By JOE GIDDENS Photo courtesy Arizona Center for Empowerment Campaigns for the 2020 election have shifted to an online focus in the era of social distancing. The Arizona Center for Empowerment helded a Facebook Live forum on May 14 for Democrat candidates Kim Challender and Gabriella Cázares-Kelly for Pima County Recorder. The third Democratic candidate, […]
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By JOE GIDDENS In 2019, the chancellor took 39 trips totaling $50,392.48. So far, in 2020, he has spent $10,214.94. Pima Community College has suspended international travel except to Canada and Mexico until further notice according to an all employee email on March 3. International travel by Pima employees is a fairly common occurrence for […]
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By JOE GIDDENS Pima Community College’s finances are in excellent shape because a majority of its income is from property taxes. These are increasing, but the trend of lower enrollment means less tuition revenue and makes up about 30% of the college’s income, according to David Bea, chief financial officer for Pima. The remaining 3% […]
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INTERVIEW By: JOE GIDDENS
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By JOE GIDDENS No additional sports programs will be cut for the next three semesters at Pima Community College, according to Athletics Director Jim Monaco at a Dec. 9 press conference at the District Office. However, major changes for the Pima Community College Athletics Department are on the horizon. New sports also may be entering […]
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Story and photo by JOE GIDDENS While impeachment proceedings were going on in Washington, locally President Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale and daughter-in-law Lara Trump held a rally Nov. 21 at the Hotel Tucson City Center in support of the embattled president going into the 2020 election. Trump won the state by 3.5 points in […]
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By JOE GIDDENS To steal a line from Bill Hicks: “We always kill the good guys and let the demons run amok. Gandhi: murdered Jesus: murdered Andrew Jackson… wounded.” Turns out that perhaps the only thing our seventh president enjoyed more than ethnic cleansing of indigenous people was violence against individuals who wronged him. […]
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Disclosure the writer was paid to canvas for Regina Romero in the primary Story and photos By JOE GIDDENS A 144-year drought was broken on Dec. 2 with Regina Romero’s inauguration as mayor of the city of Tucson. Romero is Tucson’s first Latina mayor and the first Hispanic to hold the office since Estevan Ochoa’s […]
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By JOE GIDDENS Adidas is now Pima Community College’s official outfitter for the next four years. The move is the second sponsorship this semester following the Chapman Automotive Group acquiring naming rights for the Chapman Automotive Sports Complex at the West Campus. These moves are following Acting Athletic Director Jim Monaco’s goal of branding the […]
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Story and photos by JOE GIDDENS Happy 244th birthday to the United States Marine Corps and Veterans Day 2019. Pima Community College’s celebration of these occasions was a free event that featured local organizations to support our Pima veterans. On hand to celebrate was the Flowing Wells School District JROTC with a military drill presentation […]
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