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Cordes shatters national records
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Sophomore breaststroker Kevin Cordes was named NCAA Swimmer of the Year after shattering national records in the 100 and 200y-breaststroke events at the NCAA Championships this weekend at the Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis Natatorium. Cordes became the fastest man to ever swim the 200y-breaststroke event and broke NCAA, American, U.S. Open and school records in the 100y-breaststroke. “He is the fastest 200 Kevin Cordes, breaststroker in the swimmer history of the sport by three seconds,” Arizona head coach Eric Hansen said in a press release. “He is a stud and still young in the sport, so he is only going to get better.” After breaking his old American record in the prelims with a time of 50.93, Cordes continued to dazzle, breaking the previous NCAA and U.S. Open record of 50.86 with his time of 50.74 in the finals. During the final night of competition, Cordes shone again, and became the fastest 200y-breaststroker in history after compiling a time of 1:48.68. In the preliminaries, he became the first ever sub-1:50 200y-breaststroker and swam a time of 1:49.79. He followed up by breaking his own record in the finals for the second night and became the first swimmer to break the 1:49 mark with his historic 1:48.68 time in the finals. “I just really controlled my stroke,” Cordes said in a press release. “I didn’t go all out on my first hundred this morning, so I thought I could do that tonight and get out front. It’s a great training environment at Arizona. I’m really happy I found the right school and the right coaches and teammates. It’s been a blessing to be able to race each other every day.” Arizona’s men compiled 313.5 points and finished behind Michigan (480) and Cal (406.5) in the final standings. The Wildcats finished with a national championship in the 400y-medley relay along with the two individual titles claimed by Cordes. As a program, Arizona has finished in the top 10 every year since 1998 and has held at least one national championship (individual, team or relay) every year since 2004. Arizona’s 400y-medley relay team closed out the opening night of competition with a victory and a shattered school record. Senior Nimrod Shapira Bar-Or, juniors Giles Smith and Mitchell Friedemann and Cordes won with a time of 3:02.09, just short of the NCAA record. Senior Carl Mickelson broke his personal best in the 200y-breaststroke with a time of 1:51.90, just behind Cordes. Junior Matt Barber qualified with a personal best preliminary time of 4:15.70 in the 500y-freestyle event and followed that up by placing fifth in the finals with a time of 4:13.80. He became the fifth fastest 500y-freestyle swimmer in school history.
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After an interim suspension raised questions about a campus fraternity last week, the national Pi Kappa Phi fraternity announced Thursday that its Beta Theta chapter at the UA has been shut down. The final decision was made by the national governing board after the chapter was found in violation of the fraternity’s risk management policy, specifically pertaining to social event management, according to Justin Angotti, assistant executive director of education and accountability
A student-run, statewide lobbying group faces an uncertain financial future, pending a final vote by the Arizona Senate. House Bill 2169, proposed by Rep. John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills), would ban state universities from collecting fees and transferring money on behalf of non-university recognized organizations. HB 2169 would be a blow to the Arizona Students’ Association, I think which lobbies the state Legisla- a lot of ture on behalf of people are Arizona students outraged and relies on a that a group $ 2 -p e r-s tu d e nt, would take per-semester fee mandatory for funding. student fees The bill passed through a senate and donate voice vote last it to election week. It now campaigns.” awaits a roll — John Kavacall vote by the nagh, state repSenate and Gov. resentative Jan Brewer’s approval. “I’m pleased that it’s going through without any significant opposition,” Kavanagh said. “I think a lot of people are outraged that a group would take mandatory student fees and donate it to election campaigns.” As of now, the organization is preparing for the worst, ASA leaders said. ASA’s board of directors will meet Wednesday to discuss moving forward and how to set up the board for next year. “I feel like, as much as we all
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STEPHANIE JOHNSON, A PSYCHOLOGY SENIOR, attempts to highline across a gap on Mount Lemmon on Sunday. The attempt was part of an effort by a group of UA students who first began slacklining on campus. The students wore safety harnesses during the highlining attempt as a precaution.
UA students attempt to highline across gap more than 100 feet from the ground Sunday Anthony Smith, a University of Michigan graduate and organizer of Sunday’s event, and Arizona Daily Wildcat Johnson arrived at the gap on Mount Lemmon and began setting up around 11 a.m. They n top of Mount Lemmon, with the wind worked for hours making sure everything was blowing, the first highliner took a step out onto the shaking line. Moments later, safe. Smith was the first person to step out onto the line and it wasn’t long before he was he plunged into the gap, more than 100 feet dangling from the safety line. from the ground, only to be Johnson attempted the gap next saved by his safety line and It is a really unique and she had no more luck than harness. thing being out there Smith had. On Sunday, the group because the closer you On the fifth attempt, James Campus Slackers went highlining across Old Man’s are to the edge, the kind Xu, a high school senior from Catalina Foothills High School Gap on Mount Lemmon. of scarier it is, but the who showed up because he Highlining, which is similar easier it is to stand up. heard about the event, stepped to balancing on a tight rope, — Stephanie Johnson, psychology out onto the line and was the differs from slacklining senior first person to cross to the other because the height is side of the gap. Xu said he unsafe to jump from. highlined across the gap once before. “It is a really unique thing being out there “Most people think that it is an adrenaline because the closer you are to the edge, the kind sport … first time I did it there was a lot of of scarier it is, but the easier it is to stand up,” adrenaline involved in like walking across it. I said Stephanie Johnson, a psychology senior. wasn’t afraid of heights because of tunnel vision,” “So, you know, you are measuring ‘How far do I want to get away from the rocks’ slash ‘How hard Xu said. “This time, second time around, now is it going to be to stand up,’ so I was mostly just HIGHLINING, 7 focusing on my technique.” RYAN REVOCK
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UA fraternity chapter forced to close ALISON DORF
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at Pi Kappa Phi. Reports of conduct violations were first sent to the governing board earlier this semester, Angotti said. The fraternity then began working with Fraternity and Sorority Programs and the Dean of Students Office to investigate and adjudicate the reports. On Tuesday, the chapter was placed on an interim action suspension by the national organization, pending the outcome of the investigation, according to Angotti. If the chapter was found to be in violation of Pi Kappa
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PI KAPPA PHI was suspended and then closed by the national governing board last week.
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