Search Results

What do you stand for?

Whether it be a cause, character trait, or goal, everyone has that one thing they feel strongly about. SPM asks ASU students what they stand for.

Pick up the phone: Plastic bottle caps fall through the cracks

It’s a game of telephone: One says take the plastic bottle cap off, you hear keep it on.

From the Desk: What do you stand for?

Dear readers,

Another pin on the map

After starting House of Cards on Netflix, I had an urge to rush off and visit DC. That, and my best friend, Alexa Pereda attends Georgetown and always tells me about her fabulous life she has created there with her friends. Part of a long-term bucket list item that I have is to visit my best friends at their colleges, and visiting out nation’s capital was also on the list, allowing me to double dip on my bucket list challenge.

TurboVote activates student voters

Through the College of Public Programs, students are developing a new initiative with the goal of registering more ASU students to vote and getting them to their assigned polling place. All thanks to services offered by TurboVote.

Invasive technology: the future of online classes

With technology taking over the world and winning our hearts, it seems as if there is very little we can do without our gadgets. Online classes are offered by universities across the nation as an alternative to physically attending the campus. Although this is an optimal option for many, the new technological advances within online courses are worrisome.

Searching for a sea change

It’s 1975. The 9-year-old slips her feet into the small flippers and secures a face mask over her eyes and nose, tangling her blond hair in its straps. She clips the snorkel to the side of the mask so the mouthpiece falls just below her chin.

From the Desk: Our scientific magazine

Hello readers, Mackenzie here.

EVOKE-ing innovation

Staring down at the ground below, cars and people are the size of ants. They zip past each other completely unaware of a man scaling the building just above their heads. Placing one hand before the other, the man continues to climb up. Only the suction cups on his suit continue to support him. He reminds himself not to look down again and keeps his eyes focused on the target. The goal is to share an idea that just might evoke a change in the world.

Despite rankings, Cronkite trumps top competition in value

Named after the veteran news reporter, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication offers several programs to students in all areas of journalism, including a student run radio station and sports bureau in Los Angeles California. (Photo by Katie Malles)

Concussion consciousness

Two ASU alumni, working at the same electronics company, were goofing off at work one day. They were testing LED-tech components to see how much force would cause a light to turn on.

Student Studies

For students pursuing careers in scientific fields, finding a job to beef up your resume is essential to succeed. The first step for these students is finding the right research project. Here are the stories of three student researchers and the answers they are seeking.

Hope for a Cure

What happens when the very system protecting the body is invaded cell by cell?

Modernizing classic art creates compelling messages

I can never get enough of it. I mean, art history really should have been my major because I find myself constantly yearning to learn more and more about artists and artworks past. Maybe it’s just my inner history nerd coming out, but I think it’s absolutely fascinating what people did back then.

Building a robotic tomorrow

Scientists and researchers at ASU strive to go the distance and help others follow that same path. Department of Engineering professor Thomas Sugar develops human-technology integration. His innovations will help people who have had amputations by giving them robotics limbs. Now he is working on a special project called the "Four Minute Mile." From soldiers in the military to the regular person on the street, Sugar explains his research and how he hopes to create a better quality of life for those who need improved mobility.

Five Research Developments at ASU

News media's forgotten balance of opinion, fact

In an era of constantly available data, reporters are being pushed away from waiting for the facts to come out and toward making more assumptions and including their own opinions in an attempt to increase readership. This opinion-driven news cycle has led to a degradation of the quality of our news.

Not Just a Cowboy Thing

ASU agribusiness sophomore Lucas Casterton hopes to continue doing what he loves most and also stir up interest in a rodeo club. Reach the writer at dcsantac@asu.edu or @run_dsc

Strike one: Remembering how baseball united the nation

In remembrance of the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, SPM contributor Stefan Modrich reflects on a time that galvanized American patriotism. It was a moment that briefly united an entire city, and eventually a country, with a feeling of optimism and hope in complete darkness. Along with Derek Jeter’s impending retirement, his central role in the narrative of the post-9/11 baseball scene is recalled, as well as his relationship with former President George W. Bush.

ASU club sheds light on prison education issues through writing

“My experience was essentially just a warehouse of people behind barbed wire fences,” finance senior Eric Verska said. “We’re just sitting there idling, time’s going by. We’re not learning how to reintegrate into society. We’re not learning how to be productive members of society.”