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BROTHER JED preaches at Heritage Hill on the UA campus on Monday, Feb 22. A recent Change.org petition has challenged campus preachers’ First Amendment rights to preach on campuses.

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Campus preachers have been a part of the UA campus environment for so long they are arguably a part of the campus’ legacy. Generation after generation of Wildcats were met on the UA Mall with Bible and sign-wielding preachers telling students they are sinners who are going to hell, or occasionally, that they even deserve rape.

Recently, some students and community members began calling for tighter restrictions on what can be said on the UA campus. A petition on Change.org asking UA President Ann Weaver Hart to remove the campus preachers has garnered over 1,000 signatures.

“I just think a line should be drawn when it comes to malice and threats, even if they draw it as

a loose threat,” said Tanner Bonebrake, a freshman studying French. “If someone wears a ‘you deserve rape’ shirt, just because there [are] bible verses under it, it doesn’t mean it should be counted as free speech.”

Mikhail Savenko, a campus preacher better known as Brother Mikhail, said campus preachers are well within their First Amendment rights.

“We should definitely be able to be on this campus and share our ideas,” Savenko said. “I mean, if we definitely break some kind of law—if we harass people or chase after people—if we do something illegal, ... we should be dealt with and arrested.”

Savenko added that if the UA does decide to restrict campus preachers, they will fight for their

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rother Jed Smock and his wife, Sister Cindy Smock, have once again graced our student body with their presences. The dynamic duo was screaming at students, flailing gigantic picket signs and donning shirts that read,

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New plan to unify health sciences and Nogales, Arizona.

BY CHASTITY LASKEY The Daily Wildcat

Already touted for its research, the University of Arizona Health Sciences is looking to expand its portfolio with the recent hire of Akinlolu Ojo as the new associate vice president for clinical research and global health initiatives.

Ojo joined the department in January. He said this is an exciting position because now he not only has the opportunity to work with other research leaders, but he can also expand the UA’s portfolio of clinical research. He said he hopes to build the Health Sciences’ relationships and footprints here in Tucson and across the state.

Senior Vice President for health sciences, Joe “Skip” Garcia, said Ojo is an exceptional recruit to the university.

“He’s an internationally acclaimed physician scientist. He’s a leader in his field of nephrology and chronic kidney disease, and he does really practical work doing clinical research and trials in the U.S. and Africa,” Garcia said. “He’s going to help our clinical research and global health efforts in a big way.”

Garcia said this is a new position that’s been needed for quite some time and Ojo is a great fit for the role.

Ojo, who worked in academic medicine for over 20 years before taking this position, worked at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as a professor of medicine, director of clinical and translational research in the Comprehensive Kidney Center and director of the department of medicine global health research

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• Developing a strategic plan and rationalizing global health research and development programs with the objective of identifying and concentrating efforts in specific parts of the world. Some of the countries being looked at are Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil, as well as expanding collaborations into different parts of India.

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and training programs. He was an attending physician in their health system as well.

“The area of emphasis I will be promoting here at the UA will be on large clinical trials that will allow all the opportunities to bring new experimental treatments and funded projects into the institution for the benefit of the diverse population,” Ojo said.

He has worked extensively with minority populations and said one of the most exciting things about this opportunity is that he will get to work with the UA’s uniquely diverse population.

The hiring process started about two years ago, when Ojo said that he wanted to join Garcia—whom Ojo

knew and respected for years—at the UA after Garcia announced he was coming here.

With his kids heading off to college, Ojo decided it was the right time to make the move.

Garcia said he’s thrilled the UA was able to recruit Ojo, especially since health sciences is undergoing a transformation that he can help foster.

Ojo, who’s academic salary will be $250,000, said he has important goals he hopes to accomplish: • Establishing a clinical research program to conduct clinical trials and studies throughout the state in places like Tucson, Phoenix, Yuma

Ojo and his colleagues already began laying the ground work for a new strategic plan that will be the basis of his and his department’s efforts for unifying health sciences.

“It’s important to make sure that there is a cooperative effort to make sure we have a unified set of goals as we move forward,” Ojo said.

Ojo will also hold a professor position in the College of Medicine, as well as a professor of health promotion sciences in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.

“It’s a very beautiful environment, people are very warm and engaging and pleasant to work with,” Ojo said.

Ojo added that everyone has been supportive and collaborative in just the short time he’s been here.

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Your sweaty pits say more than you think Dr. Esther Sternberg of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine has spent the past 15 years studying what a person’s sweat says about their health

BY Akshay Syal

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Thanks to the past 15 years of work by Dr. Esther Sternberg of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, we may be able to capture a portrait of our health one day just by analyzing our sweat.

“Our goal is to simply optimize human performance for the task at hand,” Sternberg said.

“Specifically, we are looking to analyze the biomarkers in sweat that reflect conditions such as fatigue, cognitive status and stress.”

Sternberg began her research in 2000 while working at the National Institute of Health in Washington.

While there, she was approached

by the director of research to create a noninvasive method to study human health and well-being, a task typically done by drawing blood. The only options, she said, were analysis through either saliva or sweat.

“The reason we decided to focus on sweat was that the biomarkers present in saliva were typically those of periodontal, or gum disease,” Sternberg said.

“The biomarkers present in sweat allowed us to get a more comprehensive picture of what was occurring systemically.”

Sternberg, now a rheumatologist, was recruited in 2012 by world renowned alternative health guru Andrew Weil. Prior to joining the

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To work alongside her, Sternberg brought along a few of her colleagues from the NIH. After moving to Tucson, however, Sternberg received a call from the Air Force saying that it wanted to implement her research into wearable devices that could be worn by military personnel. These devices would allow for real-time, precise tracking of an officer’s

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In addition, Sternberg and her team, Dr. Perry Skeath and Dr. Min Jia, are hoping to collaborate with companies that make wearable tech, allowing them to commercialize devices that possess the ability to analyze the biomarkers in our sweat.

Their research could have a large impact on the lives of athletes all over the world. In fact, Sternberg believes that athletes will be able to monitor exact hydration levels, allowing them to optimize their performances while competing.

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As far as how long until the public can expect to see her research on commercial shelves, Sternberg said she isn’t sure.

“Right now, it’s simply too early to tell,” Sternberg said. “However, there are a lot of companies stampeding to get something to market. This is the big wave of the future.”

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ASUA president: What do you expect?

BY LAUREN RENTERIA The Daily Wildcat

We asked UA students what they expected from the next ASUA president.

Here is one of your responses, find the rest online

“I expect the ASUA president to represent the interests of everyone, both students and faculty on campus. I believe it’s important for students to have their voice heard in any issue. The biggest [problem] I noticed are some of the free speech protesters. While I am in support of the First Amendment, I think there needs to be a line drawn.” – Grayson Largman, a finance junior

THEIR RESPONSE HANNAH WHITE While I agree with the importance of freedom of speech, I have noticed that the free speech protesters tend to bring discomfort and negativity to our campus. I think we are looking at a bigger issue that needs to be brought up with President Hart and administration to better control this campus environment. Students should feel comfortable and safe walking on their own campus without feeling harassed or being screamed at.

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MICHAEL FINNEGAN Great question Grayson. To answer your first point, being a former ASUA Senator, I have had the privilege of representing students and faculty. Faculty and student interests typically run hand-in-hand, especially regarding the university’s academic standing. Research funding is a vital issue too that students and faculty want more of. It is estimated by the year 2020, ASU will have more research funding than the UA. We as students must do something in order to keep our world renowned research. Now, for your second question, this is a difficult issue due to the fact that the UA is a free speech campus. We can not ban people from expressing their views, but we can limit the spaces where they can express those views. ASU and other campuses around the nation do not put their free-speech zones in the direct center of campus like the UA does, i.e. on the Mall. As ASUA President, I will work with President Hart and the free speech office to move these free-speech zones into more less-populated areas of campus to make sure that we students who are already working so hard are not offended going from class to class.

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right to preach.

“If we have to, you know, sue the school or sue whoever we have to, we will do that,” Savenko said. “We care about free speech.”

The reason for the petition is that the aggressive tactics of campus preachers are causing students to feel unsafe and threatened while they are simply trying to walk from class to class.

Arizona law states that universities are public spaces and therefore public forums, so free speech is explicitly protected. The state, however, allows its public universities and colleges to establish free-speech zones, or particular areas on campus that are specifically designated as a public forum. Designated zones are away from portions of campus where demonstrations, loud speakers or other activity may be disruptive to daily campus life.

While most state universities have adopted these “free speech zones,” the UA hasn’t.

“I don’t think that any of us condone ... the words that are being said or the things that are being said to students,” said Kathy Adams Reister, associate dean of students.

“Unfortunately, you know, a majority of what is happening, as far as I know and that I have seen, is protected speech.

Dean Saxton, a former UA student and campus preacher more commonly known as Brother Dean, has recently moved his preaching operation north to Arizona State University.

Saxton, infamous for his confrontational preaching tactics and for yelling phrases like, “you deserve rape” and “God doesn’t love Muslims” at passing students, said that ASU’s free-speech zones restrict his ability to preach.

“ASU doesn’t really understand the concept of free speech right now,” Saxton said. “It’s a different dynamic at ASU preaching than it is at the UA.” Saxton said there are parts of the ASU campus where the police and the dean of students won’t allow him to preach. According to Saxton, he frequently gets kicked out from certain spots.

“Well, there’s a lot of different places that ASU won’t let you preach. Although they say they allow it, they really don’t,” Saxton said.

“The dean of students and the police just act in a different way.”

While a faction of campus is clearly calling for tighter free speech restrictions, others say that impeding free speech may not be the solution to the problem.

“As long as they’re not specifically targeting one person who is there talking or listening, I think it’s fine,” said Katie Beaumonte, a music sophomore. “As screwed up as it is, let them talk.”

Beaumonte said as long as the preachers don’t specifically target individual people or are profane, she thinks the preachers are fine on campus.

“I just think they might go away when people stop engaging,” she said.

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A LOOK at the Rose and Maurice Silverman Holocaust Jewish History Museum on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The museum reopened its doors during a ceremony celebrating the new renovations on Monday, Feb 21.

Holocaust History Center reopens to public after a year of renovations

BY CHLOE DURAND The Daily Wildcat

The Jewish History Museum officially reopened Sunday after a year of renovations. These renovations expanded the Gould Family Holocaust History Center and added a new exhibition to the Friedman Family Jewish History Building.

The Jewish History Museum is a synagogue that was first built in 1910. It was one of the first synagogues in the Arizona territory. The mission of the museum is “the preservation of the first synagogue building in the Arizona Territory and the collection, preservation, exhibition and teaching of the Jewish heritage of Southern Arizona,” according to its website.

During the opening ceremony, President of the Board of Directors of the Jewish History Center,

Barbara Brumer, gave her remarks on the reopening of the museum.

“What we’ve done in the synagogue is built an exhibit that celebrates the accomplishments that the Jewish people have made,” Brumer said. “In the Holocaust History Center, you’re going to see a backdrop on what genocide is like and what the stages are.”

Brumer concluded her speech by commenting on the importance of the museum as a whole.

“This campus shows the depth and complexities of who Jews are, the strength and generosity that we give and the things that we’ve had to go through and come out as different people,” Brumer said.

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Rabbi Israel Becker also commented on the museum’s reopening.

“What this community has done here is going to stand for many, many decades to come,”

Rothschild said. “The combination of the Jewish History Museum and the Holocaust History Center is going to be a remarkable addition to the revitalization of downtown.”

Stuart Mellan, president and CEO of the Jewish Foundation of Southern Arizona, was a leader in the renovation of the museum.

“As I stand here today on this momentous occasion, there’s little I can add to the words offered but permit me to express my supreme gratitude for reaching this day,” Mellan said. “It was exactly one year ago today that I found myself in Berlin, Germany. That was thesite of the heinous crimes there and today this is the site of the most ambitious Holocaust education project on the planet.”

Another leader in the expansion of the Jewish History Museum was Bryan Davis, who served as the executive director for the project.

Davis is also an adjunct professor

at UA, where he teaches Judaic Studies.

“The realization of a Holocaust history center in our community is a 50-year-long aspiration so this is a momentous occasion … We now have an educational institution here to teach the community about this history and all the various ways Jews in Southern Arizona have contributed to the development of our community,” Davis said.

Admission to the museum costs $7, but members of the museum and students with ID get free admission. During Shabbat, admission is free to the general public.

The Jewish History Museum is located at 564 S. Stone Ave.

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Nikki Baker, veterinary science senior

What are you wearing?

My black floral dress is from Last Chance, a satellite store associated with Nordstrom.

My nude heels are also from Last Chance. My necklace is from Buffalo Exchange.

How do you describe your style?

I have an old soul. You definitely will never see my butt cheeks or cleavage.

Who is your style icon?

My style icon I’d have to say is Audrey Hepburn. I think of her having a classic theme and love that even today girls still aspire to be her.

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Janay Hall, biology freshmen

What are you wearing?

I just came back from chapter so I’m a little dressier tonight. I am wearing a multicolored romper from Forever 21. I loved it because it was $5. My white, studded sandals are from Bass. My bag (not pictured) is from Irene’s Story.

How do you describe your style?

My style is a little more laid back from what I am wearing right now. I don’t really know how to describe my style, but I really like clothes that are cheaper.

What is your favorite store?

Such a tough question to answer. I just love so many stores. I would have to say Forever 21 because they are on the cheaper side, but they also have a lot of stuff.

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How do you describe your style?

I think that my style is unique … I wear whatever is cute. I would say my style is different from other people.

What is your favorite store?

Definitely Charlotte Russe. Its clothes are really cute.

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The Best of the Bars You’re standing in line at Highland Market and want to grab a snack bar at the checkout before heading to class.

Do you go with something chocolately or something fruity and nutty? You want to make the healthiest choice but there’s no time to look at food labels or google “healthiest snack bars,” so you grab the one that looks the tastiest before rushing off.

With so many snack bars available, it can be tough trying to figure out which are best, especially if you’re not sure what makes a bar a good snack option in the first place. Many people compare snack bars by looking at how many calories and/or grams of sugar and protein are listed on the food label.

Many people think “less sugar + higher protein= healthy!” While that’s not

necessarily a bad way of comparing snack bars, another way is to look at the bar’s list of ingredients. Generally speaking, a healthier bar will contain ingredients that you are familiar with and can pronounce. Ingredients are listed on products in descending order. This means that the first ingredients listed are most prevalent in the product. Your best bet is to choose a bar with either a whole grain (oats, brown rice, bran, millet, etc.) or source of protein (soy, nuts, seeds, etc.) listed as one of the first few ingredients, and sugar (or words for sugar like syrup, honey, fructose, maltodextrin, sucrose) farther down the list.

Because it can be time consuming comparing food labels, we’ve done the work for you! Here’s our list of some healthy bars you can find on campus:

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NutriNews is written by Gale Welter-Coleman, MS, RDN, CSSD, and Sarah Marrs, RDN, Nutrition Counselors at the UA Campus Health Service.

Food and nutrition services (including healthy eating, cooking skills, weight management, digestive problems, hormonal and cardiovascular diseases, and eating disorders) are offered year-round at Campus Health. Call (520) 621-6483 to make an appointment.

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Where there’s a need, there’s a Lion. For many, this phrase has no significance, but to others, it serves as a guiding principle.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service organization, with around 1.4 million members worldwide in 210 countries.

That’s a lot of service. Luckily for us, the Lions Club recently started a student chapter at the UA. Matt Nettles, a junior studying neuroscience and cognitive science and president of UA Lions Club, joined his first semester at the UA. “I had really been thinking about a way to get involved on campus or in the community and someone was passing out flyers for this club, so I went to this presentation and heard about everything they do.,” Nettles said. “So far, it’s given me a lot of leadership experience.”

The Lions Club is dedicated to performing service in the community and making it a better place. Lions are people willing to donate their time and efforts to volunteer and help others. The club also places an emphasis on vision services by providing eye exams and glasses to those in need.

There are a variety of Lions Clubs within the Tucson area and all have been encouraging and supportive to the UA chapter.

“That’s one thing about Lions Club: It’s really like a big family,” Nettles said. “Everywhere I go, all the other clubs are supportive and inclusive. Everyone wants to shake your hand and help you out.”

The club is starting out small, but has high hopes for expansion.

“Even though we’re small right now, I think we will be successful on campus because a lot of people are looking for a place to help others and this is an easy and fun way to do it,” said Dien Truong, a sophomore studying molecular and cellular biology and physiology, and one of the vice presidents of the club.

Mckenzie Dryden, a nutritional sciences sophomore and director of the club, added to that sentiment.

“I’ve really enjoyed all the volunteering opportunities I’ve gotten and I’ve been able to meet other service-minded people and get out in the community,” Dryden said.

Vision may be an uncommon focus for volunteer organizations, but the Lions have a personal connection to this cause.

In 1925, Hellen Keller attended the Lions Club International Convention and asked the organization to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.”

John Hart is a prominent Lion within the Tucson community and has served as an adviser (of sorts) for the UA club.

“We all have a moment when we became a member and a moment when we became a Lion,” Hart said. “We became members when we signed up and paid our dues, but we

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Angel Hernandez, a sophomore studying psychology and pre-business, informs fellow student Jona Norizge, a junior studying English, about the UA Lions Club. Lions Clubs International has roughly 1.4 million members in 210 countries.

became Lions when we felt in our hearts that we really did something good.”

The Lions are eager to recruit new members and become a force of good within the community.

Conner McKee, a pre-business sophomore and UA Lions Club membership director, said they want to “gather new ideas and spread the idea of Lions Club around campus. We’re looking for individuals with bright ideas and an open heart committed to serving others to join our club.”

They have volunteered at soup kitchens and participated in an eyeglass collection drive to further the Lions’ mission about vision. The club is also preparing to start fundraising in order to buy a van for a child within the community who is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The van will help his mobility and allow him to get to his doctor appointments more easily.

According to the members of the club, this will be one of its major goals moving forward.

Anyone interested in helping others or in becoming a “knight of the blind” should give this club a shot. The Lions are still working on their official meeting time, but usually meet every other Thursday in the Science and Engineering Library.

Anyone interested in joining the UA Lions Club should contact McKee at connermckee@ email.arizona.edu.

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Neko Atsume app offers a brand new kind of catcall

BY Gretchyn Kaylor

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There have been plenty of addictive timewasting apps through our generation’s school years: Temple Run, Ruzzle, Candy Crush Saga and the recent Kardashian games are all great ways to forget about real responsibilities. Recently, new challenger to the throne of time wasting has come to campus.

If you have not yet heard of Neko Atsume, do not be embarrassed. Embrace it. It’s THE cat game. Neko Atsume has fully arrived at UA and as a neglectful, but nonetheless fond, kitty collector might say after not checking on their yard for a few days, “better late than never.”

Neko Atsume started off as a Japanese app; the name directly translates to Cat Collection in English. Luckily, some developer caught on to the industrial nature of that name and changed it to Kitty Collector.

The game blew up in America around the holidays, after it was available in English for a couple of months. Previously it was being downloaded worldwide in its Japanese format.

Creator Yutaka Takasaki never expected such an uninvolved game to become so popular. He must not have known how connected many young people are to kittens, especially virtual ones that don’t require cleaning up or cause allergies.

Communication senior Jamie Fiero, a lover of all animals and fiend for fun apps, confesses she’s obsessed with the game.

“I’ve been playing the cat game for about a month and a half. It started out as ... therapeutic because it was fun to check in and to see what cute little cat came into my yard.,” Fiero said. “But then I got obsessed with it and now I can’t imagine my life without the pursuit of cats. I’ve gotten all the cats and almost all the mementos.”

Fiero is not alone in her admiration for the app.

“I like the game because it’s like having a bunch of real cats, [but] you don’t really involve yourself. They sit there and entertain themselves and you just have to provide these toys and feed them,” said Tucson resident Donnie Edmonds.

Certain rare cats require specific types of food and toys to be enticed to visit users’ yards. Shopping for kitties involves the exchange of in-game currency: fish of the silver and gold varieties. Unsurprisingly, gold fish can be purchased with real money. Neko Atsume does not require any purchases, just patience.

“Anyone who hates Tubbs is dead to me,” said student Sasha Kassab. She enjoys the online community of Neko Atsume

95% of UA students didn't drive under the influence in the past 30 days. (2015 Health & Wellness Survey, n=2,705)

Can you get a DUI if you are under a .08 BAC*?

Yes, you can. Arizona is considered to have some of the strictest laws and consequences associated with driving under the influence. In 1990 Arizona adopted a zero tolerance law enacted for any controlled substance.

The law states that if a person is impaired to the slightest degree, then they can be arrested and charged with a DUI.

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Screenshot of Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector, an app that allows you to collect and take care of virtual kittens.

Kitten love has spurred the app to spread across campus one collected cat at a time.

appreciators.

Rare cats, like Tubbs, have names that describe them: Tubbs is the biggest kitty who who eats a whole bowl of food in one visit without sharing. Others have punladen pop culture names such as Guy Furry, Joe DiMeowgio and Lady MeowMeow. Owners can even rename their kittens to solidify a personal bond.

Ian O’Heir, a computer science senior, doesn’t find the kitty collector too simple.

To him, the app is the perfect mixture of cute graphics, budgeting and interior decoration.

Upon first downloading, Neko Atsume may seem silly, but after the first kitty plays with its new ball, all doubts of insignificance will melt away.

Don’t believe it? All you have to do is download Neko Atsume to find out for yourself why these felines are so fetch.

What does impaired to the slightest degree mean? Officers are experienced in recognizing physical impairment such as erratic or illegal driving behaviors, lack of coordination and balance, slurred speech, and more. An officer can determine from their investigation (driving, first contact, field sobriety test) that an individual is impaired to the point that has impacted their ability to safely drive a car, and can be placed under arrest. BAC can be tested in the field or at the police station.

What are the consequences of a DUI? Costs?

• First Offense: Slightest Degree 0.08 • Up to 10 days in jail

Word to the wise: When you go out at night, have a plan on how you are going to get home. Whether you decide to crash at a friend’s place, have a designated driver, or Uber, any of these options are cheaper than the consequences of driving under the influence.

A DUI ticketed 0.15 or above is considered an Extreme DUI and receives higher fines, jail time, and overall consequences. * Blood Alcohol Content.

Got a question about alcohol? Email it to redcup@email.arizona.edu

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• Minimum $250 fine and $200 surcharge. Additional assessment charge $1000 • Loss of license for 90-360 days.

• All individuals convicted of a DUI must have an ignition interlock system installed in their car for a year.

• Costing roughly $1000 in fees and installation.

• Missed work or school • Stress related to getting places without a car • Increased car insurance rates

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Zika virus could be a good thing

BY MADDIE BIRR

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omehow, even during the Zika virus outbreak, women are once again given the short end of the stick.

With the Zika virus name instilling fear to Latin America, government officials in nations such as El Salvador and Venezuela have responded to the crisis with a simple request to their citizens: Make sure women do not become pregnant.

This plan, however, is ineffective and overly simple.

These countries restrict access to contraceptives, lack sex education and ban abortions. Without the necessary means of preventing pregnancy, this plan—without openly stating it—tells citizens to refrain entirely from having sex for a couple of years while the world tries to control the Zika threat.

If we were to apply this crisis plan to a smaller scale, it would look exactly like what’s happening in Texas, Mississippi and other states in the South that share a sense of religious conservatism with the Latin American nations.

These southern states either do not require sexual education and choose to ignore the matter altogether, or they employ abstinence-only sexual education, which says the best way to avoid pregnancy and the other risks of sex is to not partake in it.

This method has been criticized for leaving serious gaps in the education of students, which is reflected by the fact that some of these states have the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country. Texas is third in the nation, while Mississippi is number one.

Unfortunately, if these governments actually believe that their plans could work, not only would they be disappointed in learning that abstinenceonly education doesn’t work, they would have to face the consequences of the continuing spread of the Zika virus and the pregnancy defects that it causes.

The threat of the Zika virus and the naive solutions offered

by Latin American governments

show the need for a rein women and expecting mothers examination of reproductive who feel ensnared and helpless rights and health care in affected because of their nations’ antinations. abortion laws. Many have taken to While Pope Francis recently the Internet to beg for assistance. conceded Women on that a viable Web, an Internet option for these group that aims The Zika predominantly to aid women in virus has Catholic nations to need of abortions given a new combat the virus who reside in is to allow the use countries where platform for of contraceptives, the procedure is reproductive rights illegal, has fielded this doesn’t go far enough thousands of to stand on, as into the issue at emails from Latin the legalization of American women hand. Pregnant women who have abortion would aid who are currently contracted Zika seeking in the reduction of desperately virus are being abortion pills. the spread of the forced to continue This desperation their pregnancies, brings up the virus and cases of even with the concern that microcephaly.” knowledge that women will resort their children are at to unsafe measures risk of being born in order to end their with microcephaly. pregnancies.

Microcephaly is a condition Making abortion illegal not only which results in a shrunken head, results in women’s being forced mental and motor developmental to commit a so-called crime, it delays, hearing and vision also endangers women who may problems and seizures, if the attempt to take control of their infant even survives. bodies and opt for a coat-hanger The fear of having a child with abortion or other potentially lifemicrocephaly has caused a panic threatening procedures.

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With the panic caused by the spread of Zika, these cases are likely to increase.

The United Nations recently declared abortion to be a human right after examining the case of a Peruvian teenager who was refused an abortion for a child that was predicted to be born with fatal birth defects in 2001.

The birth defects would risk the teen’s life as well as her child’s.

The parallels between the 2001 case and the current ordeal in Latin America reveal the need for Latin American nations to legalize abortion and expand reproductive rights.

The Zika virus has given a new platform for reproductive rights to stand on, as the legalization of abortion would aid in the reduction of the spread of the virus and cases of microcephaly.

While Latin American nations have yet to take any definitive steps in the matter, the silver lining in the Zika outbreak is the possibility of globally expanding women’s reproductive rights.

— Follow Maddie Birr @maddiebirr

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BROTHER JED FROM PAGE 1

“You deserve rape,” last week.

These confrontational evangelicals are infamous for traveling across the country and visiting dozens of college campuses.

They spew controversial and unpopular opinions as loudly as possible to receive as much attention as they can. Though most of us are instantly repelled by what they say, some agree. These people, according to Jed and Cindy, should continue to spread their messages.

The choice to attack college campuses is intentional. “If the Son of God had come to the United States in the twenty-first century rather than Israel in the first century, he would have gone to the campuses,” Jed wrote on his website brojed.org. “The universities control the mind of America.”

College students, Jed said, are not only the future leaders of the world, but are overly impressionable, making them ripe for conversion.

While it’s unclear if Jed is actually having any success converting students, it’s clear he is successful at attracting large crowds. Every passing period inevitably contains a clump of dozens of students surrounding him.

Students can try to combat some of the hateful rhetoric of Jed and Cindy—that’s their prerogative. But the university has a larger role to play in protecting its students.

No student—particularly women, LGBT

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JED SMOCK makes a point with a student in 2005 at the Alumni Hall. A recent Change.org petition has challenged campus preachers’ First Amendment on rights to preace on campuses.

folks, persons of color and those with mental illnesses—should be subjected to the animosity that radiates from Jed. Screaming that students deserve rape or are going to hell is more than rude or offensive.

It’s dangerous.

Approximately 13 percent of college students were diagnosed by a professional for depression in the last year while nearly 16 percent were diagnosed with anxiety, according to a 2015 survey by the American College Health Association.

Jed is not the cause of these numbers, but it’s easy to see that students who have mental illnesses, or have survived sexual assault or other traumatic experiences, could be

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Ali Cummings, a UA student, wrote on Facebook, “Walking to class with two of my friends and a grown man dressed as a boy scout yells, ‘close your legs and stop dressing like a whore.’ (I’m in leggings and a big T-shirt). He then proceeded to tell us we are poisoning the world and murdering children.”

There is plenty of debate over freedom of speech and trigger warnings on college campuses. Balancing students’ exposure to new and uncomfortable ideas while keeping in mind their health and safety is an important conversation to have. The issue of Jed should be a no brainer.

Anyone who goes out of their way to single out students and viciously scream that they deserve rape has no place on this campus.

This is an obvious violation of the student code of conduct and while Jed isn’t a student here, our university’s administration should take the necessary steps to ensure all students feel safe on their own campus.

If completely barring his entrance proves to be impossible, the university should, at least, hire more mental health counselors, publicize Jed’s presence so students can avoid him and better police the area. Treating him as an unavoidable presence on our campus does a major disservice to those who are most vulnerable.

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California, experiences unprecedented blooms of wildflowers

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14 more cases of Zika virus in the U.S. that may have been the result of sexual transmission

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YEKATERINA KHARITONOVA, a computer science graduate student, works with the Semantically Linked Instructional Content project interface. A member of the Interdisciplinary Visual Intelligence lab, Kharitonova is researching how the interactivity of a slide show affects how students retain information.

Computer science goes 3-D

BY RENEE CONWAY The Daily Wildcat

Many people are afraid of making computers smarter. In reality, artificial intelligence in the form of computer vision may be just what we need to understand the world around us.

The UA’s Interdisciplinary Visual Intelligence Lab is working on a variety of projects, ranging from biology to astronomy to social psychology, that all involve computer vision.

“Computer vision itself is fascinating, because every moment our brains achieve an amazing thing as they translate patterns of light into great detail about what is in the world and where it is,” said IVILAB Director Kobus Barnard.

“This begs the questions: How does it work and can it be made to work in a computer?”

In other words, is it possible to program computers to “see” 3-D images in the same way humans do?

The lab develops software infrastructure that connects data from, as Barnard said, “disparate projects,” so meaningful models can accurately explain data and apply it to real world problems.

In the past, even the most

up-to-date software allowed computers to only see in 2-D. The IVILAB-generated models are 3-D to eliminate variability in data and to better characterize data. The lab is testing how well its models fit sets of data.

“This is important because we need sophisticated models for many problems, but sophisticated models can easily fit random idiosyncrasies of the data and not be generalizable to other data,” Barnard said.

Yekaterina Kharitonova, a computer science graduate student, is working on a project in the IVILAB called Semantically Linked Instructional Content. She is helping the learning process of individuals by improving information accessibility and retrievability.

Kharitonova’s work takes presentations that use electric slides and transforms them into a browsing format where content of interest can be found more efficiently. Kharitonovais currently creating a SLIC portal.

“If [a user is] seeking information about a specific topic, they can first find the relevant slide(s) and start watching the corresponding video only from the segment where

the slide of interest was shown,” Kharitonova said.

Jinyan Guan, a computer science graduate student, aims to help improve the understanding of human functioning by using Bayesian modeling to predict emotions. Guan is using Bayesian models to understand the emotional dynamics that occur within a person, as well as between people, during social interactions.

Data is gathered based on current emotional observations and the Bayesian models will predict the most likely emotional response that will follow.

“By working with emotional data, we introduce a new domain for predictive modeling to the machine learning and Bayesian modeling community,” Guan said.

Although Guan faced many challenges because of the interdisciplinary nature of her work, she believes her research will help advance the understanding of emotional systems. “[Working in the IVILAB] has been the most rewarding throughout my 10 years at UA,” said Bonnie Kermgard, a senior studying information science technology and behavioral science.

Kermgard joined the lab in 2011 with a strong passion for computer programming.

“I now have an understanding of the importance working with IVILAB,” she said.

Kermgard was part of many projects in the IVILAB. She coauthored a paper titled “Using Bayesian rooms using composite 3D object models.”

The main goal of her work was to digitally reconstruct indoor 3-D environments from 2-D images.

Computer vision is especially remarkable because it applies to so many subjects. According to Barnard, computer programs are important for people at large because computers are beginning to recognize objects in images.

This feature allows them to perform many useful functions including assisting visually impaired persons, constructing virtual 3-D representations of tourist attractions, carrying out medical imaging and directing self-driving cars.

Visit IVILAB’s website to learn more.

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Ideas come to life at Startup Weekend BY cheyenne merrick The Daily Wildcat

Student innovators collaborated to make business ideas come to life on Feb. 12-14 at Innovate UA’s second annual Startup Weekend. From aspiring entrepreneurs to students who aspired to be a part of the next big thing, the weekend provided a welcoming atmosphere for students to pitch their innovative ideas for new products and companies.

Designed and hosted by Google, young entrepreneurs formed teams focused on business pitches and were given resources to help them make their ideas realities. These included coaching and mentorship from professional marketers and entrepreneurs.

Teams then presented their business plans and prototypes to judges, hoping for the opportunity to move forward with their plans in the upcoming weeks.

“Innovate UA Startup Weekend is all about helping students start with an idea— something they think is cool, something they are passionate about, something they’re interested in—and then running with it,” said Jasmine Sears, an optical science graduate student and director of Startup Weekend. “Then they try to build a cohesive business plan around that idea in just a weekend.”

The winning team of the UA Startup Weekend automatically received an invitation to the accelerator program where it will have the opportunity to learn more extensively. But any team that presented a pitch and participated in the weekend had the background and experience necessary to fill out an application for the accelerator program and could still potentially compete.

Pitches ranged from interesting product ideas to in-depth business plans for brand new companies. One team that formed during the weekend was focused on designing an app called Connected Communities.

The app aims to pair local, nonprofit organizations with volunteers in the area, allowing volunteers to easily find and access

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Students collaborate and prepare to vote for their favorite pitch ideas at Startup Weekend on Friday, Feb. 12 to Sunday, Feb. 14. Startup Weekend gave aspiring entrepreneurs a chance to develop and expand their ideas.

available opportunities with organizations and causes they are passionate about.

Emmanuel Anderson, a graduate student in the Eller College of Managment’s master of business administration program, pitched the idea the first day of the event.

“I went to Brazil for an Eller MBA class called International Management,” Anderson said. “We toured 10 different companies and one of the companies was called CoLab. They connect citizens to the government. I liked the idea of connecting

people with the issues they care about. I interviewed eight nonprofit organizations in Tucson, told them about my idea and asked them what their biggest barriers were in getting volunteers.”

Anderson and his group won the nonprofit business plan at the Startup Weekend and will go on to participate in the six-week accelerator course.

“My vision is to see a place where people no longer believe they cannot effect change,” Anderson said. “I want to create

a place where the community can start to solve some of its own problems.”

The Innovate UA Startup Weekend will return to campus next spring and encourages students from any major and background to find their inner entrepreneurs and participate in creating the next big thing.

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LinkX helps patients navigate health care BY arturo bradic

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Most college students understand the dreadful experience of scheduling their own doctor’s appointments for the first time.

It is a sudden realization that one is in the early stages of adulthood and now that the complications and stress of the health care system are realities, many wish they could have attended an Adult 101 course in school.

Luckily, pharmacy students at the UA are trying to make the health care system a little more user-friendly in the digital age.

Jason Kwan, Jingxin Yang and Osamah Eljerdi are a business team. They started their service, LinkX, one year ago during their pharmacy entrepreneurship course.

They noticed a big problem in the distribution of pharmaceuticals from producer to patient: The lack of transparency and digitalization of prescription medication.

“I saw the problem of people always calling into the pharmacy and asking ‘What is the price of this medication?’ or ‘Do you have this medication available?’ and a lot of times pharmacies are really busy, so customer service can be lacking,” Kwan said, “And then I started to think that a lot of these calls are really simple and can easily be answered by just having the information readily available.”

LinkX, which went live a month ago, is a

free online service created to help bridge the gap between pharmacies and patients by supplying more information to the individual.

LinkX provides information on the current stock and cash value of prescriptions in pharmacies across Tucson.

The LinkX team hopes this mobilefriendly service will improve the current lack of transparency in health care, since many patients don’t know the true cost of their medications because transactions are riddled with pharmaceutical and insurance fees.

They also want to focus on bringing the business and science worlds together to work more resourcefully. This is important because specialty medicine, like dermatology creams and hormone replacement pills, are becoming increasingly more expensive.

LinkX is trying to keep the most money in patients’ pockets by presenting the face value of the medication to consumers.

“A lot of time, people complain and say ‘Well why has my medication gone up?’ and the reason is because the insurance company has changed how much it’s reimbursing the companies,” Kwan said. “The idea is that [LinkX] shows that these are all the different pharmacies, and this is how much it’s going to cost. If you go from one side of Tucson to the other side ... that same medication can be a different price. And you wouldn’t know that because you wouldn’t be able to see.”

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Here’s how it works: after going to the LinkX website, patients can type in their prescription information and location to quickly find which pharmacies in Tucson currently have their specific medications in stock. If no results appear, patients can submit a prescription request at their local pharmacies, which helps save time and money.

In its current state, LinkX is only an information service and doesn’t offer discounted medication or waive health insurance fees. The LinkX team hopes that as more independent pharmacies and retail chains hop on board with the idea, it can expand services to Phoenix and, eventually, nationwide. LinkX hopes to revolutionize the way the pharmaceutical business is run in the U.S. “I think that information is very pertinent and is something we should be very aware about,” said Shivani Patel, a junior studying electrical and computer engineering. “Being vitamin D deficient, I go to the pharmacy a lot and I think [LinkX] is such an easy method to save money on prescriptions.”

LinkX stands firmly behind its motto: “Search smarter, Choose better.”

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Development means different things in different circles. It can mean personal improvement, if talking with a spouse, a new mall, if speaking with a construction worker, or a new app, if working with a technology developer. If you’re talking to Kristina Bishop, the director of the School of Geography and Development’s master’s in development practice program, it means something different.

Development means “working to reduce the impacts of poverty around the world,” Bishop said.

On a large scale, it could mean improving national infrastructure, according to Bishop.

“On a smaller scale, the word development extends all the way down to grass-roots projects aimed at helping local communities gain access to the resources they need to stay healthy and safe,” Bishop said.

In the U.S., the most famous development group is the U.S. Agency for International Development, which funds projects all over the world to address food insecurity, illiteracy, ill health, maternal mortality and disempowerment.

This year marks the fourth year of the new master’s in development practice program.

The UA is one of only six universities that offer a master’s in development practice. During the two years graduate students spend at UA, they focus on coursework that revolves around four cornerstones: public health, management, natural sciences and social sciences.

In addition to this interdisciplinary course load, students are expected to complete a practicum in which they work for a nongovernmental organization somewhere around the world. “[One student] might go to Zambia for the summer and work on a project increasing women’s access to fisheries,” Bishop said.

“Whereas another might work for Save the Children in Ethiopia.”

Bishop stressed the practical nature of the degree. Students who graduate with a master’s in development practice will be able to monitor and evaluate development projects, understand how to work in the field and be able to present their findings to a diverse array of audiences.

While Tucson is not known as a national development hub, UA has partnered with a local development group, Tango International, which teaches the master’s in development practice management course and hires students to work on projects. This allows them to gain hands-on experience without leaving Tucson. UA also offers students in the master’s in development practice program the ability to tap into world-renowned UA departments for their elective coursework and focus areas.

The program has already graduated two classes of 19 students who are now working on five different continents for governmental organizations, NGOs, the United Nations and local non-profits.

A few of these alumni even found their postgraduate jobs through UA organized practica.

Graduate Kara Luebbering, for example, spent her 10-week practicum working for the NGO Just Hope and, upon graduation, became the organization’s country director in Nicaragua.

There are at least a hundred different definitions of international development and more than a hundred career paths to take with an master’s in development practice from UA. As noted on the master’s in development practice website, however, what ties each job and class together is a dedication to “reducing the grinding impacts of global poverty and defining the pathways to enhance wellbeing for the under resourced and socially excluded.”

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Open Gate portal SHoWCaSES EntErtainmEnt, pHilantHropy The Marshall Foundation, via Main Gate Square, welcomes visitors through the UA campus’ front door

By Eric Swedlund When Louise Foucar Marshall became the University of Arizona’s first female professor in 1900, the rural, mostly desert campus had fewer than 150 students.

A savvy entrepreneur in addition to a trailblazing educator, Marshall began developing a block of businesses just west of the university’s main gate — what’s currently the intersection of University Blvd. and Park Avenue — in 1922. She organized a charitable organization eight years later, funding scholarships and community organizations and when she died in 1956 at the age of 92, the foundation’s

assets totaled more than $900,000.

Today, the Marshall Foundation distributes more than $1.4 million a year, holding to the causes its namesake held dear: about half to the UA, mostly in student scholarships, and half to community organizations like Tucson Medical Center, Community Food Bank and the YWCA. “Louise Marshall had always given scholarship money to students, from the beginning, and so has the Marshall Foundation,” says Jane McCollum, the foundation’s general manager. “She also had been generous in the community with various other charitable organizations and we’ve continued

that as well. We’re always trying to make our community better.”

Since it began, the Marshall Foundation has given about $18 million in donations. In 2015, the Marshall Foundation received the Southern Arizona “Outstanding Philanthropist” award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals local chapter.

In addition to the long history of philanthropic commitments, the Marshall Foundation is the primary landlord of the UA’s Main Gate area, curating the unique mix of restaurants and shops that form the western gateway to campus.

Just as Marshall herself worked to make the area a vibrant commercial district decades ago, the Foundation takes care to provide the proper mix of dining and shopping options for both the campus community and the unending stream of visitors.

“She understood connecting a business district with the university,” McCollum says of Marshall, who brought the central Tucson Post Office, gas stations, retail, a motor inn and drugstore to the block.

After Marshall’s death, the Foundation expanded its holdings west of campus, buying the land at the southwest corner of Park and University in 1977 and buying and renovating the Geronimo Hotel and Plaza in 1994.

A two-decade wave of redevelopment began in the late 1980s. Worried about losing students to Arizona State University in the greater Phoenix area because of its Mill Avenue district, UA President Manuel Pacheco came to the Foundation to argue for a new vision, with more restaurants and shopping and a classy hotel for visiting professors and business people, McCollum says.

At the same time, space was growing short on campus so university administrators sought to entice the Marshall Foundation with a built-in clientele by relocating nonacademic units off campus near Main Gate.

The final phase of the redevelopment plan calls for a second hotel, breaking ground this spring in the parking lot directly east of the Marriott. The mixed-use development will combine ground floor retail, parking, rooftop pool and an exclusive club for faculty and alumni.

Since McCollum joined the Marshall Foundation in 2003, her focus has been on creating an area that’s uniquely Tucson, able to serve students, faculty and the community

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at large, with options that go beyond the usual.

“My job was to help create a sense of place and create a name and branding for the area, to really try to bring together synergistic tenants and define this as a place,” she says. “I’d seen the way Mill Avenue had gone, from seedy to funky to corporate and I didn’t want Main Gate to look the corporate Mill Avenue.”

Tenants have changed over the years, but a mix of local and national have remained. A member of Local First Arizona, Main Gate Square includes more than 20 retailers and 30 restaurants and in all, 70 percent are locally-owned or Arizona-grown businesses, McCollum says.

In the last several years, more notable restaurants have opened in Main Gate Square. McCollum recalls when she arrived at the Marshall Foundation, audiences for Centennial Hall performances would dine at the Marriott as the area’s only upscale option. Now, those same diners enjoy unique, locally-owned Main Gate restaurants like Pasco Kitchen and Lounge and Wilko Wine Bar and Eatery.

“We pushed the envelope and we were able to mesh together different crowds,” McCollum says.

“I saw a need for us to serve not only the student body, but people visiting campus for the theater, for lectures, for business. They want an experience instead of just an ordinary sandwich.”

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Main Gate Square also serves as a gathering point for events like Bear Down Friday – the pep rally event each Friday during football season. Other gatherings include get out the vote events during election years, Wildcat Welcome events to kick off the school year and annual celebrations for Homecoming and Family Weekend.

“I can’t even name everybody on campus we work with. We look at it all as part of a great whole,” McCollum says. “We are a university street. Everybody who comes here has a story to tell about their experience at the U of A.”

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ARIZONA FOOTBALL head coach Rich Rodriguez directs his players during Arizona’s 56-30 loss to UCLA on Sept. 26, 2015. Rodriguez will have to juggle three worthy quarterbacks for the position in 2016.

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When the 2016 football season rolls around, Anu Solomon may still be the starting quarterback, but the team should heavily implement Khalil Tate into the offense.

A four-star talent recruited by Florida State, USC, UCLA and other high-profile schools, ESPN had Tate as the No. 16 best athlete in the nation. He will join Arizona at just 17 years old.

Moreover, his high school implemented concepts from Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez’s offense, so Tate already knows what his knew head coach expects from him and that should accelerate his development.

While Solomon may have improved statistically a little, there is a great possibility that he has maxed out his abilities. He did not build off a successful 2014 campaign and was frequently benched for Jerrard Randall.

While Randall was not better than Solomon, he often sparked the offense and Tate could do the same thing and possibly build a rapport with the corps. The threat of Tate could also open up bigger holes for Nick Wilson as it forces one defender to key on Tate and take him out of running lanes.

While Tate may not be ready to start early in the season, it is only a matter of time before the dual threat is electrifying the Wildcats offense on quarterback keepers or bombs down the field. Tate may be the rawest of the three quarterbacks, but he also has the most upside and the Wildcats will need him in 2016.

As the quarterback race between Brandon Dawkins, Anu Solomon and Khalil Tate is in full swing, the uncertainty for the future of Arizona’s offense grows.

“We’re trying to make [Solomon] and [Dawkins] have a little bit more experience and be a little bit more fined tune to detail than what they’re trying to do,” quarterback coach Rod Smith said. “A guy like [Tate], who’s brand new, he’s just trying to spell his name and spell it right.”

Smith will most likely take a shot in the dark when it comes to which one will suit up against BYU in week one, but the options could change the culture of the team. Either head coach Rich Rodriguez chooses the veteran quarterback who has started for two seasons, or the raw four-star recruit in Tate. Solomon brings experience and Tate brings potential.

Why not go with both?

Dawkins may be the change that can take Arizona up another notch. He never saw true playing time until he was thrown in with the lions against ASU and nearly dug the Wildcats out of a 21-point deficit.

Rodriguez and Smith have to step back and recognize that Dawkins’ potential is high.

Why not give Dawkins the keys to the Ferrari formerly known as Arizona’s offense?

“To me he proved to us as a staff that we could count on him to come in and be ready to play,” Smith said. “It’s his job now to push this thing after Anu and make this thing a pretty stiff competition.”

Over the past two years, Anu Solomon has faced a number of successes and failures during his time as the starting quarterback.

His redshirt freshman season brought many successes, including an upset of then-No. 2 Oregon, a win over ASU, a Pac-12 South title and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl against Boise State.

Arizona struggled last season. Despite this, Solomon still had moments where he played well.

He finished the year with 20 touchdowns and five interceptions. His first interception didn’t come until Arizona’s eighth game of the season. His quarterback rating went up about 10 points from his previous year, as well.

Solomon struggled with injuries, including two concussions, that forced him to miss two and a half games, as well as the end to the Utah game. He looked off, perhaps as if concussion symptoms were still prevalent, when he did return to the field. Head coach Rich Rodriguez had no choice but to pull him and use Jerrard Randall instead.

Solomon should not be forgotten so quickly after his step back last year. There’s no doubt he can play and, if he can stay healthy, he can do some serious damage as he proved throughout his freshman season.

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Lone senior Cannon hopes to end rough season with bright spot Arizona women’s basketball enters its final regular season series in last place in the Pac-12 Conference, but senior Keyahndra Cannon wants to make the most of her last games as a Wildcat

BY Ryan Kelapire The Daily Wildcat

Keyahndra Cannon made her way to the podium with tears running down her cheeks. It was supposed to be a special day for her, being the team’s only senior on Senior Day, but it instead ended in heartcrushing fashion.

The Arizona women’s basketball team collapsed, blowing a five-point lead to Washington State in the final minute to lose by a single point in Cannon’s final home game in McKale Center.

“I’m not so much focused on Senior Day, but it’s always tough to lose a game like that,” Cannon said after the game. “I thought we fought hard, but we just came up short.”

It was Arizona’s 10th loss in a row and, unfortunately for Cannon, losing has been customary during her time in Tucson.

After all, in Cannon’s first three years in the program, the team compiled a 27-63 record. This season, the team is currently 11-17 and 2-14 in Pac-12 Conference play.

Despite the loss, Cannon has cherished her time at the UA. “When things don’t go our way, we can’t focus on that,” Cannon said. “We have to control what we can control. … It’s a great place, great team, great coaches. I would say [coming here] was one of the best choices I’ve made in my life.”

Cannon, who averages 3.9 points per game, was never one to light up the statistics sheet.

She impacts the game in other ways, through defense and her leadership. She was the team captain of her high school team for four years and took on that same role when she arrived in Arizona.

“Keyahndra is a leader on this team,” teammate LaBrittney Jones said. “She means a lot to us. She brings a lot of energy to our team and she’s a good teammate for us.”

Head coach Niya Butts expressed appreciation for the senior’s effort as well.

“Anytime you have a senior that’s been with you all four years—through the ups, through the downs—you certainly have to appreciate that,” Butts said.

The Wildcats, barring any transfers, will return 12 of their 13 players next season.

There will be plenty of familiar faces, but

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Arizona guard Keyahndra Cannon (15) signals to her teammate during a game against USC on Friday, Feb 5. Senior Cannon will compete in her last two regular season games as a Wildcat this weekend.

the team’s senior leader obviously won’t be one of them.

“It’s going to be different next season without her,” Jones said. “I’ve enjoyed her for the past three years and we’ve grown to love each other as teammates, sisters, whatever you want to call it. She’s my best friend.”

Meanwhile, for Cannon, she has one

final road trip and the Pac-12 Tournament left to go in her collegiate career.

“We’ve shared lots of laughs, and have also had some tough times,” Butts said.

“At the end of the day, I love her and I’m certainly going to miss her.”

Once her collegiate career concludes, it’ll be time for Cannon to move on to the next chapter of her life. She’s planning to

put her leadership skills to good use.

“If I get an opportunity to play overseas, I’ll take it,” Cannon said. “If not, then I’ll probably go into coaching and go from there.”

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With one week removed from their drubbing of in-state rival ASU, the Arizona Wildcats will be on the road once again as they head to Boulder, Colorado, to take on the Colorado Buffaloes.

Colorado has been another surprise in this year’s Pac-12 Conference standings.

The Buffaloes (19-9, 8-7) have victories over Oregon and California and, at the moment, are placed as a 10 seed in Joe Lunardi’s most recent bracketology. The Buffs still have work to do going forward, but their success is emblematic of the depth the Pac-12 has this season.

“We have to make it to our advantage,” Arizona head coach Sean Miller said. “A lot of teams would love to have what we have in front of us. It gives us a chance to be mentally and physically alive.”

Colorado has been on a slide throughout February, though. It is 2-4 with victories coming over the Washington schools, while losing to the Los Angeles and Oregon schools.

Forward Josh Scott ranks fifth in the conference with 16.4 points per game. The Buffs are the hottest shooting 3-point team, shooting 39 percent from beyond the arc.

Colorado is also averaging 42.5 rebounds per game, the most in the conference.

Arizona has been riding a six-game winning streak with the Wildcats are averaging 84 points per game during the stretch, while allowing opponents to score only 69 points a game.

Allonzo Trier seems to be hitting his stride

again since his return from injury. In the four games that he has been back, Trier is averaging almost 15 points per game. Parker Jackson-Cartwright has also replaced Kadeem Allen as the starting point guard and has since averaged 10 points and five assists in the games he has started.

The Wildcats are still tied with the No. 13 Oregon Ducks in conference standings and this weekend could prove the deciding factor.

After their road test against Colorado, the Wildcats will head over to Salt Lake City to take on the No. 22 Utah Utes. Meanwhile, Oregon will visit Los Angeles, where they will face off against USC and UCLA. “The leadership on this team with a number of players that have been through the battles: Gabe York, Kaleb Tarczewski, Ryan Anderson and Mark Tollefsen. They’ve steered the ship through some times where it didn’t quite look as pretty moving forward as it does today,” Miller said. “We got off to a 4-4 [conference] start. Some of that is the schedule that we played and some of it is we weren’t as good.

But we stayed with it and right now, I hope we can continue to build and grow and play our best basketball down the stretch.”

The Wildcats won the last four meetings between Arizona and Colorado. The Wildcats have seen four of their five losses on the road this year, however, and Colorado will prove to be a tougher test this season than in the past.

Tipoff for Arizona and Colorado is set for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2.

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Pac-12 bubble watch: Ducks, Utes lead way CALIFORNIA NO. 7 SEED The Golden Bears are firing on all cylinders and are finally reaching their potential.

At least three more wins and a deep Pac-12 Conference run could set them up with a nice tournament seeding.

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ARIZONA NO. 4/5 SEED While the Wildcats may not move up in seeding, they did blow out their rival and many teams ranked over them lost. Wins over Colorado and Utah this week would give them more respect in the seedings.

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WASHINGTON BUBBLE WASHINGTON The Huskies are currently STATE hovering in the next four in, last Wazzu basketball may four out range and need a solid be depressing at the moment, ending to their season. A win over but it did bless us with Klay Oregon would be great, but they UCLA Thompson.

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!!!!! brand new 4BR 4BA Homes at My UofA Rental available for fall 2016! Only $695 per bedroom! Close to campus/ AC/ Washer & Dryer in each/monitored security alarm system/high speed internet & expanded basic cable/furniture available upon request! Call for a tour today 8841505! Or visit our website at www.myuofarental.com !!!!! my uofa Rental Pre-lease one of our 4 and 6BR Luxury units for August 2016 starting at $625 per bedroom on up. Just minutes to the University of Arizona/AC/ Washer & Dryer in each/monitored security alarm system/high speed internet & expanded basic cable/furniture upon request at a minimal price! Call for a tour today 884-1505! Or visit our website at www.myuofarental.com !!!!! my uofa Rental Pre-leasing has begun for Fall 2016. Come take a look at our studios, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 bedroom classic homes for rent! Great prices and great locations! Visit our website, www.myuofarental.com or call today for a tour 884-1505! !!!!!! 6 blks from UofA. Available August 1st. Large 3bdrm/2bath, $1500.

Remodeled, fireplace, Washer/Dryer, large fenced yard.

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!!!!!a home to remember. 1, 2, 3, 4 bedroom homes located close to the UofA. All amenities included. Reserve your home for next school year. www.collegediggz.com 5203334125 ******wildcat properties is renting for 2016. over 25 properties to choose from. 1-6 bedroom homes avail. all within walking distance to uofa. check us out at www.wildcatrentalproperties.com or call 520-870-1572 for more info.

1 1/2 blocks from Main Gate Square. 3BD/ 3BA, parking. Rent Negotiable. University Blvd./ Jacobus. Open house daily, 3PM6PM. 520-381-9373

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2-3 br, 1BA + Arizona Room. $1100. Ideal for family or grad students. A/C; fireplace; W/D; mountain views; beautiful fenced yard; pets ok; 0.5 mile from UMC/ UA on bike route. Pictures: http://tucson.craigslist.org/apa/5393287958.html Address: 1440 E. Silver St. alonhome1@gmail.com; (202) 2888030 4bedroom 3bath 2car garage. modern luxury home built in 2015. granite countertops, stainless steel appliances. brushed nickel plumbing and electrical fixtures. colored concrete floors.

2bedrooms are master suites with private bathrooms. available august 1, 2016. 520-404-8954. rsrentalhomes@gmail.com. www.uofaarearentalhomes.com new house. 3br, 2ba. New kitchen, stainless steel with granite, central air, very private. Washer/dryer. Must see. Available January. $1400 for entire apartment.

222 E. Elm. House #2 885-5292, 841-2871

available now! 2bedrooms in 4bedroom 4bath home with Pool and Spa. Near UofA. Common area shared with 2male students. 575-613-2828

1bedroom, water paid, patio. $450. Also 1Bedroom saltillo tile, fenced yard. $625. Call REDI 520-623-5710 or www.azredirentals.com

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