Go to Dirtbag’s and get a burger for me

By Sydney Jones/El Inde Crowded around the starting line in front of the Student Union Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus, dozens of students are anxiously awaiting the annual Greek pajama race to start. The contest runs from Old Main, the busiest place on campus, to the finish line on Highland Avenue.  Crouched…

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Freshman’s first semester of college

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…

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Love for the community

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,…

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Monsters, myths and finding the real missing link

By Vanessa Ontiveros/El Inde Stuck in her bedroom during the pandemic, with only the internet and her imagination as companions, one university student found a way to satisfy her taste for odd adventures. She wanted a good old fashioned monster hunt. And if she had to do this digitally, then so be it. First step:…

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Church maintains community link amid Covid-19

By Pei-Yu Lin/ El Inde Gardenia Moffett walked onto the raised platform covered in gray carpet at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Sonoita last February. She took the microphone and welcomed the congregation. Sophia Bergh, 17, the training leader for youth in the church, stood beside her. Recorded music started playing and they began to sing….

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