The Mayors of Phoenix and Tucson each championed historical events last week. Mayor Kate Gallego, in a series of posts and events, celebrated the Thirty First Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence. Tomorrow the city will shine bright in Blue and Yellow, recognizing 31 years of Ukraine Independence. Join us in showing solidarity and support to Ukrainians … Read more
In early August, a friend of mine invited me to like the Facebook group entitled “Stand Against Barstool Sports Rape Culture.” It didn’t take much digging to figure out why my friend Kat Stratford had created this group. Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy has quite Internet rap sheet when it comes to sexist behavior and … Read more
Above: Aari McDonald, left, hugs other teammates as the Arizona Wildcats defeated UConn to advance to the NCAA Women’s National Championship game. – Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star The University of Arizona Women’s basketball team are giant killers, stunning the legendary University of Connecticut Huskies last night in a Final Four game. The Arizona Daily Star … Read more
Article 11 of the State Constitution of Arizona deals with public education. Section six concerns higher education at the state’s public universities. It states “instruction” at state universities “shall (not should) be as free as possible.” Well, according to a new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Arizona “Public Servants” (Republicans) in … Read more
Seems like 10 years now (actually it’s 11) that the Tucson Festival of Books has been at the University of Arizona Campus mall (west of Campbell Avenue), and it seems to grow bigger each year. Here’s the presenting authors’ schedule for both days, March 2 and 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=58 Check out … Read more