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Tempe Police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
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Tempe Police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
In the midst of ASU’s “Problem of Whiteness” controversy, Cady Mall became a platform Tuesday for a public teach-in that taught passers-by what the “white problem” entails.
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Monday:A 19-year-old Tempe man was arrested on Feb. 3 at on the 1900 block of East University Drive on suspicion of disorderly conduct, according to a police report.The man had been cleaning a 9mm Luger when he loaded the chamber and accidentally pulled the trigger, police reported.The round shot through the north wall of his apartment and proceeded to enter the wall of his neighbor’s, puncturing two pillow cases and halting at the top of a bedroom desk, according to the report.During a welfare check, officers noted that no one had been in the room at the time of the shooting, police reported. The man told officers he did not notify police nor check on his neighbors because he did not want his neighbors to think he had purposefully shot at them, according to the report.While searching the man’s apartment, officers located marijuana on his kitchen counter, which the man then identified as his, police reported.The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see a judge, according to the report.A 49-year-old Tempe man was arrested Feb 4. on the 2000 block of East Apache Boulevard on suspicion of possession and use of dangerous drugs, according to a police report.Officers first arrested the man because he had been operating a motorized vehicle on a suspended license, police reported.During an inventory inspection, officers found four baggies of crystal meth inside a pink and black makeup bag and two bottles of “prescription-only” medication, neither of which were in the suspect’s name, according to the report.The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was released on pending drug charges, according to the report.Reach the reporter at aplante@asu.edu or follow @aimeenplante on Twitter.Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
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Phoenix locals will perform and participate in Eve Ensler’s infamous play, "The Vagina Monologues," which shares comedic and heartfelt accounts of sexuality, on Feb. 14 to raise awareness against sexual violence.
Recent criticisms of ASU’s new English course, "U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness," have incited outrage across America as skeptics claim the study is racist against white people. The controversy flared when broadcast journalism junior Lauren Clark appeared on Fox News to share her criticism of the course. Clark told "Fox and Friends" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck required readings, such as Jane Hill’s “The Everyday Language of White Racism,” “have a disturbing trend, and that’s pointing to white people as a root cause of social injustices for this country.” Following the segment, professor Lee Bebout told The Arizona Republic he received “vitriolic hate-mail” and has since declined to comment. However, some educators, such as Charles Gallagher, a sociology professor at La Salle University, support the course’s creation for its focus on modern racial inequality. “The title of this class is provocative because people are saying ‘Problem? There is no problem. We have a black president,’” he said. “But the reality is that there’s this long and rich sociological –– not only history –– but contemporary study of racial inequality.” Despite popular opinion, racial inequality still exists, Gallagher said. “(Most whites) believe they’re color blind now,” he said. “Most whites align with this idea of ‘I’m not racist. I voted for Barack Obama. I have a black friend. I like black music.’ A lot of whites have convinced themselves that they are no longer racist. …They don’t see themselves as a problem.” However, Gallagher said white privilege and authority is an ongoing issue. “We may have a black president, but this is a white nation,” he said. “Look at Congress. Look at the halls of justice. Look at corporate America. It’s white people running the show.” Joe Feagin, a sociology professor at Texas A&M; University with over 60 books published on white racism, said courses focusing on conceptual whiteness have historical validity. “Our history is rooted in white supremacy,” he said. “Eighty-three percent (of history) was ruled by slavery and Jim Crow. We’ve only theoretically been a free country since 1969, when the Civil Rights Act went into effect.” Although the "Problem of Whiteness" course is new to ASU, universities have offered white racism studies without controversy for years, Feagin said. “Courses like this have been taught since the mid-1990s; for two decades,” he said. “I’ve taught them many times, and never had this kind of fuss.” However, ASU is not the first university to see controversy within American racial studies. During the mid-‘90s, Noel Cazenave, a sociology professor at the University of Connecticut, faced similar opposition for a course exploring white racism. “They said it was racist against white people, which is ridiculous because the whole premise of the course was that there are no white people,” he said. Cazenave said he finds that most sociology studies overwhelmingly focus on minorities as the problem. “In many sociology courses, students are taught about minorities and are told about this problem and that problem, but there is no focus on race relations at all,” he said. “The whole focus is on what is wrong with these minorities." Considering whiteness as a problem is only a change of focus, Cazenave said."A course on white racism … locates people of European-American descent at the center of America’s race problem,” he said. However, Cazenave said a discussion of white racism is not a charge against white people. “I want people to realize in Arizona that it is OK to talk about whiteness as a problem,” he said. “Don’t play language games that keep people from using straightforward and honest language to talk about our very serious problems in this country –– and white racism is a serious problem.”Reach the reporter at aplante@asu.edu or follow @aimeenplante on Twitter.Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
Award-winning advocate Savannah Sanders publicly addressed her sex trafficking experiences in hopes of encouraging awareness for fellow survivors on Jan. 19 for ASU’s Sex Trafficking Awareness Week.
ASU graduate students with a common interest in queer research founded InQUEERy, which began as a research collaborative focused on the demographics of the LGBTQ community, in 2013.
Year-round, ASU applicants encounter the same question: Are you male or female? For many, the answer is a matter of selecting one over the other.
President Barack Obama focused on middle class tax cuts and education during his sixth State of the Union address on Jan. 20.
More than 1,000 students participated in the 20th March on West in 2011. Students marched through the Paley Gates and gathered on the Fletcher Lawn where they listened to speakers and Charles St. Clair's recreation of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. (State Press) Throughout the week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ASU will celebrate the social justice leader’s life with intercampus events including awards breakfasts, festivals and reenactments. Despite these festivities, many students are unaware of university-coordinated celebrations. English literature senior Taylin Nelson said she does not have plans for the holiday. “I will probably be catching up on homework and hanging out with my friend,” she said. “I don’t know about any events.” Downtown On Jan. 19, the ASU Black Alumni Chapter will host the Martin Luther King Jr. March and Festival to kick off the week. Beginning at 9 a.m., participants will march from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church to Margaret T. Hance Deck Park, where a festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. West ASU’s West campus will host its 24th annual “I Have a Dream” reenactment on Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. Elementary students from across the Valley will attend the march, followed by a performance from the West campus fine arts specialist Charles St. Clair. St. Clair said he hopes to inspire change in the area’s youth with the event. “(Teachers) give students historical background and they then prepare for the march and what they’re marching for –– all the brutality that happen before and during and all of the sacrifices they made…so that they could gather in freedom,” he said. Despite his performance, St. Clair said he does not deserve the spotlight. “It’s not about me,” he said. “It’s about something much bigger.” Tempe The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, which will take place Jan. 21 from 7 to 9 a.m. at the MU, will feature a performance from the cast of “Motown, the musical.” Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, ASU Gammage executive director and MLK Committee chair-holder, said the preformance is an appropriate choice because of its focus. “What Berry Gordy did as as an entrepreneur to solidify music as African-American music and mainstream it at a time when race and record labels were segregated, is exactly a tenant of Dr. King,” she said. The awards breakfast will honor the services of Art Hamilton and Rivka Rocchio. Jennings-Roggensack said she believes these individuals have upheld the legacy of King through servant-leadership. “We have always had major changes in the world through phenomenal individuals,” she said. “I think it’s important never to forget those individuals, and more important to remember what they stood for…The work is never done. It’s up to us to continue to move it forward.” Following the breakfast, there will be an MLK Student Rally and Student Organization Fair. All participants are welcome to visit Hayden Lawn from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to learn the 10 characteristics of servant leaders while celebrating the importance of King’s legacy, Jennings-Roggensack said. “The world is global, whether you live in Tempe or Tokyo,” she said. “What Dr. King’s tenets were about was all of us working collectively for the good of all of us and knowing how to live together.” To learn more about ASU’s events, click here. Reach the reporter at aplante@asu.edu or follow @aimeenplante on Twitter Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
Following the deaths of Mike Brown and Eric Garner, Valley protesters took to the streets of Phoenix to stand against police brutality. However, protests have cooled.
With fewer women than men leading in the professional world, the W. P. Carey School of Business stands out as a model for the industry's future, with women making up the majority of senior leadership.
Valley music lovers, applaud yourselves. 2014 has been a great year for local jams. From album releases to venue closures, the landscape of the Phoenix music scene has never been so wild. It is because of this renaissance that, rather than picking the top 10 local bands to feature with this semester's year in review, we decided that it'd be more appropriate to highlight the top 10 most notable events which brought Phoenix closer to the nation's epicenter of tuneage.
$1 Record Reviews: Jay Ferguson's "Life Just Ain't This Way"
Queen Bey graced us, once again, with a platinum album release, and you can bet your ass that this is just one more notch on the enigmatic belt of Mrs. Carter. For those of you who may not be as dedicated to the art of Bey-watching, perhaps I should clarify: This is a pretty big deal. Rumors of a potential new album release have been circulating for weeks now that no one knows what to expect from Beyoncé’s production team, which dropped the artist's fifth album without warning last December. Granted, a platinum reprise may not be as exciting as another full album, but, when it comes to ‘Yoncé, one really can’t complain. The platinum edition of “Beyoncé” offers two new songs along with four remixes which feature Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and –– you guessed it –– the second half of the Knowles-Carter duo, Jay Z. The box set also includes live footage from the power-couple’s “On the Run” tour, but, let’s face it, we’re just pumped to hear two new bona fide gems from one of the best selling artists of all time. The moment I saw the surprise music video for “7/11,” I was caught up in Beyoncé’s playful dance moves that I hardly paid attention to the song. I’ve been lucky to have a chance to goof off in a hotel before, but I can assure you that I did not have as much fun as those backup dancers. I mean, it’s not every day you get to wear an ironic Playboy sweater and kneepads to “smack it in the air” with Bey. If that were a regular occurrence, life would surely be a lot more interesting (and drunk). When I finally took a breather and listened to “7/11” on its own, I was swept into a daydream of dancing in a club with all my girlfriends, when, in reality, I had really just swirled around on my duvet like an idiot. Although an extremely different sound from the Sasha Fierce vibe everyone –– including Justin Timberlake –– jammed to back in 2008, the song continues the immersive experience Beyoncé hoped to accomplish with her eponymous album. Whereas “7/11” is a song purely made for dancing (the lyrics are purposely repetitive: My hands up, my hands up / I stand up with my hands up / Then I put up, my hands up / I put up, my hands up), Beyoncé’s second new song has a more focused appeal matched with an uplifting beat. “Ring Off” is the polar opposite of the artist’s 2008 hit “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” written to encourage her mother as she has found a new life since divorcing Mr. Knowles. Rather than offering the apologetic track which one may expect 30 seconds into the song, Beyoncé pushes her mother to harness her own freedom by being herself and finding a new man so that “now you shine and you're fine / Like it's my time, you took that ring off.” This is sweet and the beat is reminiscent of a beach vacation — perfect for a pick-me-up. For a few years, Beyoncé seemed caught between having fun and maintaining the classy image which America’s music industry has demanded of her. Today, however, Beyoncé’s music seems a lot more carefree. It’s good to see that she has developed into a female artist who can be the full package: A mother, a breadwinner, a sex icon, a feminist and an artist. Honestly, it’s exhausting just trying to keep up. You go, Queen Bey.Reach the reporter at aplante@asu.edu or follow her on Twitter @aimeenplanteLike The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
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This week’s edition of $1 Record Reviews is a special one. Rather than undergoing my weekly routine of reviewing cheap vinyl, I decided to stray from my comfort zone (in case I hadn’t pushed myself far enough already) to give Molly Ringwald’s singing debut a listen.
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