By Megan McDonald/Arizona Sonora News College students often find themselves in financial stress juggling tuition, loans, rent and daily expenses. In a digital age with digital options, some female students take advantage of the internet and social media to receive money and gifts in exchange for companionship with affluent men, who style themselves as sugar…
Story and photos by Kirshana Guy/Arizona Sonora News In 2011, a nine-year-old boy in Vermont named Milo Cress undertook widely credited research which estimated that Americans use approximately 500 million plastic straws every day. He did this by simple reporting: he called manufacturers of plastic straws and asked for production estimates. One result was a…
Story and photos by Emmalee Mauldin/Arizona Sonora News This year’s superbloom in southern Arizona was a bright and colorful sight that will soon be fading into the glare of summer. With rains late in the winter season and cooler temperatures continuing through the winter, wildflowers thrived throughout the region from March to April. “We’ve had more flowers this year…
By Gabrielle Mix/Arizona Sonora News Karina Francis, who first attended Coachella in 2011, says it has maintained its original rock ’n’ roll vibe. But now, the festival brings artists to Indio from every walk of the pop music industry, including hip-hop, electronic dance music, indie and more, a change Francis says she has welcomed. However, the festival…
By Julia McAlonan/Arizona Sonora News April is that time of year again when many college students had scraped up their spare change and cut back on their daily Starbucks runs in order to afford the festival of the year: Coachella, which ended its second weekend Sunday. Since it began as an annual event in 1999, Coachella…
