Far from home, UA sophomore Gabriela Ruiz prepares to celebrate her second Dia de los Muertos away from her Mexican-American family. Although the holiday is deeply rooted in family customs and traditions, Ruiz views the festivities as an opportunity to include her college friends in a side of her culture they have yet to experience….
Every year, roughly 90,000 Arizonans are infected with a disease that could kill them. But that could change soon. A new drug is being developed to potentially cure Valley Fever since it kills one out of 10 people infected. The Southwest region – Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas – is home to the Valley Fever…
On the outside, fry bread is merely what its title says it is. A golden-brown fried piece of dough the size of a Styrofoam plate that can be sweetened with honey and powdered sugar or treated like a taco shell. However, this fried piece of dough symbolizes much more than the total amount of calories…
With marijuana use becoming more accepted in the U.S. and the legalization of it in Washington and Colorado, it is only legal to 50,000 Arizona residents. That could change in the years ahead. The Marijuana Policy Project of Arizona is pushing for the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana in 2016 to be…
When Kathy Picard was young, her family took her to a dermatologist to find out why she was losing her eyelashes and eyebrows. The dermatologist diagnosed acute encephalitis, and gave her an ointment to use. Little did the dermatologist know. Picard was actually losing her eyelashes and eyebrows because she was plucking them herself. From…
