Knowing how to listen well is an important component in relationships at work, in marriage, bringing up children, in leadership, and even taking the time to hear a homeless person...
Category - Opinion
About Keisha
By Sean Colbert Life is full of ups and downs. You can have the best time and then be hit with something challenging, and even...
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Op-Ed: Favorite Moments of 2021
By Sean ColbertSenior Pantano High School January is the year of new beginnings, it’s when everyone sits down and thinks...
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Student Op-Ed
Vaccines in the Workplace: One Step Closer to Freedom By Sebastian CaroCienega High School student One of the greatest causes of...
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Desert Mistletow
OBSERVATIONS IN NATURE: Desert Mistletoe[1] By: John R. Leeper There is a slow, silent killer in Vail. It sucks the living juices from the vascular system of its victim much like a vampire...
Small Victories
Small Victories by Stacy Winstryg Sometimes it is easy to get caught up in all the negativity that is going on in the world today. And while there are many things that still need to be...
Commitment To Health
Commitment To Health by Rick MacKay Change It Up A Little When you stop and think about it, exercise is the closest thing you will find to the “Fountain Of Youth.” It boosts the power...
Taking Piano Lessons
Taking Piano Lessons: Basic Things You Should Know by Paul Lorenz With summer break under way, starting piano lessons might be farthest from your mind right now. However, it is not too...
“ To run is not necessarily to arrive”
“ To run is not necessarily to arrive”Swahili Proverb. It is easy to get caught up in the increased tempo of the holidays and find oneself rushing to and fro. From Thanksgiving to New...
Holiday Season!
This holiday season, and as the new year approaches, we share with you a traditional Irish blessing: “Always remember to forget the things that made you sad. But never forget to remember...
Change and Voting
The evening before I wrote this piece, I watched an episode of the original Star Trek. In this March 1968 episode of “Assignment Earth,” the Enterprise goes back in time for the purpose of...
How Did Arizona Get Its Name
Historians disagree about the meaning and source of the name Arizona. Historian James H. McClintock notes that the name was probably derived from a native place name that sounded like Aleh...
Energy Saving Tips by Russett Southwest
Heating and cooling are the largest energy expense in your home and account for nearly half of your home energy use. With this in mind and with the Tucson summer in full swing, we’re...