Editorial: Kudos to Tempe churches for same-sex marriage support
Same-sex marriage is, as it has been since the issue became a national talking point, contentious.
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Same-sex marriage is, as it has been since the issue became a national talking point, contentious.
Bravo to a return to the wizarding world. We grew up on Harry Potter, and so the announcement that J.K. Rowling is penning a screenplay for a Potter spinoff was met with great rejoicing across the Muggle world. It may not be a direct return to Hogwarts, but the adventures of wizarding zoologist and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" author Newt Scamander are sure to be full of the same excitement that made the original seven books and eight movies so wonderful. Boo to journalistic oversight. Last week, the Phoenix New Times blog Jackalope Ranch published a post about ASU students turning to online services that help them find older men willing to fund their educations. There wasn't anything wrong with the post itself — The State Press published something similar last semester — but the picture accompanying it featured a group of four female students who weren't actually looking for sugar daddies. Similarly, Arizona Highways Magazine had to pull its October issue from newsstands because of an in-print error that said a poisonous mushroom was edible.
In the ongoing standoff between the Pac-12 Network and DirecTV, the competing business models may end with both entities alienating fans who want to make use of their products.
Bravo to the ASU volleyball team for dominating its first six matches, going 6-0 without even losing a set. Boo to the 42 percent of Harvard's incoming freshman class for admitting to cheating on their exams before beginning the school term. Bravo to NASA for successfully launching its LADEE explorer to the moon on Friday to learn more about its surface and how the solar system works. Boo to the imminent end of "Breaking Bad." As the final three episodes chronicle the ramping up of both Walter White and Jesse Pinkman’s desperation, how will creator Vince Gilligan end it all? Who will bring down the great Heisenberg? Cancer or the DEA? "Breaking Bad" will go down as perhaps the greatest television show in history. Every aspect is on point — from the acting to the cinematography — no detail is overlooked. The gap television will have to fill is almost as big as the White family fortune that’s buried deep in the New Mexico desert. Bravo to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control for fining Cadillac Ranch $6,000. The bar at Tempe Marketplace served Jack Culolias, the ASU student who was later found dead near Tempe Town Lake. Boo to this weekend's launch of a faith-based alternative to the Boy Scouts of America. Trail Life USA formed in protest after the organization overthrew its ban on gay involvement, and more than 1,200 former scouts, volunteers and parents attended this weekend's opening convention, according to NBC News. Hanging out with gay teens isn't going to make your kids gay, bigoted parents. Bravo to the Fair Pay Campaign for advocating the end of the unpaid internship, which has limited the ability of talented college students across the country to get experience in their desires fields, because they still have to pay rent.
College sports are and always have been an indispensable part of the undergraduate experience.
Bravo to a group in Seattle that is pushing to make minimum wage in Washington $15 an hour. The state already boasts the highest minimum wage in the country at $9.19 an hour, and one Seattle City Council candidate said she would make the issue the focus of her campaign. Meanwhile, other city council members and the mayor said they would consider it. Boo to unnecessary deaths of young children. A 1-year-old child was shot in his stroller while he was out with his father in Brooklyn. Police are investigating whether the shot was intended for the father in a gang-related incident. Also, a Tempe father shot his 3-month-old son before shooting himself in a murder-suicide on Aug. 26.
Tempe Police have adopted an increasingly strong stance against impaired driving. With the new Operation Safe and Sober, we've seen a rise in stops, arrests and citations.
Bravo to back-to-school fashion, when everyone puts in extra effort to look presentable for the first few weeks of school. Come October, we'll all be looking like we rolled out of bed and ran to class — likely because that's what happened. But for now, we still look fresh-faced and fresh to death. Good job, Sun Devils.
Bravo to the newly renovated Manzanita Hall. The historic building reopened after being closed for renovations for nearly three years. While the building has retained its historic appeal, the bathrooms have been enlarged and amenities added. Boo to the new Golden iPhone 5s that will be released this year. There are children in Africa who only have the 3rd generation iPhone. Uncool.
As we begin the new school year, there are many issues concerning new and returning college students on which we should be keeping an eye.
ASU's most recent controversy has been with Grand Canyon University, a for-profit institution that is in the process of upgrading from Division II athletics to Division I.
It seems student loans have become a trendy topic of conversation among political hotshots, which is fitting in light of the Stafford loan interest rate doubling from 3.4 to 6.8 percent just a couple weeks ago.
We all hope as we enter new classrooms each semester that our professors will be intelligent, didactic and genuinely good at what they do; however, having an attractive instructor often comes as a curve ball.
It's a rare occasion when news stories about various murders, assaults, disappearances and near-deaths of young people in Tempe do not smatter our news feeds every morning. Every week it seems a new violent act, whether shrouded in mystery or not, has shaken part of the community.
With decades of work behind us toward an America that offers equal opportunity to any person no matter their color, you'd think we could say that the U.S. is officially beyond the influence of racism.
Drive 10 miles. Pull into park-and-ride. Take train five stops. Walk to bus station. Take bus three miles. Climb mountain. Find wizard. Defeat Balrog. Cast ring into fires of Mordor. Make it to class sweaty and out-of-breath.
When we think about vigilantism, the first image that comes to mind might be that of Bruce Wayne, otherwise known as Batman, and his tireless heroism in the fictional Gotham City.
With the first month of summer complete, some of us are waist-deep in the internships our majors mandate us to perform so that we may graduate. Internships, clearly a heavy-hitter in ensuring post-graduate employment, are our key to success as students. With promises of being flung into higher paying positions and at more prominent employers, internships have become the bread and butter of student existence.
Each Memorial Day, we are greeted with the obligatory family barbecues, car sales and mattress blow-outs. We have our parades, American-flag bedazzled clothing items and lots and lots of beer.
"Frat brothers ditch drunken student at ER with explanatory Post-it." "Surveillance video released in ASU fraternity party brawl." "ASU's Greek life marred by serious incidents."
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