Around ASU
A rat knocked out the power on Tempe’s ASU campus on Monday. The area affected by the outage ran from Apache Boulevard to University Drive and Mill Avenue to Cady Mall. The outage lasted for five hours and resulted in plenty of canceled class and rescheduled exams.
ASU unveiled its new line of uniforms on Tuesday. The athletic department teamed up with Nike to design the new uniforms. The Sparky logo has been replaced with a redesigned pitchfork as the primary logo, though Sparky will still remain as part of the ASU image.
The Downtown campus student government’s judicial board voted to reinstate presidential candidate Joseph Grossman and his running mate David Bakardjiev into the race. A special election will still be held on April 14 and 15, but Grossman’s and Bakardjiev’s names will be back on the ballot.
Around Arizona
The state Legislature passed a bill that would allow guns on campus to Gov. Jan Brewer. The measure limits gun possession to malls and public walkways on campuses. Brewer has five days to act on the bill or else it will become law automatically.
The state Senate approved a measure that would require presidential candidates to show a long-form birth certificate or an equivalent document before appearing on the state’s election ballot, reports the Associated Press. The legislation was prompted by claims that President Barack Obama is not an American citizen.
Around the nation
The House of Representatives and Senate approved an 11th-hour budget deal made last week that averted a government shutdown, report Paul Kane and Philip Rucker of The Washington Post. Though the Republicans control the House, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, had to rely heavily on Democrats to get him a majority.
Wednesday afternoon President Barack Obama released his plan to significantly reduce the nation’s debt. The plan would reduce it by $4 trillion over 12 years. The reductions come from both spending cuts and tax increases.
