Features
A New Place, New Adventures
After an eight-week long winter break, I can finally say I’m back at school—sort of. I’m writing this from my dorm room at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. I’m here for to study for a semester, but getting ready to leave made me feel like I was preparing for an extended vacation, rather than a semester of college. Honestly, if you’ve been pining away for a new wardrobe, study abroad. You’ll need loads of clothes and shoes that you could never justify buying for...
Phoenix’s 2013 Prom Fair
Photo of a girl in PA who went to prom thanks to a Fairy Godmother gown.
Beauty to the RESCUE
For more than a decade, Phoenix's Mane Attraction Salon and RESCUE have been teaming up to give homeless pets a new lease on life.
RESCUE, a Valley nonprofit, which stands for Reducing Euthanasia at Shelters through Commitment and Underlying Education, has been responsible for saving the lives of 9,700 Valley cats and dogs since their founding in 1995 by providing them with the love and care that they desperately need for years. With a focus on the euthanasia lists from country shelters, RESCUE has no central facility but, year after year, volunteers throughout the community...
Banner MD Anderson Expanding for More Service and Treatment
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert has recently broken ground on an expansion of its outpatient cancer facility. This expansion will mean a new service offering and more equipment and treatment areas to better cater to the needs of the increasing number of patients.
Not-So-Clean Cleaning Products
The bad news: We live in a toxic world. There are all kinds of nasty foreign substances all around us, from heavy metals to plastics (otherwise known as phthalates) to pesticides, solvents, molds, and other fat- and water-soluble chemicals. It isn’t really possible to avoid toxins completely unless you want to pick up and move to some unindustrialized part of the world... and even then there’s no guarantees.
