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Oct 15, 2024 | 
wildcat.arizona.edu | Noor Haghighi
Categories: October 14, 2024 Indigenous Peoples’ Day was celebrated on the University of Arizona Mall on Oct. 14. Indigicat Student Association, which promotes Native American culture for UA students, planned the day’s celebrations. From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., a variety of people and groups came to celebrate on the Mall including a blessing by Miguel Flores Jr., Haven’s Women’s Drum Group, dancers and more.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
wildcat.arizona.edu | Noor Haghighi
Categories: City officials began clearing one of Tucson’s largest homeless encampments at 22nd Street and Fourth Avenue. September 25, 2024 At 6 a.m. the morning of Sept. 25, the City of Tucson cleared out one of Tucson’s largest homeless encampments at Santa Rita Park on the south side. Dozens of people lived in the park, and hundreds used it daily for shade before it was caution-taped and they were forced to occupy the sidewalks or flee.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
azpm.org | Noor Haghighi |John DeSoto
Justin Hamilton spends his days as the City of Tucson’s homeless protocol outreach coordinator driving to encampments around town checking in with people experiencing homelessness. He asks them how they are doing, if they need to make a connection with the Multidisciplinary Outreach Team and offers them a bottle of water.
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May 23, 2024 | 
azpm.org | Noor Haghighi |Özlem Özgür
Somedays, Sister José Women’s Center has a line out the door. Every chair inside is taken and there are women standing without a place to sit, Nicola Hartmann, CEO of the shelter said. For almost 15 years, Sister José’s has been serving Tucson’s unsheltered women, giving them a place to sleep, eat and shower. In the coming months, the shelter will be expanding with help from a grant funded by the city.
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May 1, 2024 | 
myheraldreview.com | Noor Haghighi |John Washington
University of Arizona media and campus police officials warned students early Monday that if they stayed in the college mall to have their voices heard past restricted hours at a pro-Palestinian protest, they would be arrested. Before the 10:30 p.m. deadline, protest organizers announced they would leave the UA mall. Despite heavy police presence, no arrests were made. Some organizers vowed to resume the protest Tuesday.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
azluminaria.org | Noor Haghighi |John Washington
University of Arizona media and campus police officials warned students early Monday that if they stayed in the college mall to have their voices heard past restricted hours at a pro-Palestinian protest, they would be arrested. Before the 10:30 p.m. deadline, protest organizers announced they would leave the UA mall. Despite heavy police presence, no arrests were made. Some organizers vowed to resume the protest Tuesday.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
wildcat.arizona.edu | Noor Haghighi
Associated Students of the University of Arizona and UA Wildcat Events Board partnered to bring Bear Down Music Festival to campus for the second year in a row on April 12. As a result of Spring Fling’s permanent cancellation, the festival is meant to ignite similar vibes through music, food and amusement rides. This year, the line up included familiar local artists Desert Child, Sophia Rankin & the Sound, The Hawthorne Experience and Fausto Durazo.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
azluminaria.org | Noor Haghighi
People who came to persuade their Tucson City Council leaders to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war did not get the votes they wanted. Rather, they listened to a nuanced, and at times emotional, discussion about an issue that has been so volatile it has incited hate against both Jewish and Palestinian communities locally and internationally. Safety concerns from Palestinians in Tucson and members of the local Jewish community have risen since Oct.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
wildcat.arizona.edu | Noor Haghighi
When students returned to campus after spring break, they were greeted by six new pieces of the Speedway Corridor Mural Project. The project, headed by artist Allison Miller, manifested close to campus on Speedway Boulevard on a stretch from Campbell Avenue to Park Avenue. The Daily Wildcat caught Monique Laraway and her team of artists painting one of the murals on March 20 and stopped by to get a closer look.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
azluminaria.org | Noor Haghighi
La Mar Park, adjacent to Interstate 19 in the Rose Neighborhood, serves as a small clue into the green infrastructure the city of Tucson has planned with the help of federal aid. The bare land will soon become a city park with rainwater harvesting and improved shade.
