Why bring sand to a desert? Beach volleyball!

Beach volleyball has come to Tucson — just minus the beach. White sand, 1,250 tons of it, was shipped from a rock quarry in Southern California, according to Steve Walker, the head coach of the new sand volleyball team at the University of Arizona. This marks the 20th sport for Arizona Athletics. It is from…

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The Week (at the Arizona Capitol) March 10-14

The House opened up the week with revenge porn — a bill that prohibits it, that is. HB 2515, a bill that prohibits the unlawful distribution of private images would make it a felony to share a picture of someone nude or in a sexual act without their permission. The bill was modeled after similar…

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‘I had a secret’: Wilbur and the clandestine world of college mascots (With ASNS Highlight Video)

  [Above video: ASNS Highlight anchor Jade Nunes interviews Forrest Gmitro, former Wilbur. Production by Jade Nunes and Stephanie Casanova] *** There are lots of secret communities: Skull and Bones, the legendary Freemasons,  the Knights Templar, the alleged Illuminati. Me, I belonged to one. My fellow members in this highly cloaked society have names that sound…

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