Wild Life Articles
Are stores like Urban Outfitters usurping the thrift store world?
By Randi Eichenbaum
When Allison Dumka, a political science junior, walks into the room, anyone can see that she is a girl with a sense of style.
But unlike so many others on the UA campus, Dumka does not follow the masses by wearing Juicy velour, Rainbows or what the mannequin in the front window of Urban Outfitters is wearing.
By Lauren Hillery
TodayUA Poetry Center summer exhibits - Summer in Tucson is hot, but this poetry exhibit is even hotter. Exhibits include "Tihs Fabulous Shadow: Hart Crane," "Twilight Polka Dots: A Celebration of Barbara Guest" and "Generously, specifically, constantly: The Work of Gary Snyder.
Where the junk goes when it leaves the trunk
By Alexandria Kassman
Newsworthy
Paris Hilton's first album, Turn it Up, came out on Tuesday and it's a decent portrayal of how manipulative a sound studio can be. The "about" section of Hilton's Web site goes into detail about the number of talented mixers and sound-studio technicians who had to work on the songs to make them marketable.
By Alexandria Kassman
Moths are the tragically drab cousins of the butterflies. Little is known about them, and there are only a devoted few who dedicate their lives to studying them.
Joseph Scheer, a professor of print media and the founder and co-director of the Institute for Electronic Arts at the School of Art and Design at Alfred University in New York, has brought his first Arizona exhibit to the UA Museum of Art to give everyone the chance to change their minds about these curious nocturnal insects.
By Ernesto Romero
Who: Local sculptor Jessica Drenk.
What: Her new exhibit "Imprints," on display at the Lionel Rombach Gallery until Sept. 1.
Bio: Drenk was born in Bozeman, Mont., where she grew up. She started attending the UA as a graduate student in 2004, and is working on her master of fine arts in the School of Art.
JustynTyme
By Justyn Dillingham
There's something at once exhilarating and sad about returning to school for yet another semester.
Exhilarating because you're that much closer to graduating. Sad because you're that much closer to graduating, getting a real job and working until you retire.
double take - A second look at reissued DVDs. Are they worth buying?
By Ernesto Romero
Director David Zucker leads the "Scary Movie 4" gang through an assortment of parodies to bring tears of laughter to home viewers. The DVD version of "Scary Movie 4" is available in either a regular version or the "unrated and uncensored" version.
The regular version of "Scary Movie 4" is mediocre at best.
We took a popular dress from the Urban Outfitters website and compiled a similar look by visiting some local thrift stores.Thrift store look Dress: $6 from Goodwill Tights: found in closet and cut Shoes: $12 from Last Chance Belt: $14.50 from Buffalo Exchange Total: $32.
By Amy Wieseneck
If the hip-hop rock group Gym Class Heroes were as popular as the movie "Snakes on a Plane," they might just be on the cover of Rolling Stone. With a hefty but still growing fan base, this band hasn't reached the Samuel L. Jackson level of rock-hood yet, but it is featured on the soundtrack to the movie.
By Lauren Hillery
When Flea burst onstage wearing a full-body suit looking completely tattooed from neck to ankles, I knew I was going to be in for a real treat at my first Red Hot Chili Peppers concert.
A rain-soaked crowd packed Glendale Arena in Phoenix for the Chili Peppers' return to Arizona with bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante jamming to a funk-driven beat around the drum kit.
A review of new CD's released by: Christina Aguilera, The Horrorpops, and Diry Pretty Things.
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