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Photo courtesy Peterson Air Force Base By ELLIANA KOPUT The rate of recorded COVID-19 cases in Arizona has increased exponentially over the past month. When the Aztec Press released Issue 2 on March 12, there was one reported case in Maricopa County. Now, we have surpassed 1500 cases across the entire state, with 32 related deaths. These numbers do not include those with pending tests, nor do they account for those carrying the virus who lack access to testing. Pima County saw its first COVID-19 related death March 23. It was a woman in her 50s who likely had preexisting conditions that increased her susceptibility to the virus. The county had declared an emergency in unincorporated areas on March 19. “It’s here. You just need to act like it’s in our community,” Dr. ...

By JOE GIDDENS Kim Stevens has been working for Pima Community College since 2000 in registration and admission seasonally. Later, she became full time in 2003, and has been at the West Campus Testing Center and Testing Center as a student service technician ever since. We sat down with Stevens for an interview about the West Campus. Q: About how many people use the testing center? A: “It varies … sometimes we have 100 or more. During the midterms and finals, we could have 300, 400.” Q: Are there any outside groups that have your proctor their tests? A: “We do have other community colleges and universities that do use our campus because there’s a lot of online courses nowadays.” Q: So, online courses for like the University of Arizona might have you proctor an exam? A: “Yeah,...

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