Welcome to college, the golden years — or something like that
(05/07/24 8:00pm)
"Make sure you don’t study too hard," they say. "Go out sometimes — have fun!"
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Best of SPM: Music edition
(05/04/24 8:00pm)
Songs are like snow globes. A lifetime of music listening amounts to a cavernous room full of the glass orbs, perched upon shelves teeming with the memories contained in each.
Insight: ‘A 30-year-old trapped in a little girl’s body’
(05/02/24 8:00pm)
Toby and I have been best friends for as long as I can remember. We both liked sea creatures. It’s funny how simple friendship can be when you’re young. All you had to say was "You’re my best friend now," and just like that, you were best friends.
‘We’re all different, and we’re still here’
(04/29/24 8:13pm)
Known to the world as the First Nations, Indigenous populations have spanned the historical timeline, maintaining their sense of culture and indigeneity despite centuries of loss and oppression.
Insight: I’m 'just a girl'
(04/30/24 6:41pm)
My 20th birthday brought many changes — some expected and others unwelcome. When you're born two days before Christmas, there's always a lingering tension in the air as your family packs every long-standing holiday tradition into 48 hours — and crams your birthday on top of it all.
Tumblr isn't dead: The artists at the forefront of Tumblr's aesthetic rebirth
(05/06/24 8:00pm)
Frilly scraps of lace embroidered with the words "Heaven Sent." Esoteric photos shot with a digital camera. Side-by-side comparisons of a ballerina’s beautiful pink slippers and their battered feet. Little excerpts of songs like "My Kimono" by Polvo. All these tokens are scattered throughout the Tumblr accounts of photographer Maya Spangler, known to her followers as "Stolenbesos."
Made by students, for students
(04/12/24 3:59am)
For most college students who spend their hours sitting in lecture halls, sifting through textbooks and cramming for exams, running a small business may seem like just a daydream to entertain during class. But for ASU students who've taken that dream and made it a reality, an online platform, Student-Made at ASU, has been making these business ventures a lot easier since last fall.
Satire: My semester of rest and relaxation
(04/11/24 3:22am)
Here's my genius elevator pitch: Let's all just give up and sleep for the rest of the spring semester.
Satire: Gib’s guide to being unconventionally homosexual in college
(04/10/24 3:38am)
Look. I know it, you know it, we all know it: If you're here, you suspect you fall somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum. Yes, this is just like the "Am I gay?" quizzes that you Googled on the private browser of your mom's phone back in middle school — if you're not gay, why are you looking it up?
ASU celebrates Lucy's 50th anniversary, highlighting her impact on science and culture
(04/10/24 1:43am)
Across multiple events last week, ASU's Institute of Human Origins celebrated the 50th anniversary of the fossil skeleton "Lucy" – the most complete preservation of one of our earliest human ancestors.
‘Land is like a person’
(04/09/24 3:11am)
"What does it look like to actually acknowledge the land that you’re on and then make up for everything that's been done to that land?" Nataani Hanley-Moraga said.
Satire: How to talk to a Hawaiian, pt. 2
(04/16/24 12:57am)
If it wasn't already clear, I'm Native Hawaiian. And although it may not seem like it would, this part of my identity prompts a lot of interesting interactions.
In focus: The resurgence of film in the digital age
(04/05/24 2:13am)
When Aidan Ruiz decided to buy a film camera on a whim, he didn't expect the used Nikon with a broken autofocus would ignite a passion for photography. After acquiring the camera in a meeting with the seller, the senior studying finance threw in a 36-photo roll and proceeded to shoot all of it on campus.
'To suppress our voices'
(04/04/24 2:02am)
Whenever Salam visited the West Bank, it felt "like breathing fresh air after losing breath." Her family's village, Rammun, served as her safe haven. To her, it was a home filled with welcoming neighbors who also cherished community, who treated her "as a person."
Opinion: Dry, dry devils
(03/13/24 4:14am)
ASU may officially be known on billboards and banners as No. 1 in innovation, but the school has cultivated a different, less coveted national ranking over the decades: a widespread reputation as one of the top party schools in the country. Provocative publications like Playboy lauded ASU in the 2000s and early 2010s for its intense party culture.
Under the influence: A look at the students who have made social media more than a hobby
(03/12/24 3:48am)
Whether you're chronically online or actually outside touching grass, we all know influencers are taking over our world. They fill our feeds with ring light-illuminated brand deals and 15-second clips of their latest self-tanner routines. Gone are the days of viral sensations like Jenna Marbles and Connor Franta, who once ruled the internet without the help of weekly brand deals. Chapstick challenges, music video parodies and flash mobs have now faded into trends of the past.
Satire: Respectfully, I don’t want to hear about your study abroad
(03/09/24 1:17am)
"The last thing I did in Italy was stroll through a piazza with a cappuccino in hand — did I mention that?"
Satire: The timeline of relationships
(03/07/24 2:33am)
I'm in my bitter era. Maybe it's because I'm single before Valentine's Day, or maybe it's because you people are testing me.
‘Hella on the apps’: Navigating the LGBTQ+ dating scene at ASU
(03/06/24 4:36am)
Back when I was 16, a long list of "nevers" clung to me wherever I went, like a loose thread I could never shake. I had never been kissed. I had never had sex. I had never even been on a real date. It felt like a glaring label hanging over my head that exposed my inexperience with sex, love and relationships — some of the most defining aspects of adolescence — to my peers, who seemed to date and find love with ease.
State Press Play: The Culture Issue
(03/11/24 6:17pm)
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