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FCC, church or cult?

Action taken against church for alleged cult behavior and exploiting vulnerable students

BY LAUREN RENTERIA The Daily Wildcat

For more than a decade, Faith Christian Church has operated on the UA campus via ASUA official clubs — Wildcats for Christ, Native Nations in Christ and The Providence Club — and has been questioned for alleged misconduct and “cult-like” behavior.

On April 8, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona held a senate meeting to discuss the presence

of the FCC and its affiliates on the UA campus. Cody Ortmann, a former ASUA senator, UA alumnus and former FCC member addressed the group.

The week prior, the UA’s University Religious Council concluded its investigation and revoked recognition of FCC and it affiliates.

While Ortmann’s goal of the meeting was to encourage ASUA to hold a vote to determine if the clubs are still eligible for recognition, no action was taken, and ASUA will

discuss the information further before any decision is made.

Both ASUA and URC claimed that action was not taken until recently due to lack of evidence and complaints, or extended wait between the complaint and time of the incident.

Three years ago, on Oct. 9, 2012, the Arizona Daily Wildcat introduced the story regarding the FCC’s alleged “cult” behavior through the manipulation, extortion and brainwashing of members.

Since then, on March 7, the Arizona Daily Star reported 21 former FCC members who said the church was operating as a cult. They reported “hitting infants with cardboard tubes to encourage submission, financial coercion, alienation from parents, public shaming of members and shunning of those who leave the church or question its leaders.”

On March 30, URC declared the FCC

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The Tucson Field Workshop teaches students through firsthand experience and active learning outside of the traditional classroom setting.

“I could teach a 300 person lecture, pull up some slides with some [photographs], or watch a movie about poverty or homelessness,” Mayer said, “and it would be a very different experience than asking

The Day of Silence was first started in 1996 at the University of Virginia and eventually spread its way to more colleges and high schools. The UA also participates every April as a part of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month with the goal of creating a society that does not tolerate abuse.

AJ Born, a public health senior, writes in an email that the purpose of the Day of Silence, which will be held on the UA Mall from 10 a.m2 p.m. in front of Old Main, is “to bring attention to the bullying, the violence, and discrimination that LGBTQA+ people face on a day to day basis.”

The ASUA Pride Alliance will set up tents for students and faculty to sit, providing a safe space for those taking a vow of silence.

In addition, it will host a small resource fair for students to access campus and community resources for those who may be affected by harassment, bullying or violence.

Born, who is one of the Pride Alliance co-directors leading the event, writes that “people take a vow of silence to symbolize how LGBTQA+ people are silenced.”

According to Born, the event will educate and inform about health disparities LGBTQA+ people are faced with and provide faculty and students an opportunity to learn how to be better allies to the community.

The silence will be broken at 5 p.m. at the Second Street Stage, where there will be a Taiko drum performance by Odaiko Sonora, slam poetry and free pizza.

“This event is important for sexual assault victims because it recognizes that LGBTQA+ people

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Tucson Field Workshop, a UA course taught by associate professor Brian Mayer, aims to collect data off low-income families in order to address and identify problems that nonprofit organizations work to fix.

“It’s important because the University of Arizona is a part of the city of Tucson,” Mayer said.

“So, we have responsibilities for addressing local issues and providing expertise, … our data … and our recommendations. Mayor [Jonathan] Rothschild came to our class … and thanked [the students] for participating in the class.

He said one of the things that’s important to him as the mayor is to literally walk the streets and to get a sense of what people that live in this city are experiencing.”

Tucson changing culture of rape

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Take Back the Night is a Tucson community event in which individuals are invited to speak out and raise public awareness of sexual assault and rape.

An on-campus Take Back the Night Event took place Tuesday at the UA Women’s Plaza of Honor from 4:30-8 p.m. The event consisted

of giveaways, a march, a resource fair and speaker presentations.

The event, a function of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, aims to promote the development a society that does not tolerate sexual assault and rape culture.

Erin Badger, lead organizer of the event, said Take Back the Night has been celebrated since 1995 in 30

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Republican who led an internal party rebellion in January against a lateterm abortion-ban bill says she now is “comfortable” with changes in a proposed update because it no longer represents a “re-victimizing” of rape and incest victims.

“I can be in support of it,” said Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina of the new language in the bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Ellmers said it would no longer require victims of rape to report the crime to law enforcement if they wish to have a late-term abortion under the law. She said the physician would have to know this was a pregnancy as a result of a rape.

Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, the lead sponsor of the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” would not discuss the revised language. But in an interview, he said there are ongoing talks and that “we’re getting close.”

The decision in January by Speaker John Boehner and other House Republicans to abruptly scrap a planned vote on the earlier version was a major legislative embarrassment for the party.

Ellmers became the face of an uprising by House Republican women and party centrists who successfully pushed their leadership to drop the bill, arguing that its exceptions for rape and incest were too narrow and that it represented a “war on women.”

Word of movement on the abortion bill came Monday when House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of

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The Day of Silence, a Sexual Assault Awareness event, will be held on the UA Mall from 10 a.m-2 p.m. in front of Old Main. AJ Born, an ASUA Pride Alliance co-director of the event, said “people take a vow of silence to symbolize how LGBTQA+ people are silenced.”

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This graph illustrates a poll of public satisfaction on U.S. abortion policy. A total of 48 percent of poll takers are dissatisfied with the current U.S. abortion policy as of February 2015.

California told reporters it was one of three measures previously pulled from planned floor actions — along with border security and education bills — that leaders are now reconsidering bringing back up.

Ellmers said new language for the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” was brought to her about two weeks ago.

Chief among the changes, she said, was that it will no longer require rape victims to have reported being assaulted to police to qualify for an

help local nonprofit organizations and the Tucson community in general. from page 1 “There [has been] an improvement students to go out to the community in poverty and homelessness rates and walk around a neighborhood in the past few years as a result of that might have high levels of broadening the accessibility to poverty.” programs that are out there to help According to Mayer, Tucson has a the impoverished,” Montoya said. “I rather low cost think it might continue of living, and to improve but on a very the poverty line slow basis.” is not the best She encourages indicator of her fellow students deprivation or to take the Tucson hardship.

Field Workshop “The biggest course, because it is an thing I was interactive, outgoing able to take and rewarding course. away from “You need to be a participating in hard worker to survive — Alexis Montoya, this class was this course and for it physiology senior the difficulty to pay off in the long of everyday run,” Montoya said. life for a lot of “Listening to the stories Tucsonans due of the people in Tucson to the lack of accessibility of certain is a remarkable and unforgettable programs or simply the lack of experience that comes only second to knowledge of these programs,” said helping them out in ways that others Alexis Montoya, a physiology senior. might not get the opportunity.”

Montoya said one of the challenges According to Michael McDonald, of this course was convincing CEO of the Community Food Bank participants that their survey would of Southern Arizona, the food bank

poverty

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different countries and in Tucson for about 20 years now.

On April 8, Hotel Congress hosted a Take Back the Night event as well, which included a candlelight vigil, to promote public visibility of the event.

“We don’t think that sexual assault is something that should be hidden,” Badger said. “In past years, it has been a somber reflection of people who have survived the assault, and we definitely want to reflect this sentiment… at the same time, we also want to celebrate by incorporating more music.”

Kristen Nelson, founder and executive director of Casa Libre, was one of the guest speakers at Hotel Congress who spoke out against sexual assault and violence.

“I think speaking out is also really important,” Nelson said. “It makes all of us who are survivors feel less alone. We should all air out our dirty laundry.”

As a survivor of sexual assault, Nelson emphasized the inclusive nature of the anti-sexual assault

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exemption from the abortion ban.

“My understanding is the language that was in the bill with the demand it would have to be reported to law enforcement has been removed,” Ellmers said. “There is a reporting requirement to the physician — in other words, the physician would have to know that this was a pregnancy as a result of rape. Again, the issues that we had had to do with reporting requirements for victims of rape. I felt essentially we were … re-victimizing those victims.”

has been a founding participant of Rothschild’s poverty commission.

“The commission then worked with UA to do some original research on poverty in our community,” McDonald said, “and the food bank and other nonprofits have been financially supportive of that endeavor just to gather a greater level of information, so that interventions could be developed to more effectively address the socioeconomic challenges that people living in poverty face each and every day.”

McDonald added that this year, the Community Food Bank made a $5,000 payment to the poverty lab. He said the organization will be supportive, “as long as the class continues to deliver value and there are other nonprofits doing that as well.”

The data collected by the spring semester students will be presented via community forum to the Tucson community on May 15 at Habitat for Humanity Tucson from 9-11 a.m.

can also be sexually assaulted,” Born writes, “and it is not just a straight, cisgender people problem.”

Born added that Sexual Assault Awareness Month is important because it shows support for sexual assault survivors, and emphasized that this is a huge, often unaddressed issue ­ — specifically on college campuses.

“I think that rape culture is a huge problem,” Born writes. “It contributes to victim-blaming and rapists going without punishment.

It leads to people thinking that it’s the victim’s responsibility to not be raped rather than telling rapists not to rape.”

Meghan Bergerson is a senior studying psychology and political science.

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“It’s really important that we young men and women to also voice acknowledge that all genders are their stories.

“People may think that sexual survivors of sexual abuse and sexual assault or rape isn’t a big issue assault,” Nelson said. compared to other Monica Jones, issues happening a social work around the globe, senior at Arizona but it is,” said Bianca State University, Medina, a general spoke at Hotel studies senior, Congress about “and it is impacting the sexual assault individual people of transgender on a day-to-day women. basis.”

“I think sexual Badger also assault is unique — Monica Jones, emphasized that to trans women,” survivors have been Jones said. “I senior social worker silenced for ages was taught to at Arizona State by a culture “that deal with it … by University passively accepts brushing it off.” sexual violence.”

According to “Some people Jones, the crimes often go unreported because can remain silent if they’d like,” survivors have to report them to the Badger said. “Just know that we’re police. Jones admitted being sexually supporting you, and you’re not assaulted a number of times by alone.” clients and police officers.

“I remember times where [the police] called me a man,” Jones said.

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“According to the 2013 Campus Health Services Health and Wellness Survey,” Bergerson writes in an email, “LGBTQA+ students reported experiencing sexual assault at the UA 200% more than their heterosexual peers.”

According to Bergerson, beyond sexual violence, LGBTQA+ people are not legally protected from harassment based on sexual orientation at school or in the workplace in many states.

“We believe taking a vow of silence is in itself a form of protest that we cannot keep losing valuable voices from our community,” Bergerson writes.

“LGBTQA+ people are everywhere and when we are silenced, either temporarily or permanently, our campuses and communities suffer.”

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no longer eligible to be recognized by the organization after finally choosing to investigate recent claims.

Michelle Blumenberg, URC treasurer, said the complaints by former FCC members and UA students were common over the years but found it difficult to investigate claims.

After concluding the investigation, Blumenberg said it is clear the organization has broken all the red flags listed in URC’s Religious Conduct on Campus Parent Resource, which outlines warning signs of religious groups acting unethically.

ASUA currently does not recognize the FCC but does recognize its affiliates as UA clubs. Christopher Hargraves, Assistant Dean of Students, said complaints are difficult for ASUA to investigate because those who file them may move after graduation.

After multiple attempts to contact the FCC leaders and its affiliated UA clubs, a representative has yet to respond.

Melissa Vito, the UA’s senior vice president of Student Affairs, told the Arizona Daily Star that Arizona law required state agencies like universities to “neither inhibit nor promote religion.”

Origins of FCC

The church was created in 1990 after the dissemination of the Maranatha Fellowship, which was disbanded because of allegations that the church was a danger to college students.

The Maranatha Christian Church was resurrected under the new leadership of Stephen Hall with a new name a and new home in Tucson.

Its goal is to recruit college students because they claim most individuals become a Christian before the age of 25, as stated in their ministry video.

Alleged misconduct

The most recent formal complaint filed through ASUA was in March by Kathy Sullivan, a concerned UA parent of Sean Sullivan, a business junior.

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According to the Religious Conduct on Campus Parent Resource, warning signs include: 1. Religious stalking: Persistent

1990 – Faith Christian Church founded in Tucson and begins to operate on UA campus

unwanted door knocks, phone calls or hanging around your living space.

2. Invasiveness: Attempts to gain inappropriate personal, financial, sexual and/or emotional information about/from you.

3. Deception: Failure to clearly identify themselves.

4. Pressure: Pressure to not date or associate with others outside the religious group; to lie or disengage from your family and/ or religious community; or to avoid other campus activities and groups.

5. Shame: Religious groups who say that if you don’t join the group, give money or spend time with them, then you don’t really love God.

March 30 – UA’s March 7 – Arizona Daily Star University Religious investigation finds over 20 former Council revokes FCC member testimonies, recognition of the FCC describing the church as a cult and its affiliated ASUA recognized clubs

Oct. 9, 2012 – Daily Wildcat publishes story about FCC and possible cult activity on UA campus

March 9 – Washington Post publishes story, former members claim the FCC a “lovebombing” cult

April 8 – ASUA holds senate meeting with UA alumnus and FCC former member to discuss the recognition status of the FCC-affiliated clubs; a decision has yet to be made

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She reported changes in her son’s personality since joining the church and his surprising plans to become a campus minister and recruit for the church instead of pursuing a business career.

Ortmann, 33, joined the church during freshman year in 2001 and was dismissed his senior year in 2005. While in the church, he served as president of the FCC affiliate, The Providence Club.

He sought inclusion and acceptance from his peers, like many incoming freshmen, but described his experience as very controlling, demanding and intrusive.

“I wanted to fit in,” Ortmann said, “and I wanted their approval.”

In the Arizona Daily Star’s coverage, Rachel Mullis, 38, a former member of the church from 1994-2004, described being “love-bombed.” This is where campus ministers shower students with affection or gifts and try to be their best friend.

Marcus DiMarco, a UA alumnus,

served Wildcats for Christ as vice president for a year and president for six months in 2008 through 2009, and was one of the top recruiters for the church.

“People were shocked about how many people that I could recruit,” DiMarco said. “They told us to look for receptive people — basically, people that would go along with what you would say. People who were impressionable, people who were passive, those are the kinds of students we would look for.”

He filed a complaint last spring, when he was a senior, against the FCC and its affiliates for the fixing of elections and threats against him.

DiMarco said instead of holding a vote for the club officials, Faith Christian elders would appoint students to the positions despite the Student Organization Constitution, stating that there must be democratic procedures for nominations, elections and removal of officers.

In 2009, the Wildcats for Christ’s treasurer left the church due to psychological distress brought on by the FCC. As a result, DiMarco threatened to resign. FCC elders told him that he could choose an “easy way or a hard way” out of his presidency.

When DiMarco left the church in 2012 he did not file a report against the FCC and Wildcats for Christ until graduation, out of fear that members would harass and threaten him. He filed the complaint in 2014, but ASUA found it difficult to pursue.

After multiple incidents, Brittany Prince, a UA alumna and former FCC member in 2008, also filed a report but with the University of Arizona Police Department regarding harassment by the FCC. According to Prince, UAPD told her there were multiple complaints from various students, but they could not do much with her case.

Clubs on campus

DiMarco said the clubs’ main purposes were to host parties for FCC recruits and reserve UA classrooms for FCC events, which were under the name of Wildcats for Christ, Native Nations in Christ and The Providence Club.

“We would reserve rooms for prayer service every Saturday that had nothing to do with Wildcats for Christ,” DiMarco said.

Ortmann recounts how the clubs would use free food to encourage students to come to their events.

“I felt that they used [Providence Club] as an arm to bring the students in,” Ortmann said.

He was asked to leave the church after deciding to take a mission trip to Morocco after graduation instead of becoming a campus minister and continuing the expansion of the church.

Today, former church members can communicate and share testimonies through a Facebook page called “Former Members of Faith Christian Church Tucson and its OffShoots.”

It was developed a few years ago by Jeff Phillips, has more than 350 likes, and serves as an open forum for communication and expression.

“The clubs are just hollow,” DiMarco said. “They are just a shell; there’s nothing to them. The clubs are just arms of the church, and that’s a good enough reason to kick them off.”

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FCC case about more than just one church

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ormer UA-affiliated Faith Christian Church is more than just a cult — it’s a prime example of intolerable religious actions.

For 20 years, ASUA-recognized clubs Native Nations in Christ, Providence Club and Wildcats For Christ have lured students to join the FCC with false friendliness and free food. Once among their ranks, spiritual leaders emotionally abused members and attempted to keep students on tight leashes.

UA alumni have repeatedly told the Arizona Daily Star and the Daily Wildcat about FCC’s past control over their financial, family, sexual and personal lives. As far back as 2011, former members created a website dedicated to testimonials about their experiences and reassuring others that they are not alone.

These students were manipulated into cutting off ties with family and friends outside the church, donating certain percentages of their weekly income and becoming campus ministers upon graduating from the UA. If they disobeyed, they were considered rebels and were required to have “sessions” at executive pastor Steve Hall’s home to “cast out the demons.”

Back in 2012, former FCC member and UA alumna Hillary Hirsch told the Daily Wildcat that when it was learned she was dating outside the church, she was called in for a session. Hall held Hirsch in the room for hours, telling her that her parents didn’t raise her well.

Stories on the Former FCC Members website all tell similar stories of students whose parents grew concerned as their children distanced themselves and eventually stopped coming home for the holidays.

Members were told time and time again that they were not good Christians unless they followed Hall’s teachings. If they left the church without “permission,” they weren’t even looked at anymore by the friendly faces that had once persuaded them to join.

What Hall has done to students over the years is not only spiritual abuse, it’s emotional abuse, and it is in no way acceptable that the allegations against the FCC are only now being taken seriously by this university.

Moreover, the story of FCC should not be understood as that of a lone wolf in the wilderness leading people off the path to devour them. There’s a larger lesson here.

Time after time, people claim that their religious opinions hold value over the lives of others. They don’t.

A religious person or group that is racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, “prolife” or the freakin’ Westboro Baptist Church should not be a valid institution that any authority — whether a university, state or nation — should permit to get away with treating others like garbage.

Now hold on, Internet; I’m not saying I’m against free speech, but there is a difference between having an opinion and letting it run your life, and having an opinion and using it to control other people’s lives.

For example, alumna Joan Moore told the Daily Star about her rape during her freshman year at the UA. Afterward, Moore said, she reached out to her minister, and word spread throughout the church.

She was told it was her fault, was discouraged from seeking outside help and was even called a “whore” by Hall.

The FCC is not a church. It’s a bully.

The FCC may have had its privileges revoked by the University Religious Council, but the church’s student-run clubs are still officially recognized by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona.

Recently, UA alumni Cody Ortmann went to ASUA to ask that they disband the club and deny it privileges to use university property and resources. This is the least that ASUA can do in this situation.

When the URC kicked the FCC out, its official letter of denouncement detailed a repeated pattern of red flags, including the 30-plus allegations filed against the FCC to date. Yet, the UA and ASUA have done nothing during the past four years since these allegations first came to light.

It’s high time authorities and individuals stopped protecting religious groups’ right to abuse others, on the public dollar, in the name of free speech.

We can pretend only sticks and stones can break our bones, but it’s not rocks that convinced students to join a cult.

— Ashleigh Horowitz is a freshman studying creative writing and SISTA. Follow her @elhixsagh

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n one of the vice presidential debates against Paul Ryan heading into the 2012 election, Joe Biden made an astute observation when he derided people like Ryan for their lack of “economic patriotism.”

On “Good Morning America,” he reiterated this idea, saying this about paying higher taxes as the wealthy of other firstworld countries do: “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.” He’s absolutely right.

Many of the economic woes that plague America — such as refusal to pay a living wage, corporate welfare, offshore bank accounts, illegal tax evasion, and attacks on Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security — are largely moral problems. Many of the super-wealthy elite who dominate public policy are increasingly displaying a disturbing lack of love of country.

If, as many right-wingers continue to take as an article of faith despite the facts, lower taxes on the wealthy actually increased revenue by stimulating the economy or were good economic policy, there would be nothing unpatriotic about these ideas.

But, time and time again, economists have proven that raising taxes on the rich does not lower revenue or even slow growth.

Eduardo Porter of The New York Times reports that “a growing body of research suggests not only that the government could raise much more revenue by sharply raising the top tax rates paid by the richest Americans, but it could do so without slowing economic growth. Top tax rates

could go as high as 80 percent or more.”

This sounds radical given the neoliberal consensus that has strangled national discourse since the ’80s, but the top nominal tax rate stood at 90 percent during the prosperous postwar years through the ’50s. Conservatives seem to want to set back the clock to 1950 on everything else (gay rights, women’s rights and ethnic/ racial issues, to name a few), except for the Keynesian economics of the day that produced higher growth, lower income and wealth inequality, and a more unified, patriotic nation. A nation with less crime and stronger unions.

This was because of the greater degree of state intervention in the economy, higher taxes, a higher emphasis on investment in education (the GI Bill in particular was a boon for the economy), job creation and social programs, not in spite of them.

Conservatives seem to want to punish the country for its increasing racial diversity and improvements in women’s rights and gay rights; it seems they were all for a mixed economy before it meant that their taxes would go to helping single moms and Hispanics.

It’s hard to believe anyone actually thinks that slashing funding for education, health care and other social programs will benefit the economy. Instead, it’s all about cultural or genetic inferiority and punishing perceived laziness.

Those who would fail to see the country live up to its potential economically — because it would mean the rich have to pay 39.6 percent of their non-capital gains income in federal taxes rather than the Bush-era 35 percent — do not truly love America. To love America means to love

Americans, not just half of them. Or, in many people’s minds, even fewer.

I love all Americans, including conservative Republicans, and I wouldn’t support higher taxes on the rich if it would hurt the country or even make them unhappy. However, research shows that making over $75,000 is not correlated with higher levels of happiness.

Poverty, however, is highly correlated with unhappiness. We should all strive to make the country as happy as possible, not for absurd notions of individualism or, worse, to punish hundreds of millions of Americans for being “takers.”

A strong majority of Americans agree that the rich should pay higher taxes, and it’s hard to get Americans to agree on anything nowadays. “[But,] not surprisingly,” Porter writes, “only 30 percent of the rich agree.”

The rich are more educated. They should be better acquainted with the economics than the rest of us, and they are. Their supposed concern for the economy is nothing but greed and a lack of concern for the well-being of the country as a whole. It can even be outright contempt and hatred of the “47 percent” who do not pay income taxes (but still sometimes pay higher taxes than Mitt Romney because of an outrageous number of loopholes and the 15-percent capital gains tax rate).

That isn’t patriotic. It’s downright unAmerican.

— Martin Forstrom is a senior studying sociology and Latin American studies.

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Guest Column: Republican women are, in fact, pro-woman

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s a woman and current resident of Tucson in these great United States, I would like to personally thank Jacob Winkelman, columnist at the Daily Wildcat, for championing my rights and needs in his recent column, “Women candidates not always pro-woman.”

If not for his critique of female members of the GOP, like Congresswoman Martha McSally, I would have mistakenly thought that women leaders could actually be competent 21st century leaders outside of the Democratic Party.

Silly me.

Putting aside the generally offensive nature of his piece that an entire half of the human species concerns itself solely with topics categorized as “women and children” issues, his critiques also fail on the facts.

In his column, Winkelman faulted McSally for being pro-life but failed to include her stated exceptions for victims of rape,

incest or cases when the life of the mother is threatened. He actually said she’s remained ambiguous on the subject. However, an interview with John C. Scott easily accessible to anyone with Internet access proves that her stance, again that of being pro-life with exceptions for victims of rape or incest or when the life of the mother is at stake, is in no way ambiguous.

In fact, McSally has made it clear her focus is on improving the world for future children.

Winkelman must have also missed McSally’s own column for Tucson Local Media in which she not only states her support for equal pay for equal work legislation, but also for achieving equality for women in all senses, including paying the same for the same health coverage.

These oversights, I’m certain, can be chocked up to research errors on Winkelman’s part and can certainly be forgiven.

However, there is one aspect in which I believe Winkelman should check himself.

He says, “McSally has an

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inspiring personal story and history of military service, but simply being a woman or a woman who fought in the military doesn’t make her a champion of women’s rights.”

Our response, and by that I mean the response of the other pro-woman members of the GOP who consider McSally an incredibly competent, intelligent and pro-woman member of the United States House of Representatives is this: You’re right.

Simply fighting in the military doesn’t make you a champion of women’s rights. Taking on harassment and discrimination to become the first woman to fly in combat does. Standing up for women to serve in the same combat roles afforded to men does. Putting your career on the line to challenge a policy that stripped our own women service members of their inalienable rights simply because they were women does.

I personally don’t understand how being pro-life with exceptions

for rape, incest and the life of the mother makes a woman anti-women. Or criticizing the Affordable Care Act while still supporting equal coverage for men and women as well as publicly supporting legislation aimed at eliminating the pay gap.

I suppose just being a member of the GOP can make a person seem anti-women nowadays, but that’s quite subjective now, isn’t it?

So, while Winkelman’s opinion on whether or not you’re “prowomen” rests solely on your political party, that is neither fair nor realistic. Taking that approach would be as wrong as saying someone has no authority to comment on the issue of women’s rights simply because he’s a man.

There are certainly people out there who support ideas harmful to women from all labels and demographics, but saying McSally is not a fighter for women’s rights is not just dishonest, it’s historically inaccurate.

— Kasey Shores is a member of UA College Republicans

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A University of Arizona Police Department officer saw a woman being carried by two other women walking on the sidewalk on March 24 around 2:30 a.m.

One non-UA-affiliated woman with the group told the officer they were coming from The Auld Dubliner. The officer went to the two women transporting the unresponsive woman and asked if they would sit her on the ground. She could barely move and was not able to hold her head up or walk by herself. She also had a strong smell of alcohol coming from her mouth and had red watery eyes. The officer noticed that she vomited in the street but refused medical care.

She told the officer she was 20 years old and was not carded at Auld Dubliner. The officer called the woman’s mother and explained she would be going home with the woman who was carrying her home from the bar.

The women gave the officer their IDs, and that is when the woman on the ground said she was a student at Kansas State.

She started to fall asleep on the ground when the officer said she was being arrested on charges of minor in possession.

She stood up with some assistance. She was taken to the Level apartments and was laid on a couch under the supervision of her cousin, who was carrying her on the sidewalk.

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Fraternity members in Alpha Sigma Phi saw two Hispanic men walking aimlessly in the back parking lot of the house on March 24 at about 9 p.m.

The fraternity members asked the men to leave, and they replied with offensive language and sat down in the parking lot. When they decided to leave, one of the men said something about coming back with his “boys” and “shooting them up.” The men walked away, and one said, “See you in 30.”

The students told officers the men were in their 20s, were about 5-foot-9 and had short black hair. One was wearing a black jersey and cargo shorts, while the other was wearing a green T-shirt with cargo shorts.

UAPD officers drove around the area but found no individuals matching the men’s descriptions. The house did not want to press charges if the men were found. Two officers stayed at the fraternity for about 90 minutes to make sure everything was fine, but they left the area around 10:30 p.m.

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UA Public Art Tour, 10AM, Free, UA Museum of Art- 1031 N. Olive Rd. Docents from the UA Museum of Art lead a journey of distinct works including sculptures, fountains, functional exhibits and tile mosaics, all located on the main campus.

National Identity and Human Rights in Israel, 4:30PM-5:30PM, Free, UA Hillel Center- 1245 E. 2nd St, Mountain A &B Room. Israel proposed a Basic Law on National Identity that arguably led to the downfall of the coalition during the latter quarter of 2014. What is this proposed law and what are its potential implications? What does the law really imply and what new aspects might be introduced that can impact on Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state?

This lecture shall examine the meaning of Basic Laws, the framework for domestic human rights in Israel, and various provisions of the proposed Basic Law. Opening Night - ‘A Little Night Music’, 7:30PM, Cost: $21-31, Marroney Theatre- 1025 N. Olive Rd. This beloved, five-time Tony Award-winning musical based on Ingmar Bergman’s film, “Smiles of a Summer Night,” is a warm, humorous story of romantic attachments, detachments and mismatches, infused throughout with the flavor of a waltz.

Romances are rekindled and new ones spring up around famous actress Desiree Armfeldt and an unforgettable cast of characters. This story’s complex twists and turns of love in all its many phases will touch and warm your heart.

‘The Odyssey’ Performed by Joe Goodkin, 5PM, UA Learning Services Building Courtyard- 1512 E. First St. Chicago-based singer and songwriter Joe Goodkin has adapted Homers “Odyssey” to the modern world. The piece maintains the story of Homer’s massive, 24-book epic poem, while

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transforming it into 30-minute, 24-song “folk opera,” which has been honored with three awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.

TUCSON EVENTS Robert Barber: A Retrospective, 10AM-5PM, Cost:$8, MOCA Tucson- 265 S. Church. Artist, WWII Navy veteran, TUSD educator and long-time Tucson resident Robert Barber has been producing art since his teens, and at 92 years of age he remains inspired and continues to paint and draw every day. It is always an honor to present the work of extraordinary artists, and in the case of Robert Barber, the added privilege of celebrating the life and work of such an outstanding citizen adds to our delight in having this opportunity to share his work with the public. eWomenNetwork “Accelerated Networking” Luncheon, 11AM-1:30PM, Cost: $50, Westin La Paloma Resort- 3800 E. Sunrise Dr. Big, Bold, Life & Biz Plan presented by Mary Bicknell, Nationally acclaimed Success Coach and Founder of MaryBicknell.com. Make deeper and more powerful connections at the eWomenNetwork Accelerated Networking event. If you are a woman (or man) in business this event will help you reach your goals.

First Annual Spring Pop-Surrealist Group Exhibition, 11AM-4PM, Cost: Free, 100 E. Sixth St. Baker Hesseldenz Fine Art is very excited to for this new exhibition, featuring new works from 15 nationally and internationally recognized artists. This very special lineup is packed with some of the most important names from the past, present, and future of the pop-surrealist / new contemporary movement.

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Nancy Tokar Miller: A Celebration,11AM-5PM, Etherton Gallery 135 S. Sixth Ave. Etherton Gallery celebrates the career of acclaimed Tucson artist Nancy Tokar Miller with a selection of small studies and large scale works made over the course of three decades. Her brilliantly colored, semi-abstract paintings convey the spiritual beauty of the many places she travelled from Java to Morocco.

Arizona International Film Festival, 5:30PM11:45PM, Cost:$5, 127 E. Congress, The 24th Arizona International Film Festival is the longest and largest film festival in the state of Arizona.

Films from all over the world come to Tucson for the great 17 day event. Drama, comedy, experimental, IndieYouth and more-with over 100 films, there is a film for everyone. Meet filmmakers, see films and experience a fun Filled event in the heart of Tucson.

Salsa Latin Dance Classes, 6PM-9PM, Cost:$9, Fluxx Studio and Gallery-416 E. Ninth St. Beginner class to learn fundamental salsa moves. 18 and up. Have fun while learning some foundational salsa dance moves! No partner or prior training is necessary to attend these on-going drop in beginner classes.

“SCUBA Diving in the desert with Desert Dolphins SCUBA Diving Club”, 6PM-9PM, Cost: Free, O’Malleys on Fourth-247 N. Fourth Ave. The Desert Dolphins Diving Club is the oldest active dive club in the state of Arizona and probably one of the oldest in the USA which was founded in 1959.

All levels of SCUBA divers are welcome novice to diving instructors. 6:00pm - Social hour, 7:00pmMeeting and diving related presentations. www. desertdolphins.org

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SPORTS SCORE CENTER Matt Harvey wins in front of home fans New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Atletico and Real draw even in UCL Atletico Madrid 0, Real Madrid 0

Suns spoil The King’s return Phoenix Suns 107, Cleveland Cavaliers 100

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GYMNASTICS

Season of highs and lows Arizona gymnastics saw injured gymnasts, impressive underclassmen performances and accolades throughout the 2015 season

BY MATT WALL

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Arizona gymnastics focused on one motto throughout its season: Be relentless. Adversity struck the Wildcats often through injuries, but former Arizona coach Bill Ryden preached the team’s ability to overcome that adversity every time.

The season had its highs and lows.

The Wildcats finished the year with a record of 15-7-1 and ranked No. 18 in the nation. They made it to their 29th consecutive regional appearance and placed fourth in the Columbus Regionals, an improvement from last season’s sixth-place finish. They claimed victories over Washington, ASU, California and Michigan State this season.

The Wildcats also boasted two gymnasts on the All-Pac-12 Conference team with Jessie Sisler and Allie Flores.

“I can’t say it enough: I’m just so proud of this team,” Ryden said in a press release. “They refused to give up, and they fought the entire season. They’ve earned everyone’s respect, and it’s been such a great year coaching them because of their attitude of never giving up. They’re a great group, and we’re so proud as coaches.”

But many questions loom for the team as it moves forward. First off, the Wildcats no longer have a head coach. According to Arizona Athletics, a national search is in play to find a replacement for Ryden, who stepped down on Thursday.

The Wildcats also lose their senior leaders in Flores, Shay Fox and Amber Wobma.

But fans need not worry too much, because there will be opportunities for growth.

Sisler, a junior, became a GymCat sensation overnight after her floor performance in the Pac-12 Championships, in which she earned the floor title with a 9.950 and tied two of the best in the country. She was also named Female Junior of the Year at the C.A.T.S. Awards Banquet.

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THE 2015 ARIZONA gymnastics team poses for a photo at the end of the senior night ceremony after Arizona’s 196.850-196.850 tie with Denver in McKale Center on March 14. The season was full of highs and lows for the Wildcats.

Freshmen Madison Cindric, Victoria Ortiz and Kennady Schneider performed well above expectations. Cindric had taken over for Flores in the all-around competition by the end of the season, while Schneider and Ortiz specialized in floor and bars, respectively.

The Wildcats will return 10 gymnasts to the program next season with three sophomores, three juniors and four seniors. Their highest total team score of the season was 197.125. The Wildcats also ranked in the top 25 in the nation in every event except vault.

Plus, the Wildcats will welcome

at least four new teammates to their program. Charle Dembo, Skyler Sheppard, Brittany Robertson and Danielle Spencer are expected to enroll in the fall.

“I’m very excited about the experience, the skill level and the amount of gymnastics these girls are bringing in,” Ryden said in a press release back in November.

“We certainly have very high level gymnastics walking through the door. I expect all of them to make an immediate impact on the team and bring a lot of polished gymnastics with them.”

There is no doubt the season was still a success. The Wildcats were

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young and still managed to compete against some of the top programs in the nation. Ryden was confident they could compete with the highest level of competition, and he was right.

But one thing is certain: Ryden no longer holds Arizona’s reigns. The dictionary definition of relentless is “persistent” and “continuing without becoming weaker.” The GymCats most certainly were.

Now the real question: How will the Wildcats return next season?

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BASEBALL

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Wildcats set records across the board UPCOMING SCHEDULE BASEBALL 4/17 at Oregon State

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SAND VOLLEYBALL 4/18 Pac-12 Invitational

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UCLA BASEBALL infielder Chris Keck (25) runs home during Arizona’s 6-5 win against UCLA at Hi Corbett Field on April 13, 2014. The Bruins have seized the top rankings in the conference over USC.

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8. Utah (12-20, 4-8) The Utes were the lone Pac12 school to not play their rival

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UCLA, USC flip-flop at top of conference

BY JAMES KELLEY

1. No. 3 (USA Today) UCLA (25-7, 12-3 Pac-12 Conference) The Bruins took the series from rival USC by winning two of three in Troy. UCLA and USC split the season series 2-2.

Last week: second, WLW at USC 9-3, 5-0, 8-3 This week: vs. Cal State Fullerton (19-15, 6-3 Big West) (single game), vs. Cal (22-11, 9-6) 2. No. 11 USC (27-9, 8-4) Not only did the Trojans lose to their rival, they also lost to UC Santa Barbara and now have lost three of their last four. They had a five-game win streak before that.

Last week: first, L vs. UC Santa Barbara 2-1, LWL vs. UCLA 9-3, 5-0, 8-3 This week: W at Pepperdine (2018, 10-5 WCC) (single game) 2-0, vs. Oregon (21-16, 4-8) 3. No. 8 ASU (23-10, 11-4) The Sun Devils took the Pac-12

rivalry series from Arizona but did lose to lowly UNLV. UA and ASU play twice more in Tucson.

Last week: third, L at UNLV 7-6, WWL vs. Arizona 5-4, 13-7, 7-2 This week: at Washington (1914, 6-9) 4. Arizona (23-11, 8-7) The Wildcats had lost five in a row before salvaging a game at ASU. However, it looks like they figured out their starting rotation.

Last week: fourth, LLW at ASU 5-4, 13-7, 7-2 This week: at Oregon State (2311, 6-6) 5. California (22-11, 9-6) Sure, Arizona has lost five of its last six, but Cal and Oregon State, the two teams that could have jumped the Wildcats, lost series to reeling rivals. The Golden Bears lost the series to Stanford and gave the Cardinal its first two conference wins.

Last week: fifth, LWL vs. Stanford 4-2, 11-10, 12-6 This week: at No. 3 UCLA (25-

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here’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Arizona baseball’s hitters lately, particularly second baseman Scott Kingery, who leads all Division I players in batting average.

As far as all-around talent goes, utility player Bobby Dalbec takes the cake as Arizona’s largest contributor.

Dalbec, who plays third base, pitches and typically bats fourth in the lineup, made his first college start on the mound Monday night against No. 8 ASU. He tallied four strikeouts, two walks, gave up five hits and no runs in 4.1 innings.

He was also the designated hitter and went 2-for-4 with two home runs. He became the first Wildcat to start on the mound and hit in the lineup since Eric Berger in 2006.

The big difference is that Berger didn’t hit a home run in his 3-2 loss against Mississippi State, and he didn’t record a hit.

Dalbec didn’t give up a run on the mound and drove in three runs with his two homers — one of which was a go-ahead, tworun homer in the top of the ninth.

“If Bobby Dalbec weren’t a third baseman that can hit some home runs, he would be a tremendous Friday night candidate,” Arizona coach Andy Lopez said. “He’s a guy that

7, 12-3) 6. Oregon State (23-11, 6-6) The Beavers lost their series to Oregon, which had lost seven of its last nine. They face an Arizona team this week that is in need of wins as well.

Last week: sixth, LWL at Oregon 3-2, 4-2, 10-9 This week: vs. Arizona (23-11, 8-7) 7. Washington State (18-17, 5-10) The Cougars have suddenly won four of their past five. Before that, they had lost 10 of their last 12.

Last week: ninth, W vs. Gonzaga 4-2, WWL vs. Washington 3-2, 8-3, 5-2 This week: W vs. New Mexico State (4-28-1, 1-10-1 WAC) (single game) 11-1, vs. San Jose State (9-27, 3-15 Mountain West) (four games)

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SOFTBALL

Offense remains the one constant Arizona softball continues to light up the scoreboard in big ways despite a hot and cold pitching staff

BY EZRA AMACHER The Daily Wildcat

The opponents change, but the theme remains constant for Arizona softball.

Score runs — lots of them.

The Wildcats engaged in another high-scoring series over the weekend, this time with the Washington Huskies. The UA scored a combined 40 runs on 43 hits over the three-game span.

The Wildcats powered 10 of those hits over the Hillenbrand Stadium fence, and a few nearly cleared the left-field bleachers.

Arizona shortstop Kellie Fox, who hit a pair of home runs over the weekend, simplified Arizona’s offensive strategy down to “swing the bats hard.”

“We just try to put some runs on the board and compete out there,” Fox said.

While Fox and her teammates may see nothing out of the ordinary with the Wildcats’ production, the offensive numbers are staggering on a national scale. Arizona’s .373 batting average ranks second in the country, only trailing Oklahoma (.380).

The UA also ranks in the top five nationally in on-base, scoring and slugging percentage.

Individually speaking, UA sluggers Katiyana Mauga and Chelsea Goodacre rank in the

soreness in game two of the scoreless innings she pitched series. Floyd reentered for Parks after Sunday’s victory. and ended up blowing a fourWith Parks potentially run, sixth-inning lead. Not even sidelined with soreness, the the Wildcats’ bats were enough margin for error on the mound in Saturday’s 9-8 is even loss. smaller. And as Siera Phillips Wa s h i n g t o n ’s got her first start comeback of the season on victory on Sunday and kept S a t u r d a y the Huskies in shows, the check through offense can three innings. only do so Yet with a more much. than comfortable The Wildcats 15-2 lead heading still have four into the fourth more regularinning, Phillips, season series and then Floyd to figure out in relief, allowed their pitching Washington to issues, and answer with eight the next two — Kellie Fox, runs. opponents, Arizona shortstop Floyd was Utah and able to hold the Stanford, Huskies scoreless should not over the final two innings, and provide as much havoc at the Arizona won 18-10 in a six plate as Washington. inning mercy-rule victory.

“A win is a win right now,” “Every inning that we could Candrea said, “whether it’s ugly put a zero on the board, I was or it’s pretty.” pretty darn happy,” Arizona coach Mike Candrea said after winning the series finale on Sunday.

That’s not quite a boost of encouragement, although — Follow Ezra Amacher Candrea added that he told @EzraAmacher Floyd to remember the last two

We just try to put some runs on the board and compete out there

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ARIZONA SOFTBALL coach Mike Candrea looks on during Arizona’s 18-10 win against Washington at Hillenbrand Stadium on Sunday. The Wildcats continue to put high-level offensive numbers up despite the pitching staff still struggling.

top 10 with 19 and 17 home runs, respectively. Goodacre’s 64 RBIs are second best in the country.

For a team that has built itself around offense, such numbers are not only eye-popping, they are necessary.

Arizona is still trying to find a solid pitching situation over 40 games into the season.

For a few weeks, it looked like Michelle Floyd would turn into the go-to starter, but the sophomore was quickly relieved

by Trish Parks both Friday and Saturday.

Parks threw 2.2 scoreless innings to close out the win on Friday, but she was taken out in the fifth inning due to arm

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ARIZONA BASEBALL pitcher Bobby Dalbec (3) pitches during Arizona’s 13-6 loss to USC at Hi Corbett Field on April 3. Dalbec has emerged on the mound in addition to his high offensive output.

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NEW MEN’S basketball coach Cuonzo Martin speaks at an introductory news conference at the University of California in Berkeley, Calif., on April 15, 2014. Martin succeeds Mike Montgomery, who retired in March 2014.

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The Daily Wildcat Cuonzo Martin As much as Arizona basketball fans might despise California coach Cuonzo Martin right now, he just pulled one over on the Wildcats. On Monday, Five-star power forward Ivan Rabb chose to play for Martin at Cal instead of Sean Miller at Arizona. Rabb is ranked as the No. 6 overall recruit in the 2015 class by ESPN and has the potential to be a program changer. Martin may not be getting the Rabb, Caleb Swanigan and Jaylen Brown package deal that was once rumored, but getting Rabb is a great start for the Golden Bears — especially considering Brown is still available.

The Dark Knight New York Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey made his first start in Citi Field since Aug. 24, 2013. Harvey missed all of last season due to Tommy John surgery and impressed in his first start of the season, pitching six shutout innings and recording nine strikeouts against the Washington Nationals on Thursday. Harvey’s talent level alone was enough for fans to head to the ballpark for a matchup with the lowly Philadelphia Phillies last night.

Having their Dark Knight back at home is definitely a welcome sight for the Mets.

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NEW YORK KNICKS coach Derek Fisher calls a play during action against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 27.

New York Knicks fans Even when the New York Knicks win, their fans lose. At the end of a nightmare season, the Knicks won back-to-back games for the first time since Feb. 27-28 and lost possession of the NBA’s worst record. Fans have voiced their displeasure over the Knicks actually winning, considering they have now lost the top odds at getting the first pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.

If the Knicks defeat Detroit on Wednesday and the Philadelphia 76ers lose to the Miami Heat, New York will fall down to the third best odds. Yikes.

NYPD Police are once again under the microscope. This time, the New York Police Department is under scrutiny for its handling of a situation involving Atlanta Hawks Thabo Sefolosha and Pero Antic — during an incident outside a Manhattan night club last week where Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was stabbed.

Both Sefolosha and Antic were reportedly arrested for interfering with the NYPD’s efforts to block off the crime scene. Sefolosha suffered injuries to his ankle and leg during the scuffle and will miss the rest of the season as a result. This proves any PR is not good PR.

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physically should be able to get you five to seven innings with his stuff.”

Physically, the Parker, Colo., native has the make of a power pitcher. He’s 6-foot-4, weighs in at 219 pounds and has a 92 MPH fastball. His build, however, is also ideal for power hitting, which explains his career-high 10 home runs this season, three of which came during last weekend’s series in Phoenix.

His 10 home runs lead both Arizona (23-11, 8-7) and the Pac-12 Conference in the category. He has two more than California’s Lucas Erceg. Dalbec ranks 13th for all Division I players behind leader Andrew Benintendi of Arkansas, who has 13.

Dalbec, a sophomore, had the opportunity to start Monday night after inconsistencies from Arizona’s original starting rotation. He swapped places with Tyger Talley, who now serves as Arizona’s closer.

“When there’s not a set

[lineup], you have to make them interchangeable,” Lopez said. “Dalbec’s pretty good; that’s kind of a simple adjustment.”

Dalbec had pitched 18.2 innings, recording 16 strikeouts and five saves before Monday night. His 3.52 ERA is the second best for players who have started for Arizona and sixth best overall.

Offensively, Dalbec has the third best batting average on the team, sporting a .343 with a .649 slugging percentage, second only to Kingery. He’s reached base in all 34 games this season and is tied for the Pac-12 lead in RBIs with 36.

He has the mindset of a topnotch player; not to mention, he has at least one more year with the program.

Lopez said Dalbec will start on the mound for Arizona again next weekend against Oregon State, but it’s undecided whether he will be the Saturday night or Sunday starter.

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9. Oregon (21-16, 4-8) The Ducks bounced back to beat Portland and Oregon State last week. The Pilots are bad, but the series win over OSU was big.

Last week: 10th, W at Portland 11-3, WLW vs. Oregon State 3-2, 4-2, 10-9 This week: at Portland (7-31, 2-13 WCC) (single game), at No. 11 USC (27-9, 8-4)

11. Stanford (14-19, 2-10) Stanford finally won some Pac-12 games, taking the series from archrival Cal. It went 3-2 last week.

Last week: 11th, LW Pacific 4-3, 7-2, WLW at California 4-2, 11-10, 12-6 This week: vs. Utah (12-20, 4-8)

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Student actor ‘catalyst for change’ BY madison scavarda The Daily Wildcat

Audience members who attend the Arizona Repertory Theatre’s latest show, “A Little Night Music,” will encounter actor Josh Dunn, whose nuanced performance will make spectators feel like they are secretly discovering “the next big thing.”

Dunn, a musical theatre sophomore, said he became involved in acting during high school.

However, it wasn’t until he was accepted into the musical theatre program at the UA that he became fully invested in it.

“I don’t think it’s until I was [at the UA] and immersed in it that I really fell in love with [acting],” Dunn said.

“I think theater is a special art form that is really about human life. It’s an art form that can bring about change and make people think. … It deepens my human experience.”

With each role Dunn embodies on stage, not only is his personal, human experience enriched, but his versatility as an actor expands.

Dunn said he has been a part of many different productions with the theater since his freshman year. For the show “Oklahoma,” Dunn danced in the ensemble. As a sophomore, he took on his first lead role as Ethan in “The Full Monty.” For “This,” Dunn understudied the character of Alan.

Currently, Dunn plays one of the lead roles, Henrik Egerman, in “A Little Night Music.”

David Morden, assistant professor of voice and movement for the UA School of Theatre, Film and Television, said he has had the privilege of watching Dunn grow and excel as an acting student.

“I got to work with him his first semester of his freshman year and really see who he was as an actor,” Morden said. “What’s great is that the

initial feedback was [Dunn’s acting was] fine; it’s just not really out there and exciting kind of work. It was all sort of mild-mannered. … So, his initial feedback was saying, … ‘You need to put yourself out there. Go to more extremes.’”

According to Morden, Dunn used the program’s feedback to flourish in his artistic development.

“He’s totally taken that to heart,” Morden said, “and he’s really started doing that as an actor — opening himself up emotionally [and] opening himself up as far as the intensity of what he’s doing and what he’s experiencing.”

Dunn’s willingness to evolve and improve as an actor and as a person brings him respect from his professors and peers.

“Josh is a model student,” Morden said. “He’s focused. He’s eager.

He’s enthusiastic. He’s got a great disposition. He always walks into class eager to learn, to explore, to find out what he doesn’t know and figure out how to make it happen.”

Although Dunn’s focus and work ethic define his personal journey as a student actor, Dunn also emphasized how much he cherishes his fellow performers.

“Even though we are in a professional training program, we still act as a family, and we’re still there for each other,” Dunn said. “We still root each other on in victories, and if someone gets cast, it’s exciting.”

Dunn and many of his close friends in the program will take the stage today until May 3 to perform “A Little Night Music,” a musical that portrays an array of complicated love triangles. Dunn said that being able to see the script, actors, music, set and costumes come together to create the overall production has been an exhilarating experience.

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Musical theatre sophomore Josh Dunn poses for a photo in the Marroney Theatre on Tuesday evening. Dunn will play the lead role of Henrik Egerman in “A Little Night Music.”

us such rich and full material to work with,” Dunn said. “It’s fun to see us come together to tackle this huge feat of a Sondheim musical and succeed and really be able to tell the story.”

As with any new role, the character of Henrik Egerman presented its own set of challenges.

“I had to learn American Stage Speech, which is like a dialect,” Dunn said. “I had to expand my vocal range. … I also had to learn the mechanics of a cello. … Although there is no sound coming out my

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cello, I had to learn the basics of bowing and fingering.”

As a person, Dunn emanates a rare authenticity and humility that enhances his acting on stage. It would be wise to keep a lookout for Dunn in the future; his presence in the theater community will likely bring innovation and inspiration to the next generation of actors and audience members.

“I think, through the career I’ve chosen, I want to grow as a person and help others grow as people to

better understand one another,” Dunn said. “I think theater, and dance, and performance art [are] just means of connection. There is not a specific destination that I want to be, but I want to go wherever I can be best utilized and make art that’s a catalyst for change.”

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Courtesy of UA Department of Classics

Chicago-based songwriter Joe Goodkin. Goodkin will perform a “folk opera” based on Homer’s “The Odyssey” today at 5 p.m.

Experience Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ via folk-opera

BY Chelsea cook The Daily Wildcat

Ever wonder what folk-opera and Homer have in common? If nothing immediately comes to mind, a new performance coming to campus makes the connection.

This afternoon, Joe Goodkin will perform his 24-song, 30-minute folk-opera based on the epic poem “The Odyssey.”

Goodkin is a singer-songwriter based in Chicago. His song has been recognized several times by different establishments, which led him to receive awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

The idea to bring Goodkin to the UA is a collaboration between many groups within university and Tucson communities.

“This event is being organized by the [UA Department of Classics],” said Robert Groves, event coordinator and visiting professor of classics. “And [it] is cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Tucson Society, the Hellenic Cultural Foundation, and the School of International Languages, Literature and Cultures.”

The works of Homer are celebrated in classrooms of students of all ages.

“The Homeric epics are seminal in the history both of ancient Greek literature and world literature at large,” said Eleni Hasaki, associate professor of anthropology and

classics. “The world of Homer deviates from standard antique invites several approaches from texts, setting it apart from linguistic analysis of poetic most works of its time. When mastery to cultural appreciation these aspects come together, it of interconnected communities shows that “The Odyssey” is a of the eastern Mediterranean. poem that can bridge the gap Homer lies at the heart of the between ancient and modern department of classics since its times and continues to appeal to contemporary readers. early days at the UA.” The event will take place Hasaki said she believes students should learn about in the UA Learning Services Homer’s works because they are Building Courtyard from 5-6 p.m.

G o o d k i n ’s filled with the show is open values of to the general f r i e n d s h i p, p u b l i c ; hospitality, admission is courage and free. After the loyalty. His 30-minute epics also f o l k- o p e r a , teach readers there will a b o u t be a Q&A struggles session with individuals Goodkin and will have to a reception. overcome “Attending in order to — Robert Groves, this event survive. professor of classics and where music “Homer ’s event coordinator and text are p o e m s c o m b i n e d ,” are the Hasaki said, beginnings of written literature,” Groves said. “the students will appreciate he “His influence is everywhere. musical aspect of the epics and [Homer’s work is] a perfect the unique ability of bards, both example of how great literature in ancient Greece and in more can both show us important recent traditional cultures, to things about our own humanity recite by memory extremely long and give us insight into a foreign poems.” culture.”

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For one night only, downtown Tucson’s Rialto Theatre will be transformed into a small desert community where all things supernatural are a part of everyday life, normality is heavily frowned upon and a radio announcer will welcome you to a little town called Night Vale.

“Welcome to Night Vale” is a fictional, humorous podcast written and created by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. The program tells the story of the town of Night Vale through resident radio host Cecil Gershwin Palmer’s bi-monthly broadcast.

For 20-30 minutes every first and 15th of the month, listeners can hear about the typical goings-on in the strange community.

Episodes include everything from updates on the mayoral race, in which a five-headed dragon is facing off against the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, to advice on how to survive a librarian attack during the “Summer Reading Program.”

There are advertisements for businesses such as Whole Foods, ensuring you that they definitely don’t poison their frozen dinners, and, of course, warnings on the dangers of the new dog park that is off limits to both dogs and humans due to it being inhabited by hooded figures. “‘Welcome to Night Vale’ is a unique fusion of classic community radio, [H.P.] Lovecraftian weirdness and ‘X-Files’-like intrigue,” said Jennifer McStotts, an assistant professor for the Honors College.

McStotts is a member of the UA Honors Book Club and suggested the club take a trip to the live show. McStotts has been listening to the show on and off for the last couple of years, and said she thought it would be an interesting, one-of-a-kind experience for the students involved.

The show begins at 8 p.m., and there are still a number of seats available selling for $28. While the typical episode usually only features Cecil, voiced by New York City actor and performer Cecil Baldwin, the live performances include a host of characters that are often discussed but not heard.

Characters like Carlos the scientist, Dana the former intern and John Peters the farmer have been featured in past live shows and are likely to return for tonight’s performance. Live music will also be provided by

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Disparition and Mary Epworth.

“It’s just such a different kind of humor,” said Rebecca Reiter, a pre-education major and a regular “Welcome to Night Vale” listener.

“It’s obviously kind of dark, but it’s presented so normally that it feels ridiculous, but it also makes sense.”

The podcast is known as being comedic, fun and age-appropriate for all kinds of listeners, but it also quietly tackles social issues.

For example, from the very beginning, Cecil makes no secret of his gigantic crush on Night Vale’s newest resident, Carlos the scientist. Cecil’s attraction to Carlos implies that he is gay or bisexual, but throughout the show, his crush is never mentioned as being different from any other sort of romantic attraction.

None of the residents in town ever question his feelings and — spoilers ahead for those who have yet to listen to the podcast or have not listened past the episode “One Year Later” — when Cecil and Carlos do finally start dating, other residents never see their same-sex relationship as out of the ordinary.

“Welcome to Night Vale” has been known as something special since it first premiered almost three years ago and has caught the attention of the masses. Tonight’s live show is sure to live up to that legacy.

“I really enjoy fiction, and I think this is an interesting way to grab somebody’s attention,” Reiter said. “It’s not a book; it’s not a movie. It’s something you listen to, and that makes it different from the ways most people consume media.”

So, dare to venture into a strange desert community, experience all that it has to offer and allow Cecil’s melodious voice to welcome you to Night Vale.

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