A coffee shop where the range of Tucson culture mingles

  By Shayne Tarquinio/Arizona Sonora News   Life speeds by on North Campbell Avenue, oblivious to the stillness of Raging Sage, where the sounds are coffee machines and the hum of human conversation. Maybe the slight clicking of a keyboard, or the clanking of dishes, or the creaking of the wooden chairs as someone gets…

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A bill addresses political speech and the classroom

By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News Capitol Bureau PHOENIX — The Senate Appropriations committee passed House Bill 2032, which would prohibit schools from speech or curricula during school time “with the intent of influencing or changing a student’s political ideology or religious beliefs.” Rep. Kelly Townsend (R-16) told the committee that even though many teachers in the…

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Campus fashionistas and a $292 billion industry

  By Holland Scattergood/Arizona Sonora News While taking a stroll around the University of Arizona campus, it is apparent that fashion is important to students. The university’s TREND is a fashion club created through the Terry J. Lundgren Retailing Center to acknowledge and analyze the importance of the art-fashion industry, and to encourage students to pursue careers in the fashion industry, which had…

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U of A rodeo team gallops on, spurred by new status

By Megan McDonald, Monika Damron and Elizabeth Quinlan/Arizona Sonora News TUCSON- The University of Arizona Rodeo Team, one of the oldest intercollegiate rodeo clubs in the nation, recently became recognized as a collegiate club sport, rather than just as a club. On Saturday, March 16, they saddled up under that new status for a home…

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Street, online harassment? Me too, many women say

“It is not flattering. Its scary, and sometimes your safety feels compromised. You don’t know how far these men will go if they felt like it was okay to say something sexual to a young lady.” By Gabby Mix, Julia McAlonan, Nicole Pon and Ty Hudson Photos by Ty Hudson A big crowd of marchers gathered behind a procession…

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