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Reader Henry Perkins writes: “I do know what ABOR (the Arizona Board of Regents) is but I do not know why the clock in AME 202 (Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering auditorium — Speedway Boulevard and Mountain Avenue) has been out of service for several weeks. This is hardly a pressing issue but with the second exam coming up, students would appreciate a working clock. I look forward to true enlightenment.”

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levels of one or more hazardous chemicals such as lead, cadmium, chromium, chlorine, mercury and arsenic.

“I think it is really sketchy they still use lead in jewelry to make it cheap,” said Katie Wilson, a pre-nursing freshman who wears earrings on a regular basis. “I guess that I am not too worried, but on the other hand I know children who wear their parents’

We’ve heard similar concerns that clocks on campus seem to break, well, like clockwork. Issues such as clocks moving backward, minutes being counted as seconds and clocks that were wildly off were among some of the most common bad timing complaints.

Chris Kopach, the associate vice president of Facilities Management, says that the UA’s time zone is administered through a central master clock system, which derives all of its power from the Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant, the main power generator on campus. The clocks are also set to automatically synchronize Have a question? to the national Email askeureka@gmail.com or contime standard tact the Daily Wildcat on Twitter with in Colorado, ac#uaeureka. cording to the UA Manual of Design and Specification Standards.

In order to connect the university’s clocks to the power grid, it is necessary to run power cables throughout the nine miles of tunnels that snake underneath campus. Here, according to Kopach, lies the rub.

“We have miles of lines underground,” Kopach said.

“Depending on the time and year, damage could wear them out.”

The cables are susceptible to damage by heat, water, age and groups of children trying to re-enact the plot of “The Goonies.” Because of this, it’s necessary to periodically replace these subterranean timelines, something UA

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Renee Fisher, a veterinary sciences freshman, puts on earrings from Forever 21. Certain pieces of jewelry from the store has been found to contain hazardous chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and lead.

Danger dolled up Harmful chemicals found in jewelry pieces from H&M, Forever 21, Claire’s

A study conducted by the Ecology Center, a nonprofit safety organization, showed that more than half of low-cost jewelry found in retail stores like Forever 21, Claire’s and H&M contained high levels of hazardous chemicals.

By Samantha Munsey In the study, 99 pieces of jewelry were DAILY WILDCAT collected from retail stores and tested using What sparkles and shines on a student’s X-ray fluorescence, a process typically used ear or wrist can lead to health concerns for to analyze chemicals found in products. a shopper on a budget.

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Students will present their environmental science research to the public during Earth Week from Wednesday to Friday.

Earth Week, a collaborative showcase made up of five units in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, will be held in the Student Union Memorial Center beginning at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Susan Joy Thursday and Hassol Friday. The stu- keynote speaker dent-organized event will include oral and poster presentations as well as competitions and keynote speakers each afternoon.

“It gives students in earth and atmospheric sciences at the U of A a chance to present their research in a professional but relaxed setting,” said Kim Wood, an atmospheric sciences graduate student.

The three-day event, now in its third year, is a combination of conferences from the soil, water and environmental sciences; atmospheric sciences; geosciences; the hydrology and water resources department

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DAILY WILDCAT “They say that public speaking is the number one fear among people, and death is number two, meaning that people would rather be in the box than deliver the eulogy,” said Mark St. Onge, vice president of the UA Toastmasters Club.

Meeting every Friday at noon in Room 216 of the University Services Building, Toastmasters is a professional development organization that instills confidence and charisma in UA employees by helping them with public speaking and leadership skills.

Each week, members come in ready to hear fellow members recite prepared speeches lasting about three to five minutes that are a part of a curriculum projects assigned in Toastmasters of a handbook. Certain members are selected Club each week to serve difMeetings are held every ferent leadership posiFriday from noon to tions. St. Onge, for exam1 p.m. at the University ple, served as the club’s Services Building, grammarian last week, and was responsible for Room 216. identifying creative uses Membership is open to of grammar and for inUA employees only. troducing a new word that is to be implemented in everyone’s pattern of speech sometime during the meeting. “Carp” was the word selected by Onge, which means “to find fault.”

But Toastmasters is not a club that intends to criticize anyone’s way of speaking. Members have their own stories regarding the reason for their involvement; some struggled with speaking at boardroom meetings, others are foreigners seeking greater confidence with the English language.

“I was somebody who hated speaking in class,” said Daniel Mottola, the club’s president. “But now people sometimes wish that I’d stop talking.”

As president, Mottola tries to emphasize the club’s

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Distinguished Toastmaster Marcia Roberts practices her public speaking in front of the club on Friday.

fun activities. He recently implemented a “Tall Tales” contest, requiring members to share a creative part of themselves. Additionally, the “Table Topics” portion of the meeting stirs energy in the members when they are randomly called upon to deliver an impromptu speech that is related to a specific theme.

“These activities keep our sense of humor,” said Angelica Engle, a human resources senior program coordinator who helped establish the club. Although

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and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. These departments each held their own conferences until 2010, when they decided to integrate the events into a larger symposium with a wider range of attendees. The geoscience department’s GeoDaze conference is in its 40th year, hydrology and water resources’ El Dia del Agua will host its 22nd conference and the Atmospheric and Interdisciplinary Research conference is in its 14th year.

“There are certainly more challenges to coordinating a larger event but there’s more opportunity to have interdisciplinary sessions, more chances for different people to see your research,” said Philip Stokes, a geosciences graduate student. “As a student … you’re happy if anyone is interested in your research.”

New to this year’s event is a plenary session that will integrate all five units. A selected speaker from each unit will present on “Climate in the Southwest” on Thursday from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m., and these speakers will be competing for a $1,000 cash prize. Following the competition, Earth Week keynote speaker Susan Joy Hassol will give a talk, “Telling the Climate Change Story,” at 4 p.m.

“We’re trying to promote the community between the different departments,” said Matt Levi, a soil, water and environmental sciences graduate student. “So it’s directed to be more interdisciplinary.”

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After two years of planning and plot distribution, the UA Community Garden blossomed in its grand opening with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Monday.

The UA’s newest garden is about 1,600 square feet, has around 46 plots, generally 3-by-10 foot in size, and is located just north of the Highland Avenue Parking Garage on Highland Avenue and Mabel Street, said Taryn Contento, the project’s co-manager and an environmental sciences junior.

There are about 40 to 60 people who own the various plots in the garden, she said, including students, club members, faculty and local community members.

The UA Green Fund, which finances projects aimed at making the campus more sustainable, funded the $25,000 garden, according to Natalie Lucas, executive program director of Students for Sustainability.

Chet Phillips, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona’s graduate assistant for sustainability, and a doctoral student in arid lands resource sciences, said the plots are divided up so that a third of them go to students, a third go to faculty and staff and a third go to members of the surrounding neighborhood.

“The idea is to bring people together,” Phillips said.

Many things can be grown in the garden, Phillips said, including tomatoes, chiles, peppers, squash, melons, basil, beans and eggplant. These kinds of

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Natalie Lucas, executive program director of Students for Sustainability, cuts a ribbon with Taryn Contento and Laura Hanson, co-directors of the Community Garden project, in honor of the project’s grand opening on Monday.

things can be grown around this time of the year because of the warm weather, but in the winter, more leafy vegetables like lettuce can also be grown in the garden, he said.

Vegetables were already growing in certain plots during the garden’s opening ceremony. Dave and Cathy Perry, a local couple, were checking on their plot of tomatoes, beans, dill, carrots, peas and marigolds. Dave Perry said he thinks the community garden is a “great idea,” and likes how it is set up with group irrigation for all the plots. Solarpowered timers regulate when the plots are irrigated, he said.

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investment of $10,000.

But as for what happens when time from page 1 runs out, or at least amok, Kopach said Facilities Management personFacilities Management is in the nel have to go out and fix each clock process of doing at the cost of $1 per independently. foot of cable, according to Kopach.

“This is a challenge just based on The central clock management system the infrastructure underground,” was itself replaced recently, at a timely Kopach said.

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jewelry and I think it is insane to use lead.”

Of the pieces tested, 27 contained lead that exceeded the 300 parts per million limitation the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has imposed on products for children. Exposure to this metal over time can cause lead poisoning and is especially harmful to pregnant women and young children, as exposure may result in irreversible brain damage during development, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Women with high lead blood levels are more likely to have babies with learning and intellectual problems,” said Dee Quinn, director of the Arizona Pregnancy Riskline. “It doesn’t

cause birth defects like structural problems, but it can result in intellectual impairment.”

Julie Glover, a graduate assistant for costume production in theater arts, said when selecting pieces for their actors to wear on stage, the only time they take into account what the jewelry is made out of is when an actor has a nickel allergy.

“We really don’t work with the pieces other than putting it on a actor,” Glover said. “We select things based on what is going to work for the show.”

In 2007, California passed a law that sets strict limits on the amount of lead allowed in jewelry products. While Arizona has no similar law, large retail stores like Claire’s have set the same California limitations for all of North America, said Amber Bruno, a member of the risk management team for Claire’s.

“A lot of the merchandise we have,

Rachel Pergamit, a junior studying environmental and water resource economics, and Taylor Silva, a vocal performance freshman, attended the grand opening and represented the UA’s new Food Committee, which aims to bring vegan, vegetarian, allergy-friendly and sustainable foods to Arizona Student Unions. The committee has a plot on the garden that grows various herbs and tomatoes, Pergamit said.

The garden provides as an “excellent opportunity” to bring students, faculty and community members together and show their love for gardening, she added.

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there is some work required to participate in Toastmasters, a workbook is distributed upon induction into the club, and members are required to complete 10 different activities that stimulate the development process of writing and delivering a great speech.

“The further you get into the manual the more challenging it’s intended to be,” Engle said. By the final activity, a member is required to

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we try to go above and beyond what the law requires for us to do as far as testing to make sure we are in compliance to avoid any type of chemical problems,” Bruno said.

Bruno also said that since the business started, there have been no incidences of consumers reporting side effects from chemicals found in their products like lead, cadmium or mercury. A majority of chemicals they use to make jewelry are natural resources people come in contact with regularly, she said.

“You could even go in your backyard and find these chemicals,” Bruno said. “But obviously if your child ingests it, then it can be hazard.”

Keith Boesen, director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, said lead found in jewelry is typically safe to wear as long as the person does not ingest or chew continuously on the product. Lead absorption through

the skin when wearing jewelry is very minimal, he said.

“An example would be if a child were to eat a jewelry charm,” Boesen said. “Another thing is people tend to put things in their mouth out of nervous habit.”

Cadmium is also a chemical found in bulk jewelry because it’s inexpensive and sometimes takes the place of lead because it is less strictly regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. In the study, 10 out of the 99 jewelry pieces tested were found to have cadmium concentrations higher than 100 parts per million. Like lead, high cadmium exposure can result in neurological effects and is also associated with lung and kidney cancer and bone loss, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

“We have heavy metals in our bodies like lead and cadmium, and when

and financed by students, said Karl W. Flessa, director of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and head of the department of geosciences. Cash prizes for the best paper and poster presentations came from student fundraisers. Funds from the College of Science, Institute of the Environment, water sustainability program and the renewable energy network are used to support the keynote speaker’s travel and expenses.

“The committee has been responsible for finding ways to make sure that the integration goes as seamlessly as possible,” Wood said.

Winners of the best oral and poster presentations are determined by a group of volunteer judges in related fields who have experience with scientific research, many of whom are UA professors.

“They’re volunteering to help the student out by evaluating the quality of the presentations and making suggestions on what might be improved the next time they give a presentation,” Flessa said. “They can give constructive criticism to the student presenters.”

In the previous two years, the attendance rate reached between 300 and 400 in one day, Flessa said. Students, faculty, alumni and researchers attend the conference, which is open to the public. Students from other departments will also be presenting research in environmental sciences.

“It’s a three-day celebration of student research,” Flessa said. ”And it’s a time when our students make us look good.”

write and recite an eight to 10-minute-long speech that is meant to inspire the audience with a topic that the speaker is passionate about.

“I think the members come away with a satisfaction that is found through sharing a part of themselves,” Mottola said.

Although the UA section of Toastmasters is mainly reserved for employees, there is a student-based version of Toastmasters, called Catmasters, which meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Cooper Room of the Student Union Memorial Center.

we have too much is when we have a problem,” Boesen said. “Because we can’t avoid it, the best thing we can do is to try to minimize the exposure.”

While people may be alarmed about the amount of metal found in their bracelets and earrings, Boesen said there is no need to throw out a jewelry box just yet. People who are concerned about the amount of lead or other chemicals found in their blood can take a simple test, which can be found in local hardware stores, to help determine if they need treatment. If people are not exhibiting signs of chemical poisoning, Boesen said, the jewelry they wear is probably safe.

“From an individual standpoint, if wearing jewelry causes high lead levels, it is very unlikely,” Quinn said. “But from a health standpoint we would prefer it to not be in the jewelry.”

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SANTIAGO, Cuba — In a historic trip to Cuba on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI reached out to island residents and exiles alike, urging Cubans to “build a renewed and open society, a better society.”

Benedict became only the second pontiff to travel to Cuba, a nation where the Roman Catholic Church has gradually gained ground as the Communist government has been forced to reform many of its policies.

Before his arrival, Benedict criticized Cuba’s Marxism as an obsolete model in need of change.

“I carry in my heart the just aspirations and legitimate desires of all Cubans, wherever they may be,” Benedict said in an airport welcoming ceremony in Santiago. “Their sufferings and their joys, their concerns and their noblest desires, those of the young and the elderly, of

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senior Roman Catholic clerics, while thousands of Cubans from the island and abroad lined the routes his motorcade took in sunny, seafront Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city.

They tapped drums, waved Cuban and Vatican flags and chanted Benedict’s name.

Castro used the welcoming ceremony to promise religious freedom for Cuba’s diverse panoply of believers who range from Catholics to practitioners of Santeria. And he condemned the 50-year-old “economic, political and media blockade” imposed by the United States against the Communist government, Patrick Farrell / MCt that in some way worsens “but will The crowd cheers as the Pope arrives on Monday for today’s Papal Mass by Pope never separate us from our truth.”

Benedict XVI in the Plaza de la Revolucion Antonio Maceo in Santiago de Cuba.

The president has embarked on an unprecedented though slow path adolescents and children, of the sick in need.” of economic reform in which Cuand workers, of prisoners and their Benedict was greeted at the air- bans for the first time in nearly half families, and of the poor and those port by President Raul Castro and a century can open businesses and

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As darkness fell, Castro and members of his Cabinet, all dressed in white guayaberas, sat in the front rows of a vast Mass presided over by Benedict in the Antonio Maceo plaza (named for a commander in Cuba’s 19th century fight for independence from Spain). Local organizers built an altar for the service, constructing it in the shape of a papal miter, or hat, and festooned in colors of white and blue to represent the sea.

As the mass got under way, a young man jumped up and yelled, “In Cuba, we are not free!” He was taken away, apparently by police.

Many of the faithful who came from afar to see the pope said they hoped he would foster more change.

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Student helps curate exhibit Woman invests art, time for showcase of scientific photography

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rsilia Anghel is bridging the gap between science and art.

Double majoring in chemistry and art history, Anghel spends most of her week doing surgery lab research. The rest of her time goes to learning about sculptures and the history of aesthetics, a branch of philosophy that deals with the creation and appreciation of beauty.

These two worlds are very different, but Anghel has found a way to integrate them both in a new art exhibit in the Museum of Art and Archive of Visual Arts. Anghel helped curate the exhibit, which is filled with a range of scientific photography. “These people’s environments are very different and they become very different kinds of people, like science geeks or arts and humanity people,�

Anghel said. “I think each group has a lot to learn from the other one and the point was to bring together these two worlds in a fun way.�

Anghel was born in Romania and moved to Canada when she was two.

She moved to the United States when she was 15 and has been living here for six years. She received her U.S. citizenship in January.

With a triple citizenship and knowledge of three different languages, she has gained a world perspective that has heavily influenced her life. Travel to different countries and exposure to a variety of artwork helped her decide to minor in art, then later major in it.

Her decision to curate an exhibit was sparked by her desire to do something an art historian would do. She wrote up a proposal and received a

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Ersilia Anghel, a senior studying chemistry and art history, helped curate a new exhibit in the Museum of Art and Archive of Visual Arts. The exhibit, which will run until May 27, showcases various types of scientific photography.

$1,500 grant from the Honors College.

Anghel worked with Lauren Rabb, curator of the UA’s Museum of Art, throughout the summer, using the honors research grant to do background research and explore the meaning of scientific art.

Although Anghel initially wanted to incorporate international art, the cost was too high, resulting in a shift toward UA artwork. Anghel set up meetings with faculty, researchers and staff on campus and told them about the exhibit. “I really had to improvise, which actually ended up being better because people from the U of A got to see what kind of art happens behind the scenes,� Anghel said. “It’s also

exciting for people who don’t think they’re artists, like people who work with meteorites, minerals and plants and be like, ‘Wow, my stuff is in an art exhibit.’�

After finding her focus, Anghel had to research and contact people, as well as write descriptions for photos, print and make labels. She also worked with the staff that installed the exhibit.

Despite all the tasks she had to complete, Anghel was extremely happy she had the chance to combine both science and art. “People say it’s important to do what makes you happy in life, and that’s really what I’ve tried to do while I have been at the U of A,� Anghel said. “The fact that I’ve been lucky enough

to find something that incorporates two of my main interests makes it even more enjoyable.�

Since the exhibit began in January, people have asked her to consult on their images of scientific photography, or simply told her that she helped them understand the art and beauty in the natural world. “I was already happy when the exhibit was up and I could walk around and show my friends. I thought that was going to be the best part,� Anghel said. “But having just complete strangers from the community email me about it was really nice. I feel like I made some kind of impact.�

The exhibit, which is free to students during regular hours, lasts

until May 27 and allows viewers to appreciate patterns in the natural world and provides an opportunity for them to look at art and interpret it in their own way.

While putting together the exhibit, Anghel also had to balance doing biochem research in a surgery lab, volunteering at a hospice and attending her classes. On top of that, she also worked on making a book for her art history thesis about her photography. “Ersilia is incredibly brilliant and really hard working. She juggles a lot of plates at the same time,� Rabb said. “She’s the type of student that if she says she’s going to do something, it’s probably going to turn out good.�

Now, after four years at the university, Anghel is preparing to graduate in May. Although she eventually wants to attend medical school, she plans on taking a year off to try and establish a program at the UA that would allow volunteers to work at orphanages and hospitals in Romania.

No matter what she chooses to do in the future, Anghel knows she will never give up her passion for art. “I don’t give up things I really enjoy doing, because I feel like that is copping out on life,â€? Anghel said. “Basically, most of what I do is because I like to do it and because I care about it. It’s always been a part of my life, so I think it is always going to be ‌ it’s part of who I am.â€?

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Florida gun laws need reform Lauren Shores Daily Wildcat

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he death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old from Florida, is a tragedy that has gained national attention. Numerous public figures, including President Barack Obama, have condemned racial discrimination and demanded that Martin’s attacker, George Zimmerman, be brought to justice.

Martin, a black teenager wearing a hoodie, was walking from a 7-Eleven to a house in a gated community on Feb. 26 when neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman called 911 to report a “suspicious” figure.

The police told him not to follow him, but a few minutes later, several 911 calls reported that the two men were wrestling on the ground. In the 911 calls, a boy can be heard screaming for help, and a gunshot was fired. Zimmerman claimed to act on self-defense, but Martin was unarmed. The case has since caused a controversial discourse over racial profiling and gun laws, especially because Zimmerman has yet to be charged with a crime.

Spike Lee, The Roots drummer Questlove, Wyclef Jean, Janelle Monae and others have all tweeted extensively about the case. Some have endorsed a petition on Change.org, which has reached 1.4 million signatures, and participated in the Million Hoodie March, a protest that used the hoodie Martin was wearing in his last moments as a symbol, calling for Zimmerman’s arrest. Some question whether celebrity involvement helps or hurts the case. However, these celebrities are so fixated on the race factor that they haven’t realized the other, equally important issue.

The Stand Your Ground laws, which have helped Zimmerman defend his actions, need to be either repealed or altered. Martin is not the only one who has suffered from these laws, and while the question of racism is certainly relevant, his death would be tragic even if he wasn’t black. If Zimmerman is indeed guilty of shooting an unarmed boy without reasonable necessity, he needs to be held accountable even if it’s not a hate crime.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Florida enacted the Stand Your Ground law, the first law of its kind, in 2005. The law states that someone can “stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if the person fears death or great bodily harm.” At least 20 other states have similar laws, but in light of Trayvon’s case, some public figures have begun to question it.

“I really think, at some point, we’re all going to realize that what we have, what we’re dealing with, and what our police chief is dealing with, is a bad law,” said Sanford city commissioner Patty Mahany.

Arthur Hayhoe, director of the Florida Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, said that since the law is vague enough to allow anyone to claim self-defense, it is the problem, as opposed to racism, in Martin’s case.

“It’s just expanding the use of self-defense to justify shooting Uncle Joe in the backyard because you don’t like his barbecue,” he told the Los Angeles Times.

George Zimmerman had a permit to use the gun, and because no witnesses had a clear view of the actual shot being fired, the Stand Your Ground law is on his side because no one can contradict his story. However, if Martin was harmlessly walking down the street, then there was no reason for him to invoke the law. Just because a person has the right to use a gun doesn’t mean they also have the right to act as a vigilante.

— Lauren Shores is a journalism sophomore. She can reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatOpinions.

Regent DeConcini should resign from CCA board

By Elisa L. Meza, Raúl Alcaraz Ochoa and Gabriel M. Schivone

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rom statewide political rhetoric and policy proposals to the national Republican debates, there is no doubt that a raging anti-migrant sentiment is spreading across the nation, including the Arizona Board of Regents.

As students at the UA, we are bombarded by this rhetoric.

So who profits from targeting and criminalizing the migrant community?

Regent Dennis DeConcini, a former senator, is also on the Board of Directors for the Corrections Corporation of America.

The CCA is the nation’s largest for-profit prison corporation, holding approximately 75,000 state and federal inmates in more than 66 facilities around the country.

This includes six prisons here in Arizona that import prisoners from the states of California and Hawaii, but most importantly the prisons import non-citizen detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

As a publicly owned corporation traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the CCA’s sole purpose is to make profits for its stockholders through increased incarceration.

Indeed, DeConcini is a shareholder who shares in the earnings generated by the CCA.

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Furthermore, public records and recent reports show the CCA invests heavily in lobbying at the federal and state levels and makes substantial contributions to candidates for political office through lobby consulting firms and its political action committee. More people behind bars means more contracts for the CCA, and Senate Bill 1070 proved to be a good way to get more contracts.

The CCA, through its lobbyists and Political Action Committees, made donations to Gov. Jan Brewer and legislators sponsoring SB 1070.

Moreover, both Sen. Russell Pearce and the CCA were members of the public safety committee of the American Legislative Exchange Council, where SB 1070 was approved as “model legislation.”

DeConcini publicly declared his opposition to SB 1070.

However, through his service on the board of the CCA, he directly profits from the incarceration of undocumented families. If DeConcini truly opposes the separation of families, he should resign from his position on the CCA board.

The CCA is an unrepentant profiteer, operating at the expense of prisoners, their families, local communities and the public.

Specifically, the CCA immorally

profits from depriving hard-working families of their liberty and violating their human rights. The CCA manipulates public policy through lobbying efforts and campaign donations to political candidates via PACs. Trusting incarceration to a private entity unnecessarily compounds prisoners’ suffering.

Private prison operators’ push for efficiency, and seeking profit inevitably leads to severe violations of prisoners’ most fundamental rights.

The solution is not in trying to reform an inherently broken system, but rather in working toward achieving a society that no longer sees criminalization and incarceration as the de-facto response to every social problem.

DeConcini has worked for many years in public office and continues to hold leadership positions affecting student life in Arizona as a member of the Board of Regents. His support of an industry that profits from depriving human beings of their liberty stands in sharp contrast to his public statements in which he’s portrayed himself as a champion of the underserved. As a CCA shareholder, he personally benefits from policies driven by racism and corporate greed.

Anne L. Mariucci, another member of the Board of Regents, is also a member of the CCA’s Board of Directors.

Today, UA groups including No

More Deaths/No Más Muertes, Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine are running a similar divestment campaign to support migrant and Palestinian rights. These groups have joined a community-based coalition demanding that university leaders oppose profiting from the prison industry.

A new community coalition of local organizations called Fuerza Comunitaria Contra la Industria Carcelaria — including Corazón de Tucson, The Restoration Project, Coalición de Derechos Humanos, American Friends Service Committee, Tucson Childcare Collective, the Southside Worker Center, UA Jewish Voice for Peace, Students for Justice in Palestine and No More Deaths UA Chapter — call for former DeConcini to resign from Board of Directors of the Corrections Corporation of America.

We actively organize toward a society based on the principles of equality, justice, respect and freedom for all. As students at the UA, we need to hold our own representatives accountable.

As we rally against Pell Grants being taken away, tuition hikes and rising textbook prices, we also need to stand in solidarity with the broader community that we are a part of.

— Elisa L. Meza and Gabriel M. Schivone are former Daily Wildcat employees.

College applications should stick with academic questions separate applicants from each other. This kind of diversity is going to be one that a lot of the incoming students may not feel comfortable sharing with Danielle the school they have just been Carpenter accepted to.

Daily Wildcat Illinois’ Elmhurst College made the decision last year to ask their ask the incoming freshmen their igh school GPA, incoming freshmen this question sexual orientation once they’re extracurricular activities, too, because they are affiliated accepted. ABC News said that leadership skills and with the United Church of Christ. this is because the school wants classes taken, are the typical In 2005, Elmhurst’s President, S. to “ensure there are services for fields to fill out on a college Alan Ray, endorsed gay marriage, application. Now, once accepted, them.” They are not handicapped saying, “In practical terms, we along with dorm preference, meal — there is no need to give special invite applicants to identify plan and desired major, students accomodations to gays, lesbians, themselves as members of the transgendered or other people are being asked their sexual L.G.B.T. community in order to non-physically-handicapped orientation by a few schools provide them with better student students. Robert Anderson, who in the United States. Not only services when they arrive on is the chair of the UC Senate, will this scare a lot of hopeful campus.” told the Daily Bruin, “Sexual freshmen away, it will also make Some students, when orientation is a part of diversity the school look like they’re applying for Elmhurst, receive and cannot be ignored.” judging these aspects. All in all, scholarships for being gay, Students have many other even asking in the first place is though they should not serve as aspects in demonstrating their preposterous. bait to get students to reveal their diversity. Their jobs, backgrounds, sexuality.

The University of California interests and grades are what system has recently proposed to There will be a lot of different

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reactions from students with this change — some may be completely OK with it, others may change their mind whether attending that particular school is worth it if they’re asking such questions.

The Common App officials are making the decision to not ask students this personal question on their applications, but are proposing they ask them after they have been enrolled. This issue will be revisited sometime in the next 10 years.

Sexual orientation should not be something colleges ask their new students at any time.

Students should be able to express this when they want, and how they want. It should not ever have to be a requirement to share, but a choice.

— Danielle Carpenter is a pre-journalism freshman. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Twitter via @WildcatOpinions.

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An unpleasant lunch A female student called the University of Arizona Police Department because her boyfriend, another student, was screaming inside of her car and punching the dashboard at 1:50 p.m. on Thursday. Officers arrived at the scene on Helen Street and Warren Avenue and began speaking to the woman, who was crying hysterically. The officers asked where her boyfriend was, and she said that he ran away. She told officers that they were eating at Olive Garden when they started getting in a verbal argument.

The argument was over who was paying for lunch, because neither had exact change. She eventually paid for lunch, which she said, “Just made him more upset, and on our way home, he was punching my passenger dashboard.” She said he then started to push the shifter into park and tried to turn off the ignition, which made her keys break and fall onto the floor. As she began calling the police, she said her boyfriend ripped the phone out of her hand and jumped out of the car, dropping her phone. She said he then stood in front of the car so she could not drive away.

Officers found her boyfriend and arrested him. They asked him to tell them what happened, and he told them the same thing that his girlfriend had. He told officers, “I am sorry for my actions and I should have not have acted that way.” The woman said she did not wish to press charges or for him to go to jail — she just wanted him to go to counseling for a few months. Her boyfriend was arrested and booked at Pima County Jail for disorderly conduct and domestic violence.

That new car smell

UAPD officers were on patrol when they noticed a Nissan Altima on the road without registration tags on its license plate at 12:02 a.m. on Wednesday. Officers approached the vehicle and asked for the male driver’s registration, proof of insurance document and driver’s license. The driver said he did not have proof of insurance because he had just bought the vehicle two weeks ago.

Officers asked where he bought the vehicle, and the driver pointed to a female passenger and said, “from her.” The woman confirmed that she had sold the vehicle to the driver. An officer scanned the driver’s license into his system and found that the driver had been previously arrested for marijuana possession. When the officer returned to the car, he smelled marijuana coming from it. He asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, and asked him if there were any drugs, guns or alcohol inside of the vehicle.

The driver said that none of those things were in the car. The officer then asked the driver if he could search the car, and the driver said he wasn’t sure if that was possible because the car wasn’t technically his yet. Officers asked the woman if they could search the car, and she replied, “Uh, yeah, sure.” Officers searched the car and found .4 grams of marijuana and a miniature pipe. The driver and the four passengers were arrested for drug possession, and the driver was also cited for driving without insurance and having overly tinted windows.

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Artist’s Talk: Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison Among the leading pioneers of the ecoart movement, the collaborative team of Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison has worked for almost 40 years with interdisciplinary teams to initiate collaborative dialogues to uncover ideas and solutions that support biodiversity and community development. Acting as historians, diplomats, ecologists, investigators, emissaries and art activists, their work involves proposing solutions and involves not only public discussion, but extensive mapping and documentation of these proposals in an art context. The Harrisons, on the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, have recently founded the Center for Force Majeure Studies to generate long-term research projects that address the emerging stresses of the Earth’s largest ecosystems by co-joining the processes of art-making and the sciences within the uniquely and specifically framed perspective of their past projects. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:30 p.m. Center for Creative Photography Auditorium Chamber Music Showcase The University of Arizona School of Music’s annual Chamber Music Showcase will feature distinguished students performing in small ensemble settings. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and a pre-concert reception beginning at 6:30 will offer music, refreshments and the opportunity to meet KUAT-FM’s broadcasting hosts James Reel and Ted Prichard, whose voices are familiar to Tucson’s classical music audiences.

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Cooking on Campus: Get Your Plate In Shape Featuring celebrity chef Tim Stevens!

Indulge in healthy eating habits as a college student – yes, it can be done! We’re cooking on campus to show you how. Our student and celebrity chefs will amaze you with how easy it is to make quick and simple, yet tasty, meals and snacks. Taste them for yourself at the Rec Center’s instructional kitchen in the Outdoor Adventures area. Cooking on Campus is only $5 a class or $30 for all seven classes!

To register, call 626-3396 or walk in to the Rec Center’s registration desk. $5, at campus Recreation. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:15 p.m.

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FREE! The Charles Darwin Experience The UA’s only all improv comedy group performs every Tuesday night in the Gallagher Theater at 10:10 pm. It’s an hour long show and completely FREE. So take a break from your mundane lives and enjoy the hilarity!

Steward Observatory Mirror Lab Tours A behind-the-scenes look on Tuesdays and Fridays at the cutting-edge optical technology involved in making giant telescope mirrors at Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, University of Arizona. Tours are conducted at 1 p.m and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Advance reservations are required and can be made by calling 520-626-8792. Admission: $15 adults, $8 students. 933 N. Cherry Ave., N208

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UA presents: Larry King See Larry King like you’ve never seen him before – standing up! For 50 years in broadcasting, King has been the one asking the questions. Now, he turns the tables on himself in his first stage appearance since completing his 25-year run on the award winning CNN program “Larry King Live.” He has been kissed by Marlon Brando; he’s tussled with Jerry Seinfeld; he’s interviewed Frank Sinatra; and the broadcast icon will take a hilarious and insightful look inside the legend in this exclusive, onenight-only performance. Turn off your television, plug in to King’s unique brand of humor and ask him the questions you’ve always wanted to in a live Q&A. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25. Centennial Hall ‘Sharlot Hall and Hattie Lockett’ - An Arizona Centennial Exhibition We celebrate 100 years of Arizona statehood with a look at the achievements of two Arizona poets, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870–1943) and Hattie Greene Lockett (1880–1962), members of the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame. Both Hall and Lockett were women of thought and action, pioneers in word and deed. Please join us to celebrate Arizona’s centennial and the Poetry Center’s “Sharlot Hall and Hattie Lockett” exhibition. Poetry Center.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - Saturday, March 31, 2012. 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

“Mapping Arizona: From Mexican Territory to U.S. State” (exhibit) This is new exhibit on display in the UA Main Library from Jan. 6 – March 28, 2012, details the path Arizona took to become a state – first as part of the Territory of New Mexico, then as the Territory of Arizona, finally attaining statehood in 1912. In addition to an array of historical maps, “Mapping Arizona” also includes books and unique documents selected from Special Collections extensive holdings. These additional materials offer insight into the stories that accompany the lines, boundaries, and borders within the maps. UA Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd.

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“Way of the Cross” The annual exhibit of DeGrazia’s dramatic interpretation of the traditional Stations of the Cross also includes the resurrection of Jesus. The artist created these 15 original oil paintings for the Catholic Newman Center at the University of Arizona in 1964 where they were displayed for about a year.

DeGrazia then replaced the originals with prints because of insurance and environmental concerns at the Center. A portfolio of prints is available at the gift shop. January 20, 2012 - April 15, 2012 6300 N. Swan Road 520.299.9191 Science Downtown: Mars & Beyond “Mars and Beyond” brings you the wonders of Earth’s neighborhood, our solar system, in stunning color and clarity. The emphasis is on Mars, the “Red Planet,” which has fascinated Earthlings from earliest recorded history to today. You’ll see stunning space imagery from the Red Planet and the solar system, including samples of some of the latest NASA Mars mission spacecraft - the robotic planetary science tools that, after millennia of wondering, are now answering some of Mars’ and the solar system’s mysteries. “Mars and Beyond” digs deep into the mysteries of the Red Planet, including some of the latest cutting edge scientific work by UA teams on NASA’s HiRISE Mars highresolution orbiting camera, the Phoenix Mars Mission science lab lander, the upcoming OSIRISREx, and more. Closed Tuesday-Wednesday.

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NCAAW (1) Stanford 81, (2) Duke 69

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NBA Indiana 105, Miami 90

LOCKED AND LOADED Arizona LB Fischer ready to go after missing 2011 with torn ACL

By Zack Rosenblatt Daily Wildcat

Entering the 2011 season, the Arizona football team had a lot of promise at the linebacker position.

With returning seniors Paul Vassallo and Derek Earls and junior Jake Fischer, the Wildcats knew they would have a stabilizing force manning the middle of the field. After all, the trio combined to garner 204 tackles, led by Vassallo’s 102, in 2010.

Having that group on the field would have alleviated the pressure in other areas on defense.

Then, in spring practice, Fischer tore his ACL and was lost for the season. The rest is history.

“Jake going down was quite the loss, especially at linebacker, bringing his ability to that position,” Vassallo said.

“With him and Derek and I playing together, we developed a chemistry together. We always knew that if I messed up, one of those two would be there.”

Other factors contributed to a dismal season for the Wildcats — a tough schedule and injuries to other key defensive players such as defensive backs Adam Hall and Jonathan McKnight — but the hole left at the linebacker position by Fischer was the toughest to fill. “(His injury) opened a big hole, we had to scramble and make things work,” Vassallo said. “It sucks to see a friend go down like that.”

Spring ball has only been going on for the last month or so, but head coach Rich Rodriguez said he can already see how important Fischer is to the UA’s success.

“He’s worked so hard, without question. Jake Fischer is going to be one of our leaders defensively and I can see why the coaching staff missed him so much last year,” Rodriguez said. “He’s a tough guy and he’s a football player and I’m sure that was a huge loss.”

In his sophomore season, the one before the injury, Fischer contributed 58 tackles, two sacks, two pass defended and one fumble recovery. Now that Fischer is, as he said after the first practice, back to 100 percent physically, he is ready to be the leader the Wildcats need.

“It feels like it’s been a very long time.

I’m just excited to get back out here and start running around again,” Fischer said. “I’m going to try to be more of a leader, be one of the upperclassmen, you know, just get the young guys in there to watch film and everything.

We’re trying to get back to where we were a couple years ago and further.”

Fischer’s commitment to making this season better than the last is exemplified by how the Oro Valley,

Rodriguez not happy with start to spring ball

By Zack Rosenblatt Daily Wildcat

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Arizona linebacker Jake Fischer makes a tackle on ASU wide receiver Gerell Robinson on Dec. 2, 2010, at Arizona Stadium. Fischer said he’s 100 percent physically after tearing an ACL last spring.

Ariz., native chose to stay in Tucson over spring break and study film instead of traveling and “chasing girls,” like Rodriguez has said his players would likely to be doing.

Despite the seriousness of an ACL injury, Fischer does not to appear to have lost a step. Transfer linebacker Brian Wagner, the nation’s second-leading tackler a year ago while at Akron, will line up alongside Fischer in the newly installed 3-3-5 defense. Wagner said he is looking forward to playing with Fischer.

“If you ask anybody on the team, ‘Toughest dude?’ they’re going to say

Jake Fischer. It’s been great getting to know him,” Wagner said. “He’s the leader of the defense; he knows exactly what he’s doing. He sets a really good example, so it’s been great working with him these past few months.”

Vassallo and Earls used up their eligibility, so now Fischer will have to become comfortable with a new batch of linebackers. But Vassallo isn’t worried.

“He’s very excited to get back out there and I know he’s feeling pretty healthy,” Vassallo said. “I think the year off made him very hungry and I expect to see him come back even better.”

Rich Rodriguez knows pressure. When he was hired as West Virginia’s head coach in 2001, he was replacing legendary retiring head coach Don Nehlen, who was 149-93-4 in his career as the Mountaineers’ coach with an appearance in the Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl.

Not only did Rodriguez live up to expectations in Morgantown — he completely turned the expectations on their head.

Excluding a 3-8 record in his first year, Rodriguez won 76 percent Rich of his games, going 57-18. His tenure also included Sugar Bowl Rodriguez and Fiesta Bowl appearances, football coach plus something Nehlen never accomplished — a win in the Sugar Bowl.

Then Rodriguez bolted from Morgantown to take the head coaching position at Michigan. As the head coach of the Wolverines, Rodriguez was taking the reins at one of the most storied football programs in the country. He wasn’t able to find the same success this time around, winning just 15 of the 37 games he coached there.

After his being dismissed in 2010, Rodriguez bided his time.

Fast forward to 2012.

Now, Rodriguez is the head coach at Arizona, a school that, in eight years under Mike Stoops, only won more than six games per season three times. In seven years at West Virginia, Rodriguez only won less than eight games one time — in his first year.

In light of recent events, it would make sense for Rodriguez to doubt his decision early on. Turning a coaching change into a success is a long process. It’s only March, but things haven’t been looking very rosy thus far.

In his first press conference of the spring, Rodriguez emphasized how physically “weak” the team looked early on. He remained optimistic going forward, but the team’s lack of conditioning clearly alarmed him.

“Mentally, they were ready (for spring workouts),” Rodriguez said. “We were really weak, and still are as a football team.”

He said that he knew the first few practices would be sloppy, as that is how it’s been at every one of his many stops.

After two practices without pads, the Wildcats began practicing with pads last week. Before practice, Rodriguez said, ”More than anything in pads, you find out the guys that really love football and some that just kind of like it.”

After practice ended, things clearly took a bad turn, as Rodriguez angrily told members of the media that play-

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Arizona softball on the rebound Candrea held overnight at UAMC

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Arizona catcher Lini Koria drives the ball against New Mexico State on Wednesday at Hillenbrand Stadium. The Wildcats’ pitching and defense have been solid of late, but their inability to pick up hits in crucial situations proved costly while being swept by ASU over the weekend.

Softball needs timely hitting to return in order to end its losing streak

By Cameron Moon Daily Wildcat

In its first mid-week series of the season, the Arizona softball team will face the San Diego State Aztecs tonight at 7 in the first of two games.

The last time the Wildcats trotted out on the field, defending NCAA Champion ASU swept them in three games, despite Arizona (19-8, 0-3 Pac-12) outhitting the Sun Devils 7-4 in the first game and holding a 6-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth inning of the third game before falling 7-6.

To make matters worse, head coach Mike Candrea had to leave Sunday’s game in the third after feeling tightness in his chest. There has been no word on if Candrea will return to the third base line this week, but players are using that to

fuel them to victory.

“He’s in our thoughts and we definitely know what he would say to us,” senior second baseman Kristen Arriola said.

“Our assistant coaching staff knows as much as he does, so we can always count on them and what they bring.”

What the coaching staff brings is nothing compared to what the Wildcats need to bring if they want to win a tough weekend series against Stanford (25-6) starting Friday. Arizona led in every game against the Sun Devils, yet were unable to get a victory in its toughest series of the season.

“We just need to come together as a team and do what we’ve been doing,” sophomore pitcher Shelby Babcock said.

“It’s not like we went up to ASU and got slaughtered. They were very close games.

I thought our team did very well, we just

need to fix things we made mistakes on and go out and win.”

The pitching and defense, especially as of late, have not been the problem for Arizona. Before the ASU series, the Wildcats were just two games out from a six-game streak in which opponents were unable to score on them.

The problem recently, as it has been for most of the season, has been the inability to get timely hitting when needed.

Against New Mexico State and ASU, Arizona had a lead but was unable to keep its foot on the gas pedal long enough to finish off the opponent.

“We have to get back to work,” Arriola said. “I know it’s a nonconference game, but every game counts for us. We have to get back to doing what we know best and play our usual Arizona softball, play good defense and get timely hits.”

After leaving the dugout during the third inning of Sunday’s game at ASU, Arizona head softball coach Mike Candrea, 56, was taken to the hospital where an electrocardiogram was performed, the results of which came back normal. Candrea was taken late Sunday from Tempe to the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson.

“It’s just not one those things you can ever expect,” assistant softball coach Larry Ray said. “Luckily, it’s not serious.”

A UA spokesperson said Candrea spent the night at UAMC and was still there under medical watch as of Monday evening.

“All test results have been encouraging,” the spokesperson said, “but he has not been released from the hospital.”

Candrea’s wife, Tina Candrea, said he should be discharged Tuesday morning if the rest of his tests Monday night went well.

Mike Candrea isn’t expected to coach when the team plays San Diego State University in a two-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The series is followed by a matchup against Stanford this weekend, and Ray said he hopes Mike Candrea will be able to return by then.

“If I need to, I will be coaching, but if he comes back in time it’s his to take,” Ray said. “I’m just glad to be hearing some good news.” ­— Emi Komiya

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$87.50 MoVes you IN! A GREAT PLACE FOR STUDENTS! FREE Shuttle to the UofA! 1&2 BDs. 24hr fi tness & laundry.

Pool & spa, Ramada w/gas grills, gated access. Student discount, business center. Call Deerfi eld Village @520-323-9516 www.deerfi eldvillageapts.com 1323 n. MounTain. cuTe 1Bedroom/ 1Bath 3blocks from UofA. 615square feet, off street parking, enclosed yard, extra large closet, tile fl oor, kitchen, on site laundry. $615 a month. 520-207-6281 1BdrM furnished aParT‑ MenT. $500/mo. 4blocks campus, 5blocks rec center. Quiet community. University Arms Apartments.

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Furnished or unfurnished.1BD from $610, 2BD from $825, 3BD from $1100. Pool/ laundry. 746 E 5th St. Shown by appointment 7514363 or 409-3010 2BdrM 4BlocKs To UofA. Tastefully remodeled, light, modern and spotlessly clean. Quiet, well-maintained, 6unit building, w/patios. Cats OK. Laundry.

Owner managed. Available August 1 $775/mo. 623-9565. More info & 80 photos: http://www.pippelproperties.com/860 all uTiliTies included Student Discounts Studios & 1bedrooms from $538. Billiards, Pool, Sundeck. Sunrise Apartments 520795-0855 Prince/ Campbell large 2B 1Ba 2blocks from campus, parking, W/D, A/C, quiet, clean. $725/mo. See website for availability: www.thecastleproperties.com 520-406-5515 or 520-9032402 large sTudios 6BlocKs UofA, 1125 N. 7th Ave. Walled yard, security gate, doors, windows, full bath, kitchen. Free wi/fi . $380. 977-4106 sunstoneapts@aol.com rooMMaTe MaTch & indV. leases. FREE dish & WIFI. Pets, pool, spa, fi tness & game rooms, comp. lab, cvrd park & shuttle.

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uofa conVenienT, large 1BD 1920s duplex, wood fl oors, ceiling fans, fi replace. $435/mo, lease, deposit, no pets. 682-7728.

WalK To uofa! 1br available $650, studios from $550 for summer/ fall. Free Utilities! Specials!

Castle Apartments 903-2402/ 2506659 www.thecastleproperties.com a 2Bd/ 2Ba Lxry Sam Hughes Place, 2nd Flr. AC, Wsh/ Dryr Stainless Steel Apppiances, Covered Balcony, Surround Sound John (520)370-4640 caMPBell/ glenn‑ 1Bd/ 1Ba TILE- gated unfurnished Condo (2units) available $550/mo: kitchen, fi tness, pool, laundry, pets, covered parking, Water & Trash utilities. Bus Bike Walk to UofA, mall, Bank. CALL #520-9770986 1Bd, 1Ba, ac, gas & water paid, small yard, off street parking, E of Euclid/N of Speedway $465 if paid early, APL 747-4747 1Bd/ 1Ba Tile throughout, water pd, AC, Laundry, cover parking, Euclid/ 6th $565 if paid early, APL 747-4747.

1Bd/ 1Ba, sTorage, small yard, Broadway/ Euclid, $505 if paid early, APL 747-4747 1Bd/ 1Ba, yard, AC, off street parking, Speedway/Euclid, $435 if paid early, APL 747-4747.

2Bd/ 1Ba 750sQfT. A/C, D/W, W/D. Carport storage, small fenced backyard. Unfurnished.

New kitchen and tile fl oors. Cats OK. $775/mo w/lease, water paid only. 1422 N Mountain. 4blocks UofA & UMC. 909-4766 2Bd/ 1Ba adaMs/ Tyndall. Private yard, off-street parking, A/C walk to UofA. $850/mo. $800 deposit. w/d, newer kitchen. Available June 1st. 843 E. Adams #2.

520-240-2615 2Bd/ 1Ba adaMs/ Tyndall. Private yard, off-street parking, A/C walk to UofA. $850/mo. $800 deposit. w/d, newer kitchen. Available June 1st. 843 E. Adams #2.

520-240-2615 3Bd/ 1Ba, WaTer paid, off street parking, Mountain/ Speedway, $735 if paid early, APL 747-4747 3Bd/ 2Ba, ac, 2 story, Washer/dryer hookup, Speedway/ Euclid, $865 if paid early, APL 7474747.

3BedrooM, 2BaTh hoMe close to campus. Lots of storage, large bedrooms, big closets, W/D, dishwasher, A/C. Private parking. $1470. www.casabonitarentals.com Call (520)398-5738 4Bd/ 2Ba faBulous property w/green grass & tall trees behind UMC. 3carports, fi replace, gas, bbq, A/C, and evap. cooling, D/W and laundry. Only $2,000/mo, available Aug. 1st. 1418 E. Adams (520)240-2615. large 1Bd/1Ba duPleX, walk to campus, high ceilings, wood fl oors $725 Also 1bd above garage, huge balcony $650 741 E 1st St REDI Management 520-6232566 lg 1BdrM, coVered parking, fenced yard, covered patio, shed, washer/dryer lots of closet space, fi replace, a/c, $545/mo. Pima/Paloverde 481-6889 Jeff MinuTes froM uofa 1bd/1ba units, evap cool, park off-st. $450water paid 2nd/Drachman. $525all utils paid 2nd/Helen. mcelwaincompany.com 326-6158

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reModeled hisToric Build‑ ing, 2bd/2ba, stainless steel appliances, assigned parking, wood fl oors $1500, 745 E 1st St, REDI Management 520-623-2566 !!WalK To UMC studio/guesthouse. $495. Very private with hardwood fl oors, A/C, covered parking, walled-in landscaped grounds. Avail. June 1. 520-7432060. www.tarolaproperties.com 1Bd/ 1Ba 550sQfT House. A/C, w/d hookup, walled yard, offstreet parking. 2 miles from UA. 2925 E Lester (back unit, faces Bentley). $570/mo. water paid. 520-9034353 close uMc Main campus guest houses. High ceiling fans skylights AC completely fenced very clean pets welcome $550 furnished 2481688 sMall guesT house, all utilities paid! $300 ALSO 1bd unattached, A/C, washer/dryer $580 REDI 520-623-5710 or log on to www.azredirentals.com sPacious sTudio, WalK to UA and busline. AC, full kitchen & bath, off-street parking, very clean & quiet, water included. $450/mo w/year lease. 298-3017 ! 7BdrM 7BaTh each has own WHIRLPOOL tub-shower. Over 3900sqft Just a few blocks North of campus. 4car GARAGE, walk-in closets, all Granite counters, large outside balconies off bedrooms, very large master suites, high ceilings. TEP Electric discount. Monitored security system. 884-1505 www.MyUofARental.com ! 8BedrooM 7BaTh house with over 3100sf. HUGE bedrooms, lots of open living area, large fenced yard, vaulted ceilings, fi replace, 2W/D, large kitchen with big breakfast bar. This is the best house you can fi nd for you and your friends. So many extras. www.casabonitarentals.com (520)398-5738 !!! aMazing 3BedrooM, 3BaTh home with 2car garage available for August 2012. Large great room, dining area, spacious bedrooms, big closets. Private parking. Awesome 2story fl oor plan. $1650. Call (520)245-5604 !!! aWesoMe 5BdrM houses convenient to UofA now pre-leasing for August 2012. Quality Living Rents Quick! Washer/ dryer in all homes, zoned A/C, alarm system, lighted ceiling fans, stainless appliances, private fenced back yard, check out locations and fl oor plans at http://www.UniversityRentalinfo.com and call 520-747-9331. rental special $50 off per month. All locations are exempt or grandfathered under the City’s Group Dwelling Ordinance. !!! faMily oWned &oPer‑ aTed. Studio 1&2 BD houses & apartments. 4blks north of UofA. $400 to $850. Some with utilities paid. Available now or pre-lease.

No pets, security patrolled. www.uofahousing.com 299-5020, 624-3080. !!!! sign uP noW for FY12! 2,3,4& 5bdm, Newer homes! 1mi to UofA, A/C, Garages & all appl. included. www.GoldenWestManagement.com 520-790-0776 !!!!! 1‑4 BedrooM homes. All very nicely updated and renovated or NEW homes. Reserve TODAY!!

480-374-5090. www.collegediggz.com !!!!! 2,3,4 & 6 BedrooM hoMes for rent. 2to7 blocks from UA. Reserve now for August 2012.

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!!!!! augusT aVailaBiliTy 5‑7 Blocks nW ua huge Luxury Homes. 4br/ 4.5ba +3car garage +large master suites with walk-in closets +balconies +10ft ceilings up and down +DW, W&D, Pantry, TEP Electric Discount, Monitored Security System. Pool privileges.

884-1505. www.MyUofARental.com !!!!! Modern, reModeled, very nice 2BR/ 1BA house just east of campus, $1000/ month(520)891-9043 or www.UAoffcampus.com !!!!! uaoffcaMPus.coM 4BR/3BA, great house, only a few years old, just east of campus, $1800/month - www.UAoffcampus.com or 520-891-9043 !!!!! uaoffcaMPus.coM 3BR/2BA available, great house, only a few years old, near campus, $1200/month - www.UAoffcampus.com or 520-891-9043 !!!!! WalK or BIKE to campus, brand new 4 BR house near football stadium, $2200/ month or brand new 4 BR house near 4th Avenue $2400/ month (520) 8919043 or www.UAoffcampus.com !!!!!!!!! 3‑ 5 Bd Houses preleasing for August 2012! All homes are new or remodeled w/AC! See www.PrestigiousUofArentals.com for pictures, fl oorplans, virtual tours, and information. Call Jarrett @520-331-8050 (Owner/Agent) UofA Alumni to schedule showing appt! !!!!!!!!! aBsoluTely gor‑ geous New 5Bedroom houses.

Now Reserving for August 2012 Move-in. $2750/ month - Current special $50.00/ off per month rent.

Conveniently located to UA at 2550 E. Water Street (Grant and Tucson Blvd).

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Check out the fl oor plan at http://www.UniversityRentalInfo.com and call 520-747-9331 to look at one. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a sPecTacular HOME NEAR CAMPUS.. 4BEDROOM 3BATHS WITH TOP OF THE LINE FINISHES. WOOD FLOORS &HIGH CEILINGS IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. COVERED PARKING AND A SECURED COURTYARD. WIRELESS INTERNET AND SECURITY SYSTEM. LOCATED IN THE SAM HUGHES NEIGHBORHOOD JUST BLOCKS FROM CAMPUS. AVAILABLE JULY 1ST. CONTACT MARK (520)404-6477. http://tucson.craigslist.org/apa/2914779716.html !hisToric WesT University 1bdrm. cottage. $695. 1920’s Santa Fe adobe with oak fl oors, fi replace, W/D, wonderful natural light and beautiful grounds. No pets. 743-2060. www.tarolaproperties.com $1250, 4Bd, 1305 e. Waverly #1 (Grant/ Mountain) fenced yard, covered patio, fp, approx 1679sqft, AC, 881- 0930 view pictures at www.prestigepropertymgmt.com $800‑ $2400 fy12! 3,4 &5bdrm, BRAND NEW homes! 1mi to UofA, A/C, Gar & all appl. incl. www.GoldenWestManagement.com 520-790-0776 1Bd house, aVail 08/2012, refrigerator, stove $450 ALSO 1BD cottage, A/C, wood fl oors, available 08/2012 $550 REDI 520-6235710 or log on to www.azredirentals.com

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1BlocK n of caMPus, clean! 3Bed/2Ba, ac, W/d, avail June 1, lester/cherry, $1490/mo 520‑990‑0783, http://tucson.craigslist.‑ org/apa/2900464927.html 1BlocK n of caMPus, clean!!! 2Bed/ 1Ba, ac, W/d, available June 1, $995/mo, 520‑ 990‑0783, http://tucson.‑ craigslist.org/apa/2900462500.‑ html 2Bd house, a/c, fenced yd, pets ok $595 ALSO 2bd house, A/C, den, washer/dryer $750 REDI 520-623-5710 or log on to ww.azredirentals.com 2Bd/ 2Ba suMMer only available June- July, walk to UofA, 1000/mo. a/c, wash/dry, diswasher, pets okay. call Anthony 520-977-7795 2BeauTiful 4BdrM houses w/private pools, updated. Over 2000sqft. All appliances, $2000 $2700. Great location, close to campus. Ceramic tiles throughout.

2 homes @Broadway/Tucson and 1 @Speedway/Tucson. Call Nita 520-312-0857 2Bed/ 1Ba, clean! neW! ac, W/d, available august 1, 3233 e Monte Vista #2, $860mo, 520‑990‑0783, http://tucson.‑ craigslist.org/apa/2900467207.‑ html 2BlocKs froM caMPus, clean!! reModeled!

3Bed/1Ba, ac, W/d, available June 1, 1348 e 8th st #1, $1295/mo 520‑990‑0783, http://tucson.craigslist.‑ org/apa/2900458956.html 2Min To caMPus IN FY12!

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2810 east lester st. (520)‑977‑0619 see photos: http://tucson.craigslist.‑ org/apa/2899967669.html 4‑5Bd 3Ba neWly remodeled home. Upstairs studio w/hardwood floors, private bath &mountain views. Brand new A/C, large game room w/beamed ceilings, huge private back yard w/detached garage. $2,200/mo.

Available June 1. Call John 520-429-0396 4Bd WiTh guesT house, A/C, washer/dryer $1600 ALSO 4bd house with POOL!, A/C, appliances $2000 REDI 520-623-5710 or log on to ww.azredirentals.com 4Bed/ 3Ba, 2sTory with large storage unit.

Big shade trees, large living room with fireplace, nice kitchen with DW and micro, W/D, A/C, sun deck, yard, pet friendly. (520)245-5604 4BedrooM 3BaTh BeauTiful home. Spacious, vaulted living room, W/D, microwave, DW, storage, wood floors, ceramic tile and carpeted bedrooms. Plenty of parking. Very close to UA campus.

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BeauTiful 4Bd. MusT see! Remodeled. Hardwood floors, recently repainted, fireplace, high ceiling, all appliances. Available July 1. 885-5292, 841-2871. Great for serious students. 2040 E Spring. Corner of Spring& Olsen near Campbell &Grant. $2200/mo.

BeauTiful neW house for rent. 2bdrm 1bath open concept kitchen/ livingroom, high ceilings, W/D. Must see, 222 E. Elm 520885-2922, 520-841-2871 close coMMuTe To ua3519 E. 5th St. 3bd/1.5ba, tile flrs, big closets, fans, A/C, DW, W/D, large walled yard, off-street parking, $995/mo mcelwaincompany.com 326-6158 close uMc Main campus. 5bd 5ba $650/ea 5bd 4ba $550/ea 3bd 3ba $600/ea 6bd 4ba pool spa $350/ea furnished 248-1688 conTeMPorary roB Paulus energy eff. green home in quiet, gated complex 3619 E. 3rd St. 3bd/2ba, 2-story, light & spacious home, fully equip. kitchen, pol. concrete flrs, A/C, W/D, 1818sf, enc. yard, salt water pool, $1700/mo mcelwaincompany.com 326-6158

5Bd/ 3Ba, a/c, fenced yd, 2460sqft $2000 ALSO 5bd/3ba, avail 08/2012, A/C, washer/dryer $2600 REDI 520-623-5710 or log on to ww.azredirentals.com

luXurious: 5BedrooM 3BaTh with a 2car garage, just north of UofA. Spectacular floor plan, foyer, cherry cabinets, stainless appliances, 2stone fireplaces, dramatic vaulted ceilings, laundry room, large bedrooms with walk-in closets. Private cobblestone drive, ample parking. This impressive home is a MUST SEE! Call (520)398-5738 www.casabonitarentals.com

5BedrooM 3BaTh hoMe, 7blocks to UA $2200. Upgraded kitchen, new appliances including W/D, dishwasher and microwave.

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one BlocK ua 3bedroom, large open space, easy maintenance, walled-in patio, off street parking, newly refurbished, 7th/ Euclid call for details 520-575-7799

5BedrooM 3BaTh, greaT twostory floor plan with open living room, breakfast bar, large bedrooms and walk-in closets. Fenced yard and pet friendly. Microwave, DW and W/D included. 4blocks north of campus. (520)398-5738 www.casabonitarentals.com 6BrM/ 5Ba house AWESOME and HUGE. Large open floor plan, 3master suites, huge kitchen, maple cabinets, beautiful tile, huge bedrooms with big closets. This 2600sf house is one to see. (520)245-5604 7BrM‑ 4Ba for August 2012.

Across the street from campus.

Grand front living room, huge kitchen with microwave and dishwasher. Large bedrooms, spacious closets: a great floor plan!

Fenced yard, W/D, A/C. Lots of parking. (520)398-5738 www.casabonitarentals.com @@@ 3BdrM/ 2Ba, two‑story home, 1212sqft, at 3478 n sierra springs dr, columbus & fort lowell (riverhaven), $1050 rent, $1050 security deposit, avail‑ able June 1st . Two other homes at 4229 e Boulders springs Way and 4274 e Wad‑ ing Pond drive, available au‑ gust 1st. call Martha at 247‑ 9672 or mobwright@gmail.com.

sPacious saM hughes house, swimming pool. 5BD 3BA +pool bath, $2600/mo. Available August 1. Year lease. Near Himmel Park. 621-3689 sTunning 8BedrooM, 6BaTh home across the street from UofA. BIG-BIG-BIG with so many extras. Almost 3,000sf of pure bliss.

2family rooms, big kitchen, ceramic tile, extra appliances, newly upgraded making this home perfect for college life. You won’t find a bigger, better home so CLOSE! Call (520)398-5738 www.casabonitarentals.com sTunning renoVaTed hoMe for Rent near Williams Center Rosemont & Broadway. $1195/mo. Gated, Quiet, community club house & pool.

Owner/Agent Executive Realty (520)955-9589 Very cool house‑ 2520e. he‑ len (Tucson & speedway), Available August ‘12, 5BDR/ 2BA. $2450/mo. Landlord pays water, landscaping, hot tub maintenance, trash. Tenant pays all other utilities. HOT TUB, private, fenced backyard with sport court, basketball hoop. Close to UofA. Call 4193787.

Very cool house‑ 2934 e. ex‑ eter, Available August ‘12, 4BDRM/ 3BA, $2400/mo. Landlord pays water, landscaping, hot tub maintenance, trash. Tenant pays all other utilities. 2car garage/ 2car carport, off-street parking for 8 cars. HOT TUB, huge lot, private backyard, concrete flrs, hardwood kitchen, stainless steel appliances, flatscreen television. Call 4193787.

Very cool house‑ 3434e. 5th street, Available August ‘12, 4BDRM/ 3BA house $2400/mo, 2car garage. Landlord pays: water, landscaping, hot tub maintenance, trash. Tenant pays all other utilities. HOT TUB, huge lot, bocci ball/ horse shoe court, large patio, flat screen television included.

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he No. 8 Arizona baseball team is only six games into the Pac-12 Conference season, but its upcoming series with No. 2 Stanford represents a chance for the Wildcats to distinguish themselves as a legitimate conference contender — or fall firmly in the middle of the pack.

The three-game series against the Cardinal is the only time the two will meet during the regular season, and while conference play just began, there will be no better opportunity for Arizona to make a serious movement in the conference hierarchy.

At 4-2, the Wildcats sit tied for third in the Pac-12, behind Stanford (15-2, 2-0) and No. 6 UCLA (17-4, 4-1) — but the conference features six teams in Baseball America’s Top 25. If the Wildcats squander this opportunity, it won’t be easy to bunch up victories and make a push to get back into the race later in the year.

But the importance of the series isn’t just an early season arms race for position in the standings — the Wildcats also need to prove they deserve to be ranked among the nation’s elite.

Arizona is just 5-5 in its last 10 games. While that includes a series win at No. 22 Oregon State and a series split at No. 9 Rice, the Wildcats were outscored by nine runs during that stretch. Though Arizona had some impressive wins, none of them were convincing.

The team stumbled a few times as

crucial considering the lack of depth in the bullpen. The Wildcats have shown the ability to close out ballgames as long as starters can stay in the game awhile and eat up crucial innings.

Freshman Mathew Troupe, who has Kyle Johnson a 2.81 ERA in 16 innings, and junior Daily Wildcat Stephen Manthei, who boasts a 3.44 ERA in 18.1 innings, haven’t been well — it was swept at home by New flawless this season, but they have Mexico State after dropping a game combined for a 6-2 record with six in the previous series to Washington saves between them.

State, which is tied for ninth in the Troupe blew a save in a 6-5 loss conference. against Oregon State, but rebounded A series win against a national title the next two nights with saves in both contender in Stanford would go a long games to secure the series victory. way toward solidifying the current hype However, if Heyer — or any other surrounding the Wildcats’ team and starter — has to be taken out before keep them on pace to contend for the head coach Andy Lopez can call on Pac-12 title. either of his two closers, things will start In order for that to happen, though, to get dicey for the Wildcats.

Arizona will need ace Kurt Heyer to None of the other relievers have an break out of a funk that’s seen him have ERA under 4.50 and two Wildcats — back-to-back poor starts. freshman Lucas Long and junior Nick The preseason All-American is 4-1 Cunningham — have an ERA higher on the season with a team-leading 2.09 than 6.50.

ERA, which is fourth in the Pac-12 for In this crucial early conference pitchers with more than 28 innings series, Arizona must have its starters pitched. Heyer is also second on the deliver if they want to win the against team and sixth in the conference with a balanced Stanford team that has an 40 strikeouts. offense hitting .309 and a pitching staff However, Heyer has been far from combining for a 2.67 ERA. his usual dominant self in his past two Another poor start by Heyer would starts. He’s 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA in his not only put Arizona in an undesirable last two games — both of which the position for the rest of the weekend, Wildcats lost. but it would also severely hurt Heyer’s During that period, Heyer pitched hopes of winning any post-season just 12 innings and gave up 18 hits with accolades. only 7 strikeouts, and his 1.75 WHIP The Wildcats won’t have a lot of has been far below average for a Friday room for error this weekend — and if starter. This mark is miles away from they end up losing this series at home, the 0.87 WHIP he had during his first it’ll be tough for them to catch the four starts.

Cardinal come season’s end.

One or two lackluster performances are expected during a long season, but — Kyle Johnson is a journalism three in a row would spell doom for the junior. He can be reached at Wildcats’ hopes of winning the series. sports@wildcat.arizona.edu or on Heyer’s consistency is even more Twitter via @WildcatSports.

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South Carolina Mcclatchy tribune

MANHATTAN, Kan. — A source close to Kansas State basketball coach Frank Martin said Monday morning that Martin will become South Carolina’s next coach.

The source confirmed a report in The State, a newspaper in Columbia, S.C., that said Martin will be introduced as the Gamecocks’ coach on Tuesday.

The State also reported that a trustees meeting had been called to discuss “a contractual matter.�

Earlier Monday, Martin’s agent, Richard Katz, said “we have had conversations� with South Carolina, but would not say a deal was done.

Martin spent the weekend in New York serving as a CBS analyst for the NCAA Tournament. Speculation heated up on Friday that South Carolina was making a push for Martin, but Martin sent a text

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ers would not be speaking to them. “I really didn’t think that we practiced well enough to be interviewed,� he said. “We certainly didn’t practice well enough to have any players sit there and give their opinion of how practice went.�

On Monday, Rodriguez canceled a scheduled practice. A UA

to The Eagle saying he had not spoken with anyone about other openings.

Martin just finished his fifth season at K-State and has led the Wildcats to three straight NCAA Tournaments.

He has been linked to other coaching searches in the past, but signed a new contract with K-State in 2010. The deal runs through 2015 and pays him an average of $1.55 million per year after signing bonuses, but before performance-based bonuses.

By finishing tied for third in the Big 12 standings in 2010-11, he triggered a renegotiation clause. If a new arrangement is not met by June 1, Martin’s buyout to leave K-State would drop from $1 million to $500,000.

South Carolina is replacing Darrin Horn. The Gamecocks fired Horn after they won 10 games and finished last in the SEC this season.

spokesperson said Rodriguez was in the locker room, going through every single play from Saturday’s scrimmage in Glendale, Ariz., and yelling at the players about their shoddy performance.

Rodriguez has said the coaching staff deserves blame as well. While it’s way too early to start panicking or jumping to conclusions, this clearly is not the way Rodriguez envisioned things playing out in the early going.

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Arguments begin before Supreme Court in historic health law case Mcclatchy tribune

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Tuesday will enter the second and most crucial day of historic, closely watched arguments that could determine whether most Americans will have to buy health care coverage or pay penalties.

The legal and political world will be watching closely. Monday was a preview — while justices heard arguments on a tax-related case in chambers, lawyers, politicians and protesters gathered outside, arguing their own cases.

And to add punctuation, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum stopped by, using the forum to tout his staunch opposition to the health care mandate.

Inside, Chief Justice John Roberts offered a signal of his own.

“We cannot avoid a decision simply because the case has political implications,” he said on Monday morning, while summarizing an unrelated decision.

The 90-minute argument Monday morning had little to do with the merits or even the substance of the 2,700-page health care law passed by congressional Democrats in 2010. Instead, opening-day arguments centered on whether lawsuits challenging the case are premature.

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Demonstrators for and against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act march and chant outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Monday in Washington, D.C. Today the high court, which has set aside six hours over three days, will hear arguments over the constitutionality of the act.

by contrast, will strike at the heart of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by challenging the law’s requirement that U.S. residents either buy insurance or pay a tax penalty.

“Day Two is where the action is,” said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, an opponent of the law.

Tuesday deals with the power of Congress under the Constitution, one of the issues, Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., told the court, that is “of great moment.” Monday dealt more with a 19th century law and the

meaning of the word “tax.”

The Anti-Injunction Act, first written in 1867, states that legal action cannot be taken to block a tax until the tax itself has been imposed.

The health care law imposes a fee, to be collected by the Internal Revenue Service at tax time, on U.S. residents who fail to purchase health insurance.

This so-called individual mandate starts in 2014, and the first fees would be collected by April 15, 2015.

If the penalty imposed on those who don’t buy insurance isn’t a tax, then the

Anti-Injunction Act doesn’t apply and the lawsuits can proceed.

“Congress has nowhere used the term ‘tax,’ “ said Justice Stephen Breyer during Monday’s argument. “What it says is ‘penalty.’ “ Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed that “Congress is not denominating it as a tax; it’s denominating it as a penalty.”

Justice Antonin Scalia said that “there’s at least some doubt about the issue,” and other justices likewise sounded similar themes.

“This is not a revenue-raising measure,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said.

“If it’s successful, nobody will pay the penalty, and there will be no revenue to raise.”

The Obama administration had initially deployed the tax argument in an effort to block the lawsuits, but after losing in one trial officials changed course and now agree with the bill’s opponents that lawsuits can proceed.

The Supreme Court assigned attorney Robert Long to make the case that the lawsuits are premature.

“Congress directed that the penalty shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as taxes,” Long said, adding that “you must pay the tax first, and then litigate.”

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the fees will produce between $5 billion and $6 billion

Romney still close to Obama, Rick Santorum 5 points back, poll finds Mcclatchy tribune

WASHINGTON — Months into a bruising primary campaign, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is still neck and neck with President Barack Obama in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to a new McClatchyMarist poll.

Obama leads Romney 46-44 percent, suggesting a country that remains closely divided between the major parties, unwilling to rally to the Democratic incumbent and refusing to cast aside the frontrunner for the Republican nomination after a dark hour of attacks and sniping

inside his party.

Rick Santorum, the other major GOP candidate, remains close to Obama as well. The poll finds the president leading him 48-43 percent in a possible fall matchup.

A key reason they’re both close: Each edges the president among independent voters by 1 point. Another: The president, while enjoying an uptick of support on his handling of the economy and foreign affairs, nevertheless has the overall job approval of fewer than half of American voters at 48 percent, with 47 percent disapproving and 5 percent unsure. He

fares a tad better when voters were asked whether they have favorable or unfavorable impressions of him: Fifty percent are favorable, 46 percent unfavorable and 3 percent unsure.

“We’ve come through a very divisive primary season, but the presidential matchups between Obama and Romney are pretty much where we were when this started,” said Lee Miringoff, the director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the poll.

“That’s driven by where Obama is. The president’s approval is defining the landscape.”

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Before, during and after the arguments, about 400 people gathered below the steps outside the Supreme Court; most appeared to be supporting the law. About 75 people marched in a parabolic circle holding red, white and blue signs that said “Protect the Law” and chanting, “Care for you, care for me, care for every family.”

The supporters were largely organized by a coalition of labor and activist groups. Across the street from the court, 27 supportive talk-show hosts formed a “Radio Row” featuring sympathetic guests. Nearby stood Katherine Prather, a medical student from Kansas City, Mo., with her dog Ellie.

“If she has health insurance, so should everyone else,” Prather said.

The opponents were represented by the Tea Party Patriots, a grassroots conservative group that helped elect dozens of Republicans to Congress in 2010.

Ken Campbell flew to Washington from Lincoln, Calif., where he has a ranch.

He spent $640 on a round-trip ticket so he could spread his message critiquing the individual mandate that’s at the heart of Tuesday’s arguments.

“I fear government is going to mandate health care as long as you exist or breathe,” Campbell said. “Next will they tell me to buy a Chevy Volt from Government Motors?”

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