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Regents pick Florida firm to market UA’s top job Agency will provide advice on hunt for new UA president By Luke Money Daily Wildcat
The Arizona Board of Regents has selected Greenwood/Asher and Associates, Inc. to serve as the consulting firm throughout the search for a long-term UA president. Greenwood/Asher specializes in academic searches, particularly for university presidents. Jan Greenwood will serve as the principal search consultant according to Katie Paquet, the associate vice president for public affairs and external relations for the regents. Greenwood could not be reached as of press time. Greenwood/Asher, which is headquartered in Miramar Beach, Fla., has been involved in a number of recent presidential searches, including those at Washington State University, George Mason University and James Madison University. During a meeting of the UA Faculty Senate on Monday Regent Rick Myers, one of the co-chairs of the Presidential Search Committee, said Greenwood/Asher was one of the four firms to be interviewed out of the total of 14 that were considered. “The position we are trying to fill will well affect how the university moves forward,” Myers said. “We need someone to focus on academics, research and athletics but (who) also has the leadership qualities and personalities to leverage the UA’s ideas.” Wanda Howell, the chair of the Faculty Senate, said it is important to develop key candidates for the position by December or January and for an official hire to be made by March. But Howell said the potential candidate pool is much smaller than it normally would be, since so many major universities are searching for presidents. Howell also said the UA is accepting applications for the position and has received a few already. Current UA President Eugene Sander said making the UA attractive to potential candidates was not an issue and that it is important for a potential new president to inspire confidence. “When a leader walks through that door, you need to just know that it’s your new president,” he said. “It’s as
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The UA Computer Science Department’s Beichuan Zhang shows the network hardware that he and four UA students are using for an Internet technology project. Zhang is working to reduce energy use for network servers by monitoring user traffic and adjusting server activity.
UA looks at lessening Internet energy usage By Amer Taleb Daily Wildcat
Computer networks constantly waste money because of their constant energy consumption, even if they are idle. A UA professor’s “green” improvements may finally force them to absorb power proportionately. Beichuan Zhang, an assistant professor of computer science, proposed turning network links on and off according to traffic levels. His team’s 10-page paper won him the Applied Networking Research Prize, given to two people on the planet this year. “It’s an international award so no, I didn’t expect to win,” he said, grinning. “And then I got the email.” It’s hard to measure where Zhang’s prize
ranks among other awards won by the UA’s computer science faculty because it’s so unique, said Saumya Debray, interim department head of Computer Science. But if you’re one of only two people in the world to win one, it’s probably pretty special, he added. People have been concerned about computing energy issues for years, but that’s only half the battle, Debray said. “If someone doesn’t give you a way to solve the problem, what can you do?” Debray asked. “Dr. Zhang showed that by intelligently managing the infrastructure of the Internet, you can reduce the energy usage of the network. And that’s what’s cool.” The award was sponsored by The Internet Society, which oversees major
players and protocol makers in the Internet world. More than 20 teams competed for the prize. Professors tend to work on long term theoretical problems while industries search for answers to issues faced today. “The two communities are disconnected,” Zhang said. The Internet Society is trying to bridge the gap between theory and practice by working with university researchers to produce a more effective Internet in the near future, Zhang said. Just because trash doesn’t fly out of your computer, doesn’t mean your network isn’t wasting energy, he added.
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Drop a class, pay in cash Senator visits for LGBTQ seminar
$25 fee deters students from ditching courses late in the semester By Conrad Pursley Daily Wildcat
When Amanda Merz, a senior studying journalism and geography, heard about the $25 drop fee given to courses dropped after the first week of classes, she said it was “ridiculous,” and just a ploy to squeeze more money out of students. However, school officials say it has become a necessity due to student abuse of the registration process. The revenue collected from the drop fee, which was $133,575.00 last semester, is used to increase course offerings in general education and high demand areas. Irene Delgado, the UA’s assistant registrar, said the fee, which started in fall 2009, was implemented because students would frequently sign up for more classes than they intended to take, then pick and choose which ones they were comfortable with during the second
By the Numbers Fall 2009 – $129,525
Number of late fees charged
Spring 2010 – $142,385
Fall 2009 – 5,181
Fall 2010 – $112,825
Spring 2010 – 5,695
Spring 2011 – $133,575
Fall 2010 – 4,513
Revenue collected
Spring 2011 – 5,343 Source: Office of the Registrar
week of class and drop the others. This prevented many incoming freshmen and transfer students from getting the courses they needed to complete their degrees. About 13,000 courses were dropped in the second week of the fall 2007 semester alone. Furthermore, many professors don’t allow students to enroll in their class after the first week, meaning all those seats go to waste throughout the remainder of the semester. Delgado said that ever since the fee was implemented the volume of complaints from students unable to enroll in their desired classes has subsided. In fact, drop classes in the
second week of school fell from 13,000 in 2007 to 5,181 in fall 2009, according to data from the Office of the Registrar. Wanda Howell, the chair of the Faculty Senate, said that this fee is for a student’s own good. “The idea is to sort of discourage students from enrolling in multiple classes and thereby discouraging other students from signing (up),” she said. Howell went on to say she believes all faculty members would look at the fee in the same light. The fee amount of $25 was decided upon, because it was believed
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State Sen. Paula Aboud will visit campus today as part of the UA’s Out on The Job Speaker Series. The series is a one-hour seminar that brings speakers from Tucson’s community together to talk about the challenges Paula Aboud and benefits State senator, they’ve expeDistrict 28 rienced from being “out” on the job. Aboud, who graduated from the UA with a degree in English, works as a semi-retired property manager. Listening to Aboud’s various experiences in the professional world, along with her political involvement in Tucson, will be like “seeing one of our own out on the work force,” said Cynthia Lee, an intern for Pride
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Alliance and a senior studying public health and business. “It’s just a good thing for students to come and see how they could deal with (being out on the job) and how it could be very beneficial for them,” she said. Lee encourages all students to attend and said that any student will benefit from what Aboud and other speakers have to say. The seminar will be held in room 412 of the Student Union Memorial Center from 12 to 1 p.m. and is sponsored by LGBTQ Affairs, Career Services, ASUA Pride Alliance and the Institute for LGBT Studies.
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Top Right: Molly McKnight-Guyman, 4, holds her father’s hand on Saturday while Wilma Wildcat dances at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ Open House at the Roy Place building, which will be the first UA building to host classes in downtown Tucson. Below: A 40-footlong drill, donated and refurbished by mining industry companies Asarco and Atlas Copco will be used by University of Arizona engineering students to dig a new system of tunnels at the Henry G “Hank” San Xavier Mining Laboratory. The 1997 Cannon DP-12HD drill jumbo is pictured before its refurbishment in the bottom right-hand picture.
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UA tech startup acquired by IBM
Drill, baby, drill
A charitable gift will soon allow UA engineering students to delve deeper into their IBM has agreed to purchase i2, a crime research than ever before. A 40-foot-long analytics company that merged with UA spinoff Knowledge Computing Corporation drill, donated by mining industry companies Asarco and Atlas Copco will be in 2009, in a deal that is expected to be used to dig a new series of tunnels at the finalized during the fourth fiscal quarter. Henry G. “Hank” Grundstedt San Xavier Hsinchun Chen, a professor of manageUnderground Mining Laboratory, which is ment information systems, started the overseen by the Department of Mining and Knowledge Computing Corporation as a way to commercialize COPLINK , a service Geological Engineering. The mine, located 23 miles outside the city limits, has been which allows law enforcement officials to operated by the UA since 1958. utilize database services for comparative crime analysis. Chen has been involved with COPLINK since 1995, when the Tucson Police Department requested his assistance on the project.
Plotting pot price points Fiscal ignorance carries hefty price tag Monica Stephens, a UA geography graduate student, collaborated with Matthew Zook, a University of Kentucky geographer and Mark Graham, an Oxford Internet Institute research fellow, to create a map detailing the price of marijuana throughout the United States. The map is based off of 16,000 anonymous purchase reports submitted to PriceofWeed.com and showed the average price of an ounce of marijuana ranged from $138 to $377, depending on the quality.
A study by the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences showed that children who have parents that emphasize the importance of good money management tend to have a better grasp on fiscal management as they get older. The study, which had a sample size of 1,500 students, showed that most respondents, 39 percent, were classified as “followers,” mirroring their parents’ financial habits and are more likely to be unconcerned with learning about fiscal management.
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simple as that. You need someone as excited about his promotion as you were yours. You need someone that feels comfortable doing what they need to do.” Both Student Regent William Holmes and Associated Students of the University of Arizona President James Allen said it is vital for students to continue to have a voice throughout the search process, and Allen stressed the importance of finding a candidate who will emphasize affordability for students. “Students can’t just be looked at as cash cows,” he said. John C. Ulreich, an English professor, said it was important to find a candidate who will inject energy into the university. “We need a visionary, someone to inspire us,” he said. Myers said that, while it is unlikely that the “perfect candidate” would arise, the UA needs somebody with the wisdom to complement working with others. “That’s the quality of a leader,” he explained. The Faculty Senate also unanimously approved changes to tier one general education courses in an attempt to avoid erroneous credit duplication. In the past, students who took two courses of the same area and number, such as two 101-numbered Individuals and Societies Juni Nelson/ Daily Wildcat courses, could end up not having the course count Interim President Eugene Sander addresses the Faculty toward fulfillment of their Gen ed requirements. Senate at its first meeting on Monday. Topics included tuition The senate also received an update from Sally Rider, raises and the search for a long-term university president. the associate dean of the James E. Rogers College — Eliza Molk contributed reporting to this story. of Law and co-director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, about the institute’s progress since it Next Faculty Senate Meeting was started last February. Rider said the focus of the James E. Rogers College of Law, room 164 institute continues to be empirical research into how to approach problems or debates in a way that moves Oct. 3 3 - 5 p.m. them closer to resolution.
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An unexpected electrical failure caused delays to CatMail and other university services over the weekend. A crucial piece of equipment was found to be faulty on Tuesday, said Derek Masseth, senior director of infrastructure services for University Information and Technology Services. The service planned to start maintenance on Saturday night to reduce impact on students, faculty and staff. The replacement required UITS to shut down the UA campus
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Internet service providers and data centers could save millions of dollars by implementing Zhang’s green networks. Eventually households could use the technology too, he said. “The idea that you should adapt your power consumption based on your workload can be applied to anyone,” Zhang said. “The challenge is applying it to a specific network environment.” Cheng Yi, a computer science graduate student and one of the paper’s authors, said being on the award-winning team will be ben-
`SpongeBob’ impairs little kids’ thinking, study finds Mcclatchy tribune
LOS ANGELES — Watching just a short bit of the wildly popular kids TV show “SpongeBob SquarePants” has been known to give many parents headaches. Psychologists have now found that a brief exposure to SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and the rest of the crew also appears to dampen preschoolers’ brain power. Angeline Lillard and Jennifer Peterson, both of the University of Virginia’s department of psychology, wanted to see whether watching fastpaced television had an immediate influence on kids’ executive function — skills including attention, working memory, problem solving and delay of gratification that are associated with success in school.
Television’s negative effect on executive function over the long term has been established, the researchers wrote Monday in the journal Pediatrics, but less is known about its immediate effects. To test what those might be, Lillard and Peterson randomly assigned 60 4-year-olds to three groups: one that watched nine minutes of a fast-paced, “very popular fantastical cartoon about an animated sponge that lives under the sea;” one that watched nine minutes of slower-paced programming from a PBS show “about a typical U.S. preschool-aged boy;” and a third group that was asked to draw for nine minutes with markers and crayons.
Immediately after their viewing and drawing tasks were complete, the kids were asked to perform four tests to assess executive function. Unfortunately for the denizens of Bikini Bottom, the kids who watched nine minutes of the frenetic high jinks of the “animated sponge” scored significantly worse than the other kids. “Connecting fast-paced television viewing to deficits in executive function ... has profound impacts for children’s cognitive and social development that need to be considered and reacted to,” wrote University of Washington pediatrics professor Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis, an authority on children and the media, in an editorial accompanying the study.
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to be the perfect amount to get students attention while not making them feel like they’re being exploited. Last year Pedro Espitia, an undeclared sophomore, said that when he started to feel overwhelmed by schoolwork, he dropped a sociology course. And when he saw that his bursar’s account had been charged $25 for dropping a class, it didn’t bother him. “It’s a small price to pay in order to not fail a class and have to take it again,” Espitia said.
Data Center. The center houses all campus email servers as well as UAccess and other technology services. “It needed to happen,” Masseth said. These services were disrupted during the maintenance. CatMail messages may have been delayed on Sunday but should have arrived by midnight, Masseth said. D2L was not affected. UAccess Analytics, a business intelligence service, was scheduled to be down until Monday morning. All systems should be restored by today.
eficial to his career. He said the experience also also given him a lot of self-confidence. He said he hopes the theory is as successful in the lab as it was on paper and that the issues they’re addressing are relevant to all. “The resources for generating energy may run out one day,” Yi said. “Everyone should care about energy saving.” The whole point is to help people, reduce energy and save money, so success means seeing major industries using greener networks in the near future, Zhang said. “We want to make an impact on the real world,” he said. “The paper is just the first step.”
When Merz was told the administration’s justification for the fee, she said that she knows a few fellow students who have signed up for numerous classes knowing they were going to drop some, “But only one or two classes.” Merz said that she could understand what the university was doing though. The money the UA collects from these fees goes into making more courses and class seats available for students. Last semester revenue from the fee was more than $133,000, and drops after the second week have remained consistently around 5,000 courses a semester.
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Now back to your question. Among all underage drinkers in the U.S., typically defined as ages 12-20, 26% used alcohol in the past 30 days.1 Wondering about the numbers here on campus? Each spring semester at the UA, students take part in the anonymous Health & Wellness Survey across a random selection of classes. According to the 2011 survey, which had 2,479 respondents, 56% of UA students under 21 reported having alcohol at least once in the past 30 days. In other words, 44% of underage UA students do not drink. Seem hard to believe? If it does, you are not alone – many people are surprised given the myths they have heard. After all, drinking stories have a way of getting around more than word of those epic late night study sessions. And let’s face it, individuals who drink beyond their limit are sometimes hard to ignore. There’s also another reason why these numbers may seem off to you: if you are drinking underage, some of your friends may be drinking with you. The bottom line is that many UA students don’t use alcohol, and for those who do, most of them drink moderately and party smart. For example, 91% of UA students use a designated driver if they plan to drink, 51% set a limit on the number of drinks they will have, and 86% eat food before and while they are drinking. Anytime there is alcohol, there is the potential for risk, but most experienced drinkers realize that part of having a good time is taking steps to be safe. Stop by the Health Promotion & Preventive Services office at Campus Health for a *free* Red Cup pen and snazzy refrigerator magnet with our logo. Got a question for the Cup? Email us at redcup@email.arizona.edu. 1
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Tax surplus exists, school funding still uncertain Storm Byrd Daily Wildcat
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ov. Jan Brewer has achieved a great success. In the first month of Fiscal Year 2012, which started on July 1, tax collections exceeded their expected amount. State revenues came to a net total near $765 million. Brewer’s budget expected the total to be around $35.4 million less than this reported amount. So, in all regards, what a great job by Brewer. It’s truly remarkable that she was able to pull in such a tremendous amount of tax revenue. Unfortunately, a lot of metaphorical mouths had to go malnourished for this to happen. Sweeping state funding cuts were witnessed again in Brewer’s budget. Now that she has this surplus of funds however, the focus is on where it will go to. Many are chomping at the bit to have the money appropriated back into education. Public schools, and education in general, have suffered at the hands of Brewer’s budgets in the past. In last April alone, Brewer cut $183 million in state funding toward public K-12 schools. She also cut out $198 million from univer“Brewer’s sities and $70 milband-aid to the lion from comfledgling pubmunity colleges. That suffering lic education doesn’t appear system doesn’t to be ending include dollars; any time soon, unfortunately. it includes a When asked if she website where would appropriteachers, parate any of the ents and stuadditional tax funds to educadents can get tion, Brewer was information on not direct. Brewer improving edusimply said that she would cation.” spend the money “wisely for the taxpayer.” Brewer also hesitated to answer if any further cuts to education would be made. Brewer said that she hoped education would be spared in the future. It seems as though Brewer isn’t the one calling the shots. When creating her budget for the new fiscal year, there were documented instances in which Brewer resisted her party and was reluctant to make cuts to education. Ultimately, she wasn’t able to save the schools entirely as they were still subject to funding fallout. Of course, nobody could realistically have expected Brewer to completely save education from losing some state funding. These are trying economic times and by no means is anything guaranteed. However, if Brewer were honestly committed to education, and had the intestinal fortitude to show it, this would be her opportunity. Even the most modest of gestures would help her case as being favorable to education. Schools have struggled long enough, and it’s time those hardships be healed. Not to mention amid all the funding cuts, graduation rates have been embarrassing. Last year high school graduation rates came in around 75 percent. But Brewer seems to have a plan in place for that. She’s moving with the trend of making everything available on the Internet. Brewer’s band-aid to the floundering public education system doesn’t include dollars; it includes a website where teachers, parents and students can get information on improving education. Instead of improving education now, or at least throwing a chunk of change at the education system, Brewer has created a website where we read about fixing education. Among the plans to fix education, third graders with subpar reading skills will be held back and schools will start receiving letter grades based on performance. Ah, yes the graders will now be graded. The only question is if the schools will be sent to the Governor’s office for inappropriate behavior. Will the schools’ parents be notified if they get bad grades? What if one school starts picking on another school, will they get demerits? The whole solution seems laughable. Look, the public schools system is falling apart and with no funding, it’s impossible to foresee any type of reconstruction. Yes, a plan is needed before we blindly throw money into a pit. But public schools have taken enough hits, now is the time to utilize what limited funds are available and give education the attention and funding it so desperately needs. — Storm Byrd is the Perspectives editor. He can be reacehd at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.
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Wearing a helmet a day keeps the coroner away Tucson Police Department Sgt. Matt Ronstadt recommends that all cyclists wear helmets even if there isn’t a law requiring them to do so. “Even a fall at low speeds can result in striking your head on an object which can result in injury or death,” Ronstadt said. “It’s Michelle A. Monroe inexpensive insurance.” Daily Wildcat You don’t get to pick the day you get into an accident. How many students have to get ampus bicyclists have no common sense. his bike and received four stitches. stitches, break bones, or sustain head trauma Riding on sidewalks, not using turn sigLast October, a graduate student was waitbefore it snaps the rest of the population out of nals, and not stopping at stop signs are ing at Sixth Street and Highland Avenue on his fairytale land? Many bicyclists are distracted by common blunders that endanger others. But it’s bike for a green light to cross when, in a freak the same things that cause car accidents: texthe lack of helmets that’s most appalling. accident, a car smashed into a street light pole, ting, calling, riding with headphones. They bolt Arizona does not have a law on bicycle which fell on him. Peter Raisanen received four around campus, swerving around pedestrians, helmets. It doesn’t matter if you’re 6, 13 or 21, crushed vertebrae, several broken ribs, and and speeding around corners as if they are if you don’t want to wear one, then you don’t couldn’t continue classes for the semester. But oblivious to the laws of physics. have to. Modern day Darwinism at its finest. his helmet protected his head, and his life. Spoiler: In the battle between the lone bicyA brief survey of college cyclists showed Entering campus doesn’t mean stepping clist and the two-ton metal car, the car wins. the top reason they didn’t wear a helmet was into a bubble of protection where no serious You can’t plan for a car to sideswipe you. because they thought campus streets are safe accidents happen. If anything, students are less You can’t plan for the streetlight to fall on you. enough without one. Sometimes, it doesn’t aware of their surroundings because they are in You can’t plan for a pedestrian to cut you off take a car or a dangerous street to get injured. familiar territory. and send you head over handlebars. But you At the beginning of last school year, a bicyNot wearing a helmet is like having unprocan spend $15 on a silly-looking piece of plastic clist struck a pedestrian. “My perspective on tected sex with a different partner everyday. Sure that could save you medical costs and possibly the bicycle was that a pedestrian stepped out in you could, it’s not against a law, but why would your life. You can be prepared. front of me, her head was down and looking at you? It’s a gamble, and statistics show that evenher phone by the time she was in front of me, tually something unexpected will happen. — Michelle A. Monroe is a journalism senior. but I didn’t have time to come to a complete Safety wise, helmets are to bicycles what She can be reached at stop,” said Patrick Pfeifer, who was thrown from seatbelts are to cars. letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.
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oday’s generation (myself included) expects to see instant results. We live in a society of nothing but information. We have more information whenever we want it than any previous generation. With the advancements of the Internet and its accessibility, the present generation has become accustomed to having everything “now.” Thus, we are often referred to as the “now” generation. The advancement of mobile phones to be almost anything but a phone today is further proof that we have to have everything readily available. Even the realm of mobile phones has expanded to mobile devices that don’t even function as phones, but simply Internet accessible devices. While this need for instant gratification is more apparent in the younger age brackets, it affects all age groups. As a result of this, we have grown more impatient and intolerant as a society. We expect things to be done at our own pace, which for many of us is quite rapid. We expect other people to work within our time frames and personal expectations. Our tempers are shorter because our expectations exceed
what most people can produce. Fast food chains are a perfect example of how society has progressed over the past twenty to thirty years. Just a few decades ago there were substantially less fast food restaurants around. Today, there is one on almost every street corner. Our need for quicker service has forced fast food places to pop up at an astonishing rate. And this isn’t just in the United States, but other countries like India and China as well. Saffron Media of India reports that the fast food industry in India is growing at an astonishing 20-30 percent. Even “fast” food doesn’t seem to be “fast” enough to meet our expectations. Have you ever found yourself not going through a drive-thru because there were two cars in front of you? The need for such instant gratification has gotten in the way of a simple five minute wait for a meal. This need for instant results has largely been fueled by the Internet. Just ten to fifteen years ago most of the world was still running on dial-up modems from companies like America Online (AOL), EarthLink and Prodigy. This was
an amazing breakthrough for society that we could have such information readily available at our fingertips and in our homes in a matter of minutes. The time it took to research something could be cut down by hours and even days. Today our patience with the Internet has grown shorter than ever. The days of dial-up are long behind us. We find ourselves annoyed because a webpage that once took 30 seconds to load takes 10 seconds to load now. The ability to have cut down many days’ worth of work into just hours was once a great relief. Whether we are simply fed up because the printer takes more than 15 seconds to print out a document or because the line at the grocery store has more than two people in it we all have a need for instant results. As a society we have become impatient, which has led us to become irritable and unsatisfied with the things we already have. Next time you find yourself tapping your toe or rolling your thumbs waiting for something, think about how nice it is that we can have things in the short amount of time that we can today. Embrace the little luxuries society has allowed us and quit dwelling on the need for the immediate. Our way of life and society in general, will be a much happier place because of it. — Joshua Segall is a management information systems senior He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.
Sergei Tuterov Did you hear? The White house is Cutting Tax Breaks to pay for his Job plan. Who does he thinks he is? Cutting funds away from job creators isn’t
And the thing in Kenya? The pipeline fire that killed dozens of people? This is why we need stronger government control
going to make room
Although Nasa is shooting down a research satellite.
for growth. And did you see the video of Jim Carrey doing a Radio head song? Like, oh my god,, CREEEP!
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What kind of nonesense
is that? All the years of research and works going away because of...
Also, that Marilyn Monroe statue in Chicago. People have spoken, its the WORST tourist destination in America. They could have saved up money, and given Detroit a chance of sur vival.
She should write the opinion column
at the wildcat. letters@wildcat.
arizona.edu
The place is going down in a blaze
of glory....
She�d be better then Michele Bachmann
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POLICE BEAT By Rebecca Rillos DAILY WILDCAT
The silent treatment
A University of Arizona Police Department officer stopped a car near Highland Avenue and Fourth Street for driving without a license plate light at 11:45 p.m. on Friday. When the officer spoke with the driver and his 16-year-old passenger, he detected a strong smell of marijuana coming from the car. The driver refused to voluntarily consent to a search, but got out of the car once another officer arrived on scene. The officers searched the vehicle and found a multi-colored glasssmoking pipe under the driver’s seat with marijuana residue still in the bowl. They also found a brown wooden box that contained marijuana and a metal smoking pipe in the trunk. The officers read the man his rights and he declined to answer any questions, saying “I want a lawyer and I don’t want to talk to you.” The officers noted the man had slurred speech, dilated pupils and depressed motor skills. The man was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The minor was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and released into the custody of his father.
Peace and love and larceny
A UAPD officer responded to the UofA Bookstore in reference to a shoplifter on Wednesday. The officer met with a bookstore employee who had witnessed a man pick up items in various sections and put them in his pocket before going into the clothing section. The man took a keychain that said “Peace and Love” and a pair of specialty UA earrings. He paid for all of the items except for the keychain and earrings. The employee approached the man outside and the man was taken into custody in the bookstore. The man told the officer he had not entered the store to shoplift and that he had forgotten he had put the items in his pocket. The man was arrested on charges of shoplifting and was released at the scene.
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A UAPD officer spoke with a man on Wednesday who reported that his bike had been stolen from the bike racks near the BioSciences West building. The man said he had locked and secured his bike at 10 a.m. that day. When he returned at 2 p.m., the bike and lock were gone. He was able to provide the serial number for the bike, but it was not registered with Parking and Transportation Services. The man was mailed a victim’s rights form.
Stolen phone
A UAPD officer spoke with a woman over the phone on Wednesday who reported that her cellphone had been stolen from the UA Main Library. The woman said she had accidentally left her Apple iPhone unattended on top of a desk around 9 p.m., and when she returned 10 minutes later, the phone was gone. She used the phone’s GPS locator to map it to the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Grant Road. The officer responded to the area but was unable to locate the phone due to the lack of specificity in the location. The officer also tried to call the phone, but no one answered. There is no more information at this time. Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. A complete list of UAPD activity can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.
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NFL New England 38, Miami 24
MLB Florida 5, Atlanta 4
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ambition By Kelly Hultgren Daily Wildcat
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Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck finds a passing lane against the Duke defense on Saturday in Durham, N.C.
Stanford offense to test Wildcats Andrew Luck leads the Cardinal and its pro-style offensive attack By Dan Kohler Daily Wildcat
Still reeling from the loss last Saturday at Oklahoma State, the Arizona football team looks toward its next, and possibly toughest, test of the season when the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal heads to Tucson to take on the Wildcats this weekend. For Arizona head coach Mike Stoops, the soft defense that came out on Saturday will be the one thing that needs to be corrected immediately for the Wildcats to have success against the dynamic Stanford offense. “Defensively, I think it has more to do with us, you know, being more aggressive,” Stoops said in a press conference on Monday. “That doesn’t mean necessarily blitzing or doing anything crazy, it means just playing more aggressively. “When you play these teams, they’re going to put you on your heels and get after you,“ Stoops added, “and we have to do a better job attacking the line of scrimmage and attacking everything from the get go.”
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Criner’s status in question vs. Cardinal
Volleyball’s Cursty Jackson made a life-defining decision to trade three sports for one
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er mom gave her an ultimatum. Cursty Jackson had to choose between volleyball and basketball. Already a member of her high school’s track and field team, Jackson wanted to be a triple-threat athlete. Her willingness to do it all showed signs of her unyielding ambition, but her mom had her best interests in mind. When asked how she made her pivotal decision, Jackson immediately smiled. “I chose volleyball because I could not pivot in basketball,” she said, laughing. “I was having the toughest time pivoting, doing a reverse pivot. I was like, ‘I can’t do it.’ “Even today I struggle with footwork in volleyball, so that’s one of my weaknesses,” she added. Despite her modesty, it’s difficult to tell Jackson has footwork problems. The senior middle blocker moves across the net with authority, quickly traveling back and forth between both pins. “I decided to go out on a limb, go with volleyball and I just enjoyed playing it more.”
From transfer to leader Jackson’s choice led to a full-ride scholarship, something she never expected. “Coming from a place like my high school where no kids were getting recruited, I was like the first person in 20 years to get a full scholarship,” said Jackson, who is originally from Los Angeles. As a permanent starter for Arizona in 2010 following a transfer from UNLV, Jackson led the Wildcats with 133 total blocks. “Last year, I did have a role. I had to do my job, but if I didn’t do my job, it wasn’t as noticeable,” Jackson said. “Now, I have eight freshmen staring at me, and if I don’t show up to practice, and if I’m not in a good mood,
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Arizona receiver Juron Criner is questionable for Saturday’s game against No. 6 Stanford after undergoing an appendectomy last Monday, according to head coach Mike Stoops. Criner will be re-evaluated throughout the week and the Wildcats won’t know his status until Thursday at the earliest. Stoops said that if he is cleared to play, the decision is completely in Criner’s hands. “Nobody understands Juron’s body like Juron does, and I trust Juron,” Stoops said. “If he’s healthy he’ll play. That’s as simple as I can make it, along with the doctor’s consent. Juron wants to be there. He’ll be there if he can and that’s kind of how we go into it.” Stoops admitted he is no expert and can’t provide a specific timeline, but Criner’s athleticism suggests that the 6-foot-4 receiver will be back sooner than most players. “He’s a very unique athlete. He’s not like me and you going in there and getting this done,” Stoops said. “He’ll come back a lot quicker.”
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Middle blocker Cursty Jackson loads up for a hit against Oregon State on Nov. 6, 2010.
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Dondre Wise looks to a future in coaching Arizona senior Dondre Wise has 11 games and 28 total minutes of college basketball experience, but it’s his perspective on Arizona basketball’s history that’s unique. Wise enters his third season with the Wildcats, and his connection to brother Nic Wise, a 2010 graduate and four-year player, gives him the knowledge of the highs and lows of Arizona’s transition from the Lute Olson era to the Sean Miller era. That transition included two years of interim head coaches and the first time in 25 years of missing the NCAA tournament. By Kevin Zimmerman Daily Wildcat
The Daily Wildcat sat down with Wise to talk about his views on the Arizona program, his future as a coach and his brother: Daily Wildcat: How was your summer and what’d you do? Dondre Wise: I took three classes. I only have five to graduate now, so I wanted to knock those out. I went home for about three weeks … right after the second summer session to spend time with Nic since he’s leaving for the whole year. And then I just worked out a lot here. So what’s your major, and do you know what you’re going to be doing post-college? Sociology with a minor in business. Postcollege I’m most likely going to be coaching. Do you know where? Is your dad (Yates High School head coach, Greg Wise) going to hook you up? I want to start here, possibly. Me and coach Miller have talked about it so that’s likely what’s going to happen.
So you’ll start out as a grad assistant? Yeah.
overseas and all that? He likes it. He moved to France this year (to play for Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre in the You haven’t been here the full four years, Ligue Nationale de Basketball). He said he but can you talk about your ride here — likes the city; his place is right on the beach so coach Miller coming in — and watching the he’s enjoying it. He’s only been there for about program change and all that? two weeks now so he’s enjoying that. I was at Pima (Community College) when things were going bad. I’ve seen the trans- Lots of guys overseas complain about how formation from Nic’s first year, when I wasn’t tough it is with contracts and stuff. Has he here. (When) I came down for a game, it was had trouble with that? always sold out. The attendance went down He was rookie of the year (in Germany last a little bit, but it’s coming along now. Coach season). They’re doing one-year contracts and Miller’s on the right track. stuff. As long as you’re producing, he didn’t have a problem. He had a raise where he was He seems to connect with star players — at, so seems like he’s doing well. Derrick (Williams) last year — to you guys. What is it about him that makes him so You’re friends with guys like (Los Angeles successful? I know that has a lot to do with Clippers center) DeAndre Jordan in the recruiting, too. NBA. Have you talked to them about the Off the court, he’s real fun to be around. He’s a lockout? You know what they’re up to? people’s person, he’s a players’ coach. He con- Most of them are just finding places to work nects with his players. He put that money in for out. DeAndre, (Cleveland Cavaliers guard) the weight room so you can tell he really cares Daniel Gibson, (Indiana Pacers guard) T.J. about the program. On the court, you know, he Ford, they’re all working out with (former just wants the best from you, as long as you’re NBA player) John Lucas, just waiting it out. Mike Christy/ Daily Wildcat playing hard, that’s all he really asks for. They can’t really do anything about it. There’s a lot of people working out in Houston, but Then-junior guard Dondre Wise scrimmages in Arizona’s RedTalk about Nic. How’s he enjoying playing they’re just waiting it out like everybody else. Blue Game on Oct. 24, 2010.
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Britain schools battle rising hemlines by banning skirts McClatchy Tribune
NAILSEA, England — Thanks to the movies, Americans who have never set foot in this country have a fair idea of what British schoolchildren look like. From Harry Potter and his pals at Hogwarts to the glowing-eyed demon spawn of the ‘60s horror classic “Village of the Damned,” the image is one of boys and girls neatly turned out in their matching school sweaters, trousers, skirts and ties. But for some of today’s non-magical, non-mutant students, a key piece of that picture is missing. Visit Nailsea School here in southwestern England, and about the only skirts you’ll see are those on teachers; most of the girls on campus are required to dress like the boys, in standard-issue trousers, after the school amended its uniform policy this year
Offbeat
to become a skirt-free zone. It’s a new approach to an old problem: the fight against rising hemlines, a perennial battle that probably brings back embarrassing memories for the mothers of many of today’s schoolgirls. Nailsea belongs to a small but growing number of schools in Britain that have given up chastising students for hemline creep and instead resorted to what one commentator calls “the nuclear option”: blacklisting skirts altogether. Sharna Griffin isn’t happy about it. Sure, some of her peers have cast modesty a bit too far to one side. “It is a bit of a problem, because we don’t want to see their knickers. Walking up the stairs, you don’t want to see whatever the girl’s wearing under the skirt,” the 15-year-old said. But she thinks the ban smacks of collective punishment to students who obey the
rules and don’t let their regulation black skirts migrate much above the knee or disappear under their V-neck sweaters. “I’ve never really been one to follow the crowd,” Sharna said. “I don’t think it’s fair that the girls whose skirts are the correct length will not be able to wear them.” On the first two days of school, she showed up in a skirt in protest, only to be sent home early. The decision at Nailsea and other schools to forbid skirts springs from the exasperation of administrators and teachers, who were tired of spending precious time forcing students to correct wardrobe malfunctions instead of getting them to ponder the Norman Conquest. Girls who might’ve kissed their parents goodbye in the morning looking like paragons of virtue when arriving on campus with their skirts bunched up at the waist and drastically shortened.
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Bikes services, corncob pipes around campus Have you ever smoked from a pipe before? Yes and no. What’s the yes? That goes without saying. Never quite like this (lights my corncob pipe). How’s it feel? Like I’m an old man (laughs). I was supposed to quit smoking.
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Have you ever used the bike services before? Yeah, you sign up and park your Spanish bike for free. I think it’s to cut down on crime. But I don’t see the benefits. I just don’t see the point. There could be some bike racks there instead. Graham Thompson
Yeah? It’s just a waste of money, I think. So you think pipes are a status symbol? In Inglourious Basterds, definitely … he’s got this monstrous pipe. When I see that pipe in that movie, you see this big evil … it’s just an interesting juxtaposition. Have you ever talked to people about gardening before? I haven’t. People really should. I’ve got Stevia. It’s a natural sweetener. You can crush them up and put them in your tea.
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Two weaping eyes, painted on the back of a tattooed car on University Boulevard, glare down pedestrians on Thursday. The car was parked outside Urban Outfitters.
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Creative Continuum: The History of the Center for Creative Photography Presented by Center for Creative Photography at Center for Creative Photography August 20-November 17, 2011 The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2010, presenting a prime opportunity to look back at this world-class institution’s evolution. Creative Continuum presents just a fraction of the materials housed at the Center: about 90,000 fine prints, nearly four million archival objects and hundreds of interviews in the Voices of Photography oral-history collection.
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Mí Musica exhibition Sep 3, through Oct 15, 2011. Art can give music a visual dimension in the same way music can illustrate art, both are connected by a common global image and culture. “Mí Musica” brings together artists with an exhibition of their visual interpretations of music in paintings, sculpture, and multimedia works. Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop 218 E. 6th Street (1/2 block east of 6th St. & 6th Ave.) (520) 881-5335 visit us at: http//www.raicestaller222.webs. com Musical Compositions of Ted DeGrazia January 21, 2011 - January 16, 2012 Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia’s dual passions for art and music are explored in a special collection of musically inspired paintings, including the complete collection of abstract originals from his 1945 Master of Arts thesis at the University of Arizona titled “Art and Its Relation to Music in Music Education.” 6300 N. Swan Road
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they notice and it’s contagious. I have to always keep myself in check about that.” Arizona volleyball head coach Dave Rubio describes her as a natural-born leader. “In all my years of coaching here, Cursty is one of my luckiest transfers I’ve ever seen,” Rubio said. “Two reasons for that: she’s a tremendous athlete, and she’s got an amazing personality — great charisma, outstanding leadership skills.” And this year, Jackson was selected as a captain on the Wildcats. “She brings so many things to the team, not just being a terrific athlete and a great player, but she brings a tremendous amount of intangible aspects that for a young team like us really help out in planning and working towards success,” Rubio said. “She commands respect because of that, which I think is the number one thing you need to have if you’re going to be a leader — you’ve got to be able to walk the talk.”
Road to red and blue Despite the senior being a Wildcat for only one year prior,
“I want to play volleyball until I can’t walk anymore.” — Cursty Jackson Arizona volleyball captain
the rise from transfer to captain in such a short period is telling of Jackson’s leadership qualities. She transferred from UNLV to Arizona for her last two years of college, and while players often transfer because of disagreements with coaches, teammates or a lack of playing time, that wasn’t the case with Jackson. “Going to UNLV, I think it’s a blessing, because I wouldn’t be as nearly skilled or as good as I am,” Jackson said. As a Rebel, she hit the ground running and was forced to take on a lot of responsibility as a freshman. “Most freshmen, they don’t have the opportunity to just be thrown in there and told (they) have to produce,” Jackson said. “A lot of our freshmen here, they’re competing for playing time, and they might not get to see the court until their junior year, full time. But, at UNLV, that’s the role I was forced to take on.” She said she had qualms about
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No other player in the nation does a better job pushing teams on their heels than Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. His up-tempo style of play is a cause for concern for the Wildcats, who gave up 397 yards to Oklahoma State through the air. “He’s the best quarterback in the country,” Arizona defensive secondary coach Ryan Walters said. “The way he runs that offense, it’s like a machine. There’s hardly any mistakes made, he takes advantage of what defenses give him. “He’s got an arm that’s out of this world.” For Stoops, the most dominant part of Luck’s game is his poise in the pocket. “It always seems like he’s got a lane to throw through. A lot of that is their protection of him, but he really sits back there and trusts his protection well,” Stoops said. “He’ll run when he has to, but he has such a good pocket presence.” The junior’s maturity has developed in Stanford’s pro-style of offense that makes Luck an ideal quarterback at the next level. “He’s very advanced already,” Stoops said.
leaving Nevada. “I love the coach, I love the area and I could see myself living there after college,” Jackson said. “It was just a number of reasons; just the competition level wasn’t as high and I definitely wanted that change of pace. It basically came down to volleyball, which was the only reason that I transferred.” “We went 8-20 my sophomore year, which is tough,” she added. “We played almost thirty games (and) to lose almost all of those 30 games, it just takes a toll on you emotionally when you are student athlete. At times volleyball takes up the majority of your life.”
Overlooking Arizona The decision was made — Jackson wanted to transfer, and she wanted to go to a Pac-10 school, she said. She began sending out emails to all the conference schools — except Arizona. “It’s funny, because when I was transferring I was like, ‘OK, I want to go to a Pac-10 school, stay on the West Coast and I didn’t send an email to Arizona,’” Jackson said. “I was just like, ‘hm, I want to go somewhere in California.’”
That’s why he’s such a strong commodity for the NFL. (Stanford’s offense is) like an NFL offense in a lot of ways.” While Luck is an essential part to Stanford’s offensive success, senior wide receiver Chris Owusu is the one of the Cardinal’s biggest playmaking threats. An injury-plagued junior season limited Owusu’s touches last year, but so far this season he’s grabbed 14 receptions for 182 yards and a touchdown, establishing himself as Luck’s go to guy. “(Owusu’s) big, he’s fast, he’s an experienced guy that’s played a lot of football,” Stoops said. “They know how to give him the football.” Owusu’s experience adds to the level of the maturity that the young Wildcats will have contend with throughout the entire contest on Saturday. Walters said the components of the Cardinal pro set involved many two-back sets with the quarterback hitting receivers off three-set drops. “It’s not as much shotgun, spread it out, chuck it all around the field,” he said. “(With Stanford) there’s a method to what they want to do on the offense and they do it well.”
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At the same time, Rubio was in the market for a middle blocker. Jackson’s previous club volleyball coach, a friend of Rubio’s, steered him in Jackson’s direction, she said. Rubio immediately began recruiting her. “I came on a visit here and fell in love with the team,” Jackson said. “David is awesome. I can genuinely say he’s going to be my best friend after college — he’s cool. Of course, you have your moments where you get annoyed by how much coaching you’re under — you get frustrated — but he’s a really genuine person.” With other big hitters like Oregon giving her offers, Jackson looked to her mom for guidance. “She told me on my visit after she had dinner with (Rubio), ‘you should come here.’ And, it was after I went on my visit to Oregon, and I was set on Oregon. My mom was like, ‘(Rubio) just has some good character,’ so I really liked it and I committed.” After her last season as a Wildcat, Jackson will graduate with a degree in criminal justice. She wants to be a detective for the FBI. “I’m obsessed with “CSI” and “Law and Order”,” she said. But before her detective dreams come true, she plans on playing volleyball. “I want to play volleyball until I can’t walk anymore.”
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Criner, who caught six balls for 151 yards and a score against NAU in week one, didn’t travel with the UA to Stillwater, Okla. News of the surgery didn’t break until Stoops told ESPN hours before kickoff on Thursday. Stoops reiterated the need to protect his players, and said that he will continue to do so in regards to Criner’s status. “There has to be some privacy and protection for us and that’s the only reason,” Stoops said. “I’ve never deceived or lied, or I’ve tried not to if there wasn’t a reason to benefit our team. I have to protect those guys first and will always do that.” Although receivers Austin Hill and Dan Buckner filled in nicely for Criner against Oklahoma State, the Wildcats need their No. 1 receiver more than ever against a tough Cardinal defense. Stanford boasts one of the top defensive backfields in the Pac-12. Last season the Cardinal ranked second in the conference in interceptions (18), third in passing yards yielded per game (202.0) and fourth in passing touchdowns allowed. “They did a great job with us last year banging our receivers at the line of scrimmage not letting them off,” said quarterbacks coach Frank Scelfo, who called Stanford’s defense the NCAA equivalent to the Pittsburgh Steelers. “They mix up their coverages a lot.”
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