Higher Education

Worst Recent Decision by an ASU Frat Boy?

We're sure the frat boys at Arizona State University make poor decisions on an hourly basis, but there have been some extraordinarily poor decisions made recently by the bros.One might imagine that a fraternity member's accidental death late last year might be a bit of a wake-up call for the frat bo ... More >>

ASU Frat-Boy Fight in Tempe: The Video

Here's just what society needs -- a video of frat boys in a big fight at a Tempe apartment complex.Police said the fight, which occurred early Sunday morning and involved the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, led to five Arizona State University students being hospitalized.See also:-Frat Party Gone Aw ... More >>

Vernon Parker Tattles on Kyrsten Sinema to ASU President for "Party School" Reference

Republican Congressional candidate Vernon Parker claims he actually sent a letter to Arizona State University President Michael Crow to tattle on his opponent, Kyrsten Sinema, for calling ASU a "party school."Parker also tells Crow that Sinema must think the students are "stupid" in the most uninten ... More >>

Education Only a Con Man (or Congressman) Could Love

Governor Brewer Signs College Ban on Medical Marijuana Into Law

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill yesterday that bans the use or possession of medical marijuana on college campuses, other schools campuses and childcare facilities.Opponents, including Joe Yuhas of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Association, predict the new law will end up being contested i ... More >>

Maricopa Community Colleges Board Votes to Implement Tuition Hike in Fall; Minutewoman Pledges to Raise Money for Undocumented Students

Uriel Garcia The Maricopa Community Colleges Governing Board at a special meeting last night.​It's official: undocumented students enrolled in Maricopa Community Colleges this fall will have to pay $317 per credit hour. The Community Colleges Governing Board voted to implement its t ... More >>

Proposition 300 Wildly Successful at Running Undocumented Students Out of Public Universities

Cronkite NewsChristian Lira: an undocumented student whose scholarship is running out.​Arizona Republicans can pat themselves on the back: fewer students are being educated. That is what constitutes success in this state's legislature. In spring 2007, there were 1,524 undocumented students i ... More >>

Maricopa Community College Board Members Confronted By Upset Students, Educators On Tuition Hike

Celso MirelesLaurita Moore, an educator and an activist, giving the board hell.​The first person to stand up and address the board at yesterday evening's Maricopa Community College Board meeting wanted to inform them about the Model UN team's successes at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. T ... More >>

Colorado House Spikes Legislation Charging Undocumented Students In-State Tuition

News MildUndocumented students walk through a minefield of laws in pursuit of higher education.​Some bills die on the floor of the statehouse. Others die on the governor's desk. Sometimes, they die in the courts. And then there are those that die in a legislative committee, along party lines, li ... More >>

Demonstration Scheduled for Tomorrow's Maricopa Community College Board Meeting; Undocumented Youth Planning to Speak Against Tuition Hike, Minutewoman

Maricopa Community Colleges board member Debra Pearson can expect an earful at tomorrow's meeting in Tempe. ​The Maricopa Community College Governing Board is meeting tomorrow at the District Support Services Center in Tempe and it's expecting company -- protesters demonstrating against th ... More >>

Blockbuster Hit

Maricopa Community Colleges Rescind Job Offer to Scandal-Plagued Candidate Ahead of Board Meeting

www.montgomerycollege.edu Brian K. Johnson, in better days.​The Governing Board of the Maricopa Community Colleges meets tomorrow morning to vote on candidates for several positions available within the institution.   But the board will not vote on the Maricopa Community Colleges ... More >>

Arizona State University One of Playboy's Top Party Schools Once Again

www.motivatedphotos.com​After a brief fall from grace, thanks -- in part -- to Arizona State University President Michael Crow's ruthless crusade against fun under the disguise of "The New American University," the Sun Devils are back in Playboy magazine's list of top 10 party schools in the count ... More >>

Experimental Phase

PVCC goes off the deep end

Arty Girl: Heard Museum Names New Director

Image by Craig Smith, Courtesy of the Heard Museum.​Talk about some big shoes to fill.Back in April 2009, Heard Museum Director, Frank Goodyear announced plans for retirement for the end of this year after a decade of service. The man is responsible for the expansion of programming and the additio ... More >>

University of Arizona Medical Students Help Robot Give Birth to Baby Robot

​ What's crazier than a screaming woman in labor? A screaming robot woman in labor. It sounds like a joke, but it's not. The University of Arizona Medical Center is the proud owner of their very own pregnant robot-mannequin lady. Named Noelle, she grunts, screams, yells at the doctors, pees, ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 20, 2009

Fiesta of Independence Naturalization Ceremony

Arizona Governor Wants New, "Sustainable" Model for Universities; Will Use Federal Money to Ease Tuition

Arizona needs a more affordable business model for its universities in the face of state budget realities, Governor Jan Brewer said this morning to the Arizona Board of Regents. In the short term, hundreds of millions of federal stimulus dollars will be used over the next co ... More >>

Obama 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 ... More >>

Obama 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&n ... More >>

Film Festival at PVCC: Good Bye Lenin! @ Paradise Valley Community College Center for the Performing Arts

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 17, 2007

ASU Inc.

Welcome to the world of Mike-Crow management

Campus Strife

A free-speech battle at ASU centers on enormous posters of aborted fetuses

Al Singer 1928-2005

Remembering a man who put a lot of jazz in AZ

Letters

Letters from the week of October 07, 2004

Greek Weak

Michael Crow has made ASU's frat boys his bitches.

BEST GALLERY FOR EMERGING ARTISTS

Art One Gallery Inc.

Letters

Letters from the week of June 12, 2003

Mission: Impossible

The Arizona Legislature may prove to be too much for ASU's unsinkable Michael Crow

The Head Devil

A freshman mixer with new ASU prez Michael Crow

Lab Rats

The University of Arizona's push to become one of the nation's great research institutions has paid off -- but at what cost to the state, faculty and students?

Judge Knot

JP posse sticks to its guns in decades-long battle to clean up it judicial corral

Dorm Warning

Plagued with major maintenance and financial problems, ASU's decrepit residence halls fail to make the grade

Best Waste of Breath

Teen Abstinence Ads
Arizona Department of Health Services

Best Student Art

Art One Gallery
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Dead Air

Past-life regression, psychic predictions and paranormal palaver: For 11 years, KTAR radio host Frank Baranowski has spooked his occult following

Committing the Truth

After years of retaliation because she was a whistleblower, a leading Alzheimer's researcher can vouch for how poorly Arizona law protects university employees who report waste or fraud

ASU plays footsie with Nike

Distaff Is Restless

A resident gets cut from Maricopa Medical Center's surgical training program. She says it's discrimination. It's just the latest problem facing the center's taxpayer-funded contractor, Medpro.

The Smutty Professor

After one drunken afternoon in 1994, longtime ASU law lecturer Michael Berch was forced to take an extended leave of absence. Now, despite allegations that he sexually harassed students and colleagues, he's returning to the classroom.

Trusting in Family Values

HIGHER YEARNING

INVESTORS WANT WESTERN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TO CASH IN ON THE MBA CRAZE. BUT THE SCHOOL HAS YET TO MASTER ITS OWN BUSINESS PROBLEMS

A FRIGHTENING DIAGNOSIS

THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR SAID ASU ADMINISTRATORS WERE ENDANGERING THE HEALTH OF STUDENT ATHLETES. THE DIRECTOR GOT FIRED. THE DANGER'S STILL THERE.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COURSE TITLE: DIRTY TRICKS 101

A DOCTOR'S THOUGHTS ON CLINTON'S HEALTH PLAN

STAR GATE

A QUESTION OF CLASSWHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE----INSIDE THE ASU COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT