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Regents reduce AIMS scholarships for ’13 By Luke Money ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT The Arizona Board of Regents voted 9-1 to enact sweeping changes to the Regents High Honors Endorsement scholarship during their meeting on Thursday.

The scholarship in its current form grants a full tuition waiver to any student who is able to receive an “exceeds” designation in all three categories of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test. Recent concerns over the amount

of university resources going to fund the scholarship prompted its review and subsequent revision. From fall 2006 to fall 2009, the number of freshman scholarship recipients nearly doubled from 1,565 to 2,935. The cost of the program has likewise increased,

reaching $12,513,437 in 2009. The regents approved several significant changes to the scholarship to take place in 2013. The award will be reduced from the full cost of tuition to 25 percent, with the option to add more merit-based aid at the

university’s discretion. As is the case with the current scholarship, this 25 percent award will be locked in at the rate of tuition paid during a student’s freshman year and will not ABOR, page 8

Byrne: Football fans not ‘classy’

Attacks by Wildcat fans disappoint athletics director By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Greg Byrne, athletics director, witnessed UA fans acting unsportsmanlike before the Iowa game and now calls for classy behavior from Wildcat fans. “We understand that the great majority of our fan base are respectful. They help provide a great environment, and they do so in a classy manner,” Byrne said. “Unfortunately we’ve had some who have chosen not to take that path, and what we felt, before it got out of hand, was that it was important to communicate what our expectation levels are.” Eleven people were arrested on Saturday before and during the football game against Iowa. A UA student punched an Iowa fan in the face outside of the stadium before the game began, according to a University of Arizona Police Department report. The Iowa fan punched back, causing the student to fall to the ground. When the UA fan recovered he punched the Iowa fan’s father in the stomach. The fans decided to not prosecute, but the UA student was

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Alfonso Morales-Macias waits with his wife, Maria Valdez, at the legal offices of Margo Cowan on Wednesday. Volunteers were attempting to raise support to keep MoralesMacias from being deported to Mexico today.

Students help stop deportation Family man is deferred from being sent to Mexico, allowed to work in U.S. for one year

By Brenna Goth ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

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A and Tucson community members saw success in their weeklong efforts to defer the deportation of an illegal immigrant.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday evening that Alfonso Morales-Macias, a father of two who has lived in Tucson for 20 years, would not be deported to Mexico on Friday as scheduled. Morales-Macias was granted deferred action and will be able to live in the United States legally for one year with a work visa,

according to Mel Rodis, a volunteer who organized press conferences and phone banking on his behalf. He may also be able to renew this visa. Rodis said the news was exciting to Morale-Macias and his anxious family. “They all screamed and hugged each other,” Rodis said. “It was a beautiful moment.”

Morales-Macias was working at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., when the U.S. Border Patrol arrested him during a nighttime raid in September of 2007, according to a press release for a community rally against his deportation. Morales-Macias was held in detention but posted an DEPORTATION, page 3

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This is their turf

UA grounds crew harvests love for the field By Michelle A. Monroe ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT

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Mario Ugalde mows the turf at Arizona Stadium on Thursday. He has been cutting the grass and maintaining the field for about 10 years.

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When Francisco Guzman watches football games he isn’t looking at the players. He’s looking at the grass. “Some of the games I go up to just to make sure the field is okay. I just kind of watch it on TV just to see how it looks on TV, if the color is right, strong. “If the color is light I can prep it for stronger fertilizer,” said Guzman, grounds crew chief for UA Facilities Management. “It’s

like playing a scientist trying to figure out how the field can be for the next game.” A crew of about 10 men works on the football turf year-round. “Field maintenance is a yearlong thing. It’s not something you do just for the game. You do maintenance 12 months out of the year so it can withhold all the abuse by the players,” said Bo Vanture, senior project manager for Facilities Management. The field needs a full week before it’s ready for game time. “If the football game is

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on Saturday, we’re there on Sunday morning prepping for the next game, and we go through all steps to feel ready,” Guzman said. After games the crews make the field level, cover all the divots made by cleats, fine groom the field and put sand in the middle. “First couple of games it’s easy, but as the season goes on it gets harder for keeping the colors,” Guzman said. As the temperatures cool down, GROUNDS, page 3

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• friday, september 24, 2010 • arizona daily wildcat

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Trombone player enjoys ‘Entourage’

No way, my couch is much more comfortable. (14) Depends on how quickly the alcohol wears off. (18)

New question: Do you think Arizona Football fans are classy?

Nick Cohen trombone studies and media arts freshman I have never met someone who plays the trombone, nonetheless majoring in it. Tell me a little about it and how did you get involved with that? It isn’t exactly a performance degree. It is just a general study of the instrument type of degree, and I started playing the trombone my junior year of high school, and before that I just played the tuba in my school band. Are there are any popular songs that you know how to play on the trombone or that are pretty cool? Not really. What is your favorite song to play on the trombone? I like playing jazz. I play a lot of jazz. Are you going to be attending the UA Symphony (Orchestra) concert this weekend, the mariachi influenced one? I am not missing it. I’ll be out of town this weekend. So random question but I am always noticing things around campus and I have noticed that there is a lot of diversity but at the same time there is some prejudice and racism being thrown around. Do you agree or have you noticed anything going on like that at all? I haven’t noticed anything. Oh, well your other major is media arts. What do you want to do with that? I want to be a screen writer so I am taking a bunch of film history courses and things like that. OK, what is your favorite show on, not Bravo, but the channel with “Entourage,” HBO? “Entourage” actually. “Entourage” is my favorite show. — Caroline Nachazel

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At a Pakistan flood relief effort hosted by Stop Hunger Now, UA student Brittany Shelton, an international studies senior, pours dehydrated vegetables into the bag being held by Joseph Moullet, an astronomy freshman, at the Bear Down Gymnasium on Wednesday.

Lindsay Lohan could be ordered back to jail McClatchy Tribune Call it the fall sequel. Lindsay Lohan will waltz past camera-wielding paparazzi and onto a stage on Friday in an alltoo-familiar scene. But it won’t be a red-carpet premiere. It will be a hearing in Beverly Hills, during which a judge could decide to send the troubled actress back to jail after she failed to abide by his warning. Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox issued a no-bail bench warrant for Lohan after she failed a mandatory drug test. The warrant

requires her to show up in court Friday or face arrest. The “Mean Girls” star already has served 13 days in jail and another 23 days in a lock-down rehab center at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this summer for violating her probation in a 2007 drivingunder-the-influence conviction. She was released from the UCLA center after she pledged to abide by a strict, twice-weekly random drug-testing regime. Fox warned her he would put her in jail for 30 days if she tested positive or skipped a test. Two weeks ago, despite pledges

of sobriety, Lohan tested positive for traces of cocaine, according to several law enforcement sources. Legal experts say Lohan has taken at least one step this time to make the judge believe she is serious. She is no longer in denial. The starlet admitted on her Twitter feed that she failed the test. “Regrettably, I did in fact fail my most recent drug test and if I am asked, I am prepared to appear before judge Fox next week as a result,” she wrote. “This was certainly a setback for me but I am taking responsibility for my actions and I’m prepared to face the consequences.”

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Today’s birthday This year you dig deeper into your heart to discover or rediscover beliefs of family and culture. Your public persona may be based on logic and cooperative effort. Inside you shelter profound spiritual values that deserve your attention and nurturance.

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Aries (March 21 - April 19) — Today is a 5 — Today you manage best by following your outline. Don’t deviate. Willpower is the single most valuable quality in your toolkit. Taurus (April 20 - May 20) — Today is a 5 — Other people’s comments are not as straightforward as they first appeared. Utilize research tools to clarify questionable points. Gemini (May 21 - June 21) — Today is a 5 — Take your happiness out and show it off at a social event. Reveal an engagement or other steps towards personal commitment. Cancer (June 22 - July 22) — Today is a 6 — To make this the best day so far this week, spend time in an exotic location, even if it’s just around the corner. Your partner helps you discover balance. Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Today’s luck comes in the form of awareness. Balanced between magic and logic, you choose whichever satisfies your heartsong. Then do the practical work. Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Your personal sense of responsibility seems to interfere with the desires of others. Reconsider your intentions before drawing a line in the sand.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Use all your intellectual talents and skills to manage a power struggle at work. Avoid getting in the middle between two emotional volcanos. Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — As you learn secrets, bring them into the open and request others to explain. That way each person presents their side and gets heard. Listen. Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — To finish work on time, follow your intuition. A shortcut saves everyone a lot of energy. Spend a little extra to save days of work. Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Today you arrive at a point where your responsibilities overtake your optimism. Don’t lose faith. You’ll get through this just fine. Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Take time to contemplate your next action, even if it means closing the door to prevent interruption. This way you meet your own needs. Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) — Today is a 7 — Let someone else take charge of everything you can’t possibly delegate. This leaves you time to handle unexpected surprises. You may have a few.

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ASUA prepares for elections By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Heading into the thick of the fall semester, most students are barely thinking ahead to midterms, but not ASUA Elections Commissioner Michael Colletti. Colletti is thinking all the way through to March of next year. As elections commissioner for the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, his job is to think ahead — way ahead — to help the process run smoothly. “I think the best thing that we did last year … was starting early,” Colletti said. “Just spreading the word now and start having candidates thinking about running right now. If we start as soon as possible, that will help kind of ease candidates into running.” “It is typical to start the elections process early in the fall in order to plan the commission and get marketing strategies and elections code set before spring semester when the rush begins,” ASUA President Emily Fritze said. Fritze ran unopposed last spring. “We are looking to encourage a variety of students, and we are exploring ideas of how to get more students involved,” Fritze said, adding she and Colletti are forming the elections commission within three weeks in order to get code changes made throughout October and November. Colletti stressed creating an “atmosphere of elections” on campus by hopefully coordinating the Graduate and Professional Student Council and Faculty Senate’s elections all within a certain period to

streamline the system for students who want to go out and vote. “(If) we were to coordinate elections together in the sense of the same week, in the same general timetable, it would help,” he said. “We all kind of do it at different time periods.” Getting started works to promote Colletti’s other idea, the “period of intent,” which allows students interested to learn more about their desired position without undue pressure. The stress of garnering as many as 500 required signatures for ASUA’s student body president amongst the hectic nature of campaigning can turn students away, a problem Colletti and Fritze hope to resolve. A less intimidating process, Colletti hopes, can lead to a greater and more diverse group of candidates. “I was fortunate because I had older friends and mentors that saw potential in me and encouraged me to run as a freshman,” Fritze said, noting this extra educational period should make running easier for students from different areas around campus. “If they have passion and dedication, (students) can and should still run for elected office.” Colletti, who served as a member of the elections commission last year, thought initiatives like getting the word out early and holding debates with campuswide student leaders worked well to bolster discussion during election time. He hopes to only widen the spectrum come elections in spring of 2011.

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Students cheer on the Wildcats from the ZonaZoo section during the football team’s win over the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday. Eleven people were arrested at the stadium that evening.

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asked not to attend the game. There aren’t records of every instance of misconduct at the games because the police aren’t called unless Arizona Athletics deems it necessary. “There’s talking that occurs, ‘Go U of A’ or ‘Your team sucks.’ Then we don’t get involved in that unless someone gets assaulted, some sort of contact involved provoking a fight, disturbing someone’s peace. We have to have a victim complain. Otherwise, if it’s just yelling back and forth between two fans, that’s not something that we’ll get involved in,” said UAPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Juan Alvarez. Two Iowa fans who wandered

Killings of journalists led to news blackouts MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE MEXICO CITY — Press advocates and newspaper editors say a campaign by criminal syndicates to kill journalists is drawing a dark curtain across swaths of Mexico. “We aren’t reporting on matters of drug trafficking,” Patricia Mercado, the editor of the Imagen newspaper in Zacatecas, acknowledged bluntly at a forum Thursday that brought together editors from across Mexico. “We’ve been warned that we cannot touch the issue.” The issue of soaring threats against Mexican journalists came to the foreground this week after an anguished front-page plea to drug cartels from a border newspaper and the unprecedented granting of U.S. asylum to a Mexican journalist. “This is a national crisis,” said Carlos Lauria, senior coordinator for the Americas for the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based advocacy group. “It affects the fundamental rights of Mexicans to be informed.” Numbers help tell the story. At least 30 Mexican journalists have been killed or have disappeared since President Felipe Calderon came to office in late 2006, but

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that’s resulted in only a handful of arrests, according to the committee. In the most recent case, an armed hit squad approached a gray sedan in a mall parking lot Sept. 16 in Ciudad Juarez, a border city that’s Mexico’s murder capital, and shot two photographers for Diario de Juarez, killing one of them, Luis Carlos Santiago, 21. The murder led Diario de Juarez to publish a dramatic front-page plea that some understood as yielding to criminal gangs. “What do you want from us?” the newspaper asked regional drug lords. “You are currently the de facto authorities in this city. . . . Tell us what you expect from us as a newspaper?” Calderon received a joint delegation of editors and press advocates from around the hemisphere Wednesday. Afterward, his office announced that it would establish a warning system and plan of protection for journalists, and it reiterated a promise to make attacks on journalists subject to federal investigation. Thousands of police officers and soldiers patrol the streets of Ciudad Juarez, but they don’t make residents feel safer, said Diario de Juarez director Pedro Torres, because “they have taken part in kidnappings, in extortions and in robberies.”

Groundskeeping a cross-country challenge

the entire crew covers the field with turf blankets to keep the grass warm. “That’s one of the few times I get everyone out there (on the field),” Vanture said. “As we get into October or November the temperature cools off and the turf slows down growing. So we cover the field with blanket so it warms up the field and stimulates it up so it thinks it’s warmer than it is and it gets greener.” Vanture serves as a mentor for many of the crewmembers. “I’ve been under his (Vanture’s) wings, I’ve learned a lot from him. He’s been here for 30 something years, and he’s a smart man,” Guzman said. “We take a lot from him.” Vanture started classes at the UA after serving in the U.S. Air Force and began

working here to support his family. “My oldest son graduated from there (the UA), and my youngest son is a senior, and my wife works there in the Lunar and Planetary Sciences,” Vanture said. “It’s nice having her close. I’ll take her to lunch.” The grounds crew is a tight-knit group as well. “We are pretty close. It’s like family away from home, and we know each one’s families,” Guzman said. Gruzman loves his job because “you never know what’s going to happen.” “It’s one of those places where I get to do my work, where the rest of the country sees my work on the field, sees the field nationwide on TV,” Guzman said. “Sometimes it’s like you’re playing against other groundskeepers across the country.”

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Iowa fans prosecute UA student for assault by pom pom

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into the ZonaZoo are prosecuting a student for assault. They had entered the ZonaZoo Section 4 and were going to ask for directions to get to their section in the 200 area. UA students began booing them, and a female student threw her white pom poms in their faces, confronted and told them “to get the fuck out of there,” according to a UAPD report. Students are not the only ones conducting themselves inappropriately. An Arizona fan sitting in Section 18 of the stadium was asked by security to control her inappropriate language and hostile behavior toward the

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adjacent Iowa fans. She continued yelling obscenities and was led away from her seat by police officers. Her husband apologized for her “asshole” behavior, and she was released into his care. She then thanked the officer with verbal expletives and advised him “her father would have (the officer’s) job.” “Our fans include the student body, includes our alum and includes the fan just walking down the street,” Byrne said. “We’re asking for everybody who comes to our campus on game day to have a good time, be loud, enthusiastic and at the same time be sure we have a first-class environment.”

‘I am not a criminal. I am a father’

immigration bond, according to the press release. The bond allowed him to continue living with his family in Tucson. “I am not a criminal. I am a husband, a father, a hard worker and a good citizen in every sense of the word except the fact that I do not have a paper to prove it,” MoralesMacias wrote in his statement requesting a stay of deportation. He also noted he owns his house and included copies of recent income tax returns in his statement. Morales-Macias’ deportation would have required him to leave his wife and two children. His daughter, Ana, is an 18-year-old senior at Sunnyside High School. She said she dreams of going to the UA to become a veterinarian. She said Tuesday afternoon that the scheduled deportation made it difficult to concentrate on schoolwork. “Well, it’s been really hard,” Ana Morales-Macias said. “It’s been difficult not knowing what’s going to happen.” She asked for the help of the community on Wednesday. “Just to help us so they don’t deport my dad,” Ana Morales-Macias said. “So that he can be here, and so that he can see me graduate this year.” Now that dream can happen. Members of the Tucson community organized press conferences and events urging people to call and fax Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Both parties have the power to stop deportations. Geography graduate student Sarah Launius helped with publicity and recruiting participants. “More often than not, people like Alfonso (Morales-Macias) are referred to in terms of numbers. We don’t know his name. We don’t know he’s our neighbor,” Launius said. “There’s an element of that breaking down of barriers.” Hannah Hafter, a UA alumna, helped the effort by making phone calls on Alfonso Morales-Macias’ behalf. “I’ve just been calling on the road,” Hafter said. “I think it’s really important. You’re having kids being separated from their parents.” The UA chapter of the organization No More Deaths also called on Alfonso

Morales-Macias’ behalf at their meeting on Wednesday night. The club has about eight members. “We’re going to be phone banking, calling as many people as we can,” said history junior and club member Daniel Curiel on Wednesday afternoon. “I think it’s important to get the community together and outreach.” Community members collectively sent over 1,500 faxes and made 600 phone calls on behalf of Alfonso Morales-Macias as of Wednesday afternoon, according to Rodis. Volunteers welcomed the news of the deferred action. “I was jumping up and down in the grocery store, I was so excited,” Hafter said. Vincent Picard, public affairs officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said most information concerning the deferred action is private. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a statement saying the deferred action “will allow Morales-Macias to remain in the United States while he attempts to normalize his status.” The statement went on to say “A number of factors, including criminal history, immigration history and equities in the United States, are considered when evaluating a request for deferred action.” Hafter said the phone calls and faxes helped the case even though it was not stated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “They’re deporting fathers of families left and right,” Hafter said. “What made the difference in this case was really the community support.” Ana Morales-Macias said she is glad her father will continue living in the United States and now has a better chance of attending college. “We were all happy and excited,” Ana Morales-Macias said. “He was excited that he didn’t have to go and could stay with us.” She also said she was thankful for the support of the community. “There were a lot of people we didn’t know who helped, from other states and other cities,” Ana Morales-Macias said. Volunteers are happy with the outcome but say a change in immigration policy is still necessary.


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In the Senate it’s don’t ask, don’t legislate Kristina Bui Arizona Daily Wildcat

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ot everyone is inclined to think much of a woman who will put on a dress made of meat, but pop musician Lady Gaga’s activism inspires a question for Arizona Sen. John McCain and his naysaying Senate buddies: Why is that Gaga gets it, and you still don’t? The Senate voted 56-43 on Tuesday in favor of beginning debate on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, just short of the 60 votes needed to block the Republican filibuster. McCain led the blockage of the bill, which included a measure that would repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and pass the DREAM Act. No Republicans voted to advance the bill. Two Democrats chose to vote no with Republicans, as did Nevada Sen. Harry Reid when it became apparent that the Democrats would not hit 60 votes. In accordance with Senate rules, Reid’s “no” vote allows him to revive the bill at a later date. By choosing to obstruct debate over these provisions, Republicans also blocked a 1.4 percent pay raise for troops and $159 billion of funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Republicans claimed the bill was being used to push election-year issues through the Senate and encourage Democratic voters to hit the polls come November. “To pursue a social and legislative agenda to galvanize voting blocks, I believe, is reprehensible,” McCain said. But both parties have similar provisions or “add-ons” to the defense bill every year and these topics matter a great deal, election year or not. “Why are we now trying to jam these things through?” McCain said. “It is all about the battle-effectiveness, the morale, of the men and women who are serving in the military.”

By choosing to obstruct debate over these provisions, Republicans also blocked a 1.4 percent pay raise for troops and $159 billion of funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You can disregard the morale of gay and lesbian service members. Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins echoed McCain, claiming she supports the DREAM Act and the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” but voted no because she felt the measures had little relevance to the appropriations bill. South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said, “I don’t think anyone will hold it against us” for refusing to allow Democrats to politicize the defense bill. I do. And so should you. According to Democrats, Republicans were offered the opportunity to remove the measure on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but refused to allow debate to open anyway. The irony in this refusal to open debate on the grounds that Democrats have politicized the bill is that it really is politicized now. Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and passing the DREAM Act would be major victories for the left, something both parties are aware of as November approaches. Just opening debate on the bill was simply too much of a risk too close to elections for Republicans to handle, so instead, they avoided the topic completely. How’s that for political jockeying, McCain? You’ve made it clear that you’d rather talk tanning bed taxes with Snooki than civil rights with Gaga, but to prioritize partisan politics over groundbreaking legislation, I believe, is reprehensible. — Kristina Bui is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Fans must exhibit better behavior

I would like to echo the sentiment that athletic director Greg Byrne expressed in his weekly e-mail on fan behavior at the Iowa game. There is no question that Saturday was a great day for our football team and the university. While the vast majority of UA fans were civil and respectful to our visitors, there were a few glaring exceptions in attendance whose behavior reflected poorly on who we are as a university. To this end, let’s all play our part to let those people know that their behavior is not what being a fan or member of the UA community is about. Verbal abuse is unacceptable, plain and simple — no matter the time or place. Like Arizona Athletics, our office here at the Campus Health Service is working to create an environment where UA students and staff feel comfortable stepping up and speaking out on these issues. We all have a stake in this, and fortunately, we all have a

say in deciding what we stand for as a community. Bear down, Wildcats! But don’t forget to step up, too. David Salafsky director, Health Promotion & Preventive Services Campus Health Service

‘Letters from Mal’ a breath of fresh air

I just want to write a quick note in appreciation of (Mallory Hawkins’) articles in the Daily Wildcat. I have read (two of the) most recent ones, about girls at the Student Recreation Center and advice to guys trying to pick girls up. It’s nice to know that there are, in fact, people on this campus that aren’t bros or trashy, bronzed sorority girls. My roommate and I were just discussing how different this campus is from one in, say the Midwest. It’s not just a stereotype; our campus is factually 75 percent bro. The article about working out at the Rec really caught my attention. Just the other day, I was on the elliptical in between one girl on her iPhone and another holding a book in two hands while “working out.” It is for this reason that I often choose to run outside. Too many times I have walked around the Rec Center feeling inferior because I am drenched in sweat instead of walking around with my bleach-blond hair down, sporting a ridiculous array of clothing that should never be worn to work out in. Anyway, thank you for the taste of reality, please keep them coming! Haley Snodgrass undergraduate, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Freshmen: How to use the Internet to coast more effectively Remy Albillar Arizona Daily Wildcat

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f your professor or teaching assistant hasn’t told you not to go to notehall.com or ratemyprofessors.com yet, you should ask him or her about it the next time you’re in class. If you’re lucky, they’ll make a funny face. However, they will probably tell you the websites are either contrived or that visiting the sites will reflect poorly on your karmic report card. That’s totally bunk, so here’s the skinny:

Notehall.com:

It’s a website where kids upload word documents with their lecture notes or filled-out study guides for other kids to buy on the Internet. The site is organized by course number, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find your classes and see if someone’s been taking good notes. Are you taking economics 200? Did you know that someone has posted daily study notes and study guides for four different professors who are teaching that class? Is yours among them? Only one way to find out. Will you never have to take notes during

economics 200 again? Maybe! Some of you aren’t auditory learners. Maybe you retain information better with flashcards or making visual maps than you do listening to a lecture. Don’t let the expectation to take notes limit your motivation to find ways around it and learn enough information to get the grade you want in the class. Basically, if you’re willing to shell out a few bucks a week for your class notes and are lucky enough to be in a big enough class that someone decided they could make money selling their notes online, notehall.com is your friend.

Ratemyprofessors.com:

It’s a website that tells you which teachers are easy graders and which teachers are attractive (or both). Ratemyprofessors.com reviews boil down to two extremes: “OMG This was the greastest prof of my life,” or “FML This was the worst prof of my life.” If there’s a lot of the former, and the teacher has a lot of high scores for things like “clarity” and “helpfulness,” it means that’s

probably an easy class to take. Think about it this way: At the end of the semester, you’ll have the chance to take a different professor for General Chemistry. You could take Professor Example again, or you could take Professor Strawman, who is a way easier grader because he’s disillusioned with the educational system. If you go with Strawman you’ll learn less, but do you even like chemistry? Are you going to use it heavily in your major? No? Thanks, ratemyprofessors.com, for saving me from hours of extra work and a lower grade point average. Additionally, professors might have a chili pepper next to their name, indicating if they are “hot” or not. A Tuesday Daily Wildcat report revealed that professors with chili peppers are not down with the designation, indicating that it gets in the way of “what matters.” But that’s totally arbitrary. If you want to pay this school’s ridiculous fees to take easy courses and ogle older women (or men), more power to you. It’s lots of fun. I know you’re new and don’t always know where the party is at, so you might spend a lot of your time in your dorm room. That’s perfect, because that means you can put these primo cuts of advice steak into practice right away. Good luck, and happy coasting. — Remy Albillar is a senior majoring in English and creative writing. He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Credit card thief dines out

A credit card was stolen near one of the dorms on Sept. 15 at about 8:30 a.m. A week later, on Wednesday, a University of Arizona Police Department officer received a report of the theft and of fraudulent charges. When the officer arrived at the dorms he made contact with a UA student who said she noticed her credit card was missing on Sept.15, at approximately 8:30 a.m. At the time, she had thought that she probably unintentionally dropped the card somewhere inside or just outside of the dorm. On that same day, she contacted her bank and canceled the credit card. When the officer spoke to her, the woman informed him that she got a letter from her bank alerting her that two charges were made on the canceled card. One was a $1.50 charge made at a vending machine, and the second was a charge made at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse for $28. The officer asked the woman for a print out of the bank statement, and asked her why she waited over a week to report the stolen card. The woman said she didn’t think anything would come of it. No evidence was collected and there are no suspects or witnesses.

Every Day in the Wildcat

UA employee’s truck broken into

An unknown person damaged a UA work truck and stole an amp meter as well as a welding torch while the truck was parked in a parking lot on campus on Monday. Possible DNA evidence and latent prints were taken from the scene. At 6:10 a.m. that morning, a UA employee noticed his work truck had been broken into. A UAPD officer arrived to speak with him about a 30 minutes later and was informed by the man that he had parked and locked his car at 5:15 p.m. the day before, when he had left for the day. The man arrived back to work the next day and tried to get into the truck at 6:10 a.m. when he saw that the exterior driver’s door handle had been pried away from the door. He told UAPD that he had a Fluke amp probe/volt meter on the front seat, which was now missing. The man checked out the rest of the vehicle and noticed that a toolbox handle had been pried open. The box was missing a Victor welding torch. He valued the meter at approximately $450 and the torch at about $400. Both of the items were university property. As the officer investigated the scene, he noticed a small red spot, about a quarter of an inch in diameter, on the driver’s seat. Appearing to be blood, he took a control sample swab. The officer was then able to lift one latent fingerprint from underneath of the toolbox handle that had been damaged. Additional prints were also successfully taken from the driver’s side door near the door handle, the exterior doorframe and from the interior doorframe. The swabs and latent prints were transported back to UAPD and placed into evidence, and will be sent for analysis. The UA employee said he would try to locate the serial numbers for the stolen items.

Tire(ing) theft

Sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday the front tire of a bicycle was stolen. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, a woman had secured her bike at the bicycle racks on the corner of Highland Commons. When she returned to the racks the next day at 8:40 a.m., she found that her front tire had been stolen as well as the cable lock. An unknown subject had taken a front tire from another nearby bike and tried placing it on the woman’s bike. The bicycle was placed into UAPD property for safekeeping until she could purchase another lock. The woman requested a victim’s rights form and received it at the scene. The front tire of the other bicycle that was left near her bike was also placed into UAPD property. There are no suspects in the case. 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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Soccer to play pair of non-conference matches By Michael Fitzsimmons Arizona Daily Wildcat Before each game, Arizona head soccer coach Lisa Oyen isn’t sure what team will take the field for the next 90 minutes. Take last weekend for example — the Wildcats battled Central Florida to a 1-1 tie, only to take a 5-1 loss to Ohio State on Sunday. Time will tell which Wildcat team will show up this weekend when Arizona travels to play Loyola Marymount University today at 4 p.m. before hosting Utah (1-9) on Sunday at 7 p.m. “I thought Friday we played well, but Sunday, I don’t know what happened,” said freshman forward Jazmin Ponce. “We deserved to lose that day, we just didn’t bring it all.” Central Florida is currently ranked No. 23 in Soccer America’s poll, and if not for a missed penalty kick, the Wildcats may have knocked off the Golden Knights. If there was an explanation for why Arizona looked like two different teams last weekend, Oyen wouldn’t go any further than chalking it up to the game itself. “I think with the game of soccer, even if you play poorly or play well, any team can beat any other team on that day,” Oyen said. “But it does kind of show you if we show up and play what we can accomplish, and how when we don’t show up, how quickly a game can get away from us.” Despite being inconsistent at times, the Wildcats (2-4-2) have made rebounding and responding to adversity part of their identity. “(Associate head coach) John Galas pointed it out, sometimes you have to have a short-term memory and be able to get over things and get

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between Arizona’s first-ever trip to the Rose Bowl, or a middle of the Pac finish. “I think we’re a year more mature and hopefully this year, when the game’s tight, we’ll build off last week and when the game’s tight, we’ll have to make a drive to go down and score a touchdown or a field goal. I think we’ll be ready for it and more mature to make those plays when they come,” Littrell said.

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Freshman Ana Montoya and the Wildcats will travel to play Loyola Marymount tonight and then host Utah on Sunday. Montoya, a freshman, is being depended on to pick up the offensive slack in Renae Cuellar’s absence.

back at it,” Oyen said. “I think the effort they put into training was good and it wasn’t reactionary to this weekend, it was about wanting to continue to move forward.” Entering their last string of non-conference games, the Wildcats face a challenging LMU (6-2) side that will enter Friday night’s game having won back-to-back games while recording clean sheets. Without junior forward Renae Cuellar, who leads the team with six goals scored, the focus for the Wildcats is on establishing a precedent that will carry over from game to game. “We want to adequately prepare ourselves with what we learned from the game before so we can make those corrections and lay that basic foundation for the next game,” Oyen said. Eight games into the season, Arizona’s slew of freshmen are starting to catch on to the

college game. Ponce, who led the team in shotattempts the past two games, and Ana Montoya are two budding talents for the Wildcats. Montoya notched her second goal of the year last weekend, and for her, early success is translating into confidence. “I’ve scored twice on the year, which is a positive,” Montoya said. “I’m just looking to step up and be more of a leader. I want to be able to score more goals and just be confident enough to know that I can score the game-winning goals too.” With the Pacific 10 Conference season looming, each game until then will continue to present a learning experience for the young Wildcats team. “The energy was really good this week, and the way everyone responded was good, and we want to get back on track. I’m just really excited to play,” Montoya said.

The Wildcats are light on injuries this week in terms of numbers, but their few injuries are in key spots. H-back Taimi Tutogi is likely out with a strained knee, while wide receiver Juron Criner ’s status is questionable with a toe injury. Kick returner Travis Cobb was in a boot all week but is expected to play. California has been hit by the injury bug too and will likely be without its defensive leader Mike Mohamed.

CAl players to watch Shane Vereen, RB The speedster helped Cal fans forget about Jahvid Best last year when he went down with an injury. Even now that Best is in the NFL, even the Bears’ faithful are all about Vereen. His 103 yards per game and 6.6 yards per carry, along with six rushing touchdowns make him one of the best in the nation. Marvin Jones and Keenan Allen, WRs Jones has exploded this year and leads the Pac-10 with 21 catches and also has two touchdowns. Allen, his freshman counterpart, is one of the most athletically gifted players in the country. His 10 catches for 185 yards have proven his rookie learning curve is minimal. D.J. Holt, LB Holt is fifth in the conference with 27 total tackles through three games. He will be even more important this weekend since Mike Mohamed, the team’s best defensive player, is likely out

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UA running back out to prove he’s in the elite

Arizona last season for 159 yards and a 61-yard touchdown in the absence of current Detroit Lion Jahvid Best. “He’s about as good of a back as there is in the Pac10 and probably the country,” Littrell said of Vereen. “I think he’s very explosive and can make a lot of plays. You have to key on him every single snap and understand that he can take the ball 100 yards anytime he touches it.” Co-defensive coordinator Tim Kish described him as a perfect combination of power and speed, and senior defensive end

Ricky Elmore recalled his resiliency from last year’s game when he turned a “10-yard loss” into a “30- or 40-yard gain.” But Vereen is much more than just another opponent to Grigsby. They both grew up together as running backs for California high schools. “We know each other a little bit, so we’re going to go out there, chat before the game, wish him good luck and let the best team win,” Grigsby said. Both Grigsby and Vereen are coming into this game from completely different situations — Grigsby, as a play-

er coming back from injury, slowly wanting to re-establish himself as potentially one of the best in the conference, and Vereen, who is already one of the Pac-10’s top backs. Although, as Littrell said Wednesday, “We’re not going to win or lose a game by any one player.” The battle between former Cal recruit Grigsby and his opponent and friend Vereen should be something special. “He’s a great back and I love watching other great backs too,” Grigsby said. “It’s going to be fun to go out there and compete with each other.”

XC runs to Gopher country By Kevin Nadakal Arizona Daily Wildcat The UA men’s cross-country team will have to compete against 15 other programs, and the women will have to fend off 26 other programs this weekend in Minnesota. The Roy Griak Invitational will take place at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course. The teams are hoping to continue their success from last weekend when a UA runner won individually for both the men and women.

5 Keys for a successful weekend Ladies dominating Hannah Moen broke the tape last week for the ‘Cats a full eight seconds before her closest competition. Eight of the top-10 finishers wore Wildcat red and blue. Head coach James Li expects a lot from the team, but this week his goal will be more realistic. “For sure it is not going to be as dominant as last week,” Li said. “Just because the meet is going to be so much bigger, there

are so many more teams. This is one of the premiere meets in the country. I think we will do very well, but we are not going to be dominating.” Stephen Sambu The first-year Wildcat shined in his first meet last week, taking first place and beating out Bernard Lagat and former UA All-American Mohamud Ige. “He is doing great. There is a reason he is one of the best in the nation,” Li said. “Absolutely, I think he can win every time he runs.” The pack The rest of the team struggled to keep up with junior phenom Stephen Sambu last week. Li said that rest of the pack needs to decrease the gap in order to be successful in future tournaments, especially in regards to extremely large meets like the one they will be competing in tomorrow. “As a team, what we are working on right now is bringing everybody up,” said freshman Patrick Zacharias. “We want to bring our two through five runners up to close that gap because there are a lot of points that can be

gained if we move up the pack. “We are trying to close the gap meet by meet with Stephen, but we kind of know that he is going to be way far up there at the top because he is going to be going for the win.” Patrick Zacharias In only his first year at Arizona, Zacharias is already proving that he is one of the top-three runners on the roster. Zacharias was the second Wildcat to cross the finish line last weekend, earning 11th place. “When I first got here I didn’t know how much impact I would have,” Zacharias said. “I was hoping to have some impact, I put in the work over the summer, and so far it has paid off.” Elvin Kibet In her first race, Elvin Kibet finished in first place, and in her second race she got fourth place. This is after coming to the UA after moving from Kenya and never participating in a cross-country meet before. “She was learning so much when she first got here,” said assistant coach Erin Dawson. “She is just awesome, awesome runner and person.”

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Tiffany Owens, right, has been one of the better players for the Wildcats this season and looks to continue her tough play against California and Stanford this weekend. Both the Golden Bears and the Cardinal are are ranked in the top ten so far this season.

you do … the only thing that they’re going to bring is that they’re a lot more physical than what we’ve seen so far,” Paige Weber said. “We obviously expect them to execute a high level. It’s going to be different playing against a team that has athletes in every position.” On top of being the opening of Pac-10 play for the 2010 season, this weekend will also be the first time that the few freshmen in Arizona’s rotation will get a taste of what it’s like to play in one of the country’s top conferences. “I’m excited, I know the whole team is also,” said Candace Nicholson, a freshman from Long Beach, Calif. “It’s a big weekend and I definitely think we can pull out two wins, so I’m excited to see what happens.” Something that might help the freshmen get accustomed to Pac10 play is that the opening weekend is at home, but senior outside hitter Whitney Dosty thinks that there is a different advantage that comes into play. “I don’t know if (opening at home) is an advantage or not,” said Dosty. “I think it’s good to start off with pretty tough teams and get it going and underway.” Cursty Jackson had a different take on the advantages of opening up the conference season in the friendly confines of McKale Center. “I love being at home; to be honest, I hate traveling” Jackson said. “To be at home is a big advantage for us … we’re in the same routine and in front of all of our fans so we’re just used to it.” Something that will be of help to Arizona this weekend — no matter the outcome — is that the Wildcats are playing against two of the most recognizable volleyball

schools in America, and they can only learn from the experience. Arizona’s match against Cal is at 7 p.m. tonight, and the match against Stanford has been moved to Sunday at 1 p.m. to avoid conflict with UA’s football game Saturday night.

Luafalemana makes her return

After getting her first collegiate experience last weekend at the Arizona Invitational, freshman Tarryn Luafalemana is expected to be a bigger contributor as conference play heats up. “She did OK, she got cleared on (September 15th) to be able to play,” said Dave Rubio after her debut last weekend. “She’s a better blocker than Maddie (Lozano) — maybe not as good a scorer as Maddie, but it gives us some flexibility. It was good to get her in and get her feet wet — kind of get some the anxiety out.”

Bannister returns to practice

After giving birth only a few weeks ago, Kaylen Bannister was cleared to return to practice last week and actually made an appearance in the Arizona Invitational match against Texas State. “I wish she could have played a little more,” Rubio said. “She just got cleared and she’s still pretty sore. Since I’ve never been pregnant, it’s hard for me to know exactly what the body goes through. My wife tells me I’m dreaming if I think she’s going to be full speed, but (Bannister) wants to play.” Bannister didn’t rack up any stats in her one set of action, but it will obviously take time for her to be back in volleyball shape.


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rise in amount regardless of possible changes in tuition. ACT and SAT I scores will become a component of the criteria necessary to receive the award. Students will have to earn above a 28 on the ACT or above a 1,300 on the SAT I in order to qualify. These tests had previously been criteria for the scholarship until they were replaced by the AIMS test in August 2004. Freshmen entering Arizona schools in 2011 or 2012 will not be affected by the changes. The proposed changes are projected to save universities in Arizona approximately $4 million annually, according to the regents’ proposal. But board Vice Chair Fred DuVal stressed that any action taken in regards to the scholarship was not in response to budget cuts. “Let’s be clear, this is not about budget cuts,” DuVal said. “Today’s proposal is about honoring the promise we made to those who passed the test.” Some regents expressed their desire to ideally not change the scholarship. “I see us between a rock and a hard place,” said Regent Ernest Calderon. “I don’t want to change the AIMS scholarship, but I don’t see the budget there that allows it to stay the way it is.” Many regents cited the lack of state funding as a primary reason for supporting the scholarship change. “Even though it may be bleak right now, and a lot of people feel like the world is going to come to

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students with the AIMS scholarship were notably higher than their peers without it, 3.52 to 3.38 in 2007, and 3.56 to 3.4 in 2006. “So we have a fantastically successful program, and we’re looking at destroying it, make no mistake,” he said. Gov. Jan Brewer, who did not attend the meeting, sent a letter to the regents summarized aloud by board Chair Anne Mariucci. “I understand and agree with the concern that the current AIMS test is not a true measurement of college readiness, and this should not be the basis of awarding scholarships in the longer term,” Brewer wrote. In the letter, Brewer also discussed the economic importance of a well-educated populace and that the scholarship policy itself needed to be reformed in the scope of any changes to the test itself. Emily Fritze, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, said that the changes represented an adequate compromise in the eyes of ASUA. “For the students, we think it’s a good compromise in terms of having students more prepared to transition into the changes by including classes up to 2012,” Fritze said. “We want to ensure that this money stays in financial aid and doesn’t become a cut to financial aid somewhere down the road. My hope is that it will open up other opportunities for financial aid. “But I understand that with any change comes some resistance.”

Other Matters discussed at the Meeting Enrollment budget

During discussions on the university’s fiscal year 2012 operating budgets, ASU’s was highlighted because it did not request any funds for enrollment growth purposes, as opposed to NAU and UA. “The model is one in which it is based on enrollment growth. We have had so much enrollment growth with no funding, it is clearly the fact that the model is no longer functional,” said ASU President Michael Crow. Crow also advocated a system based on university performance as opposed to unchecked growth, saying the current model approached being “pointless.” “I think what ASU has done here has put a significant stake in the ground regarding the positioning of the new funding formula,” Mariucci said. A topic for debate amongst members of the board was whether the UA and NAU should follow ASU’s lead as a show of solidarity and protest to the Legislature. Mariucci expressed her belief that the regents must be unified in their proposals and that it sends a mixed message to Legislators for ASU to make a statement by not requesting enrollment growth funds when the UA and NAU do. “We lose so much of our credibility and our voice and the power of our conviction,” she said. But Killian wondered aloud whether or not requesting additional funds from the state for higher education could be construed as a “poke in the eye” of some.

Capital improvement plans

ASU will look to improve student services buildings on all four ASU campuses. These renovations will be funded through student fee money. Campus infrastructure improvements to drainage lines and pedestrian walkways totaling around $12 million were also submitted. Lastly, ASU submitted third-party housing projects to renovate the current Ocotillo and Manzanita residence halls on the Tempe campus. UA submitted no new projects for consideration due to external limitations. The UA did update the board on the Cancer Center project in Phoenix, which is being looked at for possible partnerships in the project. The UA is also examining a student housing project to construct new available student residences without university funding along the proposed new streetcar line in Tucson. NAU submitted a request for a new science health center to be constructed on campus, as well as two new residence halls and a parking structure that are privately financed. NAU will also seek funds for a new office classroom building and multipurpose event facility. All university proposals passed without dissent and will be delivered to Brewer for further review.


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No. 14 Arizona hosts California in first Pacific 10 Conference game of the season By Nicole Dimtsios Arizona Daily Wildcat With a potentially programchanging win over Iowa in its rearview mirror, the Arizona football team opens Pacific 10 Conference play tomorrow against California as one of the hottest teams in the country — and it’s not about to let the win over the Hawkeyes cloud its vision. “That’s when the seniors have to step up and let the younger guys know that’s one game and one win and we still have nine more games to play,” said senior defensive end Ricky Elmore about not letting the Iowa hype distract from preparation from playing Cal. Memories are still lingering from Arizona’s loss in Berkeley, Calif., thanks to a fluke play that spelled defeat for the Wildcats last season. In a game where Elmore said “nothing went right,” quarterback Nick Foles committed an illegal forward pass that knocked Arizona out of range for a field goal that would’ve given it the lead. “It’s something that I’ll always remember,” said Wildcat quarterback Nick Foles. “It was a great learning experience for me and everybody who watched it so yeah, I remember it and that’s why I know that this game’s so big. We didn’t play well there and we made some mistakes, I made some mistakes, so it will be a really good test to come out there on Saturday and play them.”

Arizona’s offense will have to show up on Saturday and test the Golden Bears, who before last weekend had only given up single digits to opponents. The Wildcats didn’t execute last year at Cal and that same mistake could cost them at home this year, too. The Golden Bears — who fell out of the national rankings this week — are coming off a 52-31 loss to Nevada last weekend after thumping future Pac-12 member Colorado the week prior. Led by quarterback Kevin Riley and running back Shane Vereen, the Golden Bear offense is averaging 45 points per game so far this season. “They’re tough, they’re going to bounce back,” said codefensive coordinator Seth Littrell. “They’re going to play like their backs are against the wall and we just got to match their intensity, we got our backs against the wall too.” The focus for the Wildcats, however, will be on themselves. Mistakes are something that Arizona needs to avoid after last weekend’s epic win. “That’s really what the focus is on right now, is to make sure we got our focus back and concentrating on the things we need to be concentrating on and getting prepared the way we’ve been preparing the first three weeks,” said co-offensive coordinator Tim Kish. Taking advantage of opportunities could be the difference FOOTBALL, page 6

V-ball set to open conference play By Alex Williams Arizona Daily Wildcat The Arizona volleyball team (10-2) will be playing a role this weekend that it hasn’t played in a while: the underdog. The Wildcats will host No. 8 University of California (10-0) tonight, followed by No. 1 Stanford University (9-0) on Sunday. Even though this may be the toughest weekend of the season for UA, head coach Dave Rubio thinks his team is more excited about the opening of Pacific 10 Conference play than anything else. “We look at it as the opening of conference play, and as soon as you start in the conference, I think we all know that the level of play is raised significantly,” Rubio said. “Regardless of who we’re playing … whether it’s UCLA and USC or the Washington schools I don’t think it would be different. It’s just the fact that conference starts and now we know everything matters.” Even though they are playing two of the nation’s elite teams, the Wildcats aren’t concerned about what they will see strategy-wise from either school. “When it comes to volleyball, 90 percent of it is what V-BALL, page 6

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Nick Foles, right, and the Wildcats look to stay undefeated as they welcome California on Saturday. Arizona lost a heartbreaker to the Golden Bears last season, 24-18, and are looking for payback.

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Arizona running back Nic Grigsby and Cal running back Shane Vereen set for showdown By Mike Schmitz Arizona Daily Wildcat During last season’s heartbreaking loss at California, Arizona running back Nic Grigsby spent most of his time on the sidelines. The senior tailback injured his shoulder during the fourth game of the season against Oregon State and wasn’t the same since, missing three full Pacific 10 Conference games and playing limited in six. “It was very challenging,” Grigsby said of sitting out and limited playing. “I started to lose my cool a couple of times because I wanted to be out there and be able to make plays for the team.” Grigsby carried the ball zero times and caught one pass for six yards against Cal as he watched Arizona implode on its way to a 24-16 loss. But as is the case for most Arizona players, 2010 is different. He finally gets a shot to show the Bears and the Pac-10 what he can do at full health. Receiver William “Bug” Wright said he expects Grigsby to be “a lot more vocal this year against Cal, especially since he didn’t play last year.” But his 2009 absence isn’t the only motivating factor for Grigsby this weekend. Cal, a hotbed for top running backs, originally recruited the 5-foot10 back out of Whittier, Calif. “I was his roommate freshman year and he was telling me they

recruited him, but he chose Arizona over them so he’s going to try to do work against them,” Wright said of Grigsby. Cal, and the Pac-10 for that matter, will no longer be dealing with a hobbled Grigsby. In fact, the 2010 version of Grigsby is even more electric than the back that would rip off 60-plus yard runs at any moment last season. “He seems a little bit more explosive. I think he had a great offseason,” said running backs coach and co-offensive coordinator Seth Littrell. “I think he worked real hard in the spring and the summer months. It seems like he has a little extra gear than he had this year.” Quarterback Nick Foles said that Grigsby “had the best offseason he’s ever had here,” and it’s showed in 2010 despite playing in a passhappy offense — five touchdowns and a 5.7 yards per carry average. But the Golden Bears have a star running back of their own who the Wildcats have to keep an eye on, Shane Vereen. The 5-foot10, 204-pound junior is leading the Pac-10 in rushing yards with 324 — 117 more than the next back. Vereen is coming off of a 198-yard, three-touchdown game from last week in a loss to Nevada, and torched GRIGSBY, page 6

Staff Picks I’m not buying into the whole letdown thing. Arizona proved last week that it can overcome letdowns when it shut the door against Iowa. Nothing Tim Kosch went right for the ‘Cats in that second half but they erased the ugly memories of that third quarter and took control at the end of the fourth. Cal averages 45 points a game and can cause problems, but the Wildcats are better and they’re not about to let a game sneak up on them and ruin what’s at stake. Arizona 41, Cal 16

Most Arizona players won’t admit to seeking revenge after falling to Cal 24-16 last season, but the Wildcats’ version of Honest Abe, William “Bug” Mike Schmitz Wright, made it clear: ”We got to pay them back, man.” Although Arizona may start off slow after such an emotional win over Iowa last week, the Wildcats will pull it together and overcome standout running back Shane Vereen and the Golden Bears. Arizona 31, Cal 17

The last thing Arizona needs is a conference-opening loss to Cal to kill the momentum it built up during the nonconference season. The Wildcat Nicole Dimtsios offense needs to come out ready to play against the Golden Bears who will look to rebound after their 52-31 defeat at the hands of Nevada last weekend. Ultimately, Arizona’s defense will keep Cal in check and give the offense some breathing room. Arizona 30, Cal 17


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