In The Community – CAC Cactus

If US-Chinese Relations Get Worse, the Price of Just About Everything May Increase

October 7, 2019

Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, the United States is now caught in trade wars with two of its largest trading partners. China has been repeatedly dubbed by the president as a “currency manipulator”, and...

Halloween Celebrations Are Back in Metro Phoenix

Garrett Acuna-Taylor

October 7, 2019

The Metro Phoenix Area offers many Halloween attractions for guests of all ages. The Phoenix Zoo’s Howl-o-ween event has eight friendly Halloween haunts and seven scary mazes catering to families with children of all ages....

Error 404: College Could Not Be Found

Michaela Korges, Cactus Writer

December 9, 2017

With the rise of technology, it can feel like everyone’s attention span is shortening. We get impatient when a website takes over two seconds to load and scroll past videos that are over three minutes long. Given this new world...

Error 404: College Could Not Be Found

Michaela Korges, Cactus Writer

November 4, 2017

Stephen Spielberg and Thomas Edison have more in common than fame. According to the International Dyslexia Association, they also have a learning disorder caused by “a different wiring of the brain.” The Dyslexia Center...

404 College Could Not Be Found: Hearing Impaired

Miranda Martinez, Cactus Writer

November 27, 2016

Nearly 9 million people in the U.S. are either completely deaf or hard of hearing. Of these, about 100,000 are between the ages of 18-44. The National Center for Educational Statistics reports somewhere around 20,000 deaf and...

404 College could not be found: PTSD

Miranda Martinez, Cactus Writer

October 19, 2016

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event. Sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, or other threats on a person's life can cause people of all...

404: College Could Not Be Found. (Blind Edition)

Miranda Martinez, Cactus Writer

September 27, 2016

During the summer I had a lot of time to think about what I should write for this edition. I finally decided to write about my aunt and the program she works for when I heard about her contribution to the group. My aunt has been...