Katie Tarter on her failed attempt to be a vegan
May 21, 2010
Viva la Vegan!
Story and photos by Katie Tarter, 18, a senior at Tucson High Magnet School
After spending the holidays of 2008 stuffing my face with rich, delicious foods, I felt as bloated as a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloon. My love for good food had led me to struggle with my weight for years, and [...]
Photo slide show: Victoria Garcia on why she started stealing
May 21, 2010
Victoria Garcia explains the complex reasons she and her younger sister, Ashley, began shoplifting. We come from a low-income family that my mother can barely support with her minimum wage salary, Garcia said. The need for necessities was strong but when we fulfilled those needs, the desire for things and objects [...]
KXCI: Radioactivism: Michael Ortiz discovers the true meaning of courage
May 12, 2010
Michael Ortiz discovers the true meaning of courage.
VOICES Ortiz Courage
(VOICES Photo/Marena Priday)
KXCI: Radioactivism: Bryan Walker discusses growing up in an interracial family
May 12, 2010
KXCI: Radioactivism:
Bryan Walker discusses growing up in an interracial family.
VOICES Walker BlackSister
(VOICES Photo/Marena Priday)
Kelsey Gates on starting a high school choir club
May 12, 2010
Attempted Harmony: the trials of starting a high school choir club
Story by Kelsey Grace Marie Gates
I placed my hand gently on the cold, shiny doorknob and slowly rotated my wrist to ensure a silent entrance. But I tripped on my foot and ended up stumbling into the crowded classroom, pens falling out of my purse [...]
KUAT promotes tonight’s ‘Best of 2010′ event
May 12, 2010
Luis Carrion of KUAT produced this great promotional video for today’s ‘Best of VOICES 2010′ celebration. Enjoy!
KUAT promo of VOICES May 12th celebration
Celebrate the ‘Best of VOICES 2010′ on May 12th!
April 27, 2010
Please come celebrate the ‘Best of VOICES 2010′ for a fundraising event on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at the Temple of Music and Art at 330 S. Scott Avenue in downtown Tucson. Doors open at 5:15pm, and the program will begin at 5:45pm. Don’t miss this free community event! Please RSVP to event@voicesinc.org or call [...]
Marena Priday on Suidical Ideation
April 21, 2010
Marena Priday, 17, a junior at Sahuaro High School, shares how she learned that the seven signs of Suicidal Ideation – the detailed thoughts and plans to harm oneself – fit her. She sought, and received, help and is now working to make others aware of the warning signs.
Click this link to view Marena’s photo [...]
Cleopatra Caperón Mendoza in the Tucson Weekly
April 16, 2010
Cleopatra Caperón Mendoza, 15, a freshman at Sunnyside High School, writes about the person the financial cuts to the current adult GED programs in Arizona will really affect: her mother.
Click here to go directly to the story on the Tucson Weekly’s website.
Nina Foushee in the Tucson Weekly
March 17, 2010
Nina Foushee, 17, a student at University High School, writes about the complex reasons that motivate her to volunteer at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF).
Click here to go to story on the Tucson Weekly’s website.
VOICES’ Natalee Dawson named 2010 Outstanding Teen Citizen
March 16, 2010
VOICES’ Natalee Dawson, a senior at Salpointe Catholic High School and a Youth Apprentice Journalist veteran of the Magazine program, was named a 2010 Teen Citizen by the City of Tucson’s Metropolitan Education Commission.
Click here to the Metropolitan Education Commission’s web site.
(VOICES Photo/Lilliana Lopez)
VOICES’ Kelsey Gates named Student of the Week by Arizona Daily Star
March 16, 2010
Kelsey Gates, a senior at City High School and a Youth Apprentice Journalist in the Magazine program, was named Student of the Week by the Arizona Daily Star.
Click here for the story.
(VOICES Photo/Lilliana Lopez)
VOICES on KUAZ: Natalee Dawson on her family’s bird collection
February 26, 2010
Natalee Dawson on KUAZ
Natalee Dawson, a junior at Salpointe Catholic High School, speaks about her family’s growing bird collection. “There are birds, small trilling creatures, and then there are Birds with a capital ‘B’ – the ones whose beaks are uncomfortably large in comparison to your fingers.”
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Fernanda “Fern” Frias
Fernanda “Fern” Frias, 17, Tucson High Magnet School:
At VOICES I am known as the 2% milk girl because of my story about my obsession with milk. These people that I have only known for a short period of time are like family to me. It is so easy, like breathing air, to open up to [...]
Photo of the Week: 3.9.2010
VOICES Photo by Chris Romero.
Photo edited by VOICES Assistant Photo Editor Lilliana Lopez.
