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Pac-12 Network, DirecTV dispute displeases UA fans EVAN ROSENFELD Arizona Daily Wildcat

The Rich Rodriguez era is in full swing after the Wildcats upset nationally ranked Oklahoma State and shut out South Carolina State 56-0 last Saturday to give Arizona its first 3-0 start since 2010. Unfortunately for Wildcats fans across the nation, the game wasn’t aired on TV. The Wildcats will host Oregon State on Sept. 29, but many Arizona fans will be unable to watch. The new Pac-12 Network and DirecTV are in a stalemate regarding contract negotiations, and DirecTV

subscribers are getting caught in the middle. “It’s pretty unfortunate,” undeclared junior Connor Worth said. “I wish they could work it out. They need to put their customers first. “The reality is the Pac-12 is a huge conference, and they [have] a lot of customers on the West Coast who want to watch Pac-12 sports.” On Aug. 15, the Pac-12 Network looked to change the way in which college sports were viewed in the West. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and co. created a network model composed of six regional networks:

Los Angeles, Arizona, the Bay Area, Mountain (Utah and Colorado), Washington and Oregon. Unlike the other college conference networks like Big Ten Network, which partnered with Fox, and Mtn, which partnered with CBS Sports, the Pac12 Network was created from scratch without partnering with any major media companies. Major service providers, such as Comcast Cable, Cox Cable, Time Warner Cable, and DISH Network, have all agreed to multi-year contracts, which would allow their customers to watch Pac-12 sports including basketball, football, soccer, tennis and volleyball.

The Pac-12 has yet to come to an agreement with DirecTV. “If the Pac- 12 would allow us to make their network available only to those customers who want to pay for it, the channel would have already been on,” DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said. “But, as it still stands, the price is too high to accept their demand to make it available to all customers, some of whom will have to take on this unnecessary cost for a channel they don’t want.” Kirk Reynolds, vice president of public affairs at the Pac-12 Network,

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Weeklong festival will showcase Chinese culture, emphasize health SARAH-JAYNE SIMON Arizona Daily Wildcat

The UA’s Confucius Institute will host the Chinese Culture Festival, beginning this Saturday with Chinese Health Day at the DeMeester Performance Center in Reid Park. Cynthia Thomson, the director for the Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention and Health Promotion, said that the idea behind the festival is to teach members of the community about Chinese culture while also informing them about health. The UA’s Confucius Insitute aims to use the festival to enhance people’s understanding and appreciation of the Chinese language and cultural heritage, added Zhao Chen, the institute’s co-director and public health professor. “The festival is really developed to meet our people’s needs,” Chen said. “The community is extremely interested in how to be healthy and how the Eastern and Western medicines connect. Our aim is to bring in the Eastern culture and language and get people more involved with healthy lifestyle.” On Saturday, 14 booths will offer

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Senators announce artist for block party RACHEL MCCLUSKEY Arizona Daily Wildcat

Although short, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona’s weekly senate meeting covered a wide range of topics, from new financial aid letters to the Red, White and Blue Block Party concert artist. Radical Something was announced as the performing artist for the event, which will take place on Oct. 3 on a section of University Boulevard. The band will go on after the televised presidential debate. To kick off the start of the ASUA’s Vote 2012 campaign, ASUA senators and interns from the Arizona Students’ Association will appear at an event on the UA Mall on Tuesday. Food will also be served. A new appropriations board director was named at the meeting. Adam Geyer, a freshman studying neuroscience and cognitive science and Spanish, has been appointed as one of the seven directors on the board. Additionally, Sen. Joel Torres explained in his report that the federal government is changing how it goes about packaging financial aid. It will now formulate how much students have to pay out of pocket as opposed to only saying how much financial aid they are getting. The letters will also

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UA’s Miss Arizona to compete nationally SARAH-JAYNE SIMON Arizona Daily Wildcat

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Few students have had to take semesters off to prepare for a national pageant. Piper Stoeckel, a Prescott native and journalism senior, was crowned Miss Arizona last June, and will be competing for the title of Miss America in January. Stoeckel is taking the year off from classes to focus on a competition she’s been involved in for a number of years. “I had my eye on pageants junior year,” Stoeckel said. “I admired the community service and talent. I watched Miss Arizona’s 2011 winner, Jennifer Sedler, and saw her doing the most incredible things, and she really inspired me to get involved.”

PIPER STOECKEL, a journalism senior and current Miss Arizona title-holder, will compete for the Miss America title in January.

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Megan Alletson, a journalism senior, is one of Stoeckel’s closest friends. “[Stoeckel] really does adapt to any situation and I have yet to meet someone who didn’t like her immediately,” Alletson said. “She makes a fantastic Miss Arizona because she breaks any negative stereotypes of pageantry. She is one of the most intelligent people I know, is obviously stunning and most importantly really cares about her platform and making a difference.” Stoeckel’s platform includes child abuse prevention and awareness at the Southern Arizona Children’s Advocacy Center. She is currently on their board of directors and volunteers with them.

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