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" Last week was a crazy week packed with Wildcat spirit, ridiculous games, fattening food, and massive amounts of alumni. Even with the Homecoming festivities underway, the University of Arizona had some tragic blows last week.  It all began when I was on my way to work Thursday afternoon. I work at the medical center for the athletes here at UofA, and it&amp;#039;s located under our basketball arena, called the McKale Center. So anyway, I was about to walk into the arena and I came around the corner and there were hundreds of news crews and reporters. Startled, I just took a quick look and continued on to the medical center. I finally got down to the training room and medical center and I started talking to some of the other techs, who were also slightly baffled. We finally learned from an athlete that our beloved basketball coach, Lute Olson, announced that he would be retiring. I was very taken aback. I&amp;#039;m a big fan of Arizona basketball, and Lute is like a god to the University. It also came to me as a shock because a week ago he said how excited he was to be coaching this upcoming season.  Olson has a lifetime record of 781-280 while at Long Beach State, Iowa and Arizona. He has won 11 Pac-10 regular season championships and made 28 NCAA Tournament appearances. He has taken Arizona to 24 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, second longest streak all-time and led Arizona to the 1997 NCAA Championship. He will definitely be missed, thanks Lute. \u263A Aside from that, UA also lost our homecoming football game vs. USC, 10-17. The Wildcats did an amazing job, and it was a crazy game. Dang, I should be a sports reporter.  Defy Gravity and keep Smiling, Dawn "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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