The shiny silver pinstripes runningthrough Wesley Kimble’s blue shirtreflected sunlight in the arena of theTucson Rodeo Grounds Saturday as,rope in hand, he raced on his horseafter a calf.

Kimble, an agricultural educationsenior, was among eight other UA stu-dents at the 65th Annual University ofArizona Intercollegiate Rodeo.

He won the calf roping competitionafter securing a lasso around a calf’shorns 10.3 seconds after his horse bust-ed through the starting gates.

Kaci Malouff, an agricultural educa-tion junior, tied for first place in thebreakaway roping event.

Malouff looped the rope around thecalf’s horns in 3.3 seconds, but the calfkept running because the rope broke offthe saddle.

The competitors in Saturday’s rodeowere from teams in the Grand Canyonregion, which includes the UA, ArizonaState University, Pima CommunityCollege, New Mexico State University,Cochise Community College, CentralArizona College and NorthlandPioneer College.

Worn cowboy boots, dusty jeans andhalf-tanned faces peeking out fromcowboy hats attested to the hours ofhard work the students put in beforethe rodeo.

Valerie Spate, an equine sciencesjunior, said she practices a few hours ata time, two to three days per week.

A normal day for Spate starts at 7a.m., when she feeds her three horses.She also takes them riding. She saidshe’s lucky she has afternoon classes soshe can spend the morning with herhorses.

When Spate gets home around 7p.m., she feeds her horses again.

She also works a weekend job to payfor all the costs associated with travel-ing to rodeos, including entry fees andthe cost of owning horses. She pays forfeed, shoes, shots and veterinaryappointments, all of which add up toabout $3,000 per year, she estimated.

The event was one of 10 rodeos inwhich UA students will participate.

The scores from the regional rodeosare compiled at the end of the year todetermine which individual studentsand teams advance to the national col-lege competition in June in Casper, Wyo.

Scores for the events are based on time.

Those who participate in roping events tryto take the least amount of time to rope thecalf after they leave the starting gates.

“The tie-down open is my favoriteevent,” Kimble said. “It’s the one I think Ihave the most luck at.”

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Bill wouldadd moneyto financialaid funds

PHOENIX — With another potential tuitionincrease looming at the UA, a Tucson legislator is try-ing to increase the amount of money the state putstoward financial aid at state universities to make high-er education more accessible.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Tim Bee, R-Tucson,would increase the amount of money the state putsinto the Arizona Board of Regents financial aid trustfund by increasing the ratio at which they match fundsfrom the universities from 1 percent to 1.5 percent.

The fund, established in the late 1980s, matches the$35 fee students pay to the regents with a state contri-bution. The fee, which is 1 percent of in-state tuition,increased by about $10 last year because of the UA’srecord-setting tuition hike.

However, the state has failed to match the univer-sities’ contributions to the fund for the last three years,as lawmakers struggled to overcome gaping budgetshortfalls.

Last year, the state’s universities collected $2.9 mil-lion in fees, but only received $2.2 million in stateappropriations.

If the bill does pass and the ratio increases, it maybe more of a symbolic victory than a practical victorybecause neither the governor nor the GOP’s JointLegislative Budget Committee budget have allocatedmoney for the fund in their budgets this year, saidGreg Fahey, UA lobbyist.

“Money is so tight that we may have to keep work-ing at it next year,” Fahey said. “In better times finan-cially for the state, we can get it done.”

The bill has the backing of student lobbyists fromthe Arizona Students’ Association, who will be at theCapitol when the bill is discussed early next week,said Amy Hicks, ASA associate executive director.

“Right now, students pay a disproportionateamount into the fund compared with what theLegislature does, and that’s not fair to students,”Hicks said.

President Peter Likins spoke to the House andSenate appropriations committees last week, stressingthe importance of financial aid in making college

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Students saddle up at rodeoRiding, lassoing allpart of 65th UA rodeo

By Andrea KellySTAFF WRITER

MELISSA HALTERMAN/Arizona Daily WildcatSherrod Deverse, a biosystems engineering freshman, attempts to lasso a steer Saturday after-noon in the 65th Annual UA Intercollegiate Rodeo. Colleges and universities from aroundNew Mexico and Arizona competed in the one-day rodeo. For more photos of the event, seethe online photo spread at wildcat.arizona.edu.

ResLife rule kicksclubs out of dorms

Student clubs and organizations not affiliated withresidence halls are no longer allowed to meet in hallcommon spaces, according to a new rule adopted byResidence Life.

In order to keep groups from taking over studentspace and disrupting residents, clubs and organizationsare no longer allowed to meet on a weekly basis in semi-public spaces like study lounges, lobbies and other meet-ing spaces in residence halls on campus.

“Some groups monopolize space, and if they meet on

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Napolitano joins Wildcats for a day

Gov. Janet Napolitanosat on the women’s bas-ketball benchSaturday withmore on her mindthan just hoops.

N a p o l i t a n owas a guest coachfor the Wildcats aspart of NationalGirls and Womenin Sports Day,which promotes theadvancement of women’ssports. It was the secondtime the governor joinedthe Wildcat women on the

bench.Napolitano was accom-

panied on the floor ofMcKale Center in a half-time ceremony by UA ath-letic director JimLivengood, assistant direc-

tor Kathleen“Rocky” LaRoseand Wildcatwomen’s swimand dive coachMichele Mitchell-Rocha, along withmore than 100young female

Tucson athletes.“Girls, I want to tell you:

Sports can change yourlives,” said Mitchell-Rocha,

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By Shane DaleASST. SPORTS EDITOR

KEVIN B. KLAUS/Arizona Daily WildcatGov. Janet Napolitano sits on the bench with the UA women’s basket-ball team Saturday night during a game against California.

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