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Campus MovieFest contestants at ASU became full-time filmmakers for a week. Photo by Jorge Salazar.

Cinematic Education: MovieFest Drives ASU Filmmakers

Campus MovieFest is the world’s largest student film festival, traveling to campuses and providing students with the equipment necessary to make a five-minute short film. Follow SPM as we tag along with two ASU filmmakers throughout their week of rehearsing, shooting and editing, and see what happens at the finals tonight, Oct. 25.

By Jorge Salazar | October 25, 2010

The Treasures of Melrose

On the curve of Seventh Avenue lies central Phoenix's hidden treasure. Clothing, furniture, one-of-a-kind art and antiques from all over the country fill the Melrose District, a small city stretch lined with vintage troves.

By Ana Anguiano | October 24, 2010

Beauty and the Backstage

Every year, thousands of theatergoers fill ASU Gammage for performances ranging from Broadway musicals to Homecoming comedy shows. But few people go beyond the 46-year-old curtains. Follow SPM backstage during the load-in for "Beauty and the Beast," a special engagement running Oct. 19 through Oct. 24.

By Becca Bever | October 20, 2010
Photo by Scarlett Heydt.

A Neon Mess for the Masses

Dayglow isn't your average overly-promoted party. This shindig has been all over the world, touring city to city with electronic DJs, dancers and gallons of paint in tow. Saturday, Oct. 16, Dayglow came to Tempe for the first time — right between the tour's New York City and Washington, D.C., stops.

By Scarlett Jane Heydt | October 19, 2010
Photo by Alex Karamanova.

How to: Stay Classy in the Heat

Summer’s over, but Arizona is still bringing the hot, hot heat with temperatures in the high 90s and 100s. Though it may be socially acceptable for a guy to skateboard shirtless around campus, ladies have a harder time keeping it classy and cute under the scorching rays.

By Melody Parker and Alex Karamanova | October 18, 2010

Big Star: ASU Heavyweight Makes the Big Time

As a Sun Devil, Cain Velasquez was a two-time All-American wrestler, two-time Pac 10 champion and 2005 Pac 10 Wrestler of the Year. Now as a professional, Velasquez is the fastest rising mixed martial artists in the Ultimate Fighting Championship stable.

By Anthony Sandoval | October 17, 2010
Photo by Stephanie Pellicano.

Bed Bug Battle Royale

SPM writer Shanna Wester's life was temporarily turned upside down by creepy, crawly bed bugs. Read about her fight with the invading buggers and learn more about the bugs that go bump in the night.

By Shanna Wester | October 13, 2010

The Politics of Art: The Fight for First Fridays

The sights, smells and experiences of downtown Phoenix's First Fridays bring people back month after month, but recent changes to the event have shaken the First Fridays community, dividing artists and vendors, city officials and community organizers.

By Ana Anguiano | October 12, 2010
Photo courtesy Playboy.

The Naked Truth

Meet Chrissa Carolyn, the ASU junior who made headlines last month when she was selected to join 15 other college girls in representing the Pac 10 in Playboy magazine. Read about Chrissa's life at ASU and why she posed for the gentleman's magazine.

By Anthony Sandoval | October 11, 2010
The team puts high concentration into freestyle hip-hop. Screenshot by Andy Jeffreys.

The Art of Freestyle

A rainbow of sneakers — high tops, low tops, metallic swishes, neon laces — bounce, tap and glide on the wooden floor. Dancers move freely in cut-off tanks and sweatpants with hand-sewn pockets; loose jeans and boom-box t-shirts; high socks and big hoop earrings.

By Melody Parker | October 10, 2010
Photo by Peter Lazaravich.

Organic America Howls with WWOOF

Take a walk on the organic side with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), an organization that provides access to rural areas for people who support the organic movement.

By Tye Rabens | October 4, 2010
Be sure to assemble your supplies before starting. Photo by Peter Lazaravich.

How to: Grill

Mmmm. That smell. You know the one. It’s the smell that hits you as it slowly wafts through the air on a warm afternoon; someone is grilling and you are instantly jealous.

By Ana Anguiano | October 4, 2010
The Screaming Females at the Trunk Space. Photo by Anthony Sandoval.

The Screaming Females Sleepover

SPM's Anthony Sandoval spent a night with the Screaming Females, a small rock band from a small town with a small frontwoman whose indie punk sound is anything from small.

By Anthony Sandoval | September 30, 2010

A Drive-In for the Neighborhood

What started in south Phoenix as a group thesis project quickly became much more for the dozen architecture graduate students involved in Studio 1:1.

By Ana Anguiano | September 28, 2010
A THEMIS image.

The Sky is Not the Limit: ASU Maps Mars

Step into ASU Tempe's Moeur Building and step into another world. A team of researchers based out of ASU teamed up with NASA to build maps of Mars. After nearly a decade of research, THEMIS compiled over 60,000 visible light and infrared images of Mars surface.

By Beth Easterbrook | September 26, 2010
MAKING A CASE: The Arizona Board of Regents held a meeting in Tucson Thursday. At the meeting, ABOR approved a tuition increase that goes beyond ASU’s tuition predictability commitment. (Photo Courtesy of Rodney Haas)

Makers in the Crafty Marketplace

Local, handmade, artisan. Most ASU students don't put these words at the top of their shopping lists, much less lend support to the handmade movement that has sprouted in countless boutiques across the Valley. Thanks to Etsy.com, that's all changed with the click of a mouse.

By Diana Martinez | September 20, 2010
Photo courtesy Heather Koch.

Camp Kesem's Magic Tricks

It’s the first day of camp. Kids are hugging old friends and excitedly running from counselor to counselor, curious to know the camp schedule. Any onlooker can see that Camp Kesem is a joyful place — a magical land protected by smiling counselors with funny names like “Pebbles” and “Phineas." Unless you met their parents, you would never know that these children are connected by a unique and challenging bond, and that this week will be one of the most important weeks of their lives.

By Melody Parker | September 15, 2010

Legally High: Students Turn to Party Herbs

Arizona State University students, and anyone else over 18 years old, can buy any of a number of relatively unknown, mood-altering substances at a shop on Mill Avenue in Tempe — legally.

By Tye Rabens | September 15, 2010
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