High-end apartment construction near campus brings some headaches

By Ashley Martin, Kirshana Guy and Vanessa Henderson/Arizona Sonora News The construction of multiple modern, high-end apartment complexes right on the edge of campus has created controversy among UA students, faculty, local landlords and local business owners. While the modernization of housing options has meant  monetary opportunity for some, for others it has created distress….

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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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A long-term change to Arizona’s gubernatorial succession procedures advances in Phoenix

By Jordan Williams/Arizona Sonora News Capitol Bureau PHOENIX- The Arizona House government committee passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1008, which would amend the state constitution to add a lieutenant governor in Arizona’s line of succession. The resolution, which the Senate passed by a vote of 23-7, requires a gubernatorial nominee to choose a running mate for lieutenant…

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