Tucson

On July 23, 2017, just outside of Tucson, Arizona an intense thunderstorm dropped a large amount a rainfall, prompting the National Weather Service to release a flash flood warning for the Santa Catalina Mountains, including Tanque Verde Falls (Sutton & Cullinane, 2017). A flash flood at the Tanque Verde Falls area stranded 17 hikers, prompting a swiftwater rescue. Rescuers, including the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), Rural Metro Fire Department (RMFD), and the Southern Arizona Search…

of creative writing student J.R. Johnson’s story “The Bitter Hunt”, all five basic elements of Gustav Freitag’s Pyramid structure were present. Situation: Three buddies have gone on a hunting and camping trip in the desert landscape that surrounds Tucson in Arizona. After three days and very little success, the blame begins to shift to Jeep traffic and the illegal immigrant “invasion” which has scarred the environment. The conflict is further affirmed by a Border Patrol Officer who stops…

For example, in the The Bean Trees, Kingsolver uses figurative language to represent the importance of community by comparing a person to a plant. In Tucson, Taylor discovers a plant that, weirdly enough, thrives in the desert. The plant, wisteria, flourishes because of a community made up of rhizobia that are, “...a whole invisible system…” like Taylor’s friends who, “...you’d never guess was [were]…

According to Pew Research Center (2014), 31% of Arizona's population is Hispanic, which is the 4th most in the United States. This agrees with the fact their was mostly Hispanics in Tucson High School. 66% percent of Arizona's population spoke a language other than only English spoken at home, which is why they spoke spanish sometimes in their class. On the other hand, one could one could say that it gave an unrealistic representation…

I am Mamawa Konuwa, the manager of Payton MacDonald and Tom Hammes, performers of North Indian music. I’m writing to you in the hopes that you incorporate this unique act in the next 2015 UW Madison World Music Festival. I am aware that this nationally renowned festival is full of musically talented people from all different genres, performances and backgrounds and I am thoroughly convinced that t my North Indian Musical act will bring even more of a diverse crowd of individuals. The ensemble…

I saw only darkness, save the faint glow of lava rocks in a small hole dug in front of me. I breathe in what should be steaming hot air, but it is dry, yet so hot. Even growing up in Tucson where the summer heat can reach 110 degrees, I’ve never experienced something quite like this. I wished I was playing out in that summer heat, this felt like I was being cooked in an oven. I breathe in again, more dry air. My head felt light, yet I’d been in this hole for only about 5 minutes. This was my…

video games, and enjoying life with no responsibility. The number of children in Tucson being exposed to drugs, mainly from their guardians, are increasing. Although drugs may not be physically handed to the child by the parent, they are still at exposure to many health risks, whether it be second hand smoke, prenatal, or paraphernalia lying around the house. To ensure the safety of children and their health, Tucson should reach out to more chaotic drug driven homes and offer more help to…

“American Dream” at the time it seemed like America was awesome I would see the big wall of metal that separated us from them, I was born in America but I had never been there before. Then the day came out of nowhere we move to Tucson AZ. My mom, sister and I we had moved to Tucson Arizona a week before school started. I was an elementary student, I was…

Robinson mentions in the first chapter of his 2011 book What is Political Ecology, even though these plans exist and inform the public, they are apolitical approaches that do not address the root cause of the non sustainable energy dilemma and they also exclude large portions of the population. There has been a trend to try to get the public to be more responsible in their energy consumption at home and at work, but this approach still ignores the root cause of the problem, using an…

a U.S. Congressional Charter. Locally, the first Boys Club in the city of Tucson was founded August 21, 1957. Up into the year 1990 it was known to be the Boys club. With an effort to acknowledge youth members who were female, “Congress amended and renewed the charter” (Our history, n.d.) to become the Boys & Girls Club which included female members. Along with various Boys & Girls Clubs across the country, our local Tucson…