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KYLE JAMES, A MICROBIOLOGY student and veteran, poses at the VETS center at the Student Union Memorial Center. James is a peer advocacy liasion to help other veterans make the transition to academic life.
From combat medic to student: Kyle James helps vets transition to UA life BY JESSICA BLACKBURN @hotbread33
Army veteran Kyle James, 29, served as a combat medic for eight years and is now a Veterans Educations and Transition Services peer advocacy liaison, tasked with the responsibility of easing veterans’ transition from military service to academic life. “I wish I’d had something like
that when I first came to the UA,” he said. “I was this 28-year-old guy in a room full of 19-year-olds, and I felt out of place.” James’ own transition as a student began in 2014 after he got out of the military and went through a divorce, an apparently extremely common occurrence for veterans. Young people going into the military are better able to provide for families, so the idea of getting
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married and having children is attractive to them, James explained. “They don’t realize the trade-off is having to get married too early,” he said. James spent two years studying at a community college in Chandler, Arizona and made the switch to the UA when he heard about the science department. At the UA, he studies microbiology with a minor in biochemistry.
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“The fascination with biology happened when I took Bio 181,” he said. “I had a lot of clinical experience in the army and was fascinated by viruses.” James had always known he wanted to go to college to study medicine but didn’t know how he would pay for it. His parents were both in the military during his childhood, and this familiarity led
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Valley fever grant helps fund genetic testing Researchers hope to determine what causes 1 in 200 people diagnosed with the infection to develop life-threatening complications BY MARISSA HEFFERNAN @_mheffernan
UA’s Valley Fever Center For Excellence, or VFCE, received a $2.7 million National Institute of Health grant to study the genetics behind why only a small portion of the population responds severely to valley fever. Valley fever, a respiratory infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides spp., is endemic to Southern Arizona and Southern California and infects 50,000 people per year. Roughly twothirds of cases are in Arizona. The VFCE is an ABOR-approved center researching the disease. While most people only notice moderate symptoms like fever, joint aches, chest pain and coughs, the disease can be more serious for 1 in 200 people, said John Galgiani, UA professor of medicine and director of the VFCE. For those with disseminating valley fever, the disease spreads from the lungs into the bloodstream, then to other parts of the body, leading to life-threatening complications. Galgiani said patients afflicted by disseminating disease likely are genetically different. However, that difference is not a random mutation but rather a DNA base difference called a single nucleotide polymorphism. “That means in some proportion of the population, you’d find that base not being there or being different, so it’s not really a mutation; it’s just part of the sequence of that gene in some individuals,” Galgiani said. To test that possibility, the genome
of different people who have had acute or disseminating valley fever will be sequenced. “We’re trying to understand the inner relationship between different genes and the little differences in those inner relationships, which add up in pathways to a bad immune response or not enough of a immune response,” Galgiani said. One way to test that is by changing a base in a mouse and seeing how that changes the mouse’s response to both valley fever and the vaccine. Marc Orbach, associate professor of plant pathology and microbiology, developed the vaccine. He said the goal is to prevent dissemination by inducing the host to respond to the infection early. “We don’t understand all the details of how the vaccine works, but from what we do know, the fungus initiates the parasitic phase, so it starts to form spherules, and in almost all cases those spherules lyse prematurely,” Orbach said. “So instead of forming healthy spherules with thick walls, they form misshapen spherules with very thin walls.” The vaccine is created using a mutant strain of Valley Fever, delta CPS1, that is unable to survive long. After seven to 10 days, mice completely clear the infection, according to Orbach, and then can survive the wild strain of valley fever. Orbach said one particular gene change in humans has been associated with dissemination, a STAT1 mutation, affecting signal transduction and transcription. “It’s a pretty important gene,” Orbach said. “We’ll be able to
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RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ADAM Buntzman performs an experiment relating to valley fever in the BIO5 Institute in October 2016. A recent grant will allow researchers to study the link between genes and increased reaction to valley fever.
test whether mice that have this STAT1 mutation will be able to be vaccinated against infection. If that turns out to be the case, then it will be even stronger support for the idea that a vaccine could help not just those who are at risk, but those who are at greatest risk.” The grant is for four years, $2.7 million total, with most funding coming to the UA and the rest remaining with the NIH, which Galgiani said is a rare collaboration.
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different world views, beliefs and opinions so that the university will in turn be better. “A part of this is aligning with local governments or even with institutions to say how do we embed this idea of a more civil discourse regardless of our political affiliations or views,” Shaffer said. The NICD in Tucson is the second of its headquarters, with the first located in Washington D.C. The NICD was established here after the January 2011 shooting that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords during a “Congress on Your Corner” event.
“Very quickly after the memorial service, the community of Tucson and the University of Arizona came together and said ‘we have to make something good come out of this horrific tragedy,’” Lukensmeyer said. Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were named as honorary chairmen of the NICD at UA. In 2011, Clinton believed that the institute would “elevate” the dialogue throughout the country. The goal of Revive Civility campaign is to encourage community members to build a brighter future for future generations. “Whereas, civility assists in the process of working
together to create lasting solutions to our most pressing challenges, while fostering respect among opposition groups,” said Mayor Rothschild in his proclamation. Lukensmeyer said that there is positive evidence across the nation that discourse is improving. “What I see that’s really positive all across the country … Americans really know that the values that the country was founded on really respect difference and dissent but they expect it to be done in a way that everyone’s voice gets heard and people are not demeaned or diminished because they hold a different point of view,” she said.
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May has officially kicked off Revive Civility Month for the Tucson community, and the National Institute for Civil Discourse has formed a task force after a proclamation signed by Mayor Jonathan Rothschild last month at the Loft Cinema. “Rothschild has been a real leader in supporting the campaign,” said Carolyn Lukensmeyer, executive director of the NICD. “We had 300 people there, all of whom have agreed to participate.” She said that businesses, social service agencies, health care organizations and educators will take the message of civility into their workplaces. The nonpartisan and nonprofit organization operates with politicians, reporters and the public through advocacy, research and policy. Due to the the 2016 presidential campaign and the rhetoric used, “incivility in America has reached epidemic proportions. Every day rudeness, disrespect and hostility sideline collaboration and compromise,” the website said. Lukensmeyer became executive director of the NICD in July 2012 and said the organization has held different events to encourage civil discourse. “Since that time we’ve been doing social action programs with the three critical elements in any healthy function democracy with elected officials, with the media and with the public,” she said. “The 2016 presidential campaign clearly took political speech to a level of degradation that we had not seen before in modern politics,” she
said. “In 2016 we got lots of social media messages and emails from citizens from all over the United States, red states, blue states, purple states which were saying; ‘we have to do something about this.’” Lukensmeyer said people have to be able to disagree with one another without demonizing. She said the evidence indicates the organization’s work is still important, with vitriol running high on all sides months after the election. The NICD encourages everyone to get involved with a texting platform called “Text, Talk, Revive Civility” used to connect texting to small group discussions. “You can text the number and that will start a guided conversation,” Principal Research Specialist Timothy J. Shaffer said. “All of a sudden your phone basically becomes a moderator for a conversation and then you can have some discussions,” he said. A poll cited by the NICD described the results of the rhetoric in the 2016 election. According to the 2017 Civility in America Poll of 1,126 U.S. adults said, “A record high 69 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. has a major civility problem, a view shared equally by people who voted for Donald Trump or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.” Also, “83 percent of Trump voters and 88 percent of Clinton supporters said the media is obligated to report when a public official is lying,” the report said. When it comes to a politician’s role in increased incivility, the poll recorded that 89 percent of Clinton voters believe politicians are the main source, while 53 percent of those whom voted for Trump agree. UA administration has promoted the “inclusive excellence model” to encourage all people to be open to
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him to join the army at age 17. “I wanted to do something crazy,” he said. “I wanted to change my life and be a part of something bigger than myself.” His time spent as a young combat medic in the army taught James the importance of time management, compassion and love. “What a culture shock,” he said. “You go from taking life not too seriously to all of the sudden now you have to take every minute of your life seriously or there are terrible consequences.” From witnessing the death of a 5-yearold to being deployed to Iraq, James experienced many hardships in his eight years serving in the army. Having these experiences made it easier for James to transition to the UA than an out-of-state student moving away from home, he explained. “It was still hard, though,” he said. “I had to figure out my own solutions, and now through PALS, veterans don’t have to do that.” Answers about GI Bill inquiries and certifying classes were difficult for James to find during his transition to being a UA student. “One of the most difficult things was understanding how my GI Bill transferred,” he said. “If the VETS Center hadn’t connected me with Veteran
News • Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Services, I would have been lost, and even then I didn’t know if I needed to talk to my adviser or how to find answers or somebody to explain the process to me.” PALS has already given multiple veterans the information they need to make the transfer to the UA next semester. “When you go to campus after spending years in the military and get to a college campus, it may be your first time in that area,” said Steve Westby, VETS director of mentor services. “Veterans struggle to adapt, and part of the focus of PALS is to introduce them to our space and resources.” PALS will be new student veterans’ guide at the UA. “It could be showing them the benefits they can take advantage of or simply walking someone up here and saying ‘this is your space, too,’” Westby said. When James saw the opening for student veteran liaison, he knew it was exactly what needed to happen for veterans transferring to the UA. According to James, there are currently 2,800 veteran and military-affiliated students at the UA. Next semester alone, the VETS Center is expecting an additional 2,600 to enroll. “We’ve been steadily growing every year,” he said. “We may have to expand very soon.” According to Nick Hawley, a fellow peer liaison, the growth is why it is now more important than ever to implement
a way to aid veteran students. “In general, veterans feel pretty disconnected from mainstream society,” Hawley said. “We want to ensure the academic success of veterans and dependents.” If James had access to the PALS program when he first transferred, he would have saved himself a lot of time and stress, he said. “I would have had my GI Bill sorted out, gotten my registration fee paid for sooner, would have met with my advisor and signed up for classes way sooner,” he added. “It was a rough start, but now we will be helping veterans so they don’t have to go through that.” As veterans have more experience and tend to be older than the average student, the veterans working with the PALS program want UA veterans to know they do not need to be alone through their transition from the military to academia. Next semester, PALS will officially commence, helping veterans like James become well-informed about their options. For the men and women who spent years of their lives in the military and come to the UA to get a better education, the program is highly anticipated. “We know veterans have issues just like everyone else,” James said. “They want to suck it up and drive on, or they think it’s normal. We want them to know it isn’t bad or weak to ask for help during this transition. It shows strength.”
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KYLE JAMES, A MICROBIOLOGY student and veteran, poses at the VETS center at the Student Union Memorial Center. James is a Peer Advocacy Liasion to help other veterans make the transition to academic life.
UA works to protect endangered languages BY PHIL BRAMWELL @PhilBramwellMMA
UA faculty members are looking for ways to preserve and revitalize endangered languages in an effort to help students of minority cultures keep their heritage alive. The purpose is to break a cycle of knowledge loss that occurs when children enter schools and learn English, instead of their traditional languages. Nutritional science junior Liz Francisco’s mother used to speak O’odham, a language traditionally spoken by the Tohono O’odham tribe. However, she stopped speaking it at her grandmother’s request. “Tradition is mostly lost,” Francisco said. “The only real tradition I know of is storytelling and round dancing.” In an effort to regain her sense of culture, Francisco enrolled herself in a Tohono O’odham related course. Now, UA faculty members are trying to help students like Francisco immerse themselves in their heritage. It is challenging in today’s busy modern world, but UA began the critical languagesprogram to increase the number of students learning less common languages. Malcolm Compitello, head of the Spanish and Portuguese program, notes learning an endangered language can make students more employable in the future and advises students to
combine what they want to learn a language. When learning a minority language, finding others to learn with may be a challenge, however, Christian Ruvalcaba, graduate fellow with the UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, started the Language Capital Project which is a website to connect nonnative speakers to one another. The goal is to change the trend by giving uncommon languages a bigger spotlight, while encouraging American-born students to learn a language. All members of the UA community can participate. “We want to highlight the language and cultural diversity that thrives here,” Ruvalcaba said. Ruvalcaba also said the languages available in media can send subtle messages to speakers, which can contribute to cultural dissolving. “We can go an extra step and possibly have columns or whole newspapers dedicated to the news utilizing different minority languages,” Ruvalcaba said. “Our university online news sites only use English language and have no options for other language viewing.” According to Ruvalcaba, acknowledging and using other languages may help keep minority languages relevant. “Parents can designate their heritage language as the sole language used within the home,” Ruvalcaba said. “Maintaining and holding firm to language policies in the home is very effective.” Languages have difficulty surviving in other
countries where they are not traditionally spoken. Ruvalcaba said this is due to the perception of a language’s country of origin and speakers of minority languages’ eagerness to adopt English. “While a parent might value the heritage language, they also want to make sure their child is able to succeed in this country as fast as possible,” Ruvalcaba said. “[An] important issue is figuring out a way to dispel the idea that multilingualism is un-American or unusual.” Ruvalcaba said any time is the right time for someone to immerse themselves in a culture and that knowing a language is not a prerequisite to
be a part of that culture. “‘Catching up’ is the wrong way to look at both language and culture,” Ruvalcaba said. “It suggests that they are not already practicing their culture.” Compitello said he looks at endangered languages the same way he does Spanish: as a skill that anyone can learn. However, he advises students to take foreign language seriously and to do what is best for them. “Expand your knowledge in a way that will allow you to make an impact on other people,” Compitello said.
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Retesting not allowed A University of Arizona Police Department officer was called to conduct sobriety tests on a traffic stop around 4 a.m. on April 19. The male driver was leaning against the trunk of his car and was not cooperative when the UAPD officer asked if he would submit to field sobriety tests. Eventually, he agreed and failed multiple sobriety tests and asked if he could “try again.” During the tests, the man admitted to drinking alcohol and was placed under arrest shortly after. The UAPD officer walked the man to a patrol car, where police searched his pockets. Throughout the search, the man repeatedly leaned forward and rested his head and chest on the UAPD vehicle. Police advised him to stop leaning on the vehicle and completed the search. When the officer found nothing, the man was transported to the UAPD station. After a depravation period, the man was cited and released for DUI to the slightest degree and was released the next morning. Hat fetish A UAPD officer responded to the UA Bookstore around 2 p.m. on April 19 when security began to chase a male shoplifter. As the officer approached the scene, he saw three bookstore loss prevention officials standing next to the man. The man was not a UA student and was very emotional, continuously placing his hands in his pockets. He began to cry and lean against a wall, moving toward the officer. The officer placed the man in handcuffs shortly after and told him he was being detained. The man responded, “I’m sorry, I don’t want to go to jail” and said he had bipolar disorder. Police read the man his Miranda rights and asked why he was in the bookstore. The man said he came to “look around” and that he noticed the hats on display. He told the officer he had a “hat fetish.” He decided to take a backpack and just before leaving put two UA ball caps into it. Before leaving he was confronted by bookstore employees and told them he “bought these a couple of days ago.” Police found four unused syringes and a pipe in his personal backpack, and he told police he had the “lowest type of diabetes.” He also said he takes insulin and used the pipe to smoke marijuana. The man was charged with shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia and was booked on three additional confirmed TPD warrants. The total amount for the recovered items was $114.97.
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International student adapts, finds home at UA BY SCARLETT LORIN @scarlett_lorin
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eing an international student has its perks; people ask you hundreds of questions about where you lived and how life there differs from life here, and they ask you to say specific phrases and sentences just to hear your accent. The thrill of moving abroad to study a field you are passionate about is such an exhilarating feeling many students do not get the opportunity to experience. The idea of traveling to an unknown country makes the college experience just that much better in so many ways; you get to meet new people from different cultures and learn about the state and country you study in as you progress slowly through your first semesters. It all seems perfect from the outside, and people will say you’re brave for leaving your previous life behind. Moving 7,600 miles across the world was the biggest challenge I’ve ever faced; being so far away from family complicates your daily life in ways you would never have expected. Beginning this new chapter of your life in an unfamiliar setting, alone, forces you to become independent at a faster pace than you would if your
family lived nearby. The feeling of finding yourself in a foreign country you never visited before pushes you to adapt quickly in order to keep up with the daily life flow. Never in my life had I seen a university campus besides in movies, so the first time I arrived on the UA campus was breathtaking. Palm trees and cactus populating the university reminded me of home, as Hong Kong has palm trees everywhere. Student orientation was the most stressful experience I ever went through. Not knowing a single person or the campus itself made things difficult, leading to me getting lost several times and having to ask for directions from other students. Coming from across the world and having a delayed flight, I arrived on campus at night; no one was there to direct me toward the dorms international students stayed in during orientation. This automatically made me see the campus through a completely different eye than I did when looking at the pictures online. Unlike students who lived in the United States, I did not have the opportunity to visit the campus prior to orientation, so walking on campus at night with no sense of direction made me unsure of my decision to come study here, due to the rush of stress and doubt. Coming from Hong Kong, a bustling, skyscraper-populated city in Asia, to Tucson, a calm,
peaceful, low-rise desert city, was a major culture shock. Going to an international British curriculum middle and high school in Hong Kong made me pick up certain British phrases and words that differ here. I struggled at the beginning of the fall semester as some people would not fully comprehend what I was saying; simple words like “revising” instead of “studying” left some people wondering. Adapting to the way of living in the United States was a task that was simple yet challenging in that I had to change certain habits of mine. People here are more considerate of others than people from where I lived for the past eight years. Holding the door for the person behind you is a simple action of courtesy that does not seem to exist or make an appearance in Hong Kong. Saying “thank you” and “please” makes life on campus much more pleasant; I grew up being taught good mannerisms from my parents, but if it had been up to the city of Hong Kong, these words would have been unknown to me. Being an international student, traveling home can be quite the journey. Visiting family occurs two- to three-times a year. Plane flights home to Hong Kong make me sit in a seat for a total of 18 hours straight, whereas some of my friends can just get in their cars and drive for an hour to two and reach home.
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The exciting first year of an international student does have times, I believe, that are more thrilling than they are to an in-state student.
However, not all is fun. Leaving home to study abroad in a new country was the biggest and best decision I have made so far in my 18 years of living.
Walking the moderate side at a steep cost BY TONI MARCHEVA @DailyWildcat
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t is difficult to be a person with moderate political views on the UA campus.
If I am sitting in class and the discussion turns to politics, a tension grows inside of me. Generally, these discussions become a mob of leftleaning students agreeing with each other passionately. There is nothing wrong with that. What is a problem, though, is that sometimes I want to dissent. I know that if I do, though, my opinion will not be
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attacked, but my character will be. I have experienced this countless times, and I have seen others go through this chilling personal degradation, too. Living on campus, I have seen extensive talk on inclusivity. We should strive for an inclusive political environment. If students are able to take action and make this choice, we could revolutionize
modern politics and create a model that the rest of the nation strives for. If this is a bit too optimistic, we could at least create an atmosphere where all students feel safe to share their thoughts and where they know their thoughts will be valued by their peers. Moderates can lean right or left. A
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major characteristic of us, though, is that we find logic in the arguments of both sides. The day after the election, I sat in class and a person in front of me was talking about how everyone who voted for Donald Trump was racist or misogynistic. Now, I voted for Hillary Clinton myself and volunteered for her campaign, but I had friends who had good reasons for voting for Donald Trump. I made that point in class. All around, though, people became infuriated, and they came at me, telling me why my point was inherently wrong. Their tone was laced with the idea that I was unintelligent for thinking differently than my peers. Attacks on the moderate point of view hurt our peers in a tangible way. Moderates want to have good conversations about politics, but they cannot. Because of this, sometimes it is difficult to find moderates, even though they are out there in number. It’s not that the point of view does not exist but that they’re quiet. It is easy to become fired up for a political ideal that is not centrist. People are passionate about their ideals, and this passion can easily overcome the calmness that characterizes many moderates. It is important not to mistake a passionate opinion for a merited one. Groups outside of the university forget this, too. Moderate views have little representation in the media because
they do not get people excited, nor do they have a lot of representation in government because the political base for moderates is less passionate than for idealists further from the center of the spectrum. All of this leads to moderates feeling unimportant politically, and this feeling is reinforced in discussions on campus. We can solve this isolation if we are able to re-incorporate political moderates into the conversation. Last semester, the Honors College hosted a presentation talking about the importance of political conversation across the aisle. A study was presented that showed a trend that people from right and left political ideologies shifted to the middle after a respectful conversation with the other side. If moderates and the political left can be reconciled and speak together civilly, both groups will learn from each other. We will enter the workforce with the ability to talk to other people and with knowledge of other points of view. We will learn how to handle arguments we do not agree with without suppressing the voice of the other party. This takes effort from both sides. To my progressive classmates: I ask that you not immediately try to shut down the arguments of your moderate peers; instead listen to what we have to say. You do not need to agree, just respect our opinions. We moderates cannot quake at the idea of being disagreed with. We must continue sharing our opinions, even if others are less open to them than we would like.
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Natural gas gradually replacing coal Coal as a fuel source is being replaced by cheap, plentiful natural gas. It will take more than policy changes to bring it back BY MARISSA HEFFERNAN @_mheffernan
President Donald Trump focused much of his campaign speech on reviving the failing coal industry with deregulation and more jobs, but Derek Lemoine, an assistant professor of economics and UA Statistics-Graduate Interdisciplinary Program professor, said Trump’s rhetoric has a few issues. “It’s not clear in this case what it means for a market to fail,” Lemoine said. “Markets can clear at a high price or a low price, a high quantity or a low quantity. What a lot of people have in mind is a decline in production of a certain source.” As with any market shift, coal use is declining because use of another product is rising. According to Lemoine, that product is gas. “The more coal you use for electricity, the less gas you need,” Lemoine said. “The more gas you use, the less coal you use. We’ve just gotten to the point where we’re using more gas than coal for electricity.” Additionally, Lemoine said jobs have not been lost overall from the energy market; they’ve just shifted from coal country to gas country. “It’s a bit of a geographic tradeoff,” Lemoine said. “For every failing town in Appalachia, there is, to some level, a booming town in North Dakota. There’s a bit of a tension. If you really just care about jobs in the non-renewable sector, you can protect coal jobs, but the number one way to protect coal jobs is by taking away gas jobs.” The pressure on coal comes mostly from the drop in both gas and renewable energy prices, Lemoine said. “Where coal is getting squeezed is that both renewables and gas have gotten a lot cheaper right around the same time, so they both look pretty good compared to coal,” Lemoine said. “It starts to look like a better win for the private sector to switch away, which is what [we’ve] been seeing.” Stanley Reynolds, a professor of
economics, said Trump’s efforts to save coal won’t combat market trends in the long term. “I believe his policies can probably improve the situation for the coal market and maybe save it a few jobs, maybe keep the industry going more than it would have if somebody else had been president,” Reynolds said. “But there have been market forces that have been reducing the demand for coal for some time, and I suspect they will continue. I’d be very surprised if there was a huge boom in the coal industry because of that.” Another key piece of Trump’s rhetoric was deregulation of the market and the dismantling of some Obama-era policies. However, Lemoine said those steps likely won’t have too much of an effect. “It’s an easy, simple story to say that Obama’s environmental regulations killed coal,” Lemoine said. “Certainly, environmental regulations never help coal, but most of those have not gone into effect yet and are probably at the margins when compared to the fact that gas just got a lot cheaper.” Reynolds said the regulations Trump refers to are likely the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector. However, prior to the presidential election, that plan was slowed in court. “President Trump and his EPA director have expressed a desire to try to undo that plan,” Reynolds said. “Whether that goes through or not, or whether they’re successful or not, that will make a difference. I would expect we’d see more emissions reductions in electric power if the EPA’s Clean Power Plan would go thorough and be upheld than if it was either knocked down by the courts or reversed through changes in EPA regulations.” Lemoine said regardless of actual regulation, coal use is declining. “The CO2 regulations, in the long run, could stop a resurgence
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of coal, but I think, to the extent that coal is shutting down now, it’s just because people expect more and more regulations in the future, and that’s where we’re going to end up,” Lemoine said. Furthermore, Lemoine said even if Trump does ease regulations, it will not bring a coal boom to the mineral-rich Appalachian region. However, he said the market would still benefit from deregulation. “It won’t hurt it,” Lemoine said. “It’s hard to say if it will be a big effect or a small effect. I don’t think it will be a huge effect. It’s not going to get it back to where it was 10 years ago. That would be highly unlikely, absent some collapse in the gas market.” Don Gervasio, a chemical and environmental engineering research professor, agreed the effect of policy would not be huge. “I don’t even know if Donald Trump has much to say about it, to be honest,” Gervasio said. “Most of
the energy industry is really driven by industry. The government, every once in a while, tries to do things, but it’s mostly industry-driven.” Gervasio, who has worked on energy technology for more than 30 years including solar, fuel cell and battery power, said the best way to think about an energy source is as a life cycle, considering the energy each approach provides from cradle to grave. He said when people don’t focus on the whole cycle, they get a distorted picture. “Honestly, most presidents come and go and energy policy doesn’t change much,” Gervasio said. “The politicians tend to make talk; the industry makes energy. I doubt what Donald Trump does in his first 100 days will effect the energy scenario. And I don’t think anybody really knows what he’s going to do yet.” Reynolds said the signals coming from the Trump administration are mixed, especially around the
greenhouse gas-limiting Paris Agreement. “On one hand, there’s a lot of talk about easing environmental regulations and getting the coal market back on its feet, but on the other hand, I’ve heard some concerns expressed from the administration about backing out of the Paris Agreement,” Reynolds said. If the U.S. backs out of the accord, Reynolds said it might cause other countries to secondguess their own agreement and back off of some of their commitments. “It matters what we do,” Reynolds said. Overall, coal is declining not because of environmental regulations but due to the increase in gas usage, especially shale gas, and reviving the coal industry would take more than policies to succeed.
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Science • Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Study connects need for self-esteem with killing A team of UA researchers studied why humans are so willing to maim or kill animals. The answer is all about self-esteem BY NICOLE MORIN @nm_dailywildcat
A new study led by Uri Lifshin, a doctoral student in psychology, indicates that people’s own fear of death may influence their treatment of animals and attitude toward the killing of animals. Lifshin worked with psychology graduate student Colin Zestcott, psychology professor Jeff Greenberg and psychology assistant professor Daniel Sullivan and was inspired by Lifshin’s own love of animals and a desire to understand why humans kill animals for reasons unrelated to survival. “We kill a lot of animals for many different reasons,” Lifshin said. “There seems to be a lot of killing that could be easily avoided. Millions of cute cats and dogs are being euthanized every year.” This issue even occurs in the United States, which Lifshin notes as a progressive country in terms of animal welfare. Lifshin said understanding this topic could answer the question of how someone is able to commit genocide on another group of people. The two topics are related in that genocide often occurs when one group dehumanizes an “outgroup,” a group of people they perceive as different from themselves. “One of the things that helps perpetrators go through with killing mass amounts of outgroups is that they dehumanize them,” Lifshin said. “It’s easier to kill humans when they are seen as animals.” Composed of five separate experiments, the study is a continuation of Lifshin’s work studying terror management theory, a theory that suggests people seek self-confidence and meaning in life to cope with their fear of death, which is inspired by the work of cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker. Reminders of death would then increase an individual’s desire to seek security and a sense of immortality; one way to do so is to assert dominance over animals. Lifshin worked under the hypothesis that if killing animals served the purpose of increasing self-esteem, reminding people of death would increase their
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support of the killing of animals for different reasons. To test this, Lifshin reminded people of death through subliminal primers. Participants were asked to complete what they believed to be a word association activity. Before completing the task, participants were asked various questions to determine their support for the killing of animals. Some of the participants were primed with the word “death” flashing during the task, while the other participants were primed with a control such as the word “pain” or “fail.” After the priming, Lifshin measured how much the participants supported the killing of animals by asking them a variety of questions related to animal welfare. Lifshin’s questions focused on issues such as killing animals to control overpopulation or for cosmetic research and stayed away
from topics that can be considered necessary, such as food and medical research. What he found suggests his hypothesis is correct. “Participants who were primed with death did support the killing of animals more than participants in the control group,” Lifshin said. Prior test results that indicated a strong belief in animal rights did not moderate the effect. Anyone who was primed with a reminder of death demonstrated more support for the killing of animals, regardless of attitudes toward animal rights. Several other experiments controlled for variables such as gender and religion, while an additional test determined that a self-confidence boost negated the effects of the death prime. A final study offered participants a real-life example to work with:
the annual killing of 200 million male chicks in the egg industry. “We tried to play around with the justification of this killing,” Lifshin said. Participants were told that the killing was necessary for the survival of the egg industry or that it only served to save 10 percent on costs. Participants read about the death of the male chicks in the different contexts and were presented with different amounts of money taxpayers could pay to stop it. Those primed with death were more likely to support the killing of the chicks and also refused to pay more than a small increase in taxes to stop it. “It’s not just being tolerant; it’s actually supporting the killing,” Lifshin said. “We found that the more you support the killing, the more powerful you feel.” Lifshin noted that this research
is not groundbreaking; instead, it fills a hole in the existing research on the topic. “Earlier terror management studies have already shown that when we think about death we want to disassociate ourselves from animals,” Lifshin said. “What we did is not such a leap in terms of theory. It’s basically pinning down this link.” Lifshin hopes to continue the research and find more connections between the killing of animals and the killing of humans. This would allow him to further understand the psychology behind the killing of dehumanized outgroups. He also said he wants to look at other cultures and learn from how they treat animals, particularly Native American and Indian culture, who incorporate animals into their religion.
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On May 1, teams of engineering students showed off the fruits from a year’s worth of work for Engineering Design Days. One hundred and five different teams were tasked to design and/or construct prototypes and concepts of gadgets ranging from an antidrone device to a tube that would help prevent choking in hospital patients. Each team was sponsored by a different company, including Raytheon, Honeywell, Caterpillar, Boeing and the UA College of Medicine. While teams had their own goals, they all competed for awards in multiple categories with prize money ranging up to $2,500. Team 16003, sponsored by Raytheon, designed an anti-drone device with the conditions that it must be safe, legal and under UA’s and the Federal Aviation Administration’s regulations for flight. The process was challenging. Wi-Fi jammers are illegal, and the team couldn’t exactly latch a gun onto the device to shoot at the drones. “We search for drone networks. When we find one, we connect to its Wi-Fi network and shut it down,” said team member Sydney Alexandra Clark, an undergraduate studying engineering. This approach doesn’t actually jam the WiFi network. “Our sponsor is from the navy side of Raytheon, and they were thinking of putting this on one of their ships to protect it from people who really shouldn’t be flying drones around,” Clark said.
Team 16004, sponsored by aerospace company Orbital ATK, designed a large-scale 3-D printer, aiming to print car and plane frames. “We can print 50 inches by 50 inches by 30 inches tall,” said engineering undergraduate and Team 16004 member Alexander Harnack. The entire printer structure was built from scratch with each part bolted and welded on by the team members. The team hopes to be able to print Ultem plastic, a high-grade and strong plastic, resistant to electricity that takes high temperatures to print. Team 16071, sponsored by optics company Geost, designed a cart meant to remotely carry and lift a telescope. “One of the main problems a lot of astronomers face with their large-diameter telescopes is [that] the setup time it takes to get it out of the garage and onto a tripod can take hours,” said team member and engineering student Lisa Bennett. With this cart—equipped with an Arduino computer kit—the telescope need only be mounted once and can thereafter be controlled remotely with an Xbox controller. Sponsored by the UA College of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Team 16090 designed a drone better suited for long distance travel. The drone, shaped like a plane, is capable of flying further distances by saving energy. Standard drones take a lot of power just to lift off and fly a mile or two. “This sort of configuration uses the forces of lift to carry it and conserve energy,” said engineering graduate student and team member Kevin Jacquinot.
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UA’s Special Collections: History at your fingertips BY ISAAC ANDREWS @isaacandone
Adjacent to the Main Library, in the building with the double glass doors, lays a significant and often overlooked collection of history. Special Collections is part of the UA Libraries and contains rare books, printed materials, photographs, literature and more. The collection is open to researchers, scholars and the public. “We want everybody to feel that they can come in and use our resources,” said Stephen Hussman, the director of Special Collections at the University Libraries. The primary research materials available at Special Collections are mainly in the fields of Arizona and Southwestern history, literature and science. The collection includes rare books, such as a 1482 print of “Euclid’s Elements;” southwestern history, like old mining records, colonial manuscripts and the papers of Edward Abbey; and facsimiles, or exact copies of materials, including “La Biblia De San Luis.” Hussman said the goal of the library, functioning within a land-grant university, is to make the collections accessible to the widest possible population. “Everyone is welcome to use our collections, and we want to reflect the diversity and inclusivity of our community,” Hussman said. Materials at Special Collections are checked out like normal books in the library. Curious scholars and citizens can request materials in the library reading room and spend time observing and reading through items. Upon the first check-out, visitors will sign a permission form and read through a handling guide. Depending on the rarity and fragility of materials, visitors may be required to wear rubber gloves or wash their hands again before handling. Photography and copying services are available. Hussman said the legacy and history of Arizona is preserved in Special Collections and the collections hold materials dating back to when the university was
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ITEMS FROM THE “VISIONS of the Borderlands, Myths and Realities” exhibit are on display at the UA Special Collections library on Monday, May 1.
first founded. Hussman said serving the campus community in the success of its students and faculty as part of the land-grant mission is a “wonderful job.” “I love this work,” Hussman said. “It’s a lot of fun, and I get to meet some great people being part of a great group of colleagues here in the library and really reflecting the mission of our library.” The library holds exhibits regularly. The current exhibit is titled “Visions of the Borderlands, Myths and Realities.” When Veronica ReyesEscudero, Borderlands curator and associate librarian at Special Collections, joined in 2004, the library began collecting more U.S.-Mexico borderlands materials. She co-curated the exhibition with her colleague, associate
librarian Joseph “Bob” Diaz. Reyes-Escudero said the exhibition is for viewing depictions of myths and realities of the first part of the 20th century through images. Materials on exhibit include film posters, photography, printed materials and books highlighting historical borderland themes. Icons from the period included in the exhibit are Geronimo and Pancho Villa. Hussman said that the exhibit “really highlights the history of the borderland region and also really tries to dispel the myths of what a lot of people felt this area was. It wasn’t just dude ranches and open desert. There’s a lot of culture here; there’s a lot of history here.” The exhibit started on Jan. 23 and is open to the public in the Special Collections lobby during library hours through June 30.
“Special Collections is open to students, faculty and to the public, so we invite you to come in and view,” Reyes-Escudero said. “The exhibition offers a glimpse of what is here, so you might be interested in looking through that to see if there’s something you might want to research further.” Special Collections started in 1958 as an Arizona collection and gradually grew to encompass materials from the borderlands and beyond. Roger Myers, rare book librarian at Special Collections, said that the collections are all about keeping a record of the history, science and growth of people living in this area over time. “They have both contemporary and historic records that help people who live in Tucson, in Arizona or in the Southwest figure out what
went on before, and what’s going on now,” Myers said. Much of the materials in the collections are donated, while others are purchased or gifted after someone’s passing. Myers helps acquire materials for the university, working with the different colleges and researchers based on the UA community’s needs. “Our goal here is to buy materials for the faculty and students to come use in their research,” Myers said. The Special Collections library is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The next exhibit hosted by Special Collections, “After 500 Years: Print and Propaganda in the Reformation,” opens Aug. 7 and will run through Dec. 22. More information, including a collection guide and lists of materials, can be found online.
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Arts & Life • Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Cinco de Mayo sans cultural appropriation El Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated on May 5. It celebrates a victory Mexican troops had against French troops in Puebla, Mexico in 1862. According to the account passed down in Mexican history, this feat is a source of celebration because Mexicans where outnumbered in this battle and had the bleak possibility of losing—yet they won. Today, El Cinco de Mayo is popular in the U.S. and is celebrated many ways. Some people get together and have a few shots of tequila in the name of Mexico, while others take advantage of the many Cinco de Mayo sales and others still attend festivals and watch folklorico dance performances. There are many ways of celebrating the holiday, including ones that people of Mexican descent find themselves disproving of. There is discussion among the MexicanAmerican community on the UA campus about El Cinco de
Mayo and what implications the celebration brings to the community. Belén Grijalva, a sophomore studying Mexican American Studies and Spanish with a concentration in Literature, said that Cinco de Mayo has often been portrayed incorrectly. Despite being of Mexican descent, Grijalva herself doesn’t celebrate the holiday and said she doesn’t understand why people who are not of Mexican descent feel the need to celebrate it. “First of all, I think that it’s really cultural appropriation, because me being Mexican, I don’t celebrate it because I’m not from Puebla and like why should I celebrate?” she said. She also disapproved of the way her peers portray Mexicans when celebrating it, saying it can be harmful and misrepresents the people. “I can tell you that not all Mexicans dress like that,” she said. “They have this misconception about how Mexicans dress and how Mexicans act and how Mexicans
are all partying and all that good stuff, however you want to put it, but it’s not only that. Mexicans are really hard workers, and they just take our culture just to make fun of it or to celebrate something that is not even theirs.” Maurice Magaña is an associate professor in the Mexican American studies department at the UA. His research revolves around social movements and activism. He said he sees cultural appropriation as, “when you take an aspect or aspects of a culture other than your own on and you take it out of context and you wear it as sort of like a costume.” Magaña said when he came to Arizona from San Diego, what he saw left an impression. “The one thing that really surprised me was that students were putting on their Mexican costumes,” he said. “They’re both non-Mexican students, as well as Mexican-American students, putting on their sombreros and
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MAURICE RAFAEL Magaña being interviewed in his office at the Cesar Chavez Building on Thursday, Apr. 27. Magaña talks about ways to contribute to the community rather than celebrate Cinco de Mayo in an offensive way.
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serapes and doing that little show, and it really surprised me to see that.” Magaña said that putting on a costume to represent a culture and feeding into a stereotype of what a Mexican looks like is when it becomes problematic. “It’s possible to appreciate other people’s cultures and not think that that community that you don’t belong to is a single sort of form of entity and that everybody in that dresses the same way, looks that same way, speaks the same way, acts the same way,” he said. Some in the community feel that there are ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and Mexican culture without stereotyping it. Michelle Téllez, an assistant professor in the Mexican American studies program who has done work about chicano/a studies, gender, migration and movement, said being conscious of what you’re doing is a good way to start. “Ask yourself: why do you celebrate it? Like who is it important to and for,” she said. “I’m all for celebrating life and making music and dancing and celebrating each other and the relationships that we have, but if it’s attached to an idea that doesn’t represent a particular people that it’s alleging to represent, then what does that do?” She added that educating people who are willing to learn can improve the situation. “It’s a matter of informing, of building relationships and just consciousness,” Téllez said. Téllez mentioned the Cinco de Mayo sobriety run that took place on April 30 as an alternative that challenges what this holiday has become, especially with the connotation that you have to drink. “It’s basically speaking against this
commodification and appropriation of this alleged holiday that people in Mexico celebrate,” she said. “So they’re doing something in response and trying to create a different consciousness around it.” Téllez said it’s a difficult time where people who identify as chicano/a or Mexican-American face a rhetoric against the country of their origin. “I think that we have to recognize that, as Mexican people, we have been, especially in the state of Arizona, on this land for hundreds of years, you know, if not always,” she said, “We’re an essential part of the community, and we need to recognize our cultures and our histories matter, and so doing that any small way possible, I think, is always a step in the right direction.” Magaña, too, provided ways to celebrate El Cinco de Mayo. “There are plenty ways other than putting on a horrible costume and getting drunk that you can actually appreciate Mexicans and Mexican culture,” he said. Magana said people can volunteer for immigrant rights organizations, call senators and show solidarity. They can get involved in the initiatives in town doing something to protect Mexican-Americans and immigrants. Magaña even said that people can go to Mexico if they really want to celebrate. “They can go to Mexico and spend their money there and do it in a way that’s respectful,” Magaña said. Celebrating the famed holiday can be done, according to Magaña, by reaching out to friends and acquaintances. “So if you know that somebody who is
planning on going out and celebrating in that way, or you see them putting on their costume, I think that you can have a frank and honest discussion about why it’s offensive and why it’s problematic,” he said.
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RAWLE ALKINS DURING POST-GAME interviews, after the Arizona-North Dakota game on Thursday, March 16. Alkins has been invited to the NBA combine, it is not known whether he will return for next season at this time.
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Rawle Alkins and Chance Comanche are on the verge of a very precarious situation. While both players are testing the waters of the NBA, they could also use a little more time. The question is whether that time should be at Arizona or in another professional atmosphere outside the NBA. There can be no doubt that both players have weaknesses in their game. Comanche lacks strength and an offensive skill set that would make him draft-worthy, thus the reason he didn’t get an invite to the NBA combine. Alkins is a whole different animal. His ball handling needs tweaking, as well as his shooting and defense. While he needs improvement, none of those are so much of a glaring weakness that it couldn’t be developed, thus the reason he got an invite to the combine. But the real question remains: What is Arizona basketball to do in the meantime? I mean, time waits for no man, right? The fact that the combine is so far away and the signing period is fast approaching will force the program’s hand. The former could come after weekend visits from former Duke player Chase Jeter and former Pittsburgh guard Cam Johnson. Johnson is eligible to play now, and considering the problems with the zone, should be an obvious replacement should Alkins be NBA-bound. Jeter would have to sit out a year, so realistically he would replace Dusan Ristic once Ristic graduates.
The complexity is not who wants to stay or who wants to go but who will get a scholarship. If you think Sean Miller will sit around, you’re crazy. Miller will get what he wants, and that may mean telling either Alkins or Comanche or both that they have no spot on the team, thus forcing them into the professional ranks. This is the juggling act that players must weigh when choosing to leave to test the waters. We haven’t even mentioned the possibility of five-star recruits Brian Bowen and Trevon Duval coming to the Wildcats. In such a scenario, the Wildcats would have to persuade either Alkins or Comanche or both to leave, depending on who commits. It is a big mess, and it isn’t getting any prettier as we move toward the summer. One final thought: Some kids don’t like school. I know, it is a shocker, but put yourself in their shoes for a moment: If you had the opportunity to do your dream job, even if it meant you had to suffer on the beaches of Portugal in a waterside villa, barely making 90K a year, would you? Add in the fact that you are not even 21 and are living a life that many people would crave, it is not a bad alternative. Beachfront villa or taking a final in chemistry your second semester as a freshman … you choose. Either way, the Wildcats will be just fine, standing out as the Pac-12’s best team, like they always do. Their title aspirations never change, and neither does the fact they still have a top-three recruiting class coming in. Wildcat fans might want to start adjusting their way of thinking slightly. These kids aren’t here to be Wildcats for the most part; they’re here to improve their resume, build their skill set and become highly successful professionals. When they decide to take that last step is up to them.
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ARIZONA’S MITCHELL MORIMOTO PREPARES to bat during the UA-USC game on Saturday, April 1. The Wildcats will look to get a conference win this week against Washington after getting swept by Stanford.
UA baseball deals with conference struggles After getting swept in Palo Alto against Stanford, the Wildcats look to lick their paws and bounce back against the Washington huskies BY ROSS OLSON @rossolson95
The Arizona baseball team continued to slide in the national and Pac-12 rankings after being swept for the second straight weekend, this time by No. 14 Stanford. The Wildcats were swept by Utah April 20–22. The UA, which is 9-12 in conference play and 27-15 overall, is now tied with the Utes for No. 6 in the Pac-12, while dropping to No. 19 in the national rankings. The team also got swept early in the season against No. 1 Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon. The Wildcats’ offense has gone uncharacteristically cold during the current downslide as it scored only six runs all weekend against Stanford and 10 runs against Utah.
Speaking to how explosive the team’s offense has been until its current cold stretch, the UA still leads the Pac-12 in several major offensive categories, including batting average (.315), hits (462), RBIs (298) and runs (342), which is 100 more than Utah who ranks at No. 2. UA starters Cameron Ming, J.C. Cloney and Cody Deason performed admirable in the sweep against Stanford but did not get the usual run support needed. The team’s bullpen, which has been shaky at times this season, did not allow an earned run the entire weekend. Despite its substantial fall in the standings, the UA has the sixth-toughest schedule in the country and is ranked 12th in RPI. The Pac-12 has improved considerably since last season and will likely see five or
six teams make the NCAA Tournament in June. The recent outing against Santa Clara should bode well for Arizona as Monday’s game saw them put up 16 runs. The re-emergence of their offense will be key as they move forward and battle for a spot in a regional. The thoughts of the Wildcats hosting a regional are slim and fading away, but if they can find their bats, they could get back into the conversation. There is plenty of time left; however, Arizona can ill afford another rough stretch like they’ve had the past three weeks. The Wildcats have the opportunity to get back on track this weekend as they return home to take on the Washington Huskies beginning Friday night at 7 p.m. at Hi Corbett Field.
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Rich Rod’s major flaw is lack of NFL development In five seasons at the helm of the Wildcats, Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez has produced just two NFL drafted players, and that is a major problem
BY JUSTIN SPEARS @JustinESports
When I was watching the Bum Steer, a former local hotspot for food and spirits, catch on fire with the final three rounds of the NFL Draft on my television in the background, it dawned on me: Arizona football is an exact representation of the burning restaurant as it sits currently. Realistically, this draft wasn’t the best year for Wildcat prospects considering the only one with a realistic chance of being one of the 253 picks was linebacker Paul Magloire Jr., and he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent. Wide receiver Trey Griffey signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an UDFA, and offensive lineman Freddie Tagaloa had the same deal with the Cleveland Browns. Jon Weiner, Stugotz on ESPN’s “The Dan Le Batard Show,” said Monday that the only reason Griffey got a deal was because he was the son of baseball hall of famer Ken Griffey Jr. Ouch. Odd years under head coach Rich Rodriguez have been brutal. This year was the first time a Wildcat wasn’t selected since 2015, and before that, it was 2013. Even years haven’t been a bright spot, either, because no Arizona player has ever been selected higher than a fourth-round pick, and that was All-American running back Ka’Deem Carey. Still, Carey wasn’t a Rodriguez recruit and neither were Shaquille Richardson or Marquis Flowers—both drafted in 2014. The only Rodriguez recruits that have been drafted are Will Parks in the sixth round to the Denver Broncos and Scooby Wright III in the seventh round to the Cleveland Browns last year. So Rodriguez has been in Tucson for five going on six seasons and has two draft picks to show for it? I hate to stand on my old man box and talk about “back in my day” even though I’m 21 years old, but player development is subpar. Let’s give credit to Rodriguez for a moment because he took Arizona to a bowl game in every season except for 2016, but former head coach Mike Stoops produced individual talent after a few seasons under his belt. Were they winning teams? No, but he still managed to send players to the NFL—21 to be exact, including Earl Mitchell, Eben Britton, Brooks Reed, Nick Foles, Mike
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ARIZONA LINEBACKER PAUL MAGLOIRE JR. (14) takes down Colorado tailback Phillip Lindsay (23) at Arizona Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Magloire Jr. was not selected in this year’s NFL draft, but signed a undrafted free agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Thomas, Rob Gronkowski and first-round pick Antoine Cason. Stoops was fired halfway through the 2011 season because he couldn’t get Arizona over the hump of not appearing in a Rose Bowl, but the man put raw talent on the field. He was able to bring potentially the greatest tight end of all time to Arizona in Gronkowski. The pool parties helped, but it’s still Stoops’ prized NFL player. In this year’s draft, look closely at how Pac-12 Conference teams with coaches that have been head coaches for the same amount of years or fewer than Rodriguez fared over the weekend. USC, UCLA and Washington each had five draftees, including a first-round pick; Colorado sent out four draftees; California had three picks; Oregon State had two picks and Washington
State, as well as ASU, had one draft prospect. What was even more eye-opening was that CU head coach Mike MacIntyre sent a program that was 1-11 the season prior to him coaching in Boulder, bottom feeders of the Pac-12, to a bowl game in 2016 and still produced more draft picks in one season than Rodriguez has his entire career at Arizona. Hot take alert coming, but maybe the lack of sending players to the NFL is one of many reasons why recruiting and winning has gone down. Recruits everywhere have hopes of reaching the NFL. Even a two-star prospect has hopes and beliefs, so if that recruit received an offer from both Arizona and Colorado, what seems more attractive? The beautiful sunshine 365 days out of the year with world-class facilities or freezing
Boulder that has a higher chance of being drafted? I’ll take the draft pick any day of the week and twice on Sunday. It’s not all Rodriguez’s fault. He can’t control player development like it’s a video game, but producing professional products has been a slippery slope from hangover Stoops’ players to non-existent. As I sat there on my apartment balcony watching Tucson firefighters clear out the fire for two hours, it reminded me that, much like the Bum Steer, Arizona football in the NFL Draft was enjoyable in the 1990s and even in the 2000s but is now burnt to a crisp. I guess all good things must come to end until there is some personnel change with keeping the foundation in tact.