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EDITORIAL

UA must be accountable in face of scandals

BY DAILY WILDCAT OPINIONS BOARD @DailyWildcat

With the recent conviction of former University of Arizona assistant track and field coach Craig Carter, the focus on the university’s practices pertaining to women’s safety continues to grow.

For years, since Carter was first arrested in 2015, questions have swirled regarding the culture of accountability at the UA. These questions only grew louder during the recent scandal, and subsequent legal action, surrounding former head football coach Rich Rodriguez.

Combine that with several incidents involving UA athletes harassing or assaulting female students, and the press surrounding the way such actions are dealt with on campus has been anything but positive.

The massive amounts of negative ink and social media chatter forced the UA to review its policies, bringing in outside legal help to guide its compliance inspection.

The university has also spent millions either defending former employees in court or in buyout packages after severing employment.

And none of this will be letting up anytime soon.

Carter still could possibly face two more trials (depending on if prosecutors decide to continue with other cases or are satisfied with Carter’s sentence) and multiple lawsuits against the UA or former employees are still pending.

With negative stories on the horizon for the foreseeable future, the university must redouble its efforts to make the campus an inclusive and safe

learning environment for all students.

University officials must be transparent with the results of the internal investigations it has undertaken since Carter’s arrest. Whatever problems or mistakes that are discovered must be shared with the public in an honest and forthright manner.

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“To live up to our promise as an institution, that future must be rooted in shared respect for all members of our community and in shared commitment to the safety of all who step foot on our campus,” Robbins wrote.

The university must hold accountable those who have

contributed to the alleged negative culture within UA Athletics.”

Only by confronting these issues head on will the community be able to start healing. If the university chooses to hide or sugarcoat the findings, the distrust that has been festering will grow and the UA’s reputation will continue to tumble.

To prevent the downward slide from increasing, the university must hold accountable those that have contributed to the alleged negative culture within UA Athletics, and possibly throughout the administration. A strong message must be sent that harmful, destructive or violent behavior will not be accepted in any way, shape or form.

If the university wants to employ and protect these types of individuals, students of all genders, orientations, religions and ethnicities will suffer, and taxpayers will continue to foot the bill for legal representation and severance packages.

UA President Dr. Robert Robbins recently sent an email to students and employees in support of the “I Will” campaign, asking them to take a pledge against sexual violence. Robbins said the university

This institution is at a crossroads. The two paths are clear. The university can either choose to directly confront its troubles by working with the community to make changes and address the issues, or it can allow destructive and dangerous behavior to flourish within its offices, athletic facilities and classrooms.

Expressing hope for a bright future is not enough. Strong actions will be required to make sure the future is filled with students reaching their potential, rather than suing the university for failing to protect them.

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NEWS | CARTER TRIAL

Threats, texts and trials: timeline of Craig Carter case Learn how the relationship between former student-athlete Baillie Gibson and former track and field assistant coach Craig Carter started in 2012 and ended this year in court

BY IRELAND STEVENSON @DailyWildcat

Quotes from Baillie Gibson are taken from an interview given to ESPN. Unless otherwise noted, all other information is taken from court transcripts, witness testimony and arrest interviews.

JUNE 2012 – While at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Gibson attended a house party the last night of the trip. She reached out to coach Craig Carter for a ride back to the hotel.

Gibson woke up the next morning with no memory of what occurred after being picked up by Carter. Gibson said Carter proceeded to show her photos taken on his phone of her naked and engaging in sexual acts with him in his car. She said Carter threatened to show them to her friends and family on the internet if she did not submit to his sexual commands.

FALL 2012/SPRING 2013 – Gibson and Carter’s sexual relationship continued into Gibson’s junior year. Gibson said she tried to end their relationship multiple times but was once again threatened with the release of photos taken in Eugene as well as physical threats. Gibson’s closest friend, Julie LaBonte, noticed a significant change in Gibson’s behavior throughout the course of the year but was completely unaware of her relationship with coach Carter.

Gibson said she continued the relationship because she felt scared and helpless.

NOV. 5, 2013 – Former UA athletic director Greg Byrne called Carter into a meeting after a fellow track athlete went to visit Carter’s office and found Carter slow to come to the door, in “disheveled clothing” and Gibson sitting uncomfortably on his couch, and filed a report. Head track coach Fred Harvey attended the meeting as well, and Carter claimed that Gibson “came to him for support.” Gibson was never contacted by Byrne, Harvey or any other school official about the report.

SPRING 2014 – Gibson met with coach Harvey to discuss a request to transfer. Gibson became emotional but did not disclose her relationship with Carter. She instead said she butted heads with Carter. But, because of Gibson’s injuries during her sophomore season, transferring was not a possible option.

APRIL 20, 2015 – Gibson shared what was going on with

LaBonte and broke down in tears. At around 5 p.m. that day, LaBonte went with Gibson to McKale Center and waited for her outside as she went to Carter’s office to break off the relationship before she graduated. Gibson told Carter she was leaving Tucson soon and that she never felt the same way he did for her. Carter proceeded to pull out a box cutter, held it to her neck and choked her while saying, “I should just cut your face up and cut your eyes so that no one can see those pretty eyes.” According to testimony from Gibson, Carter then started crying and blocked her in his office until 6:30 p.m. and also said he would kill himself with the box cutter.

APRIL 21, 2015 – Carter showed up outside of Gibson and LaBonte’s house the next morning and began banging on their door. The women locked the doors and hid in the bathroom. Phone records show Carter was repeatedly texting, calling and leaving voicemails while outside the house. According to Gibson, he was outside the house for more than 30 minutes, but even after he left, the threatening messages continued. Gibson received a photo from Carter in which he appeared to have the barrel of a gun in his mouth and said that Gibson won because he “[didn’t] have the balls to pull the trigger.” He later claimed that it was a pipe.

APRIL 24, 2015 – Carter left a voicemail for Gibson threatening to send CDs of pornographic photos and videos of her to her family. “I think I had about eight, eight or nine pictures. And uh, six videos if I remember. All burnt off, getting ready to ship ‘em out. You wanted to go get ugly, and it’s going to get ugly,” Carter said in a voicemail. Two days later, Gibson received a phone call from Carter, and per LaBonte’s request, Gibson recorded over an hour of Carter’s threats toward her, her family and LaBonte as well.

APRIL 29, 2015 – At around 3 p.m., Carter waited outside of McClelland Hall for Gibson to get out of class. According to Gibson, he grabbed her arm and verbally assulted her.

LeAnne Shoemaker, a manager for the track team and Gibson’s other roommate, saw this happen, along with another student. The other student called 911, and once Carter realized this, he fled the building. He then sent an email to Gibson, continuing to threaten her about what Shoemaker and LaBonte had now witnessed. The next day, Shoemaker went to coach Harvey and told him the situation.

Gibson flew to Las Vegas to stay with a relative, and during her stay there recited the last two years events to her family.

MAY 1, 2015 – Because she did not feel safe in Tucson, Gibson waited until she was in Las Vegas to call the University of Arizona Police Department. Gibson then gave her first full interview describing the box cutter incident, the sexual meetings and the threats. Carter was booked into Pima County Jail the same day following Gibson’s phone call. Once in custody, he admitted to pulling a box cutter on Gibson but said it was the first time he touched her. Carter was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic-violence-related stalking and disruption of an educational institution.

NOVEMBER 2015 – Gibson filed a civil lawsuit under the name “Jane Doe” against Carter, Bryne, Harvey, the University of Arizona, the University’s Board of Regents and the state of Arizona. The lawsuit claims officials across the university knew about the dangerous situation that Gibson was in but failed to protect her. Harvey and Byrne were eventually dropped from the lawsuit.

FEBRUARY 2016 – Carter and his wife countersued Gibson and her attorney for defamation. In his lawsuit, it states Gibson actively initiated all sexual acts with Carter and that Lynne Cadigan, Gibson’s attorney, worked with Gibson in an effort to intentionally destroy his family and career.

OCTOBER 2016 – Carter turned down a plea deal of 3.75 years in prison.

MARCH 27, 2018 – Carter’s trial on assault charges took place at the Pima County Superior Court, where Gibson, UAPD Detective T.J. Larkin and LaBonte were called to the stand by the prosecution to testify. The trial was expected to last 10 days.

MARCH 30, 2018 – A Pima County jury found Craig Carter guilty on the charges of aggravated assault and assault with a dangerous instrument. He was taken into custody at 5 p.m.

He will be sentenced May 14 and faces 5–23 years in prison.

— A separate trial, date to be announced, will be held for Carter’s charges of domestic-violence-related stalking and disruption of an educational institution.

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Carter found guilty

BY ROCKY BAIER @RockyBaier

The trial discussed multiple events in Gibson and Carter’s relationship, such as how it started, the discussion of online sex-toy store Adam and Eve and Jurors found Craig Carter, former the aggravated assault incident on April track and field assistant coach for 20, 2015. the University of Arizona, guilty of On that date, Gibson tried to break the aggravated assault and aggravated relationship with Carter, which started assault with a weapon after two and a a string of text messages between the half hours of deliberation Friday, March two. Carter called Gibson names and 30. He will be sentenced May 14 at 11 threatened to kill her. a.m. He faces anywhere from 5–23 years Later, when Gibson went to Carter’s in prison. office to break up with him in person, Carter was charged with aggravated Carter grabbed her by the neck, strangled assault after he choked thenher and threatened her with student and thrower Baillie a box cutter.

Gibson and threatened her Carter’s lawyers said with a box cutter. he usually carried box After the verdict was cutters, because he had to announced, Carter was fix things with them as part handcuffed by court of his duties as coach. In sheriffs and escorted out of his initial arrest interview, the courtroom.

Carter admitted to getting Carter is also charged rid of the box cutters by with domestic-violencethrowing them from his car related stalking and on his way home. disruption of an The case also delved into educational institution for the consensual nature of assulting Gibson outside their relationship. Gibson of a classroom on April referred to an incident in 29, 2015. A trial for those PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Eugene, Oregon, where the charges will be held on a CRAIG CARTER Olympic trials were held in later date.

2012, as rape. Gibson said If Carter had taken the she was intoxicated and asked Carter plea bargain for all charges, he would for a ride back to the team hotel after have only had to complete three years a night of drinking.

The next morning, and nine months in prison.

Gibson woke up not remembering the While the trial was set to last ten days, night before.

She said Carter had taken it only took four, including one day of pictures of her naked during the night, jury selection. which he used as blackmail.

On the first day, Gibson testified and Carter and his attorneys asserted told her story. On the second day, UA that their relationship was entirely Police Department’s head detective of consensual. the case, Timothy Larkin, and Gibson’s On the final day, the defense and best friend Julie LaBonte testified. The prosecution had their final arguments, prosecution and defense rested their and the jury delivered the decision case, and Carter did not testify. of guilty of aggravated assault and Gibson and Carter were in a sexual aggravated assault with a weapon. relationship for over two years.

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NEWS | UNUSUAL PETS

A full ‘glide’ scholarship Meet Brennen Feder, a pre-business student with one sweet gig: He breeds sugar gliders to pay his tuition. Over six years, he made almost $40,000

BY VANESSA ONTIVEROS @NessaMagnifique

While many people only dream of having their home filled with adorable animals, education and pre-business freshman Brennen Feder turned that dream into a reality.

For six years, beginning when he was only 12 years old, Feder bred, raised and sold sugar gliders as his own business.

“My whole life, I’ve always been obsessed with animals and raising all different sorts of animals,” Feder said.

Feder got his first sugar gliders when he was 12, after seeing the animals for the first time at the Pima County Fair. After two years of raising them, he decided to pursue breeding and selling them as well.

“I’ve always been a business person,” Feder said. “I realized I was putting in so much effort and work for them, I’m like, ‘I think I can get something in return.’”

After buying two more sugar gliders for breeding and ending up with three babies, Feder placed an ad on Craigslist. He received 40 offers within two days.

His parents allowed him to convert a downstairs section of the family home into a breeding area. Feder had 10 cages in his house, each eight feet tall.

He applied for a license with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at age 14.

Inspectors came to assure that both the home and the sugar gliders were suitable for breeding.

Once he was approved, the teenage Feder invested all the money he had saved over the years into his business.

“Everything I did was several hundred dollars,” Feder said. “So if I had a few hundred dollars saved up, I’d buy another pair of sugar gliders, start breeding them, sell the babies, and once I recuperated the money I would reinvest it and keep it going.”

Throughout high school Feder would spend between two and 10 hours a day caring for his sugar gliders. He prepared meals for them and cleaned their cages, as well as ensured that the animals were social enough to be pets.

“They were always my number-one priority,” Feder said. “At the end of the day, if I didn’t have enough time, the animals were going to get my time over the homework … In the end, it really paid off.”

Feder raised other animals as well. Over the years, he estimates he helped 30 chinchillas, 200 hedgehogs, 500 birds and over 400 sugar gliders find a home.

He made each buyer sign a contract

promising that if they no longer wanted the animal, they would bring it to him rather than abandoning it at a shelter.

“I’m very against breeding animals that are found in shelters a lot,” Feder said. “And so I really stuck to only working with animals that I knew are in high demand and they would never end up in a shelter.”

Buyers were often shocked by his young age. However, Feder’s comprehensive knowledge of sugar gliders earned him credibility and served as a resource for his clients, who would contact him with additional questions after they brought home their new pets.

Feder no longer raises sugar gliders now that he is in college and not living at home.

The benefits of his business, however, still continue.

Over the course of six years, Feder earned approximately $40,000 in profit, which he is using to pay for school.

He believes his business taught him several useful skills.

“Perseverance, I think, is definitely one,” Feder said. “Being able to be accountable, I would say, is the other … Trusting in yourself in and your abilities, I think, is also a big part of it.”

Feder also credits his sugar glider business with helping land a coveted Coca-Cola Campus Ambassador position.

During the final interview for the ambassador position, he was not able to complete an in-person interview as there were no interviews in Tucson. Feder was nervous about the disadvantages of a Skype interview.

“The first question on the interview was ‘You have 60 seconds to go find something in your house that has meaning to you and bring it back,’” Feder said. “I went and grabbed two baby sugar gliders, and they went nuts.”

In addition to being a Coca-Cola Campus Ambassador, Feder works for the regional branch Swire Coca-Cola and for WorkAbility as a job coach for people with disabilities.

He is also a member of Freshman Class Council and will serve in the Associated Students of the University of Arizona as a Representative for the College of Education next year.

“I’m a workaholic,” Feder said.

Feder plans to go into higher education and is interested in being a professor one day before going into administration. However, his time with sugar gliders is likely not over.

“I definitely plan on getting back into it at a certain point, just as a little hobby thing,” Feder said. “It was so much fun. I would buy them back in a heartbeat if I could have it in the dorms.”

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BRENNEN FEDER, A FRESHMAN at the UA, breeds sugar gliders for tuition money. Feder applied for a license with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at age 14. Inspectors came to assure that both the home and the sugar gliders were suitable for breeding.

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SUGAR GLIDERS ARE NATIVE to Australia, New Guinea and parts of Indonesia. Over the years, Feder estimates he helped 30 chinchillas, 200 hedgehogs, 500 birds and over 400 sugar gliders find a home.

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OPINION | RESTAURANT REVIEW

Izumi sushi offers all-you-can-eat feasts COLUMNIST SAMMY MINSK @DailyWildcat

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ll-you-can-eat sushi is cool and all, but loading up on rice and imitation crab can get to be rather unvaried after roll number four.

The new sushi restaurant Izumi, (eeezoom-eee), has an amazing all-youcan-eat option offered all day.

For $25 per person, you can pick from an extensive menu with not only sushi, but tempura, ramen, crab legs and raw oysters. For the number of options it has, Izumi definitely beats other all-you-can-eat sushi places in town.

There are a few exceptions with some items on the menu limiting you to “two orders per person” on selected sushi rolls. But pick just two rolls from that category and you’ll have almost paid for your meal.

Izumi, located at 3655 E. Speedway Blvd., is a casual but swanky dining restaurant with subtle blue accents, like the napkins and walls. There are two bars on either side of the building with seating, as well as tables and booths to sit at. Service was very fast when I was there around 1 p.m. on a Wednesday.

It serves beer, wine and cocktails, as well as a wide variety of sake. Plan on spending $6–$7 per drink or $14–$16 on sake.

I started with a couple of specialty items, crab legs and raw oysters. The crab legs were salty and flavorful, but with little meat. It wasn’t worth trying to crack them for the small amount of meat. The oysters, which comes with two, were pretty good. They’re topped with a dab of roe and a slice of green pepper. One slurp and they’re gone. I say, if it’s all-you-can-eat, give me one of everything, please.

I was surprised by how delicious the miso ramen was. The soup had a warm, cream-like broth with slices of cha shu pork, half a hard-boiled egg, noodles and slices of seaweed. If you’re into ramen, I highly recommend this dish because the broth was so tasty.

Other items on the menu I like include the following: • Eel Nigiri: eel on a bed of rice with

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THE MISO RAMEN SERVED at Izumi contains cha shu pork, hard-boiled egg, noodles and seaweed.

sweet eel sauce • Shrimp and Veggie Tempura: veggies and shrimp with crispy deepfried coating • Inari Sushi: sweet tofu stuffed with rice • Las Vegas Roll: salmon with cream cheese and avocado, blended well with the dynamite sauce and a deep fried crust on the edges • Mexican Roll: drizzled with sweet eel sauce and avocado and deep fried The restaurant had its grand opening on March 10, so it’s still working on introducing new concepts to the restaurant. Starting on Thursday, April 5, Izumi will have an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. that will cost $11 per person.

If you are planning on going out for Japanese food with a raging appetite, Izumi is a good option because of its varied menu. The portion size is excellent, and the rolls are stuffed full, unlike some places that slap rolls together. The service is fast and has a quiet atmosphere with not too many people and lots of parking.

This is a good place to bring a date, but expect to spend $35–$70 for two people with drinks. As far as overall sushi restaurants, this isn’t my top destination; however, I will definitely be back to try its new lunch buffet.

Rating: 4 / 5 — Sammy Minsk is a senior who enjoys writing about food trends.

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SPORTS | WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Incoming All-American unfazed by Type 1 Diabetes

BY SAUL BOOKMAN @Saul_Bookman

Star rankings and recruiting hoopla may mean something to a lot of people, but being in that position means even more to incoming Arizona women’s basketball star and McDonald’s All-American, Cate Reese. The reason why is simple, a humbling diagnosis of a life-altering disease two years ago: type 1 diabetes. Nearly 3 million people suffer from type 1 diabetes; Cate and her sister Ali were among the 15 percent of kids that fall within that category.

The discovery for Cate was based on a hunch by Ali while playing in a tournament in Dallas. During the course of those couple days, Ali knew something was off with her younger sister.

“People kept saying that she looked thin. I mean, she was already skinny, but it was more than that,” Ali said. “So, I checked her blood sugar levels in the car, and they were high. I checked again the next morning, and they were high again. That’s when my mom took her to the ER.” Cate was faced with the same obstacle she had seen her sister deal with for the past seven years. The prospects of handling the nuances of diabetes are quite a bit different when it’s you in the saddle. Initially, there was sadness and shock. Throw in the fact that no other person in her family besides her sister has ever been diagnosed with diabetes and it makes the situation all that much more off-putting.

Long-term complications can range from eye damage to heart problems if not managed correctly and efficiently. But Cate is known as a strong woman to those that surround her; diabetes simply became another tool she used to prove it. After some reflection, she refocused on her new task and since then hasn’t looked back.

“You have to stay on top of it and make sure that you’re managing it properly because it definitely has side effects,” Cate said. “... It’s definitely something that you have to be on top of when you’re playing especially.”

Future teammate Bryce Nixon experienced Cate’s new daily routine when the two spent the weekend at Nixon’s home in Phoenix this past February. The two are near inseparable, hitting it off on Cate’s first visit to Tucson. The soon-to-be roommates are in constant contact with one another. Their love for competition is rivaled only by chicken tenders and the same mix of ice cream at Cold Stone: Sweet Cream with M&Ms. Nixon was able to witness first-hand how Cate monitored her blood sugar levels — once in the morning when she woke up, before every meal and before going to bed. On certain occasions, the checks come when Cate

COURTESY CATE REESE

CATE REESE, RIGHT, AND her sister Ali, left.

is not feeling well, which haven’t been often due to her staying on top of the routine. It provided her with insight when the two get to their new dorm at Arizona.

“She is incredibly brave and strong. She’s a trooper, that’s for sure,” Nixon said.

The same can be said for Arizona head women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes when seeing how Ali dealt with her health.

Barnes was able to watch Ali on a daily basis and understand the details that come with being focused on her levels, as it could reflect in the performance on the court — not to mention the overall safety that she is entrusted with from parents.

“We have to do a great job of educating them on how to take care of themselves, and I know things to look for and things to have available for them,” Barnes said.

Cate is part of the No. 5-ranked recruiting class in the nation for 2018

by ProspectsNation.com. She is also the highest rated recruit to ever sign with Arizona women’s basketball, the No. 13 overall ranked recruit, according to ESPN HoopGurlz. Her performance at the

McDonald’s All-American game showed what she has to offer — displaying speed, quickness getting up the floor, a solid mid-range jump shot and the tenacity to be aggressive that you hope to get out of a five-star prospect on her way to an 8-point, five-rebound effort in 14 minutes of play.

The McDonald’s game was the cherry on top of a very productive career at Cypress Woods High School. Cate was dominant throughout her career, capped off averaging 30.8 points per game and 15.3 rebounds per game her senior season.

How dominant was she? On eight separate occasions, Cate scored at least 35 points, including a stretch of four out of six games that saw her score 40 or more. Seven times this season, she hauled in 17 or more rebounds in a game, three of which were over the 21 rebound mark. She accounted for 57 percent of her team’s points in 24 games and 46 percent of her team’s rebounding. Those numbers are not common by any stretch.

Cate stands at near 6-foot-3, the shortest five-star frontcourt prospect Arizona has coming in with 6-foot-4 Valeria Trucco and

6-foot-5 Semaj Smith already in tow. Add in eligible transfer Dominique McBryde, and the Wildcats suddenly have a tall group of freshmen far beyond what they had this past season with undersized forward Destiny Graham being asked to play out of her position and guard a majority of front court players at 6-foot-3 out of necessity. Arizona was the worst rebounding team in the Pac12 at 31.9 per game.

“Great players want to play with other great players, she is definitely a player that will help us get other great players,” Barnes said.

“It will be more evident after she comes and people see her competitiveness, see what an incredible person she is and get to know her.”

Cate says she chose Arizona because of the environment created by Barnes, the weather and to have a background as a student at Eller College of Management. Though she’ll miss her Texas barbecue, she is also looking forward to the cuisine in Tucson. Perhaps she can cook up a new winning tradition for women’s basketball; the expectation is that she will.

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NEWS | EDUCATION

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A PROTESTER HOLDS UP a sign reading, “Extinct: dinosaurs, Endangered: teachers” during the Oklahoma teacher walkout in 2018. The Tucson #RedforEd protest will take place Wednesday, April 4, at 4:30 p.m. outside the Arizona State Building, 400 W. Congress Street in downtown Tucson.

Teachers take to streets for higher pay

BY VICTOR GARCIA @VicGarcia96

From West Virginia to Oklahoma, and now to Arizona, the Red for Ed movement has steadily made its way across the country.

According to Pima Superintendent of Schools Dustin Williams, the movement is the way students, teachers and school boards are advocating for wholesale institutional changes in education.

“It’s kind of a grass-root effort that came through, and every Wednesday, we want the community to wear red to show our appreciation for teachers, but more importantly, our desire for change in education,” Williams said.

According to Tucson High biology teacher Marea Jenness, educators are fed up with business as usual. “It is teachers saying, ‘We are sick and tired of 10 years without a meaningful raise when the cost of living is going up all around us.’”

In Arizona, there are approximately 1,200 teacher vacancies, according to Williams.

That leads to students having long-term substitutes and larger classroom sizes ranging up to 34 students per class when the Arizona average is of 25.

Lower teacher pay and benefits eliminates the interest in wanting to teach in Arizona.

“If I went over to New Mexico, my base salary would go up $15,000 a year with better health insurance,” Jenness said.

On top of paltry benefits, Jenness explained the lengths some teachers go to to make ends meet each month.

“We have teachers that are working two other jobs just so that they could be a teacher, and it’s not right,” she said. “I know people with master’s degrees that are going to retire making less than $40,000 a year.”

In the state of Arizona, there hasn’t been a raise in teacher salary in a decade teachers receive limited aid for classroom supplies, according to Jenness.

“We’ve gotten little [teacher grants] along the way; we might sometimes get a STEP [a type of grant], which is $500, but that only can amount to a McDonald’s burger once a week.”

Teachers, students and faculty will organize Wednesday, April 4, to demonstrate their support for the Red for Ed movement and their dissatisfaction with the current state of Arizona’s education system.

“Our demand is for 20 percent, which sounds like a lot, but if you look at the increase in minimum wage that Arizona voted for my son went from $8.15 at minimum, then $10 and then to $10.50 as a courtesy clerk at Sprouts, and that is more than a 20-percent increase,” Jenness said.

The national trend is encouraging for Jenness. But she sees a long road ahead.

“Arizona is really starving our schools and our teachers, and it is time for it to end,” Jenness said.

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POLICE BEAT

BY VANESSA ONTIVEROS @nessamagnifique

Stealing home The groundskeeper at Hillenbrand Stadium called the University of Arizona Police Department after someone tried to steal home base, literally.

The officer arrived at the stadium and met with the groundskeeper on March 26 at approximately 7:40 a.m.

According to him, someone snuck into the stadium over the weekend, when the softball team was away.

When he began his morning walk through of the stadium at 6:30 a.m., the groundskeeper noticed a pair of wire cutters lying next to home plate. He also saw that the dirt on the left side of the plate had been dug out.

The groundskeeper picked up the wire cutters and called the authorities.

A check of the perimeter of the area revealed no signs of forced entry.

The officer took photographs of home plate and the wire cutters and collected the cutters as evidence and found no footprints around the plate.

Two security cameras on the field might have caught footage of a suspect.

Someone’s been sleeping in my bed A female Coconino resident found an unwelcome guest in her room in the form of a drunk male student passed out on her bed on March 25 at approximately 2 a.m.

Upon arrival, a UAPD officer contacted the RA on duty, who informed him that the female resident left to use the restroom. When she returned, the man was in her bed.

The officer attempted to wake up the man. While doing so, the officer noted he could smell the odor of intoxicants on the man. The officer retrieved the man’s driver’s license and confirmed he was under 21 years of age.

Tucson Fire Department arrived to check the man’s vitals and escort him back to his own room in Coconino.

The officer spoke with the female student who stated that she did not wish to press charges for trespassing nor did she feel she was in any danger.

Later that day, the officer spoke with the male resident and read him his Miranda Rights.

He told the officer that he drank beer at his friend’s house in the afternoon before returning to what he thought was his room.

The officer arrested him on charges of minor in possession. He handcuffed the resident and escorted him to the patrol car.

The man was transported to Pima County Jail and booked.

ARTS & LIFE | THE ART OF MATH

Math and arts intertwine UA lecture demonstrates importance of merging two subjects, art and math, to foster different ways of thinking

BY LEIA LINN @DailyWildcat

George Hart, a professor at The State University of New York at Stony Brook, visited the University of Arizona to demonstrate the design of mathematically-based sculptures, to redefine how people see math.

Instead of looking at numbers on calculators, graphs and tests, Hart takes math and makes it visual.

During his visit, Hart created a mathematical sculpture using flat wood pieces, which were laser cut by the UA School of Art. Hart started his “Making Math Visible” workshops in order to teach math inside and outside the classroom, using activities that excite students, according to his website.

His art consists of sculptures that are built based off geometric angles, shapes and sequences that create a tangible product that shows math at work. Most of his sculptures are made of laser-cut wood slices, brass, aluminum, acrylic plastic and stainless steel.

The sculptures use “patterns and relationships derived from classical ideals of balance and symmetry” to transform two- dimensional shapes into three-dimensional geometric sculptures, according to Hart.

“Art and math are both exciting, creative fields and are a natural combination together,” he said.

Hart’s “Making Math Visible” lectures were designed to inspire students to discover a variety of different topics in mathematics and give them an opportunity to form a positive outlook on math.

The lecture, held March 27, was moderated by Bruce Bayly, an associate professor of mathematics at the UA, who is also familiar with the representation of math in the art world.

“When I was a teenager I used to make math-style art using sticks and colored string,” Bayly said. “Then a few years ago as a professor I gave a lecture in the UA Museum of Art about math in fractals and the paintings of Jackson Pollock.”

Math is used in many art forms to create shapes and patterns, and can be seen in both 3D, like Hart’s sculptures, or in 2D art when creating perspective images, such as landscapes.

“Art with mathematical foundations can be in any style. What makes it mathematical is the content, not the

MARISA FAVERO | THE DAILY WILDCAT

THE ‘MAKING MATH VISIBLE’ lecture underlines the importance of using mathmatics and arts to create a visualization of concepts to the public. The lecture was held March 27 at Gallagher Theater.

style,” Hart said.

To help educate people of all ages about mathematics in the real world and spread his love for math, Hart co-founded the first and only National Museum of Mathematics in New York City.

According to the museum’s website, the museum “highlights the role of mathematics in illuminating the patterns and structures all around us”.

Hart’s sculpture at the UA, called “Arizona,” can be found on the third floor of the Environment and Natural Resources 2 building. “[It] embodies many types of geometric patterns that the viewer might slowly discover while studying it,” Hart said.

“One might look for three-fold, fivefold and two-fold rotational axes; pairs of co-planar pieces, parallel planes, perpendicular planes; the six planes of a cube, five cubes and much more. I tried to embody an abstract impression of the Arizona mountains and deserts without being overly representational.”

Following the sculpture-building demonstration, Hart gave a lecture on why

visualizing math is beneficial to students.

Bill and Carla Kirchner, family friends of Bayly, attended the lecture to support him and to learn about math and visual representation.

“I thought the lecture was fabulous.

The images were beautiful and very interesting,” Carla said.

Her husband, Bill, said art and math together should be studied in classrooms because “it connects the serious mathematics with a sort of playful spirit and a spirit of beauty.”

Dan Rossi, a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in mathematics, also said he believes students should study math and art.

“There’s sort of this style that mathematicians think is very beautiful that for a lot of people, I think, never get far enough in their math career to see that side,” Rossi said. “Being able to introduce math to somebody very early on, I think, is a great way to expose people to something they might not otherwise get the opportunity to see.”

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ARIZONA HIGH JUMPER BRYANT O’Georgia clears the high jump to win his event during the Aztec Invitational Saturday, March 24.

O’Georgia raises the bar

BY ROB KLEIFEILD @RobKAllDay1

It’s been a long time coming for senior Bryant O’Georgia. After years of being stuck in neutral, the Arizona track and field high jumper finally hit a new gear to set a personal record on the high jump at the Aztec Invite on March 24.

O’Georgia cleared 2.22 meters (7ft. 3.402 inches), tying the No. 5 all-time mark in program history. Three days later, he was recognized as the Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week. The last time he set a personal record on the high jump was his senior year of high school.

O’Georgia’s jump was the culmination of nearly four years of frustration, injuries and obsessing over a mark that he hadn’t hit since breaking the Arizona High School state record in 2014.

More than anything, though, the moment silenced his critics and reminded everyone just how talented the Phoenix native really is. O’Georgia is no stranger to the criticism.

Coming out of North Canyon High School, O’Georgia committed to play football at Northern Arizona University. He said his goal growing up was “always to play football at the next level.”

Despite putting together a jaw-dropping highlight reel and earning All-State accolades his junior and senior seasons, O’Georgia ended his prep career feeling vastly underrated.

With limited college offers, staying close to home felt like the best move in O’Georgia’s mind. It also translated to immediate playing time.

“I played one season of football and had a pretty good year for a freshman when it was all said and done. But it turned out to not be the right fit for me,” O’Georgia said.

So, O’Georgia got in touch with a few people and was later convinced to transfer down to the UA track and field team.

UA’s head track and field coach, Fred Harvey, had initially recruited O’Georgia out of high school. Now, the legendary coach would get the opportunity to help one of the state’s all-time great jumpers continue to climb up the leader boards.

O’Georgia arrived in Tucson during the spring semester of his freshman year. Although the NCAA deemed him ineligible because of transfer rules, he was still able to train with his track and field teammates and get settled in.

In the fall, he turned his attention back to football again. However, a back injury in the winter changed O’Georgia’s course heading into his second spring semester as a Wildcat.

In the spring of 2016, just a day after finishing his last final, O’Georgia went under the knife for his first of two eventual back surgeries stemming from a herniated disc. In the wake of his recovery, he decided it was time to step aside from football and focus on his future in the jumping events.

“A month or two into the beginning of my junior year, I was able to finally pick things up track-wise again. I wasn’t close to 100 percent, but I was battling back and just waiting for that breakthrough moment,” O’Georgia said.

O’Georgia’s psyche took a stumble over the last several years. He was dealt a poor hand with injuries and eligibility, and in return, his mindset weakened and his confidence faltered.

However, O’Georgia never backed down. He said he continued to stay positive and put in the extra work.

The path wasn’t clear and perfect, but the jumper’s moment finally arrived at the Aztec Invitational. The lanky, 6-foot kid from Phoenix soared over the bar on his first attempt at 2.22 meters. It only took O’Georgia one try.

Just as he had done four years ago, O’Georgia immediately bounced up from the landing mat and let his presence be heard. This time was different, though.

O’Georgia remembers his final jump in high school as, “One of the best moments of my athletic career so far. All my family and friends were there to support me. It couldn’t have been a better feeling.”

The rush of adrenaline wasn’t much different this time around, but all of the outside noise was kept to a whisper. His record-breaking jump in 2014 signified the arrival of a potentially great high jumper. Now, it means something else: Bryant O’Georgia is back, and the bar is only getting higher.

As close to 100 percent as he’s felt since reining supreme over the competition in high school, O’Georgia has his sights set on improving his PR again. He doesn’t see any reason why he can’t hit somewhere in the 2.30m range.

“That would convert to about 7-[foot]-6-and-a-half, which would be very nice to reach. I know some guys recently hit 7-7 and change, so as long as I can keep progressing up, it’ll help with my confidence,” O’Georgia said.

O’Georgia attributes much of his redemption to his close group of friends and mentors that stuck with him through all of the ups and downs. Two mentors key for O’Georgia were Ace and Airabin Justin. Ace has over 10 years of professional football experience, and Airabin is the cofounder of a track club called Showtyme Performance.

“Those are guys who’ve been with me through the ride. Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am today, from planning, looking out for me, just making sure I was alright all the time,” O’Georgia said.

The reality, though, is that the only person capable of getting O’Georgia over the hump was himself.

“I was so excited. I mean really pumped up. My teammates were, too, because they know how serious I am when I say it’s been a long time coming,” O’Georgia said.

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Trump’s ill-timed attack on DACA COLUMNIST CHUCK VALADEZ @DailyWildcat

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n Easter Sunday, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to make one of his famous rants. The targets were DACA, Mexico, Honduras and the Democrats, meaning not an unusual rant.

The timing, however, was questionable even

by Trump standards.

Trump began the rant by noting Border Patrol agents are being restrained from doing their jobs properly. He tried to pin this issue on Democrats and went on to say even “more dangerous caravans” will begin to come in now.

However, the only border and immigration issue that has been a problem in Trump’s presidency has been the unlawful deportations of non-violent immigrants, ripping them from their families. Trump then went on to say there would be no more DACA deal, due to the perceived problems he had just mentioned.

Is DACA a questionable program? Yes, but for reasons other than the outcome it brings.

DACA helps Americans stay in the country they are from, but puts an easy target on the back of their parents. The registry has helped Trump in carrying out his mass deportations.

He needs DACA more than he leads the public to believe.

Trump went on with his rant by saying, “Mexico does not give us their best.” He continued with the fact that Mexico is not helping with the immigration problem or protecting their northern border. This

may be a true statement, but Trump may find it hard to believe this is not Mexico’s responsibility. Mexico has strict policies on its southern border and is beginning to place tariffs on those who wish to enter from the United States. This is what Mexico is doing; Mexico is protecting its borders. If Trump wants to “protect” the United States border, he must realize this has to be done by America alone. It’s not Mexico’s problem; it’s America’s problem.

Many immigrants are employed, and the only thing causing the violence in certain border towns is the drug war. Ending the drug war means ending the violence. But ending the drug war does not look moral to Evangelical GOP supporters, and it does not bring in money to law enforcement and shareholders in the pharmaceutical business.

The Democrats do not bring better solutions, at least when you dig down past the surface. Democrats want to bring in more government programs and registries.

Bringing in more people equals more votes for Democrats. Programs like DACA bring in enough people to be dependent on the system and support it, just to register them and kick out the generation that refuses to become dependent on government programs (their parents). If one wants real border reform, they will need to look outside the two-party system.

Trump, a so-called Christian, picked the worst time to go on one of his rants. On the resurrection day of a man who preached love and peace, Trump decided to throw a fit to try and arouse fear in Americans.

— Chuck Valadez is a sophomore at the University of Arizona; he is majoring in ethics and minoring in both economics and government and public policy.

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SPORTS | SOFTBALL

Softball in the Holy Land Arizona softball designated player Tamara Statman celebrates Passover with a different perspective after her summer trip to Israel

BY MAX COHEN @MaxCohen__DW

The first Major League Baseball designated hitter Ron Blomberg earned the nickname “Designated Hebrew” because of his position and pride in his Judaism. Arizona softball’s designated hitter Tamara Statman can relate.

After going on her own journey to Israel this summer, Statman is celebrating Passover, the Jewish holiday, with a new perspective.

Statman, like most Jews, is refraining from eating bread or anything else made from wheat, barley, oats, spelt or rye and is given time to rise. The product is a flat cracker called matzo. The reason for this tradition is the Israelis left Egypt so quickly after being granted freedom that they did not wait for their bread to rise and carried it on their backs.

Statman. a speedy slap hitter, is used to leaving in such a hurry. Arizona softball will play at home for the first weekend of the holiday but will travel to Eugene, Oregon, for the second weekend. “We’ll be away, so I’ll have to bring matzo,” Statman said.

Statman played for Team USA at the World Maccabiah Games. The games are an international competition similar to the Olympics but instead is reserved for Jews to compete against each other. Statman won the gold medal with Team USA while competing against Mexico and Israel.

Statman said she was taken aback by the passion of the Israeli team, despite them losing every game they played. This included 12-0 and 10-0 losses to the Americans.

“It is cool to see how sports really can bring people together, especially at that level. Because we played the Israeli national team, and you have religious girls on that team,” Statman said. “We had married women wearing the skirts and having their hair covered. That was really cool and eyeopening. They’re playing the sport because they really, really love it, because they had older women on that team and because they have conscription and everyone there goes to military service.”

Statman found a strong connection to Am Yisrael, the Jewish People, at the games.

“The best part of the opening ceremony was singing the Israeli national anthem, ‘Hatikvah.’ There was something magical about everyone in the stadium standing with arms around each other singing. I’m getting chills right now thinking about it. It

is just an incredible feeling that we may all be from Jewish countries, but being Jewish brings us all together to the land of Israel,” Statman said, according to the fall 2017 issue of SportScene, the Maccabiah USA’s biannual publication.

Evidence of Statman’s trip can be heard around Hillenbrand Stadium. Her walk-up song on March 16 was “Tudo Bom,” an Israeli pop song by Static and Ben El Tavori.

“It’s just so bad and so good at the same time,” Statman said of the rather outrageous song, whose title means, “It’s OK.” The song talks about the beauty of the Israeli city Tel Aviv, among other things.

Judaism has always been a part of Statman’s life, not just after visiting Israel.

She was a member of the National Counsel of Synagogue Youth, an orthodox Jewish youth group, as well as the Friendship Circle, an organization pairing teens with children with special needs founded by Chabad of Arizona, Statman’s home synagogue.

Passover, also called “pesach,” the Hebrew name for the holiday, began at sundown on March 30, as days in the Jewish calendar start when there are three stars in the sky. Sundown took place around 6:40 p.m. on Friday, so Passover for Statman actually happened in the middle of her softball game against California. It was quite fitting.

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Meet new faculty chair, Jessica Summers Jessica Summers, an associate professor of teaching, learning and sociocultural studies in the College of Education, will serve as UA’s faculty chair for the next two years, replacing two-term chair Lynn Nadel, whose term ends after this semester

BY RANDALL ECK @Rec999

After counting 882 votes, the Committee on Elections announced the University of Arizona faculty elected a new faculty chair.

After controversy surrounding former faculty chair Lynn Nadel’s response to former honors dean Patricia Macorquodale and her lawsuit against Arizona Board of Regents, which named former provost Andrew Comrie, faculty held an election for a new faculty chair. Jessica Summers was elected as his replacement.

The 22 percent of faculty who voted in the Spring 2018 General Faculty General Election also elected their peers to the Faculty Senate, Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, the Committee of Eleven and other key committees on campus that form the foundation of UA’s faculty governance.

Daily Wildcat reporter Randall Eck discussed Summers’ goals, the issues she wants to highlight and the role of faculty governance on campus. Their interview was edited for clarity.

Daily Wildcat: What is your role at the UA? Jessica Summers: This will be my 10th year at the University of Arizona. I was hired as an assistant professor in educational psychology, then I switched departments and now am an associate professor in teaching, learning and sociocultural studies. The UA chose me. I wasn’t looking for a job when I came here, but some colleagues recruited me from my previous job at the University of Missouri Columbia. It seemed like a good opportunity. I think UA sets itself apart because

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DW: Why did you decide to run for Faculty Chair?

JS: In conversations with my colleagues, we were ready to see some changes in faculty governance, and they persuaded me to run. I wasn’t sure I was actually going to win, but I did and now I am learning a lot about faculty governance.

DW: What do you see as the role of the faculty chair?

JS: Fundamentally, the faculty chair serves the faculty as a liaison between other governance structures and the administration, and the students and faculty who are not in governance. You want to make sure you go to all the governance meetings and let people know what is going on. You help people who need help and make sure you maintain good relationships with the people who can help you do your job. Right now, I am listening, going to all the faculty governance meetings and am learning who is on the various committees. I am getting the lay of the land.

DW: What are some issues you hope to highlight as faculty chair?

JS: I think my platform was that the chair really works for the faculty and should have the faculty’s best interests in mind. Sometimes that means butting heads with administration if that is what it takes. I would really like to get more people and different types of people engaged in faculty governance. You do not see a lot of women on these committees or people of color on these committees. I think that needs to change. One of the things that has come up out of administration recently is this pay equity issue. I think that is a really important issue for the

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FACULTY CHAIR, JESSICA J Summers. Summers is an associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, & Sociocultural Studies at the UA.

is very receptive and very open to faculty advice. I think that is the relationship that the president and the provost should have FACULTY CHAIR with the faculty. The faculty can offer a lot of recommendations and advice, but ultimately, the president and provost are the decision-makers. What we suggest may or may not be received well, but we trust them to make good decisions with the information they have.

I think the UA sets itself apart because UA cares about quality and making sure students recieve a comprehensive education.”

UA cares about quality and making sure students receive a comprehensive education. That students are able to get good jobs when they finish means more than just classroom time, but time with faculty and other personnel on campus.

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DW: What is the role of faculty governance at the University?

JS: My understanding of President Robbins is that he

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ARTS & LIFE | CAMPUS

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The University of Arizona, as part of a new campus-wide strategic plan, is developing an initiative to make Arizona a destination for the arts.

Under the supervision of UA President Dr. Robert Robbins, the strategic plan covers a variety of topics from diversity and sustainability to the integration of physical, digital and biological worlds. After listening to community members, faculty, staff and students, conducting focus groups and gathering initial inputs on campus aspirations. The plan is now in phase two, or the “ideation phase.”

Since March, a series of open meetings have been held to discuss each topic, which aim to identify specific initiatives that will build a foundational road map for the university.

“We’re digging deep with these topic areas,” said Lisa Ordóñez, strategic plan co-chair and vice dean of Eller College of Management.

“We have 13 initiative design teams and these teams are coming up with things that we are going to do in the strategic plan.”

One of these meeting, held March 27, explored the future of arts within the community, and how the university could be the leader of that initiative.

“We’re seeing where we are at, where we need to be and the arts are a really big part of that,” Ordóñez said. “We’re trying to make sure that all of us can see ourselves somewhere within the strategic plan.”

During the meeting, students, faculty and staff in attendance

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were asked what three words should define the arts at UA. Each participant texted in their answers, which then generated a live word cloud that was displayed on the screen.

Overwhelmingly, the top three answers were diverse, innovative and interdisciplinary.

Each table was then asked to take some time to brainstorm and design their own initiative to elevate the arts in Tucson and at UA. Nathan Saxton, senior exhibition specialist at the University of Arizona Museum of Art, discussed how to take advantage of the university’s area of influence.

“We were thinking about the strengths of our campus, which of course are optics and astronomy,” Saxton said. “These are

still very beautiful and artistic,” Saxton said.

Other attendees took a more academic approach in their initiatives — specifically that art classes be part of the required curriculum at UA. Along with this idea, some participants suggested the creation of a “cultural care orientation,” which would be required for incoming students and would introduce them to the artistic and cultural characteristics of the campus.

“We need to infuse general classes for undergrads with the collections that are here on campus,” said Kate Albers, associate professor of art history.

Albers and her group discussed specific ways that an art curriculum could influence other events and generate new audiences.

It would be much more science and engineering based, but still very

beautiful and artistic.” — NATHAN SAXTON, EXHIBITION SPECIALIST some of the things that we’re known for that are also well funded.

We envision an annual festival that is based entirely around light.

It would involve light-based sculpture at night, so we have artists and engineers that are coming together to create these pieces.”

Saxton and his group members explained these types of festivals can be funded by General Electric or Philips, which are large companies that already have strong relationships on campus.

“It would be much more science and engineering based, but

“With a different theme every year, that coursework would then lead to a big event, essentially an international, interdisciplinary symposium with workshops, exhibits, speakers and campus-wide community engagement,” Albers said. “It would address very large thematic ideas, with art as a driving force in answering those questions.”

By taking these opportunities to the people, art becomes a fundamental part of the overall student, faculty and staff experience at UA.

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Entertainment and knowledge abound at UA shows COLUMNIST TONI MARCHEVA @DailyWildcat

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id you go see “The Merchant of Venice” at the Arizona Repertory Theatre? If you’re a student, probably not (though, if you did, good for you). It was an amazing show, yet when I went with two friends to see it, there were hardly any other students in the audience to enjoy it! We’re here at the University of Arizona, which, like all universities, is a hub of intellectual activity, resources and arts, yet too few students take advantage of any of it. I urge you all to start by going to performances on campus.

To those of you who, like me, aren’t big fans of sitting through Shakespeare, consider this: The shows that the Arizona Repertory Theatre puts on are not those bare-stage, low-light, disconnected, hyper-dramatic, torturous shows we were subjected to when we studied Shakespeare in high school (or, at least, at many Arizona high schools). The theater generally has strikingly relevant, fun-to-watch and well-done performances.

“The Merchant of Venice,” for example, has traditionally portrayed Shylock, a Jewish banker, as a caricatured,

stereotyped, comic villain. In this rendition, the UA made Shylock a character who could garner a lot of sympathy.

Antonio, who wagered a pound of flesh nearest his heart in return for a loan from Shylock, eventually escaped his fate, though his win in court did not feel victorious, but sour. The play brought up questions of justice, fairness, oppression and racism — all very relevant topics. This adaptation, along with the new pre-World War II setting, made the performance the most powerful Shakespeare play I had ever seen.

Another incredibly relevant, thought-evoking play put on this semester was “Doubt.” The audience wanted so much to cheer for Sister Aloysius, who fought against established rules to expel the priest overseeing her school. He was suspected to be having inappropriate relations with male students. Yet, while he was removed from her school, he was promoted to a position of higher influence, leaving the principal to question whether she did the right thing at all. The play was so well done, I wish that everyone could see it.

However, I found it terribly hard to get anyone to go, even though it was only $5. I advertised in my dorm for weeks.

I needed 10 people to guarantee the low price, but at the deadline, only six had signed up. I pleaded with other friends to go with me, and I met the quota, but I was shocked that it was so difficult to get students to see a show.

The Arizona Opera, for example, holds $5 student nights, and I hear it struggles to bring students in. These are

professionals who seat patrons for $80! Yes, maybe opera sounds weird to you (I haven’t ever gone either), but why not try it out at least once? Maybe you’ll love it! Or, at least, you’ll know not to waste almost $100 when you’re a ‘real’ adult.

Two hours before most shows, Centennial Hall sells tickets which give students the best seats available for $25. I had wanted to see “The King and I” for months, so I planned my budget accordingly, and I sat almost in the front center, right next to people who had paid over four times more than I did.

If $25 is a bit high, you can get tickets to these PROFESSIONAL BROADWAY SHOWS (with live orchestras) for $15 on student ticket days.

Or, you can just go to the pre-shows for UA dance performances. Those are free. So are some band and orchestra concerts at Crowder Hall.

Not only are these shows relatively inexpensive and relevant, they’re a great learning experience. I now know “Twelfth Night,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “The Merchant of Venice,” and I never had to sit down to read a script in English class.

Go to see your peers put on something amazing. Go to be a part of the UA and Tucson community. Go to have fun! I hope to see some of you there.

— Toni Marcheva is a sophomore who probably spends way too much time on campus.

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Automated cars are on the way, like it or not COLUMNIST ALEC SCOTT @DailyWildcat

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here have been very few moments in time when transportation was radically and irrevocably changed across the entire world. From the invention of steam-powered trains, the introduction of cars and the globalization of airplanes, mankind has always aspired to revolutionize the way we move around. And it is beginning to seem like we are on the verge of another development that is ready to change the way we travel: self-driving cars.

These automated vehicles, also known as AVs, claim to offer a safer and more beneficial means of transportation. Tesla, a flagship company leading the way for more automated cars, advertises that their autopilot option can see and protect its passengers from dangers or obstacles over 800 feet ahead of the vehicle, and can cut down on lives lost to accidents and human error.

The potential benefits of automated vehicles are tremendous; If Tesla’s advertising is accurate, then thousands of lives could be saved, millions of dollars in damages avoided, and hours of time wasted in traffic would be cut down. In the United States alone, around 37,000 people die every year to accidents involving vehicles. An automated vehicle is designed to not get tired or distracted, both constant problems for drivers after long stretches of driving and a potential life saver for pedestrians and motorists.

Even more than the lives it could possibly save, The Economist reported that, “being electric, (AVs will) cut harmful emissions in places with clean grids”, and that as the AVs have built in systems for safe distances between cars and a more streamlined approach to dealing with changes in traffic, they also predicted that cities’ highways will be less clogged and easier to travel.

But the benefits of advancements in total self-driving cars can also be felt in partly autonomous vehicles being built every year by Tesla and other automation-heavy brands. Cars are now produced that help drivers stay in their lane, begin braking in case of a sudden emergency and alert you if you are close to backing up into an

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If more and more brands begin to branch out into these advancements, then we could very believably see the rise of total or near-total automated vehicles in our lifetimes. Although Tesla is currently leading the pack, Toyota has already invested around one billion dollars in A.I. research to produce a driverless car by 2020, and according to Business Insider, Volvo is emphasizing development on semi-automated vehicles, wanting to make its cars “deathproof ” for both passengers and pedestrians.

But the American public is just not buying ii.

Even with stories of fully functioning automated

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We could very believably see the rise of total or neartotal automated vehicles in our lifetimes.”

vehicles being ready by this year, public opinion is very sharply against it in its current form. Only 22 percent of Americans reported being comfortable with self-driving cars, a percentage that is slightly below the average in Europe, but not by far, as even the comparatively openminded European audience sits only at 30 percent in favor. That same poll also reported that Americans would be significantly more supportive of partially automated vehicles, such as parking assistance and autopilot on the highways, than totally automated vehicles.

So why don’t we trust it? For one, it is a complete change from what we are used to. Cars driving themselves means that those of us who enjoy driving just for the sake of driving have no reason to upgrade.

That poll showed that over half of both Republicans and Democrats are “car enthusiasts,” meaning that even politics can’t get in the way of America’s love affair with our vehicles.

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But every year we spend pushing back automation or partial automation may cost even more lives, as developments made in these processes make driving safer and more accidents avoidable. These tests absolutely must be done with great scrutiny and under the watchful eye of the public to ensure that all precautions are made, but these tests must be continued. If we fall short we may lose more lives we could have otherwise protected.

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ARTS & LIFE | ART SUSTAINABILITY

Monsoon mural sparks talk about water importance

Students for Sustainability engaged with UA Community Garden to teach about water irrigation through art on the garden cistern

BY THERESA COTTON @DailyWildcat

Using art to teach about water irrigation, Students for Sustainability painted a three-part mural series in the UA Community Garden with the goal of inspiring and educating students and members of the neighborhood.

Students for Sustainability, an Associated Students of the University of Arizona program that “empowers students to become leaders in their community,” gathered in the garden, located at 1800 Mabel Street, to provide information on water irrigation in the Southwest. Students and community members painted a mural on the cistern in the garden that stressed the importance of understanding the means of water distribution in a desert climate.

Students for Sustainability has left an impact on campus in its efforts to improve the sustainability of life and nature in Tucson. Projects include water bottle refill stations on campus, a large active rainwater harvesting cistern in the community garden, panels with campus cultural centers on the intersection of social justice and the environment and a Women in Green Leadership panel.

“To me, sustainability is the opportunity to engage with the Earth and community around us in a relationship which encourages prosperity of each for the present and the future,” Amy Stalkfleet, environmental arts committee chair for Students for Sustainability, said. “The main goals of Students for Sustainability are to impact our campus and community through student-driven projects.”

Members of the organization seek out opportunities, such as the cistern painting, to integrate art in their work and highlight the environmental agenda of the activities.

The mural project used the creation and production of art to foster community dialogue among students.

The mural reflects a monsoon and that the cistern collects water from these desert storms.

The mural wraps around the majority of the cistern and consists of three desert scenes, each connected and sharing a similar color scheme: the desert as a dry, somewhat barren environment; the desert during heavy rainfall associated with a monsoon; and finally, the affects the rainfall has on the land.

Each scene interplays with how important collecting water from these storms is and how the water collected allows the environment and vegetation to grow.

The intent of the monsoon mural is that when people walk by the garden or interact with it they can see the vital part water plays in an “irregular environment,” according to Stalkfleet.

People of all skill levels were encouraged to attend and contribute to the mural project, which was a paint-by-numbers outline artwork. This is the second mural painting event that the students have held for the community.

“I definitely have seen a new connection to the garden. People can come in here and say, ‘I painted

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that’,” Erin Scott, co-chair of environmental arts for Students for Sustainability, said. “I hope that it’s teaching people about water in the desert and I do see that sense of ownership.”

Scott, a sophomore studio art major at the UA, was attracted to this project because of the personal connections people experience.

The cistern, simply a “giant tin can” in the garden last year, is a space for students and community members to be free to create. The importance of students having an individual impact on the community garden opens the door for creativity for future projects, according to Scott.

The creation of this mural, and the “welcoming atmosphere” of those that attended, demonstrated the importance of bringing the community together to work toward a common goal, according to Scott.

This event was sponsored by students that work to teach and include anyone interested in sustaining the environment.

“This program is important because living in a sustainable environment is important to every single living thing on the planet,” Stalkfleet said. “Students have a bigger impact than maybe they know.”

Students for Sustainability works with the university

in more ways than just academics; it engages with students on campus, according to Stalkfleet. The committee meets and collaborates on future projects, such as a literary magazine, working with multimedia, performance artists and workshops about reusable bags and other recycled art projects.

“We engage with the Tucson community very often; many of the committees have relationships with community activists and organizations which also focus on the same issues,” Stalkfleet said. “Environmental Arts works with local high schools to inspire critical thinking and exploration of important critical environmental issues through an artistic medium.”

The UA Community Garden also offers an internship for students to connect with local schools and build more community gardens. Students have the opportunity to collaborate with the Tucson Community Food Bank, which provides design and construction training to students who are interested in building gardens that can survive the area’s conditions.

“The leadership and professionalism that you develop in the program are invaluable to each student’s future, regardless of where they go beyond college,” Stalkfleet said.

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24 • The Daily Wildcat

Wednesday, April 4 - Tuesday, April 10, 2018

ARTS & LIFE | LOCAL ARTIST

Turning into stone: UA dancers inspire sculptor

BY SARAH WORKMAN @DailyWildcat

Neil Weinstein, a Tucson resident who uses University of Arizona dancers as inspiration for his sculptures, is one of 40 artists who will be featured in the first Sculpture Festival Show and Sale.

The festival, which will be held at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park on Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8, is a celebration of local artists and an opportunity to increase awareness of sculpture within the community. Free and open to the public, the festival will also include music, food trucks and artistic demonstrations.

Weinstein first became interested in sculpting almost 40 years ago during a vacation to Alaska with his wife, inspired by the wooden art pieces he saw.

“I loved the masks and the carved wooden bowls, and I thought I’d try to make them,” Weinstein said. “But I didn’t have any training, so I basically tried to copy museum pieces, and I did that at a very infrequent level because I was still working full time.”

However, some of the pieces Weinstein would try to recreate, especially the wooden masks that imitated human faces, proved to be too challenging to keep up as a hobby.

Weinstein eventually decided to try clay sculpting instead.

“With wood, you can’t put it back if you take out too much,” Weinstein said. “So eventually I decided to try sculpting in clay and took a clay sculpting class and loved the freedom to be able to put something back if I got it wrong the first time.”

Weinstein originally received his Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to get a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics from Harvard University.

Weinstein then went to work as a behavioral scientist for the Human Ecology Department at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Weinstein continued working in behavioral health sciences up until his retirement.

He was never a part of a formal art program, but he has taken various classes and workshops in sculpting. He said sculpting is more of a serious hobby for him than a career choice, and he only began practicing on a regular basis when he retired and moved to Arizona.

“I had started clay sculpting probably 10 years before I retired but not very frequently because I didn’t have any place in our home where I could sculpt,” Weinstein said.

He and his wife, Carol, decided to move to Tucson after several sabbatical trips they took to Arizona before they retired in 2005.

“We had spent a fair amount of time in Tucson, and we loved it,” Weinstein said.

“It had the combination of outdoors, the

university and a reasonable cost of living.”

However, Weinstein said he and his wife are only in Tucson nine months out of the year. For summer, they travel to the East Coast to spend time with their two daughters and grandchildren.

“I guess we’re reverse snowbirds,” Weinstein said.

His original inspiration for creating sculptures of the human body came when he saw some of Ruth Bernhard’s photographs.

“I saw a book of her photographs, which were very sculptural,” Weinstein said. “They really focused on the curves and the lines, and I thought, ‘Gee, I really want to learn how to sculpt in clay and do things like that,’” Weinstein said.

Weinstein uses models to demonstrate the poses he wants to recreate. For every sculpture, Weinstein said it takes him approximately 15 hours to complete.

This time frame is usually divided into several three-hour sessions, in which the model will hold the pose for about 20 minutes at a time. Weinstein usually hires UA dance students to model for the sculptures.

Weinstein said he has worked with anywhere from 20–40 UA dance students since he began sculpting.

“They’re nice people and they’re used to working hard, so if there’s a pose that requires more of a stretch, they’re willing to give it a try,” Weinstein said.

Emily Sutton, a junior dance major at the UA, has been working as a model for Weinstein since the beginning of the Fall 2017 semester. In that time, Sutton said she has helped Weinstein with two different projects. The first project involved four separate sculptures that Sutton posed for.

“I came in mid-project when he was already half way done with them so I just kind of took over,” Sutton said.

Sutton said the second project she modeled for was the first time she got to see the sculpting process from the beginning.

“When I came in [for the first project], they were already kind of done; he was just putting finishing touches on them,” Sutton said. “But the one we just started, I saw him start with just wire, so it was really interesting to see him make something from nothing.”

Weinstein uses a metal wire skeleton to support his sculptures. He then constructs the sculpture around the wire frame.

He will sometimes donate his sculptures to charity auctions or sell them to people who see them in his home or at shows. but he does not put a lot of emphasis on retailing his pieces.

“I don’t spend a lot of energy in marketing; it’s really a serious hobby more than an occupation,” Weinstein said.

This upcoming event will be one of the biggest sculpting shows for Tucson and for Weinstein.

SARAH WORKMAN | THE DAILY WILDCAT

NEIL WEINSTEIN POSING WITH his most current work in his in house studio in Tucson.

SARAH WORKMAN | THE DAILY WILDCAT

SCULPTURES BY NEIL WEINSTEIN sit in his home studio in Tucson. Neil uses UA dance students to inspire his sculptures.