Heyy~Tea, a bubble tea shop, opened its doors to Tucson in September. With a variety of tea and food options, Heyy~Tea is on its way to become a fan favorite among students. Read more
| Daily (10/16) | ||
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| 676 | 2 | 0.3% |
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| 39,754 | 601 | 1.5% |
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy announced on Tuesday that the digital media company will sponsor the 2021 Arizona Bowl. As part of the sponsorship deal, Barstool will have exclusive international broadcast rights for the duration of the multi-year deal. Read more
Proposition 207 has officially gone into effect as recreational marijuana sales begin to boom in Tucson over the past month. Read more
Tucson is a beautiful place. Despite being in the dry, brown desert, various murals dot our cityscape. Sunsets with hues of red, orange, purple and blue fill the city sky and the valley that surrounds it with a rainbow of magnificent colors. Read more
Another week, another police beat! While we, of course, have at least one alcohol related incident, this week’s police beat features our very first anti-maskers, as well as someone who had some interesting information for our university’s president. Read more
The Tucson City Council passed an emergency curfew Friday, Dec. 4, and was supposed to end on Dec. 23. The curfew was later changed to continue until COVID-19 cases fell below 100 per 100,000 residents. Read more
Walking down Tucson’s historic Fourth Avenue University of Arizona students can find eclectic storefronts, colorful murals and everything from bookstores to restaurants. At its core, they will discover a unique district at the intersection of past and present, now facing an uncertain future. Read more
A new study from the University of Arizona researchers highlights the potential to utilize public land and rainwater harvesting to minimize food insecurity in Tucson. Read more
The University of Arizona’s COVID-19 virtual university status update team discussed the transition to Phase 2 of reentry and the university’s new vaccination partnership with the state on Monday, Feb. 15, for the seventh briefing of the spring semester. Read more
The City of Tucson Mayor and Council have allocated over $11.6 million to struggling small businesses during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
As University of Arizona junior and climate activist, Kyle Kline, chanted among several hundred concerned Tucsonans at a September 2019 climate strike, his hope was that city officials would solidify their commitments to climate action. “The main asks for the strike were the climate emergency declaration and the climate action plans,” Kline said. During the following year, Kline dedicated his time away from classes to gathering signatures, planning another climate strike and advocating alongside environmental organizations with the hopes of proving to city administration that this is what members of the community want. Read more
A student at the University of Arizona created a petition to make election day a campus wide holiday. The petition, called UAVotes, was created by Max Goodman, a politics, philosophy, economics and law major. Read more
The College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is offering a new award program for universal design starting this fall semester. The $5,000 worth of prize money will be distributed to third-year architecture students with final studio design projects exemplifying the theme of accessibility. Read more
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