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A MURAL BY IGNACIO GARCIA titled “Charra and the Mariachi,” located inside Guadalajara Grill on Prince Road. Garcia often dedicates long hours for weeks at a time perfecting his artwork and focusing on minor details, which make a big difference in the overall quality of his work and sets him apart from other artists.

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Researchers measure weather impacts Arizona’s dozens of annual extreme weather events leave a footprint worth billions

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According to a new report, Pima County experiences an average of 47 extreme weather events annually, from dust storms and hail to thunderstorms and flash floods.

Published by two UA School of Government and Public Policy researchers, assistant professor Laura Bakkensen and graduate student Riana Johnson, the report is entitled “The Economic Impacts of Extreme Weather: Tucson and Southern Arizona’s Current Risks and Future Opportunities.”

The report compares Tucson to other metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the West, according to Bakkensen, using data from the National Weather Service.

She clarified that the figures come from all the counties in the MSA, which could lead to some differences in results if the data is processed differently.

Bakkensen said Tucson’s higher average compared to other MSAs likely comes from the highly localized nature of weather events, especially during the monsoon.

“Maybe Denver has a winter storm over

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the entire city that’s just one event, where Tucson might have multiple events during a couple days in the monsoon because they’re smaller storms,” Bakkensen said.

Johnson said that climate-related factors are also behind Tucson’s higher average.

“There’s some indication in scientific literature about how we are in a certain climate that allows for more extreme events to occur,” Johnson said.

Overall, the report found that since 2010 Arizona has suffered more than $3 billion in damages from extreme weather.

This average of $500 million per year equals more than 5 percent of the state government’s annual operating budget, according to the report.

Bakkensen said that figure also came from National Weather Service data. She and Johnson adjusted the amounts for inflation to ensure accuracy. However, she said there is no universal accounting standard for damages.

“They’re very interesting numbers, but we need to be careful because it’s not an exact, to-the-cent dollar figure,” Bakkensen said. “But it gives us a ballpark about relative magnitudes.”

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One of the best ways to reduce damages, according to Bakkensen, is simply having accurate information readily available to the public.

“One of the most important things is staying up-to-date on really good, quality information, because in the minutes and hours before extreme weather, there’s a lot we can do to actually help protect our lives and prevent injuries, and we can also help protect our property,” Bakkensen said.

Johnson pointed to social media as an up-and-coming way to get information out fast.

“Utilizing technology as a means of getting the proper information is going to be really important in the future,” Johnson said. “There’s been some new research on the effects of social media on weather messages and informing people, and I think that’s really useful, utilizing cell phones and text alerts.”

Pima County has started to send out text alerts about weather in addition to the usual Amber alerts, according to Johnson, who also said the Arizona Department of Transportation has social

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Robbins plans on student, community engagement

BY NICK MEYERS @nickmeyers214

Dr. Robert Robbins officially took to his new office as the University of Arizona’s 22nd president Thursday, June 1, with an inauguration in front of Old Main and a meeting with student groups and media.

In addition to meeting with Matt Lubisich, president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Robbins sat down to talk with members of KAMP, UATV and the Daily Wildcat.

“I want to engage,” Robbins said.

“I think the way that I’d like to do that is be accessible, be on the campus and just keep my finger on the pulse and stay informed.”

So far, Robbins has stated the main characteristic of his presidency will be interacting with students. Part of his role will be listening to and addressing student concerns, not only from individuals on campus, but in meetings with student groups like ASUA. “We basically got to know each other a little bit,” Lubisich said.

“Kinda talked to him about some student issues.”

Lubisich said they covered several student concerns during their 40-minute meeting including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, sustainability, deferred maintenance and sexual assault.

DACA students have been concerned about their status and safety on campus, concerns of which culminated with a protest held during the Arizona Board of Regents meeting on the UA campus in April. Students called for the college to declare itself a sanctuary campus, a movement to which regents were not receptive.

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itself under sanctuary status. How he plans on addressing those students’ concerns is unclear.

Still, Robbins is looking for ways to improve the quality of education and university resources.

“He seems like he likes to attack problems head on,” Lubisich said.

“Everything I had to talk to him

about, he was asking really good questions, really informative questions.”

Lubisich said Robbins took particular interest in concerns about sexual assault and deferred maintenance as it pertains to students.

While the university recently

received new funding to address maintenance projects, some of the issues come down to student safety and comfort, which align with Robbins’ concerns.

“I think he’s going to be a lot more receptive to students,”

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with UA President Robert Robbins

BY KATHLEEN KUNZ @KathKunz

On Dr. Robert C. Robbins’ first day at his new job as president of the UA, editors of the Daily Wildcat had an opportunity to sit down with him and ask questions about his background and interests.

Read the following Q&A to discover a few fun facts about our new president and how he is fitting into the Wildcat lifestyle thus far.

Daily Wildcat: Have you had much time to explore Tucson and downtown?

Robert Robbins: I have … I think it’s aspirational, and the vibe that I get … is that Tucson is going to be the next Austin. It’s going to be focused on food and music. I have not been to a live performance yet, but I love live music, so I can’t wait to hang out and listen to some good music downtown.

What kind of music do you like?

Pretty much everything, but I have to say hard rock … Rolling Stones and Van Halen, to “Fiddy” and all the new stuff that my kids have introduced me to. I like all music — not particularly a big fan of country/western, even though I grew up in Mississippi.

Do you have a favorite season? A favorite [Wildcats] player?

I always liked Mike Bibby, he was a great player. Coach Olson, of course, was a class act.

I guess, not as much for his ability but for his colorfulness, Tom Tolbert, because he has a radio show in the Bay Area that I listen to all the time. Luke Walton, he’s quite a character.

And also, Sean Elliott, because he ended up getting a kidney transplant. Since I was in the transplant world for a long time, I thought that was kind of cool.

How was it, living on campus?

Love it. I absolutely love it. That is one of my biggest disappointments — there’s not a president’s home on campus. So, I very much want to be on campus, and if that’s not possible, then as close to campus as possible so that I could walk, or bike or skateboard.

We’re curious to hear more about your “stealth” visits, why you chose to come here “incognito,” how many [visits] you took and what you did.

I think I made four [visits], and I did them on the weekends because that’s when I had time; it was a two-hour flight from Houston. I would come in Friday afternoon and I would just walk around the campus … I would basically talk to students, and try to understand where they’re from, what they’re studying, why they chose the UA, and what could be done to make the university better.

I would always ask them, “Hey, I hear you guys are getting a new president, what do you think about that?” and they would say, “We don’t care, we don’t really know who the president is and it’s not going to change our lives.” That’s disappointing.

I hope that with the next president, they’ll know who they are. They’ll want to talk to them, and hopefully the next president can help change things and make it better.

What were your college days like?

I went to a small liberal arts college; total student body was 1,000 then and still 1,000 today … people in Mississippi would say it’s where the free-thinkers went to school. But, I was very focused, because I grew up in a really small town.

My grandparents raised me … we lived on the campus in a 100-year-old house … I was very motivated to get out of my little town and to do well. So, I thought there was no way I was ever going to make it to medical school unless I worked really hard, studied and only made A’s.

What was your favorite class in college?

Physics. I was a chemistry major, and I loved that. Physical chemistry brought together physics and chemistry, but I just love classic physics … I remember back to how difficult school was, particularly biochemistry. I took a course in biochemistry in college, and then walked across the street and took the [same] course in medical school.

I think we had a much more extensive curriculum and much more rigorous … but also, there was a required six hours of fine arts, and I took an introductory to theater class. I had never been to a play ever in my life … so, that definitely changed my life and opened things up.

What are some of your tips to UA students to be successful here?

Take advantage of the incredible institution that this is; think big, study hard, try to make friends and learn from people who don’t necessarily come from where you come from … It’s a chance to explore new things, take chances … I would focus on being as broad as possible, because I think with the everchanging, rapid world that we live in, the wider your breath of education, the better you’re going to be because things are going to change so quickly.

You’re going to have to have flexibility in what you learn and what your interests are. To remain intellectually curious, not only now but for the rest of your life. To be culturally competent, learn a little bit about as many different people as you can, because once you leave, you’re going to go out into the world and it’s going to be very competitive and diverse.

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State legislature takes aim at ballot initiatives

BY NICK MEYERS @nickmeyers214

Since its inception, Arizona has provided the power to its residents to create law through the ballot initiative system, a process outlined in the state’s constitution. Now, that process is under attack.

Following the passage of last year’s Proposition 206, a citizen ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage, Arizona’s business community went to work lobbying to make sure they weren’t caught off guard again.

This year, state legislature has introduced five bills and three referendums all aimed at making it more difficult for citizens to have their laws reach the ballot.

“Arizona has a fairly progressive constitution,” said State Rep. Kristen Engel, D-Tucson. “The citizen initiative process was in there since the very beginning and I think that’s a kind of legacy that we want to preserve.”

The primary intent of the bills involves increasing the costs of getting an initiative to the ballot, whether by changing the way signature gatherers are paid or by increasing chances for initiative organizers to get fined.

While the rights of citizens to introduce initiatives as outlined in the constitution have yet to be threatened by state lawmakers, the ability to sustain an initiative is becoming more challenging.

“We’re certainly eating away at them,” Engel said.

Follow the money Engel said the impetus for these initiatives came from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, who, in their agenda for this year’s legislative session, emphasized “advanced ballot initiative reforms that ensure that out-of-state interests cannot undercut Arizona’s economic competitiveness.”

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has echoed these sentiments having been involved with the ballot process, both for and against initiatives.

“It’s a process that I embrace,” he said. “We want to make sure that people have as much information as possible, that this remains a citizen-based initiative, and that it’s not special interest parachuting in from out-of-state with millions of dollars in September and October with a glossy marketing campaign and having people voting ‘yes’ on something.”

HB2255, introduced by Rep. Bob

Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, would have outlawed out-of-state donations for state ballot initiatives. The bill was never heard in house committees.

Indeed, two propositions on the ballot in 2016 saw massive funding campaigns from out-of-state.

Proposition 205, an initiative to legalize marijuana under an agency control board, received nearly $1.5 million — 20 percent of all donations — from the Marijuana Policy Project, the organizers of the campaign. Another $241,000 came from the MPP Foundation.

Though Proposition 206 received far less funding than Proposition 205, about $4 million, nearly half of the funding — just more than $1.9 million — came from an in-state PAC, Living United for Change in Arizona.

“Of course special interests can participate,” Ducey said. “What I want to do is highlight when they are participating versus a citizen initiative.”

Laws for life The other issue for supporters of the bills is the permanency voter initiatives enjoy in state law.

One of the bills, HB2320 sponsored by Rep. Michelle UgentiRita, R-Scottsdale, would have required a notification on the ballot that the law cannot be changed except by a three-quarters vote in the legislature — and even then, only if the changes “further the original intent of the law.” The bill failed to pass senate committee hearings.

“We live with the results of these initiative decisions forever,” Ducey said. “They’re unchangeable.”

While they are technically changeable, the vote would require massive coordination efforts. Such a vote in a divided legislature would be nearly impossible to achieve.

“I do have an issue with something that’s unchangeable,” Ducey said. “What law is there that everyone says should never change, should never be touched, should never be tweaked, improved or reformed?”

According to Engel, the initiative process is designed for citizens to bring their own ideas to the law without interference from legislature. An overly-simplified process for legislature to change the bills passed at the ballot would defeat the purpose.

“When the voters speak, that has special status.,” Engel said. “The voters are not going to go through that process unless they really mean it and it should not be easy

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for legislature to overturn it.”

While the laws aimed at providing more power to legislators have gotten stuck in the legislative process, Ducey believes there is already enough citizen oversight of the legislature.

“Regardless of what people think about state legislature, they stand accountable to the voters every two years,” he said.

Raising the bar While lawmakers have been unsuccessful in attempts to vastly change the initiative process for citizens, the bills that have passed will add a costly barrier to citizens trying to bring a proposition to the ballot.

HB2244, sponsored by Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, will change the requirement of signature forms for initiatives to meet “strict compliance” with state guidelines, up from “substantial compliance.” Ducey signed the bill into law. “[It] certainly opens up the door to throwing out signatures for small infractions,” Engel said.

She said that whole pages could be thrown out for something as minor as the margins on the page, or whether signature collectors included their registration number on the form.

Another bill puts greater

restrictions on hiring signature gathers. HB2404, sponsored by Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, requires initiative organizers to pay by the hour, rather than by the signature, and institutes registration fees and background checks to weed out potential violators of fraud, forgery or identity theft. This bill also passed the governor’s desk.

Another bill almost at the end of the legislative process, SB1236 from Sen. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, would institute a $1,000 fine at the expense of initiative organizers for instances of fraud and forgery by paid signature gatherers. Interpretations of fraud would be left up to the office of the secretary of state.

Future implications David Wisniewski has been firing on all cylinders for years to bring what would be one of the country’s most progressive marijuana laws into effect in Arizona. His campaign, Safer Arizona, is the only initiatives in the process of collecting signatures for the 2018 ballot.

Wisniewski said the restrictions on signature gatherers hasn’t affected his campaign, since his collectors are volunteers. However, with the concurrent votes of Proposition 205 and Proposition 206, Wisniewski sees the new laws as an affront on legalizing

recreational marijuana.

“I see what they’re doing as total anti-constitution, total antiAmerican,” he said. “They’re attacking our right.”

While Wisniewski is concerned about the campaign’s ability to collect enough signatures by the state’s deadline, he still plans on doing everything within his power to push his initiative.

“We’ve been doing this for four years,” he said. “It’s been tough the whole time. We still have to push full force. Never give up, full throttle the whole way.”

Though the effects of the state’s new laws have yet to be determined, the intention is clear.

Two house resolutions introduced

by Ugenti-Rita were aimed at repealing, then reforming the Voter Protection Act in the state’s constitution. “[The backers’ intention is] certainly to make it harder for citizens to get their views into law and to put a check on the legislature,” Engel said. “I mean, that’s really what the initiative process is all about. Is when citizens are not happy with the representation they’re getting in legislature, they can go directly to the ballot, and now it’s just going to be much more difficult for them to do so.’”

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ASUA struggles in addressing sexual assault

BY STEVEN SPOONER @DailyWildcat

As executive diversity director for the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Kenzie Bevington, a law junior, was frequently approached by students running for office looking for support on their campaign.

Even before her involvement in ASUA, a student running for senate last year asked her to look over his platform. She agreed since he expressed an interest in getting involved in campus activism regardless of how the election went.

“I believed him when he said that he would help even if he didn’t get elected,” Bevington said. “He said this was something really important to him because he knew survivors in real life.”

The student approached Bevington shortly after she publicly acknowledged she was raped over social media. After the candidate lost the election, she never heard from him again.

It’s common for candidates to approach certain people to help verse themselves on an issues. Bevington said she was approached by three different presidential candidates.

“These student politicians are more focused on getting the vote than actually

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Lubisich said. “I think students are going to be well aware of what’s going on in the administration.”

In addition to student concerns, Robbins has heard concerns from staff and faculty, which he said includes decreases in grant and state funding as well as faculty recruitment and retainment.

Lubisich is optimistic about Robbins’ presidency and plans to hold him accountable to his meetings with students, and plans on relaying to students what’s going on in the UA Office of the President.

“He’s made a lot of commitments already, and I as student leader, really want to hold him to that, because that is really refreshing for a university president to say,” Lubisich said.

During his interim between his previous job as CEO of Texas Medical Center in Houston, Robbins said he stayed at an undisclosed location on campus, an experience he said he enjoyed immensely.

Robbins is looking forward to developing a strategic plan that has elements of input from several stakeholders in and around the university.

He looks at the university as a single unit, rather than separate colleges, and hopes to use the framework of integration in the university to encourage collaboration between fields —something he sees as a challenge driven by students.

caring about why people vote that way,” Bevington said. “They want to put on a front that they care about those issues.”

Since last year, when the Marginalized Students of the University of Arizona released a list of demands, ASUA has turned its attention toward sexual assault as a popular new issue, but many students in the community feel that the attention has been insincere.

“There are some people who I have been approached by that genuinely do care about those issues,” Bevington said.

What ASUA has done in the past two years is organize the “I Will” campaign.

The campaign hosts a series of events for a week in the spring aimed at sexual assault awareness.

The campaign has been “spearheaded”

by ASUA vice president Tatum Hammond and co-directed by now-ASUA President Matt Lubisich. A large part of Lubisich’s campaign, as well as many ASUA candidates, has been geared toward “I Will”.

Lubisich said the aim of the “‘I Will’ campaign was to confront a ‘bigger’ overarching theme of rape culture on campus.”

“It’s something I wasn’t 100 percent aware of,” Lubisich said. “After talking to them I kind of really got enlightened, for lack of a better term.”

“I would love to see a more integrated, collaborative approach,” Robbins said. “I think the driver’s going to be the customer of the university, which are students. Students are going to demand. They’re not going to want to stay in one lane.”

Robbins sees today’s students as wanting a broader scope of education in different areas of studies and hope to implement that idea across the university.

Additionally, Robbins is looking beyond the boundaries of the university and has met with city and county officials about the college’s role in Tucson.

“The vibe I get, and the aspirational goal of some of the people, is Tucson is going to be the next Austin,” Robbins said. “It’s going to be focused on food and music.”

The aspect of Austin that Robbins wants to emulate most isn’t the food and music, but the innovation and entrepreneurship— something Robbins believes Tucson can do far better than Austin with the UA’s help.

“There was a term thrown around when Austin was coming out that wasn’t ‘Silicon Valley,’ but ‘Silicon Gulch,’” Robbins said.

One student Robbins spoke with was part of InnovateUA, the UA’s startup support program. Robbins took interest in the students’ own startup and participation in the UA’s role in developing local businesses.

Under his leadership, Robbins hopes to encourage a culture at UA that Tucson is a place with the resources to start and grow small companies.

“I would say we’re even more equipped [than other cities],” Robbins said. “Because

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KENZIE BEVINGTON SHARES HER story of survival with attendees of the annual UA Take Back the Night event at the Women’s Plaza of Honor on April 19. Bevington also spoke at the 2016 Take Back the Night event and described it as a, “really healing process.”

The “I Will” campaign has received criticism from a number of different students. This year’s campaign shrunk to seven events hosted over the week, down from 14 last year.

“I wanted to see ‘I Will’ grow,” said Lexy

Reyelts, a public management sophomore and director for Advocates Coming Together. “[ASUA senators] used the ‘I Will’ campaign to give themselves credibility, but then I

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NEW UA PRESIDENT ROBERT Robbins, speaks during a press conference at the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix on March 7. Robbins was given an additional $200,000 to his contract by the UA Foundation.

the world is changing so rapidly, we cover from agriculture to astronomy, to law to business to medical, and I think there’s just tremendous opportunity to pull those assets together and work with the private sector to make Tucson the next real ‘Silicon Gulch’ — or ‘Silicon Desert.’”

While less than a week into his presidency, Robbins is poised to bring a new relationship to the university between campus and

leadership. Students in ASUA may carry the brunt of communication, but Robbins plans on giving that opportunity to other students as well.

“He’s really actively engaged,” Lubisich said. “A president who is actively engaged — students see that. I think it’s going to create this aura of positivity where you know, ‘hey, our university president really does care about us,’ which is really cool.”

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didn’t see any improvement this year.”

The campaign is organized via directors Hammond and Lubisich, who set up a board of directors made up of campus groups that sponsor events.

The board, along with Hammond and ASUA members, decided they wanted hold fewer events this year according to Lubisich.

“We obviously want to have as many events as possible but everyone said it was a lot of events,” Lubisich said. “So we cut it down, made sure it was about one event per day so we’re not overwhelming students.”

Many of the events had low participation Hammond said, making it hard to justify funding them.

Reyelts also raised concerns about the large police and administrator presence at the campaign. Last year, much of the event was hosted by the Women’s Resource Center, while this year’s sponsors expanded to include the University of Arizona Police Department.

“Having a large police presence or administrator presence is not fair to the students,” said Reyelts. “It’s part of rape culture, having this pressure to do these things but not addressing why these things happen.”

Reyelts decided to attend the “Know Your IX” event, which was a hosted during the same week as “I Will” by the Voices for Planned Parenthood club, or VOX. The event was organized in the fall when VOX requested materials for the event from “Know Your IX”, a survivor focused organization. Naturally the event itself was focused on supporting survivors.

“It’s all just talk unless we have really critical discussions and supportive events too,” said Anna Keene, president of VOX. Last year, the “I Will” campaign hosted several events focused on supporting survivors. This year, the campaign decided to omit a survivor space from the campaign

to protect the identity of survivors.

“It was a really public space,” Hammond said. “I’m very passionate about this because making sure that space remains safe for those students is of the highest priority.”

Not all students on campus agree with that decision. Keene expressed her concern with excluding survivors’ voices from the campaign.

“It was really disappointing that there weren’t more survivor-focused events,” Keene said. “We really need to center survivor’s voices during sexual assault awareness.”

Hammond said she directs any survivors in need of a space to talk with the Counseling and Psych Service, which handles these issues confidentially. CAPS offers two free counseling sessions for survivors, but then charges $25 per session after.

“The two free counseling sessions for survivors is not enough,” said Keene.

“People can be afraid to even reach out to professional services.”

Keene and Bevington both claimed they tried to contact Hammond throughout the fall to put on the “Know Your IX” event as part of the campaign. Hammond said she was never contacted about the possible event.

The issue came down to poor communication according to Keene.

Lubisich contacted VOX about showing the film “Hunting Grounds,” a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses, a few weeks before the campaign. VOX requested the film and began planning the screening in August. After being contacted

by Lubisich, ASUA organized the room and put on the event as part of the “I Will” campaign.

It is still unclear how the “I Will” campaign will proceed in the future, as well as any other sexual assault awareness events organized by ASUA. “Were still in the piloting period,” Lubisich said. “Obviously we haven’t hit that sweet spot.”

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ollowing the conclusion of each academic year and the subsequent arrival of freshmen to universities across the country, each incoming class is given a wellprepared speech on the opportunities and potential offered by their university’s unique experience.

The campus is wide open, and each schedule is tailor made by the student to best support their goals. This has developed an atmosphere of creative liberty that is impossible not to become enamored with.

Yet behind this beautiful image of freedom and transition exists a dark reality. The U.S. Census and American College Testing Program found that in 2008 almost 34 percent of incoming freshmen dropped out as a consequence of feeling overwhelmed or overconfident.

If college is a self-driven and creatively open experience, then what is causing students to struggle as they try to fit into their new environment?

To understand what troubles freshmen, and by extension all students in college who are experiencing difficulty transitioning from k-12 into secondary education, then it becomes necessary to understand what pre-college education has become.

More than anything, high school has for decades been an environment where tools are given to students with the understanding that they would later use those tools either during employment or secondary education. For example, high school students are drilled on theorems, facts and dates but they’re taught to memorize rather than to think.

Only tangentially are students given the opportunity to self-direct or think independently from standardized tests or textbooks that govern what must be taught, and thus, what must be engraved in each student’s mind before they can graduate. While this may build a foundation for critical thought and educate the student about some elements of the world around them, if students are only told what to think and never how to think, they will find themselves completely lost upon graduating.

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JACOB BORCOVER, LEFT, AND Inyene Udoinwang, right, answer questions from incoming freshmen and parents during the UA Orientation Fair on June 9, 2014. The transition in lifestyle and responsibility from high school to college often proves challenging for incoming freshmen.

If high school is orderly and structured, then college is organized chaos. Students accustomed to standard 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. schedules will be surprised to land themselves some days without classes and others that run until 6 p.m. Courses that were lecture heavy in high school now come with significant discussion sections, and students are given more disjointed and randomly structured assignments that require higher level comprehension that was not previously encouraged.

Students who take college level courses in high school may find themselves much better prepared for college. Those students who don’t can quickly become overwhelmed and lost if not adequately prepared by their teachers — teachers preoccupied and overloaded with the stress of meeting state and federal standards.

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Now that the success of a school is tied to its test scores rather than the success of its graduates, students head to universities across the country with inadequate preparation, possessing knowledge of standards that will prove far less helpful now that SATs and ACTs have no further purpose.

Rather than radically restructuring the format of high schools, courses should be more dedicated to promoting critical thinking.

This way the creative and free-form world of secondary education will no longer be so foreign or overwhelming to students who have been told to ignore everything except the answers to potential test questions.

In addition, students should also be allowed to self-direct their education more than they are currently allowed. With more options for electives and core classes, rather than the

standard one-size-fits-all schedule across the United States, new students entering the university will be more confident having already planned a more variable course schedule.

High schools must step up to the plate to better prepare students for the incredible change in pace and style in use at American universities.

While test scores and graduation rates are integral and helpful for tracking weaknesses and strengths within institutions, ultimately the most important goal of any school is to make sure that every student is capable of leaving with the tools they need to succeed. If high schools cannot assist their graduates in bridging the gap between primary education and whatever will come after, then they have failed in their most important task.

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PHYSIOLOGY MAJOR AISHWARYA KARLAPUDI, left, and business and management major Winkfield Twyman, right, spend their afternoon sitting on the grass outside the Arizona State Museum. Summer provides the ideal time — and maybe the only sufficient amount of time — for students to relax.

Summer offers students freedom

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here are many ways students choose to spend their summers.

This time could be spent lounging around and binge watching Netflix all day, or catching up on as much sleep as possible. Summer is every student’s time to detoxify from the stress of the prior semester; the time of year we all look forward to. Have fun and enjoy yourself, but please, be careful and don’t do anything reckless.

Students should take this opportunity to spend as much quality time with their family and friends as possible, as they can be major support systems. They help keep us grounded and enjoy life responsibly. Plan a family barbecue or have a pool party.

Visit your grandparents and relatives as much as possible. Help them out with housework, learn about their history, or just spend time in their presence.

Be adventurous this summer. Take time to go hiking, camping, fishing or any other outdoor activity. Enjoy the

scenery wherever you live in exchange for hours of social media or your phone.

If you’re not much of an outdoorsy person, try something new and or outof-the-box like taking a yoga class, learning how to skateboard, starting to knit or diving into a new language.

If you’ve been wanting to learn a new trick, now is your time. New hobbies are a great way to keep busy if you get bored this summer; learning them will give you self-confidence and boost your self-esteem.

Build your resume this summer. You could volunteer at an animal shelter and take care of stray animals who need the company, love and comfort.

Volunteering will help you develop important skills and perhaps provide real-world application of things learned in the classroom — and look great on your resume.

Another way to build your resume is working at a summer camp. You can have fun while being paid.

What brings more happiness than seeing children have fun? You’ll learn how to take responsibility, communication skills, how to set limits and much more while doing fun recreational activities. Many of my friends work at youth summer camps, and they love it.

If you’re taking classes, working or have an internship, it’s still okay to celebrate summer. Be sure to plan ahead and make time for summer activities. If you can’t, make the most of your busy life and get excited about the little things like starting a new show on Netflix, or taking a moment to dance to that song on the radio you’re in love with. You can still have fun. It’s all about balance.

During the summer, it’s like all our senses are heightened. Everyone is a lot happier, the days are longer and it can feel like a party every day. Whatever you choose to do this summer, wear sunscreen and drink plenty of water. Take care of your body through these hot summer days — you don’t want to be in the emergency room with an IV in your arm due to dehydration. Your health and safety is most important, especially during this time of year.

Summer time can be used in a variety of ways. I’m not saying that you have to do these activities, I’m merely suggesting what I think summer should be about. Summer isn’t all about work and school, it’s about having fun and creating memories. Take this time to enjoy life at least a little carefree before returning to the stresses of college.

We don’t expect the University of Arizona administration to agree with us all the time, or even most of the time. While our opinions may differ, a dynamic communicative relationship between the administration, independent student media and by extension the entire UA community is both possible and necessary.

New UA President Dr. Robert “Bobby” Robbins spoke to this idea on his first official day during a meeting with members of the Daily Wildcat, KAMP and UATV on June 1. He has committed to meeting with members of the Wildcat’s editorial board twice a semester — a commitment to which we plan on holding him accountable. Robbins’ willingness to speak with us, as well as many more students throughout his first few days and “undercover” visits before being appointed, is already a major shift forward from the former administration’s communication policy.

The students, faculty, staff and the many stakeholders who invest their time and money into the UA community deserve transparency regarding how the administration allocates its time and resources. We should have a president who engages with the student body and responds to its concerns.

Robbins has said on multiple occasions he hopes to be here long-term, possibly even ten years. While none of us can predict the future, we hope the direct communication demonstrated by Robbins on his first day will remain consistant throughout his term.

As a student voice aiming to better represent the UA campus, the Daily Wildcat is committed to holding the administration accountable, and we expect its practices to be honest and transparent. We are, however, aware that those on this editorial board are but a small part of the UA community.

We can’t tell this story without you. We encourage the UA community to share your thoughts and concerns with us. What do you want President Robbins to know about this campus community? What issues do you think should take priority in the early days of his administration? What are your concerns about living and studying on the UA campus?

No matter your walk of life, we want to listen – and deliver those concerns, for you, to our community’s new administrative leader. We plan to gather a collection of student, staff and faculty letters and thoughts to publish in July, so please, send us a letter at opinion@ dailywildcat.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter @DailyWildcat.

We can’t make any promises about what will happen during President Robbins’ tenure here. But we can promise to do everything we can to help make your voices heard.

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COURTESY LUIS E. CORONADO GUEL

FRIDA KAHLO WILL BE one of many famous figures explored in MAS 395A. The new course titled “Mexican Superheroes, Demons, and Idols” delves into interpreting Mexican history and society through pop culture.

COURTESY LUIS E. CORONADO GUEL

THIS FALL, MAS 395A will become available as a new Mexican-American studies course. The class hopes to provide a fun and engaging way to learn about the historical significance of Mexican pop culture.

New course examines Mexican pop culture

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This upcoming semester, students can learn about superheroes that are not of the Marvel or DC variety — but are just as significant in the cultural history of Mexico. Luis E. Coronado Guel, Ph.D, will be teaching a new course that aims to bring some diversity to students’ understanding of history in a way that makes it entertaining and educational.

Between 12:45 and 1:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Guel will give students an

opportunity to learn about Mexican pop culture, and the deeper meaning behind its many elements. He said that Mexican superheroes give us a way to experience and perceive the world around us through not only their own personal lens, but also the lens of their culture.

“Students will be reading up on and viewing films and videos of multiple materials that will be leading the course in a time frame that is telling the history of modern Mexico since the 19th century,” Guel said. “We’ll advance in time and use different examples that

explain the historical significance in which these characters were created.”

Guel was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and attended law school at Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí. While in Mexico, he taught classes covering Mexican law, commercial law and other legal topics to both undergraduate and graduate students. Soon after, Guel turned to his true passion in life: history. He began pursuing his master’s degree in the subject at El Colegio de San Luis, where he not only studied but taught. After

moving to Arizona in 2008, Guel came to the University of Arizona to earn his doctorate in Latin American history, which he completed last year.

As a self-described cultural historian, Guel says his main topic of research is modern Mexico spanning from the 1920s to present. The love and interest he has for the culture and history of the country inspired him to teach this new course.

At the UA, Guel served as a teaching assistant in the history department.

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Since beginning his teaching career, he has covered a variety of topics including MexicanAmerican history, borderlands history, Latin American history and modern Mexico.

Guel examined many different aspects of modern Mexico, but he was particularly interested in the cultural history of the country — and the framing of that culture through entertainment such as TV shows, music, cinema, and other popular culture.

“Watching TV with my mom every Saturday and watching these black and white movies from the so-called ‘golden age’ of Mexican cinema, and I enjoyed all of the movies starting from the 1940s to 1950s, and I was young so it was an important memory for me,” Guel said. “For this course, I wanted to give my students a different approach to life in terms of how they learn the course, so my main interest is trying to link the everyday life of a student [and] the things we enjoy with a dose of popular culture and the meaning behind a lot of it.”

His own connections to and love for the culture inspired the decision behind teaching this course. Guel enjoys working with students who are interested in Latin America and Mexico as well as people who want to familiarize and connect themselves with the framework of Mexican pop culture.

The 16-week class is a great way to explore topics that are prevalent in Mexican culture today. The course examines Mexican society and culture through discussions of gender, class, race and education, and presents topics through the mediums of music, film, comics and television.

Guel said that many superheroes from Mexico were created during the Cold War and at other times when the country was facing a national crisis. In many ways, the characters that sprang from those harsh conditions reflected the fear, hopes, and stereotypes of the Hispanic community during that time.

The curriculum will allow students to discover the deep implications that pop culture has in people’s lives.

One of the household-name superheroes from Mexico is El Chapulin Colorado, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños.

COURTESY LUIS E. CORONADO GUEL

SUPERHEROES, DEMONS AND IDOLS: MAS 395A explores Mexican history through the lens of pop culture. Beginning this coming fall semester, Dr. Luis E. Coronado Guel will teach the brand new Mexican-American studies course.

“El Chapulin Colorado” first aired in the 1970s, portraying a different kind of superhero.

He isn’t the smartest or the strongest — or tall and handsome like the traditional Superman — but he serves an important purpose.

El Chapulin Colorado exemplifies how people sometimes perceive themselves as underdogs dealt the short end of the stick. Nevertheless, success for him is always possible, whether it comes

from luck, persistence, or a combination of both.

Some of Guel’s favorite pop culture icons include Cantinflas, Frida Kahlo, El Santo, Pedro Infante — all of which are discussed in the class this fall.

He also described a comedic kind of parody version of El Santo as a cartoon version named El Santos, which takes a 1940s character and reintroduces it with a 21stcentury spin.

Students can expand their

knowledge and learn the cultural significance that created Mexican superheroes, and how these characters reflect an entire society.

They will learn that not every great superhero was created

by Stan Lee, and that these lesser-known superheroes demonstrate the hopes and fears of those who created them as well as the triumph and success of the era in which they were created.

As Guel summarized, “The

main reason I put together this course was to be able to teach students history in a funny and engaging way, and making sure the field of history is alive for new generations — because one of my opinions is that this type of course will give students a different viewpoint on people from other cultures and hopefully encourage people to be kinder, because we can all laugh, smile and learn in the same way.”

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Tucson muralist reflects on career, artwork

BY VICTORIA HUDSON @torihudson_

With the touch of a blade, coarse horsehair transforms into the perfect paintbrush. After bonding the finished hair to a stern handle, Ignacio Garcia is ready to work.

Garcia, who values his art over his status as an artist, dedicates his time and energy to painting murals.

“I let my art speak for itself,” Garcia said. “My art is what I want people to look at — not me or my personality or my media attention.”

Striving for perfection, Garcia puts in many hours researching the subjects he plans to paint, often spending weeks planning for an upcoming project. For him, an obsessive dedication to detail makes a mural come to life, allowing it to represent its subject truthfully.

“When the next project comes in I have to be super focused, and there is a lot of research that goes behind it,” Garcia said. “I spend around eight to 12 hours a day and sometimes six days a week. But it has to be done just right, the way the client wants it or the way it feels right, proportioned to the space and everything.”

Garcia must be satisfied with the final product. If that means painting over two weeks’ worth of work and starting over, he will. He said this is common when he spots issues in his work.

“If I don’t like it, I’ll end up just painting the whole thing over,” said Garcia. “It can be like a week or two weeks’ worth and I’ll paint the whole thing over again.”

Concentration is crucial when Garcia paints. A good night’s sleep is essential before beginning work the next day. Indicative of his focus, Garcia becomes so engrossed in his work that he has to set an alarm to remind him to eat during projects.

“Concentration is the key to create these pieces,” Garcia said. “If I’m not concentrating, the painting doesn’t look as it should be. It will look like crap.”

Garcia comes from a long line of artists and creators. His grandfather specialized in carpeting and his uncle was a designer. He has been drawing and painting most of his life and has painted murals for about 25 years now.

“Since I was a kid this is a passion that I have enjoyed; it’s in my DNA,”

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“GOLDEN ERA”, A MURAL by Ignacio Garcia, captures attention at the bar inside of Guadalajara Grill on Prince Road. This mural series was part of the Guadalajara Grill restoration project.

Garcia said. “I like doing murals because it’s so grand and challenging and I think people tend to gravitate towards them.”

Based in Tucson, Garcia plans to inspire local artists to ignite their creativity and make their mark here.

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Mars mangos: UA to build space greenhouse The UA Controlled Environment Agriculture Center is working with NASA to feed the astronauts of the future

BY CHANDLER DONALD @chandlerjdonald

Of the many laboratories spread across campus, the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC)at UA has a particularly stellar mission.

“The end game is to provide life support for people living on another planet by using controlled environments to grow plants,” said Gene Giacomelli, agriculture and biosystems engineering professor and director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.

Giacomelli and other researchers, led by principal investigator and systems and industrial engineering associate professor Robert Furfaro, are recipients of a 2008 NASA Steckler Space Grant.

They have been tasked with developing sustainable lifesupport systems here on Earth that will one day be replicated on other planets, such as Mars. Their primary focus is creating a system that will be almost entirely self-sustaining.

This could potentially provide astronauts with a way to produce food, recycle carbon dioxide and receive fresh water.

Water storage becomes an issue with space travel because it is essential for life but also heavy. In the closed environment hydroponic systems CEAC specializes, water is conserved and even undertakes a process through which it is purified.

“The water we give [plants] eventually comes out of

their leaves and into the air,” Giacomelli said. “We can condense it and have fresh water.”

Plants are the lifeblood of the CEAC project.

“The plants will become the fundamental component of a bioregenerative life support system for long-term, sustainable life on another planet,” Giacomelli said. “Ultimately, that is what NASA and other research centers around the world are looking for.”

“This is in contrast to what’s happening right now in the space station,” Giacomelli said.

“They’re constantly bringing up supplies and food and are returning waste. So this would offer a more sustainable, permanent, stable system for life support, possibly starting at mars but certainly beyond as well.”

Befitting its nature in an almost Martian desert, the UA is uniquely positioned to lead research in sustainable plant systems for space.

“We focus on controlled environments, primarily greenhouses, relative to food production using hydroponics, and we have engineers and scientists that work together on these projects,” Giacomelli said. “There is nowhere else where you will find something similar.”

Giacomelli and the researchers at the CEAC have a reputation for successfully taking on these kinds of projects. In 2004, Giacomelli and Phil Sadler of Sadler Machine Company worked with Raytheon Polar Services to build a food growth chamber

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media campaigns out on Twitter that seem effective.

Bakkensen said that while information itself doesn’t necessarily reduce damages, it can help people make better decisions

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AGRICULTURAL & BIO-SYSTEMS ENGINEERING professor Gene Giacomelli inspects a hydroponic, or soil-free, grow system. Giacomelli is working with NASA to develop greenhouses for use on other planets.

on the south pole. “It’s still down there working right now, Giacomelli said.

There are some who might see this futuristic research as out-of-place for a public university. Where is the return on such an expensive investment on the part of UA? “What we learn from being able to grow crops hydroponically and in these controlled environments is to be more efficient using water, labor, nutrients and energy on another planet,” Giacomelli said. “If we can make it more efficient there, then we can begin to make it more efficient here.”

by allowing them to modify their behavior.

“One of the things that can happen is since we get a lot of extreme weather, we might not think it’s as bad, we might become more relaxed about it,” Bakkensen said. “But each individual event could lead to property damage, could lead to injury, so keep that in mind, so we don’t discount the risk just because we’ve experienced

The project is one of astronomical proportions.

However, with the American perspective shifted towards commercial space travel, will we ever see this kind of technology be put into use?

“On the positive side, sooner rather than later. But on the negative side, we’ve still got a ways to go,” Giacomelli said.

In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama told the audience at Kennedy Space Center that he expects to have a manned mission to Mars by the mid2030’s.

“As far as the plants are concerned, the technology is there,” Giacomelli said.

some things before and we were okay.”

Another important factor in reducing economic damages is insurance, according to the report. Bakkensen said looking at the cost versus benefit in considering different kinds of insurance for different kinds of extreme weather is a good idea.

“One of the advantages of insurance is that is kind of smooths these losses over

With the South Pole Food Growth Chamber as well as the continued research going on at the CEAC, these researchers have proven their ability to grow crops efficiently within limited circumstances.

However, as far as construction of the greenhouse itself goes, there are still some questions left unanswered.

“What we don’t have is some of the materials, for example, the covering of the greenhouse does not exist,” Giacomelli said.

“Fortunately, over the past 20 years, we have been training and educating people who will become the growers in these life systems in the future.”

time, so instead of having a big damage to your house and having to pay for all of it yourself at one point in time, you have a much lower premium every year, and then you know you’ll be covered in case something bad happens,” Bakkensen said.

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Men’s basketball schedule comes into focus Sean Miller will be getting ready for the Arizona men’s basketball 2017-2018 season as the non-conference schedule is finalized

BY ALEC WHITE @AlecWhite_UA

With a little over five months until the beginning of the 20172018 season, head coach Sean Miller and company are nearing the completion of their nonconference schedule.

That picture is starting to come into better focus as Arizona and the University of Alabama are close to completing an agreement on a home-and-home series that would start this season.

According to Tuscaloosa News’ Cecil Hurt, the agreement would have the Wildcats hosting the Crimson Tide in the McKale Center this year, and then Arizona would travel to Tuscaloosa in 2018.

Although no dates have been finalized yet, it is believed that the first game between the two schools will be held on Saturday, December 9th in Tucson, currently an open date on both teams’ schedules.

It’s safe to say that the connection with former Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne, now working for Alabama, and his relationship with Miller played an instrumental role in bringing the two schools together.

Arizona fans can also let out a big sigh of relief as no homeand-home series has been brought up concerning the football programs.

If the two schools are able to finalize the deal, it would not only improve Arizona’s non-conference strength of schedule, but it would also negate the possibility of Miller having to settle for another neutral site game, an occurrence that has become all too common for many teams during the first part of their season.

Last season, Arizona ranked 123rd in terms of nonconference strength of schedule according to KenPom.com, and included games against Sacred Heart and Northern Colorado, schools with an RPI of 300th

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ARIZONA MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD coach Sean Miller calls a player to the court during the Arizona-Oregon game on March 11. The Wildcats defeated Oregon 83-80 in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game.

and 308th, respectively.

For comparison, the Crimson Tide finished the 2016-17 season with an RPI of 82 and posted a regular season record of 1915 (10-8). Alabama will also be bringing in the nation’s 7th ranked recruiting class next season, according to 247Sports.com.

If the two basketball programs are indeed able to reach an agreement for this year, it means Arizona’s nonconference schedule would be filled.

Some of the dates for these games have yet to be finalized, including the highly anticipated Red-Blue Game.

A closer look at some of the early matchups on Arizona’s schedule are to the right.

ARIZONA NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Aug. 11-19: Exhibition games in

Nov. 22-24: Battle for Atlantis in

Spain, dates TBD.

Bahamas

Oct. 20: Red-Blue Game (Tentative,

Dec. 2: @ UNLV

per Bruce Pascoe).

Dec. 5: Texas A&M (Phoenix)

Nov. 1: Exhibtion vs. Eastern New

Dec. 9: vs. Alabama (Tentative)

Mexico (Tentative)

Dec. 16: @ New Mexico

Nov. 5: Exhibition vs. Chico State

Dec. 18: vs North Dakota State

Nov. 10: vs. NAU

Dec. 21: vs Connecticut

Nov. 12: vs. UMBC

Dec. 27-31: Pac-12 Conference play

Nov. 16: vs. Cal State Bakersfield

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ARIZONA QUARTERBACK ZACH WERLINGER’S run gets put to an end by UCLA defensive lineman Takkarist McKinley (98) at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif., during Arizona’s 45-24 loss to UCLA on Oct. 1, 2016. Arizona recorded a season-high of 10 pass breakups during the game.

Arizona football opens in prime time

BY NATHAN SKINNER @DailyWildcat

The dog days of summer are here in Tucson. While that usually means little information is released from the football offices, this week was different.

A UA press release announced that the Wildcats will play their first three home games on national television, and that the season opener against Northern Arizona University will anchor the Pac-12 Network’s opening night festivities.

The Cats will face the Lumberjacks in Arizona Stadium at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, in the finale of the Pac-12 Networks’ quadruple-header.

The following week, at 7:30 p.m., Arizona will host the high-flying Houston Cougars, a program that is seeking to prove that their recent success can continue — even without former head coach Tom Herman. The game will air on the ESPN family of networks.

Arizona will travel to El Paso to face the improving UTEP Miners at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15. The game will air on ESPN as part of their Friday night package.

One week later, the Wildcats will open conference play against the Utah Utes.

That matchup will air on Fox Sports 1 at 7:30 p.m. Television coverage for the rest of the conference schedule has not been announced.

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Postseason cut short for Arizona softball, baseball

BY SYRENA TRACY @syrena_tracy

It was a historic season for Arizona softball with many memorable highs and lows. The Wildcats finished their season with a 52-9 record and were only one win shy from heading to the Women’s College World Series.

During the season, the Wildcats made their way into the record books as they won their first Pac-12 Championship in ten years by defeating the UCLA Bruins 7-2. Arizona finished the regular season with an 18-6 record in the Pac12 conference. Winning the championship advanced the team to their 31st consecutive NCAA tournament, a new collegiate softball record.

Arizona hosted the NCAA Super Regional at Hillenbrand Stadium against the Baylor Bears. The Wildcats had hoped that their home field would provide an advantage in the three-game series, and after defeating Baylor 3-2 in the first matchup, they were only one win away from reaching the Women’s College World Series.

Baylor, however, won the second game 6-4, forcing a third and decisive game. During that final nail-biting contest, the Wildcats were unable to punch their ticket to the Women’s College World Series as the Bears took the victory 6-5.

Senior Katiyana Mauga fell three runs short of tying the all-time season home run record, but made her mark by leading the Pac-12 with 25 home runs.

After Arizona’s softball season came to an end, the Wildcat baseball team also found its postseason cut short, falling to Sam Houston State’s Bearkats 9-3 Sunday, June 4, at Rip Griffin Park’s Dan Law Field.

The Wildcats made their 39th NCAA Tournament appearance and were the only Pac-12 school to attend two years in a row.

Arizona got off to a rough start by losing to Sam Houston State in the regional opener 5-4. Senior left-handed pitcher JC Cloney made his final appearance for the Wildcats during the first game of regionals, throwing for seven innings and giving up five runs to the Bearkats.

Sam Houston State crossed the plate early, but the Cats were able to tie the game 1-1 in the fourth inning. The Bearkats broke the tie in the sixth, leaving the Wildcats with a three-run deficit.

Arizona’s offense responded by adding three more runs to the board but came up short, leaving Sam Houston State with the first win of regionals.

Arizona went on to play Delaware in a crucial game and was able to defeat the Blue Hens 6-5 after 12 innings.

Hoping to stay alive after defeating Delaware, Arizona faced another matchup with Sam Houston State, however the Wildcats were unable to continue their journey on the road to Omaha, as the Bearkats won 9-3.

Arizona baseball finished the season with an overall record of 38-21 and with a record of 16-14 in the Pac12 conference. The Wildcats dominated the conference offensively, earning an overall batting average of .308.

Junior JJ Matijevic led the Pac-12 with a batting average of .387 to go with a .643 slugging percentage, 91 hits, 64 RBIs and 30 doubles.

The Arizona softball and baseball teams are now looking forward to the upcoming 2018 season.

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ARIZONA INFIELDER JESSIE HARPER makes a catch as a Baylor runner crosses first base during a game on May 27 at Hillenbrand Stadium. Arizona was eliminated by Baylor, preventing them from making the Women’s College World Series for the seventh consecutive season.

JUSTIN REX/ FOR THE DAILY WILDCAT

ARIZONA PLAYERS EMBRACE FOLLOWING their 9-3 loss to Sam Houston State University on June 4 at Dan Law Field. The Wildcats game five loss eliminated them from the NCAA Lubbock Regional and ended their Omaha run.