game series against Eastern Michigan Other names on the radar for Arizona’s over the weekend. pitching staff include Xavier Borde and Mathew Troupe. be the go-to closer for the Wildcats. He said the mound has been determined, defensive and Troupe missed a majority of last season biggest difference about his game will be how offensive spots are still up for grabs, including after having Tommy John surgery. He is the change of defensive position will affect his catcher, first base, right and left field, and the expected to get play time as a setup man early performance on the mound. first five slots of the batting lineup. this season and has the possibility of starting “The throw is a big part of playing third,” later in the year.

Dalbec said. “Having to manage closing on top Dalbec, Arizona’s starting third baseman who of making all those big throws is a big transition.”

— Follow Nicole Cousins played at first and pitched last season, will likely Lopez said that although the battle on the @cousinnicole

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(75-71-77), which led to a tie for 54th place.

The tournaments that qualified McMahon for the award were the U.S. Open qualifier (68), the U.S. Public Links qualifier (70-64), the Pacific Coast amateur (72-6167-73) and the Arizona amateur (72-66).

McMahon’s consistent scores helped the senior reach new heights in his career.

McMahon said he was honored for receiving this award and believes it will solidify him as a true leader on the team.

“This award tells me that I can play good golf, and it gives me some credibility when I give the young guys some advice,” McMahon said. “Being a senior has to come with some responsibility, and now I can prove to the underclassmen that I know what I’m talking about when I mentor them.”

McMahon is no stranger

when it comes to winning awards either, as he earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors and was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team in his junior season.

The Mayfair Award does not compare to the awards won last season.

“This award is pretty awesome, but I wouldn’t necessarily call it the sweetest award that I’ve won. …

[Hopefully,] I can bring in a couple more,” McMahon said.

“Being placed on the Pac-12 All-Academic First team was an unbelievable accomplishment, and I will always hold on to that.”

McMahon and the Wildcats travel to Pacific Palisades, Calif., for a one-day tournament on Monday before heading to Hawaii for the John Burns Invitational next Wednesday.

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and … we’re not the type of girls that need to be reminded to work hard,” Oldham said. “My advice is to just go out and have fun, because if you relax and have fun, that’s when your better side and [a] better game comes out.”

Oldham said she misses her family and the traditions from back home, and also said that the way of life is very different here.

“I know we all get tense at times,” Oldham said, “and, especially as a senior, I look back and sometimes I think, ‘If I just relax, things would have been so much easier.’”

She said she didn’t expect Tucson to have mountains and places to hike, something she enjoyed doing back in England.

“I love being outdoors,” she said, “so in my spare time, we go hiking and just [hang] out with people here.”

Oldham majors in business marketing and, in the future, hopes to market nutrition products — perhaps even to athletes.

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last half of the round by making bogies on four holes for a total of 74 strokes (+3).

Weaver finished 9-over-par and moved up to a FROM PAGE 14 tie for 35th place. par on four holes.

Manon Gidali moved up to a tie for 25th after Gidali started off the 2015 season finishing the shooting a 75 (+4) in the second round. She first round tied for 28th place after shooting a 74 double-bogeyed the second hole (+3). Gidali bogeyed the first and made two birdies on the two holes, a par-4 and a par-3, front nine. Gidali didn’t make a but picked up the pace on the sub-par score after birdying the back nine, made a birdie on seventh hole. the 11th hole and only bogeyed LINDSEY WEAVER The Wildcats once again once. showed improvement, as they YEAR The second round was a matched Monday’s score on JUNIOR different story as the Wildcats Tuesday by shooting a 292 (+8), finished in fourth place while HOMETOWN which lifted them over ASU and shooting a 292 (+8). The SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. into sole possession of third upperclassmen helped move place. the Wildcats up three spots on Quihuis, Weaver and Gidali Monday. finished the tournament with a HEIGHT Even though the Wildcats combined score of 21-over-par.

5’3” were moving up in the rankings, Quihuis (70-73-72), Weaver (77Quihuis shot a 2-over-par 73.

74-73) and Gidali (74-75-72) 2015 STATS With nine out of the top 10 were also the only Wildcats to AVERAGES 73.33, 12 ROUNDS, overall players in the second finish in the top 30 on the player 880 STROKES, 4 EVENTS round shooting worse in the leader board. second round than in the first, Arizona’s next event will be Quihuis was able to move up to in New Orleans for the Allstate a tie for sixth place.

Sugar Bowl Invitational from Feb. 22-24.

Weaver started off the second round with an impressive front nine score of 1-under-par after making a birdie on the second hole. The back nine — Follow Justin Spears was much different, as the junior completed the @Hercules_52

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Lopez names starting pitchers

BY NICOLE COUSINS The Daily Wildcat

Arizona baseball head coach Andy Lopez revealed the starting pitchers for the Wildcats’ first weekend of competition three days before the home opener, and it wasn’t what everyone was expecting.

No player was more

surprised than Austin Schnabel, who saw his name in the Friday night slot at the clubhouse Tuesday afternoon. In addition to Schnabel, TCU transfer Robby Medel was slated for Saturday and returning Tyger Talley was slated for Sunday.

Talley, the only veteran starter of the three right-

School graduate spent the summer with Arizona pitchers Nathan Bannister and Bobby Dalbec, where his off-speed pitches were a topic of focus.

“I have been working on my change-up,” Talley said.

“It’s been a work in progress, but I’ve been getting it to where I want it to be in the game.”

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rizona men’s golf senior Alex McMahon received the Arizona Golf Association’s Mayfair Award in Phoenix last Thursday, which represents the player with the lowest overall scoring average amongst amateur golfers in Arizona.

The AGA is a foundation that performs as the official governing body for amateur golf within the state of Arizona.

The organization does not award golfers in collegiate tournaments unless the tournament is in Arizona. The ASU Thunderbird Invitational was the only tournament in the state of Arizona that counted toward the Mayfair award. McMahon competed in the ASU Thunderbird Invitational last March, when he had a round of 62 and finished with a 200 (-13). His 62 was the best round of his junior season.

McMahon averaged a score of 68.15 in the 2014 season, and the senior was in awe after receiving the award.

“I didn’t even know they had an award like this,” McMahon said. “I never even heard of the Arizona Golf Association, but then I got this award, and I was very surprised.”

A player must complete one round of a USGA qualifier and two AGA individual major championships to qualify for the Mayfair Award. In addition, a player could become eligible for the award by completing a round of a USGA qualifier, one AGA individual major championship and one collegiate championship in the state of Arizona.

The AGA took the players’ averages after the 2014 season. As a result, McMahon’s score from the 2015 Arizona Intercollegiate was not taken into consideration for the award.

McMahon’s spring season got off to a slow start in the Arizona Intercollegiate as the senior finished the tournament shooting 10-over-par

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Lopez said Talley has made significant strides over the offseason, from demeanor to athletic performance on the mound. His growth in consistency and maturity has empowered him to reclaim the Sunday spot.

“Sometimes, the game got really big for him [last year],

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handers, recorded a 3.66 ERA in 71.1 innings last season.

“Last year, I just wasn’t going to give up,” Talley said.

“I didn’t want to lay down, and I wanted to go out there and do my job. I ended up having a little bit of success, and I’m hoping to carry that into this year.”

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ARIZONA SENIOR golfer Alex McMahon takes a swing during the Arizona Intercollegiate at Sewailo Golf Club on Jan. 27. McMahon earned the Arizona Golf Association’s Mayfair Award on Feb. 5 and said he was shocked to have won the award.

BY JUSTIN SPEARS The Daily Wildcat

Arizona women’s golf team opened up the 2015 season finishing third (+28) in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif., on Tuesday. The Wildcats shot 880 total strokes as a team and finished in second place amongst the Pac-12 Conference schools behind USC, which finished second overall. The Wildcats overcame a flaky start on Sunday and shot a 292 in each of the final two rounds.

Arizona ended the first round tied for seventh with a total score of 296 (+12). The only Wildcat to finish in the top 20 was Krystal Quihuis, who tied for sixth place after shooting a 70 (-1), 73 (+2) and 72 (+1).

Quihuis made two birdies on par-4 holes of the front nine; however, she bogeyed the par-4 fifth and remained at 1-underpar shooting an even score on the back nine for the first round.

“We struggled at first, but we picked it up and we finished off third, which I’m content with — even though the girls wanted to win,” Arizona women’s golf head coach Laura Ianello said.

Lindsey Weaver and Manon Gidali finished the first round with a combined score of 9-overpar, which was a sluggish start for the leaders of the Wildcats going into the second round on Monday.

Weaver ended the first round tied for 54th place after shooting 6-over-par for a total score of 77.

Weaver struggled on the par-4’s in the first round, as the junior bogeyed seven holes and made

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he only senior on the Arizona women’s tennis team is Laura Oldham, and she took a unique path to get where she is today.

Oldham came to Arizona at the age of 18 from her hometown in Sheffield, England, where she had lived and trained her whole life.

Oldham began playing tennis when she was around 6 years old due to growing up in a very sporty family.

“My dad played a lot of tennis himself when he was young, and he was a pretty good player, too,” Oldham said. “My brother … is 25 now, so four years older, and he was at the age when he was just starting tennis, and I used to watch his lessons.

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So, I tried it out, and it came naturally for me.”

She trained at a large academy in her hometown

in England from the ages of 16 to 18. She said she used to watch famous Belgian tennis player Justine Henin when she was younger and tried to emulate her game.

Oldham’s backhand is one of her better shots, and she said she modeled it after Henin’s dominant backhand.

Before coming to Tucson to play collegiate tennis at Arizona, Oldham was picked up by the UK Lawn and Tennis Association where she was funded to play at a young age; although, her parents did have to put some money in at times.

Oldham was recruited by the UA to come to Tucson and be a Wildcat.

“I first got in touch with Vicky, the head coach here,” Oldham said.

Oldham, as sole team senior, said she gives advice and leadership direction to the younger players.

“We all work really hard,

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ARIZONA SENIOR Laura Oldham returns a volley during Arizona’s 7-0 victory over Sacramento State on Sunday at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center. Oldham is the lone senior on this year’s team and took a unique path to get to Arizona.