University of Utah

ASU Police File Sex-Abuse Case Against Swim Coach Now at University of Utah

The University of Utah's head swimming coach is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl while he was the coach of an elite swim team that practices at Arizona State University.Maricopa County Attorney's Office spokesman Jerry Cobb confirms to New Times that the ASU Police Department has filed a r ... More >>

Morrissey Is Coming to the Marquee Theatre

See also: We Love Morrissey, but Does He Love Us? See also: Morrissey at the Oprheum Theatre It's weird time to be Morrissey: British rock tabloid NME recently apologized to the downer-pop icon for calling alleging he's racist (stop me if you think that you've heard that one before), he's currently ... More >>

Want to Avoid Overeating? Bring a Big-Ass Fork to the Table.

Take that, overeating!​In search of a smaller waistline? Try bringing along a big-ass fork on your next restaurant visit. According to USA Today, findings released from the Journal of Consumer Research show that people who use a large fork eat less than those who use a smaller utensil. How ... More >>

Tim Esmay About to Lose 'Interim' Label as ASU Head Baseball Coach

Though we really do miss fired ASU head baseball coach Pat Murphy, we think it's about time that the iffy-powers-that-be at the Tempe school finally are about to drop the title 'interim' from coach Tim Esmay's title. ​ Esmay (smiling man in photo) has led the Sun Devils to the number-one nat ... More >>

“Looking Back on the Future” Shows Modified Arts Is in Good Hands

Wanted: Armed and Dangerous

As the FBI chases polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, work continues 24/7 on his religion's foreboding new Texas capital

The Vagina Dialogues

Bi-curious women are here -- but not quite queer. Welcome to the new lesbian chic

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Operation Mickey Mouse

Could downtown Phoenix get more soulless? Yep! Check out Jerry Colangelo's secret plan.

Father Land

By the Hand... explores the immigrant experience

Indian Stew

Not every anthropologist can digest Christy Turner's theory that the Anasazi were cannibals

ASU plays footsie with Nike

The Stopgap Coach

Don Newman lifted ASU's basketball program out of the trash heap by making his players believe in themselves. Despite 18 wins and an NIT berth, ASU boosters remain unconvinced.

Tales Out of School

Storied author Ron Carlson gives ASU students the word

A People Betrayed

Recently discovered documents indicate that the lawyer who represented the Hopi Tribe in crucial negotiations with Peabody Western Coal Company was working for the mining company at the same time

Dark Days on Black Mesa

The Hopi want one of the largest coal mines in North America to stop using their groundwater. If springs and wells continue to dry up, they say, their ancient culture may disappear, too.

An Exercise in Utility

Jim Irvin is poised to give the GOP a Corporation Commission majority for the first time in a decade. If that happens, Democratic activist Barbara Sherman and her mentor, Commission chairman Renz Jennings, will both wind up losers.

Pic Hits for the week

DEATH OF AN ECO WARRIOR

LEROY JACKSON TRANSFORMED HIMSELF FROM A PHOENIX STREET WINO INTO A CHARISMATIC NAVAJO ENVIRONMENTALIST. HIS FRIENDS THINK HE WAS MURDERED FOR HIS EFFORTS.

KIDNEY PINCHTALES OF AN ORGAN-THEFT RING ARE THE STUFF OF URBAN LEGEND, POLICE SAY