Pima Community College

13May

By Ambur WilkersonNo Comments

Arts & Entertainment

Just An Ordinary Joe: Episode 3

Check out the third episode of "Just An Ordinary Joe", a show that fuses reporting and commentary, hosted by Joe Cunningham. In this episode, Joe reviews video game "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33". https://youtu.be/8OaU4NT-GwI

13May

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Politics

Just An Ordinary Joe: Episode 2

Check out the second episode of "Just An Ordinary Joe", a show that fuses reporting and commentary, hosted by Joe Cunningham. In this episode, Joe goes over an interview President Trump gave on his first 100 days back in office. Interview footage from NBC. https://youtu.be/rVLbEDqWk0Q

13May

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Politics

A Look at Prop 414

By Joseph Cunnnigham Photo from The City of Tucson The city of Tucson asked voters to consider a half-cent sales tax increase for the next 10 years to fund a “safer and more vibrant tucson.” But what exactly does that mean? Where is this money going? The city divided it up into 5 different categories: affordable housing and shelter, neighborhood and community resilience, enhancing emergency response, technology investments and capital investments for first responders. The first category centers things such as down-payment assistance for first time buyers, and also low barrier shelter development at around 950,000 per year. As well as community safety staffing. The next section focuses on community resilience, such as adding the community service officers ...

Rialto Theatre Bridging the Gap to Live Music

13May

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Features

Rialto Theatre Bridging the Gap to Live Music

By Lucia Grijalva Photo from Tripadvisor In the past few months, popular artists such as Pink Sweat$, G-Eazy and Jimmy Eat World have performed at one of Tucson's most popular venues, the Rialto Theatre—a local hotspot for acts and events such as live music, comedy, tribute shows and community gatherings. Credibility for the theatre, sourced from their website, includes, “over the last 10 years the Rialto Theatre has become a Top 100 Major Club Venue worldwide, according to concert industry trade magazine Pollstar, consistently ranking among the top 55 such venues by ticket sales ( #43 in 2015), and recently named #84 in The 100 Greatest American Music Venues by Consequence of Sound. The Rialto has also consistently been named the best venue in the Tucson Weekly’s annual...

Pink Sweat$ Brings “Welcome Home” Tour to Tucson with Opening Act Aqyila

13May

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Arts & Entertainment, Business

Pink Sweat$ Brings “Welcome Home” Tour to Tucson with Opening Act Aqyila

By Lucia Grijalva Photo by Lucia GrijalvaPhoto by Lucia GrijalvaPhoto by Lucia GrijalvaPhoto by Lucia GrijalvaPhoto by Lucia GrijalvaPhoto by Lucia GrijalvaPhoto by Lucia Grijalva Photos by Lucia Grijalva On Feb. 28, artist Pink Sweat$ performed at Tucson’s Rialto Theatre. His “Welcome Home” tour brought a set full of dreamy pink lights and indie/R&B ballads. Pink Sweat$ garners an average of 5,332,913 listeners monthly on digital music streaming service, Spotify, and has amassed a total of 963,443,269 views on online video platform, YouTube. Fellow R&B singer, Aqyila, opened for the show. She pulls in 979,077 monthly listeners on Spotify and has gathered 44,784,243 views on YouTube. Before her appearance, audience members sat awaiting and unaware of the pure roma...

12May

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World News

Myanmar and Surrounding Areas Hit With Massive Earthquake

By Cristian Padilla On March 28, Myanmar was significantly impacted by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. It left over 7,000 dead with more than 530 missing. The earthquake was felt from more than 800 miles away in Bangkok, leaving another 51 dead. Other countries including China and Vietnam were also affected. Damage was widespread and left many concerned. While there was already an ongoing humanitarian crisis due to their civil war, the situation has only deteriorated. This is just another problem added to Myanmar’s current political instability and past natural disasters. As a relief effort, opposing sides of the civil war entered a ceasefire on April 2 for 20 days that was then extended to April 30. Despite the initiation of the ceasefire, attacks proceeded. According to the official...

12May

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Pima Sports

Pima Baseball Uses Walk-Off Homerun and Shutout to Sweep Double-Header vs Mesa

By Joel Herrera Pima starting pitcher Luis Pablo Navarro (5) and first baseman Nolan Ganter (34) after their 6-5 win over Mesa CC in the first of two games on April 8. Game one featured a walk-off three run homerun from Nolan Ganter, game two resulted in a 5-0 shutout and Pima Baseball completed the season sweep of Mesa Community College as they took both games on Tuesday, April 8. The first of the two games would only be seven innings due to the double header. Mesa CC jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first and the Thunderbirds would add on in the second inning taking a 2-0 lead. Pima cut into the deficit in the bottom half of the second thanks to a run batted in in-field single from catcher Ernie Alvarez. Outfielder Zach Plasschaert wou...

12May

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Sports

Impact of the Game

By Jackson Melin Photo from Liz Nicholson's social media In 2002, former Pittsburgh Steeler Mike Webster was found to have signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This was discovered posthumously by neuropathologist Bennet I. Omalu and published in 2005. The story has become the inspiration for the 2015 movie “Concussion”. Several players have had problems after their playing career, whether it is physical or mental. One such case being former Cleveland Brown Gerry Sullivan, who served as an offensive lineman from 1974-1981. Gerry’s partner Liz Nicholson, an advocate for the Concussion Legacy Foundation, reflected on when she noticed signs of Sullivan’s condition. “When I look back to first meeting Gerry in 1997, there were definitely signs,” Nicholson sai...

12May

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Events, Top Stories

Catalyst 2025 Conference Recap

By Jaymes Grace The Catalyst 2025 Conference welcomed the Phi Theta Kappa community for a fun, informative time. The conference included keynote speakers Steve Burns from “Blue's Clues” and Miguel Cervantes from “Hamilton”, as well as scholarships, the energy of the Hallmark Awards Gala and the excitement of who would be the newly elected International Officer Team. As an active Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) member, I got to be there for every part of it! It was a real treat and an eye opening experience. This year’s conference was held in Kansas City, MO. The conference officially began on April 3, but to allow for travel, Pima Community College generously paid for my accommodations to include travel and stay on April 2. Oh, had I not yet mentioned that Pima Community Col...

Op-Ed: Learning From the Democrats’ Defeat in 2024

5May

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Politics

Op-Ed: Learning From the Democrats’ Defeat in 2024

By Joseph Cunningham The White House. Photo by Danny Thomas, EyeEm, Getty Images We are now three months into Donald Trump's election, and every day feels like a reality TV show. Things moved so quickly that people didn’t even have time to process how we got here. Apart from Trump using independent media, he successfully captured a younger voter base and maintained his original one. What else lead to this crushing defeat that we need to learn from? The Democratic campaign was a tragedy from almost start to finish. Even with a universally poor opponent like Trump, Biden's approval ratings only fell below 45% from 2022 until he left office in 2025, having a low of 36 just before his drop out of the race. From the start it felt as if the Democrats had no motion and no drive, rel...