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(01/27/11 2:54am)
By: Cale Ottens and Samantha Cary
Tempe Elementary School District considers closing McKemy Middle School due to a tightening budget. Community members of all ages have begun a series of meetings in attempt to persuade the district governing board members to change their minds.
(12/01/10 4:21am)
When the stress of finals builds up, sometimes you just need to scream.
(11/30/10 1:32am)
The war between the Sun Devils and Wildcats has been ongoing since 1897, but in the two universities’ latest fight, food is involved.
The Food Fight is a food drive competition between the two schools that began this semester and will carry on during Thursday’s football game in Tucson.
ASU collected 75 pounds of nonperishable food items and raised more than $700 at Friday’s UCLA football game as part of the competition, said aerospace engineering senior Sam Lipman, ASU4Food vice president.
ASU4Food is the club on campus that puts on food drives, including the Food Fight.
ASU collected food last year, but UA just joined the cause this year, Lipman said.
ASU collected a total of $7,553.28 and 4,603 pounds of food last year and is on track to surpass last year’s numbers, Lipman said.
The club has already collected $2,594.71 and has raised 1,256 pounds of food this semester, not including the large amount it raised during homecoming. He predicted they collected about an additional 4,000 pounds during their homecoming drive.
Each school can collect food throughout the yearlong competition that ends in May 2011, but the two universities are allowed to hold specific fundraising events, including one home football game and one home basketball game collections.
The school that raises the most money and pounds of nonperishable food items throughout the school year is the winner, said Gus Miranda, a State Farm public affairs representative.
The insurance company has sponsored the Territorial Cup Series for the past two years.
The series keeps track of the rivalry and awards one point to each sport for every time one school beats the other.
State Farm just decided to add this community awareness project in the competition this year, he said.
“For State Farm, we are very proud to help address issues that are within the community,” Miranda said.
Lipman was impressed with the number of donations from the last football game, he said.
“I was kind of surprised but very happy also,” he said. “A lot of people just forget [to donate].”
Many students, including aeronautical management and technology freshman Sean Morrow, value charity projects and food drives.
“I don’t think it’s a sense of need to donate but almost a sense of right because I’ve been blessed by opportunities and family,” he said. “I feel that I am obligated to those who have less or are less fortunate than me.”
Morrow did not participate in the drive at the last football game, but he and his family have donated to ASU’s food drives for years because his dad is an ASU alumnus.
ASU4Food and State Farm both want this effort to bring in as much food and revenue as possible because every dollar donated can feed up to seven people, Lipman and Miranda said.
All of the proceeds and donations go to St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix, Miranda said.
“It’s not political, it’s just that everyone needs food,” Lipman said. “It’s just a general requirement that everyone deserves a meal.”
(11/23/10 3:26am)
The alcoholic beverage company Phusion Projects announced Sunday it would stop shipping and producing its popular drink Four Loko.
(11/18/10 4:19am)
The Arizona Board of Regents is currently on the hunt for ASU’s next student regent.
(11/18/10 3:22am)
Candles gleamed in a courtyard on ASU’s Tempe campus as ASU student Zachary Marco’s family, friends and peers wore sorrowful faces at a vigil in his honor Wednesday night.
(11/16/10 3:08am)
Terrorism and national security are two issues that will be researched through a new initiative at ASU.
(11/10/10 3:43am)
Election Days come and go every two years, but this past election was said to be one of the most crucial for Arizona higher education students.
(11/03/10 11:36pm)
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
(11/03/10 5:00am)
An energetic Republican crowd gathered inside the Hyatt hotel in downtown Phoenix Tuesday night to celebrate Gov. Jan Brewer’s win over Democratic opponent Terry Goddard.
(11/02/10 12:46am)
Before the Polytechnic campus breaks ground with a new freshman residential hall and dining facility in June, student leaders are asking for student input.
(11/01/10 10:44pm)
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Monday:
(11/01/10 12:46am)
With Election Day quickly approaching, candidates everywhere are making last-minute campaign stops to ask for voters’ support, including Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard.
(10/29/10 1:58am)
Student government officials on all four campuses are giving one last push to promote voting as Election Day quickly approaches.
(10/28/10 2:30am)
Student leaders from the Arizona Students’ Association have banded together to resist a measure on Tuesday’s ballot that will put a ban on state affirmative action programs.
(10/21/10 2:28am)
Education in Arizona just got a helping hand after ASU’s teachers college received a federal grant to rejuvenate the system.
(10/20/10 1:30am)
The fight against growing textbook prices continues this week as students across the country prepare for a nationwide event Thursday.
(10/15/10 3:22am)
ASU’s Game Day Initiative, a pilot program designed to increase tradition and spirit on every campus, has been a success so far, according to various people involved in the program.
(10/12/10 2:26am)
Correction Appended
(10/06/10 1:31am)
A new website launched Monday to help Arizona college students transfer schools might be a small sign of an entire makeover of the state’s higher education system.