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(09/07/10 1:49am)
When you think of ASU, your mind probably wanders along the silhouette of the Tempe campus’ “A” Mountain or conjures up the sea of golden t-shirts lining the streets as students make their way to a football or basketball game. Similarly, when you think of the Downtown campus, you may envision the giant “jellyfish” above the Civic Space Park, paired with the hustle of inner-city traffic. Even if you’ve never been to the Downtown campus for a class, you’ve probably seen the giant news ticker on the Cronkite building from the light rail while visiting the heart of Phoenix.
(09/03/10 2:25am)
Boo to a bumbling Brewer. The governor’s opening statement in a debate Wednesday night shows that if most politicians have a silver tongue, she has one of lead. It was painful to watch her opening statement at the gubernatorial debate, and even more so when that clip hit the national news Thursday. Long pauses, the phrase “have did,” and her sheepish smile plagued her first impression in the debate, where she gave vague reasons to check her name in November. The video of this “speech” has gone viral and probably won’t affect the popular governor’s favorable chances at winning the race. While there’s clearly such a thing as a bad speech, there’s no such thing as bad press.
(09/02/10 4:29am)
The Pac-10 has been doing a little courting lately, and we’ve realized it’s good to have friends in high places—literally.
(09/01/10 2:18am)
On March 20, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom brought the U.S. military across the Kuwait border and into Iraq, marking the beginning of a combat that would claim 4,400 American soldiers’ lives and over 70,000 Iraqi casualties.
(08/31/10 12:10am)
The news that we’ve been waiting for all offseason finally came Monday afternoon — the decision.
(08/30/10 1:20am)
The war on tobacco has taken a back seat to recent social politics, but the World Health Organization has brought smoking back to the table with its request to extend Restricted ratings to films depicting tobacco use. The idea is all on the basis that movies encourage young’uns to light up when they’re older.
(08/27/10 3:24am)
Bravo to the 20-something-year-old generation for stickin’ it to tradition and stopping to smell the roses along the way. According to a recent New York Times magazine article, people in their 20’s are waiting about a decade longer than their parents to settle down, get a “real” job and grow up. And they’re doing so in favor of traveling and volunteering abroad. The article makes it sound like we all have arrested development, but, really, what’s the rush? In this day and age, people live longer and we’d be doing a disservice to those foreign language requirements by not putting it to some use. Also, starting a career is a lot harder with a family to provide for and vice versa. So live it up while you can, Peter Pans.
(08/26/10 4:32am)
Although Mother Nature is to blame for the global devastation that has usurped millions of people’s sense of normalcy, there is a lot to be said for the rest of the world’s mobilization — or lack thereof — when it comes to natural disasters.
(08/25/10 3:10am)
Well, here we go again. Every semester begins with the unavoidable onset of contagious idealism and expectations of the impossible: resolutions to study more or to start bringing a water bottle to class and to cut down on the late-night caffeine.
(08/24/10 3:11am)
Today is primary Election Day in Arizona. Have you voted yet?
(08/23/10 1:30am)
The constant sunshine, palm tree shade, year-round pool weather and proximity to Mexico, Las Vegas and L.A. can be pretty distracting for the average Sun Devil. But after a few months, as you start to feel jaded from the smell of chlorine, you’re going to start wishing there was something just a bit more to the college life.
(08/20/10 2:11am)
Boo to Blackboard 9. Students and teachers alike thought the inconvenient, poorly color-schemed and hard-to-navigate days of Blackboard were a thing of the past. But their fevered anticipation was met with a nicer color scheme and whole new realm of glitches. As students, we’re a little more glitch-resilient than our profs, who just recently learned to use the program. But there’s nothing worse than feeling disconnected on the first day of classes — especially after an entire summer to work out the glitches, which included partial deletion of discussion board postings and a lot of unplanned maintenance shutdowns. We spy a lot of student frustration on the forefront. Hopefully we’re on to the next version pretty soon. You know what they say, 10th time’s the charm.
(08/19/10 3:31am)
If you’ve had some excellent summer adventures, this might not be the best welcome you’ve received in a while. But like it or not, class is in session.
(07/30/10 9:32pm)
Bravo to the headline “Gulf leak stopped, but where’s the oil?” USA Today almost seemed disappointed that more oil wasn’t washing ashore. After all, President Barack Obama did call it “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced.” So what gives? Where’s that unrefined monster? We journalists can’t expect the American people to buy the disaster story unless we see the disaster. An ABC News report said skimmers are having difficulty finding oil to pick up since BP capped the flow about two weeks ago. “It’s mother nature doing her job,” Louisiana State University professor Ed Overton told ABC News. “…We’re losing most of it to microbial degradation in the open ocean.” But we can’t celebrate just yet. According to the Associated Press, scientists believe much of the oil has been trapped below the surface after chemical dispersant was used to break the oil a mile beneath the ocean's top. Large amounts of oil trapped between the surface and the ocean's bottom could contaminate the food chain and deplete oxygen, according to the AP report. Way to silence our Bravo, AP. Hopefully Mother Nature looks after her human children by cleaning up the mess we've made.
(07/25/10 7:51pm)
Architecture sophomore Trevor Kowal, who we interviewed for our Campus Sound Off section, cleverly named it “The Tempe Dust Bowl.” Very creative, Trevor. We’re sure other monikers are soon to follow.
(07/18/10 8:30pm)
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
(07/11/10 8:18pm)
In this corner, weighing in at a population of roughly 6.6 million, covering an area of 114,000 square miles and home to one of the hottest metropolitan areas in the world, is the immigration sensation, the Grand Canyon destination – it’s the state of Arizona. And the challenger, called by many the greatest nation on Earth, a superpower among superpowers, with a population of more than 300 million, stretching from sea to shining sea, home of tackle football and McDonalds—it’s the United States of America.
(07/05/10 8:20pm)
It’s a contradiction that perhaps only a public servant could face. President Barack Obama, a person in favor of granting legal status to undocumented college students, must, as president, enforce a law that sends students back to countries many of them don’t remember.
(06/27/10 9:08pm)
Bravo to the ASU baseball team and coach Tim Esmay. Many people were unsure how the team would fare this season with the exit of coach Pat Murphy—an exit surrounded in controversy—but the Sun Devils (52-10) were unfazed. The team won its fourth-straight Pac-10 title, was picked the No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament and secured a spot in the College World Series. Despite the quick fall in Omaha, the 2010 season was one of ASU’s best. It’s not easy to go through a coaching change and still come out on top. But with a lineup of talent—10 players were chosen in the Major League Draft—we must say, we weren’t surprised.
(06/21/10 2:14am)