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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

SALARY CUTS: Rojann Alpers, an associate professor at the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, is among the many that will be affected by ABOR's mandated cut of the University's salary budget by 2.75 percent. (Photo by Rojann Alpers)

ASU officials must cut salary budget by 2.75 percent

ASU officials have three weeks left to announce how they plan to cut the University's salary budget by 2.75 percent, as mandated by the Arizona Board of Regents.

By Kyle Patton | March 25, 2010

1-cent tax increase to appear on May ballots

Gov. Jan Brewer and some Arizona legislators are supporting the Prop. 100 tax increase to reduce the effects of budget cuts in the education, health and safety departments.

By Beth Easterbrook | March 25, 2010

Regents approve substantial tuition increase

The Arizona Board of Regents approved tuition increases Thursday raising tuition nearly 20 percent for incoming students and around 13 percent for continuing in-state students

By Kyle Daly | March 11, 2010

Cronkite dean named Journalism Administrator of the Year

Christopher Callahan, dean of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was named Journalism Administrator of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation.

By State Press Staff | March 11, 2010

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