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Wednesday, May 14, 2014 • Page A2 Editor: Ethan McSweeney news@wildcat.arizona.edu (520) 621-3193 twitter.com/dailywildcat

Q&A ASUA president prepares for year

BY Elizabeth Eaton The Daily Wildcat

Issac Ortega has a big job to do as the newly inaugurated president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. He met with the Daily Wildcat to talk about his biggest fears and goals for the upcoming year.

DW: What is the biggest problem that students face on campus today, and what is your plan to fix it?

Ortega: I think the biggest problem that students face today, probably, is this reoccurring problem that we always have in Arizona, and that’s access to affordable education. It always is and always will be the biggest issue that students face on a day-to-day basis.

I want to start on-campus, making things more visible and transparent, working with administration and the Arizona Board of Regents, because

that’s something that ABOR has called into action — to make fees more transparent, letting people know where they go, how they’re collected.

I want to be able to work alongside everyone and go along that path, and then as soon as the next session for tuition starts to come up, I’ll really work with partners across the state, and with [UA President Ann Weaver Hart], who’s done an amazing job with listening to students and working with us with guaranteed tuition. So, hopefully we’ll all be able to work together like we did this past year.

What do you think is the most important job of the ASUA president, and how do you plan to accomplish that?

My job is to listen and react to what students want. I want to make one promise: to make sure that before I go to sleep every night, I’ll know that I did

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Issac Ortega, a business economics junior, won the Associated Students of the University of Arizona presidential election for the 2014-2015 year by a 353 vote margin, receiving 53.3 percent of the votes. Ortega said his biggest fear for his presidency is letting people down.

Speaker encourages graduates to give back to their communities

BY Stephanie Casanova The Daily Wildcat

College graduates have the power to change the world through service.

This is the message Anna Maria Chávez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, hopes students take with them on Saturday night as they graduate from UA students to alumni. Chávez will be this year’s commencement speaker.

“Service is about taking your gifts, your talent and vision, and using them to inspire and uplift and lead others,” Chávez said.

As a Girl Scout in the Tucson area, Chávez discovered her passion for public service and decided she wanted to be a lawyer when she was 12 years old. Chávez said she prepared for law school throughout high school and while she was an undergraduate student studying American history at Yale University.

After graduating from the UA’s James E.

Rogers College of Law in 1994, Chávez was one of eight nationwide law school graduates recruited to be part of an honors attorney program. The program placed her in the office of the secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. “I owe everything, really, to my education, and specifically to my legal education at the U of A, for putting me on the most amazing path of public service and the opportunity to give back not only at the state level, but at the federal level,” Chávez said.

Chávez also spent time working at the White House before returning to Arizona to work in the governor’s office for former governors Jane Dee Hull and Janet Napolitano. In 2009, she took a Girl Scouts leadership position in San Antonio, Texas, as the CEO of Southwest Texas, before being appointed as national CEO in 2011.

Debbie Rich, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, said Chávez is a strong

woman who grew up in Arizona and was guided by the state and her community.

“She’s an amazing role model to young women — and I’m sure young men who are graduating as well — because she has definitely taken all that she’s been handed and earned and is succeeding with it,” Rich said. “I know that a lot of that came from her education, her family [and] all those things that we think about on graduation day.

Growing up in Southern Arizona taught Chávez resiliency and service, she said, adding that she hopes graduates take away her message of the importance of giving back.

“I hope that my story is an example for other girls and other young men who are looking to improve their lives and their family lives, and that it’s a story of a focus on education,” Chávez said.

Having been in their shoes about 20 years ago as she graduated from the UA, Chávez

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Anna Maria ChÁvez, the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, will speak at the 2014 commencement. Chávez, an Arizona native, said she encourages students to use their gifts to lead others.

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Commencement festivities ahead

BY MADISON BRODSKY The Daily Wildcat

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COMMENCEMENT FOR THE CLASS OF 2014 will take place at Arizona Stadium on Saturday. Anna Marie Chávez, the CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, will be the commencement speaker at the ceremony.

While last spring’s commencement featured a light show, little is being given away about the details for the commencement ceremony this Saturday at Arizona Stadium.

Kasandra Urquidez, vice president for Student Affairs and dean of undergraduate admissions, said commencement aims to send off the graduating class in a festive and memorable way.

“We try to incorporate the traditional ceremony to honor the graduates,” Urquidez said, “but at the same time, make it more festive to really send these students off in the best way possible — showing them that they are Wildcats for life.”

In previous years, the commencement ceremony was held in McKale Center. However, after realizing how many people wanted to come support

graduating seniors at the UA, the university had no choice but to bring everyone together at Arizona Stadium, Urquidez said.

Kendal Shanks, a senior majoring in nutritional sciences and Spanish who will graduate on Saturday, said she loves that the commencement ceremony will be held at Arizona Stadium because of all the memories she has of football games there.

“I feel like it really brings the community together,” Shanks said, “and I am so honored to be a part of a school that puts so much money, time and effort into the event, because it is what I’ve been working toward throughout my college career.”

Urquidez said her favorite part of the commencement ceremony each year is hearing the graduating students chant “U of A,” because she can feel the school spirit and see the proud faces around the stadium.

“It is truly a special experience

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Finding careers after graduation possible with early planning

BY HANNAH PLOTKIN The Daily Wildcat

Graduation can be an intimidating time for seniors, especially when it comes to finding employment. In a recent poll conducted by AfterCollege, 76 percent of new graduates said they had not found a post-college job, despite doing internships.

Job opportunities are still out there for graduating seniors, however. Eileen McGarry, director of Career Services, said the UA’s Career Services helps facilitate connections between students and employers.

Career Services organizes job and internship fairs on campus to help students find on-the-job experience, she said. It also helps students build resumes, host

interviews and compile job listings in an online database.

The job market is more solid now than it has been in recent years, McGarry said, and the number of job postings for UA students has increased. She said she has also seen an increase in companies requesting interns.

However, the job market is still competitive. The greatest demand in the job market is in the STEM field, especially engineering, and certain business fields, she said.

McGarry said it’s important for students looking to begin a successful career to start early and get experience in the field before they graduate, either through internships or part-time work.

“We see it as when you start here, it’s the start of your career,” McGarry said.

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organizations. I think I could have done a better job with making them feel more included, and a part of guaranteed tuition or any other decisions or initiative that we went for.

BY ELIZABETH EATON

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With the school year winding down, the Daily Wildcat caught up with 2013-2014 Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Morgan Abraham to discuss his proudest moments in office and his plans for the future.

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Now that your presidency is over and you are graduating, what is your plan?

Myself and a couple of my friends launched a small real estate company, so we’re going to do that.

We’ll be in Tucson and we’re going to be building student housing up north. It’s exciting. I’ll still be around, and I’ll still be reading the Daily Wildcat all the time and checking up on [current ASUA President] Issac [Ortega]. It’ll be a great time.

DW: What did you accomplish this year that you were most proud of?

Abraham: I guess there are three big things that I am most proud of.

The most public was the guaranteed tuition initiative, and that was an unbelievably big win for students, and I think it’s something that’s going to be constantly affecting students forever.

The other two big things that I was very proud of that were more internal for ASUA was the formation of the senate assembly. Now we’ll be able to have a larger impact and listen to more different opinions.

The last thing was the ASUA strategic planning, so now ASUA has a vision and a goal over the next five years.

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What is one of the most memorable moments that you have had in ASUA? I think the two memorable moments … would be the [Arizona Board of Regents] meeting where guaranteed tuition passed. That was about four months of hard work that just happened in one second. It just happened all of a sudden.

And then the other moment would be getting sworn in, and [2012-2013 ASUA President Katy Murray] giving me her key … and I thought, “Whoa, I’m on my own now.” Those were the two moments that I don’t think I’ll ever forget.

What was the hardest part of being president?

I think the whole first semester was pretty difficult. I was brand new, and didn’t know what I was doing, but I had to project confidence and pretend like I knew what I was doing. Also, the whole media coverage of the ASUA vs. [Graduate and Professional Student Council] thing that happened first semester, that was all new to me. I wasn’t used to being so public or reading about myself in the paper every day. It was a huge adjustment, especially since I was dealing with issues right from August.

Do you have any pieces of advice for Ortega?

I think the biggest thing for [Ortega] is to remember why he ran and the big things he cared about before he was president, and try to not lose sight of that and the fact that he represents so many students. I think it’s important for him to remember what he want to accomplish in this one year because it goes by like that.

Do you have any regrets from your presidency?

I think the one regret is that I wish I would have reached out more to areas on campus that aren’t necessarily ASUA or areas I’m familiar with, like the cultural centers and different clubs and

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FROM PAGE A3 More than 25,000 to see students excited to people watched last move on but still love their year’s class graduate at school,” Urquidez said. commencement.

This year, Anna Maria Austin Frieder, a UA Chavez, CEO of the Girl alumnus, graduated last Scouts of the USA and a year and attended last UA alumna, will be the year’s commencement commencement speaker. ceremony. Frieder said “She is a strong person that wearing the cap and who has come from a small gown last year was a great town in Arizona, [is] involved feeling, because it meant in a national campaign and he had finally overcame [is] a special leader in our the greatest obstacle of his community,” Urquidez said. life so far.

Sha n k s “Sitting said she is next to my It is truly excited to peers all see Chavez a special wearing the speak. She is same thing experience to also excited was a great see students to take f e e l i n g , excited to part in the k n o w i n g move on. ceremony we all got and be able through it — Kasandra Urquidez, to have her together and vice president for family and all are about Student Affairs friends watch to start the her graduate. next chapter “I can’t of our lives,” Frieder said. wait to be able to be in Frieder also offered the stadium with all of my advice to graduating friends with our caps and seniors this year. gowns and know that this “We are young enough to ceremony represents all explore and try many things of our accomplishments,” out,” Frieder said. “Do what Shanks said. makes you happy.”

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will share her personal story and connect with graduates by showing them how the UA provided opportunities for her to be successful.

As a UA student, Chávez said, she enjoyed being on campus because of its welcoming environment.

Chávez helped coach the UA cheerleading squad when the UA basketball team reached the Final Four in 1994, Chávez’s final year at the university. She also volunteered at a legal aid clinic in downtown Tucson.

The invitation to speak at commencement was unexpected, Chávez said, adding that she’s excited to visit home.

“It’s kind of coming full circle, you know, to be back on campus, not as a student, but as somebody that I hope can share some life stories and hopefully provide some inspiration to the graduates,” Chávez said.

Chávez has stayed connected to the UA by participating in alumni events in New York, said Melinda Burke, president and executive director of the UA Alumni Association.

Because Burke’s message to graduates at the ceremony is to stay involved with their alma mater, Chávez will help set an example, she added.

Having an alumna who has done well in her career speak at the ceremony can show the 6,000 students graduating on Saturday what they can achieve with a degree from the UA, Burke said.

“I think people will find her a passionate, enthusiastic, really brilliant woman who’s had great success in her career,” Burke said. “I think she’s a wonderful choice.”

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Chabra interned at a pet clinic in New Mexico before coming to the UA. She said her training at pet clinics has taught her how to perform vital procedures.

Chabra said she plans to work with animals until she starts her career after veterinary school, which she will apply to after her graduation in December 2015.

Sometimes, working and going to school at the same time can be a challenge, she said.

“It’s a lot of work,” Chabra said. “It’s really hard to manage time with homework, work [and] free time.”

Chabra said her time at Sunrise Pet Clinic has been good work experience that will help her get into vet school.

Despite the challenges she faces as a working student, Chabra said she can see herself working in veterinary sciences for the rest of her life.

“It’s worth it,” she said. “It’s good to have goals.”

Some students choose to forgo the job search and focus on gaining real-world experience. Julia Liatti, a philosophy senior, is joining the Peace Corps after graduation.

Liatti said she always had the Peace Corps in mind. In her sophomore year, she went to an informational meeting put on by the Peace Corps and began researching on her own by reading blogs. She will undergo three months of training and work with the Peace Corps for two years.

Liatti doesn’t know where in the world she will be stationed yet, but said that she will be working with youth development. She said she thinks her experience with the Peace Corps, such as in teaching English, will help her find a career later.

Chloe Buser, a studio art senior, said her career goals changed during her time at the UA. While she was originally most interested in creating album covers and posters, she is now more interested in graphic design and visual communications.

Buser said she anticipates some challenges in finding a job in her field.

“Art jobs are the hardest to find because art is subjective,” Buser said. “You don’t know who likes what. The hardest thing is getting your work out there.”

Buser said that the art job market has become more technology-based while her art background is in painting and drawing. In order to compensate for the changing job market, Buser plans on going back to school and earning a technical graphic design certificate from Pima Community College.

Though she is financially stable at the moment, Buser said she worries about the future. She is considering graduate school and looking at job markets in other states. “[Art] is a dying career,” Buser said. “Not everyone wants to spend all their money on art. They have more important things to buy.”

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Justine Pangilinan described her time at the UA as the “best four years of [her] life, thus far.” Pangilinan is graduating with a degree in public health from the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. She said the most significant experience she had while attending the UA was getting the chance to intern with the American Cancer Society. Through this internship, Pangilinan represented the UA at numerous health fairs, events and clinical-based settings. She also networked with cancer patients and informed them about the numerous courtesy services that the American Cancer Society offers.

Pangilinan was one of the few undergraduate students to win the College of Public Health community board advisory scholarship. She was also the only student chosen to speak amongst sponsors, professionals and College of Public Health staff to explain her journey as a public health student thus far. Pangilinan said that the UA has helped her grow as a professional and a person and she has enjoyed every minute of it, while forming lifelong friendships and unforgettable memories.

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Steven Palmer

Steven Palmer has had a busy yet rewarding career at the UA. Starting out as a freshman on a full academic scholarship, he is now graduating with a degree in physiology. Palmer got involved in Greek Life in the spring of 2012, his sophomore year, and pledged the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He was voted president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council in the spring of 2013. Also among his many college accomplishments, Palmer was inducted into the Elgie Mike Batteau Honor Society his junior year and averaged 17.5 credit hours per semester. He has also managed to maintain a number of extracurricular and volunteer activities in addition to his studies, including helping at the Z Mansion, the YMCA in Tucson and the American Cancer Society. Most recently, Palmer was a contestant on the “Wheel of Fortune” College Week representing the UA. After graduation, he plans on doing an additional two-year master’s program in physiology, followed by medical school. Palmer said that the UA was a beautiful place to spend his four years. He said he is proud to have earned a degree from the UA, but he is ready to begin the next chapter in his life.

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We’re taking a new approach to listening to ways students think about issues, that’s why we created the University Affairs Department, and they’re going to be in charge of getting that opinion and really putting it into action. We’re going to poll a lot of people on a lot of different issues; we already have a report from last year to base the foundation numbers off of, and we’re going to be able to take that and say, “OK, students are frustrated about this, or they love this and they wish it was more marketed.”

What do you think will be the hardest thing for you as president to overcome?

The hardest thing for me to overcome is probably adjusting to everything that Morgan [Abraham] went through this past year, and he’s been slowly handing me the baton. Within two or three weeks, there’s just so much to learn; it’s kind of like drinking from a fire hose. But once I get over that hurdle, as soon as

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everybody gets settled in here at ASUA, like these amazing leaders that we’ve recruited, I’m pretty confident and excited to see the amazing things that we’ll be able to accomplish.

What are you most looking forward to during your presidential term?

Other than working with the amazing people in here, I’m honestly excited to see what comes up. I think a lot of times the most special things that happen to the students in an academic year come up as a surprise. That’s kind of what happened with Morgan [Abraham] — guaranteed tuition was awesome. I’m just excited to see what that next big thing is, and working with ASUA and working with the Daily Wildcat and everybody on campus together — like a whole effort to make it happen, so it works out for everybody.

You said your biggest fear was letting everyone down.

Has that changed in the last couple of weeks?

It’s been the exact same, and I think there are two things that drive me, and will

probably drive me through the end of the year, and one of them is not letting people down. As I go on in this process, I start to realize how huge of a thing … I’ve just joined. Even after [the ASUA presidential dinner], the pressure got even greater, sitting with the presidents and hearing all their stories and hearing how, even 30 years down the line, they come back. You realize how important it still is to them that the University of Arizona works with the students and vice versa. Whether it’s them or the students who elected me, that’s probably the number one thing that would drive me through next year.

How are you going to avoid letting people down?

I’m going to put in my full effort from day one until the very last day, because it’s the small things, I feel like, that slip, the details that could have made it great for a student. It’s about being there and catching it.

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Chula Robertson

Chula Robertson is graduating this year with a degree in Spanish and global studies, with an emphasis in human rights and social movements in Latin America. However, she made that decision after giving other majors a try. When Robertson embarked on her UA journey in 2009, she was unsure what she wanted to do with her future. She was first a philosophy major and then a political science major, before finding her passion in global studies and Spanish. Robertson said the extracurricular activities she participated in really changed the UA from merely a school to her home. Robertson was involved in the Delta Delta Delta sorority, the Arizona Model United Nations, the University of Arizona Young Democrats and the Arizona Students’ Association, which she was president of this past year.

Robertson also participated in two study abroad trips in Brazil and Chile, which she said reassured her that she had made the right choice in choosing her major.

Robertson believes that finding connections between her work in student advocacy through ASA and her studies has given her a better understanding of what the university experience truly means.

She said obtaining a meaningful degree is about much more than simply attending classes and doing homework, and that community involvement is vital to getting the most out of your degree and college experience. While graduating is a huge accomplishment, Robertson said she feels that engaging in the UA as a whole is what determines the value of a degree.

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Despite tears, with Capacity for change work it’ll work out already lies within

BY BRITTNY MEJIA

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efore I came to college, I didn’t really cry a lot. There was that period as a kid where I threw tantrums to get my way, but I’d like to think I outgrew that, at least by middle school. Still, I have to admit, I’ve had my fair share of breakdowns since I came to the UA, specifically at the Daily Wildcat.

When I first joined the paper my sophomore year, I was thrilled to be reporting.

Writing three or four stories a week on top of taking five classes? No problem.

It wasn’t until my second semester on staff that the workload started to get to me. Suddenly I was taking on last-minute assignments and leaving classes early to make sure I could finish a story on deadline. There were plenty of nights I worried I wouldn’t be able to balance everything.

But as hard as that year turned out to be, my next semester as news editor was the hardest I’d ever had.

My life was consumed by the paper and everything else sort of fell by the wayside. And that’s when the tears came. One night in particular, when some of my reporters weren’t turning in stories and others

happens. I’ve learned that were turning in ones I had even though it seems silly to to rewrite, I found a bench cry alone on a bench while outside where I had one of passersby avert their eyes, it my first breakdowns. It’s a does provide relief. bench I revisited a lot that Even though I graduate semester.

Still, I wanted to be editor- on Friday and it’s a little late to realize in-chief the this, I finally next semester understand and I hoped, There were when I got plenty of nights that it will all work out the position, I worried I in the end. that it would wouldn’t be The stories be smooth able to balance that weren’t sailing. But everything. turned in on again, I found deadline will myself in be replaced a situation and the paper where I will still print couldn’t the next day. The staff you keep the tears from coming. lose will be replaced by I had my next significant people even more dedicated breakdown on a chair in to the paper than the last. a professor’s office about The difficult story you didn’t a staff member deciding want to run won’t run and to quit and a particularly life will continue. difficult story I didn’t want As we go off into the adult to run in the paper. world, we’re going to face The last time I cried was at the Daily Wildcat banquet rejection, embarrassment and criticism. Some nights last week, where I had to say we’re going to fall apart. goodbye to the people and Leaving behind everything to the paper I love so much. we know is scary, but we’ve That moment will stick with dealt with enough difficult me forever as one of the situations during these past saddest of my life. Despite four years to understand all of the difficult times I that we can make it. faced while working at the And when it gets too paper, it’s the place where hard, let yourself cry, I grew up and the place I’ll because I promise it’ll be miss the most.

OK in the end.

I’ve cried a lot during these past four years, but I’ve also learned a lot. I’ve learned that it’s OK to fall — Brittny Mejia is a apart sometimes. And that graduating journalism your friends, professors and senior and fall 2014 editorcoworkers will always have in-chief of the Daily Wildcat. a shoulder for you when it

facts — a careless mistake on my part could actually hurt someone’s reputation and livelihood, and a sharp eye could make a world of difference in how professional a piece sounded. What I was doing mattered.

BY SARAH PRECUP As the semesters passed, I found I was The Daily Wildcat surrounded by people as wholly and completely committed to the paper as I was. always kind of assumed that at the end We attended school full-time and worked of my college career, I’d miraculously full-time, taking home an embarrassingly transform into an adult. Maybe when small paycheck, sacrificing sleep, I graduated and got a job, or when I ate relationships and sanity — not for a few salads voluntarily and my laundry actually folded pages black with newsprint, not for a made it in the hamper. I had a vague image line on a resume, but because we believed of a grown-up version of myself wearing our work mattered. We believed we were a neatly pressed skirt and blazer, coffee living in the real world, then and now, and in hand, striding down the street in heels that we didn’t need to have a degree in hand like she had somewhere to do important things. to be. I had my college As I head to an out-ofyears to figure it all out, I We didn’t state law school, it feels thought, and this magical need to have almost wrong that I’m not metamorphosis was bound overwhelmed with sadness at a degree in to happen sometime leaving college or terrified to hand to do afterward. face what’s next. But I think important But after only one that’s because I know I’m not semester, I was already things. going out into some alien frustrated with the college world populated with strange, experience. I felt like I was responsible, grown-up trapped in limbo, going creatures. Having a diploma through the motions to build a decent resume along with thousands doesn’t mean I should know how to do it all. I don’t even own an iron, to be totally of other students, most of whom seemed honest, and I’m still not all that fond of to prefer spending lecture napping behind salad. But that isn’t what makes me an adult their sunglasses to taking notes. And why (or not). It’s not what makes me ready for not? It felt like no one cared, and no one life after college. had to care. Maybe we could start giving a I’m ready because I’ve learned I can take shit in four years, when we were all grown risks, make mistakes and get up again — up, when we entered the real world. the last part always the hardest and most Even when I began working at the Daily Wildcat as a copy editor my freshman year, I important. I’ve learned I can be brave. I’ve learned anyone can be brave. And I’ve just thought it would be an easy way to pick learned that all the years we have, at the UA up a few extra bucks to fund my new and and outside of it, are nothing more or less all-consuming caffeine addiction. I came in than what we make of them. to the office for every shift, popped my ear

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But before too long, I realized that my job wasn’t just a matter of correcting a verb tense here and there and Googling a few

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Meet the man behind the mask: Arizona’s fierce feline mascot has witnessed it all this year

BY DANIEL BURKART The Daily Wildcat

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He was there for it all.

He was there for the celebrations.

He rejoiced when the unranked Wildcats’ football team beat No. 5 Oregon 42-16 in front of a frenzied and rainsoaked crowd at Arizona Stadium last November. He was hoisted on students’ backs around McKale Center as the men’s basketball team brought home the Pac-12 conference regular season title.

He was also there for the heartache. He watched as the Wildcats’ football team lost to rival ASU 21-58. He felt the air being sucked in by fans as Arizona went into overtime when Wisconsin beat the Wildcats in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

And yet through it all he remained anonymous.

Like a blade of grass on the field he so often strutted upon, he was just another fan on the sidelines.

Robbie Dema, a theater arts junior, has called the inside of a rather hairy and furry costume home for the last two years. Better known as Wilbur, Dema has been the face of the university and community.

“The face is known, but it’s not mine,” Dema said.

After trying out to be Wilbur, the lovable and spunky mascot for Arizona, Dema was sworn to secrecy. Of course, that didn’t work out. Dema told his fraternity brothers and several close friends, not to mention his family back home, while asking them to keep the anonymity sacred.

That run came to an end in March during halftime in a men’s basketball game in McKale Center. There, Dema was unveiled to the chorus of thousands of screaming fans, the same fans who had so often touched his costume or sung with him in celebration. Dema, in the guise of Wilbur, had formed an unspeakable bond with the students.

There were some downsides to the costume, as might be expected. Being a mascot in Arizona isn’t the most pleasurable job in the world. Dema recounted the hot August nights as football games raged on behind him and he was on the sidelines drinking fluids to stave off dehydration, no different from the players

just a few feet away, his costume just as cumbersome in the warm night air as the uniforms of the sweat-soaked football players chugging Gatorade beside him.

The day before the 2013 football home opener, Dema almost passed out while in the Wilbur costume during the Bear Down Friday pre-game celebration. After a visit to Campus Health Service for dehydration and some downtime, Dema was back out there for the first game that Saturday, pumping through onearmed pushups and crowd surfing.

“Yes, people have tried to steal my hat, grab my tail. I’ve gotten hit between the legs a few times. But I’m so amped up, it didn’t matter,” Dema said.

To Dema, the wonderful memories he’s made outweigh the bad. His favorite experience as Wilbur was traveling with the men’s basketball team during the postseason in March this year, and being able to witness firsthand the team’s remarkable journey.

Another fond memory of Dema’s was during Family Weekend in October, as the Wildcats beat Utah 35-24 at Arizona Stadium. After breaking off a long touchdown run, Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey ran into the arms of Wilbur, who was waiting just behind the end zone. Dema now has the image as his profile picture on Facebook, commemorating one of the most special moments of his time in the suit.

Dema counts his time in the Wilbur suit as one of the most incredible experiences of his life, and for good reason. For UA students and alumni, Wilbur is a fixture of nearly every moment in every memory they have while donning the red, white and blue “A.” UA fans hug Wilbur with abandon, dance with him more than with their dates, sing with him in a crowd when they wouldn’t even sing in the safety of their own shower. Wilbur has a way of bringing out the best in every UA student, past and present, and Dema made sure that legacy continued on while he wore the suit.

“Plus, who wants to stare at a Sun Devil when you can look at a cute Wildcat?” Dema said.

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Advice after 50 years at UA Faculty member Donna Swaim retires after five decades on campus, shares her wisdom BY cali nash

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Donna Swaim is, in a way, graduating as well — not as a student with a degree, but as a 50year faculty member. Swaim is retiring and leaving an extensive legacy behind at the UA. She taught English composition for five years, taught in the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program for 35 years and taught in the Religious Studies Program for 10 years. For 20 years, Swaim has served as faculty fellow for the Athletics Department, and she has served as faculty member for Native American Student Affairs for four. She’s also made significant contributions to study abroad opportunities for UA students and led many academic trips abroad all over the world.

For graduating students looking for some parting wisdom or for anyone who didn’t take a class with Swaim, she reflected on her time here at the UA and the lessons she’s learned from life.

ON COLLEGE:

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Those undergraduate years are magic, because that’s when you’re really finding out who you are and making decisions about who you want to be — but not on the basis of societal values, but because you’ve discovered things about yourself.

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The best education is not a matter of acquiring data so that you can make a living, but it’s acquiring experiences so that you know how to live.

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On learning from others:

One of the principles of spirituality that I taught in my Spirituality in the Arts class is that you have something to learn from everybody. Every human being has something to teach you. So just talk to people.

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On small acts of kindness:

Say ‘hi’ to a perfect stranger, and then watch them smile. It’s the most satisfying thing in the world. Because you never know when somebody needed you to say hi.

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On study abroad and travel: I used to tell students on our trips abroad: ‘Whatever you expect this trip to be, it won’t be that. There will be some things so bad, you’ll wonder why you ever came. And there will be some things so wonderful, you can’t imagine never having done it.’

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On human connection:

If you have the ability to make human connections, which I assume everyone does, then you have a responsibility to do it. And the way to make those connections is just to drop your guard.

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FINAL ADVICE

Life is far too wonderful to worry. Live and appreciate. Appreciate that you are alive. … There are lots of different ways to get to a really satisfying life, and you don’t necessarily know what those ways are.

But if you’re doing something you like doing, you’ll be fine. And it’s OK to change your mind, because you’ve acquired knowledge. Because I had never intended to teach at the university for 50 years. It just happened because I loved doing it and would get another chance to do it, and it worked out.

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sports senior standouts

Editor: James Kelley sports@wildcat.arizona.edu (520) 621-2956 twitter.com/wildcatsports

There was no shortage of significant seniors for Arizona sports in 2013-14, but a select few set school records, won national championships and represented the UA in international competition

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Senior Margo Geer swims the 200-yard freestyle. Geer won national championships in both the 50y and 100y freestyle, and was named Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Senior Nick Ross shakes hands with track and field director Fred Harvey during Arizona’s Senior Day ceremonies at the Double Dual against ASU and NAU. Ross’ high jump of 7-6.5 at the meet was the No. 1 collegiate high jump mark of the year.

Nick Ross

Margo Geer With three national championships and more than 20 All-American nods, Margo Geer is one of the fastest sprint-swimmers in the world.

And in the classroom, she’s no fish out of water. She sports an impressive 3.55 GPA. As a junior, Geer claimed national titles in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events. Geer defended her title in the 100y freestyle in her final collegiate race, edging out Lia Neal of Stanford and Olympic medalist Missy Franklin of California.

Geer’s time of 47.10 was good for first place

and her third national championship. In a preliminary race held that morning, Geer touched the wall in 47 seconds flat, making her the third-fastest woman ever in the 100y freestyle.

The daughter of two teachers, Geer was named Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year for her excellence in both the academic and athletic arenas.

— Mark Armao

Arizona track and field high jumper Nick Ross announced he was back by rewriting the record books.

Due to an ankle injury, Ross was forced to redshirt the entire 2013 season. However, Ross turned his initial devastation into an aggressive determination to be the best he could be. After missing last year, Ross is having his best season ever.

Ross set a new school record in the outdoor men’s high jump competition.

With a clearance of 7-6.5 (2.30m), Ross beat a school record from 1980. His mark of 7-7 (2.31m) is No. 1 in the country and is No. 5 in the world this year.

As of May 11, Ross has been named Pac12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week twice.

Ross owns the No. 5 long jump in the Pac12 Conference through early May. He also holds the No. 3 triple jump mark in the Pac-12 though the first week of May. Ross will look to win another national championship at the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field NCAA Championships in June.

Ross has already distinguished himself as a champion by winning the 2012 Indoor NCAA Championship in the high jump.

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Julie Labonté

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Senior Julie Labonté competes in the 2014 Double Dual against ASU and Northern Arizona University on May 3. The Canadian competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics and won the shot put in the Double Dual.

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The 2012 Summer Olympian backed up her London trip with what has so far been an excellent senior season. Senior Julie Labonté has been honored with the Pac-12 Women’s Field Athlete of the Week twice this season. During the ASU Invitational on March 29, Labonté came in first place in the shot put by posting a nationalbest 17.24 meters.

She also won the women’s shot put at the 2014 Double Dual Meet against ASU and NAU with a throw of 56-feet‑3 inches. She competes in the discus as well, where she also has been

successful. Labonté won the discus toss on April 19 at the LSU Alumni Gold in Baton Rouge, La., with a throw of 172 feet, 5 inches. She also won the shot put that weekend.

The Canadian holds her nation’s record in the shot put at 18m31.

Though Labonté didn’t medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics she is hopeful that she will be a member of the Canadian national team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.

— Luke Della

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senior standouts

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Senior linebacker Jake Fischer (33) goes for a tackle in Arizona’s 35-0 win over NAU. Fischer was named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society and All-Pac-12.

Jake Fischer Whether it was on the gridiron or in the classroom, Jake Fischer was a leader for the Arizona football program.

Fischer, who is from the Tucson area and prepped at Ironwood Ridge High School, played in every game in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. He graduated in December with a 3.382 GPA and a degree in marketing.

Fischer let the Wildcats’ defense from the middle linebacker position and was first on the team in tackles in his junior and senior season. Last month, he was named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society.

Fischer helped improve the Arizona de-

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Midfielder/forward Jazmin Ponce was named All-Pac-12 for the second straight season in 2013. She also represented the Mexican National team in China.

fense from 11th in scoring defense in 2012 in the Pac-12 Conference to sixth. He also returned a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Fischer went out with a bang, matching a career in tackles (14) in Arizona’s 42-19 win over Boston College in the AdvoCare V100 Bowl.

Fischer was a three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree, was twice named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team and athletically was an All-Pac-12 performer twice.

— James Kelley

Jazmin Ponce Jazmin Ponce finished the 2013 season with 10 goals on 92 shot attempts and was named to the 2013 Pac-12 First-Team All-Conference. It was the midfielder/forward’s second selection in as many seasons. She was also named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week during October after a two-goal performance against USC. In the end, she helped lead her Wildcats team to a 9-7-4 overall record.

Ponce is a California native but was invited to attend tryouts for the Mexican National team this past January. While trying out for the national team, Ponce played in the Yongchuan Cup in China where her Mexican squad played against North Korea, China and New Zealand. Ponce was also became eligible for the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft.

— Luke Della

Andrew Murmes

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Even though he played on a club sports team, Wildcat hockey center Andrew Murmes was undoubtedly one of Arizona’s standout seniors this year. For the third consecutive season, he was named Arizona’s MVP by head coach Sean Hogan.

In his senior campaign, Murmes earned career highs with 59 points, 24 goals and 35 assists, which lead the team for the third year in a row as well.

Murmes’ 59 points also ranked him tied for eighth in the ACHA Division I with Buffalo’s Michael Schalberg, Oklahoma’s Bryce Johnson and Christopher Cimoch of Robert Morris. The last player in the Wildcat hockey program to have recorded that many points in a season was in Robbie Nowinski’s 60-point 2008-09 campaign.

In the national tournament this year, Murmes also assisted all three Wildcat goals scored against Illinois in the 4-3 first round loss. The trio of assists would add to his 197 regular season total points, tallying 200 career points. Murmes is the 13th player in Arizona history to accomplish such a feat.

Senior forward Andrew Murmes (21) led the Wildcats in points, goals, assists, power-play goals and game-winning goals throughout the season. Murmes was named Arizona hockey MVP by head coach Sean Hogan for the third year in a row.

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Ansel Ivens-Anderson BY joey putrelo The Daily Wildcat

Wildcat hockey forward Ansel Ivens-Anderson distinguished himself this past season as arguably the best leader of any UA sport. Head coach Sean Hogan dubbed him the 2013-14 captain because of his strong academics, his experience in college hockey and support from his teammates.

He wore the “C” on his sweater during his second and final season with Arizona. Ivens-Anderson finished second on the team with 43 points. While he was hampered by a fractured bone in his foot for the majority of the year, he still played in 33 of the Wildcats’ 41 regular-season games.

Ivens-Anderson’s defining moment as a true leader of the program came in Arizona’s 2-1 victory over ASU on Feb. 1. The night before the game, he developed flu-like symptoms and even had to leave for the locker room multiple times during the game to vomit. But that didn’t stop Ivens-Anderson from scoring the game-winning goal in the third period to snap the Sun Devils’ 37-game win streak over the UA. Also in the Wildcats’ first-round national tournament loss to Illinois, two of the their three goals came from IvensAnderson. He tallied an assist that game as well.

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Shana Sangston

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All-around gymnast Shana Sangston is graduating with a 3.84 GPA in family studies and human development. Sangston was Pac-12 First-Team All-Academic.

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In a sport where so many athletes fall to injury and must end their careers at an early age, Arizona women’s gymnastics senior Shana Sangston is one of the first athletes in Arizona gymnastics history to compete in every meet since the beginning of her career.

According to Elsevier Global Medical News, for every 1,000 gymnasts, there are 4.8 injuries per year. Sangston has also earned a career total

of over 1,110 points. Besides working hard in competition, she has also received outstanding grades in the classroom, recently earning a 3.84 GPA and First-team All-Academic honors for the third time in her gymnastics career.

Sangston has career bests of 9.825 on vault, 9.775 in uneven bars, 9.825 in balance beam and 9.850 on floor.

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The Dean of Students Office congratulates the following graduating students who have worked alongside us this past year, helping us serve the University of Arizona community Dean of Students Office Hilary Love, M.A., Higher Education Julian Mendez, Ph.D., Educational Psychology Associated Students of the University of Arizona Morgan Abraham, B.S., Engineering Management Briana Allaart, B.S., Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Sarah Appleby, B.S., Veterinary Sciences Alexandra Barbee, B.A., History Paige Brevick, B.S., Biology Danielle Delbert, B.A., Communication, Media Arts Chelsea Dysko, B.A., Elementary Education Leah Edwards, B.S., Environmental Sciences & Economics, B.A., Political Science Morgan Harris, B.S., Finance Madalyn Hemminghaus, B.S., Molecular & Cellular Biology, B.A., Political Science Mackenzie Joyce, B.S., Biology, B.S.H.S., Physiology Paige Kuhn, B.A., Journalism Jessica Lusk, B.A., Political Science Katherine Medici, B.A., Psychology Brandon Murphy, B.A., Communication Danielle Novelly, B.A., Political Science Kelsey Reaves, B.A., Entrepreneurship and Marketing Samantha Sharka, B.S. Wildlife Conservation and Management Marc Small, B.A., Political Science Erin Smith, B.S., Environmental Science Stephanie Smith, B.A., Marketing Lisa VanWagenen, B.A., Environmental Studies Hanna Vishny, B.S.E. Special Education & Rehabilitation Amanda Wagner, B.F.A., Theatre Production Jared Young, B.S.B.A., Accounting, Finance Mario Ziccarelli, B.S., Psychology, B.A., Italian African American Student Affairs Maryann Shakir, B.A., Political Science Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs Marcia Angulo, B.F.A., Visual Communication, B.A., Hispanic Literature

Early Academic Outreach Shivanna Johnson, M.S., Microbiology Janette Mariscal Montalvo, M.A., Higher Education Jose Alberto Aguilar, B.S., Civil Engineering Anggie Lewis, B.S., Nutritional Science Jessica Martinez, B.A., Spanish & Portuguese, B.S., Family Studies & Human Development Christina Morales, B.A., Education Marisol Moreno, B.A., Spanish & Portuguese, B.S., Family Studies & Human Development Andrea Perez, B.A., Spanish Literature Martha Ruiz, B.A., Public Health Fraternity & Sorority Programs Daniel Holman, M.P.H. Lexi Shinn, M.Ac. Graduate and Professional Student Council Deyanira Nevarez Martinez, M.S., Planning LGBTQ Affairs Juan Pereyra, M.A., Higher Education Michael Woodward, M.P.H. Katie Kilby, B.S., Public Health Chris Sogge, B.A., Sociology and Gender & Women’s Studies Native American Student Affairs Monty Begaye, B.S., Public Administration and Policy Student Programs Joanne Cuellar, B.A., Psychology Kyira Hankton, B.S., Veterinary Science Bryce Keffeler, B.S., Finance, Entrepreneurship Malia Staub, B.S., Accounting Women’s Resource Center Caroline Gray, B.A., English Everardo Durazo, B.A., Political Science Paloma Phelps, B.A., Psychology Melissa Schwartz, B.A., Political Science

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Estela Piñon BY roberto payne The Daily Wildcat

After losing staff ace Kenzie Fowler to a back injury last season, the Arizona softball team had to turn to other pitchers to pick up the slack. The team relied on then-juniors Shelby Babcock and Estela Piñon to carry the majority of the load.

Babcock led the 2013 team in wins and strikeouts, while Piñon led the team with a 3.53 ERA. However, the duo combined for 29-20 and the team won only 33 games.

The 2014 team has rebounded despite both Fowler and Babcock struggling through injuries and inconsistency this season. The major reason behind the eight-win turnaround, with the NCAA Championship still to go, was the drastic improvement of Piñon on the mound.

Piñon went 17-6 with 124 strikeouts and a 2.35 ERA in her 143 innings of work over 32 total appearances during the regular season, after going 13-8 in 2013.

Arizona head coach Mike Candrea expressed his confidence in Piñon throughout the season and often leaned on her, by

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It’s safe to say Piñon saved the 2014 season for Candrea and his coaching staff.

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Estela Piñon pitches during Arizona softball’s 7-1 win against Utah on April 25. Piñon went 17-7 with a 2.54 ERA during the 2014 regular season.

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Nose tackle Tevin Hood was known for his distinctive ski mask and long dreadlocks. Hood passed his mask to projected starting nose tackle Dwight Melvin in hopes that the new style will flourish.

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With a Twitter handle like “@VanillaV1ck7,” Arizona fans knew what they were getting from B.J. Denker on their Twitter timeline, even if he didn’t wow them on the football field at first.

While the quarterback took time to mature into the AdvoCare V100 Bowl Offensive MVP, he was consistently a good tweeter.

Denker was known for his love of Chipotle: “Lately I’ve been cheating on Chipotle with Inn-Out. #Unfaithful.”

He also tweeted gems like, “Just had my first cup of coffee from Starbucks in my life. White girls, it’s not that serious!” and proclaimed that it was “weird” to see grown men wearing jerseys of other “grown men.”

Denker was usually the go-to guy for Daily Wildcat sports editors to find a “Tweet to Note” each day.

Having swag while being a big guy can sometimes be hard, but Tevin Hood puts it together in a 6-foot, 302-pound package.

No one’s style flourished more than Arizona football’s Tevin Hood’s. The senior nose tackle was known for wearing a ski mask underneath his football helmet. It was an intense look that left only his eyes visible, and one that put fear in the hearts of many opposing quarterbacks.

It’s a look that he hopes becomes a staple for Wildcat nose tackles. After graduating, Hood gave his ski mask to the expected 2014 starting nose tackle Dwight Melvin, who has said he will absolutely help continue the tradition. Along with his mask, Hood’s long dreadlocks and many tattoos — a few of which are Arizona-themed — make him an easy pick for the most stylish senior at Arizona.

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