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The University of Arizona School of Journalism

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Student reports:

Toros Return Home With Family-Friendly enviroment

El Inde News

The Tucson Toros returned to the Old Pueblo this summer, reuniting old fans and creating new ones.
Read more at elindenews.com

No dust-ups on Allen Street

Border Beat

The red dirt of Allen Street that, at one time, was kicked up by the hooves of horses, ground beneath the wheels of carriages and whipped by the wind and countless gunfights now sits quietly where it was piled in a lower-level parking lot on the south end of Sixth Street.Read more at theepitaph.com

Community foundation fights poverty on the border

Border Beat

If you take a trip to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico you can see some of the least fortunate people in the town living in homes made of cardboard and sheets of metal on unpaved roads.

Life is a 15-round heavyweight fight for these people, but Kari Davies-Mason, 25, is in their corner helping them punch back as much as she can.Read more at borderbeat.net

Going green is good for environment, business

Arizona News Service

Leroy Ingram, the manager of a north Tucson BRAKEmax auto shop, quickly disavows any suggestion that he’s a “tree hugger,” yet his shop is one of more than 50 car-repair facilities across Arizona that have joined the Green Auto Shop Program coordinated by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality.
Read more at arizonanewsservice.com

Video: Discovering Tucson's past

Arizona Cat's Eye

Ever imagine what Tucson was like before streetlights, television, and fast-food joints?
Watch the video at azcatseye.com

Welcome from the director

Welcome to the electronic home of The University of Arizona School of Journalism. Our newly redesigned Web site should better help visitors learn about the students, faculty, courses and programs of the School of Journalism. Read More...

School News:

Homecoming is Nov. 7

Members of the class of 1959, assorted friends and fellow writers and editors who worked on the Wildcat will gather in the School of Journalism Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10:30 a.m. as part of Homecoming festivities. Bob Crawford '59 is organizing the affair. The 50-year grads will meet in Room 312 of the Marshall Building, 845 N. Park Ave. All are welcome to drop by, meet faculty and friends and tour the Journalism School.

Social Science Research Council grant
funds workshop, panel discussion, new course

A $50,000 grant from the Social Science Research Council is enabling three University of Arizona units to partner to improve public understanding of Islam and the Middle East.
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Zenger Award winner pays tribute
to family, staff at ANA luncheon

Watch the speech by Tom Arviso Jr., publisher of the Navajo Times, in accepting the John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award Oct. 10 in Phoenix.
Watch it ...

Considering journalism as your major?
Attend an info session

Any current UA student who wishes to get more information on the School of Journalism and declare pre-journalism or journalism as a major MUST attend one of these sessions.
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Fundraising Chart

Grads, friends help J-School reach its goal!

The gifts came in amounts large, small and in-between. But all totaled, they enabled the School of Journalism to surpass its fund-raising goal of $50,000!
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School offers eNewsletter

The University of Arizona School of Journalism has launched an Alumni eNewsletter. It was created to keep you in touch with what’s happening in the school. If you want to be added to the list, send your first and last name and preferred e-mail address to Senior Program Coordinator Kate Harrison.
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