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ROBERT “ROBBY” ROBBINS IS the final candidate for UA President, as selected by the Arizona Board of Regents. Robbins will visit the campus Wednesday and the details of his contract will be worked out this month.
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PHOENIX—Dr. Robert C. “Robby” Robbins was named the finalist for the UA presidency by the Arizona Board of Regents Tuesday during a press conference at UA’s Phoenix Biomedical Campus. The regents voted unanimously to select Robbins for the job. “I feel a little bit like the Patriots in the Superbowl.” Robbins said about his selection. “But thanks to that shoestring catch, I’m here.” The current UA president, Ann Weaver Hart, announced last June that she would ask the regents not to renew her contract when it’s up in 2018, prompting the regents to kick off the national search. The regents hired R. William Funk and Associates, an executive search firm specializing in higher education, to assist in the search. This announcement comes after
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the regents met in a day-long closed interview session with both Robbins and the other finalist for the job, Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan. Regent Ron Shoopman said the contest between Panchanathan and Robbins was “razor thin,” but in the end, it was Robbins’ CEO experience that really set him apart. “He brings that experience of engaging globally that we think will really set him up to lead the university to the next level, not that the other candidate wouldn’t have done equally as well,” Shoopman said. Robbins, who’s leaving a job as president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center, is scheduled to visit the UA campus on Wednesday, March 8, for an official visit and public forum. The visit will be the first time UA’s next president formally meets with representative
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Associated Students of the University of Arizona presidential candidate Stefano Saltalamacchia has officially appealed the decision sent down by the elections commission in the 2017 ASUA election. ASUA President-elect Matt Lubisich was originally disqualified pending a review of the third strike levied against him by the commission. However, one of the strikes against Lubisich was overturned on Friday, March 3, and with that so was the election commission’s decision to disqualify him.Though the elections commission wouldn’t release the strikes against Lubisich to the Daily Wildcat, Saltalamacchia provided the redacted documents describing Lubisisch’s violations of the ASUA elections code. The three strikes against Lubisich were for having two posters on one pre-approved bulletin board when only one is allowed, being featured on an official campaign poster in which three candidates are named and for unapproved offcampus campaign reach out.It is unknown which of the three strikes was overturned. The decision now goes to the ASUA Supreme Court, which will could hear oral arguments within the week. Saltalamacchia has also filed a seperate complaint against the election commission for what he claims has been negligence on the way they’ve handled the election. In an email sent to current ASUA President Michael Finnegan, Saltalamacchia wrote that, while his one and only strike was for hosting an event in the Women’s Resource Center, a strike was not handed down to Lubisich for hosting a similar event or for being in the University Library. Saltalamacchia also referenced a complaint that was denied after review for “slating,” in which the names of three different candidates were stacked on top of each other. This will not be the first time that Saltalamacchia has submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court as he appealed the decision that saw current Executive Vice President Trey Cox have a similar ruling overturned in the 2016 ASUA election.
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Police are still investigating a fatal home invasion and shooting of a young man on the night of Oct. 13, 2015, but believe the crime can be tied to drug sales to students on campus, specifically the illegal sales of marijuana, Xanax and cocaine. Shots in the Night In October 2015, Zachary Corbut was shot and killed in his home on the 1400 block of East Grant Road. After the Tucson Fire Department responded to the scene and attempted to treat Corbut, he was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. The Tucson Police Department’s homicide unit has been investigating who is responsible for the crime ever since. Ann Corbut, Zachary’s mother, said she believed Corbut had taken a few general business classes and was probably a freshman in credits at the UA. Dean of Students Kendal Washington White said Corbut was not enrolled as a student in October 2015. Detective Josh Cheek said the shooting is not a cold case, and police believe the crime was related to the victim selling drugs out of his house—an activity, he said, many people at the university knew was happening. Cheek also said it has been harder
to narrow down suspects since the men who entered the home are described by witnesses as concealing their faces with bandanas. One of Corbut’s roommates who was home at the time of the invasion, Adeyemi “Baba” Adeogba, said to police he was pistol-whipped in the back of the head and asked for “the stuff” when the suspects entered the house. He said Corbut then came out of his room and was shot more than once by the suspects after he confronted them. Corbut’s second roommate, who was also home at the time, Michael Kori, specified to police that there were four men who entered the house. Kori told police he believed the suspects entered through the back gate and back door of the house, since both were left unlocked. He told police he was also pistolwhipped in the face. Shea Ruder, a friend of the young men, was another witness in the home at the time of the invasion. After multiple attempts both Kori and Adeogba were unavailable for comment. Ruder was also interviewed by police, where she told Cheek she hid in Corbut’s closet after she heard the gunshots in the hallway. She told police a suspect pointed a gun at her and asked her, “Where is it?” to which she responded, “I don’t know.” She told police she assumed the suspects were there for money and
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drugs, according to police record. A witness in the neighborhood, Mike Butler, told police he saw a black or Hispanic male wearing a multi-colored striped shirt park a tan or off-white four-door sedan near Vine Avenue and East Spring Street, who then proceeded to walk or run down the alley westbound.
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Butler told police, that about 30 seconds later the man ran east down the alley with a vehicle following him, and proceeded to get into a vehicle going west on Grant Road, with a second vehicle following behind. Adeogba told police in a later interview that Corbut was wellknown and well-liked by an
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groups from the UA campus community, including student leaders, faculty groups, deans and elected officials, according to a regents’ press release. There will be a moderated public forum that evening from 4:15-5:30 p.m. in the ENR2 building for members of the public to ask Robbins questions. Robbins said his top priority at the university will be engaging with the students—something his predecessor has been criticized for. “I think the world’s changing and education is changing, and I look forward to being a part of that change to provide students with better ways of getting knowledge in this ever-changing and rapidly changing world,” Robbins said. “... We’ve got to be as the university family; we’ve got to treat each one of [the students] like our own children and help them be prepared for not just the four years they spend on the campus but the next 40 years of their lives.” Robbins also listed attracting education funding from the statehouse, calling it “probably the most important investment
the state can make.” He said the UA can work to be a more fiscally responsible steward of the student’s tuition dollars and the university’s allocated resources. He also mentioned a desire to diversify the UA’s sources of income outside just relying on state support. The process of the search that identified Robbins as the UA’s presidential finalist has come under question by legal experts in the past month for it’s secrecy and closed-door policy. Those experts cite a 1991 Arizona supreme court case that outlined when a candidate’s resume and personal information becomes public information. In 1991, the regents were forced to hand over the names and resumes of 17 candidates. This year, only two were made public: Robbins and Panchanathan. The search guidelines outlined by the regents is carefully worded so that applicants will remain confidential until the end of the process, tweaking the definition of “candidate” and “interview” to remain in what the regents argue is in the purview of the ruling. “Obviously, I think that [the regents are] completely wrong on the law,” said Derek Bambauer, a UA law professor in a previous
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Trump rolls out revised travel restrictions After a contentious and problematic policy implementation barring entry into America from certain countries, Trump takes another shot at limiting immigration BY SHAQ DAVIS @ShaqDavis1
President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order that eliminated Iraq from the list of banned countries and Syria from an indefinite ban. The new executive order will be placed into effect on March 16. Previously, the original executive order was enacted the day of the signing by Trump. Some citizens were immediately detained and questioned when trying to enter the U.S., which sparked protest at major airports. The six countries the order targets are: Syria, Libya, Sudan, Iran, Yemen and Somalia. Each country will still be under 90-day suspensions for its immigrants. Refugees from these countries will be restricted from the U.S. until a period of 120 days has passed. The executive order states the ban will help agencies focus on reviewing vetting policy “to ensure the proper review and maximum utilization of available resources for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNING executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 24. Trump’s revised executive order barring entry from several Muslim countries will go into effect the screening and vetting of March 16. foreign nationals” and “to ensure that adequate standards significant presence of United States former Obama plan for 110,000 that we do not understand why affected countries much like we are established to prevent forces in Iraq and Iraq’s commitment refugees. The order states that we need this, given that we’ve did before.” infiltration by foreign terrorists.” to combat ISIS justify different during this time refugees will not had any problems in our visa Panferov said the office is The previous executive order treatment for Iraq,” be admitted into the U.S. on a process,” Ghosn said. taking the necessary actions to placed a ban on the order states. case-by-case basis only if it’s She said that there may have inform those on official business Syrian refugees The new travel determined to be in the national been other problems, but the leaving or tying to enter the U.S. If you talk to for an indefinite ban does not interest to do so. vetting system hasn’t brought “There’s also ... faculty or staff amount of time. individuals in take a preference Faten Ghosn, associate forth any evidence of wrongdoing. that go out on official business Now, Syria will the government to religious professor in the School of “We do not talk about what for the UA who might travel be given the and individuals minorities. Government and Public we currently have before we outside of the United States,” same amount Policy, said there is important start talking about ‘let’s fix it,” Panferov said. “Depending on who know what it Mainly those of time before facing religious information being left out of the Ghosn said. “I’m not saying their own country of origin [and] takes to get a visa, immigrants and persecution whole process of the travel ban. that we might not need new the passports that they carry, refugees will be we already have would have been “The first important thing that vetting procedures, but it will be they need to be aware of the allowed to enter a strong vetting given special we’ve lost sight of is what are the interesting to see where are the travel ban and its affects around the U.S. process.” consideration to current vetting systems,” Ghosn holes that need to be fixed.” the globe.” The only country said. “If you talk to individuals in Suzanne Panferov, associate The Global Initiatives office is —Faten Ghosn, enter the U.S., taken off the list Trump said in an the government and individuals vice president of Global now ready to rapidly respond if School of of temporarily interview with who know what it takes to get a Initiatives at the UA, said the additional measures are put in place. Government and banned countries the Christian visa, we already have a strong time before the ban is in effect “We already have systems in was Iraq, which the Public Policy Broadcasting vetting process.” could help. place for how to rapidly respond order deemed a associate professor Network. She said the executive order “What’s kind of helpful with to communications like this,” special case which The amount would make sense if there had this travel ban is that it’s not an Panferov said. “There may be deserved different of refugees been a study describing what immediate flurry of activity to future executive orders that affect treatment. permitted into the U.S. will specifically needed to be worked get notifications out,” she said. our students, faculty or scholars, “Nevertheless, the close stay the same. The Trump on during the length of the ban. “We are direct messaging to and so we’re ready now to have cooperative relationship between the “Right now, I think what’s faculty, students and staff who responses and hope we never United States and the democratically administration will set the cap at 50,000 people, a drop from the creating all of this confusion is have citizenship from the six have to do it again.” elected Iraqi government … the
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You (don’t) have a friend in me On Feb. 24, a University of Arizona Police Department officer worked an overtime detail for Residence Life at the Coronado Residence Hall. Just after midnight, the officer noticed two young women holding a third young woman, who appeared to be limp, under each of her shoulders. The officer approached the women and identified them as UA students. The officer asked the two women to sit the inebriated student down near a wall. After the women set their friend down, one of the women entered a vehicle and left the scene. The other women identified herself and spoke with the officer. The officer said the woman had a strong smell of alcohol on her breath and red, watery eyes. She then began to vomit on her feet. The woman didn’t want to answer the officer’s questions but did admit that she and her friend had been drinking at UA fraternities that evening. The patrolling officer ordered the Tucson Fire Department to check on the young woman because of her level of intoxication, after which she was taken to Banner University Medical Center. Anger mismanagement On Feb. 24, a UAPD officer saw a man speaking with an Uber driver on Tyndall Avenue and Fourth Street at around 1:30 a.m. The Uber driver reversed his vehicle to the officer’s location, while the male walked away holding a street sign. The driver went up to the officer and asked he saw the exchange and accused the man of breaking his car mirror. The officer interviewed the man, who was identified as a UA student, and requested another UAPD officer to interview the Uber driver. The officer noticed the student had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath and appeared to be drunk. The student repeatedly apologized to the officer about the mirror and said he was responsible for the damage. The Uber driver said he saw the student stumbling along Tyndall Avenue when the student walked over to the vehicle and punched the side mirror off, which could cost around $250 to repair. The driver said he didn’t do anything to provoke the student and is seeking criminal charges. The officer asked the student where he obtained the street sign, and the student pointed to near the Park Student Union. The student was arrested for criminal damage and transported to the Pima County Jail for booking.
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history, a pay-sharing website and app, and concluded the transactions on his account FROM PAGE 3 from October 2014 to October 2015 were for amounts that “appeared to be consistent with rolling papers, a “baggie with residue,” a box of small sales of illegal drugs,” according to a paraphernalia, a cup of marijuana, two bongs, police report. saphris tablets, “white powder Detrich told police that on plate,” pills, a ledger and Corbut had taken an ID card shotgun shells. There’s people for Patrick Shearer while in Tucson that working at his former job, Needing answers know more No Anchovies, on University Ann Corbut woke up to a Corbut then told about this that need Boulevard. call from TPD at 3 a.m. in her Cheek her son had been home in Texas. to call and help try arrested before in Torrance, “My phone rang and I was to solve the case and California under this false asleep, and it was a detective – bring somebody identity when he broke into a and he told me that Zach had who’s responsible for house and stole money. been killed,” she said. discovered Corbut this accountable.” hadPolice Afterward, Corbut and purchased two guns her husband, Steve, made in 2014, one rifle and one arrangements to fly to Tucson —Ann Corbut, shotgun, from Second and meet with TPD detectives. Zachary Corbut’s Amendment Sports. The Corbuts told police Detrich told Cheek that mother one of Zachary’s old friends, Corbut had also used the fake Edward Detrich, may have alias of Shearer to purchase information about their son’s two or three more pistols and drug activity. a shotgun. Police reports also state Corbut had Both parents and Cheek talked to Detrich a second alias, Dominic Fashing. The second over speaker phone, where he told them fake ID card for Dominic Fashing was also Corbut had two cell phones, one for regular use found in Corbut’s wallet. and one for drug sales—a “burner” phone. “I had knowledge that Zach had used some He told the group the burner phone was drugs, but I didn’t know that there was any registered under one of Corbut’s fake identities, involvement as far as selling or what they had Patrick Shearer. there,” Ann said. “I was shocked.” Cheek accessed Corbut’s Venmo account
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ZACHARY CORBUT DURING A family vacation. Corbut was murdered in his home in October 2015 during a home invasion that police suspect was related to his involvement selling drugs to students at the UA.
Ann said she does not fault the police department for not having made arrests yet because she believes people who have more knowledge about the suspects are still withholding it from the investigation. “There’s people in Tucson that know more about this that need to call and help try to solve the case and bring somebody who’s responsible for this accountable,” she said.
“Somebody knows something, I promise you. Somebody knows something.” Corbut’s parents have issued a reward of $12,500 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects responsible for their son’s death. “Part of my side is certainly for Zach, but it’s also so that another family doesn’t have to go through this,” Ann said.
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A VIEW OF THE Islamic Center of Tucson, located on First Street, on Feb. 25. The center has experienced a surge in community suport following last year’s vandalism and the 2016 presidential election.
Community supports Tucson Islamic center BY STEVEN SPOONER @DailyWildcat
Last year, UA students were embarrassed to find themselves making national news when the New York Times published a story about the Islamic Center of Tucson being showered in glass bottles that were thrown down from the apartments surrounding the mosque. There is a bright side to this dark chapter in the UA’s history. Following the article, the ICT received flowers, cards and emails of support from the Tucson community. “I am overwhelmed with the messages of hate and fear all around us,” one card read. “But I have to believe that in the end, love wins.” Now, more than a year later, the mosque rarely experiences such vandalism. That same embarrassment gave the mosque the momentum needed to push a solution to the problem. “Issues of Muslims and refugees have come to light,” said Taha Hasan, board member at the ICT. Hasan mentioned that vandalism of the mosque was not a onetime event but happened sporadically for 18 months prior to the New York Times article. According to Hasan, the mosque worked with the Middle Eastern and North African Studies department, Ward 6 City Council member Steve Kozachik, and the UA to find a solution. This involved speaking with the management of the surrounding apartments to adjust the lease agreement to involve a zero-tolerance policy for vandalism or throwing things from the balcony. Hasan indicated that, since the
adjustment, there was at least one instance where a resident was evicted from the Luna apartment complex for throwing trash off the balcony. The strict policy has largely been successful with no major cases of vandalism happening since it was put in place. Sol Y Luna was unavailable for comment. The mosque hasn’t only received support following the vandalism. According to Hasan, the mosque again received flowers, cards and emails supporting them throughout the 2016 presidential election. “When you see the bad, it is hard to see the good,” Hasan said. “But there is a lot of good in Tucson.” The Muslim community hasn’t been the only group to experience diversity issues. In March 2016, a letter of demands was written by 16 diversity groups on campus to both the administration and the Daily Wildcat. That sparked the creation of the UA’s Diversity Task Force, which works to make recommendations and start conversations with the various departments and facilities throughout the UA. While the Diversity Task Force pushes for broader diversity, they have no specific representation from the MENAS department. Nonetheless, the task force has discussed the mosque vandalism as part of a broader concern for safety within one of its many subcommittees. “The conversations evolved beyond just addressing the needs of a particular community, as opposed to addressing the needs of having a more diverse and inclusive campus overall.” said Bryan Carter, associate professor in Africana Studies and co-chair of the Diversity Task Force.
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The secret search for UA’s president BY LEAH GILCHRIST @leahcgilchrist
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s UA students, we should be aware of information regarding large changes in our administration, such as deciding on a new president to lead our university. The presidential search committee seems to think otherwise. The search to fill the shoes UA President Ann Weaver Hart has filled for the past five years is on— behind closed doors. Though the presidential search committee assembled in July and began to hold meetings in October of last year, March was the first month any student or member of the local community knew anything about potential candidates’ identities. At a public university, this is a cause for concern. UA students trust in their university to keep them well informed. Especially when such a large change could alter the vision of the university as a whole and significantly affect the lives of students. It leaves an unsettling feeling, knowing that students have little to no knowledge of who the search committee is even considering for a position of such great power. The search has included speaking with and surveying faculty members of the university. However, very few students have had a say in who our next president should be. While there are two students on the search committee and there are students representing the university at the Arizona Board of Regents, the greater student body has no say or knowledge about the process. The UA has seen several familiar faces depart this year, including
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UA PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH ADVISORY Committee Chair Bill Ridenour speaks to fellow committee members at the first meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. The committee spoke about the importance of confidentiality from the search’s onset.
Greg Bryne, the Athletic Director, who headed for Alabama. It may be the end of one era and the start of a new, but it places students in the middle, unsure what new vision these new administrators have in mind for the university. We don’t often think about the president of the university when selecting schools to apply to as prospective students, but the person in that position can have a great influence on the university during their term as president, an
influence that definitely plays a part in building a school’s reputation. As a student body, we want prospective students to see the same opportunities to learn and grow that we had. We want a president who has a vision for continuing education. Looking at this entire process from the outside, it lacks transparency. This decision will ultimately affect students, faculty and the greater Tucson community. So why don’t all of these groups
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get to participate in the decisionmaking process? Most of the student body found out the prospective candidates late in February, when the committee decided to release the information about the two finalists to the public. Few students had their hands in the process, and I imagine many wish they could have. It’s frustrating as a student that the process is happening behind closed doors. It would be one thing if this was the process that
had always traditionally occurred. However, many have expressed this concern, and as students, there is an explanation owed to us. It’s been a turbulent time from the administrative standpoint at the university, from Hart taking on a role with DeVry University last spring, to Hart’s decision to end her term as president of the university following commencement last May. Hart’s term started much like the
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Your Body on Alcohol From the Stone Age to modern day, alcohol has played a major role in religion, ceremony, celebration and health. Whatever your “spirit” of choice, here are some nutrition consequences to the body and the brain when overindulging. • Weight gain: Alcohol calories are concentrated and “empty,” offering little to zero nutritional value and range from 70 to 160 per serving. In addition, your liver has to divert from efficient energy processing to detox the alcohol in your system, storing more calories as fat. Alcohol is metabolized as a fat and the calories are mostly stored in the belly area. • Digestion: Simply put, alcohol irritates your digestive system by making your stomach produce more acid than usual. This can cause gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining) and triggers stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea and, in severe cases, even bleeding. • Hydration: Taking several trips to the bathroom while drinking? This is evidence that alcohol is a powerful diuretic that can cause dehydration, and can take several days from which to recover. If you’re drinking in the sun, take extra precautions and have
food and water on hand to avoid dangerous health consequences like brain injury and even death. • Brain Function: Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways and can cause changes in behavior, coordination and cognition. For these reasons, it can impact athletic and academic performance, for up to 48 hours. It also affects appetite, first as a suppressant while drinking, and later as a stimulant that often leads to poor food choices like greasy fast foods and late night burritos. As a reminder, here are some alcohol basics: • A “standard” serving of alcohol is a 12 ounce beer (5% alcohol content), 8-9 ounces of malt liquor (about 7% alcohol), 5 ounces of wine (about 12% alcohol), and 1.5 ounces of distilled liquor (i.e., vodka, tequila, etc. with 40% alcohol) • Moderate drinking means one drink a day for women and up to two drinks a day for men • Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more alcoholic drinks for males or 4 or more for females on the same occasion within a few hours of each other
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TUCSON, ARIZONA IS A well known sanctuary city in the Southwest. These sanctuary cities are becoming increasingly controversial under the Trump Administration.
‘Let’s retire sanctuary cities once and for all’ BY CHUCK WEXLER LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS)
With an estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the United States, talk of a crackdown on illegal immigration has created tension in cities across the country. For America’s police chiefs, calls for enhanced enforcement of federal immigration laws bring a particular concern. Chiefs are afraid that such efforts will have the unintended consequence of actually increasing crime and making their communities less safe. The reasons for this can be found in recent incidents from some of the country’s so-called sanctuary cities. In Tucson, for example, an undocumented man confronted and struggled with a man who tried to steal a car with children inside. The immigrant held the criminal long enough for police to arrive, then cooperated with detectives in the follow-up investigation. As a result, the suspect was charged with kidnapping, auto theft and burglary. In Laredo, Texas, Sister Rosemary Welsh runs Casa de Misericordia, which provides shelter to women, many of whom are undocumented immigrants and victims of domestic violence. Because of the trust Sister Rosemary has built with local law enforcement and the women in her facility, more victims are reporting crime, and more offenders are identified and prosecuted. Los Angeles, a city with an estimated 375,000 undocumented immigrants, has had a policy prohibiting police from engaging in enforcement activities based
solely on a person’s immigration status since 1979. Last year, LAPD officers had an encounter with a suspected gang member that resulted in a vehicle chase, a foot pursuit and shots being fired. An undocumented immigrant helped police locate the suspect by providing a description and vehicle information. Had these undocumented people, and countless others in cities across America, not stepped forward to report crime and cooperate with the police, we would have more dangerous offenders committing more crime—and more serious crime— against innocent victims. Police chiefs know that today’s unreported domestic violence or sexual assault or robbery can become tomorrow’s reported homicide. This is a special concern in immigrant communities, where many people fear that cooperating with the police may lead to scrutiny and even deportation. It’s why cities have adopted policies like the one in Los Angeles, and it’s why police departments have invested considerable time and resources to build trust and cooperation with all of their communities, including their immigrant communities. They know that when people step forward because they trust their local police, communities are safer. For all these reasons, the label of sanctuary city is a misnomer. The term “sanctuary” dates to classical Greece and Rome and to Christian traditions in the Middle Ages. Back then, sanctuaries provided certain protections to fugitives in churches or other sacred locations.
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to students and that the university isn’t treated as only a business. After all, the UA is FROM PAGE 9 an institution of higher education and that should be a priority considered in the search new president’s term will. It is tradition for the for a president. presidential candidate to visit the university, There have been concerns raised that to meet students and faculty members and the presidential search committee is largely to address their concerns. composed of local business President Hart was the first people, which raises the president since 1971who It’s important question of whether the wasn’t chosen through this UA is being looked at as an this process is institution of higher learning tradition, and it appears the trend will continue with the transparent or as a business. new UA president. The university as a whole to students and The old tradition gave functions as a business, but that the university it shouldn’t be treated as one students and faculty isn’t treated as only at this administrative level. members the opportunity to meet and converse with a business. After Many students and faculty candidates, to see how they all, the UA is an would like to see a president address the concerns of the who focuses their vision on institution of higher academia at the university. university and how they fit in the university as a whole. education and that Completing this process While it may be true that should be a priority behind closed doors keeping the candidates’ the process to find considered in the expedites names confidential until a new president. As students, search for we hope this president fills they are narrowed down to finalists protects those who a president.” the time of his contract may be hesitant to enter the and would be interested process, it isn’t reassuring to continue on with the to have to entice candidates university. This rushed by protecting their names. Yes, it protects the process, now in its fifth month, seems to be candidates from potential backlash from their pushing a decision just to fill the position. current employers, but it creates a selection This should be a lesson to the newly system that lacks the transparency it needs. It selected president that, in an age of gives students the feeling there’s something information, transparency is the best policy. It to hide from the student body when we’re all keeps things open and students engaged with shut out from participating in the process. major decisions happening at the university It’s important this process is transparent we chose.
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The details changed over time, but sanctuary generally consisted of limited, temporary protections to people suspected of certain types of crimes, and only in narrow circumstances. The use of the term to describe a set of protections for undocumented immigrants implies that they somehow get a pass to commit crime within those jurisdictions. This is simply not the case. It is the mission of all police departments, including those in so-called sanctuary cities, to go after serious and violent criminal offenders for investigation, arrest and prosecution, regardless of their immigration status. In reality, sanctuary cities are hardly sanctuaries for any criminals. Because of the trust and cooperation they have developed with undocumented immigrants, police in these cities are often able to identify, arrest and prosecute dangerous offenders who might otherwise still be on the streets victimizing residents—both citizens and undocumented immigrants. The issues of public safety and immigration are too complex to be captured in a catchphrase, and they are not new. In the decade that our organization has spent exploring the role of local police in immigration issues, police chiefs have consistently reported several key points.
First, the current system of enforcement is a logical division of labor in which all parties know what is expected of them. Federal agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, enforce immigration laws, which are federal statutes. Local police agencies enforce state and local criminal laws. These roles are compatible and complementary. Second, local police have their hands full investigating murders, robberies, sexual assaults, burglaries, thefts and other crimes, as well as working to prevent these and other crimes from occurring. When local police identify a suspect and have probable cause, they make the arrest without regard to the suspect’s immigration status. Finally, police chiefs warn that if their agencies are required to enforce federal immigration laws it will hurt their ability to investigate and solve serious crimes in their communities. If people are afraid to have contact with the local police, they will not report crime, serve as witnesses or tell police what is going on in their neighborhoods. Without information from the community, investigating crime becomes difficult and crime levels rise. So that we can have a constructive discussion on public safety and immigration, let’s retire the tired misnomer “sanctuary cities” once and for all. Let’s focus on what it really takes to make our communities safer.
SPECIAL SPRING BREAK EDITION! Let’s face it, not everyone will be partying in Cabo or Lake Havasu this spring break. Each year, more students are exploring alternative options that give them a chance to give back to a community in need or offer a chance to build their resume. Many more are dreaming of sleeping in and the comfort food that awaits them back home. But if your spring break happens to include an exotic locale and partying, the Red Cup Q&A is here to help. Use these tips to get the most out of your spring break and make it one you can remember: 1) STAY IN YOUR SWEET SPOT - Savvy spring breakers know that the week is a marathon, not a sprint. Use a BAC calculator app to figure out how many drinks per hour you can have to stay in your “sweet spot” – generally .05 BAC or under. 2) GET CONSENT - It’s the Wildcat Way. Consent can’t be given if someone is
incapacitated due to drugs or alcohol, and sex without consent is rape. Best bet? Always ask for consent, and make sure your partner is sober enough to say “yes” when they are feeling it... and “no” when they’re not. 3) PROTECT YOURSELF - Whether you plan to hook up or not, bring condoms just in case. Your goal is to bring back good memories, NOT a sexually transmitted infection (STI). While you’re at it, bring a hat and use sunscreen to avoid getting fried after long days in the sun. If you are driving to your spring break destination, hit the road well rested, buckle up, and don’t text and drive – it can wait. 4) BUDDY UP - Stick with friends you know and trust, especially when you are far from home/campus. Having a sober friend can help the group steer clear of sketchy situations; they’ll also have the skills and presence of mind to step up if someone needs help.
Going to Mexico? Search for “Mexico” at www.health.arizona.edu for info and tips on spending time south of the border. Got a question about alcohol? Email it to redcup@email.arizona.edu
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With sunshine season starting to heat up, watch the UV index to prevent sunburn and avoid skin cancer down the road BY HANNAH DAHL @hannah_dahl715
It’s another sunny spring day in Tucson, and you’ve decided to lay by the pool and soak up some vitamin D. You have a cold drink, a comfortable pool chair and your favorite Spotify playlist; to an outsider, it might look like the recipe for a perfect day. But something is wrong with this picture. When you headed to the pool deck this morning, you left your hat and sunscreen inside. And so, what you think is a nice tan developing on your back is actually your skin cells’ DNA being permanently altered. Forgetting your sun protection might have seemed harmless, but skin cancer is nothing to mess around with. Long after this “perfect day,” the DNA damage from the sun exposure will stay in your skin cells, said Dr. David S. Alberts, a regents professor and former director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center. “The damage that [your cells] sustain as a result of even one sunburn stays with you for life,” Alberts said. Did you know Tucson is the skin cancer capitol of the United States? Southern Arizona comes in second place behind Brisbane, Australia, for having the highest number of skin cancer incidents in the world, Alberts said. Location can play a large role in the likelihood of developing skin cancer, said Riley Johnson, a senior majoring in public health. Johnson recently completed an internship with the UA Skin Cancer Institute. “If you are living in a place that’s closer to the equator or where there’s more days of sunshine than other places, then your daily exposure to ultraviolet rays is going to be higher than probably the average person,” Johnson said. When the sun’s ultraviolet rays hit and travel down to the epidermis of the skin, which is the outermost layer, your cells send out a signal, Alberts said. Depending on the severity and length of the sun exposure, the signal
will either tell the cell to divide or, if it’s already been seriously injured, go into programmed cell death. But when does a sunburn become skin cancer? Alberts said there are five million new cases of skin cancer in the United States each year, and this number continues to grow. There are three main types of skin cancer to watch out for: The first type, basal cell carcinoma, is dangerous but rarely metastasizes, which means it doesn’t usually spread to other parts of the body. This type of cancer is common in people who are regularly exposed to sun, such as farmers and outdoor laborers, Alberts said. Fortunately, surgery can be used to treat basal cell carcinoma with minimal cosmetic repercussions. However, squamous cell carcinomas are a different story. While this type of skin cancer also occurs due to repeated sun exposure, it can metastasize and becomes very difficult to treat when it recurs, Alberts said. Alberts refers to melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, as the “silent killer.” “When I go to the football games and I see the co-eds out there with nothing— no hats, nothing covering their shoulders—I just wince,” Alberts said. “That sunburn is usually very deep and very severe and stays with the person for the next 60 years, maybe.” Johnson said there isn’t a “magic number” of sunburns you can get before skin cancer claims its victim. A variety of factors contribute to this, in particular the type of skin you have. There are six different skin types, with Type 1 being very pale and each type getting darker from there, Alberts said. Type 1 and Type 2 have the highest risk of skin cancer.
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“The best ways to prevent skin cancer are to try to limit your time [in the sun] as much as possible between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and try to seek shade whenever possible,” Johnson said. However, being outdoors isn’t the only way to get a sunburn. A trip to the tanning salon could have negative consequences that will last longer than your tan. “There’s a UV index score from 0-11+,” Johnson said. “On a typical summer day in Arizona, the score is 11+, which just means the UV intensity is very high, while for a tanning bed it’s usually about 13.” One acronym she uses to remind high school and middle-school students of sun protection is “ACE,” which stands for avoid, cover-up and examine. Alberts also stressed the importance of educating younger people about the dangers of skin cancer, adding that Arizona is the only state with a mandate for sun safety education in K-12 schools. “There is no other comprehensive cancer center in the United States today that has a skin cancer institute specifically dedicated to eradicating skin cancer; we’re the only one that does this in a way that’s discernible,” Alberts said. The Skin Cancer Institute, which Alberts helped develop in 2005, is heavily involved in community outreach and public education programs, including Project Students Are Sun Safe and medical student and undergraduate training opportunities. For a free skin cancer screening on April 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., set up an appointment with Tucson’s Clinica Amistad at (520) 305-5107.
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Sleepless elephants and AI gamblers Elephants take the record for briefest sleepers; extinct species impact ecosystems from beyond the grave; a computer dominates professional poker players BY NICOLE MORIN @nm_dailywildcat
In case you were busy stressing over midterms, here are some of the last few days’ top science stories that you may have missed. Elephants go on record for shortest sleep time Elephants have broken a record in the animal kingdom. New tracking suggests that the big mammals survive on as little as two hours of sleep a night, an all-new low. Like horses, most of this sleep occurs while standing up, only lying down every few days. Researchers from Johannesburg, South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, led by Anatomical Sciences research professor Paul Manger, put small trackers into the trunks of two female African elephants. The trunk of an elephant operates like a human hand, allowing the animal to explore its environment and obtain food, so inactivity for a certain period of time would indicate that the elephants were sleeping. What they found surprised many researchers. Unlike captive elephants, from whom most of the data up until now had been gathered, wild elephants sleep for two hours a night and are capable of skipping a full night of sleep without incurring a sleep deficit. This is particularly remarkable due to the long-held connection between sleep and memory; elephants are known for their excellent memory but may not need as much sleep to consolidate those memories as previously thought. Manger and his team’s data suggest large differences between captive and wild animals and survival needs for large and small animals in the wild. However, the data pool for this particular study is small, and researchers are currently looking for ways to expand it. Species extinction may have different effect on ecosystem than previously thought New research from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom suggests that when a species goes extinct, its role in the environment may not vanish as previously thought. The researchers used simulations based on observations of interactions of invertebrates found in marine seabeds. Some of the species were more vulnerable to extinction, and the team used their simulations to explore what would occur
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if those species, such as clams or worms, were to go extinct. Their results suggest that other species in the ecosystem would adapt and alter their behavior in order to fill the now vacant niche. The effects of such a change are unpredictable; the study found that the adaptation of behavior could have positive or negative effects on the ecosystem and changed depending on the extinction scenario simulated. The team plans to use their findings to improve models that predict environmental change and the effect that species have on their ecosystem. Computer vs. expert poker players Computing scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada have created an artificial intelligence called DeepStack that can play poker on par with professional players. The study was recently published, despite the experiment taking place in December 2016.
the same knowledge or perspective, DeepStack plays using “intuition” something radically different from the and learns from each decision it makes more traditional games AI programs have in order to improve on its next move. It famously played before, such as chess. works at human speed and creates its This isn’t the first time that the own strategy. Thirty-three professional University of players from Alberta has been around the world involved in a were recruited to major landmark test the system, in artificial and DeepStack intelligence beat all 11 players research; they were who finished also responsible their game. for developing The AI system Polaris, a first is particularly attempt at AI that remarkable due could play poker. to the relative An AI system complexity of A CRAB WALKING AROUND underwater. A recent study that can make poker, which used undersea animals to investigate the ecosystem decisions in this has always been impacts of species extinction. manner has reala challenge world implications, for artificial particularly in the medical field, as the intelligence to play. The game is based researchers hope to see in the future. around “imperfect information,” meaning that none of the players have
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Netflix and chill with these shows on spring break BY TAYLOR BRESTEL @taylorbrestel
“Jane the Virgin” Looking for a funny and dramatic show with twists around every corner? “Jane the Virgin” is the show for you. It’s modeled after the telenovela style, and just when you think the drama has finally settled down, there’s more. When Jane accidentally gets pregnant, she becomes part of a complicated love triangle between Michael, her boyfriend and Rafael, her baby’s father. Who will Jane end up with? What will happen next? You’ll be on the edge of your seat the entire time. Seasons one and two are on Netflix, and season three is on the CW’s website.
If a crazy spring break trip isn’t in your future and you’re stuck in Tucson for the week, don’t worry. Grab a cup of coffee (or three) and settle in for the best binge-watch of your life. Here are five shows you can spend days watching and forget who you are by the end of it. “Parks and Recreation” “Parks and Recreation” is a happy workplace comedy that centers on the adventures of Leslie Knope as she tries to make her town a better place to live. Travel to Pawnee, Indiana and meet characters like Ann Perkins, Tom Haverford and the one-ofa-kind Ron Swanson as they go about their daily lives at the Parks and Rec department. For only five hours a day, you can power through the series and have plenty of things to talk about when school starts up again.
“Jane the Virgin” 3 seasons, 57 episodes 57 episodes ÷ 9 days = 6.33 episodes per day
“Parks and Recreation” 7 seasons, 122 episodes 122 episodes ÷ 9 days = 13.56 episodes per day
“Gilmore Girls” Have you ever thought to yourself, “life is too stressful, I wish it were still 2005?” If so, “Gilmore Girls” is the show for you. The show follows mother and daughter Lorelai and Rory Gilmore as they journey together through life, love, school, work and everything in between. The supporting characters in the small town of Stars Hollow are entertaining and eclectic, and it’s always fun to see what will happen next. “Gilmore Girls” is a feel-good show, and after seeing how close Lorelai and Rory are, you’ll be rushing to call your own mother. Bingewatch all seven seasons over spring break to
prepare yourself for the new Netflix original, “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.” If you watch 17 episodes a day, you’ll be on track to finish by the end of the week. “Gilmore Girls” 7 seasons, 153 episodes 153 episodes ÷ 9 days = 17 episodes per day
“Supernatural” “Supernatural”—the show that never dies. This show started in 2005 and is still going strong on its 12th season. Tune in to see brothers Sam and Dean Winchester travel the country killing ghosts, demons,
vampires and everything else that goes bump in the night. Starting in season 4, the angel Castiel joins the crew and learns what it means to fall in love with humanity and be a human himself. If you’ve got 20 hours free every day, you can make it through all of “Supernatural” in a little over a week. Seasons 1-11 are available on Netflix, and the 14 most recent episodes are on the CW’s website. “Supernatural” 12 seasons, 255 episodes 255 episodes ÷ 9 days = 28.3 episodes per day
Marvel Trio Netflix’s original series of Marvel shows is perfect for any superhero fan. Watch blind superhero Daredevil struggle with his identity and his conscious as he fights to protect Hell’s Kitchen. Jessica Jones must face her fears to save her friends and her city from a dangerous threat. Luke Cage struggles to keep his neighborhood safe and protect the people he loves. All three combine into a great marathon of superheroes with lots of fighting and action to keep anyone entertained. “Daredevil” 2 seasons, 26 episodes “Jessica Jones” 1 season, 13 episodes “Luke Cage” 1 season, 13 episodes 26 + 13 + 13 = 52 episodes 52 episodes ÷ 9 days = 5.78 episodes per day
March is for Arizona archaeology, heritage BY ISAAC ANDREWS @isaacandone
March 1 signaled the beginning of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month (AAHAM). Organized events ranging from archaeological demonstrations to backcountry tours of heritage sites are available for public participation during all of March throughout Arizona. Some activities require an RSPV and will have limited availability. Kris Powell, compliance specialist for Arizona’s State Historic Preservation Office, said there are about 80 different activities
taking place throughout the state this month. “Arizona is really unique,” Powell said. “We have such a large and rich heritage, both archaeologically and historically.” Natural erosion, looters and developers all pose risks to archeological sites. Powell said archaeological and historical resources are very fragile and non-renewable. “It’s really important to get the word out and educate people so that they can become better stewards of these resources, so that our children’s children can still [appreciate] them.” The 2017 Archaeology Expo, and opening event for AAHAM, was held Saturday, March 4, at the Himdag Ki Tohono O’odham Museum and Cultural Center on the Tohono O’odham
reservation. The expo brought together students, teachers, volunteers, interested citizens and archaeology enthusiasts together to learn, share and experience archaeology and history of the state. Presentations, exhibits, demonstrations and activities were available with free admission. Two Native American tribal groups, the Tohono O’odham and Hualapai, each gave agave roasting demonstrations during the expo. Each tribe’s agave roasting process varies from the other’s, both in agave type and roasting technique. This unique instance of cultural sharing between two vastly different northern and
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southern tribal groups was the first of its kind at AAHAM. “We have been doing this for over 30 years, but this is the first year that we’ve actually teamed up with a tribe to have the expo on their land at their facility,” Powell said. “The neatest thing about Arizona archaeology is the convergence of different cultures.” Due to the diversity in, and preservation of, archaeological history in Arizona, AAHAM provides for abundant educational and engaging activities throughout various monuments, museums and parks in the state. Powell said that the month is also about celebrating the many Native American groups from Arizona: “We have these wonderfully rich, diverse cultures that kind of mix, through Arizona, through time.” Reuben Naranjo is a Tohono O’odham tribal member who demonstrated traditional pottery making at Saturday’s expo. Naranjo said his group’s pottery is all traditionally gathered, processed and fired. “We’re trying to keep a tradition alive that has been kind of on the downslope,” Naranjo said. Melvina Garcia, a Tohono O’odham tribal member, said she thinks it’s important for people to come into the reservation and learn what the area is about. Garcia said, at the expo, she’s met both first timers to the reservation and others who have returned. “I think it’s all for educational purposes to know what is out here and how our lives are,” she said, “We are here, you know, we’re here.” A statewide listing of events is available on flyers that have been circulating around national parks, libraries, visitor centers and other locations in Arizona. The many events going on this month are listed by area, location and date in the flyer. Additional events not mentioned on the printed listing, as well as updates and schedules, can be found online at azstateparks.com/archy. Archaeology and heritage awareness events are abundant
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MELVINA GARCIA DEMONSTRATES A method of traditional Tohono O’odham pottery making at the 2017 Archaeology Expo on March 4. There will be several archaeology events throughout the month in Arizona for Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.
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‘Cats head to Vegas for Pac-12 Tournament Now that the Wildcats are regular season Pac-12 co-champions, all the chips are on the table, and the quest for proving they aren’t fools gold going into the NCAA Tournament starts in Vegas
BY JUSTIN SPEARS @JustinESports
The regular season is in the books, the brackets are fresh off the printer and Las Vegas turns into a West Coast college hoops convention with four conference tournaments this weekend. As No. 7 Arizona prepares for the Pac12 Tournament that begins on Thursday, looking back on the season was proof that the Wildcats could battle through anything thrown their way. Key players with injuries, a potential starter medically retiring and arguably the team’s best scorer busted for performance-enhancing drugs, was not the Arizona season anyone expected. Arizona head coach Sean Miller likes to call this season a “busy” one because of the challenges thrown at the Wildcats
and because of their ability to overcome any obstacles. “The season moves faster when you win 27 games out of 31,” Miller said. “We lost to some pretty quality teams and each game represented different challenges, but in addition to our 27 wins, you look at those losses as opportunities to learn and grow.” Now that the Wildcats are regular season Pac-12 co-champions, all the chips are put on the table, and the quest for proving they aren’t fools gold going into the NCAA Tournament starts in Vegas. “We won [the Pac-12 regular season crown], and now it’s time to look forward,” Allen said. Unfortunately for Arizona, Oregon owns the tiebreaker for the overall No. 1 seed, because of the 27-point loss the Wildcats took in Eugene, Oregon back in February. So Arizona is the No. 2 seed in
the Pac-12, meaning the ‘Cats possibly have to go through UCLA in the semifinals and Oregon the next night in the tournament final. Senior guard Kadeem Allen said they have to focus on Thursday first, but have confidence as long as Miller is in charge. “We have a man upstairs in the big office who knows what he’s doing. We all believe in coach Miller,” Allen said. Miller was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year on Monday, but if everything goes as expected on Thursday, Arizona will most likely play the Bruins for the third time this season. Playing one of the best offenses in recent history in the Pac-12, and even the country for that matter, as well as a potential No. 1 NBA draft pick in Lonzo Ball in three games gives the Wildcats a March Madness-like game before the actual tournament.
The second time the Wildcats faced the Bruins, UCLA offensively outrebounded Arizona 14-4. However, Arizona showed that the rebounding struggles against UCLA were left in the past when the Wildcats outrebounded ASU the next week 50-27. “We know who we are at this point,” Miller said. “I don’t know if we hit on all cylinders necessarily offensively.” Think of the Pac-12 as a dry run for next week. The ‘Cats are expected to play Final Four quality teams in UCLA and Oregon, but there’s no pressure, because win or lose, there is still more basketball to be played. “We’re trying to win every game, but there’s a lot that’s going to happen this week, and if it happens, to be really good for us, great,” Miller said. “If it doesn’t, I think we all recognize that next week is big.” Let the games begin.
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The madness of March has arrived As much as the Wildcats would like to hoist the Pac-12 Tournament championship trophy on Saturday night, they know their biggest goals won’t be reached in Las Vegas
BY CHRISTOPHER DEAK @ChrisDeakDW
Can you feel it? Maybe you felt it after Arizona wrapped up the regular season last weekend with a win over the Sun Devils; maybe it hit you yesterday when the Pac-12 Tournament seeds were made official. If you don’t feel it now, check your pulse. That feeling? The madness of March. It’s conference championship week all around the country, and while every team is focused on winning their respective conference tournaments, they’re also looking forward to the big dance. “Are we going to try to win the Pac-12 Tournament? Of course,” Arizona head coach Sean Miller said. “But I think it’s clearly about that next tournament to be the healthiest, most ready you can be. We’re going to use this week, either way, as a positive moving in to the NCAA tournament.” The real importance of the Pac-12 Tournament is the implications it can have on Arizona’s seed heading in to the NCAA Tournament. Miller said this was the “most proud” he’s been with his teams at Arizona, and the comments came when asked how important winning the Pac-12 regular season title was. Miller noted that being ready for the NCAA Tournament is the most important aspect in preparing for the Pac-12 Tournament. “I think, for us, it’s no bigger than [being ready for the NCAA Tournament],” Miller said. “... just making sure we’re ready coming off of the heels of Saturday and using that in a very positive way with our confidence and going into Las Vegas playing our best basketball, with no pressure on us.” The Wildcats could play as little as two more games
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ALLONZO TRIER (35) AND KADEEM Allen (5) after the Wildcats’ win against the Arizona State Sun Devils on Saturday, March 4. The Wildcats beat the Sun Devils 73-60.
this season if they lost their opening-round games in both the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments, and as many as nine games if they are crowned national champions. Every time the Wildcats step on the court the rest of this season, it’s do or die. Senior Kadeem Allen was asked multiple times about rematches with UCLA and Oregon in a press conference on Monday, and Allen reiterated how important Arizona’s Thursday matchup will be. “We have a game Thursday against either Washington State or Colorado, and we have to win that game to even think about winning the Pac-12 Tournament,” Allen said.
The Wildcats have big goals in mind, and the Pac-12 Tournament can help position them to make a deep run in the tournament. Here’s how it can all shake out: WORST CASE SCENARIO PREDICTION: No. 4 seed in Midwest Region Arizona loses to Colorado or Washington State on Thursday night in the quarterfinals. Both teams feature an elite Pac-12 player. The Cougars have Malachi Flynn and the Buffaloes have Derrick White. Miller has already expressed concern about facing the latter. “They’re 8-3 in their last 11 Pac-12 games, and they have as much experience and size [as anyone],” Miller said. “They have
a player, [Derrick] White; it’s been a long time since we played them, but I know he’s an AllPac-12 player. That’s not an easy game for whoever plays them.” In this scenario, expect Arizona to be slotted as low as the No. 4 seed, and they can kiss the West bracket goodbye. BEST CASE SCENARIO PREDICTION: No. 2 seed in West Region If Arizona is able to make it through the gauntlet of UCLA and Oregon in back-to-back nights, the Wildcats will be the highest seeded team from the Pac-12. The Gonzaga Bulldogs have a tight grip on the No. 1 seed out west, and I believe the committee is reserving the No. 2 slot in the west for the Pac-12
Tournament champion. MY PREDICTION: No. 3 seed Midwest Region The Bruins are tough. I expect Arizona will take care of Washington State or Colorado on Thursday night, but in their primetime Friday night matchup with UCLA, I’m leaning toward the Bruins. Newly minted first-team AllAmerican Lonzo Ball has the capability to take UCLA all the way to a national title and will be just too much to handle for the Wildcats. It’s the second week of March, and there’s no better place to be than in a great college basketball town. Let the madness commence, Tucson.
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The X-F ctor Mo Mercado has always been one of Arizona’s best defenders. This season she’s burst on to the scene as one of the Wildcats’ top offensive threats BY CHRISTOPHER DEAK @ChrisDeakDW
The Arizona Wildcats softball team is red-hot to begin 2017. The ‘Cats are 18-1, they’ve outscored their opponents 154-20 and their only loss came in a 1-0 battle against No. 1 Florida State. Ace Danielle O’Toole looks to already be in mid-season form, Katiyana Mauga still has the power reputation every moment she steps in the batter’s box and several freshmen are contributing for Arizona. Among all the talent on the loaded roster, there’s a different Wildcat who is making an impact. Senior Mo Mercado is the Wildcats’ x-factor. Of all the talent Arizona has, Mercado would be the toughest to replace if she went down because of her ability at the plate and on defense. Mercado is currently second on the team in batting average (.481) and has a gaudy on-base plus slugging (OPS) of 1.234. Arizona competed in the Mary Nutter Classic in the last week of February, where they faced Florida State, and Mercado had a breakout offensive performance. After batting .846 with a home run and 11 RBIs during the weekend, she swept the National Player of the Week awards. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association, USA Softball, College Sports Madness and DI Fast Pitch News recognized Mercado as the top player in the country. Mercado even impressed Arizona head coach Mike Candrea, who has seen his share of big offensive weekends in his time at Arizona. “I can go back 32 years and I can’t remember a lot of weekends that were a lot better than what she did as far as production offensively,” Candrea said. What’s most impressive about Mercado being recognized for her bat? As a shortstop, she’s known for her glove. “I would say my pride for myself as a player definitely lies more with my defense,” Mercado said. “I definitely say defense is my priority and my bread and butter.” Mercado was an All-Pac-12 defensive team selection in 2016 after posting a .942 fielding percentage. With a ground ball pitcher like O’Toole throwing almost every other day, Mercado’s presence at shortstop can’t
be understated. “I can’t be the pitcher I am without them,” O’Toole said of her defense. “I can’t be who I am, and I can’t do what I do if they’re [Arizona defense] not there. It’s really nice having [Mercado] kind of picking up the energy level of the defense and getting them to vibe off of her.” Mercado’s experience playing second base during her first two seasons in Tucson behind another Arizona defensive standout Kellie Fox has made her the leader of the defense. With her experience at second base, she’s been able to help Arizona freshmen Reyna Carranco and Jessie Harper learn how to play second base at the collegiate level. “Definitely,” O’Toole said when asked if Mercado is the leader of the defense. “As soon as all the freshmen come in, she tells them what to do and they do it. It’s nice having that at experience at [shortstop].” With Mercado’s breakout season at the plate right now, she’s Arizona’s most valuable player. The senior has always had defensive prowess but hasn’t always had this much success at the plate. Mercado is known for being overly aggressive early in counts and admitted she knows “that’s a big way I’m perceived in the Pac-12.” The mental aspect of softball, especially at the plate, is as important as any physical tools. Mercado is putting her physical gifts together with a strong mindset this season. “When you start thinking about how you do things, the game gets really quick on you,” Candrea said. “I think [Mercado] is showing a lot of maturity right now to realize that it’s a lot more than that. I always tell [the team] it’s the six inches between your ears; that’s the most important thing in playing this game.” The Wildcats have aspirations of making it back to the Women’s College World Series, somewhere they have not been since 2010. They came up one game short last season, losing in the super regionals to eventual national runner-up Auburn University. The Wildcats couldn’t come up with the big hit they needed, but if they can get back to that point this season, Mercado will be ready to come through for her team. “All of us want to be the hero,” Mercado said. “It’s definitely nice knowing I have people behind me who can pick me up [in the lineup], but like I said, we all like to be the hero of the moment.” Mercado has been a consistent defender throughout her career, and this season is no different. But if Mercado can maintain her pace at the plate, she could make all the difference for Arizona come June.
Mercado’s 2017 Stats .481 AVG 16 R 2 HR 18 RBI 1.234 OPS .925 Fielding%