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October 1, 1998Coheed and Cambria, Stiletto Formal and Cartel Rock The Vote Sunday
October 29, 2008BEST PLACE TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE ON MILL AVENUE
Three Roots Coffee House
September 30, 2004Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 18, 2006
May 18, 2006Phoenix Touts Artwork Embedded in ASU's New Journalism Building
A "green" public art project incorporated into Arizona State University's new journalism building in downtown Phoenix puts on a slow-moving light show during the day as it funnels warm air up and out of a stairwell. After the project received extra attention during last week's official dedication of the Walter Cronkite School for Journalism and Mass Communication building, the city's office of Arts and Culture put out a news release last week to emphasize its funky features. Though the art
November 24, 2008Court Ruling on Havasupai Blood Case Good News for Tiny Tribe
A state appellate court ruling has given new life to a lawsuit filed by the tiny Havasupai nation over blood samples that the tribe was told would be used for the study of tribal diabetes but instead were used for other research. Back in 2004, we wrote "Indian Givers," a chilling yarn about how genetic researchers at Arizona State University had misled many members of the Havasupai, who live on the floor of the western Grand Canyon (see photo), into providing blood
December 15, 2008If ASU's Polytechnic Closes, What Happens to Mesa's Dream Development?
With budget cuts of biblical proportions being proposed to deal with a multi-billion-dollar state revenue shortfall, Arizona State University is contemplating the end of its East Valley Polytechnic campus.But hold on -- Mesa was banking on the vitality of the satellite campus to help prop up progressive development dreams that no less an editorial authority than the Economist theorized could bring about the "City of the Future." Optimists hope a planned resort complex by developer DMB will rev
January 21, 2009Disaster Exercise to Test Hospitals, Public Safety Officials With 1,200 Volunteer Victims (Including You, If You Want)
Disaster will strike the Valley on March 10, 2009.No, that's not a prediction from the Mayan calendar. It's a mock event being held on or near Arizona State University's Tempe campus to test the disaster readiness of local public safety officials and health care workers.The "Coyote Crisis Campaign" is a five-day exercise taking place during ASU's spring break in which 1,200 volunteers will pretend to be victims from an improvised explosive device. Officials don't have all the volunteers they nee
February 17, 2009Arty Girl: Poet Cynthia Hogue
By Laineys Repertoire at www.flickr.com/creativecommonsSo all of us arty weirdos have probably been to a poetry reading or poetry slam at least once.Ask anyone who knows me...bad poetry being read aloud in an overly-dramatic-high-school-thespian way is my personal hell. Anytime I've seen an amateur poetry reading, I either leave immediately or get completely soused because the whole ordeal gives me embarrassing feelings BIG TIME.But I can hang with second chances. And I think Cynthia Hogue might
March 16, 2009Save Your Nose Hairs
Stay in town to watch ASU/UofA
December 4, 2008ASU Baseball hosts NCAA Regional
May 29, 2008After just one year, ASU junked its scholarship program for illegal immigrants. Sarah Fenske wonders who will step up for them now
February 14, 2008Into the Fire
Dennis Erickson's a frightening choice to lead a college football program plagued by murder and NCAA violations
September 6, 2007Move Over, Ann Coulter
Meet the woman behind ASU's Caucasian American Men's Club
May 24, 2007ASU Inc.
Welcome to the world of Mike-Crow management
April 26, 2007The Devil Went Down to Phoenix
. . . will it be any better than downtown Tempe?
November 23, 2006Campus Strife
A free-speech battle at ASU centers on enormous posters of aborted fetuses
September 21, 2006Prez House Stench
ASU failed to release the transcript of a phone call from a real estate broker alleging serious misconduct
July 6, 2006Fire HIM!
A mediocre record and coddling thugs on his team didn't keep ASU football coach Dirk Koetter from getting a big raise
Commentary
May 4, 2006Obama Scholarship Program at ASU Really a Financial Aid Program; Draws From Federal Grants and Scholarship Programs
The "scholarship program" at Arizona State University to be named after President Barack Obama really isn't a "scholarship" at all. The nod to criticism of the school's denial of an honorary degree for Obama turns out to be a financial aid program called "ASU Advantage" that pools local and federal grants, private donations, and scholarships. Pell Grants, a need-based federal assistance program for college students, are the first source of funds listed on the
April 15, 2009PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) Slashes 13 Jobs in Latest Media Layoff
Thirteen staffers at PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) were given pink slips yesterday in a cost-cutting move expected to affect local programming. According to this morning's broadcast on National Public Radio's local affiliate, KJZZ (91.5 FM), the employees include a local production manager and several workers for the public affairs show Horizon. This latest bad-news-for-the-news-media story comes a day after the East Valley Tribune announced it was eliminating another day of publication -- now it
April 15, 2009This Week's Day-by-day Picks
September 29, 2005This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
April 7, 2005Ziggy's Star Bust
October 7, 2004Tell Tail
September 9, 2004Dog Beat Dog
September 2, 2004Party System
A recent grad dishes dirt on ASU's party daze
September 2, 2004Diagnosis Unknown
August 5, 2004Colangelo Eats Crow
May 6, 2004Token Arab
Neo-conservative Muslim Oubai Shahbandar has been called a liar, a forgerer, a plagiarist. He'd rather answer to Congressman.
April 8, 2004Obama Scholars Program is a Scholarship, ASU Argues; Aid Program Draws on Mixed Funding Sources
The ASU Advantage program is a scholarship, despite the fact that it was never called a scholarship prior to being renamed the Barack Obama Scholars Program, Arizona State University officials argue.This could just be a game of semantics: Is it a financial aid program or a scholarship? Terri Shafer, ASU vice president of communications tells New Times that it's a scholarship because "financial aid" connotes a payback of some sort, whereas "scholarship" means a free, full ride: tuition, books, m
April 17, 2009Rock Us, Amadeus
Daniel Bernard Roumain gives classical music a good rap
February 19, 2004Divan Intervention
A new gallery in Tempe hopes couches and coffee lead to greater art appreciation
July 24, 2003This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
March 20, 2003Acting Up
La FOMMA stages a revolution
February 27, 2003Angles in the Outfield
Fame is not the name of the game in controversy over ASU baseball field
March 1, 2001Playboy Labels UofA a Top Party School; ASU Falls to Number 15
Arizona State University is fine for a weekend romp, but if students who want more female scenery and action ought to spend their college years at the University of Arizona, says Playboy magazine. The latest Playboy listing of top party schools puts UofA squarely in the Number Five, behind the universities of Miama, Texas-Austin, San Diego and Florida. While UofA officials may snicker at the honor, they can't be pleased with the 14 out of 20 rating for "brains" at the Tucson school. Th
April 17, 2009Obama-Named Financial Aid Program Expanded at ASU; Families Earning up to $60,000 Qualify
Arizona State University's Barack Obama scholars program, which is named after the President because ASU had to do something after denying Obama an honorary degree, is one generous spending package.The university just ramped up the qualifying family income ceiling to $60,000 for students awarded the Obama ride. The ceiling had been $25,000. The program, previously called ASU Advantage, will cover the full cost of attendance at ASU for 1,600 freshmen this fall, instead of the 500 covered last
May 6, 2009Foxes Lives Near Arizona State University in Tempe -- Real Ones
Image: Wikimedia CommonsYou can get a glimpse of a real fox in downtown Tempe near Arizona State University -- we're not talking about the college girls, but rather the small, predatory canines. Urban coyotes have been getting all the attention in recent years, but it appears that at least some native foxes are also doing well in the big city. We'd heard for the last year or so that the critters have been haunting the area near College Avenue, just south of the ASU campus. Last nig
May 7, 2009Light Rail Service to be Tested by Crowds on Wednesday; Obama and D-backs Cause Service Changes
Light rail trains will not be allowed to run past Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday because of President Obama's commencement speech. Metro Light Rail says shuttle buses will serve as a "bridge" around the service gap.On top of that, thousands of people are expected to use the light rail system on Wednesday to see Obama, slated to begin speaking at 7 p.m., or the Arizona Diamondbacks, which has a game against Cincinatti starting at 6:40 p.m. Metr
May 11, 2009Jon Stewart's The Daily Show Skewers ASU for Barack Obama Snub
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Arizona State Snubs Obama thedailyshow.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Economic Crisis Political HumorIn case you haven't seen this, it's a must... Why did Arizona State University snub President Barack Obama on a worthless, honorary sheepskin that they've given in the past to a Canadian Prime Minister who only served for 142 days before being voted out of office? Comedy Central's The Daily Show has an answer for us in this hilarious repo
May 13, 2009Obama's ASU Commencement Speech Urges Community Involvement, Uses Flap Over Honorary Degree to Make Point
President Barack Obama deftly turned an embarrassment for Arizona State University into a theme for his commencement speech on Wednesday, urging students to never stop "adding to your body of work."The reference was to a statement made by ASU spokeswoman Sharon Keeling when asked why the university was not giving Obama an honorary degree. During the speech at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium, which was packed to capacity, Obama said controversy over ASU's decision about the degree was "much ado abou
May 13, 2009Post Office in Downtown Phoenix Will House Classrooms and Retail Space in $2M-Plus Renovation
Image: Peter Storch/New Times The 1930s-era post office on Central Avenue and Van Buren Street is preparing to undergo at least $2 million in renovation by its owner, Arizona State University, in collaboration with the city of Phoenix. As New Times writer Robrt L. Pela explained a few months ago, the stylish building was purchased a few years back by ASU as part of its downtown campus development. Although the post office will still operate out of the facility, plans call
June 12, 2009The Party's Over: ASU Drops to 20th on National "Party School Survey"
Did you ever think you'd live to see the day when ASU students weren't partying enough? Well, it's arrived.Un-tap the keg, and turn out the lights; Arizona State University's reign as one of the nations top party schools is coming to an end, according to a recent survey. This year's Princeton Review survey places ASU 20th when it comes to partying, and marks the lowest ranking on any similar survey that the once fiesta-famed university has been since, well, they star
July 27, 2009ASU "Leading the Pack," Says Magazine, Even Though State's Money Woes are Slicing Programs
Arizona State University is "leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes," according to the latest issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine. Though ASU was only as the 121st best national university -- same ranking as last year -- the Valley institution ranked fifth out of 77 of the most "up-and-coming" colleges. Hasn't the magazine heard -- the state's broke. Dozens of ASU's programs have been cut and many others consolidated. Hundreds of job positions have been cut,
August 20, 2009Light-Rail Rides on Rise, August Stats Show; Boardings Bottomed Out in July
It was a sluggish summer for Metro light rail, but ridership is ramping up again thanks to a new semester at Arizona State University. Officials estimate the trains were boarded 882,328 times in August, which was far more than in either June or July. Traffic on the rail dropped from a high of more than one million estimated boardings in April to the system's low-water mark of 750,551 in July. Officials had expected the heat and lack of tourists and students would mean fewer riders, nat
September 15, 2009ASU Students Join PETA's Fight to End Classroom Experiments on Animals
www.demotivateus.comPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has a new ally in its fight to end certain types of experiments performed on animals in classes at Arizona State University: the students themselves.Well, not all the students, just the ones with the same general furcoat-hating, meatless mentality as PETA.
October 8, 2009Bizarre Foods at the State Fair: Smoked Lizard on a Stick, Anyone?
Seems like the Arizona State Fair is ground zero for extreme eats. Every year, the fair outdoes itself for taking decadent, beyond-bad-for-you snacks and making them even naughtier, usually by dunking them into a deep fryer. What's on the menu this year? How about deep-fried, battered bacon on a stick -- with gravy! Yes, the goodies have to be on a stick. They'll even have deep-fried grasshoppers on a stick, and better yet, smoked lizard on a stick. Look for reindeer hot dogs (for real?), deep-
October 9, 2009New ASU Study: Models of All Sizes Drive Down Self-Esteem in Fat Women; Who Woulda Thought?
www.photobucket.comThese gals may have a little too much self-esteemA new study conducted by a researcher at Arizona State University, in collaboration with two researchers at European universities, came to a conclusions about the female psyche: Fat women should never look at a female model advertising anything ever.
October 13, 2009ASU Grad Student Shoots Himself in Professor's Office; Building on Lockdown
Arizona State University police are reporting that a graduate student shot and killed himself inside a professor's office a little over an hour ago.
October 26, 2009
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