Editorial: Seeing red
(04/28/09 12:00am)
Yes, there was a red carpet. Yes, there were stars. And yes, there were cameras.
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Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(04/24/09 12:00am)
Bravo to the continued dominance of ASU spring athletics. The track and field program remains an elite power in the spot. Women’s tennis is a top-30 program.The defending NCAA champion ASU softball team is in the hunt for a two-peat with a 36-9 record and sits eighth in the nation. Women’s water polo heads to this weekend’s MPSF Championships ranked No. 8 in the nation. The 29-8 baseball team is ranked second in the national polls as it continues conference play tonight. And finally, the women’s golf will play for a Pac-10 crown this weekend as the No. 1 team in the nation, according to both major polls.
Editorial: Tunnel visions
(04/23/09 12:00am)
Today is a very exciting day in our far-less-than-classy basement office, otherwise affectionately known as the Mosquito Palace, Asbestos Depot or the Dungeon.
Editorial: Worth of words
(04/21/09 12:00am)
On Monday, a five-part investigative series published in the East Valley Tribune won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize, the top award in the journalism and literary industry, for local news reporting. The piece, titled “Reasonable Doubt” and published last July, focused on the effects of the illegal-immigration enforcement plans executed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
Editorial: No brainer
(04/20/09 12:00am)
At any university, the topic of donors comes up frequently.
Editorial: Don't just remember
(04/20/09 12:00am)
At 11:19 a.m. on April 20, 1999, the first shots rang out at a high-school campus in Columbine, Colo., forever changing the way students view their safety.
Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(04/17/09 12:00am)
Boo to President Barack Obama. After we spent all week blaming the national media for blaming ASU, we’re finally ready to set everyone straight about the real cause behind the Snub Heard Around the World. With certainty, we can tell you that it wasn’t political retribution for beating out our state’s senator in the presidential election, nor is it racism or plain disrespect. No, the person to blame for instigating the controversy surrounding honorary degrees was none other than the 44th president himself. While Obama was making his NCAA Tournament selections last month with ESPN’s Andy Katz, he picked the Temple Owls to defeat the Sun Devils in their first-round matchup. You had to know we wouldn’t forget, Mr. President. Obama dropped the ball; now can the nation just drop the ASU-directed anger?
Editorial: Much ado about nothing
(04/14/09 12:00am)
First, ASU students were told we were essentially too dumb to tie our shoes.
Editorial: Priced out
(04/14/09 12:00am)
At the beginning of the decade, the cost of in-state attendance at the University was less than $3,000 per year. In the fall, most students will be paying an annual bill exceeding $7,000.
Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(04/10/09 12:00am)
Bravo to Safe Sex Week and its penchant for creating humorous situations. Not only did a group of students assemble on Hayden Lawn on Tuesday afternoon to display a 12-foot mesh condom, they also tried to put it on the Tempe campus landmark casually (and affectionately) known as the “Nipple of Knowledge.” To us, that confusion of proper condom location — plus the failure of the placement — shows exactly why ASU needs a Safe Sex Week. We covered the ironic part of the story, now you insert the joke part.
Editorial: Degree of difficulty
(04/08/09 12:00am)
President Barack Obama has quite a remarkable track record in the realm of academics.
Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(04/03/09 12:00am)
Boo to the University of California, San Diego, admissions-letter snafu. More than 46,000 applicants received a letter from UCSD on Monday welcoming them to the 2009-10 school year. Sadly for 28,000 of them, the letter was actually sent out mistakenly to the entire freshman applicant pool, not just the ones who were actually admitted. While we’re (fortunately) past our days of waiting for acceptance letters for undergraduate education, we can all understand just how completely awful this must have been for the student applicants who actually got rejected. Even though it was certainly not meant as a joke by the university, this probably has to go down in history as one of the sickest April Fools’ Day pranks of all time. This “boo” deserves to be more than “booed” — we give it an “epic fail.”
Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(03/27/09 12:00am)
Boo to parking restrictions and road closures. A good half (which also happens to be the half that’s closest to the Tempe campus) of Lot 59 has been closed this past week to allow for the laying down of new asphalt. While we recognize that this is probably good in the long run (no more potholes or cracks, and nice new painted parking-spot lines), it sure has sucked trying to battle the other hundreds of students for half as many parking spots as are usually available. Not to mention, Mill Avenue is still torn up on the west side of the Tempe campus, Rio Salado Parkway between Rural Road and McClintock Drive is closed during nights as of yesterday, and Mill Avenue between University Drive and Third Street is closed today and the rest of the weekend for the Spring Festival of the Arts. Maybe it really is time we break out our trusty Razor scooter.
Editorial: Riddle us this
(03/25/09 12:00am)
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(03/20/09 12:00am)
Bravo to Gov. Jan Brewer. The governor, a staunch Republican who no doubt cringes every time she hears the words “federal stimulus,” recently sent official notice to President Barack Obama that she will accept stimulus funds for our troubled state. Even if her convictions speak against the acceptance, we certainly understand that by taking the funds Brewer is just doing what she believes is right for the people of Arizona. Desperate times call for desperate measures, right?
Editorial: Whodunnit?
(03/18/09 12:00am)
In a government of the people, by the people, for the people, who is to blame when the government goes awry?
Editorial: Shall we dance?
(03/16/09 12:00am)
It figures that the agony would continue to play out further.
Editorial: Boos and Bravos
(03/06/09 12:00am)
Boo to booing anything. Sure, we have our Friday tradition of “Boos and bravos” and considering that it requires both positives and negatives to make it work, it would seem that the action of condemning various items from the week that has passed would generally be a good idea. But right now, with spring break about to be in full swing — mentally, it’s already been in full swing for quite a while — we can’t find it in our hearts to give anything a thumbs-down this week. Consider this week’s version of “Bravos and bravos” to be our overly positive way of wishing you a merriment-filled spring break.
Solidarity with the student press
(03/05/09 12:00am)
(The following letter was written by the editorial board of The Daily Californian at UC Berkeley. The State Press editorial board supports the opinions expressed by the Californian.)
Editorial: Dialing back
(03/02/09 12:00am)
As the economy slips further into the tank and more and more people lose jobs, houses and savings, some Internet subscribers have opted to lose their minds as well. Welcome back, dial-up!