Tucson

As of late, there has been a drastic increase in deaths due to opioid overdoses, this crisis has spread across our country, and has caused President Trump to publicly come out and describe it as a ‘national health emergency’. Opioid overdoses have destroyed families, careers, and more importantly, it’s taken lives, but Seattle and King County have been taking action on this issue, by creating the nation’s first-ever safe injection site. This is reportedly inspired to be like Vancouver B.C.'s…

Fight Gun Violence.”) Gabrielle Gifford’s, former Arizona congresswoman and her husband astronaut Mark Kelly co-founded the Gifford’s organization due to a tragedy experienced by Mrs. Gifford. On January 8, 2011, Gabrielle was shot in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona while meeting with her constituents (Memmott 2013). Even though she survived the shooting she suffered a serious brain injury, and six other people died. To focus on her recovery Mrs. Gifford stepped down from her role in Congress…

closer into the project, I came to the conclusion based on the small things I have pulled from the garbage bag. There are three people living in the apartment and go to school at the University of Arizona who lives in an apartment building located in Tucson Arizona. One of their names is Tyler Smith, Paper was located near the bottom of the trash, including important information about Tyler, it was covered with a rotten banana. The substances they consumed the most were either fast food or…

Comparing with the week-long treatment in Tucson hospital, working with the medical workers who know her physical condition well makes her therapy process smoothly: “Charleston’s orthopods order more X rays and decides I can try to move my shoulder…A day later I am back home…A week later I am back…

Looking back at my short life I seem to have 20/20 vision. I see the choices that I have made and the outcomes that have happened. I would like to share a very important choice that I’ve made about joining the Navy. It’s been eleven years now since I made this life altering decision. In the year 2002, I was sixteen years old and in high school wood shop. I remember my teacher Mr. Cox making an announcement to the class. “Everyone that would like to receive extra credit can go take the…

patients are able to get back to their normal levels of strength and flexibility after a few months, some have complications such as scar tissue buildup, bone regrowth, nerve damage and Achilles tendon issues. One of my fellow dancers with Ballet Tucson had previously also had her Os Trigonum removed, and after about eight years it regrew and she now has to get a yearly cortisone shot to help with the pain. I weighed the pros and cons and decided that for the long-term, not getting this bone…

Universities around the United States have been heavily focusing on attracting students to their institutions by rebuilding already constructed buildings. Many universities are remaking their stadiums a great example is the local university located here in Tucson, AZ the University of Arizona. Recently the U of A remodeled their stadium to seat more people and upgrade the infrastructure on the stadium, even though the stadium was in great shape and in the process the university spent several…

Amanda Rose’s introduction of, The Showdown in the Sonoran Desert sets the stage for a multitude of information that ultimately explains the migration experience of Mexicans. More importantly, she explains how the militarization of the US-Mexican border has resulted in more deaths in the Sonoran Desert in that past decade than any other time. Due to the highly defended boarder, migrants could no longer take the easier routes like “swimming the Rio Grande or dashing the Tijuana/San Diego divide”…

In previous years my mind has always been very controversial about cochlear implants. ive grown up with two deaf cousins that don 't have cochlear implants. After getting their opinions and hearing other deaf peoples opinion, some with cochlear implants some without, i have finally made up my mind. I have come to the conclusion that i don 't agree with cochlear implants because deafness is a natural thing, not a disability that needs to be fixed. If i had a child who was eligible for cochlear…

Arizona State Museum. Today, for the first trip, I have chosen to visit Arizona State Museum, since it is convenient for me to walk for few minutes to invigorate my brain. It is a big building with post modern architecture design, having plenty of showings about the civilization and lifestyle of Arizona region. Before entering the museum, I expected learning about the many cultures and types of ethnic groups that lived and represented the Sonoran region throughout the centuries.…