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A revised Senate Bill 17 still faces USG opposition

USG Senate harbors heavy concern and hesitation about taking a stance on the same-sex marriage issues that arise in Senate Bill 17.

By Dan Oberhaus | October 13, 2011

Crow anticipates no additional cuts to state funding, minimal tuition increase

ASU President Michael Crow said the University expects no additional cuts to state funding next fiscal year and school officials are working toward a 0 percent increase in tuition.

By Kyle Daly | October 11, 2011

HOOP SKILS: World-renowned hoop dancer Tony Duncan performs Wednesday night with his band Estun-Bah at a Project Humanities event in the Nursing and Health Innovation II building. (Photo by Lillian Reid)

Performer brings traditional dance to Downtown campus

Well-known hoop dancer Tony Duncan performed his traditional Native American dance at ASU’s Health and Innovation Building on Wednesday.

By Sade Hurst | September 28, 2011

USG Senate approves club funding distribution bill

The Senate finalized and passed Senate Bill 20 after making last minute modifications to club funding.

By Dan Oberhaus | September 27, 2011

White House to honor ASU professor

Professor Roy Levy will be awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

By Julia Shumway | September 27, 2011

A PIECE OF HISTORY: The Packard Stadium on ASU's Tempe campus has hosted baseball since 1974. Recently, the team has considered practicing and playing at other venues such as the Tempe Diablo Stadium and Hohokam Park. (Photo by Lisa Bartoli)

ASU, Chicago Cubs to share baseball stadium

The Arizona Board of Regents recently gave ASU the green light to enter into an agreement with the Chicago Cubs to share a state-of-the-art baseball facility.

By Brennan Smith | September 26, 2011

CENTER STAGE: Isadore Triankle and Michelle Kesler play "K'vakarat," a composition written by Osvaldo Golijoy during the Celebration of Women in Music at ASU's Katzin Concert Hall on Friday. (Photo by Sam Rosenbaum)

Concert celebrates women composers

A Celebration of Women in Music featured performances by ASU’s Music Ensemble and the Feminist College Ensemble.

By Jasmine Barta | September 25, 2011

Regents evens out per-student funding

The Arizona Board of Regents met Thursday to discuss the fiscal year 2013 operating budget for the Arizona University System.

By Kharli Mandeville | September 22, 2011

Student group assists city councilman’s reelection efforts

The ASU chapter of the Young Democrats is working with Tempe Councilman Corey Woods, who is seeking reelection in 2012.

By Dan Oberhaus | September 20, 2011

REGENTS GATHERING: The Arizona Board of Regents meets on the Tempe campus March 8. ABOR is discussing making some new changes to scholarship requirements. (Photo by Lisa Bartoli)

ABOR to consider stricter scholarship requirements

The Arizona Board of Regents is organizing a task force to create new approaches toward awarding performance-based scholarships.

By Brennan Smith | September 19, 2011

ASU scientists take high resolution photos of moon’s surface

A team of ASU scientists and students developed photos taken by an unmanned spacecraft 25 km from the moon’s surface.

By Michael Gordon | September 19, 2011

Design competition promotes sustainable living for the future

People travel from around the world to participate and attend the Arizona Challenge.

By Jasmine Barta | September 18, 2011

Student aims to spur discussion on same-sex marriage ban

Journalism junior Vaughn Hillyard’s organization Arizona Vote for Student Equality began in May.

By Dan Oberhaus | September 18, 2011

DEGREE CHANGES: Changes to the elementary education program are being considered and this semester pilot classes for the program are being offered at ASU. Jeffrey Bass' class, called 'The United States and Arizona for aspiring elementary educators,' is one among several of the pilot classes being offered. (Photo by Lillian Reid)

Students learn new ways of teaching

A new project from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is helping future elementary school teachers learn how to teach a variety of topics.

By Ryan McCullough | September 15, 2011

SUPERCOMPUTER TALK: Steve Beckis from Intel Corporation talks to a group of students at the A2C2 and IBM High Performance Computing Event Wednesday afternoon in the Memorial Union. (Photo by Rosie Gochnour)

IBM’s supercomputer Watson visits ASU

: IBM’s supercomputer, Watson, famous for its appearance last year on “Jeopardy,” came to the Tempe campus Wednesday.

By Ashley McCulley | September 14, 2011

Many called to serve following Sept. 11

After the attacks, most of the armed forces saw an increase in number of recruits.

By Christina Tetreault | September 11, 2011

Lake Havasu campus funding meets goal to begin building

With a $1 million dollar donation, Lake Havasu City reached its $2 million funding goal to move forward with the Colleges@ASU initiative

By Newlin Tillotson | September 7, 2011

USG addresses past, looks toward future

One of the main concerns from the year prior was the transparency of USG, which USG President Jacob Goulding has taken steps to remedy.

By Dan Oberhaus | September 6, 2011

ASU scientists receive $5 mil for DNA research

ASU research scientists offered grants to develop revolutionary DNA sequencing technology

By Kharli Mandeville | September 1, 2011

TIME TO EAT: Sophomore political science and psychology major, Faryal Mushtaq, swipes her Sun Card at the Memorial Union dining hall on the Tempe campus Tuesday night. (Photo by Rosie Gochnour)

Meal change requests decrease from spring

The number of student residents requesting meal plan changes through University Housing’s online request form was on track Tuesday to fall beneath spring semester numbers.

By Kyle Daly | August 30, 2011

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