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Embracing Every Size

The average size of an American woman today is a size 14, yet ironically, this size and any above are very difficult to find in your average retail-clothing store. Phoenix clothing boutique Vox aims to combat this issue by serving the “average” woman and a curvier audience.

By Marilyn Napier | October 8, 2013

Fall of the House of Escher

Punctum Theatre presents Fall of the House of Escher, a play that combines quantum mechanics, Poe, and Escher all in one.

By Jesse Millard | October 7, 2013

A Driver's Turning Point

A Driver's Turning Point from The State Press on Vimeo. When I penned the article, “Moving On,” about nine months ago, I wrote it with no delusions and notions as to where it’s author would be in the following days and months. It started as a pitch that sounded appealing to a reader, and it helped that our SPM editorial staff was receptive to a story about the writer. In the case of said pitch, it was a hypothetical fascination of a tangent ventured by my classmates in the Western American Literature class only months earlier, which got the boulder rolling. The content of which obviously sparked something within me to cause it to resurface soon thereafter.

By Taylor Costello | October 4, 2013

Meeting with the Post Master

The Blaze 1330 AM’s radio show, “The Post Office,” was well under way as the mustached host, philosophy junior Roddy Nikpour, sat behind the microphone listening to the soft indie post-rock music play through the monitors.

| October 2, 2013

SPM Acoustics: Néstor Benito, Argentinian Guitarist

Without music in his childhood home, Benito, an Argentinean classical guitarist, wouldn’t have realized that the guitar was the instrument for him he says.

| October 1, 2013

A Bird in the Hand

Bird watching is currently one of the fastest developing sports, and Arizona happens to be a great place to cultivate the skills for it.

By Sarah Anderson | September 30, 2013

SPM Coffee Conversations: What do you wish you would have known?

SPM Campus Coffee from The State Press on Vimeo. Sparked by the creative talents of those at SoulPancake, this week’s segment of SPM Coffee Conversations discusses what ASU Sun Devils wish they would have known when they were younger.

By Luu Nguyen | September 26, 2013

Learning to Belly Dance

Ava Fleming, ASU's belly dance professor, became interested in dancing as a teenager in college.

By Sarah Anderson | September 26, 2013

People of ASU: Short Stories

Some have overcome challenges in their native countries to attend school, while others strive to leave a mark on the world. These are the stories of six students who have created their own path at ASU to pursue what they stand for.

By SPM Staff | September 25, 2013

The Physics of Music

They way he speaks about his music is captivating, as if the universe is unfolding an edge of itself in front of you. The two disciplines have started to meld together, their formula’s and theories merely abstract concepts that arrive at the same conclusion: the creation of art.

By Lily Lieberman | September 23, 2013

Redshirt junior Taylor Kelly drops back for a pass against Sacramento State. On Saturday, the Sun Devils lost against Stanford 42-28. (Photo by Diana Lustig)

Desert Sails

The wind blew against the sails, propelling the boats across Tempe Town Lake’s shimmering waters, as ASU’s Sailing Club began its first weekend of practice in its 10th year as a club.

By Jesse Millard | September 22, 2013

Dancing to Brazil

Alli Dodt and Emily Alvarez, Arizona State University seniors, traveled to Brazil this past summer with their project COMPADRES. The project is all about social engagement in the community through art, something they set out to find in Brazil and bring back to the states.

By Marilyn Napier | September 19, 2013