The home of the Wildcats

Today featured a trip to another well-known Arizona attractions, the Arizona State Museum, and the University of Arizona Campus, on which the museum itself is located. Once we first arrived on the campus, Dr. Arion gave us a brief introduction to some of the university's science facilities, especially the Mirror Lab, and the planetarium. After that, we went on our own to the Arizona Desert Museum. There, we had the opportunity to learn about the Native American tribes who live throughout the Southwest and Mexico, through their beliefs, cultures, traditions, history, and how they make it possible for them to live comfortably in the desert environment. Another exhibit featured artifacts from the Spanish settlers who influenced the culture the area, after the discovery of the New World. In the modern section of the exhibit, I noticed one area that featured Spanish film stars, more specifically the films of "El Santo", a Luchador who is usually seen wearing a suit-coat and a wrestling mask while defeating villains in every film. Needless to say, I'd like to see more of them now! After the museum, we went to other sites in the campus, most notably being Arizona Stadium, the home of the Wildcats football team, which we unfortunately weren't able to go inside of, but were able to walk around, along with the rest of the athletic complex of the campus. Finally, we made one last stop at the optical sciences building, where we learned that they give tours of throughout the day, and a few of us, including myself, went up to the roof of the building and took some great pictures of the campus, which brought back memories I have of my visit to the University of Minnesota campus back in spring 2009. And after we had our fun on campus, it was back to the hotel to take ti easy for a while.