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    risk and change his life. In the state of Oaxaca, Mexico there is a total population of about 3.5 million, with women outnumbering men by 150,000 and about 60% of the population under the age of 30. From 2000 to 2001, 50,433 people moved into the Tucson area and 35,300 moved out (tucsonaz.gov). Sergios’s family is fairly large, him being the only man and having two daughters with his wife Paulina. In Oaxaca, Sergio sells fruits and vegetables in markets, and makes 800 pesos a week. Sergio lives…

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    to be possible has been banned and there is a nothing to replace it. Among almost all the Tucson community stakeholders there is a trend of disappointment, disgust, and sadness. One stakeholder mentioned that their Mexican-American studies programs “followed the state English and social studies standards” (21). The classes adhered to all state standards for classes and still got removed. It seems that Tucson as a whole was opposed to H.B. 2281 and thought very highly of there Mexican-American…

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    Mexican American studies in Arizona have been accredited with increasing the graduation rates and improving students test scores on standardized tests in Arizona. The Tucson School District has aimed to ban ethnic studies under the guase that such course breed resentment in the students that took those specific classes against whites as well as hatred and that they also promoted division. Members of the state board view these classes not as educational, but as away to nurture future activist who…

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    Although vaccination can reduce risks of smallpox and measles, vaccination should allow people to make their own choice. I'm in no place to tell those who were reading this what they should do about the vaccination, but the it should not be mandated, Tucson citizens have a right to choose whether or not they want to vaccinate their children. The MMR vaccination includes mercury…

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    Chapter 2: Breaking into Broadcasting: How Savannah Guthrie started her career in local news stations, covering stories from Montana to Missouri to Tucson. A Rocky Start in Montana Savannah Guthrie began her broadcasting career at KTVM, an NBC station in Butte, Montana, in October 1993. However, only ten days later, the station closed its news operation. She was among the last reporters to appear on air before the shutdown, and she had to find a new job quickly. She said it was a “devastating”…

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    Hockey in the desert Ice hockey is a sport almost unheard of in the city of Tucson, Arizona. There is the local college team, the Wildcats, but aside from that you have to drive through the middle of a scorching desert to get to the nearest city with an ice rink. And then of course there is me. Hockey is a big hobby of mine, and sadly I was unfortunate enough to grow up in the middle of a desert where hockey is not a big part of the culture. But that wasn’t going to stop me. My goal was to get…

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    local competition, on average their services are priced about 20 percent above the local average. Though prices are higher for the local area, these prices are about average when compared the neighboring community, the Tucson, Arizona market. Kim Padilla makes calls to both local and Tucson dental offices to check prices to ensure that their prices continue to remain competitive (K. Padilla, personal communication,…

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    Guthrie, was a homemaker who took care of Savannah and her two older siblings, Annie and Camron. Savannah’s parents were both from the United States, and they decided to move back to their home country when Savannah was two years old. They settled in Tucson, Arizona, where she spent most of her childhood and adolescence. She grew up in a close-knit and supportive family that encouraged her curiosity and…

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    As technology advances throughout the years, the life expectancy for elderly Americans will increase dramatically (Singh, Bajorek, 2014). Americans life expectancy has increased over the last few years, and as of 2015 Americans can expect to live an average of 78.7 years (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2017). Over the next 33 years, the United States elderly population is expected to be around 83.7 million adults, that is nearly double what it was in 2012 (43.1 million) (CDC,…

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    However, some school districts are less favorable towards ethnic studies, such as a school district in Arizona. In 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2281. The House bill banned all Mexican American classes and books from students of Tucson high schools. There are several stakeholders that have either agreed or disagreed with the existence of House…

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