Family Weekend Issue

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Family Weekend provides a variety of events for all family members to enjoy, from attending classes to cheering on the Wildcats and showing school spirit.

Fri day Registration

Forgot to register for Family Weekend?

No worries. A registration tent will be out on the UA Mall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Open classes

Where: On campus When: All day

Show Mom and Dad how hard you work by taking them to class with you. Families can sit in on classes today, but check with your professor beforehand to make sure there is enough room.

Wildcat World Fair

Where: UA Mall When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cost: Free

Bring your friends and family out for the Wildcat World Fair. Vendors and club tents will be set up all around the Mall, so grab some food and enjoy the performances.

Wildcat Pool Party

Where: Student Recreation Center When: 2 to 4 p.m.

Cost: Free

Student Recreation Center pool and mingle with other families at the Wildcat Pool Party. Enjoy music, food, free giveaways and contests as you cool down with your family. Families can also register for Saturday’s Rec Center tournaments.

Rainbow Family Reception

Where: Student Union Memorial Center, Union Gallery, 3rd floor When: 3 to 5 p.m.

Cost: Free

Meet lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied students and staff and enjoy coffee, tea and snacks provided by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona Pride Alliance and LGBTQ Affairs. Discover more about the resources for LGBTQ and allied students available at the UA.

Bear Down Friday

Where: Main Gate Square When: 5 p.m.

Cost: Free

Gear up in your red and blue and show the folks how the Wildcats bear down.

Bring the whole family down to the old-fashioned pep rally on University Boulevard, hosted by ASUA.

Comedy Corner and Game Night

Where: Student Union Memorial Center, Cellar Bistro When: 9 p.m.

Cost: Free

Need a laugh? Head down to Cellar Bistro and prepare to be entertained by Comedy Corner, the nation’s oldest college sketch comedy troupe. The show could include some adult humor, so it may be best not to bring the little ones. Arcade games, pool and ping-pong are also available across the hall in the Cellar Games Room.

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Legacy Lunch

Where: Student Union, Rincon Room When: 12 p.m.

Cost: $20 per person

Are your parents Wildcats? Then stop by the Rincon Room for lunch and a ceremony where parent alumni can pass down their UA lapel pins to their students. Pins are included.

UA Parents and Family Association Tailgate

Where: UA Mall When: 3 p.m.

Cost: Included with registration or $15/adult, $5/student

Where: Gallagher Theater When: 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday and Prepare to bear down against the Oregon Saturday Ducks at the tailgate. It will feature live Cost: $3 music, food, fun and giveaways. Don’t “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” and “Super 8” will play on the UA’s silver screen this weekend. Stop by the box office in the Student Union Memorial Center for more information.

Stargazing

Where: Steward Observatory When: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Cost: Included with registration

Weather permitting, stop by the Steward Observatory and take a glance at the galaxy through the 21-inch telescope.

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S unday Send-off Brunch

Where: Student Union Memorial Center Ballroom When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cost: Included with registration or $25/adult, $12/student

Say goodbye to the family over brunch and listen to a keynote speaker.

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College builds our family bonds even from afar Caroline Nachazel

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The May family, inlcuding Phillip May (right), a UA alumnus, Elizabeth May (middle), a current communication junior, and Charlie May, an undeclared freshman (left), pose in front of Stonehenge.

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The UA Alumni Association is keeping it in the family this weekend by inviting current and past students to celebrate their Wildcat heritage.

Along with UA Parents and Family Association, the Alumni Association will host an event for current and past students called the Legacy Luncheon.

“We invite alums who have students now at the UA to do a ceremony where we welcome the student into the Wildcat family,” said Jill Hall, director of student and alumni relations. “It’s also done to show there is a legacy that goes from your parents to the students and hopefully to the next generation.”

The luncheon starts at noon

on Saturday in the Rincon Room of the Student Union Memorial Center. It is $20 per person to attend the event and families can RSVP through the UA Alumni Association website.

“It’s kind of a nice way to have the parents come back and see how the campus has changed,” Hall said. “For a lot of them, it is the first time they have been here since graduating, and now they are taking their kids to school. It is important to us and we do see a lot of families come back.”

Philip May, a UA alumnus and former Associated Students of the University of Arizona president in 1980, will be a keynote speaker at the event.

May’s daughter, Elizabeth May, a communication junior, and

Charlie May, an undeclared freshman, both attend the UA now.

“The kids have grown up knowing about the UA,” May said. “It becomes a family tradition when your family members go to school here.”

May will be one of the many parents attending Family Weekend.

He said that by doing so, he will be able to spend time with his kids who have been away from home.

“I think the best part about Family Weekend is that it gets parents on campus and it gives them an opportunity to see how engaged the students are because they (the parents) are not living that experience,” May said. “But if they come to the (UA) Mall and see what it looks like on a Saturday or game day, they have some sense of why their kids are excited to be here.”

eaving family behind for college can be emotionally damaging for some students, and for others it is a complete and total act of freedom. Curfews, rules, getting the phone taken away and nagging becomes doing what you want, all day, every day, after the family departs on day one of college. Those of us who spent several years counting down the days until we did not have to deal with our families anymore were beyond ecstatic and confused by the kids who cried when their families drove away.

Not everyone grew up confiding in their parents and enjoying the company of family. Looking back, I do not think I spoke to my parents for two weeks before I genuinely wanted to talk to them after they dropped me off at Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall.

Once the first few weeks of complete freedom wore off, I started to realize that I truly missed my family and was confused about why.

Being in college, away from family, has a direct correlation to the cliche that we do not appreciate what we have until it’s gone. I love my family

just as much as the next person, but the nonexistent bond I had with them while growing up became existent after a year of being away.

When my parents found out that I spent my weekends partying and not watching movies in my dorm room, I thought they would unenroll me from UA. Ironically, the opposite occurred and I ended up drinking cocktails with my mom during spring break.

After my freshman year of college, I experienced a major change in my maturity level which allowed me to become much closer with my family. Maybe it was the fact that I didn’t have to answer to them every day or that I could finally be honest with my parents, but being away from them was the magic cure.

As students, we seem to forget that even though we are big kids now and doing our own thing, our parents still see us as kids with paint all over our hands. Even though it took me 18 years to have a strong relationship with my parents, I think it took them even longer to realize I would not

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The UA will be closing roads and changing parking provisions in preparation for Family Weekend and Saturday’s football game against the Oregon Ducks.

According to Juan Alvarez, the University of Arizona Police Department public information officer, the campus will function as it normally would the weekend of a football game in order to accommodate tailgating activities.

All parking garages on campus will convert to pay parking areas on Saturday, with Highland Avenue, Main Gate and Tyndall Avenue parking garages charging $5 and Sixth Street and Second Street parking garages charging $10. Sixth Street, Highland Avenue and Tyndall Avenue parking garages will allow carpool parkers, those in parties of four or more, to park for free.

All entrances into campus between Second Street and Sixth Street from Campbell Avenue will be restricted to those with Area Specific Parking Permits. Additionally, entrance via Cherry Avenue is restricted south of Second Street. — Daily Wildcat

For your info For more information on parking and road closures during Family Weekend, visit: www.parking.arizona.edu/visitors/ special.php Arizona student media

UA siblings bond in fraternities, sororities

By Eliza Molk Daily Wildcat

For the O’Connors, the word “sister� has many meanings. Sisters Britta and Chloe O’Connor both decided to join the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority because they felt the sorority was “home� from the start. “I always knew Theta was the perfect little home for me,� Britta O’Connor said, who is a senior studying psychology.

Britta O’Connor said that although she did not push her younger sister to join, she was nervous the entire time her sister went through the recruitment process because she “wanted her to join Theta so badly.� “It’s so nice having her here and seeing her everyday,� she said. “It’s perfect.

I wouldn’t trade it for anything.�

Chloe O’Connor, an undeclared sophomore, said she felt the sorority was home from the second she walked in and that if she did not join Kappa Alpha Theta, her and her sister’s relationship would be “just as strong no matter what.� “We’re best friends, no doubt,� she said. “We know what the other is thinking. I know what bugs her.�

Chloe O’Connor explained their relationship has grown since the two have been away from Chandler, Ariz. because they rely on each other more. “I know I can go to her house to do my laundry, and she can come here (to Kappa Alpha Theta) whenever she needs food,� joked Chloe O’Connor.

Sam Silbereich, a political science senior, said he persuaded his little brother Jake Silbereich, a prebusiness sophomore, to join the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity when he learned he was coming to the UA. “I felt he could partake in the experience I was having,� Sam Silbereich said. “The values of our fraternity aligned with the values we both have.�

As a transfer student, Sam Silbereich was not planning on joining Greek Life, but after a member from home introduced him to other members he decided to join. Sam Silbereich explained he watched his fraternity grow from 23 active members when he joined three years ago to 70 active members, and wanted

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Chloe and Britta O’Connor, sisters from Chandler, Ariz., are both members of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

he and his brother to grow the fraternity together. “We’re really close, he is one of my best friends. I’ve seen him grow up,� he added.

Jake Silbereich said joining a different fraternity did not cross his mind because he “fit in so well� at Sigma Alpha Mu. “This was my best choice of college so far,� Jake Silbereich said. “He (Sam) wasn’t a factor of me not joining. I looked at some other frats, but they didn’t seem right.�

Although Jake Silbereich said

being in a fraternity together has brought them closer, he said having Sam Silbereich around when he first came to college was helpful during a stressful time because Sam Silbereich could answer any questions regarding school, teachers and Greek Life. “(Sam Silbereich) was always there to help me,� Jake Silbereich added.

Not all of the Sigma Alpha Mu brothers wanted their siblings to join, however.

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After a couple of months of separation, Family Weekend annually reunites thousands of UA students with their parents and families.

For others, however, every week may include a parent-child lunch date or coincidental sighting on campus.

For Kevin Fitzsimmons, international programs director for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and his son, Patrick Fitzsimmons, a political science senior, events like Family Weekend and Homecoming serve a different purpose. “We see our sons on a regular basis, so parents weekend and Homecoming aren’t as big of deal for us within the family as is seeing former students and friends,� Kevin Fitzsimmons said.

Fitzsimmons’ son said staying in close proximity to where he grew up has been a positive experience for him. “It wasn’t really an option of which school I was going to. It was more of which dorm I was going to,� Patrick Fitzsimmons said. “I like going here just because it’s close,

it’s home. I consider between here and where I grew up as the part of Tucson I always called home.�

Jessica Silvertooth, a physiology senior whose father, Jeffrey Silvertooth, is the department head of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, said that coming to the UA felt like the next step. Jessica’s two older brothers graduated from the UA and her younger brother, Ben Silvertooth, is an aerospace engineering sophomore. “I grew up on this campus,� Jessica Silvertooth said. “On the weekends I would come to campus with my dad and me and my brothers would wander campus. Growing up we had season tickets, we went to all the football games.�

Aside from reasons like familiarity and remaining close to home, the UA’s Qualified Tuition Reduction program provides a significant financial benefit for UA faculty who have children at the UA. According the UA’s website, all administrative, faculty, professional and classified staff employees who work for six months or more, with a commitment of at least 50 percent time and

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amily Weekend is here, which back to studying and the parents back means it’s time to clean your to peace of mind in no time. room of empty Papa John’s Pizza boxes, red plastic cups, dirty socks and everything else that makes Mom cringe. 4. Duct tape One parent might not understand It’s the time to show off your new this one, but it’s pretty likely the other friends and the campus and spend will probably grin and chuckle, recallsome quality time with family (wheth- ing the old college days.

So as to not let on that the tape er you like them or not).

But if you’re like some, it’s also time might be used for crazy pranks in the for you to scribble down that quick dorm like taping your roommate’s list for parents of the things you miss hairy arm while he’s sleeping, a quick from home or that you forgot in the explanation about the practicality of frantic packing at the end of a long, fun duct tape for picture hanging and fixing your broken flip-flop should do summer.

Whether you already have a laun- the trick. dry list of things you want your parents to bring, or you’re striving to be 3. Clothes If you packed for college in a rush this completely independent, be sure to get the top five items students named August, you probably managed to forget when the Daily Wildcat asked what shoes to match your shirts and brought something like an entire drawer of belts they wanted from home: at the back of your closet. Justify the duffel of clothes your parents are lugging 5. Cold medication from home to school by telling them and aspirin fabric weighs a lot less than books.

The cold season is upon us. To avoid Ugg boots are at the top of pre-jourtrips off campus to Walgreens and long nalism freshman Alexys Liggins’ list. lines at Campus Health Service, start “I hear it’s going to start getting cold stocking up now! Parents will jump here and I am not prepared for it,” she on this opportunity to help you when said. “I have a section in my closet that you’re ill and they are far away. They is taped off (and) labeled with arrows might not be able to feed you soup, saying ‘bring’ in big bold black letters.” watch movies with you, or hover like moms and dads do, but a little extra strength medication should get you

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2. Money

The bursar’s account is closed and you probably forgot about new headphones or extra dorm decorations that would complete your side of the room. Look no further than your parents’ wallets. If you strategize well, you could stay out of a heated argument by saving this request until Sunday night, right before they leave. Or use list item No. 1, food, as an excuse. Money could be even used for the more peculiar things. After experiencing the Tucson monsoons last week, Kyle Rollins, a pre-computer science freshman, plans to request money for a raft, “so I can have transportation here for when it rains.”

1. Food

Are we surprised? Students’ top request is food. Homemade food does reign supreme (maybe that’s why it is so easy to gain the freshman 15).

Also, if you’re clever, posting your college address on the refrigerator at home is the perfect guilt trip for parents.

Each time they go for a snack, they’ll be reminded to send you a care package full of homemade brownies, cupcakes and other baked goods. How can they refuse if you emphasize, “Mom, your homemade snickerdoodles are the best! I miss them so much”?

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5. Likins Hall, Árbol de la Vida Residence Hall (or insert other dorm here)

Parents are paying a lot of money for room and board. Showing them how no-swipe access gets you into a state-of-the-art residence hall that probably puts your parents’ dorms to shame might make that second round of payments a little easier for them to swallow.

But the charm of an older dorm like Coconino Residence Hall, where parents will imagine their little baby making new friends while watching comedies on the couch in the living room, can also do the trick.

4. The Student Union Memorial Center

Shaped like a boat and packed with history, the student union is a great place to show your parents how college students chow down.

3. The Student Recreation Center

It’s new, improved and really quite impressive. A late-night workout session might make a lot more sense to the folks if they see the mini-flat screens on the treadmills projecting Monday night football at you.

2. Athletic Centers

There’s no day like game day and paying a visit to McKale Center or Arizona Stadium is a great way to showcase the athletic prowess of your new home.

1. Anywhere off campus

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From left, Arizona tennis players Andre Vidaller, Frank Chen, Mike Pigou pose after a practice on Tuesday. The trio, along with two other team members, hail from foreign countries but have formed a bond on the Wildcats’ team.

International players on men’s tennis without family this weekend

By Kyle Johnson DAILY WILDCAT

Moving is always tough, especially if you are only 12 years old.

It’s even worse if you’re moving to a foreign country, and you’re moving all by yourself.

That was sophomore tennis player Giacomo Miccini’s journey to the United States in a nutshell.

Miccini left his native country of Italy to begin attending a premier tennis academy in Florida at the age of 12.

“It was tough in the beginning but then you get used to it, like all other things,” Miccini said.

Being far from home is not a unique occurrence for the men’s tennis team. Of the eight players on the Arizona roster, five of them have an international background.

So while players can communicate with their friends and family over the phone this weekend, the impracticality of travel makes celebrations like Family Weekend a

painful reminder for the players.

“I definitely miss home a lot …

It is a lot different (in America),” said junior tennis player Frank Chen who, like Miccini, moved to America from another country. Chen came to America from Taiwan six months before he began studying at the UA. “It is just very weird (to be so far apart) because I am the only child in my family, and I care a lot for my parents,” Chen said.

But being on the team gives players a chance to form bonds with people who can sympathize.

“Everyone kind of knows how you’re feeling if you’re having a rough day or anything like that,” said sophomore Mike Pigou, who came to the U.S. from New Zealand.

“We all kind of go through the same sort of stuff.”

Pigou especially bonded with sophomore Kieren Thompson, who came to the UA from Australia.

“It’s always good to talk to someone from a country that’s almost near,” Thompson said “It’s really easy to talk to people about (living in a different country).”

Fortunately for Pigou and Thompson, they already spoke

English, even if some people may struggle to understand their strong accents.

Andre Vidaller, who moved to the U.S. from Brazil, was not as lucky. Vidaller had to learn a language he could not speak less than a year earlier.

Miccini faced the same difficulty when he moved abroad.

“When I came here I didn’t speak a word of English,” Miccini said.

“So to learn (the language) and make friends, it is the hardest part (of coming to a new country).”

Vidaller said he misses family and friends the most, but he still loves the environment at the UA because it offers a unique opportunity for players to play highly competitive tennis while earning a degree. That is something that few other countries offer and why playing collegiate tennis in the U.S. is so popular.

The trend of bringing overseas talent to Tucson does not appear to be ending any time soon for the men’s tennis team. Head coach Tad Berkowitz said the team has a player coming from India next semester and it is still searching for at least one other recruit.

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f you think your last name holds meaning to people outside your family, how do you think Arizona kicker Alex Zendejas feels?

There’s a family-named burrito shop across the street from where he plays football, for goodness’ sake.

Then there’s that whole Zendejas family kicking legacy.

Uncle Max Zendejas was an AllAmerican kicker at Arizona in 1985, uncles Luis and Alan kicked for the rival ASU Sun Devils, and another uncle, Tony, kicked at the University of Nevada, Reno. His own father, Alex Sr., kicked at Scottsdale Community College.

So there’s some pressure — just a little — on Alex Jr. to uphold the family name.

When he hit a game-winning kick to defeat the ASU Sun Devils two years ago in Tempe, it was fitting, considering his family’s history.

But then last year happened.

Zendejas had two extra points blocked against ASU at Arizona Stadium and the Wildcats lost 30-29 in double overtime. Since then, he lost his job this offseason to junior college transfer Jaime Salazar. But Salazar struggled this season, and Zendejas, a senior, was named the starter for tomorrow’s game against No. 10 Oregon.

You now wonder where Zendejas’ head is at.

Those two missed extra points seemingly defined the 2010 season. I guess it’s naturally a more iconic microcosm of the season than the fivegame losing streak to finish the year or the bludgeoning of the Wildcats at the Valero Alamo Bowl.

And after those two missed extra points defined the 2010 season, I’m sure his family disowned him and told him to quit afterward.

I’m kidding.

The elder Zendejases probably consoled Alex. They probably told him to

take it as a lesson, a bump in the road that comes with the territory of being a kicker, one of the most alienating and pressure-packed positions in sports.

What’s a family for?

Of course, the mere fact of his last name meant there was more to it.

His name is attached to the state of Arizona’s kicking family, and there wasn’t a hole to climb into and quit.

In fact, Zendejas told the Daily Wildcat that he had a class presentation the day after the nationally televised Thursday game against the Sun Devils.

That couldn’t have gone well.

Since, the crowds at Arizona Stadium have only acknowledged Zendejas with jeers, and if he’s lucky, sarcastic cheers. Obviously, his coaches lost confidence in him, too.

So as he regains his role as the starting kicker for the Wildcats, is he a better football player after going through the pitfalls of public scrutiny? We don’t know.

“I’ve continued to work, I’ve continued to practice like I was going to play.

I haven’t taken a day off,” Zendejas told the Daily Wildcat earlier this week.

“I’m just grateful and blessed to have another opportunity out here.”

But is he a better man for going through it all?

“He’s a been a rock,” special teams coach Jeff Hammerschmidt told the Daily Wildcat. “He’s gone through some stuff. The NAU game he went out there and they booed. How do you handle that?”

So however this game — and the year — turns out, no matter what vulgar words cut through the roar of the drunken ZonaZoo, Zendejas can still proudly say he’s a Zendejas.

He can say that without thinking a split-second about football.

— Kevin Zimmerman is the sports editor. He can be reached at sports@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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The theme of Family Weekend might change every year, but many traditions remain the same.

This year’s theme — the 1980s and the band Journey — is part of the new additions. It was a theme that the student-staff running the event thought would be fun and provide a lot of opportunities for creativity, said Kevin Cleary, coordinator for student programs in the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership.

In his first time advising Family Weekend, Cleary participated in another long-standing tradition: starting early.

“We’ve been working on putting together this Family Weekend since the beginning of the summer,” he said.

Some of the events from previous years will carry over to this weekend.

Cleary named one such event as Bear Down Friday, a tradition on the Friday of home games where coaches come to speak to fans, cheerleaders and band members play and Wildcats gather on University Boulevard in a college-era pep rally for the big game.

The Wildcat Walk on Saturday lets fans see the

team before the big game. After the game, the Pride of Arizona marching band will play the fight song in the Alumni Plaza in front of the Administration building.

But a special addition to the tradition of the tailgate west of Cherry Avenue is a Journey cover band.

“And how can you not enjoy a Journey cover band?” Cleary quipped.

Comedy Corner will perform Friday night, traditional for the semester, but this weekend, Family Weekend organizers are also bringing in two professional comedians, Kyle Cease and Lee Camp, for families to enjoy.

Plus, the Wildcat World Fair, which was added last year to Family Weekend, and Sunday’s capping brunch, “where everyone’s going to have one last meal together” fit into the tradition of uniting families on campus, he said.

“I love hearing from parents about how excited they are to come and see campus and in a less stressful environment than say, move-in,” Cleary said, something he witnessed firsthand as a former community director in the Navajo-Pinal Residence Hall. “It’s a great chance for the UA community to showcase what’s happening here.”

JANICE BIANCAVILLA / Daily Wildcat

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amily Weekend is the worst. The parking garages seem to get fuller faster; traffic around campus slows to a crawl. Parents and children line the sidewalks, weighed down by the heat and their bookstore souvenirs. It’s a miserable time for everyone.

But I might just be bitter because I’m from Tucson, so it’s Family Weekend every weekend. It’s been that way for my parents for years. They gave birth to three Wildcats.

It’s as adorable as it sounds now that it doesn’t suck.

Growing up as the middle child comes

with all the cliches. You never get as much attention as the oldest or the youngest child.

You devote a lot of energy to trying to distinguish yourself from your siblings. Through every year of grade school, I was, inevitably, “Carrie’s little sister.” And, had I been a less selfish child, I would have noticed more often that my younger sister, Marianne, was always referred to as “Kristina’s little sister.” So when it came time to submit college applications, it would have made sense for the three of us to submit applications to colleges all over the country, to places where we didn’t have to be

someone’s little sister.

But somehow, every Bui sister ended up at the UA. Funnily enough, my older sister majored in journalism a few years before I did and only graduated a few years before I enrolled, so even in college, I still encounter, “Are you Carrie’s little sister?” And, in just the last couple of months she’s been on campus, Marianne probably still gets double takes from people who have met me and notice how much we resemble each other.

Still, the three of us rarely see each other now. Despite sharing a house with my older sister and going to the same school as the younger one, our schedules are so busy that we only see each other about once a week.

Maybe it’s the effect of feeling less like competitive sisters and more like busy almost grown-ups, but sharing a Wildcat heritage doesn’t seem so terrible.

If my older sister had gone away for college, I think I would have missed her guidance. On the other hand, if my younger sister hadn’t

decided to follow in our footsteps at the UA, I would have been sorry to miss out on watching her grow into who she is now. And undeniably, despite being independent to the point of stand-offish, I need my sisters around to keep me sane.

The saying goes that college is the best years of your life. They’re also the most demanding, the most trying, the most disappointing and the most rewarding. Why wouldn’t you want the people who witnessed you at your best and your worst to share that experience with you? My sisters and I are a Wildcat trio, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Keep that little lesson in mind when you’re scampering about the campus with your family. Take this opportunity to enjoy the experience together. We can’t all be fortunate enough to have the support of a family nearby.

— Kristina Bui is the copy chief. She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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Stay away from the sauce, or embrace it Michelle A. Monroe DAILY WILDCAT

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eenagers make bad decisions.

Drunken teenagers make worse ones.

On weekends, the howls and grumblings of those under the legal drinking age can be heard on campuses nationwide. “It’s unfair, we’re adults, we’re responsible, we’re smart!”

Then the next morning, those same people talk about blacking out like it’s a badge of honor.

Adolescents are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of alcohol on learning and memory, according to a report by Duke University scientists. So 18-year-olds are more susceptible to memory loss, the long-term effects of alcohol and alcohol dependency.

Blacking out isn’t just a testament to how many shots you can pound in a night; it’s actually more likely to have happened just because of your age.

Contrary to popular belief, turning 18 doesn’t make you an adult, not physically.

Young men and women will keep growing,

maturing and reshaping through their college years.

Dr. Jay Giedd of the National Institute of Mental Health reported that brain maturation “continues into the teen years and even into the 20s.” That means at 18, the human brain is still hardwiring itself for adulthood. An 18-year-old’s actions are more likely to set a pattern later in life and easy access to alcohol doesn’t help them set a healthy pattern.

The higher drinking age provides an extra barrier to buying alcohol.

Society accepts that at 18, people can think for themselves. The reality is, they’re still developing the parts of their brain for decision-making and risk assessment. The decision to buy alcohol should be made by someone who has physically and mentally matured.

We recognize that at 21, people are ready to make the decision to buy alcohol; why can’t we realize that if they have “teen” in their age, they’re still too young?

Who hasn’t looked back at senior year of high school or freshman year, and said, “Wow, I was dumb”?

No one adds, “Alcohol sure made that a better decision.”

How old is 18? It’s old enough to get married and pregnant. Really? How often does that work out for the better at that age?

It’s old enough to get a tattoo. Yeah, I’m sure

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a non-drinking campus is.

The current law has made “minor in possession” nearly a rite of passage during college life. How many students do you personally know who have been swept up by the campus police at some point in their first Sean Monroe year? Student orientation weekend is like GUEST COLUMNIST shooting fish in a barrel. This arbitrary age of 21 as the right age to drink screams of a 18 is an adult. Period. double standard.

We, as culture, tell you it is okay to buy f course the drinking age should be cigarettes, a known heath hazard, but turn lowered to 18 years, but hey, I’m right around and say that drinking, known biased. I drink and I’m Irish. to have some positive health benefits in The idea that an 18-year-old can be moderation, is not okay for another three expected to fully participate and be years. responsible as an adult in our society except Making alcohol a “forbidden fruit” just for having a drink is ludicrous. Society makes it all the more difficult to teach fully expects you to be able to enlist in the moderation. Rather than learning to drink armed services and defend your country, in a responsible manner, such as in bars to the death if necessary, yet you are not or restaurants, students are forced to drink responsible enough to order a beer. They in unsupervised locales such as fraternity will gladly give you a gun, but not a “shot.” houses or house parties.

You can be summoned to serve on a jury, a When teens are involved in alcohol-related jury of “peers,” and you might have to render injuries or accidents, they are far less likely a verdict in an alcohol-related offense, even to get medical help for fear of the additional though you may never have had the legal legal consequences. Keeping the drinking opportunity to have a drink yourself. age at 21 gives the impression that alcohol As a college student, we, as a society, consumption represents maturity, which in will send you off to live on your own, turn leads teens to want to consume alcohol surrounded by students who can and do just to appear mature. Drinking responsibly drink, and tell you that you can’t participate. is a learned action. Sitting down for dinner The administrators of colleges have recently and having a glass of wine with your family lobbied for a lower drinking age because MONROE, S., B10 they have seen firsthand how unenforceable

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You obviously can’t bring your parents with you to the UA, so who makes up your home away from home?

“I guess my friends … it’s pretty early so I don’t know them that well … but I can count on them.”

— John Cavaliere, undeclared freshman

“My floor in Árbol (de la Vida). It’s a very open environment. We keep our doors open all the time.

We’re very open.”

— Angel Soto, pre-pharmacy sophomore

“My fraternity. I actually spend holidays with my big brother.”

— Ryan Klenke, sociology senior

“That’s a hard question. I guess my friends; I can’t have my parents here, (so) I depend on them for studying and rides. My parents, I can only depend on for financial purposes.”

— David Barajas, public health senior

“My sorority sisters and their families. My family is in Phoenix so with my sisters, their family is here … it’s like a second home.”

— Sabrina Garcia, public administration senior

“Friends. I spend most of the time with them and hang out.

We party.”

— Pablo Elias, agribusiness economics junior

“I have a few, first Chi Omega. All my sisters are supportive. My second family is ASUA. It’s a welcoming community. Oh and Chain Gang; it’s like having 24 brothers and sisters.”

— Katy Murray, marketing junior

“My roommate, she’s always there to talk to me.”

— Devin Galloway, pre-physiology freshman

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there aren’t any regrets there.

Would the lives of 18-year-olds be drastically improved with access to unlimited alcohol? No. People often compare America to Europe, where the drinking age is 18 in most countries. But Europe’s entire drinking culture is different than America’s.

Drinking is a family affair, there’s a distinction between drinking in private with minors versus in public, and it’s often the quality of the alcohol that’s important, not the quantity.

To change the drinking age, one would have to change how Americans view alcohol. If it’s lowered to 18, won’t that just put alcohol closer to the 15- and 16-year-olds who are desperate to

get their hands on it?

The drinking age is in place to protect those who are developing mentally from screwing themselves over. It shouldn’t be viewed as a sign that one is socially mature. It’s just a sign that one is physically able to drink without brain damage. You can’t fake that.

We know that women metabolize alcohol differently than men. Well, 18-year-olds are affected by alcohol differently than 21-year-olds. It’s science. Instead of “Just wait until you’re legally allowed to drink,” maybe someone should campaign, “Just wait until alcohol doesn’t do irreversible damage to your brain.”

— Michele A. Monroe is a journalism senior.

She can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu.

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or friends is a much better way to be introduced to drinking than binge drinking at an unsupervised venue. Binge drinking has become the norm with teens these days and this is a direct result of a complete lack of understanding about moderation and the dangers of alcohol. Unfortunately, they do not offer a class in drinking techniques and dangers, but I am sure if it was a required course for freshman students, it would be one of the breadth requirements that students would look forward to taking.

Cheers!

— Sean Monroe is the father of Michelle A. Monroe..

He can be reached at letters@wildcat.arizona.edu

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Facebook.

The very word strikes fear into the hearts of parents like you everywhere. Isn’t that the place where Chris Hansen tries to catch predators? Didn’t Kimmy down the street have her ex-boyfriend, a Hells Angel whom she met online, post naked pictures of her up on her “wall” when they broke up? Really?

Don’t worry, because the Daily Wildcat has created this handy-dandy guide for how to set up and use Facebook to stay in your son or daughter’s life. It turns out it’s not quite the terrible thing it appears to be.

First, set up a profile.

This takes very little time, as all you really need is a functioning email address. If you’ve just discovered the Internet, Gmail and Yahoo are two of many sites that hand those out for free like lonely people hand out pithy cards on Valentine’s Day.

Once finished, take the time to actually enter some information about yourself.

As a general rule, try not to put up too much personal info; if you don’t want to submit all the trees in your yard to toilet paper attacks again when your son’s friends add you as a Facebook friend, it’s probably best not to put up your address.

For the love of all that’s holy, add a picture or several.

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the universe. Pictures help identify and keep different people straight; you wouldn’t want your daughter confusing her dear, loving mother with some catty girl in another sorority, now would you?

After you’re done, check to see if any of the people you know personally are on Facebook.

If so, add them as a friend by pressing the button at the top of their profile.

Doing this gives you a chance to look as though you have your own life and arrived fashionably late to the Facebook party, without looking as though you’re there just to stalk your child … though, of course, that will still be your main priority.

All right, here’s the biggest step: Add your son or daughter as a Facebook friend.

If they accept you, feel free to go the extra click and add them to Facebook’s newly implemented “lists.” Pro Tip: If you add them to your “Close Friends” list, Facebook will give you some help and notify you every time they do anything at all. Annoying?

Perhaps for a slacker parent, but certainly helpful for you.

Though Facebook can appear intimidating to the uninitiated, the actual experience boasts a user-friendly interface and an easy way to keep in touch with anyone you care about. Beyond just that, it offers a way to contact people you’ve lost touch with over the years. If you’re dealing with empty nest syndrome now that your kids have left home, there’s never been a better time to light your social life back up.

Even if you don’t add your children, Facebook’s benefits far outweigh its negative qualities.

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his week’s Game Freak focuses on ways to pre-game with your parents for the football game, both sober and, well, not.

To most UA students, especially the freshmen whose parents have been missing them for months, Family Weekend is a time to look forward to, a time when we can share the fun that is college with our parents, and show them how we live.

All right, so that does paint a pretty rosy picture — because let’s face it, I highly doubt anyone is running to show their parents that they can pound 10 shots in 15 minutes — but just because the ‘rents are in town doesn’t mean your weekend plans are ruined.

In fact, while some parents won’t condone the drinking so many college students partake

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Stephen Ost, a computer science senior, did not try to persuade his younger brother Isaac Ost, an engineering freshman, to join because he didn’t want to force him into it.

“I let him choose what he wants,” Stephen Ost explained. “If he thinks it’s good for him, he’ll do it.”

Stephen Ost said he wanted to be in Greek Life to meet new people and because he already had many friends in it. Stephen Ost added that he and his brother’s relationship wouldn’t be very different if they were in the fraternity together because they see each other on a daily basis.

in on the weekends, you’d be surprised at how many do. Parents were in college once too, or at the very least were our age before. There was a time when many a mother and father spent their night with a drink in their hand and a stumble in their step.

So even if you’re worried about what your parents will think, try and be open to partying it up with them this weekend. Sure, that might mean going a little easier than you’re used to, but package it as a way to reconnect and spend more time together (and since it’ll also make you go a little easier than when you drink with people who didn’t birth you, the odds of your parents being interested might increase too).

A bar would be the easiest place to bring the parents, but that isn’t conducive to the games,

“We’re best friends,” Stephen Ost said. “I take him to all the parties.

I’m basically his dad.”

Isaac Ost, however, never considered joining a fraternity because he said it did not feel right to him.

“If you join a frat, they are pretty much the only people you hang out with,” Isaac Ost said. “Going to different groups is what I like to do.”

Isaac Ost explained that having a brother in a fraternity did not help him decide to join because he wanted friends based on his personality and not which group he was apart of.

“Our relationship is good, he is my second-best friend,” joked Isaac Ost. “My little brother Max Ost is my actually best friend … he’s 20 months old.”

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which I am all about.

A better idea — bring them to the tailgate of the Arizona-Oregon game on Saturday. Then all you need is a table, red cups and refreshments.

For those willing to live life on the edge, try organizing a “pro-parent party.” It might be weird to roll into a random house party with your dad, but if there’s one with a “bring your parents” theme, it becomes acceptable.

Regardless, every drinking game becomes more fun when parents are involved, if only because there’s a good chance they’ve never played them before.

It goes without saying that beer pong is a must so they can begin to understand the ways of college partying. You can play with one parent and challenge a rival family or go children against parents for a real underdog story.

Same idea goes with flip cup, arguably the second most popular drinking game. Do not go excluding anyone either — I have a friend who demolished his brother and father when he partnered with his grandma in a game of beer pong.

There are other games you can play too, but what I suggest doing is seeing what kind of drinking games your parents played when they

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who have spouses and dependant children qualify to participate in the QTR program. Jeffrey Silvertooth, who considered other universities, found the UA to be the most financially practical.

“It’s something I feel like I’ve invested in. I came to the UA last year and I’ve capitalized on that,” Jeffrey Silvertooth said.

Despite some students’ natural hesitations about attending college alongside their parents, Jessica Silvertooth said she likes having her father on campus.

“I have a lot going on, he has a lot going on, and when we meet once a week we do lunch and it’s just kind of nice on a stressful day to run into him,” Jessica Silvertooth said.

Jeffrey Silvertooth agreed and said his children are growing up and having their adult lives, but being on the same campus gives them a chance to interact. However, despite the run-ins, weekly lunch dates and

were your age. Let them have the advantage of experience and see if it gets them anywhere.

Either way, you might end up learning a cool new game you can bring to other parties.

Of course, it would be wrong to assume that everyone drinks, but the idea does not change much. The football game is still one of the best ways to spend the family weekend having fun, and the tailgate beforehand is an ideal pregame.

For a nice sober way to game, spring for a corn toss beanbag game. It is an investment, but it is a nice, casual way to compete with your family and catch up on missed time while doing it. Basic rules are this: played in doubles or singles, players throw beanbags from one side of the cornhole board — most times painted to look like a football field — into holes on the opposing team’s side. Played in innings, the match usually lasts until one team reaches 21.

Whatever you do, spend the time with your family well, and be safe. It’s all fun and games until you’re the one helping your parents stand straight.

— Jason Krell is a junior studying creative writing and Italian. He can be reached at arts@wildcat.arizona.edu.

general knowledge that his children attend the UA, Jeffrey Silvertooth still finds himself surprised when spotting them on campus.

“I hear some voice saying ‘dad’ coming out of the distance, and somehow I recognize their voice and of course probably there could be a hundred dads in the crowd but I turn and they catch my attention,” Jeffrey Silvertooth said. “It’s always a shock — it shouldn’t be, but I almost want to say what are you doing here?”

Lunch dates and run-ins may serve as a form of stress relief, but encountering each other in the classroom appears to produce the opposite effect, and Jeffrey Silvertooth said that, given the option, his children might avoid his lectures.

“They’re always afraid I’ll call them out … they think I’d have fun with the opportunity,” he said.

In support of his children’s hesitations, Jeffrey Silvertooth shared a story of when he used a photo of him and his two children at the end of a Power Point during a NATS 101 lecture — a lecture

which his daughter, Jessica, happened to be in.

“I think he did it because he knew I was going, but I hope he doesn’t do that on a regular basis because that’s embarrassing,” Jessica Silvertooth said.

Like Jeffrey Silvertooth, Kevin Fitzsimmons also seized the opportunity to call attention to his son during a guest lecture.

“I had to make a couple comments just to embarrass him in class a little bit,” Kevin Fitzsimmons said, who had prior experience being a teacher to his son in middle and high school.

Kevin Fitzsimmons, who was a student at the UA when his father was on the faculty, said his connection to the UA has been beneficial for both him and his family.

“It’s comfortable (and) you get a very good education, you can find almost any field you want to get into, any major, any subject area… (and) it’s a multi-generational thing,” Kevin Fitzsimmons said. “As you get older the attachment grows on you.”

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