Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, AZ
2 days ago by Laura Hawkins
Ranching is a long-forgotten way of life for many Arizonans. Rodeos are mere remnants of what once constructed the area's economic backbone, and cowboy hats are more indicative of fashion than of an actual lifestyle.
The Empire Ranch, founded by Walter Vail in 1876, was one of Arizona's largest cattle ranches in the late 1800s.
Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, AZ
1 day ago
If Date Book is too square for you, try Spectrum. It's a hoot.
Viking, Long Beach City College, CA
1 day ago by Matt Robinson
TAHOE CITY -- Author Mark Twain remarked that due to Lake Tahoe's remarkable clarity and vivid blue hue, boating on the lake was like floating [...on air.]
But now, Lake Tahoe, the second deepest lake in the U.S. at 1,645 feet, is facing a threat to that clarity.
Arizona Daily Wildcat, University of Arizona, AZ
3 days ago by Kelsey Ahlmark
A week before my flight and two-week stay in Sweden, my grandmother sent me a letter via snail mail calling Sweden our "old country." She wrote about where she had lived with my father in Stockholm and how my father fed hedgehogs. It was all very nice, especially since I would miss "nice" while away.
The Breeze, Chaffey College, CA
5 days ago by Hortencia Rangel
Director and writer Ruben Amavizca-Murua is a native of the industrial town of Mexicali, Baja California. His mother was a seamstress who worked at one of the first maquiladoras in Mexicali decades ago.
So it was no wonder when Amavizca-Murua stumbled across the news of a mass "femicide" occurring to Mexican maquiladora females along the border, it struck an emotional chord within him.