Student IDs may not be good enough for voting

By Priya Jandu/Arizona Sonora News Arizona students might soon be turned away at polling stations if they show up with their student IDs.  A bill introduced by Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, would not allow high school, college or university ID cards to be an acceptable form of identification when voting in Arizona.  Townsend declined to…

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Campus Pantry combats student food insecurity

On Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m. third-year student Anisa Maani heads to the University of Arizona’s Student Union to get food. But Maani does not head into the Union’s food court-style dining hall. She does not survey the ready-made pizzas keeping warm under lights at Papa John’s or patiently wait for waffle fries and nuggets…

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The exceptional difficulty of prosecuting rape

  Sexual assault remains the most underreported and underprosecuted violent crime in the United States. Of the small fraction of incidents that are reported, even fewer incidents actually result in investigations, charges and convictions. “It’s extremely underreported, both on and off campus,” said Rene Hernandez, police officer and crime prevention specialist at the University of…

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Students soar with Wright Flight

If you place a kid in a cockpit and give him the controls to an airplane, you might change the trajectory of his life. Wright Flight is an organization specializing in “helping kids reach new heights.” The nine-week program introduces elementary through high school students to the basics of aviation. More importantly, it teaches students…

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