By Taylor Gleeson/Arizona Sonora News Chelsea Menke has always had a passion for two things: horses and kids. At Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids, or TRAK, she is able to pursue both of her passions as the nonprofit’s program director. With a slim build, dark brown hair that falls around her face, deep brown…
By Zoe Roberts/Arizona Sonora News She lives on the vibrant and bustling campus of the University of Arizona. She strolls through the streets lined with robust palm trees, just to watch students get from place to place and bask in the warm desert sun. She does it all: she fills the role of a handywoman,…
By Nicole Gleason/Arizona Sonora News A lot of astronomers start out as stargazing children whose curiosity for the cosmos is fueled by a key experience. For Carl Sagan, it was the 1939 New York World’s Fair, where he saw a flashlight shining on a photoelectric cell. For Neil deGrasse Tyson, it happened after he visited…
By Zoe Crowdus/Arizona Sonora News College basketball has its expected celebrities. The point guard who made the first pick in the NBA draft. A coach that led a team to 6 NCAA championships in a row. The fan favorite player who makes a game winning, buzzer beating shot and feels the crowd’s cheers engulf her…
The Islamic Center of Tucson is surrounded by high-rise student apartments on the University of Arizona campus. The Mosque was one of the first built in Tucson. Before that, students used to pray out of an apartment and when that apartment got too crowded, they built the Mosque on campus. Yet because of its location,…
