Big, bulky and bright yellow. You have most likely seen these bicycles scattered around Tucson and have thought to yourself “wow can those bikes be any less aerodynamic?” Their neon blue front plate and thick handlebars top off their signature look that catches the eye of anyone who passes by. However, these seemingly clunky rental…
Long hours and long roads. Constantly going on road trips, but with different people every time. Being more familiar with the roads you are driving on than the people sitting right beside you. Working as a Greyhound bus driver is different than being any other type of public transportation worker. It’s not like being…
The Humane Society of the United States has a point to make. “If just one of every five Americans wanting to add a cat or dog to their family in the next year adopted from a shelter, not one single healthy, treatable cat or dog would lose his life in a shelter.” Meet Summer, an…
When Dickson Despommier and his medical ecology students began dreaming of vertical farming in the 1990s at Columbia University, the thinking and designs involved elaborate, fancy buildings. Two decades later, a shipping container was used as a successful vertical farm by University of Arizona professor Joel Cuello. He compared his design to a beehive,…
This festival season, the bolo tie is getting a makeover. The bolo tie gained immense popularity throughout the southwest in the early 30s and became the official neckwear of Arizona in 1973. The accessory was made famous by Westerners and cowboys, specifically in Wickenburg, Ariz. According to Mary Ann Igna, curator at the Arizona Bolo…
