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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Gordon Hirabayshi in 1985 after he was vindicated of his convictions. (Photo by United Press International)

Dark side of U.S. history that built Catalina Highway

Tobey Schmidt February 23, 2017

A popular Mount Lemmon recreation site for rock climbers nicknamed Prison Camp pokes fun at the area's history, with walls dubbed “Alcatraz” and “Jailhouse Rock.” The names...

The Kuiper 61-inch, a telescope atop Mount Lemmon, is named after Gerard Kuiper, founder of the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Kuiper's other namesakes include the UA's earth sciences building and the Kuiper Belt, an asteroid belt on the edge of the Solar System. (Kyle Mittan / Arizona Sonora News)

Life in the Dark: A night with a UA astronomer

Kyle Mittan December 4, 2014

At 1 a.m., Paul Smith might be the only one playing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 at nearly full volume on Mount Lemmon.The piece has a happier tone than the 19th-century Russian and German composers...

Ski lift area at Arizona Snowbowl just outside of Flagstaff. (Photo courtesy of Frederick Dennstedt)

Ski resorts hoping to avoid last year’s slippery slope

Chris Real November 20, 2014

When Arizona comes to the minds of people, it’s usually the Red Rocks of Sedona, the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and the metropolitan Phoenix. There’s also the blistering summer heat that can...

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