Saturday, December 15th at 11:00am
Free Admission
Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway

Made possible by Cox Communications

Admission is 100% FREE–but to reserve a seat ahead of time, you can purchase a $5 concession voucher. Call the box office at 520-795-0844 for more details. They serve beer and delicious Fresco pizza. Click here for concession menu.

Come join us as we watch the Wildcats take on the Wolf Pack in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl!

Arizona, the first Pac-12 team to play in the Albuquerque-based bowl game, is 7-5 overall and have been ranked among the nation’s best all season, cracking the top 25 or receiving votes in every poll since Week 2. They upset two ranked teams, beating 18th-ranked Oregon State (59-38) and 10th-ranked USC (39-36). Arizona also boasts the nation’s leading rusher, Ka’Deem Carey, who has tallied 1,757 yards.

It is an interesting match-up with Nevada, which has the nation’s second leading rusher in Stefphon Jefferson. Arizona is seventh in the country in total offense while Nevada is 11th. The two programs have met before, but not since 1941. To date, the all-time series is 1-1-1.

“What a great matchup to kickoff college football’s post season,” Jeff Siembieda, Gildan New Mexico Bowl Executive Director said. “Two of the top offenses in America, the top two running backs in the country, two of college football’s top quarterbacks and playmakers all over the field. I think we’ve got the potential for a great, exciting football game.”

I attended the UA vs. ASU game (telecast via ESPN) on the Big Screen at the Loft Cinema, with some friends. It was amazing to watch such an exciting sports broadcast on a super-sized screen, with other enthusiastic loyal fans. Too bad we lost that game, but Go Cats on 12/15/12 in this bowl game.

University Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen, photo taken by Carolyn Classen

I honestly don’t like to brag which is why I didn’t inform our readers that my husband, University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen was named Arizona Professor of the Year by the national Carnegie Foundation on November 15. But then after 3 articles in other news sources, I figured I better post it as well:

Arizona Daily Wildcat, 11/14/12: http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2012/11/classen-awards-teacher-arizona-111412

UA News, 11/21/12: http://uanews.org/story/uas-albrecht-classen-named-arizona-professor-year

Arizona Daily Star, 11/26/12: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/ua-s-classen-named-state-s-top-prof-awarded-carnegie/article_90515173-0bfc-5d8b-8b40-43ed42769e2a.html

There were 30 state winners of this 2012 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching honor, plus in the District of Columbia: http://www.usprofessorsoftheyear.org/Documents/POY/2012/POY12_StateWinners_PG8.pdf

All I can add to these articles is that my husband is an international scholar in medieval studies, and that he does have a profound passion for teaching college students. He spends a LOT of time planning his teaching, advising undergraduate students in the German Studies Dept., and he has even led summer study abroad medieval tours to Europe since 2004.

More here at his website: http://aclassen.faculty.arizona.edu/. He was even mentioned twice on the popular nationwide Jeopardy TV show this year (the answer is below, the clue to the question is on his website).

He will be interviewed on the Buckmaster Show on Wednesday December 5, so listen to KVOI 1030 AM on the radio then, starting at 12:30 p.m.

One of the nicest things he received due to this award (which touched his heart) was a personalized cake from the honor students at the Yuma residence hall last week, where he serves as Faculty Fellow (adviser/mentor). Photo above courtesy of Resident Assistant Bradley Shane.

P.S. We’ve been married 28 years so I do completely understand his passion for teaching, as we met while he was a struggling grad student at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He got his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (Cavaliers) and then we moved here to the University of Arizona.

press release from Tucson Fire Department:

Barrett Baker Date: 11/03/2012
Public Information Officer TDD: 837-7016
410-1901 pager
Barrett.baker@tucsonaz.gov

FIRE BREAKS OUT IN MCKALE CENTER CAPTAIN EQUIPMENT ROOM
TWO ALARM RESPONSE FROM TFD TO CONTROL

Dispatch Time –9:26 P.M.
On-Scene Time –9:29 P.M.

A fire broke out in an equipment room this evening at the University of Arizona’s McKale Center. University of Arizona Police responded to a smoke alarm generated from McKale Center per their standard operating procedures and confirmed the smoke alarm once they arrived on scene. The first unit from Tucson Fire arrived on scene three minutes after being dispatched and noticed smoke coming from the roof area of McKale. They immediately called for more resources and began the process of charging the sprinkler system and standpipe system, both things that support firefighting operations.

An attack team, consisting of 10 firefighters, entered McKale to determine the location of the fire, along with help from UAPD. The alarm panel specified a certain room and the firefighters confirmed they had heavy smoke and water coming out of the room from under the door. Firefighters made entry into the room and had flames showing along with heavy smoke. They quickly extinguished the fire but visibility was minimal due to the amount of residual smoke. A sprinkler head had activated in the room, assisting in the extinguishment of the fire. Actions were immediately taken to evacuate as much smoke as possible to improve visibility and get secondary confirmation the entire fire was controlled. Firefighters from two ladder trucks had also made their way to the roof of McKale to ensure the fire had not spread to the roof. Two alarms were dispatched to the scene, consisting of twenty-one units and forty-eight firefighters. There were no injuries to firefighters. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation and no estimation of damages had been made.

Thankfully no one was present in the equipment room when the fire broke out, or injured.