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ODD JOBS: Billboards, such as ones at the Homer G. Language and Literature building, are filled with flyers for full- and part-time jobs for students who want to earn extra cash over the summer. (Photo by Nikolai de Vera)

Costs for summer courses add up

Many students have no choice but to sign up for summer sessions in spite of rising costs and a lack of flat-rate fees.

By Maxfield Barker | April 29, 2010

DISQUALIFIED: Andres Cano was disqualified in the USG election for campaign violations after winning 58 percent of the student vote. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Disqualified downtown candidate claims he was pressured to concede

A disqualified Downtown presidential candidate is claiming he was pressured by University administrators to stop asking for a third-party review of his campaign’s disqualification.

By Kyle Daly | April 27, 2010

ALL LAW-YERED UP: Lauren burke, center, works late into the evening with fellow first-year graduate students in the Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law. On monday, a national lawyer and judge summit was held here to discuss the future of law education. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Legal experts discuss future of law education

Top legal experts came from all over the country Monday to participate in a Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law forum on how to advance the future of legal education.

By Maxfield Barker | April 26, 2010

Crow urges Brewer to veto immigration bill

ASU President Michael Crow jumped into the immigration bill debate Friday, sending a letter to Gov. Jan Brewer urging her to veto SB1070 as her time to make a decision runs out.

By Adam Sneed | April 23, 2010

QUESTIONS FOR CROW: ASU President Michael Crow held an open forum on the West campus that was broadcasted to the other ASU campuses. On the Tempe campus there was a small turnout. (Photo by Scott Stuk)

Crow takes on Proposition 100, campus development in forum

ASU President Michael Crow called for better student participation in University matters during an open forum at the West campus Tuesday, addressing students at the other three campuses by video.

By Josh Snyder | April 20, 2010

Bill, $1M grant aim to simplify course-transfer process

As a bill to make the community college-to-university transferring process more transparent nears passage, ASU has secured a $1 million grant to increase its number of transfer students.

By Kyle Patton | April 13, 2010

PIRG challenges fee vote results, cites ballot’s ‘inaccurate’ language

Members from the unofficial ASU chapter of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group, or PIRG, are calling for the dismissal of last week’s election results, which denied the group funding.

By Kyle Daly | April 13, 2010

SPLIT DECISION: All four campuses are divided on their policies concerning smoking and smoking areas. (Photo by Nikolai de Vera)

Campus governments divided on smoking policies

All four campus student governments and the graduate student government are considering campus smoking policies.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 13, 2010

Student governments appointing board to oversee facilities fee use

After the regents approved a $75 per-semester facilities fee on March 11, the undergraduate student governments on each campus are working to assemble a campus facility fee board.

By Maxfield Barker | April 12, 2010

ASA board halted in search for new executive director

Three years after a former ASA director served prison time for theft and forgery, the organization is struggling to fill the vacant position.

By Kyle Daly and Joseph Schmidt | April 11, 2010

SMOKING BAN: Sen. Daniel Valenza, committee chair of University affairs, helps to clarify language on Senate Bill 64, concerning smoking on campus. (Photo by Molly Smith)

USG votes to create designated Tempe campus smoking zones

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday night to implement smoking zones on the Tempe campus.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 8, 2010

Election code violations disqualify winning Downtown campus ticket

A Facebook campaign message sent to supporters on Wednesday, supposedly by mistake, decided the outcome of the Downtown student government presidential race.

By Kyle Daly | April 8, 2010

University withdraws from Phoenix medical school partnership

ASU announced this week it will remove itself from the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

By Kyle Patton | April 8, 2010

ELECTION RESULTS: Michael Wong, from left, Tina Mounlavongsy and Jacob Goulding celebrate the results of the USG presidential elections, presented at noon on the steps of Old Main. Team Goulding and Team Brendan Corrigan are headed to a runoff election to be held April 13, and the tickets from Athena Salman and Sharvil Kapadia failed to garner enough votes. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

In record turnout, students vote down PIRG measure, elect campus representatives

The Corrigan and Goulding tickets will compete in a runoff election on April 13 for the USG presidency. Presidential candidates were selected at the Downtown, West and Polytechnic campuses.

By Katie Shoultz | April 8, 2010

ASU sexual assault numbers fall below comparable schools

Experts say ASU’s sexual assault numbers, low in comparison to similar universities, could be linked to a climate that makes reporting difficult.

By Derek Quizon and Kyle Patton | April 5, 2010

Scottsdale not yet seeing returns on SkySong investment

ASU’s SkySong Center in Scottsdale has yet to make a profit, leaving some city officials questioning its place in the city.

By Maxfield Barker | April 4, 2010

Presidential candidates face off

Elections for student government across ASU’s four campuses are approaching, and The State Press conducted a survey of the presidential candidates on each campus.

By Katie Shoultz | April 1, 2010

NEW DEGREE EMPHASIS: At the Herberger Institue for Design and the Arts, there is a new undergraduate degree emphasis focusing on the investigation and development of digital-based tools and environments, which plays an ever-increasing role throughout contemporary society. (Photo by Scott Stuk)

‘Digital Culture Initiative’ degree program coming to Herberger

ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts will introduce a new degree program in digital culture this fall that enables students to customize their own degree path.

By Allison Oswalt | April 1, 2010

Head of ASU technology office leaving University

ASU’s University Technology Office will soon have a new leader to continue the University’s technological improvements.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 1, 2010

4 schools could be cut in budget proposal, Crow announces

The University internally announced plans late Monday to cut four schools to reduce its salary budget by 2.75 percent as mandated by the Arizona Board of Regents.

By Kyle Patton | March 30, 2010

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