By Savannah Huls/El Inde It’s a Friday night in October at the University of Arizona. Cars drive past the seemingly vacant campus. The stadium lights shine down on an empty football field. The dormitory halls of Colonia de la Paz are silent. Riley Auchampach, a freshman, sits atop her twin bed participating in a virtual…
By Tommie Huffman Reymon Murphy, or Rey, is the go-to guy if you want to organize a community event or get your band heard by a larger audience in Tucson, Arizona. Rey is a bandmate, a community organizer, a father, and a friend to many. He never dwells on his difficult and sometimes tumultuous past,…
By Greg Minder/El Inde Greg Minder has worked in the hotel industry for the past 6 years. He has seen such growth in Tucson: Travel was up, newly built hotels were abundant, and it all brought much needed tax income and revenue to the city. But COVID-19 would change everything we knew, including the way…
By Harrison Moreno/El Inde The term “The Real World” is used throughout life. It’s like this mythical finish line, one that sometimes feels like a deterrent just as much as a piece of motivation. Whether it’s external or internal motivations and expectations, that proverbial line is always in site, like a racer on the final…
By Anika Pasilis/El Inde Anika Pasilis lost her grandmother to the coronavirus in May, 2020. Since then, she has been trying to examine questions of love and loss so she can come to terms with her grandmother’s death.
