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(09/23/11 1:08am)
Bravo to the Walk Your Wheels campaign and the award to Tempe for being a bicycle-friendly community. USG hopes to get the campaign off to a successful start and get students to walk their bikes, longboards, scooters, etc. on campus. They will enter students who walk their “wheels” on campus into drawings to win football tickets, Sun Dollars, and an iPad among other things. It is also awesome that Tempe was recognized for being a hospitable towards bikers. Not only is it good exercise, but it is also a “green” way of transportation.
(09/22/11 1:45am)
Between Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Digg and other B-list social networking sites, the Internet is filled with ways to connect with people in all corners of the globe. This week the field just got more crowded as Google+ went public.
(09/21/11 2:26am)
After almost 18 long years of living in silence, gays and lesbians can now serve openly in the military after the repeal of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy Tuesday.
(09/20/11 3:49am)
Capitalism is on full display in the case of the current Netflix debacle.
(09/18/11 11:25pm)
After several years of tuition hikes, college students in Arizona are wondering when they might catch a break. Unfortunately, the answer doesn’t appear to be in the near future.The Arizona Republic reported last week that the Arizona Board of Regents is eyeing changes toward the scholarships awarded through the three state universities. These changes do no amount to good news, particularly when a good chunk of change — $366 million statewide for the 2009-10 school year — is devoted to scholarships.Changes include possibly setting higher academic bars for students to keep their scholarship and a limit on the number of credits students take. Students would also be incentivized to get better grades, major in certain disciplines or graduate quicker by earning more scholarship money.This troubling news comes at a time when tuition is at its highest point in state history and more students are graduating saddled with debt. The new incentivizing can be frustrating for students, especially when they are already expected to maintain a certain GPA if on a merit-based scholarship.It also brings up the question of what areas of study are important to the future of the state. Some would say liberal arts degrees are pointless and favor practical degrees, such as engineering, while others would disagree. This encourages students to conform to the Board of Regents’ view for the state.Furthermore, this evaluation of the scholarship program brings up a larger debate about the values Arizonans hold. Do we all pay a little more in taxes and have students pay less in tuition or do we pay less in taxes and more in tuition?In the face of massive budget cuts, the state must do some soul searching. The decisions we make are a reaction to the current fiscal crisis we are in. The state must choose wisely because these decisions will have an impact that will last long after our tenure at ASU.Is this newfound austerity the answer or is it a chance to conform the state government to a particular ideology? Either way, we are dealing with cold, hard numbers. We wish we could say compassion factored into the equation, but by the state constitution, our government is mandated to have a balanced budget.Raising tuition and cutting scholarships is not a sustainable way to educate students, but based on the voting pattern of the state, residents of Arizona have decided fiscal austerity is the answer, and this should concern advocates of higher education.The limited funding of higher education in this state could leave a less-educated population and less-than-stellar public universities. This comes at a time when the percentage of Arizonans with a college degree are below the national average.If Arizona wants to live up to its potential, we must give a chance to all those who can do university-level work, and funding scholarships for students would be a start. But this requires a state that is willing to pay for it. Click here to subscribe to the daily State Press newsletter.
(09/16/11 1:25am)
Bravo to Tosh.0 for taping a live show at ASU this week. We really are grateful for his stop at a campus that didn’t even ask for it. More filthy and offensive humor is just what ASU needs to be associated with. Also, one of the show’s writers is an alumnus of the University. It’s great to know that graduates of ASU go on to use their degrees in such high-brow positions — what could be more impressive than using all the over-the-top humor you learned from your time in college in a job?
(09/15/11 2:59am)
“Leave them alone!”
(09/14/11 12:40am)
The U.S. News and World Report came out with their much-anticipated college rankings this week, and ASU was ranked No. 132, jumping up 11 places.
(09/12/11 12:42am)
Editorial published on Sept. 12, 2011
(09/09/11 1:49am)
Bravo to the arrest of a suspect, Filiberto Salgado-Cirilo, who police believe to be the “ASU groper.” University police reported 14 different cases, excluding the most recent one that brought Salgado-Cirilo into custody, of groping on or around campus over the past year. While the suspect is only linked to one case right now, police are looking into the other cases. Now that police have made an arrest we hope that these inappropriate groping incidences happening around campus will cease.
(09/08/11 1:33am)
In 2008, ASU set the goal of enrolling 100,000 students by 2020. If this number is eye-popping, a reality check is in order — we currently have over 70,000 students enrolled and ASU is growing.
(09/07/11 1:03am)
Living in the state of Arizona gives us a lot to look forward to, including a couple-hours drive from one of the Seven Wonders of the World, no snow in winter and stubborn legal confrontations that often leave spectators wondering how lawmakers with so little knowledge of the Constitution got elected.
(09/06/11 1:45am)
The first round of voting took place for the Phoenix mayoral election on Aug. 27.
(09/02/11 2:39am)
Bravo to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s new Homeowner Advocacy Unit. This group helps people who have had their homes wrongfully foreclosed, and was started with a grant from the Arizona Attorney General’s office. It’s an essential public service, and those involved are fighting to protect everyday people who fall prey to mortgage lenders and banks. It is also great to see law school students using their education to give back to the community.
(09/01/11 12:35am)
If there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it’s that after this season, ASU football will never be the same.
(08/31/11 12:18am)
Immigration just got personal for President Barack Obama. Earlier this week, his 67-year-old uncle was arrested for drunk driving and found to be in the country illegally. Onyango Obama reportedly asked to make a call to the White House after police detained him.
(08/30/11 12:07am)
It seems the University’s redesign of the athletic uniforms caused quite a ruckus among both alumni and students; they contend that Sparky was pushed out of the picture.
(08/28/11 11:00pm)
It’s not an uncommon sight nowadays: the face of ASU President Michael Crow gracing the pages of various publications, all while being recognized for his various innovative ideas and promoting the “New American University.”
(08/26/11 1:46am)
Bravo to the opening of the West Sixth apartments. The two high-rise towers that overlook Mill Avenue and downtown Tempe were eyesores for three years. Looking half-completed and unloved gave them a dark, gloomy appearance that didn’t exactly make the Tempe skyline very appealing. But there is life around them once again. The apartments are impressive as well, though not to mention expensive — studios start at $945 a month. While that may be out of many students’ price range, we are happy to have the downtown area looking top-notch again.
(08/25/11 12:16am)
Remember those mail carriers that would walk on foot throughout the neighborhood? Or those that would drive the boxy, white trucks that bore the famous USPS logo?