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SPM Coffee Conversations: Planting an Apple Tree

SPM Coffee Conversations: Planting an Apple Tree from The State Press on Vimeo. German monk Martin Luther once said, “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” State Press Magazine’s Coffee Conversation sits down with the students of the ASU downtown campus to discuss what this quote means to them. Reach the videographer at ltnguy14@asu.edu or via Twitter @luu_t_nguyen

By Luu Nguyen | January 30, 2014

Local company connects volunteers with community projects

ASU alum Todd Byard is making a difference at HandsOn Greater Phoenix, a company dedicated to connecting local volunteers with those in need.

By Alexa D'Angelo | January 29, 2014

How-To: Neglect your classwork, without really neglecting your classwork

A scientific look on how to continue to devote time to your social calendar and television shows, while neglecting school work — and vice versa.

By Taylor Costello | January 28, 2014

Caffeine culture: How three downtown coffee shops got their start

Three downtown coffee shop owners tell SPM the ins and outs of starting your own small business.

By Alyssa Tufts | January 27, 2014

A Path to Pixar

SPM Path to Pixar | Produced by Luu Nguyen | The State Press on Vimeo. Senior film student Joann Younan is a "third storyteller." Third storytellers, she says, are film editors who come in during post-production and assemble the pieces of a story together that end up on the big screen. This past summer, she jumpstarted her aspiration to become a film editor by working as an intern for Pixar Animation Studios. From hugging John Lassetter to feeling like part of the Pixar family, Younan worked in pre-production for the company’s upcoming release, "Finding Dory." As an intern, she learned about the different aspects of the film industry by talking with the employees in all of the departments of the studio and absorbing every bit of information she could from Pixar’s creative minds. Younan’s drive and passion as a young film student, she says, is what helps push her to pursue her dreams.

By Luu Nguyen | January 22, 2014

How-To: Actually afford your trip to Disneyland

Between balancing a close-to-minimum wage job, college payments, car insurance, etc., an escape to the "Happiest Place on Earth" often seems financially hindering. That didn’t stop me though – money (or the lack thereof) can’t quell this Disneyland addiction.

| January 22, 2014

'Cannabusiness' booms in Colorado

Writer Lauren Wong shares her experience of being front and center to see customer's reactions on the first day marijuana sales were legal in Colorado.

| January 16, 2014

And the Stories Go On

While fanfiction has always been a part of literature it is commonly known today as an element of internet subculture.

By Marie Rabusa | January 14, 2014

Film alumnae entertain web with 'SpaceCatCasio'

After graduating from ASU's film school, two students took a comedy sketch they had worked on a students and turned it into a "Portlandia"-inspired web series, "SpaceCatCasio."

By Taylor Nelson | January 13, 2014

A view of office spaces on the south bank of Tempe Town Lake.

A Romp in the Lake

It’s just after 6:15 a.m. on Nov. 13 at Tempe Beach Park. The sun's barely up. I’m looking at Tempe Town Lake while more people arrive at the 2013 Ironman Arizona Mayor’s Media Challenge.

By Aaron Rop | December 9, 2013

Jenohn Wrieden (back) and Rick Amalfi testing the “lake above the lake” which receives nuisance flows and seeps over into Tempe Town Lake, causing more problems with the water. Amalfi measures bacteria counts and pH here to see what impact it has on the lake because it goes right into the lake. He says the yellow pigment is created by diatom algae.
Photo by Aaron Rop

The Secrets of Tempe Town Lake

The artificial lake near ASU has always been controversial. Some say it shouldn't exist in the desert, others say it is an economic engine for Tempe.

By Aaron Rop | December 9, 2013

The 'Fitspiration' Fad and its Following

A supposedly positive take on the concept of “thinspiration,” in which pictures of unhealthily skinny women are used as motivation to eat less and lose weight, fitspiration promotes clean eating and exercise as ways of establishing healthy lifestyles. Weight loss is not the ultimate goal; a total lifestyle change is.

By Taylor Nelson | December 3, 2013