110 Degrees

110 degrees — summer 2005 edition

The summer 2005 issue of 110 degrees was the fifth edition for Voices Inc.'s young writers and photographers, and the second to appear in the Arizona Daily Star. On Fire

• Flam Chen: Transforming Spaces, Lighting Up Art
  Nadia Hagen, 41, and Paul Weir, 38, are the artistic director and technical director, respectively, of Flam Chen, the Tucson-based pyrotechnic theater troupe. They perform fire-based theater at
• The Good, the Bad, the Hope, the Heart
  I live in Barrio Hollywood, the biggest neighborhood on the West Side and the most well- known. Everything you need is right down the street - nice parks, friends' houses and the two best things of
• Voices from Barrio Hollywood
  Art Pesqueira: Back in the day Art Pesqueira was born in 1949, two years after his parents opened Grande Tortilla Factory. He has lived in Barrio Hollywood most of his life. When I grew up here I
• Angry Cells
  I first read the word "leukemia" in "Mother, Help Me Live," a novel I read in the fourth grade. The main character, a teenage girl, became ill and almost died because she couldn't get a bone marrow
• Watching for Toxins
  It is possible that every day in Tucson we are breathing in hazardous chemicals and drinking contaminated water. For that reason, two local environmental organizations are educating the public about
• TCE: The South Side's Toxic Past
  According to my family, everyone loved my great-grandmother Baudelia Aguilar. Born in Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico, she was raised by her two older sisters and brother after watching her mother die in an
• Six going on 16
  You see kids everywhere. Sometimes you even see them without realizing it. Because they don't look like kids. Seven-year-old girls walk around in fitted jeans, carry imitation designer purses and
• Electric Sunshine
  It's a summer afternoon in Tucson and you're in the car, stopped at a red light. The sun beats through the windows. You feel like you're sitting in an oven, and you get irritable and frustrated
• Brad Lancaster: Free, Ever-Dependable Power
  Brad Lancaster and his brother Rodd "disconnected" their adobe house near Downtown Tucson from conventional, nonrenewable power sources in May 2004 and now power their home solely with solar energy
• Living Color
  Walking into a restaurant, I take a seat at the same table as a white young man and woman, an African-American woman and a Hispanic woman. Some people might think we're friends or co-workers. They
• Breakfast of the Revolution
  Totally amped off three shots of espresso, I grabbed the rubber-chicken keychain and booked it to the bathroom, dodging assumed poets and misplaced chairs. I was at Epic Cafe at Fourth Avenue and
• The Skin We're In
  In the Tucson High School auditorium, the assembly began with the smooth harmonious sounds of Latin music. Once everyone sat down and the music ended, a young woman stepped up to the microphone,
• Salomon Baldenegro: The ABC's of MEChA
  In 1969, Salomon Baldenegro helped found one of the first MEChA chapters in the country, at the University of Arizona. He has been the group's adviser there since 1971. In 1969 we had a big
• On the Fringe
  When I was 7, my family moved into a house on an acre of land to get out of the city. We'd been living in a housing complex where violence, drugs and weekly visits from helicopters were common. I
• Voices from the Suburbs
  Jeanie Frederick, 14 Continental Ranch, Marana I've lived here since I was 5. What I don't like about living here is how all the houses look the same. One word to describe this neighborhood would be
• Blinded by Monotony
  My neighborhood is too bright. Not the kind of bright that feels good, like the glimpse of a rainbow or the way a pretty flower comes alive in a patch of green grass. It's more like the bright of a
• From Russia, with 'Love'
  I have been playing for the past hour in a tiring game, not letting my guard down, trying to win, battling for a prize, my skill, my future. My muscles are shaking, waiting to rest. The sound of the
• Table Tennis, Anyone?
  Though table tennis is not very popular in America, 10 million people all around the world play the sport. It's said to be the second most popular sport in the world. In Arizona, there are places to
• Making the Waters Sweet
  6:35 a.m. The water's surface reflects the sky's mural, first black, then purple, then navy blue. Silhouettes, shadows and then trees become visible. The moon dances in between them. Suddenly a
• Joaquim Delgado: Educating the Public
  Joaquim Delgado is a hydrologist and public information specialist for the Tucson Water Department. He gives free tours to schoolchildren and community members, educating them about the Tucson
• Sounds of Independence
  Imagine walking down a long aisle of CDs, then another of vinyl records. As you go, you have to dig to find what you're looking for because the selections are not perfectly organized. A distinct
• Britton Dornquast, owner of Hear's Music
  We tend to focus on music that is oftentimes neglected by the other stores in town: world music, jazz, blues, folk, classical, New Age. We've always focused on things that are a little off the
• The Magic Table
  It's Friday evening. I am so happy to get home and sit at the dinner table I call peace and joy. My family is waiting for me to get home from school. When I get there, the food is already on the
• The Ultimate Fight
  December. It's cold outside, but not enough for snow. Christmas cards are Scotch-taped to the door, lights line the roof, and a fire burns in the fireplace. We're at my Nana Joni's, where our family
• Of Love and Politics
  Rachel Zinn and Minita Sanghvi met in March. By August they were living together. In September they got engaged. "We were just having one of those moments where everything seemed perfect and just
• Same-sex couples in Tucson talk about tying the knot
  Rachel Zinn, 20, met Minita Sanghvi, 26, through Pride Alliance, a campus organization for lesbians and bisexual and transgender people. Minita, originally from India, moved to Tucson three years
• Documenting a Downtown Refuge
  I walk by the rowdy bunch of studded, crazy-haired kids dressed in black, patch-covered clothing. From inside the small fenced area, my friends call out my name. "Five dollars, no re-entry," the
• Editor's note: On the Streets
  For a long time, my afternoon walk to work led me past a corner of Downtown Tucson where a throng of teenagers sat socializing. They often looked listless and bored, as if waiting for something
• 110º contributors
  Esther Louise Blue, 16, Pueblo High School I have lived in Tucson all my life. I plan to continue my career in the field of producing news in some way either through broadcast, photos and writing,
• About 110º
  110º is a youth-produced magazine about everyday life in Tucson. It uncovers the untold stories of people of all ages, backgrounds, colors and experiences
• Wanted: 110º staff
  110º is looking for creative, inquisitive, enthusiastic young people for its 2005-06 staff.
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• Staff
  Board of Directors Ann-Eve Pedersen, President Anthea Scouffas, Secretary Nancy Laney, Treasurer Judy Dare Kjirsti Gomez Paloma Jacqueline Steve Leal Laura Markowitz Martha McGrath Jackie Nichols