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Felix named ASUA president Manny Felix’s disqualification in his run for ASUA president has been overturned and he has been named the winner for the 2015-2016 school year

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Manny Felix has officially been named the president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona for 2015-2016.

The Elections Commission overturned

the decision of elections commissioner Diego Alvarez on March 13 and named Felix, a junior studying political science and Spanish, the official winner of the presidential race against Hannah Sager, a marketing junior.

Felix will succeed Issac Ortega, current ASUA

president.

Felix was disqualified for allegedly violating rules within chapter 5, section 3 of the ASUA 2014-15 Elections Code.

At the election results event on March 12, Ortega announced that Felix did win the presidential race but was disqualified. The

disqualification was at the discretion of Alvarez.

Sager said she will appeal the overturned disqualification.

Sager issued the following statement to the Daily Wildcat about her decision to appeal.

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me for having run such an incredible and clean campaign,” Sager said. “I believe that the process should be one of integrity and that students trust so we can accurately represent the student voice, I’m okay with the

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ARIZONA MEN’S BASKETBALL center Kaleb Tarczewski (35) slams home a dunk during Arizona’s 73-58 win against Ohio State during the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament in the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on Saturday. Tarczewksi and the Wildcats have won 18 of their last 19 games.

UA Fraternity and Sorority Programs will celebrate Greek Week 2015 with rock ’n’ roll-themed events today until Friday to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“This year’s Greek Week is unique because we have made this an opportunity not only to unify the Greek community but also work toward helping an extraordinary cause,” said Taylor Muzatko, director of the For the Kids executive board at the UA .

Muzatko said in the past, UA Greek Life has participated in an all-greek philanthropy event outside of Greek Week.

“This year, we combined the two to really focus on one of the four pillars of Greek Life: philanthropy,” Muzatko said.

Brian Kewin, Interfraternity Council president, said all of the money raised during Greek Week will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help with its ever-growing efforts in pediatric research and care.

“The IFC made our yearly contribution to the For the Kids committee in order for them to program the best week possible,” Kewin said.

Kewin also said the IFC has encouraged all of its chapters to participate so that this can be the largest, most successful Greek Week to date.

“I am so excited for Greek Week this upcoming week,” said Cayla Weiss, vice president of Panhellenic for the Alpha Lambda chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi at

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ASUA backs Good Samaritan bill

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ASUA Senate approved and passed a resolution supporting the medical amnesty bill that grants immunity to intoxicated individuals and their friends under the age of 21 in need of emergency medical or police attention on March 4 .

Issac Ortega , ASUA president , said representatives from ASUA, including senators, directors and himself, have lobbied at the Capitol in Phoenix for this bill.

“This bill deals directly with underage people who have been consuming alcohol and now encounter themselves in a situation where either themselves or a friend needs medical attention,” Ortega said. “College campuses are relevant, because we mix people who are of the legal age and those who are not into social settings, and minors

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SENATE BILL 1190 is a medical amnesty bill that allows underage drinkers to call for help without fear of being cited. ASUA recently passed a resolution that supports the bill as a result of student input such as a petition started by Joey Steigerwald.

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way, I just want a clean election.”

When Sager appeals the decision, the case will head to the ASUA Supreme Court, which will then grant or deny the appeal.

If the court denies Sager’s appeal, the election results will remain. If the supreme court approves her appeal, a special election between Felix and Sager will ensue.

According to Alvarez, throughout the campaigning process, candidates are allowed “strikes” if they violate rules throughout their campaign.

Sager said that she and her team did receive one strike throughout her campaign and that they accept full responsibility for the strike. Sager did not wish to disclose why she got a strike.

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ASUA presidential candidate Manuel Felix (right) speaks with current ASUA election commissioner Diego Alvarez (left) after the announcement of Felix’s disqualification during the ASUA election results meeting in the Student Union Memorial Center on March 12. Felix’s disqualification has been overturned, and he has been named the official president for the 2015-2016 school year.

bill would mean for all college students.

“Not everyone is up from page 1 to date on important bills and the names drinking are likely to of them, but we are happen from time to aware of important law time.” changes that help us Joseph Steigerwald, and our friends stay safe ASUA senator and while attending college,” sophomore studying Ortega said. political science and Ortega also said there business, said the bill has not been a single encourages kids to call student who ASUA for help instead of trying has either talked to to handle a situation or reached out to via by themselves for fear social media that did not of getting support a minor in the idea possession, behind this minor in bill. consumption “Under or any other current underage legislature, d r i n k i ng w e ’ r e r e l a t e d punishing charges.

— Connor Cirillo, those who Steigerwald business management recognize sophomore calls the safety as resolution the No. 1 “an official p r i o r i t y ,” statement of said Connor Cirillo, a support from ASUA.” business management He said the UA student sophomore. “I support government also gave this new bill because it him $400 to promote allows everyone to keep his petition in support their friends safe, which of Senate Bill 1190 on is everyone’s biggest Facebook. goal.”

The online petition was There are currently 21 created by Steigerwald states that have passed three weeks ago with some type of medical the goal of gathering amnesty law, including 2,500 supporters of Arizona’s neighbors, the medical amnesty California, Utah and bill. So far, over 1,700 Colorado. According to supporters have signed The Medical Amnesty the petition in favor Initiative website, the of passing S.B. 1190, number of EMT calls according to the petition made increased by 700 website at change.org. percent within a year of Steigerwald said he the law being passed. went to Phoenix in The website also reports February to help lobby that studies show for the bill’s committee “drinking levels stayed hearing, and the bill was the same or dropped, approved. suggesting that the “Now, it’s just presence of the policy waiting to reach the has not encouraged actual Senate floor drinking.” for debate and a vote, where it hopefully gets approved,” Steigerwald said, “and then it moves to the House of Reps for hopeful approval, and then to the governor.”

Ortega said a majority — Follow Brandi of UA students know Walker @brandimwalker what the passing of this

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Then pre-business freshman Austin Martin and then business management junior Andrew Del Rio greet each other at the Kappa Sigma house during fraternity rush week sign-ups on Jan. 27, 2014. Greek Week aims to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as it holds events throughout the week.

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the UA. “It’s a great opportunity to get to know more people in the greek community while all fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

It will be an amazing week filled with fun events and bonding within the greek community.”

The week before spring break, many greek chapters participated in a banner competition on the UA Greek Week Facebook page to kick off Greek Week events and get greek members excited about participating.

Students will have the opportunity to “Pie-A-Pres” during Greek’s Got Talent on Tuesday, Muzatko said.

That same night, there will be a competition to determine who is the best chef in UA Greek Life.

“Wednesday we will be having an

Instagram challenge, and the Greek total and a local St. Jude patient will Student Alumni Relations Council be there and share their story with our has the Third Annual Greek Senior community.”

Greek Week 2015 Sendoff that evening at events are being put Gentle Ben’s,” Muzatko on by the For The said.

Kids committee, Muzatko said which was created Thursday’s event will after last year’s be the Greek Week fundraising success Knowledge Bowl “to promote a joint challenge, an event effort of promoting that also took place last philanthropic efforts year, where members — Cayla Weiss, and planning events of Greek Life will have Vice President of for the University the opportunity to Panhellenic for Alpha of Arizona Greek compete in a battle of community,” said scholarship.

Epsilon Phi chapter Muzatko in a For the “Friday will Kids press release. conclude Greek Week with chariot races to the Greek’s Got Talent finale event,” Muzatko said. “At Greek’s Got Talent, each team will showcase their talents, — Follow Brandi Walker we will announce our fundraising @brandimwalker

It’s a great opportunity to get to know more people

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Prosecutor speaks with Robert Durst TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Richard DeGuerin, the attorney for jailed New York real estate scion Robert Durst, said Sunday that a Los Angeles prosecutor met with his client in Louisiana without his permission before he arrived to represent him.

Durst was arrested March 14 while staying under a fake name at the J.W. Marriott hotel near New Orleans French Quarter.

He was later charged with the December 2000 murder of his confidant, Susan Berman, in her Benedict Canyon home.

DeGuerin said he arrived in Louisiana the next day and ensured that Orleans Parish sheriff ’s officials who had Durst in custody cleared all of his visitors with the defense team first.

“We put that in place as soon as I could, but that had already occurred,” DeGuerin said of the meeting.

The Los Angeles prosecutor talked to Durst for three hours, he said.

“They put a stop to everything when I got there,” DeGuerin said.

He declined to identify the prosecutor, to discuss what he talked to Durst about or “characterize” the encounter.

“We’re going to try to air that in court on Monday,” DeGuerin said. “I’m not sure we’re going to be able to because of procedures in Louisiana. … It’s going to have to be litigated in court.”

Durst is due in court in New Orleans on Monday for a bond hearing on state charges after he was found in possession of a revolver and marijuana when he was arrested on the California warrant. He is now awaiting

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Robert Durst in the trailer for HBO’s “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.”

extradition.

DeGuerin said he is eager to get Durst extradited.

“I don’t like the delay,” he said.

“We want to get to California and start what already will be a lengthy process of discovery and disclosures. Major cases in California take a long time.”

He added that “New Orleans

has exercised their jurisdiction” and “they’re taking their time.

I don’t like it, but they have that right.”

DeGuerin said he had not met with his client since Thursday but that Durst is doing well where he is being held, at a medical unit run by the Sheriff ’s Office at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center

in St. Gabriel, La., which has “excellent medical facilities.”

“He will remain in the medical facility throughout his stay in Louisiana even after he’s off suicide watch, which I expect will be soon,” he said, possibly as soon as Sunday.

Durst is accused of shooting Berman in the head. At the

time Berman was killed, New York authorities were planning to interview her to learn what she knew about the 1982 disappearance of Durst’s first wife, Kathleen.

The charges include allegations that Durst killed Berman because she was a witness to a crime.

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announces his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, starting an uphill quest for a young newcomer to elective politics with a knack for picking high-profile battles and a short record of success.

Cruz, 44, will jump into the race just two years after being elected to office for the first time, a sign of the eagerness to take on more established Republicans that has marked his short career in politics and in the Senate.

His entry will be the first of a field that is expected to include former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Cruz’s fellow Texan, former Gov. Rick Perry.

Cruz is a skilled speaker and one of the biggest audience-pleasers in the Republican field. But the cheers in preliminary appearances in early voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina so far have rarely translated into tangible support. His Tea Party base is warming to Walker, and growing numbers of conservatives are seeking someone who would be more likely to win a general election against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Cruz will skip Texas as a backdrop for his announcement, traveling instead to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. The choice of the private Christian school in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains suggested Cruz’s plan to play to not only the right but to the evangelical wing of the Republican Party.

“He is trying to nail down as much of the base as he can as early as possible and steal a march on others who might try to claim the base,” said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond.

The school was founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, an influential leader

of the Christian right who helped elect Ronald Reagan in 1980, and whose school has been a popular venue for Republicans seeking to reach out to social conservatives and Christian voters.

The Tea Party vaulted Cruz, a political novice who had never held elective office, to the U.S. Senate seat in 2012. He had attracted attention as Texas solicitor general, an appointed position, and took on the state’s Republican establishment by challenging former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Perry’s choice.

After his surprise victory in a primary run-off election, Cruz continued to endear himself to the far right soon after coming to the Senate with a 21-hour floor speech against the Affordable Care Act that helped force a partial federal government shutdown. The gambit did not succeed in forcing repeal or weakening the health care law.

While Tea Party leaders still like Cruz, they’re also looking elsewhere for 2016.

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, regarded as a new voice and a Washington outsider, has drawn a passionate following, particularly in Iowa. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the 2008 Iowa caucus, retains a loyal conservative following.

Walker so far has pulled ahead of everyone and held a telephone town hall last week with followers of one group, the Tea Party Patriots.

Afterward, the group said on its website that “there is perhaps no one the left fears more than this accomplished Midwestern governor, as Walker is proof that leaders don’t have to ‘shift to the middle to win the middle.’”

With his announcement Monday, Cruz will have the media attention but only for a short time. Paul is expected to announce April 7, and other candidates are lining up as well. Perry, who had a dismal 2012 presidential campaign, has said that he will decide by May or June.

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Mandatory voting not the worst idea ever BY ashwin mehra The Daily Wildcat

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t’s the day after Election Day. The votes are in, the pundits are analyzing the results and there’s been near 100-percent voter turnout.

A fantasy? Maybe ­— but the president thinks it might not be a bad idea to bring this about by making it mandatory to vote.

OK, perhaps that’s overstating it a bit.

Rather, President Barack Obama was talking more about the role of money in politics and how compulsory voting — and the resulting higher voter turnout — could counteract big spenders. It was more of a hypothetical suggestion than an actual policy proposal.

But could it actually work?

There are other countries that have compulsory voting, such as Australia.

Investor’s Business Daily ran an article asking if Obama was kidding “or just plain dumb.”

The piece claimed that actual turnout in those countries varies widely, and voter turnout in general has been falling since the ’80s worldwide.

According to Vox, though, a 2001 study from Stanford University professor Simon Jackman found that enacting compulsory voting laws not only increases average turnout in countries that enact them but also “makes electorates more representative of the overall population.”

How? It reduces socioeconomic biases in voting — important in a country where, as Vox states, exit polls show that rich, educated white people vote disproportionately more than other groups. In other words, the people who are voting will be more representative of the people living in the U.S. Another article from The Washington Post said mandatory voting laws “would change very little.” It argues that the non-voting population tends to be very similar in respect to political belief with the voting population; since many elections aren’t too close, more people voting won’t change results.

In addition, the article says it won’t even necessarily help Obama’s own party.

But, the goal of compulsory voting is not to help the Democrats — it’s to increase voter turnout, to increase engagement with the political process and to make the government representative of the people.

If it’s not, is it really by the people and for the people? When people don’t vote, the response shouldn’t be that they don’t matter. It should be to ask how we can get them to vote.

Another argument, one that IBD brings up, is that those who don’t vote are ignorant or indifferent and shouldn’t be voting.

However, those who are ignorant still have issues that affect them, issues they care about, as do those who are indifferent.

Ignoring them means parties can pander to their bases.

If those people had to vote, though, candidates would be required to ensure their policies appealed to a wider group of people, and this could help reduce extremism from people who are already geared up about politics. Some of those people still would not vote, but at least politicians will actually be opening dialogue with them instead of writing them off.

That claim also ignores potential reasons why people might not vote. Election Day is not a national holiday, and not every state mandates that employers give workers paid time off to vote. Some states don’t even mandate any time off at all. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 14 states do not have early voting, either. Nonvoters in those states might not be voting out of ignorance or apathy but because they simply don’t have time.

This doesn’t mean compulsory voting is the way forward. Enacting it may be difficult, and levying a potential fine would hurt the people who are already not voting, which disproportionately are poorer people. There are other potential solutions to the problem of voter turnout, such as making Election Day a national holiday or otherwise making it easier for people to vote.

But if the question is whether we should care about non-voters, the answer is yes. To classify all non-voters as apathetic people who don’t matter is incredibly ignorant, completely wrong and not a good reason to write off compulsory voting entirely.

Compulsory voting probably shouldn’t be the first step toward increasing turnout, but it is an option that merits consideration.

Though, perhaps only after making it easier for people to vote without it being mandatory.

And if you’re mad that the government is forcing you to vote, well, that sucks, but if you’re a citizen of the U.S., it’s sort of your duty to do so. Just like it’s your duty to pay taxes or sit on a jury, because in order for a society to function properly, people sometimes have to make choices that benefit their society but not themselves.

Democracy only works when people are voting, even if they happen to need that extra push to do so.

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

Just shut up and confirm Loretta Lynch already BY maddy bynes The Daily Wildcat

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ongress: Enough with the showmanship. Republicans are mounting an opposition campaign against President Barack Obama’s highlyqualified attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, unless the Democrats agree to pass a bill targeting human trafficking — with an extremely controversial abortion amendment within it.

The irony is that neither Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, nor his Republican Senate caucus, wants the current attorney general, Eric Holder, to hold office any longer. Ousting Holder has been all but a dream until now. Yet, now they have the ability to get Holder out of office, and they are not taking it.

Lynch is a historic nominee to the seat of attorney general as the first AfricanAmerican woman to be nominated.

“Lynch is both highly qualified and abundantly experienced to become the nation’s top law enforcement officer,” said Gregg Jarrett, a journalist with Fox News.

“Indeed, she has more ‘legal chops’ than outgoing A.G. Eric Holder.”

If even conservatives can agree that Lynch is qualified to become attorney general, why are Senate conservatives damming up the legislative river it would take to get her confirmation?

The division of government is hindering a highly qualified woman from assuming a position in which she can potentially help

the trafficking bill — with strong abortion restrictions — Obama could still veto it.

On the same token, Senate Democrats are calling the delay of confirmation by Senate Republicans racism. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, infamously said that “Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman to be nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar.”

As Sen. John McCain eloquently stated on the Senate floor following these comments, “[these remarks are] beneath the decorum and dignity of the United States Senate.”

Pushing against Lynch’s confirmation is not the Republican Caucus being racist; it is the Republican Caucus losing control.

But, it’s still posturing, and it is still wrong. Let’s face it; the U.S. is at a turning point in law enforcement. With the recent issues in Ferguson and New York City, it is more important than ever to have a highly qualified and successful attorney general both parties can work with.

Lynch is that woman. Enough with showmanship from both sides. Get Lynch confirmed, and compromise on bills.

That’s what Congress is supposed to do.

millions of Americans. According to The New York Times, the Senate has delayed over 117 confirmations in the Obama era.

Congress is about compromise. There are a few ways for the confirmation to get through the Senate: a unanimous consent agreement of the Senate or a cloture vote. Unanimous consent is a process in which every Senator agrees to terms and conditions of Senate floor debates, whereas cloture ends a filibuster through a majority vote.

Both require the Republican majority to agree on the nomination. Both can also get the trafficking bill through Senate.

No matter what, the Senate could stop the Lynch nomination if it wanted to. Democrats hold 44 seats plus two Independents who caucus with them, while the Republicans have a clear majority with 56 seats.

To end a filibuster, the Senate Republicans need 60 votes to get cloture.

According to Fox News, four Democrats joined in to vote for the trafficking bill, but the final vote was 55-43, five votes lower than the cloture requirement.

With 60 votes, the Republicans can have it all. The only reason McConnell even needs to hold the Lynch nomination hostage is because he does not wield the control of his own caucus. The trafficking bill only needs four Democrats to support it.

In all honesty, even if the Senate passed

[Lynch’s confirmation] is the Republican Caucus losing control

— Maddy Bynes is a junior studying political science and history. Follow her @madelinebynes

Bomb UA lawns (with seeds) BY tom johnson

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ancerous parasites. Vile things that steal water from the earth, taint it with poisons and chemicals of fell bloom, abhorrences that leave wastelands of nothing but themselves at the behest of their masters. I am, of course, talking about lawns.

They started in Europe where they were originally a symbol of the aristocracy, but with technological improvements, they have spread like a vegetal cancer across the Union thanks to that status and then as a sign of “beautification.” But, theirs is a thirst that is drying out our homelands.

Why else would cities from Las Vegas, Nev., to Los Angeles, Calif., be trying to ban the damned things?

They are water hungry — so much so that around 50-70 percent of U.S. water is used for landscaping, and most of that landscaping is lawns. This is a problem considering we are in the middle of a desert, with a severe drought to boot. In LA and other parts of California, that severe drought is threatening America’s food supply.

Yet, people still protest because “Grass is pretty!” and they’re “For the children!”

Never mind the fact that children also need the drinking water lost to these horrid things at unsustainable rates, contributing in no small part to our water being used at double the rate it should.

Lawns also use fertilizers

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and lawn care tools that emit enough greenhouse gasses to make Santa Claus cry, and their impact is so bad, even NASA essentially said we need to just stop with the damn lawns.

Bermuda grass, the species grown by most Maricopa and Pima County lawn owners, is an invasive species that is insanely difficult to get rid of.

Still, even on our very own campus, we can’t-stop-won’tstop with the lawns. It’s time we as a desert society ditched our lawns, starting with those of the UA campus.

There are plenty of ways we can fix this that aren’t gross, plastic pseudo-lawns, most notably xeriscaping, aka landscaping with stuff that should actually be growing here in the first place.

There are even these lovely “seed bombs” to

get you started on your environmentally-appropriate yard cover called Seedles, which add region-specific varieties of wildflowers and can help prevent declining bee populations.

So, perhaps we should get a different way to beautify the world than just fields of strangling, devouring, earthpoisoning green, and rip out the UA’s lawns and replace them with self-sustaining, lesscostly desert life. Or, at least have some of you gardeninganarchists out there start dropping Seedles along the UA Mall.

— Tom Johnson is a film & television studies junior. Follow him @tbok1992

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A non-UA affiliated individual was seen defecating under the trees by the Eddie Lynch Athletics Pavilion on Feb. 26 at 5:44 a.m.

A University of Arizona Police Department officer approached the man and asked him to pull his pants up and lean against the wall. He had red, watery, bloodshot eyes and smelled strongly of intoxicants. The officer noticed a large amount of excrement in the area, and the man admitted to defecating by saying, “I’m going to the bathroom” when the officer found him.

Seven hours before this, the man was seen sleeping by the southwest corner of the Meinel Optical Sciences building. He was told to leave campus and not to return unless he had a legitimate reason. If he returned without a legitimate reason, he would be arrested for trespassing and issued an exclusionary order. Earlier in the day, he was also asked to leave the Main Library and to not return.

The man had a long history with the UAPD and also had a record of previous arrests. The man was placed under arrest, transported to Pima County Jail and booked for criminal trespassing to the third degree and criminal littering. The individual was also issued a six-month exclusionary order following this incident.

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A UA student was seen swerving a 2013 black Hyundai Elantra into a bicycle lane on Campbell Avenue at 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 25.

The driver continued to drive on the curb lane and the bicycle lane for the next 200 feet. The officer stopped the vehicle on Sixth Street just west of Campbell Avenue in a bus bay. While talking to him, he noticed the driver had bloodshot eyes and a flushed face. The man claimed he had not been drinking. The officers on the scene decided to conduct a sobriety test.

After administering the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, one officer asked the man how much he really had to drink.

He said, “I haven’t had anything to drink.” The officer concluded that he showed all the signs of impairment for the test.

The individual was then asked to take a preliminary breath test, but he refused and asked whether the tests were legal. As they were speaking, the officer smelled intoxicants coming from his breath. Then, he took the one stand test and passed. He also took the walk and turn test, which displayed five out of eight impairment signs.

The student was read his Miranda rights and placed under arrest on charges of DUI by being impaired to the slightest degree. He was transported to the UAPD Main Station, and his car was impounded.

An officer searched through the student’s car and found a fictitious identification card with the man’s likeness, name and false date of birth making his age over 21. There were also receipts for alcohol purchases made with his credit card in the vehicle. He was additionally charged for possession of a fictitious driver’s license and a civic traffic citation for driving in a bike lane.

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SPORTS SCORE CENTER Michigan State upsets Virginia No. 7 Michigan State 60, No. 2 Virginia 54

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Monday, March 23, 2015 • Page 6 Editor: Roberto Payne sports@wildcat.arizona.edu (520) 621-2956 twitter.com/wildcatsports

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Everything falling into place

BY JAMES KELLEY The Daily Wildcat

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ORTLAND, Ore. — Everything’s falling into place for Arizona men’s basketball — even the things it may not want.

You may have had a fun spring break full of going to the beach, skiing and video-gaming, but your holiday was surely nowhere near as good as the Wildcats’.

Arizona (33-3) won the elusive Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament title, got a two seed in the NCAA Tournament, punched a ticket to the Sweet 16 and, quite frankly, set up a series of revenge/ reunion games that are a writer’s dream.

The Wildcats started the break with a 70-64 win over UCLA in the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Sure, Arizona was supposed to beat the Bruins after winning the conference championship by three games, but the win exorcised a great deal of demons for the Wildcats.

UCLA had beaten Arizona in the last two Pac-12 tournaments.

Then in the title game, the Wildcats pounded Oregon 80-52. The Ducks stole the Pac-12 Coach of the Year and Player of the Year from Arizona coach Sean Miller and point guard T.J. McConnell.

Then on Selection Sunday, the Wildcats got the second seed in the West.

They’re certainly more deserving than some of the top seeds, namely Villanova, which got knocked out in the third round. But, they got to stay in the West, got more motivation from another slight and they potentially get another crack at Wisconsin, the region’s top seed.

The Badgers knocked Arizona out of the tournament last year in the Elite Eight 64-63 in overtime.

The Wildcats opened the Big Dance with a 93-72 win over 15-seeded Texas Southern. Right afterward, No. 10-seed Ohio State beat No. 7-seed VCU 75-72 in overtime to set up a third-round matchup with the UA. The Buckeyes bounced the Wildcats from the 2013 NCAA Tournament in

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ARIZONA MEN’S BASKETBALL FORWARD Brandon Ashley (21) and Arizona center Kaleb Tarczewski (35) laugh together once their 7358 win against Ohio State became imminent in the final minutes of gameplay in the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on Saturday. With toprated teams in the West Region falling and dominant play continuing, things are falling into place for Arizona.

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TWEET TO NOTE Tyger Talley tosses a 3-hit shutout to hand the Wildcats their firstever sweep of Stanford at Sunken Diamond. #BearDown — @ArizonaBaseball

Arizona Baseball swept Stanford on the road for the first time over the weekend.

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Arizona records first Wildcats sweeps sweep at Stanford Aggies

BY ROSE ALY VALENZUELA The Daily Wildcat

After losing the first Pac-12 Conference series to Utah at home, it was Tyger Talley who helped the Arizona baseball team bounce back and clinch its first-ever sweep at Stanford after tossing a three-hit shutout on Sunday at Sunken Diamond.

Arizona (19-6, 4-2 Pac-12) beat the Cardinal 6-0 on Sunday, 6-4 on Saturday and 6-5 on Friday.

With this sweep, the Wildcats improved to a 19-6 record overall on the season, three wins short of what Arizona accomplished during its entire season last year.

In addition, Arizona had not swept a conference road series since sweeping California in May of 2012 and had not swept a conference series — home or away — since beating the USC Trojans in 2013.

Getting the series win means Arizona coach Andy Lopez has now led Arizona to nine series wins against Stanford of his 14 seasons at Arizona. Five of those series wins have been at Sunken Diamond.

On Sunday, Talley, who has three wins and zero losses on the season, did not allow a Stanford baserunner past second base and finished with six strikeouts on the game.

Right fielder Zach Gibbons led Arizona’s offense doing 3-for-4 at the plate with one run score, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.

The starting pitcher for

Stanford, Chris Viall, had a solid improve to a (2-2) on the start striking out five Arizona season, Ming did not allow a hitters early in the game but hit and Dalbec pitched the last Arizona’s offense got going two innings, allowing two hits, no runs and recording one during the third inning.

Back-to-back wild pitches strikeout.

Kingery and Michael Hoard allowed Scott Kingery and Kevin Newman to score for Arizona were Arizona’s offensive leaders, to take the 2-0 lead in the third Kingery went 3-for-4 with one RBI and Hoard inning. went 2-for-3 During with one RBI the sixth and one run i n n i n g scored.

E l i j a h TYGER TALLEY Hoard was S k i p p s Arizona’s allowed YEAR/ POSITION designated Gibbons to JR. PITCHER hitter during score after a MAJOR Friday’s game sacrifice fly.

GENERAL STUDIES and reached Arizona HOMETOWN scored two SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. base five times with a two-run more runs triple to secure before third HEIGHT, WEIGHT Arizona’s win. baseman 6-FOOT-2, 230 POUNDS Defensively B o b b y SUNDAY STATS for Arizona, D a l b e c it was rightscored the 9.0 INNINGS PTICHED, THREE HITS h a n d e d last run of ALLOWED AND SIX STRIKEOUTS pitcher Nathan the game Bannister who on a solo shot home run to centerfield to was key for the Wildcats.

Bannister went into the game secure the 6-0 win.

This was Dalbec’s team- as a reliever during the fourth leading fifth homer of the season inning allowing one hit, and and seventh as an Arizona two runs in which only one was earned. Bannister pitched 4.1 Wildcat.

During Saturday’s game innings before Dalbec finished starting pitcher Robby Medel the game.

After the sweep Arizona will pitched four innings, allowing four hits, four runs and one be back in action on Friday to host the Oregon Ducks for a strikeout.

Medel had help from Austin three-game series at Hi Corbett Schnabel, Cameron Ming and Field.

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Arizona softball earned a pair of victories over New Mexico State in Las Cruces on Saturday to complete a 12game road trip. The two wins moved the UA to 27-7 on the year.

The No. 17 Wildcats breezed through the first game of the doubleheader in a 14-2 run-ruled victory before needing extra-innings to win the second game 11-6.

Arizona’s offense stepped up to produce a combined 25 runs on 33 hits over the two games.

The UA hit seven home runs on the day, including three from Chelsea Goodacre in game one. The senior’s 59 career home runs ties for sixth most in program history.

Goodacre’s power led the Wildcats to an offensive barrage in the opening game. By the second inning, Arizona had already dropped 10 runs on the Aggies.

Arizona added a pair of runs in the third and a single run each in the fourth and fifth innings to earn the runruled win. Leadoff hitter Hallie Wilson provided the Wildcats with a spark from the top of the order, going 2-3 and scoring three runs.

Every starting position player recorded at least one hit, including Las Cruces native Alexis Dotson, who went 3-4 in front of a hometown crowd. It was Dotson’s first career three-hit game.

Arzona shortstop Kellie Fox also had a standout game, going 3-3 with four RBIs. Fox, Katiyana Mauga and Lauren Young each knocked out a home-run.

Collectively, the UA recorded 17 hits and six home runs in the opening game, both season-highs.

On the mound, Michelle Floyd pitched five solid innings in which she allowed two runs over six hits. The outing moved Floyd to 14-4 on the season.

The second game of the day required far more drama for the Wildcats, who had to climb back from a 6-2, sixth-inning deficit.

With two outs in the seventh and final inning and still down three runs, Arizona

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GYMNASTICS

UA finishes fifth at Pac-12 tournament

BY MATT WALL

The Daily Wildcat

No. 17 Arizona gymnastics capped off a busy spring break, placing fifth overall in the Pac12 Conference tournament and first place in its session, earning a team score of 196.225. The Wildcats were able to shut out California, Washington and ASU to claim first place after the first session.

Highlighting the meet was junior gymnast Jessie Sisler, who claimed a three-way share of the Pac-12 Floor Championship behind a 9.950 in the event.

“We are in one of the most competitive conferences in the country,” Arizona gymnastics coach Bill Ryden said in a press release. “We knew going in that everyone competing today was going to be really good, so we just had to hope that we could compete well throughout the day.

I honestly don’t think we could have prepared anymore. I felt that we had done everything we could do, so it was a matter of how they executed what we have practiced.”

On vault, the GymCats totaled a team score of 48.875. Sisler led in the event with a 9.825, and three of her teammates, Madison Cindric, Shelby Edwards and Gabby Laub, followed Sisler, each with a score of 9.775.

The Wildcats tallied 48.975 on the uneven bars. Cindric led

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mounted a remarkable comeback to force the game into extra-innings.

With the bases loaded, Goodacre hit a grounder to second base that should have ended the game. Instead, the infielder misplayed it, allowing two runs to score and pushing the deficit to one run.

Trish Parks hit a single up the middle to tie the game. Floyd pitched a scoreless bottom-of-the-seventh to push the game to extras. In the top of the eighth, Arizona exploded for five runs behind a three-run homer from Mauga. Floyd closed out the win with three scoreless outs.

New Mexico State kept the Wildcats in check for most of the game, and heading

the Wildcats behind a 9.850, and Selynna Felix-Terrazas added a 9.825. Laub tallied a 9.800 as well.

Arizona finished the meet on floor in style, totaling a 49.275, its highest team score of the meet.

Kennady Schneider scored 9.875, and Lexi Mills followed with a 9.850.

The Wildcats concluded their regular season against No. 18 University of Denver on Saturday, March 14 in McKale Center, tying the Pioneers 196.850-196.850.

The meet was the final moment in McKale Center for Arizona senior gymnasts Allie Flores, Amber Wobma and Shay Fox, and also marked the final meet for manager Ahnalee Cristello.

“Amber and Allie have been critical parts of this team the last four years,” Ryden said in a press release. “They both came from [well-renowned] club programs to join our team down here in the desert. Shay has a story in itself, and she has earned her spot. She more than proved her point that she could come back. Ahnalee has poured her heart into this program. She is my right-hand woman and has done so much for us. This program is certainly a better one because of these four young women.”

Each senior received a frame of images from Arizona coaches with their individual families to cap off the emotional night, while Ryden gave a speech about each

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ARIZONA GYMNAST Shay Fox performs her beam routine during the Pac-12 Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday. Fox and the Wildcats finished in fifth place at the 2015 Pac-12 Conference tournament.

athlete. Laub played a tribute song to her senior teammates on the guitar to conclude the night.

The meet was the first without senior captain and leader Flores, who suffered a season-ending injury against Texas Women’s University.

In her first appearance in the all-around competition, Cindric finished with a 39.350. The mark

into the sixth-inning, the score was tied at two.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Aggies finally broke through with four runs off Arizona’s Parks. The Wildcats’ starter left the game after five and two third innings, having allowed six earned runs.

Offensively, Mauga led Arizona with three hits while six other Wildcats recorded a pair of hits.

Arizona now returns its focus to Pac12 Conference play this weekend as it hosts rival ASU for a three-game series beginning Friday evening.

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forward to where we are placed for regionals. This team has overcome so many obstacles this season, and they have only come out stronger. I’m just so proud of them.”

was enough for Cindric to be named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week.

The Wildcats now wait until Monday to find out where they will be placed in regional competition.

“It was a fun meet and a really exciting ending,” Ryden said in a press release after the Pac12 tournament. “I’m looking

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the Sweet 16, and Ohio State coach Thad Matta was Miller’s boss when he was associate head coach at Xavier.

Arizona beat Ohio State 73-58 to not only avenge the 2013 loss but record Miller’s first win against his former mentor. Matta beat the UA coach when Miller was head coach at Xavier and once at Arizona, both in the NCAA Tournament.

The circle is now complete.

When Miller left Matta, he was just the student; now, he is the master.

That win sent the Wildcats to

— Follow Matt Wall @mwall20

the Sweet 16 in Los Angeles, Calif., against Xavier.

The sixth-seeded X-Men beat No. 14-seed Georgia State, which knocked out the West’s three seed, Baylor.

Just as Miller wasn’t that excited to play against his friend, Matta, he can’t be stoked to face his former school. Miller isn’t Todd Graham. It took a lot of soul searching for him to decide to leave Xavier.

On the other hand, it makes for another great story: Miller going against his last employer and his former Padawan, Xavier coach Chris Mack.

Not only is Arizona rolling, having won 13 in a row and 18

of its last 19, but so is the Pac12, the league Arizona won by three games. The Conference of Champions started the tournament 7-0 and got three teams into the Sweet 16: UA, UCLA and Utah.

Heck, the way things are going for the Wildcats, if they make it to the Elite Eight, they might not even have to play Wisconsin, which received the Sports Illustrated jinx treatment.

With a hot streak like this, the Wildcats may want to return to Las Vegas, Nev., before going to LA. — Follow James Kelley @jameskelley520

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A. While alcohol is often portrayed as a great enabler of sexual situations (think TV and magazine ads), the truth is not always so rosy. In general, the more alcohol you consume the more difficult it is to have and maintain an erection. This happens because ethanol (alcohol) both restricts the flow of blood to the penis and can affect the amount of testosterone that your body produces.

Alcohol can make you feel relaxed, confident and more outgoing – but usually these desirable effects only occur after the first few drinks. After more than a few, your potential partner may find you less appealing – making you less able (and less likely) to perform.

As with all drugs, dosage is key. Many inexperienced drinkers mistakenly believe that if you feel good after two drinks, you’ll feel twice as good after four and three times as good after six. That kind of math just doesn’t add up since alcohol is a biphasic (two-phase) drug.

The first phase includes the social qualities that people tend to like, leaving you feeling “up.” The more you drink, however, the more the depressant “downer”

qualities of the second phase set in, leaving you feeling sluggish, sloppy and in a word, drunk.

According to a study from the Harvard School of Public Health, heavier drinking college students are more likely to engage in unplanned and unprotected sex and much more likely to do something they later regretted compared to peers who drink more moderately.

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Typically, this is described as no more than two standard drinks (12 oz. beer, 5 oz. wine, or 1.5 oz. of hard liquor) per hour for men or one drink per hour for women – but even this may be too much for some individuals. The best way to moderate your drinking is to plan ahead: set a limit on the drinks you’ll have, know their alcohol content and stop once you get there.

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Don’t stop believin’ Six seasons and more than 600 musical numbers later, the TV dramedy “Glee” took its final bow.

The show ended with a two-hour finale that went both back in time to when the original glee club members met in 2009 and into the future, following the characters several more years to see their success.

It was a true flashback Friday, ending the first hour with the original performance of “Don’t Stop Believin’” from the pilot episode. The finale paid homage to all characters, past and present, including Finn Hudson, played by the late Cory Monteith, whose death in 2013 has been felt in the series ever since.

Copyright suit blurs lines Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ controversial 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” once again caused a stir after Marvin Gaye’s family sued both Thicke and Williams, claiming the song plagiarized Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give it Up.” Though many doubted the lawsuit’s legitimacy due to the differences in the two songs, Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay more than $7 million to the Gaye family, citing copyright infringement of the song’s “feel.”

Williams responded that the verdict could have damning effects on creative industry, telling the Financial Times, “The verdict handicaps any creator out there who is making something that might be inspired by something else.”

HBO gets jinxed The mini-series that investigated New York millionaire Robert Durst’s involvement in three murders ended with a bang following a shocking confession from Durst himself. After Andrew Jarecki, “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” creator, discovered possibly incriminating evidence, Jarecki called Durst in for a follow-up interview.

What transpired during the interview was shocking, as Durst was unable to differentiate between the handwriting on a letter he knowingly wrote and a note sent to the Beverly Hills police notifying them of a “cadaver” in his friend’s home. But even more shocking was an unbelievable confession as Durst’s microphone recorded him after the interview, when he said to himself: “There it is, you’re caught. … What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.” And to add more to an already incredulous finale, Durst was arrested on murder charges on March 14, the same day the finale aired.

Hot for “Frozen” After children, parents and anyone who saw the movie “Frozen” couldn’t stop singing “Let It Go” throughout 2014, Disney answered many fans’ hopes by making “Frozen Fever,” a theatrical short that showed before the recently premiered “Cinderella.”

But for those who want more than five cute minutes of “Frozen” fun, the studio announced that plans are underway for a sequel to the Disney hit. Kristen Bell, who voices Anna in the movies, added to the announcement by posting a picture cuddling a bag of ice on Twitter. Though it may be the first time in forever until the movie is released, people can keep belting out to Bell and Idina Menzel until they get their “Frozen” fix in the near future.

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1D in the deep The beloved British boyband is having a rocky world tour with more than one less-than-beautiful moment in the past week. Zayn Malik announced that he would be leaving the tour due to stressrelated issues following rumors of infidelity with fiancée and Little Mix member Perrie Edwards.

Though Malik defended himself and his relationship on Twitter, not all One Direction members are as lucky in love: Louis Tomlinson and long-time girlfriend Eleanor Calder reportedly split up recently.

To add insult to injury, both Malik and Tomlinson were ordered by the Philippines to pay a “weed bond” following a video of the two smoking marijuana, in order to ensure the band remains drug-free while performing in the country.

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Bippity boppity boo Disney’s latest live-action movie “Cinderella” brings magic and stunning visuals to the silver screen with a little kindness and courage

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n March, the only Cinderellas usually around are on the basketball court, as small schools and low seeds vie for a chance to make moves and be seen in the Big Dance. However, this year, the real deal has made a return to the big screen.

“Cinderella” marks the second installment in Disney’s current slate of live-action reimaginings of their classic animated catalogue. While this 2015 remake isn’t nearly as liberal with its source material as 2014’s “Maleficent” was to 1959’s “Sleeping Beauty,” the changes made improvements upon what has been one of the cornerstones of Disney, animation and films in general.

The broad strokes of the story remain the same. After her loving father unexpectedly passes away, Ella (Lily James) is forced to live with her stepmother, Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett), and two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drisella (Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera, respectively).

Ella is quickly subjugated to the role of servant, doting on their every whim and household chore.

Reincorporating a wrinkle from one of the earlier versions of the tale (Charles Perrault’s 1697 “Cendrillon”), Ella is nicknamed Cinderella by her wicked stepsisters after awaking with cinders on her face, having slept by the fire to keep warm.

Ella, always remembering the instructions of her dying mother to “have courage and be kind,” is able to take the abuse in stride. James effectively avoids making Ella’s steadfast kindness and good nature come off as too simplistic and naive.

However, needing to get out of the suffocating confines after putting up with too much for one day, she rides off into the forest and meets Kit, the young, dashing man who is actually the prince

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LILY JAMES IS Cinderella in Disney’s live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale, “Cinderella.”

of the kingdom (“Game of Thrones’” Richard Madden). The two are smitten with each other, and the prince is elated that he’s seemed to find the only woman who doesn’t know who he is.

The fleshing out of Prince Charming (he’s actually never once referred to as such) is the biggest, and most welcome, departure from the 1950 animated version, where he was relegated to a very minor role. The latter’s only appearance is at the ball, which is roughly two-thirds of

The production values … do justice to the captivating animation of the original

the way through, and his only discernible character trait, told to the audience via his father, is that he’s just not ready to settle down.

In this modern day version, the Prince is being pushed by his ailing father to marry a woman of power and influence, one who will make a proper queen to the kingdom. The Prince butts head with his father on this, wishing to marry for love, rather than politics.

It’s not a particularly new type of storyline, but it’s certainly something when compared to the original.

Thus, when he finds a girl in Ella who only knows him for his character and not his social status, he calls for a grand ball in the hopes of running into her again.

The Prince isn’t the only character that becomes more than two-dimensional. There are reasons, though they may be ambiguous, behind Lady

Tremaine’s cruelty, which is brought to life with Blanchett’s sneers and glares.

Other than character improvements, the production values are of a high enough order to do justice to the captivating animation of the original. In particular, the grand ball, with its choreographed dances, elaborate gowns and expansive castle grounds, is sumptuous.

For March Madness, the clock has struck midnight for the underdogs. Perennial bracket buster Butler is finished, as are fleeting sweethearts UAB and Georgia State. Pretenders, take note: This “Cinderella” does not disappoint.

Grade: B+ — Follow Alex Guyton @GuyTonAlexAnder

Behind the scenes of ‘Once’

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on’t throw out your St. Patrick’s Day trinkets just yet. The sweet sounds of Ireland will be coming to the UA’s Centennial Hall from March 31 to April 5, or at least in the form of 2012 Tony Awardwinning musical “Once.” The Daily Wildcat spoke with “Once” singer, actress, dancer and violinist Erica Spyres about the theatrical adaptation of the 2006 Irish indie hit with music by The Swell Season. Hint: Arrive 15 minutes early to take in a few pints on stage with the cast.

Daily Wildcat: What is life on the road like in a touring theatrical production?

Erica Spyres: At first, it kind of felt like a new school or whatever, and you just have to get to know people. I’ve been married four years, so being away from my husband — those things are difficult, but my husband has been great. Doing the show eight times a week gets to be draining. The cast is all really wonderful and really talented. We’re all very lucky to be in close quarters with people who are really great.

What qualities do you believe are essential in something who wants to pursue a career in theater?

I would say be a good person to work with, work hard and be tenacious about getting out there and being OK with being rejected.

Get in whatever shows you can, and start practicing your skills. I learned most of my skills on stage than in a classroom, and I think it’s a great way to learn.

What was the audition process like for “Once”?

It was fun, actually. For the initial open call I went to in Boston, they said to bring in an instrument and accompany yourself on a song. I picked a Damien Rice song, “Amie,” and I practiced accompanying myself. That was the first audition. And then they asked me to come back the next day. Six months later, I was called in for a callback. Overall, it was a really good audition process.

What are your favorite songs in the production?

Two of my favorite moments: “Gold” where we all play and dance and sing together as a group. That’s a really magical theatrical moment there. “Say It To Me Now” is one of my favorite songs, since I had watched the movie years ago.

How is the stage production different from the film?

It develops the supporting characters more, so you get to know the people in Guy and Girl’s lives. As far as the story goes, it is pretty much the same story.

Has anything unexpected happened during a show?

It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, you have to be very prepared. The funniest thing that happened is when the other violinist, who is also named Erica [Swindell], was playing one day and her bow, during “Gold,” bounced and flew off into the audience. So, she kept doing the choreography and one of the guys in the front row picks up the bow and puts it on the stage for her. She was somehow magically

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able to pick it up in the choreography and start playing again and it worked so seamless.

What is on your theater bucket list?

I love Sondheim. Any Sondheim I would be happy to do again. As I get older, I would love to play Desiree in “A Little Night Music.”

I played Anne a couple years ago. I would someday love to do “Carousel” and play Julie. Honestly, the best roles I have had have come from shows I didn’t know much about when I auditioned for them.

— Follow Anna Mae Ludlum @maeludlum