Sunday, May 16, 2010

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Danielle Sweety, a hairstylist in Tucson, explains her out-of-the-ordinary day of preparing and finalizing her models for the Moda Provocateur on March 7 in this video slideshow by Alex Cooley. The Moda Provocateur is a fashion show that raises money for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. Cooley is a student at the UA School of Journalism.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Corey Lueker brings us a look at Rebecca Lohes' day as a zookeeper in this third and final part of the three-part package on the Reid Park Zoo.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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Katrina Arrington, in part two of the Zoo project, introduces us to Lauren Bradford. Bradford is a zookeeper at the Reid Park Zoo.

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Monday, May 10, 2010

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Members of Code Pink gathered Sunday at Hippie Hill in Sam Hughes Park for a revealing Mother's Day protest against war.

A second protest shot after the jump is most definitely NSFW.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

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This is the start of another three-part series on a local favorite: the Reid Park Zoo! We start off behind the scenes with the administration in this project by Blair Kurland. We will have two more projects that follow two zookeepers in their day-to-day activities.

Stay tuned!

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

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Joshua Morgan brings you a tale of a love story between "freaks" this week.

John Shaw, from New York, performs his freak show all over the country, but is now joined by Alexandra "Lady Diabla" Kaminiski, 23, who is considered to be the youngest sword-swallower in the country. She is also one of only three women who performs the act. Both performed recently at the Pima County Fair.

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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In this multimedia slideshow, UA student Katrina Arrington follows a few local farmers who started the Tucson Community Supported Agriculture.

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Monday, May 3, 2010

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Meet Cornerstone Christian Academy's sports renaissance man David Scott, who is also a basketball coach at Pusch Ridge Christian Academy, in this multimedia slideshow by Jeffrey McMickell, a UA School of Journalism sophomore.

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Posted By on Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:18 PM

Not one of the thousands who showed up to protest (or support) the Arizona immigration bill last Saturday at Armory Park? Here's some of the sights at the SB 1070 event:

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

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Just another day at the job for Irina Mortimer, a female mail carrier in Tucson, in this multimedia slideshow by Ziniu Chen, a UA School of Journalism junior.

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