Arizona – Pima Post

20May

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Bernal Gallery, Pima Arts

PCC Student Art Celebrated at Annual Juried Student Exhibit’s Reception

By Lucia Grijalva Photo from Pima Arts’ website On April 16, students from across all five of Pima Community College’s campuses gathered together for the Annual Juried Student Exhibit’s Reception. Awards took place at 4 p.m. This annual exhibition ran from April 7 to May 9 and was featured in the Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery of the West Campus. According to the Pima Arts website, “Each student was allowed to enter up to three works in any category. This year, jurors accepted 71 entries by 51 students from a total of 198 entries by 92 students.” “The jurors also designated 24 awards for works ranging from painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography and digital arts. More than $6,000 in certificates, gifts and financial donations were given to the Bernal Gallery for...

19May

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US News

Tornado Devastation Hits Central America

By Joseph Cunningham Photo by London, Ky., Mayor Randall Weddle Recently across America, tornados have ravaged the central parts of the country, with reports of 28 dead and hundreds of dollars of damages to families. Tragic images have been caught of entire neighborhoods reduced to debris. State officials reported 19 people were killed in Kentucky, seven people were killed in Missouri and two in Virginia. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear toured the wreckage saying this was one of the worst 14 national declared disasters he has been in office for. Not to mention terrifying stories coming from people trapped in their homes such as Kyndra Foster who was with her family in the basement, the youngest amongst them being 4 months old. Foster thankfully made it out, but with a broken f...

19May

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Features

Desert Rose Social Club Aims to Bring Connectivity to Tucson

By Lucia Grijalva Desert Rose Social Club founders (from left to right) Haylee Howe, Shayna Larson, Madison Baity and Kelly Hart. Photo from the Desert Rose Social Club Instagram page. Social clubs, running clubs, book clubs and more local groups such as these have seen a surge in popularity over the past few years. After the Covid lockdown, the world faced a micro extinction of community and places to assemble. Locally run restaurants forcibly shut down, mom and pop shops couldn’t survive and gyms and movie theatres were vacant. Ever since then, individuals have been in search of an environment to foster relationships and build engagement. A select few have taken it upon themselves to create a third place. “Third places” is an idea originally created by sociologist Ray Oldenb...

19May

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Features

Get to Know PCC Student Media Advisor Ambur Wilkerson

By Jackson Melin PCC Student Media Advisor Ambur Wilkerson at the 2025 Student Media Celebration with the new Pima Post logo. Photo by Stephanie Montaño. The Pima Post reached out to Pima Community College Student Media Advisor (and editor of The Pima Post who also edited this article) Ambur Wilkerson for a Q&A about her life and career. “My love for journalism began when I was a preteen,” Wilkerson said. “I was always getting magazines covering the Disney Channel stars and my friends knew me as the girl who knew all the celebrity gossip.” “I began pursuing it professionally in 2017 when I interned for City News Group in California,” Wilkerson said. She started a blog about her journey with mental health, and then later chose to pursue journalism as a career more c...

19May

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Arts & Entertainment

Review: MIKE & Tony Seltzer Release Pinball II

By Cristian Padilla The cover of “Pinball II” by MIKE & Tony Seltzer. Photo from MIKE & Tony Seltzer’s Bandcamp. “Pinball II” is the successor to “Pinball” by MIKE & Tony Seltzer. With a runtime of 33 minutes and a tracklist of 17 songs, we can only hope the duo ran it back with even more great music. MIKE, a somewhat underground artist, has been garnering a lot of attention recently. His alternative style, flow and overall consistency have been launching him into stardom. With his new release “Pinball II” with Tony Seltzer, he’s proving himself to be one of the best out right now. “Pinball II”, released May 7, uses heavy 808s, pitch changes and the artists’ charisma to establish itself as one of the best albums to come out of 2025. While MIKE is impressive, bot...

19May

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Events

PTK Honors President and Student Journalist Jaymes Grace Shares Speech at 2025 PCC PTK + Honors Ceremony

https://www.youtube.com/live/F8P11ZzhntM?feature=shared&t=3243 Video by PCCTV The Pima Community College Honors and Phi Theta Kappa Awards and Induction Ceremony was held on Monday, May 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the PCC West Campus Center for the Arts. Our very own Jaymes Grace shared a speech to students as their PTK president, which included his experience as a student journalist for The Pima Post. Check it out in the video above. Read the speech Grace wrote for the event here: Good evening everyone, We are all so glad that you are here! I want to hear lots of cheering! This is a celebration! Honors students and Honors club members, Phi Theta Kappa members, Honors award winners and graduates of Pima Community College Class of 2025, congratulations! And we a...

19May

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Education, Pima News

Open Educational Resources: Why Many Students No Longer Pay For Textbooks

By Jaymes Grace Information on Open Educational Resources with Billy Coghill, one of Chelsea James’ OER interns from The University of Arizona studying as a graduate student in the School of Information. Video by Billy Coghill. Open educational resources, or OER, is why many students no longer pay for textbooks, or do they? The Pima Post heard from Chelsea James, Pima’s Open Educational Resources (OER) & Course Materials Director. James asked the Post to share with Pima students a little information and understanding around OER materials. According to AI, Open Educational Resources have been around since the early 1970s, with the term "open educational resource" coined in 2002 by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. According to ...

19May

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Arts & Entertainment

Review: Beabadoobee Comes to Arizona

By Cristian Padilla Beatrice Kristi Laus, better known as Beabadoobee, showed off her performance skills to Arizona at the Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix on April 22. She came right after Coachella Weekend 2. Her openers were Pretty Sick and Keni Titus. I was lucky enough to snatch a ticket before they sold out and was able to enjoy the experience for myself (along with my sister) in person. Doors were supposed to open at 5:30 p.m. according to an Instagram story post made by Beabadoobee that same day, but they didn’t actually open until quite a while later. Concession lines were long and merch lines were longer. She had “This Is How Tomorrow Moves” vinyl records and tons of tees available. The first opener was Pretty Sick, who had a fun 30-minute set, followed by Keni Titus...

19May

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Arts & Entertainment

Inside the Taco Fest

By Jackson Melin Tucson was recently host to the Taco Fest, the first of the three stops for the event, which describes itself as “1000’s of tacos, 101 tequila brands, and one big party.” The festival was held at Rillito Park on Saturday, April 26 from noon to 9:30 p.m. The main attractions included Lucha Libre wrestling, vintage low-ride cars and the main concert itself. Headlining the event was T.I., followed by Lil Jon, Fat Joe, Chingy and Trick Daddy. Local food trucks filled the festival grounds, lines wrapping around booths and tents. Waiting for the concert to begin, I sampled the three-taco platter from Phoenix-based Nali De Aqui Ni De Alla. The soft tortilla shell combined with the al pastor-flavored meat made the dish quite delectable. The venue had many bars loc...

Arizona Basketball’s 2025 Recruiting and Transfer Class

19May

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Arizona Sports, Sports

Arizona Basketball’s 2025 Recruiting and Transfer Class

By Joel Herrera Less than a month after the 2024-2025 NCAA men’s basketball season ended, the University of Arizona Wildcats have found themselves with the second best signing class nationally for the 2025 offseason. Loaded with five-star high school recruits and experienced transfers who already have ties to Tucson, head coach Tommy Lloyd has put together his best signing class since he took over the Arizona coaching position in 2021. Looking at the high school recruiting portion of the offseason, the Wildcats signed four players, two of which were five-star recruits. Koa Peat, a 6’7, 235 pound power forward from Gilbert, Arizona, decided to stay local for his college career, committing to Arizona back in March and signing earlier in April. Peat was named the Arizona Gator...