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(11/05/10 12:13am)
Boo to the Phoenix New Times article declaring that Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash was going to leave basketball in pursuit of a political career. Spoofs are great. Spoofs are funny. It’s why we love The Onion so much. But there are a couple parts of the Valley that you don’t mess with, and one of them is Steve Nash. The man won over the hearts of local residents years ago. After Suns fans watched Amare Stoudemire move to another team over the summer, losing a second star would be heartbreaking. Could Steve attempt politics? Sure, but he will still be spending his time lobbying in the paint, not in office. Don’t kick Suns fans while they’re down, Phoenix New Times.
(11/04/10 2:06am)
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to want a glass of milk.
(11/03/10 4:20am)
The results of Tuesday’s elections, while dramatic, were not particularly surprising. Arizona kept Gov. Jan Brewer, and most statewide offices played out as expected. Nationally, Republicans made huge gains to take control of the House of Representatives, while a smaller shift left Democrats in charge of the Senate.
(10/31/10 11:56pm)
Although we weren’t in D.C. this weekend, we can imagine the scent of Sharpie and calm hum of sane rally-goers that filled the streets of the nation’s capital Saturday at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, hosted by Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
(10/29/10 12:27am)
Boo to Halloween. Unless you’re dressing up as Phantom of the Opera... in that case, bravo. But for all you zombies, Lady Gaga monsters and ketchup-faced vampires out there, we look forward to watching you make Mill Avenue even creepier than it already is. And while we’re at it, we’d like to pose a brief intervention for those over-priced, overly revealing costumes. We do expect to see some interesting Police Beat material when we piece together our paper next week. Just don’t make your Quail Man headband too tight; beer makes the brain swell. Oh, and Hallow’s Eve is on Sunday this year. Aside from the irony, this means those orange-tongued Jello shooters are going to be all groggy-eyed come Monday, if they even wake up.
(10/28/10 3:20am)
Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny President Barack Obama’s ability to captivate an audience.
(10/27/10 3:36am)
These days, it seems Arizona is a rebel with too many causes. 2010 is just not a good year for state laws in the courts, nor is it for our elections system.
(10/27/10 1:49am)
(In response to Andrew Hedlund’s Oct 26 column “GOP spending bluff”)
(10/26/10 2:35am)
Say what you want about the French, but that country knows how to set a trend. However, it looks like the nation that once gave us our symbol of liberty, is taking a few cues from the other red, white and blue for a change. It seems the bad economy is rotting at the core of the world, and nations like the U.S., U.K. and France are all scrambling to find ways to eliminate or make cuts in the growing debt before it brings us all to ruins. Like any huge project, though, there are obstacles in the way. And for France, that obstacle is in the form of random, disruptive strikes.
(10/24/10 10:48pm)
The feeling is all too familiar at ASU.
(10/22/10 1:31am)
Bravo to the 70s (the weather, that is). Not only does it feel great to not see the mercury maxing out on our thermometers, but it also makes everyone just a little less on-edge. Face it; everyone around here is just a bit nicer when the weather is less temperamental. Plus, we all like pulling out those beloved sweaters for walking to our morning and night classes and being able to still enjoy some moderate sunshine for lunch. Right now, Phoenix is paradise.
(10/21/10 3:19am)
Usually at this point so close to Election Day, it’s hard to go anywhere without seeing the names and faces of important candidates. But with just 12 days left until all ballots are cast, our governor is noticeably absent from the public scene.
(10/20/10 1:14am)
If you don’t feel a 25-pound burden pulling at your shoulders every day, then you’ve at least spent a semester or two staring at the stack of $200-plus worth of untouched textbooks on your desk. Face it. Textbooks are one of the many Catch-22 facets of college life.
(10/19/10 1:12am)
This is not going to be an uplifting message. If you have not yet heard, a 21-year-old political science senior, Zachary Marco, was killed Sunday night after being unsuccessfully mugged near Rural Road and University Drive near the Tempe campus.
(10/18/10 12:17am)
Arizona’s budget cuts have left almost no government-funded program — or private ones, for that matter — untouched. But while this hurts public programs and can significantly affect people’s lifestyles and resources, some people just won’t let the cut be the end of it. They’re seeking out material to build a bridge to their goals — their state of mind hardly deterred.
(10/15/10 1:37am)
Boo to the State Fair starting up this weekend. We admit that we’re a little bitter about needing to study for a few more exams this weekend when we’d rather be rockin’ the love shack with the B-52s during the opening weekend. But prices are kind of steep for the average college student (when you take all of the collateral fees into account). Not to mention the festival grounds are more crowded than Palm Walk at noon and all of the carnival rides spin us until our stomachs become sacks full of gastric acid, falafel, grease, fry bread, beer and deep fried novelties (deep-fried Coca Cola anyone?). If you’ve never vomited up deep-fried cheesecake after taking a spin in the Gravitron, then be warned. At least one redeeming thing for this year’s fair is Snoop Dogg’s visit. As long as he doesn’t bring the Biebs out of his bag of tricks, we’re cool.
(10/14/10 2:17am)
After spending just more than two months in a collapsed mine shaft in northern Chile, 33 miners (all Chilean except one Bolivian) climbed into a 24-inch capsule, barely wider than a man’s shoulders, and took a 15-minute journey through 2,050 feet of rock.
(10/13/10 2:34am)
The only people at ASU who like midterms week are probably the managers of the campus Starbucks. Although the Memorial Union’s brewing hole was out of pumpkin spice Tuesday night, the pilgrimage of groggy students at local coffee haunts has been noticeably somber and dense. So as an open gesture of appreciation, thank you, baristas for serving up the fall fuel, even if sleep-deprived students aren’t the best tippers. Without it, some of us would seriously be walking zombies. At least with coffee, we’re able to muster the artificial awareness we need in order to fool the profs about just how prepared we are for their midterm exam — it’s not like we were procrastinating on our readings until last weekend or anything.
(10/12/10 2:05am)
The most-populous city in the U.S. has a liter-sized problem, according to the city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg.
(10/10/10 11:07pm)
Anyone who regularly walks past the Memorial Union is sure to have seen lively, if not uncivil, arguments over any number of issues. In the academic realm, the University is a seemingly natural setting for scholars and thinkers to present controversial work.