There’s an amazing non-profit project happening right under the noses of RUHS students! It includes some of our favorite Primavera dancers as well as local dancers from Tucson’s community. RUHS dance program director Ms. Beth Braun created the Esperanza Dance Project (EDP), a modern dance company, in 2011 to raise awareness about the frequency of [...]
Think back to freshman year. Remember Western Civilization? And Oedipus? As I attended the RUHS Cast of Thousands November 18th production of Antigone, I kept in mind that tragedy we read about a man who was fated to kill his father and sleep with his own mother, and who fathered children with her – [...]
Going once, going twice, SOLD! Those words rang through the cafeteria on November 22, where the senior auction took place. The senior auction is where the University class of 2012 allowed themselves to be auctioned off to all grades to do the bidding of their buyers. Before being auctioned, seniors would do a small 3-5 [...]
On November 22, 2011, the Rincon/ University Marching and Jazz Band came together in a final remarkable concert. The night air was full of excitement and anticipation as the stage crew began setting up and the audience entered. The concert started with an incredible performance by the exceptionally talent Jazz Band, which included songs such [...]
The upcoming Grad Night may seem far away, but the school year is already half gone and will be over before the blink of an eye. It’s time to start thinking about graduation! For the graduates, a very special night is planned after the ceremony. I recently attended a short presentation that was trying to [...]
Thanksgiving. Ugh. You have to spend an entire day with your family. That includes your weird uncle who always smells like chicken, limitless cousins, Grandma who by now has already fallen asleep, and a few moochers barely related to you who just came for the food. It’s understandable why we angsty teens hate Thanksgiving. Not [...]
Many of you may know that last Saturday was the day of the 29th annual Tour de Tucson, with 8,700 participants and 6,300 race finishers. El Tour de Tucson is held annually before Thanksgiving as a fundraiser for many non-profit organizations such as Tu Nidito Children and Family Services, the American Parkinson Disease Association, [...]
If I told you that there was a class where you traveled across the state with your friends, performed for crowds numbering in the hundreds (or even thousands), and had fun during every minute of it, would you want to join that class? I would. Now if I asked you to take a guess at [...]
Ten Months Later: A Clash of Politics and Heroism (by Sophie Clark) Ten months ago, tragedy struck Tucson when Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot, six killed. After months of rehabilitation, Giffords is once again greeting the public in a series of interviews. On the morning of January 8th, 2011, the tragedy of [...]
There are bodies all around me, tall, pushing, shoving, shouting. SHOUTING. It is loud and the bodies seem to be moving in the same direction. I get glares for going the opposite. I know it is dark outside but here the lights hurt my eyes but if I close them I’ll get trampled. The ceiling [...]