Surveillance beyond the border

By Sasha Hartzell/El Inde In the high desert of southeastern Arizona, there is a vast range of grassland known by the local Border Patrol agents simply as ‘the valley.’  An aerial view of the region reveals a shape like cupped hands, the Huachuca and Patagonia Mountain ranges curving around a long, shadowed hollow: this is…

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Making her own stage

By Rocky Baier/El Inde Patagonia’s Tin Shed Theater is a simple, intimate space, with a stage of interlocking black foam squares covering the floor and three rows of chairs in the audience that seat 100. Red curtains hang over the walls, sectioning off the front of the room to create a mock backstage.  The small…

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Influencing the campus night club scene

By Olivia Ledford/El Inde Working at one of University of Arizona’s most beloved clubs, No Anchovies, comes with its ups and downs. But for students Morgan Metler and Brett Moran, it’s more than just work. It’s a lifestyle. As Morgan and Brett go into their last semester of their senior year, working at No Anchovies…

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Journalists adapt as sports go silent

By Alec White/El Inde For the first time in its 81-year history, the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and I witnessed part of the shutdown of basketball and sports firsthand.  As a sports journalist for the Arizona Daily Star, I was in Las Vegas covering the Pac-12 Tournament and at the start…

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Yes, this is everything

By Mish DeCarlo/El Inde I cried for eight hours straight. Well, it was more like sobbing. And that was just during my drive from Tucson to my home in Huntington Beach, California. You should have seen me the night before after a glass (or rather, bottle) of wine.  By the time I pulled into my…

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