The Voice of the Catalina Foothills
Volume 12 • Number 20
November 16, 2022
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Breaking the mold at Saguaro National Park
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BY KAREN SCHAFFNER
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FORGE. “The winner racked up about $92 million (revenue for his simulated business).” Added Paul Valdez, FORGE Student Venture Pathways program manager, in a statement, “As part of our quest to bring entrepreneurship opportunities to our students, we partnered with the Venture Valley mobile and PC game, as it encompasses what we teach on a daily basis. “All of our students had a blast playing the game and walked away from the competition with a real sense of all of the factors and intricacies involved in being an entrepreneur.”
isit Saguaro National Park and, besides taking in the stunning beauty of the Sonoran Desert, partake in many of its programs. Learn about tarantulas from Ranger Jordan Camp or the petroglyphs of the people who once walked this way from Raeshaun Ramon. It’s a true diamond in the town. Not everyone feels that way, however. The relationship the park has with the Tohono O’Odham nation is complicated. The land the west side park encompasses was once theirs and was appropriated by the federal government. This is the same land where members of that nation and their ancestors once lived and hunted, once gathered the fruit of the saguaro cactus, once cared for the land and its occupants — all the occupants, including the four-legged, feathered and rooted varieties. Members of the Tohono O’Odham Nation still have a shaky relationship with the National Park Service. “For me, growing up I’ve always heard how the National Park Service and Indigenous nations, there was a very complicated history because the National Park Service claimed these spots,” Raeshaun Ramon said about Saguaro National Park. He is an enrolled member of the Tohono
See UA FORGE Page 5
See SAGUARO PARK Page 4
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From left are Travis Gramm, second-place winner; Nick Night, Venture Valley game maker; Oliver Stoner-German, first-place winner; and Zane Aljazzazi. (UA FORGE/Submitted)
UA student wins big at business game tourney BY HOPE PETERS Tucson Local Media
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n a Sims-style video game, students from UA and Pima and Cochise community colleges competed to make the most revenue for their virtual businesses. During the tourney, students played entrepreneur and put their business skills to the test. UA freshman Oliver Stoner-German walked away with the $2,500. He grew his in-game revenue to $92.8 million. The event included the UA Venture Expo showcasing student businesses, products and prototypes.
Travis Gramm won the $1,000 second prize by building businesses worth $76 million, and Zane Aljazzazi won the $500 third place. Twelve other students won part of the total $5,000 in cash giveaways and prizes. University of Arizona FORGE partnered with Venture Valley, a fast-paced multiplayer business simulation game from the nonprofit Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship, for the recent tourney at Roy Place. “We had almost a hundred competitors,” said Erika Mitnik, manager for University of Arizona Marketing & Communications,
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