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University of Arizona fraternity burglarized
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Residents of the Theta Xi fraternity reported a burglary to the University of Arizona Police Department on Friday, May 25. UAPD said that the fraternity house, situated northeast of the university campus on E 1st Street, was burglarized in the early morning the day before the report.
Examining Colorado football’s history against the Arizona Wildcats
The Big 12 Conference matchup between the Colorado Buffaloes and Arizona Wildcats on Oct. 19 will be intriguing. It will mark the first time a former Pac-12 rival will face the Buffaloes in the Big 12. Overall, the all-time series record between the two teams stands at 16-10 in CU’s favor, but the rivalry between the Buffs and the Wildcats has been a streaky one. The teams played 14 times between 1931 and 2011, and Colorado won 13 of those games, including a 2011 game that represented CU’s first Pac-12 Conference victory. Since then, Arizona has taken advantage of the Buffaloes’ poor...
Local nonprofit looking for volunteers ahead of summer
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - “I love the people that I get to meet,” said Art Evans, a volunteer for Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona. “I also love driving my car around Tucson and it also gives me an excuse to see other parts of Tucson.”. Evans has...
USC's last Pac-12 season frequently ran into -- and through -- Arizona
The USC Trojans have completed their last college sports cycle in the Pac-12 Conference. Their last baseball season in the Pac-12 just ended. Basketball ended in March. Football ended in November (regular season, not the bowl game). A lot of USC endings in the Pac-12 have involved the Arizona Wildcats and, in some cases, the state of Arizona.
Elaine Powers, self-published author, is Pima Library's summer writer-in-residence
Science-loving author Elaine Powers is this summer's writer in residence at the Pima County Public Library. Powers will be hosting one-on-one meetings with community members as well as three workshops through July 29, which will cover self-publishing, writing about the moon, and writing about science - or any facts - for children.
First 100 degree day of the year is a strong possibility this week
This week most of Southern Arizona stuck to the nineties for the highs. Tucson got to a high of 96 today, but Sierra Vista barely escaped the nineties with a high of 89 degrees. Southern Arizona did see some wind today. Tucson had wind speeds that were pretty consistently at...
Vexing drawback to tribal online colleges: Cultural & social isolation
Enrollment in the fall semester was just under 1,200, according to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, nearly triple what it was in fall 2019. But the desert campus on an isolated patch of the sprawling Tohono O’odham Nation was nearly empty on a weekday afternoon. Instructors sat alone in front of computers in classrooms and offices teaching their courses online, which is where nearly all the students are learning these days.
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