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Attention ASU President Michael Crow: Get a Load of This Picture of Vernon Parker

Attention Arizona State University President Michael Crow: You may have gotten a letter from Republican Congressional Candidate Vernon Parker, bashing his opponent Kyrsten Sinema for calling ASU a "party school."Did Parker write that letter in his University of Southern California shirt?See also:-Ve ... 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 >>

Was ASU Ever a Party School? (President Michael Crow Thinks Not)

With the death of Arizona State University's party-school reputation, someone had to check in with the administration for a reaction.That ended up being Mac and Gaydos from KTAR who had the school's president Michael Crow on the show yesterday afternoon, and apparently, the ASU prez isn't convinced ... More >>

Arizona's Public Universities Plan All-Time High Tuition; Could Go Higher if Senate Has Its Way

​Tuition increases proposed late last week by Arizona's three public university presidents make getting a public education in Arizona pricier than ever. Worse, they were probably underestimated -- again. Presidents of the three universities sent their pitch for new tuition increases to the Arizon ... 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 >>

ASU President Michael Crow Named One of 10 Best College Presidents in Country

www.asu.edu ASU President Michael Crow​Time Magazine has named Arizona State University President Michael Crow one of the 10 "best college presidents" in the country -- in part, because he ruined what was traditionally a perfectly good party school.

November 12 In Blogs: Lou Dobbs, Kanye West, Draft Magazine, and Mike Tyson

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Lou Dobbs Delivers His Head to Hispanics, But That's Not Necessarily a Good Thing Up on the ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 13, 2009

Greek Ruins: Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright's Disciples — As Well As Ralph Haver, Kemper Goodwin, John Sing Tang, and Edward L. Varney — May Soon Be History, Thanks to Arizona State University

Playboy 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 ... 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 >>

Obama Returning to ASU to Give Spring Commencement Address

President Obama is giving Air Force One another workout with his second schlep to the Valley in four months. Obama plans on giving the spring commencement address to about 8,000 Arizona State University students at 7 p.m. on May 13. More people will see the celeb-president than during his ... More >>

ASU Held Up by New York Times as Example of University That Reached Too High

This isn't the New York Times story about Arizona State University that Michael Crow (pictured) hoped his former colleagues at Columbia University would ever have to read. Crow, the president of ASU, has received plenty of criticism over the years for his grandiose plans to expand the universi ... More >>

Arizona State University's Future Arts Research is Shortsighted in Failing to Focus on Phoenix

Beer Pong Herpes at ASU? Nope, Say University Officials Trying to Dispel Bogus News Story

A bogus news story about college students getting herpes from a drinking game contained a fake quote from Arizona State University president Michael Crow, according to a correction by the Los Angeles TV station KNBC.The erroneous article claims the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control has ... More >>

Letters from the issue of Thursday, February 28, 2008

After just one year, ASU junked its scholarship program for illegal immigrants. Sarah Fenske wonders who will step up for them now

Laurie Roberts, still the Queen of Mean; the devilish Dean Martin; and more on Virginia Gutierrez.

Dean Martin's war on Hispanic students...

Wicked Bitch of the West: The Repugnant's Queen of Mean, Laurie Roberts

Into the Fire

Dennis Erickson's a frightening choice to lead a college football program plagued by murder and NCAA violations

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 24, 2007

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 17, 2007

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 10, 2007

ASU Inc.

Welcome to the world of Mike-Crow management

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 29, 2005

Crystal Not-So-Clear

The feathered fiend blasts the fact-challenged Republic and ASU's prudish student-body prez, plus examines a tiff at Tranzylvania

Boobs in Scottsdale

A cover-up in Scottsdale? Plus: What's on Michael Crow's mind, and a Phoenix city councilman's sudden interest in art

What's Eating Crow?

Our eagle-eyed scribbler talons Commander Crow, the Dalai Lama's merchandisers, columnist Jon Talton and the artful Phoenix City Council

Charity for the Super-Rich

Mesa voters should deep-six the city's plan to funnel $84 million to greedy corporations

Religious Wrong

A state lawmaker's assault on the campus press is trickle-down from Dubya's White House

Letters

Letters from the week of December 2, 2004

Quid Pro Crow

ASU's president puts the squeeze on freedom of speech to please his biggest donor

Letters

Letters from the week of October 14, 2004

Letters

Letters from the week of October 07, 2004

Forty Whacks

ASU's museum was forced to censor its political art show, but did its director have to bend over?

Greek Weak

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

Party System

A recent grad dishes dirt on ASU's party daze

Bush League

ASU's museum cut anti-Bush art from its upcoming political exhibition -- for purely political reasons.

Letters

Letters from the week of June 3, 2004

Colangelo Eats Crow

ASU President Michael Crow's emergence provides Phoenix a preferable alternative to Jerry

Speech Therapy

Richard Florida jump-starts downtown dialogue

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

Drowning in Debt

Letters from the week of January 9, 2003

Raising Arizona State

ASU honchos enjoy pay increases of nearly a quarter of a million dollars

The Head Devil

A freshman mixer with new ASU prez Michael Crow

Garden Parties

Campaign funds from the big house, tales from the greenhouse