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Religious clubs are questioned

IN THE NEWS Robert Durst indicted on gun charges

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KAMILA YUYAKBAYEVA, a public health junior, makes a T-­shirt for the Clothesline Project at the UA on Wednesday. The project was put together by the Oasis Program to raise awareness against sexual assault and relationship violence.

Participants decorated shirts and pinned them on a clothesline for passerbys to view to convey that sexual assault is not tolerated

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The Clothesline Project came to the UA on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the UA Mall, allowing individuals from within the community to demonstrate that they do not stand for sexual assault.

The Clothesline Project event was hosted by the Oasis Program, a program against sexual assault and relationship violence, and Students Promoting Empowerment and Consent. The Clothesline Project, which started in 1990, is a way for survivors and people against sexual

assault to express their emotions and experiences by decorating a T-shirt.

This event is one of many that is happening during April to promote Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

“The Clothesline Project is an event to promote Take Back the Night, which is an event that is happening April 14, that includes a march and speakers protesting against sexual assault,” said Gabriela Valenica, an intern for the Oasis Program and a member of SPEAC. “For the Clothesline Project, we are encouraging people to make T-shirts with messages of support for survivors. We are just having

them write anything they think will be a message of empowerment or support. We are hoping that students will gain more awareness on campus, and that they will help contribute to an environment that is supportive of survivors and believes in survivors.”

Students gathered at the project’s booth with the goal of creating their own T-shirt consisting of anything from inspirational messages to silly pictures.

“My T-shirt is sending a message that many times in sexual assault situations, everyone starts questioning the survivor,”

At the ASUA meeting on Wednesday afternoon, Cody Ortmann, a UA alumnus, brought his concerns about UA student groups being affiliated with the Faith Christian Church in light of recent allegations being raised against the church.

Ortmann, a former Associated Students of the University of Arizona senator himself, said he had his own personal encounters and experiences with FCC when he was a student.

Wildcats for Christ, Native Nations in Christ and the Providence Club are the three UA student groups that are affiliated with the church, and under the FCC’s umbrella, according to Ortmann.

Ortmann claimed that the FCC has been using these student clubs to gain access to campus by renting rooms and even holding barbecues on campus.

ASUA Sen. Michael Finnegan asked Ortmann what he was proposing and what he wanted the senate to do in regards to the issue.

Ortmann responded that he would like to have them send out a resolution telling the Dean of Students Office that they not only agree with the University Religious Council’s decision but also recommend they follow suit in no longer formally recognizing the three clubs, at least until the dean of students’ investigation into the matter is complete.

Although there was no comment from the senate on whether they will send a resolution, senators continued to ask more questions about the incidents and allegations brought against the FCC and the student clubs associated with them.

ASUA Sens. Elena Gold and Joey Steigerwald asked Executive Vice President Jordan Allison to provide points of information to clarify what benefits arise from recognizing these student clubs and if it were even possible to suspend their recognition, how would it disadvantage the club.

The benefits afforded are the

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Interfaith SCIENCE marriage discussed

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Nayel Badareen, a postdoctoral fellow in the UA School of Middle Eastern & North African Studies, will be giving a lecture this afternoon titled “Interfaith Marriage: Can a Muslim Woman Marry a Non-Muslim Man?” “I am among many of the MuslimArab men who are skeptical about many of the Islamic rulings and laws which discriminate against women in Islam,” Badareen said.

As an Arab-American, Badareen said he witnessed many of his friends and acquaintances suffer from these archaic laws. “Some of my friends who married people from outside the Islamic faith had to escape to the West.”

He said they feared “retaliation from their relatives and the Muslim government in their homeland.”

Badareen hopes to “inform the American public … and Muslims in particular about some of the Islamic laws written by Muslim jurists which did not grant women equal rights.”

Badareen added that many of these Islamic laws are outdated and unfair to women, which is why he proposes a reform.

“I hope to educate others to not be intimidated by Islamic law, … [which] should not be considered static or frozen in time,” Badareen added.

Islamic law, according to Badareen, is there to serve a community and its members. However, these laws have been in the books since the 10th century with minor changes since

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THE UA MOCK Trial team poses for a photo in San Diego after qualifying for nationals on March 8. The team will travel to the National Championship Tournament in Cincinnati to compete next weekend.

Mock Trial goes to nationals

BY BRANDI WALKER The Daily Wildcat

The top competitive team from UA Mock Trial will travel to Cincinnati to represent the UA at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament from next weekend.

Matthew Ashton, treasurer and co-captain of the Mock Trial A-team and an aerospace engineering senior, said this tournament will feature the top-48 Mock Trial teams in the nation going head-tohead against one another in four simulated trials. He said they are competing in hopes

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of making it to the final round, which will be held the afternoon of April 19.

Ashton also said the national championship tournament will be unique this year. He said typically, The American Mock Trial Association only puts out one case each year, and all of the tournaments use the same witnesses, facts and pieces of evidence. Ashton said this year, for the first time, there will be a completely new case used for the national championship tournament next weekend.

“We have been working on this new case ever since it came out, preparing direct and

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cross examination, opening statements and closing arguments,” Ashton said. “And trying to prepare for every possible curve our opponents could throw at us. On the whole, we believe that the new case puts us at an advantage over other teams in the nation, as we feel that our strengths with quickthinking and improvisation will serve us better than most programs, who focus more on meticulously scripting out everything that can happen in the trial.”

Emily Farmer, UA Mock Trial tournament director and

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News • Thursday, April 9, 2015

Research funded through lunch

BY BRANDI WALKER The Daily Wildcat

The UA Arthritis Center has partnered with the UA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to host the 2015 Desert Diamond/University of Arizona Arthritis Center Bear Down Luncheon.

Tracy Shake, program coordinator for outreach and education at the UA Arthritis Center, said this partnership dates back 28 years and the goal has been to benefit the UAAC and its research efforts to help find a cure for arthritis.

This partnership has raised more than $1.7 million for the UA Arthritis Center since the early 1980s, according to a press release.

The luncheon will have an intimate setting at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar on North Campbell Avenue, which is typically not open to the public for lunch. The event is already sold out with 100 people planning to attend, Shake said.

Rich Rodriguez, UA football head coach, and Greg Byrne, UA vice president of athletics, will return as keynote speakers at the luncheon this year.

“The reason we call it the

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co-captain of the Mock Trial A-team, said the teams were given only three weeks to prepare for the brand new case.

She also said the team has participated in eight tournaments so far this school year, making the national championship the ninth.

Ashton said this year

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G O Bear Down Luncheon is because it gives our supporters an opportunity to learn about UA Athletics,” Shake said. “They talk a lot about the current state of athletics across the nation, throughout the NCAA, and then Rich typically gives an overview of the past season and then what’s upcoming, what he’s seeing in spring football, and what people might be

will be the first time UA Mock Trial will have sent a team to the national championships for a second year in a row. “[Last year] we competed strongly, placing 16th in our division, and becoming one of the top-five finishers from the West Coast,” Ashton said.

Farmer said her absolute favorite memory from this year was qualifying for the national championship

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opportunities to rent rooms on campus, receive ASUA funding, access to ASUA marketing and tools such as a mailbox and website.

The reason a club would not be able to apply for recognition would be that its constitution does not meet the requirements for the university, according to Allison.

In response, Ortmann cited specific examples from the ASUA club and its organization handbook and the Student Code of Conduct

looking forward to in the fall season.”

Shake said Rita Rodriguez, Rich Rodriguez’s wife, is a member of the UA Arthritis Center advisory board, and she will be attending the luncheon along with her husband.

“I think what makes it overall such a special event is the personal connection that is with the Rodriguezes,

for the second time.

“My favorite memories are seeing all of our new and freshman members grow throughout the year,” Farmer said.

“This is my fourth year competing, and it still is amazing to see how much people can improve over just one year.”

Samantha Swartz, a physics sophomore, will be competing in the national championship for the first time this year.

Swartz said she

WHEN: Thursday, from WHO: UA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and University of Arizona Arthritis Center

WHERE: Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at 6360 N. Campbell Ave.

COST: $100 per person or $550 for a table of six

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UA ARTHRITIS Center co-founder Dr. Robert G. Volz (left) speaks with guests at the Bear Down Luncheon last year. This year, the luncheon will take place at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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because Rita is a member of our board and knows what it’s like firsthand to live with one of the more common forms of arthritis,” Shake said. “It really brings the message home. It gives the people in the audience and opportunity to see that this is a partnership that is felt on a personal level.”

originally joined Mock Trial because she was interested in law school and wanted to see how she liked preparing a case and going to trial.

She also said at the time she was uncomfortable with public speaking and wanted to practice being more confident in front of a crowd.

“The year is almost over, so I’m looking forward to ending our season strong,” Swartz said. “I’m also

about hazing. He read examples that stated students should not engage in any act of hazing that will cause harm, personal degradation or disgrace which results in physical or mental damage to anyone attending this institution.

He pointed out multiple lines in detail that illustrated it need not be the FCC itself for the decision to be considered, but that a club associated with the FCC is a sufficient and key determining factor in making this decision.

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excited to hit excellent teams from around the country. But mostly, I look forward to traveling and competing at this amazing tournament with my friends. They’re like family, and they are what makes this club so much fun.”

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cool to me anymore because I grew up in Tucson.” — Olivia Duffett, a journalism freshman.

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“I’m helping run a booth, so I guess hanging out and spending time with my sisters and brothers.” — Alina Vo, a civil engineering junior.

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“I’m excited to go to the carnival because I love all the rides they have.” — Elaina Henning, a nutritional sciences senior.

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4. “The rides personally are my favorite part because they are exhilarating,” — Kyle Jakes, a junior studying material science and engineering.

5. “All the rides, because I really like roller coasters.” — Max 3.

Linder, a pre-business sophomore.

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“While I respect the efforts of the past and current Muslim scholars who wrote the Islamic laws (fiqh), …

I am calling for reform of these laws, particularly the ones which consider women to be inferior to men,” Badareen said.

The lecture is open to all, and Badareen said he encourages men and women who are curious about family in Islam and Muslim women who are looking for answers to attend.

“If a Muslim man has the right to marry from outside his faith, then a Muslim woman must be granted the same rights,” Badareen stated.

Current Islamic law, which according to Badareen was written by men to serve men, allows Muslim men to marry a Christian or Jewish woman. In addition, the law forbids Muslim women from marrying a Jewish or Christian man.

“This is a clear case of discrimination against women,” Badareen said. “This law has been on the books for centuries and was only challenged a few years ago by a handful of Muslim men and women and this, very simply, needs to change.”

Badareen will also be discussing a current proposal in Lebanon which could potentially allow Muslim women to marry outside their religion.

“It is sad to see a couple in love forced to flee their homeland, leaving behind friends, families and the memory of their childhood to live in exile for the rest of their lives because they loved someone who practiced a different religion,” Badareen said.

Centuries ago, according to Badareen, illiteracy was very common. Badareen added that nowadays, the majority of Muslims are well-educated, which allows them to closely analyze certain cases without being influenced by religious clerics to provide them with answers.

“It is just as sad … to see a Muslim woman in the West who is unable to marry the Western man she loves because he is not Muslim,” Badareen added.

Badareen’s lecture is just one of the several which form part of Christian Sinclair’s MENAS Colloquium Series.

Sinclair, assistant director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, is heavily involved in bringing events that are related to Middle Eastern cultures, peoples, languages, histories and current events.

“This colloquium series is important because it showcases what UA faculty are researching and affords the UA community the opportunity to see what academics from other institutions are researching,” Sinclair added.

The lecture will be held today at 3 p.m. in the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center, Auditorium 120.

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CLOTHESLINE said Claire Green, an undeclared freshman, while creating her own T-shirt. “I think that is a completely inappropriate reaction because this person has already gone through a really traumatic experience and questioning whether or not they are telling the truth is a horrible way to go about solving the problem.”

After the T-shirts were decorated, they were displayed on a clothesline for passersby to look at. The T-shirts will remain on the clothesline until April 19.

“I think men need to stand up and do what is right in order to stop sexual assault,” said Andrew Tuohy, an astronomy major and member of SPEAC. “It is really important if you are a guy to set the standard for other men and show them the behavior you think is acceptable and call them out when you think they are exhibiting behavior that is unacceptable.”

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A look at this year’s Spring Fling

BY BRANDI WALKER The Daily Wildcat

2015 marks the 41st anniversary of Spring Fling at the UA, which will partner with the UA Green Fund, the campus sustainability project, for the second year in a row.

Issac Ortega, current president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, said this year’s Spring Fling was awarded four mini-grants through the Green Fund Committee and has worked very closely with the Office of Sustainability to ensure they put on a “great, clean event.”

“The Green Fund doesn’t create funding projects on its own, but rather takes applications from students, faculty and staff for projects they would like to fund, then decides which projects to fund out of those that have been proposed,” said Benjamin Champion, director of Sustainable UA, in an email.

Champion said the Office of Sustainability applied for and was granted funding through a minigrant in the Green Fund to support the purchase of compostable food containers and napkins for the student organization vendors at Spring Fling this year.

“This will enable Compost Cats and Students for Sustainability to recycle and compost the majority of waste from Spring Fling,” Champion said. “This is a continuation of efforts that were initiated with last year’s Spring Fling.”

Ortega said that because Spring Fling is a part of ASUA, all areas of ASUA help out to make this event happen.

“For example, our Wildcat Events Board helped bring Smallpools for the concert on Friday and our club resource center help put out the word for clubs to be fundraisers at the event,” Ortega said.

There will be live performances

by KRQ’s DJ – Dwayne Chavez, People Who Could Fly, Y the MC, Ivan Lives the Undergrad, Black N’ Blue Hip Hop Crew, Academy, Smallpools, Amplified Acapella and Saguaro Stompers at Spring Fling this year.

Guests can also expect a variety of different thrilling rides and attractions, including the Bungy Jump and rides like Tilt-a-whirl and Mega Drop.

“We are proud to have this event back again on the UA campus so come out to support our clubs and organizations,” Ortega said. “This event was created to be fundraiser for clubs and organizations. Last year, we raised thousands of dollars for each club that participated, and we want to repeat this year.”

Codi Jacobsen, a public health sophomore, said Spring Fling is amazing, and everyone should experience it at least once in their lifetime.

“My favorite memory from Spring Fling last year was meeting the American Authors,” Jacobsen said.

Davis Harrison, a business

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DELTA SIGMA Phi fraternity members and volunteers work to hang up the booth’s sign Wednesday afternoon on the UA Mall. The fraternity plans to raise money by selling pizookies during Spring Fling.

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economics junior, said he has never been to Spring Fling before, but that he plans to attend this year.

“It’s a tradition I don’t want to miss out on before I graduate,” Harrison said. “And I’m really excited about the rides and food.”

30 rides Over 20 food booths 37 clubs participating 9 student directors Over 30,000 expected to attend

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Prisons are bankrupting America BY martin forstrom The Daily Wildcat

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resident Barack Obama recently doubled his number of commutations by commuting the sentences of 22 federal inmates. According to a White House statement, “Those whose sentences were commuted were serving sentences ‘under an outdated sentencing regime,’” (emphasis added). Most of the prisoners whose sentences were commuted are in prison for non-violent drug offenses and would have already been released under current sentencing guidelines.

This is far too little, too late, and hopefully many more commutations and pardons are yet to come. However, it represents a profound admission by the administration that the drug sentencing laws produced by the rash of “tough on crime” legislation was, in many cases, absolutely insane. It was also poor policy that has cost the country billions.

The U.S. now has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world, higher than any country in recorded history. It is a national embarrassment that we incarcerate more people than any other country in absolute numbers and per capita — more, even, than regimes to which we consider ourselves morally and materially superior.

Even during the worst years of the Red Terror under Joseph Stalin, a smaller proportion of the Soviet population was incarcerated.

Although the American system is less likely to arrest and imprison for political reasons than the Soviet Union’s during the peak of the Gulag, our incarceration addiction has taken on a more pervasive class- and race-based character.

According to a finding by University of Washington sociologist, Becky Petitt, published by the Population Reference Bureau, “Young black males without a high school diploma were more likely to be in prison or jail (37 percent) on any given day in 2008 than to be working (26 percent).”

Hispanic college students are 40 percent less likely to use drugs than their white peers, according to the National Institute of Health. However, Hispanics, as explained in Social Problems, are about 400 percent more likely to be imprisoned for drug possession.

Consider that, in the wake of the Great Recession, the average Hispanic family has a net worth about 5 percent that of the average white family, according to the Pew Research Center. The rate is about the same for Blacks.

I call this the 5-40-400 formula, and it is not a coincidence.

This is not only a moral calamity, but also an economic one. Although the rate is of course lower in other areas, The New York Times reported that in 2012, “The city [of New York] paid $167,731 to feed, house and guard each inmate.”

Regardless of whether one believes that our country is actually so full of irredeemable, immoral souls as to justify history’s highest incarceration rate, it is clearly not fiscally sustainable.

Considering that, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Nearly half (48%) of inmates in federal prison were serving time for drug offenses in 2011,” this is clearly the first and most urgent target of sentencing reform that must be addressed to fix this moral and economic crisis.

Legalizing marijuana is an obvious, proven part of the solution. It has already saved tens of millions of dollars for Colorado and Washington and generated tens of millions in tax revenues for desperately needed education spending.

Three-strike laws and mandatory minimums that rob judges of the important ability to exercise discretion based on criminal record and other individual factors also need to go.

The political will exists, and even the reddest of states are starting to respond.

The Houston Chronicle reports that, in Texas in 2007, the Legislature responded to the incarceration problem with increased funding for programs meant to keep people out of the prison system, which successfully reduced the incarceration rate significantly.

Several prisons have since been closed.

The $200 million authorized in 2007 for diversion and new facilities was estimated to save 10 times that much money in prison construction costs alone. Closing existing prisons added yet more savings. This should serve as a model for the entire nation.

Ultimately, perhaps the most effective remedy would be to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all illicit drugs. Portugal did so in 2000, which cut the incarceration rate profoundly. There were also substantial cost savings for society by the even more massive reduction in overdoses and HIV transmission, as well as a morethan-threefold increase in addicts getting treatment.

This is clearly a profound problem that will require equally profound and radical solutions. We need pragmatic solutions that will force us to address the prevailing moralism of American society rather than continue to rely on draconian punishment that feeds the bloated and incredibly expensive prison-industrial complex.

— Martin Forstrom is a senior studying sociology and Latin American studies. Follow him @martinforstrom

Insanity is not a capital crime By trey ross

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ighting fire with fire has never been a good idea, so when will our criminal justice system figure that out?

To any logical person, it would seem that spending the time and money of a long legal process and lengthy death row wait would be pointless for any crime. But America still operates on the phrase “an eye for an eye.”

If you commit a seriousenough offense, it doesn’t matter in the eyes of the law if you have a diagnosed mental illness and you weren’t able to control your actions. You’ll be executed regardless.

America: land of the (kind of) free.

The execution of the insane — those who do not understand the reason for, or the reality of, their punishment — violates the U.S. Constitution, as the Supreme Court ruled in 1986 with Ford v.

Wainwright and again in 2002 with Atkins v. Virginia.

So why does this happen so often?

According to estimates from the National Association of Mental Health, 5 to 10 percent of death row inmates have serious mental illnesses.

This means that those men and women probably don’t fully understand why they are there or the consequences for their actions.

Mother Jones recently published a lengthy article by Stephanie Mencimer called “Executing the Insane Is Against the Law of the Land,” where she explained that judges rely on psychiatrists to decide whether a prisoner is too delusional for a civilized society to execute.

However, these recommendations from psychiatrists have little basis in science: They are “hired guns whose testimony can give prodeath-penalty jurists cover for rulings that otherwise would seem to contradict the dictates of the Supreme Court.”

The story of Scott Panetti, a man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, manic depression, delusions and auditory hallucinations, can give a face

to the dire situation that the U.S.’s criminal justice system is drowning in.

Mecimer investigated the hired psychiatrist who was used to evaluate Panetti’s sanity. The psychiatrist had been arrested for threatening a teen with an AK-47 following a traffic incident, yet somehow the Texas courts still thought he was qualified to decide a man’s life-or-death future.

In another example, James Grigson, a.k.a. “Dr. Death”, was a psychiatrist ­— now discredited — known for testifying in capital trials and deeming all defendants sociopaths with responsibility for their actions rather than mentally ill people with no handle on reality.

How much money do the states pay these quack psychiatrists to send mentally ill men and women to death row? It’s not cheap for the American people either.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, cases without the death penalty cost $740,000 while cases where the death penalty is sought cost $1.26 million. On top of that, it costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year for each death row prisoner than for a prisoner in general

population.

We spend all this money just to kill people whom we are constitutionally obligated not to kill.

Mecimer wrote about one mentally ill death row inmate who was wearing a box on his head until the day of his execution, and another one who referred to himself as a “Prince of God.” Executing the mentally ill is not only immoral, but a lose/lose situation. It’s costing some their lives, and the rest of us just have to pay more for it.

But in 2015, we’ve decided it’s easier to kill the ill than to find them help. Cutting mental health services is called “fiscal responsibility,” while increasing spending on prisons is being “tough on crime.” Until citizens or courts put an end to this, people will continue to die — but that’s the passive wording. More accurately, our government will continue to murder people in our own name.

— Trey Ross is a journalism sophomore. Follow her @_patriciaross

Pulse of the Pac West Coast students discuss sexual assault laws, the status of student groups and sales tax “Why I singled out Students for Justice in Palestine,” David Horowitz The actions of SJP make it a supporter and active abettor of a war against the Jews. …

SJP is responsible for the atmosphere of fear that is a palpable reality for many Jewish students. As such, SJP clearly violates UC Berkeley’s “Principles of Community,” under which officially recognized student groups are supposed to operate. Under the U.S. Constitution, SJP has every right to spew its noxious hatreds and spread its lies. It does not have rights, however, to the privileges of legitimate student groups or to funding from the campus and taxpayers of California. This is an outrage that needs to be addressed by UC Berkeley’s Division of Student Affairs, and the sooner the better.

— The Daily Californian, University of California, Berkeley “The high price of poverty,” Devin Edwards Obviously, no one but masochists enjoy (sic) paying taxes. … Nevertheless, how you pay for them matters because it affects who pays and how much they pay.

I believe the 45 states who enforce a sales tax (Washington among them) are wrong for doing so. I don’t think the sales tax serves any useful purpose in the face of more equitable sources of revenue like the income tax. The truth is, sales tax disproportionately hurts the poor while leaving the rest of society’s strata relatively

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unscathed. … [Families] just below the poverty line spend 10.2 percent of their income on food at home, all of which is subject to sales tax. As a percentage of income, that’s almost twice as much as the rich (incomes above $150,000) spend on food at home. … Say the sales tax is eliminated: How will we fund all the programs and services that the sales tax used to support? The answer lies in the income tax. By shifting tax rates to better reflect America’s current class climate, where the top one percent currently takes in almost a quarter of the nation’s income, we can find the proper funding. … In this system, the burden can be shifted off the poor and middle class and onto the rich, who have been allowed to concentrate far too much wealth.

Washington doesn’t have an income tax, but it should.

— The Daily of the University of Washington, University of Washington “CALCASA’s support of SB 668 betrays wishes of student survivors, activists,” Savannah Badalich At the urging of University of California student survivors and activists, the UC President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault produced a mandated recommendation for all UC campuses to have a confidential and privileged advocate on each campus. This [person] is essentially a one-stop shop for survivors to go to for information

about reporting options, counseling, support through the reporting process and accommodations to ensure their continued education — from changing classes, to finding new housing, to financial aid. …

Unfortunately, there are now attempts to undermine the work and wishes of student activists, and, shockingly, they’re coming from a would-be ally — the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault. At the prompting of CALCASA, California State Senator Connie Leyva has introduced Senate Bill 668, which would change the definition of a “sexual assault counselor,” making universities unable to employ their own confidential and privileged advocates without contracting out to a local rape crisis center. …

CALCASA is considered a coalition or network of rape crisis centers around the state. … It has a financial incentive to make sure student survivors go to rape crisis centers rather than on-campus advocates, like the ones recommended by the task force.

Under the guise of helping survivors, CALCASA has pushed forward SB 668, … ensuring increased revenue for CALCASA. Its intentions are obvious to student survivors and activists: [I]t wants to make money off the surge in attention on campus sexual assault.

— The Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles

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BY AMBER WHITE

The Daily Wildcat

Lights out

Two UA students were stopped on Seventh Street just west of Campbell Avenue for not having a working license plate lamp on March 24 around 10:45 p.m.

The University of Arizona Police Department officer noticed an odor of marijuana coming from the students’ car. He had both of them get out of the car and walk to the trunk.

The driver told the officer there might be some marijuana in the glove compartment. Inside it, the officer found a small plastic container with marijuana residue and a shake. The container had a label saying “for medicinal use only,” but neither woman was a marijuana prescription card holder.

The student driving the car said she thought someone left the marijuana in her car in the last day or two. She also claimed to smoke marijuana once or twice a week. The passenger said she and the other student were roommates and they took turns purchasing marijuana to smoke it together. She also said the marijuana in the car was for them both to use.

The two women were cited and released for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The driver was warned about her license plate lamp not working and asked to get it fixed. They were both referred to the Dean of Students Office for a code of conduct violation.

Skatin’ Smokers

Two non-UA affiliated individuals were seen by a UAPD officer with skateboards in the Highland Avenue Parking Garage on March 24 around 9:11 p.m.

The officer told both men about the no-skateboarding rule in parking garages. One of the men stood with his back turned toward the officer to conceal something in his hands. The officer made him turn around and show what was inside his hands, which was a clear glass water bong with burnt marijuana residue in the bowl. The officer asked if either of them had marijuana, and the other man took out a green plastic tube with 0.1 grams of marijuana from his backpack.

The backpack was searched, and the officer found a clear plastic grinder with marijuana residue on it and a green pill bottle with a ziplock baggie that had 2.3 grams of marijuana inside. The man said all of the items were his, but the first man claimed that the bong was his and the marijuana wasn’t.

One man was cited and released for possession of marijuana and both were cited and released for drug paraphernalia. All the items were taken as evidence.

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‘Anti-Patriarchy Organizing Within Social Justice Communities’ 12 pm McClelland Park Building, Room 402, 650 N. Park Ave. Come join the Institute for LGBT Studies for free pizza and awesome conversation.

Members of Tucson’s Bruv Luv – a Tucson-based, anti-patriarchy grassroots collective –will talk about their capacity building efforts among men to address patriarchal behaviors and male violence in interpersonal relationships and social justice organizing spaces.

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Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium 4 pm Henry Koffler Building, Room 218, 1340 E. University Blvd. Richard Crooks, chemistry professor at the University of Texas at Austin, will present a seminar titled “Disposable Sensors for Health and Defense.”

Exhibit - ‘Disclosures and Revelations’ 8 am to 5 pm Lionel Rombach Gallery. The 2015 University of Arizona Photography Division Exhibition, “Disclosures and Revelations,” will be on display at the UA School of Art March 31-April 9.

The William R. Sears Memorial Lecture Series 4 pm Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Room S202, 1130 N. Mountain Ave. William S. Saric, University Distinguished Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Texas and A&M University, College Station, Texas, will give a seminar titled “It’s not the destination; it’s the journey.”

Earth Week 2015 8 am to 5 pm Student Union Memorial Center, Grand Ballroom. Earth Week is a research symposium organized by graduate students in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, composed of Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology & Water Resources, Geosciences, the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, the School of Natural Resources & the Environment, and Soil, Water & Environmental Science. Earth Week features undergraduate and graduate student talks and poster sessions, as well as invited guest speakers.

Panel on Academic Writing and Publishing 530 pm Manuel Pacheco Integrated Learning Center, Room 150. The UA Graduate Center invites the UA community to attend an interdisciplinary panel on the subject of academic writing and publishing. The panelists will include Professors Tricia Serio, Monica Casper, and Marc Miller. Building upon their experience serving as editors for journals and publications of their respective fields, the panelists will share strategies for

First Thursday Art Walk 5 to 8 pm. Main Gate Square 814 E. University Blvd. Visit some of the unique art galleries, meet the artists and see handcrafted art, including jewelry, pottery, glass, clothing, paintings, sculpture, music, learning of regional history, and more.

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SPORTS SCORE CENTER San Francisco takes down D-Backs in AZ San Francisco Giants 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Phoenix Suns eliminated by Mavericks Dallas Mavericks 107, Phoenix Suns 104

San Antonio continues hot streak San Antonio Spurs 110, Houston Rockets 98

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SOFTBALL

Doing things Wilson’s way eye-popping accolades, including a gold medal at the 2010 Pan American Championship.

She immediately made her presence felt, starting all 56 games as a freshman and leading the Wildcats in batting average.

Wilson has become perhaps Arizona’s most reliable all-around position player over the course of the past four seasons. And so far, her senior year may be on pace to be her best.

On top of an on-base percentage that hovers around .500, the first baseman is second on the team with a .993 fielding percentage. Almost nothing gets by her, at the plate or on the mound.

Fellow senior Chelsea Goodacre has witnessed the progression first hand.

“She and I are the only two left that have been here all four years, so we have a really strong bond,” Goodacre said. “She has been a big contributor to the success of our team.”

While the Wildcats have a little over a month left in the regular season before postseason play begins, Wilson’s playing days are far from finished.

“I hope to maintain the same level of play here and continue to grow as a ballplayer,” Wilson said.

BY EZRA AMACHER The Daily Wildcat

Hallie Wilson received a text message from former UA teammate Brigette Del Ponte as she rode the team bus to Arizona softball’s game at Oregon State last Thursday.

Del Ponte, an All-Pac-12 third baseman who now is a member of the professional softball team USSSA Pride, got to break the big news to the Wildcats’ star senior.

Wilson would be selected to the Pride as the 28th overall pick in the 2015 National Pro Fastpitch Draft. Wilson was the lone Arizona player to be drafted. “[Del Ponte] said, ‘Congrats, can’t way to play with you,’” Wilson said. “All positive stuff.”

The NPF is the only professional women’s softball league in the U.S. The Pride, located in Kissimmee, Fla., has won the championship the past two years and three times in five years.

For Wilson, a 2014 All-American and one of Arizona’s biggest offensive threats, the draft news came as a surprise.

The Santa Ana, Calif., native had already made known her intentions of taking the upcoming season off, as she will be an intern for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization starting this summer. So technically, she was drafted for the 2016 season.

“I was really excited because they still wanted me, even though it wouldn’t be for this season,” Wilson said.

For Arizona coach Mike Candrea, hearing the news came as much less of a shock. Candrea said the Pride had been in touch with the program, and he knew Wilson was on their radar.

“We’re very excited for her, and I think anytime you can separate yourself from others and get drafted is a pretty special thing,” Candrea said. “I think she can play at any level right now.”

The confidence Candrea has instilled in Wilson rubs off on how she plays the game. Wilson has remarkably started nearly every game of her UA career and is constantly among the team leaders in batting average.

This season, her .395 mark is second only to Kellie Fox. Wilson joined the Arizona program with a list of

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rizona volleyball player Madi Kingdon is arguably one of the most successful female athletes currently at the UA. Not only has she had success on sand, but also dominates during the indoor volleyball season.

In her four years at Arizona, Kingdon has been a key component of the volleyball program’s success.

She was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in 2011, as well as the Chevron Rainbow Wahine Invitational all-tournament team.

She also led the team in kills in over half of the matches she played.

Kingdon earned Pac-12 honorable mention all-conference honors in her sophomore season.

She led the team in kills and points and was the only player to start in all 31 matches that season.

Kingdon’s junior season ended with even more honors as she was named to the All-Pac-12 Team, earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region honors and was an AVCA AllAmerican honorable mention. Kingdon also led the Pac-12 Conference in points.

She also conquered new territory her junior year, as she decided to be a part of the newly established sand volleyball program at Arizona, coached by Steve Walker, who played a large part in her recruitment to Arizona.

“When I first got here, Steve kind of recruited me to indoor and was a part of that process,” Kingdon said.

“I really like Steve as a coach, so I was really excited playing on a team for him again.”

Walker said he and indoor volleyball coach Dave Rubio recruited Kingdon because she is an individual that can help the team win at the highest level.

“She is an outstanding athlete with a really fast jump and dynamic ability to score offensively,” Walker said. “And she’s really rounded out her skill set as she’s been here.”

Kingdon ended up with a 19-15 individual record during the inaugural season for sand volleyball.

Kingdon was named third-team AVCA AllAmerican for indoor volleyball in her senior

season. She also continued to lead the team in kills and helped the team to their best record in almost a decade (24-10). Kingdon also led the nation in attacks and has played in more matches than any other player in Arizona history.

The Wildcats’ sand volleyball season isn’t over, and Kingdon continues to prove why she is a part of the Wildcats’ No. 1 team, along with partner Kaitlyn Leary.

The duo has dominated the sand this season and has served as role models for the younger players.

“Along with her partner Kaitlyn, she’s been a really nice leader by example,” Walker said. “I like how she just performs, regardless of what the score is. I like that about her and hope that it’s something she can pass on to the younger players.”

Leary is a newcomer to both Arizona and sand volleyball this season. She said Kingdon has been fun to play with and has helped her transition to sand.

“We get along on and off the court; she’s obviously a high-level player, so it’s been fun to play with someone that has that much skill,” Leary said.

“She helps me on the court and during play making adjustments in my skills, letting me know if my sets are on or off. We just do a lot of communicating, so that’s been helpful.”

As Walker said, Kingdon has been a fabulous Wildcat. Surely, Arizona is going to miss Kingdon come May when she moves on to the next chapter in her life, but she intends to stay in the volleyball community and has ambitions of playing at the next level.

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ARIZONA SAND volleyball senior Madi Kingdon lobs the ball during Arizona’s 5-0 victory over New Mexico on Saturday at Jimenez Field.

Kingdon has emerged as a leader for sand volleyball after leading the indoor volleyball team for four seasons.

BY JAMES KELLEY The Daily Wildcat

ASU baseball followed Arizona’s 2012 game plan, and the Sun Devils are obviously hoping for similar results.

In 2012, the Wildcats moved from Frank Sancet Stadium, the oncampus ball park, to Hi Corbett Field, a few minutes away from campus. The Wildcats won the 2012 College World Series.

Arizona coach Andy Lopez said the Wildcats’ move to Hi Corbett Field was huge.

“Obviously it was a nice way to christen it, national title, but huge,” Lopez said.

The Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies used to play Spring Training games at Hi Corbett Field.

This season, ASU moved from Packard Stadium on campus to Phoenix Municipal Stadium, where the Oakland A’s used to have Spring Training.

Lopez said the move will be good for the Sun Devils and that teams nowadays have to keep up with the arms race. He said Washington and Oregon have new facilities and Oregon State upgraded its in the 2000s.

“I talked to a buddy of mine [Wednesday] morning from Alabama,” Lopez said. “They’re building a $45 million stadium at the University of Alabama, on campus. If you don’t have $45 million to throw around at a baseball program, I don’t know how many people they do in the SEC, what a great thing.”

ASU played at Packard for 40 seasons.

They played 137 games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium from 1964 to 1974, going 111-26 and 17-6 against Arizona there.

The Sun Devils are so excited about the move that they created a logo and a hashtag, #PHXMuni. ASU is 10th in the country in attendance.

No. 24 Arizona makes its first trip to Phoenix Municipal Stadium to face the No. 9 Sun Devils this weekend.

“I’m sure Arizona State’s probably enjoying it,” Lopez said. “We’ve had a good time doing it here.”

Dalbec moves into rotation, Talley to closer

Arizona’s jack of all trades, utility player Bobby Dalbec, is taking on a new role.

Lopez said Dalbec (2-3) will now be a starting pitcher. Dalbec had a 4.34 ERA

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UA has Washington and Oregon next

BY Stevie Katz

The Daily Wildcat

After wrapping up the last of the season’s home court matches last weekend, the Arizona women’s tennis team is traveling to Seattle and Eugene, Ore., to take on Washington and Oregon, both of which will be competitive matches.

The team will be in Seattle on Friday, where sophomore Lauren Marker said she loves to play because of the beautiful facilities and landscape.

“I’m looking forward to just the competition,” Marker said. “I’m excited to go play at Oregon and Washington; they are two of my favorite schools to play at. I love the cities, and I’m just excited to travel one last big road trip with the team. We have a lot of fun on our road trips, so it’s definitely an adventure every time.”

Marker said she wants to be able to set up the points and take advantage of the opportunities that she gets. She also wants to be able to stay focused throughout her match and not think negative thoughts, because that’s when everything starts to crumble.

“I’m really paying attention to my thoughts lately, so when I start to have a negative thought in my head, I’ve been starting to

notice it, so that’s pretty good,” Marker said.

“It’s really hard to just work on that straight up; it kind of just happens over time I think.

I think paying attention to your thoughts is a really big deal because if you’re thinking negative, that could really affect your whole entire outcome of the match. So always having positive thoughts for me is a big deal to keeping my focus.”

Arizona women’s tennis coach Vicky Maes said she wants to see her athletes take advantage of opportunities and try to be the best they can be.

“We have two important road matches that are must-wins for us if we are to make the tournament,” Maes said. “I expect good effort in the doubles, lots of poaching and aggressive play right off the bat. We need to put constant pressure on our opponents so we can get a good energetic start.”

Marker obviously hopes to see her team try their hardest and leave everything out there, win or lose.

The Arizona men’s tennis team is back in Arizona to compete against Oregon and Washington.

Sunday’s match against Washington is going to be heartwarming for seniors Sumeet Shinde and Robin Chou, as it will be their last match on the Arizona tennis courts.

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and five saves as Arizona’s closer.

“Dalbec is a guy that physically, should be able to go out there and get you five to seven innings with his stuff,” Lopez said.

Dalbec will replace Tyger Talley (3-0) in the rotation. Talley has an ERA of 4.36, but a nerve problem limits his effectiveness after a while Lopez said, so he will be the closer now.

“He’s good for three, four innings on a weekend,” Lopez said. “The reality is that Tyger

“They are a great group,” Arizona men’s tennis coach Tad Berkowitz said. “Sumeet and Robin have been with me now for four years, and both of them have come up with some huge wins for us throughout both of their careers. They’ll definitely be missed.

They are good players, but more importantly they are good guys and good teammates, and they are in it for the right reasons. With that, they will definitely be missed with their positive influence that they have on the rest of the team.”

As for the matches this weekend, Berkowitz said he wants to see his team put together everything they’ve experienced, from having great wins to close knit loses, to try the best they can.

“The main thing is just go after it and go get it,” Berkowitz said. “When you play in the Pac12 [Conference], no one is going to give you anything and to just go out and take it from them. When we played our last four matches, we were against some of the best teams in the country, and we saw some good positives with the guys going through some of those tough matches, and just to go and take it and go and win the match and earn it.”

is not really effective from 35 pitches on.”

Lopez said they have toyed with Talley at closer before and Dalbec is good enough to be an ace, but it’s just that his batting is too valuable.

Lopez said Dalbec, who leads the team in RBIs, will pitch on Monday in the third game of the series at ASU and play third base the other two games.

Lopez is, however, thinking about putting Dalbec at designated hitter when he starts too.

“I’m leaning that way, but I might just have him concentrate on pitching, we’ll see how that goes,” Lopez said.

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Arizona women’s tennis sophomore Lauren Marker returns a volley during Arizona’s 7-0 loss against UCLA at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center on Saturday. Marker and the Wildcats take on Washington and Oregon next.

Xavier Borde (2-0), 1.69 ERA, will replace Robby Medel (1-3), 5.40 ERA, as the number two starter.

“Xavier has got good stuff; if there is one thing he lacks, it’s just the experience, and he’ll get it pretty quick,” Lopez said about facing the Sun Devils on the road.

Kingery still king

While Arizona got swept last weekend against USC, UA second baseman Scott Kingery still leads the NCAA in hitting, and so do the Wildcats.

Kingery is hitting .477, .20 points higher than

second-place Sam Koenig of Milwaukee.

“If you told me we would be, like, halfway through the season and he would be hitting, like, .480, I would have said ‘Come on,’” Lopez said.

The Wildcats also still lead the country in batting, at .327. Kingery is 12th in the nation in on-base percentage (.510).

“You could not tell if he was 0-for-4 or 4-for-4 over the course of a game,” Lopez said. “He just goes about it the right way.”

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Science Cancer

Patients’ own tumor proteins used in new vaccine Researchers have tested a personalized cancer therapy and the results are promising.

Cancer occurs when cells in the body undergo a series of mutations that lead to unrestricted, prolific growth.

These mutations can lead to unique proteins that researchers can use as an identifying signal.

By using seven specific proteins expressed exclusively in the tumor cells of each patient, researchers were able to design a patientspecific vaccine. When the therapy is administered, the patient’s own immune system uses the vaccine to learn what the tumor cells look like. The immune system, with newly trained immune cells, can then mount an aggressive attack on the tumor, similar to how it would respond to other illnesses. Although the study was a small one and larger clinical trials are necessary, the immune response generated by the therapy is convincing and offers a promising avenue for researchers to continue exploring.

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Large Hadron Collider looking for dark matter, antimatter After a two-year break for upgrades, the Large Hadron Collider — the world’s largest particle accelerator — is up and running once again.

After making international headlines for the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the LHC underwent numerous improvements and repairs.

Now, researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, otherwise known as CERN, are turning their attention towards matter that has proven more elusive: dark matter and antimatter.

Dark matter, despite comprising the vast majority of matter in the universe, still remains a mystery for physicists worldwide. After the big bang, the universe was filled with equal amounts of matter and antimatter.

Protons, neutrons and electrons were abundant, but so were anti-protons, antineutrons and anti-electrons.

When a particle meets its anti-counterpart, a process called annihilation occurs.

Essentially, they cancel each other out. However, evidenced by our continued existence, all matter was not annihilated, yet antimatter is relatively rare, begging the question of what happened between the two. These mysteries and more are what the LHC hopes to unravel in future experiments.

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New oldest human ancestor discovered A recent study has identified Little Foot’s bones to be 3.67 million years old. Lucy’s remains — the former oldest known Australopithecus africanus — were only 3.2 million years old, making her almost half a million years younger.

Little Foot’s remains were discovered in South Africa 21 years ago, along with stone tools found to be 2.18 million years old — among the oldest tools ever discovered.

Scientists at Purdue University had almost given up on dating Little Foot, as previous attempts had proven troublesome.

Luckily, a new method — known as isochron burial dating — became available and proved successful.

The method was originally developed to analyze solar wind samples from a previous NASA mission. Isochron burial dating uses radioactive isotopes aluminum-26 and beryllium-10, which are created upon exposure to cosmic rays on the Earth’s surface. After being buried or otherwise shielded from such rays, the isotopes begin to decay at known rates, allowing the ratio of the two to be used for more accurate dating.

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AN OXYTOCIN NASAL SPRAY is being used to study complicated grief. Complicated grief is a condition when people cannot adapt properly to losing a loved one, and it affects 10 to 20 percent of people.

Oxytocin nasal spray used to understand complicated grief

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UA assistant psychology professor MaryFrances O’Connor is using oxytocin nasal spray to further understand the physiological mechanisms behind complicated grief.

“Oxytocin is a hormone in the body that is very much related to how we bond to other people,” O’Connor explained. “This is true in animals, nursing mothers or romantic bonding. It occurred to me that this may be a hormone system in the body that is operating differently in people that have complicated grief.”

Approximately 10 to 20 percent of people develop complicated grief and experience emotional pain, intense yearning and difficulty performing normal daily functions long after the passing of their loved one, according to O’Connor.

This condition is also associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

“Most people, when they lose a loved one, are resilient,” O’Connor said. “It is very distressing and emotional, but most people can adapt and recover.

However, there is a small group of people that, when they lose a loved one, they cannot ever really adapt. This is called complicated grief.”

O’Connor’s prior research shows that the part of the brain that seems uniquely activated in complicated grief is an area called the nucleus accumbens. It is a part of the reward network in the brain that is responsible for positive emotions when spending time with loved ones and feelings of sadness during separation. This area of the brain

According to O’Connor, by comparing the is known to hold many neurons with receptors for images of administering oxytocin versus saline, it the neuropeptide hormone oxytocin.

O’Connor hypothesizes that abnormally low can be determined which neuronal receptors are levels of oxytocin bound to receptors in the already full or activated. This will indicate whether nucleus accumbens during bereavement may be or not the oxytocin receptor system is in fact the responsible for the development of complicated one affected as opposed to a different receptor grief. Functional magnetic resonance imaging system, such as dopamine.

Because oxytocin only has a half-life of 20 to will be performed on 40 adults with complicated grief to discover if the nucleus accumbens region 30 minutes, O’Connor said she does not think that the hormone can serve as is disregulated by measuring a pharmacologic treatment for blood flow in the brain. complicated grief. However, “The fMRI tool allows us to [T]here is a small both O’Connor and Arizmendi measure changes in blood flow in group of people are hopeful that the study the brain,” said Brian Arizmendi, will uncover the differences a UA clinical psychology that when they between those with and without graduate student working with lose a loved one, complicated grief and how to O’Connor. “Those areas where ... cannot ever better treat the condition. we measure increased blood “Individuals in the U.S. are flow are receiving an abundance really adapt living longer than ever before, of oxygen necessary for brain —Mary Frances resulting in an ever-increasing activity. Thus we measure O’Connor number of bereavement blood flow as an accurate, assistant psychology experiences,” Arizmendi said. “It albeit indirect, measure of brain professor is our hope that data from this activity in what is known as study will significantly add to our Blood Oxygen Level Dependent understanding of the biological signal.” and neural mechanisms behind fMRI imaging will be done twice: once after the oxytocin nasal spray, and complicated grief, which may pave the way for once after the saline spray to act as a control improved treatment for those with this debilitating condition. Then, fMRI images will be collected condition.” while participants will be asked to focus on their emotional experience while viewing an image of — Follow Kimberlie Wang their deceased loved one during the scan. @DailyWildcat

Glacial melting slows down ocean current Greenland ice sheet melting could explain record cold winters in Northeast U.S.

BY JOHN MCMULLEN The Daily Wildcat

From the polar vortex to “snowpocalypse,” the climate in the northeastern U.S. has been unusually cold for the past couple of years. This increase in cold may be partly due the climate change-induced melting of the Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice body in the world.

Stefan Rahmstorf and colleagues at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research used a reconstruction of sea surface temperatures as far back as the year 900 to show that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is slowing down at a rate unprecedented in the past 1,100 years. Their findings were published in a recent article in Nature Climate Change.

“The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is the interstate highway of water movement in the Atlantic,” said Paul Goddard, a geosciences graduate student studying sea level rise on the east coast of North America. “At the ocean’s surface, water moves [heat] from the Southern Hemisphere past the equator, then along the East coast as the Gulf Stream, and finally towards the high latitudes of the Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas.”

Climate models have consistently

shown that with the continued rate of greenhouse gas emissions, the AMOC will slow down over the next century, Goddard said. Rahmstorf and coauthors used sea surface temperature data to indirectly demonstrate the strength of the AMOC over time.

The authors attribute weakening of the AMOC, in part, to glacial land melting, which has melted due to sea and land temperature increases.

“This increase in freshwater [from the Greenland ice sheet] also decreases the density of the surface waters, making [the AMOC] less likely to sink,” Goddard explained.

Sinking is necessary for the current to circulate water back through the Atlantic, Goddard said.

The AMOC transports heat to the subpolar and polar North Atlantic, which is released to the atmosphere with substantial impacts on climate in surrounding areas, explained Xubin Zeng, an atmospheric sciences professor, director of UA Climate Dynamics and Hydrometeorology Center and Agnese N. Haury chair in environment. As the AMOC continues to slow down or even potentially halt, there will be less heat brought up to the North Atlantic, making the surrounding areas colder, Zeng said. “[As the AMOC slows] the impacts will be large, such as the shift of the tropical rainfall belts, additional

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SEA LEVEL RISE on the East Coast and record cold winters are negative outcomes identified from the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowing down. Paul Goddard, a geosciences graduate student, showed in a recent study that the Northeastern U.S. - shown in red on the map - had an unprecedented sea level rise in 2009 and 2010.

sea level rise around the North Atlantic and disruptions to marine ecosystems,” Zeng said. “For instance, you can think of the impact of 12 feet of snow this past winter on the economy of Boston and on the residents there.”

Goddard’s research focuses on explaining the 4-inch increase in sea level rise along the northeastern North American coast during 20092010. This finding was discovered through analyzing tide gauge data, which, in part, was explained by a 30 percent downturn in the AMOC during this time period.

Many climate change impacts

are results of numerous feedbacks occurring throughout each environmental system, Goddard said.

“There are numerous processes contribute to sea level rise around the world, [making this issue a complicated problem],” Goddard said. “To ‘reverse’ the impacts of climate change, we must not only reduce our emissions, but essentially halt them all together.”

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