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Activists of the United Students Against Sweatshops organization made a Valentine’s Day card to deliver to President Crow on Feb. 14. The organization wants ASU to end its contract with VF Corporation brands sold on campus. (Photo by Alexis Macklin)

ASU student organization has success against sweatshops

ASU club campaigned for a year to remove products from the bookstore and the University responded.

By Jonathan Williams | September 18, 2014

Tempe Police are looking for this man, suspected of being involved in a shooting in Tempe on Thursday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Tempe Police)

Police arrest men involved in Tempe shooting

Three suspects fled the scene after a man was shot at a Tempe gas station, and police pursued the suspects to Sky Harbor Airport.

By Shelby Slade and Joey Hancock | September 18, 2014

The 4MM jetpack designed by graduate student Jason Keretes could possibly help soldiers and athletes.

ASU student develops 4MM jetpack that blows people away

An ASU engineering student has developed a jetpack that enables its users to run a four-minute mile.

By Megann Phillips | September 17, 2014

Tractors stand on the new site where apartments that are going to be built on Weber and Scottsdale roads. (Photo by Emily Johnson)

New Tempe housing development to break ground next week

Developers will break ground for 38 single-family homes north of ASU campus Sept. 22.

By Corina Vanek | September 17, 2014

Tempe Police: Man 'trippin' on meth he bought at liquor store

A Tempe man originally told police he found several baggies of meth behind a dumpster, but then said he bought them at the liquor store.

By Joey Hancock | September 17, 2014

Bicycling getting better around Tempe campus

The Tempe City Council is taking steps toward making the city safer to bike for cyclists.

By William Parker | September 17, 2014

México: Politica y Poética, Sept. 16th, 2014

ASU Art Museum breaks borders

ASU Art Museum hosts students to take a trip to Latin America via art.

By Freesia Denaples | September 16, 2014

Drinkable water, ready to be tested for harmful substances, spews from a hose in the operator's lab at the Johnny G. Martinez plant in Tempe - one of the two plants that supply Tempe with safe tap water. 08/28/14. Thursday afternoon. Photo taken by Ethan Fichtner.

Tempe's musky tap water is clean

Tempe's tap water may taste musky due to the changing seasons, but it is still safe to drink.

By Ethan Fichtner | September 16, 2014

Tempe Police: Woman hides marijuana in cereal box, meth in bra

A Tempe woman had several bags of drugs hidden throughout a car she was riding in, when the driver was pulled over by officers.

| September 16, 2014

A MakerBot 3-D printer with a TIE Interceptor™ from Star Wars inside. TechShop members have access to MakerBot 3-D printers that can print anything from pinecones to the TIE Interceptor™ from Star Wars. (Photo by Andrew Nicla)

ASU, TechShop partnership gives community its own DIY Workshop

ASU has recently partnered with TechShop, a community-based workshop and prototyping studio, and has established a new location in Chandler at the ASU Chandler Innovation Center.

By Andrew Nicla | September 16, 2014

ASU partners with New America to create Future of War project

ASU’s collaborative Future of War project will research the changing nature of war and seek a working international legal framework to accommodate these changes.

By Emi Kamezaki | September 16, 2014

Project Humanities Funniest Teacher Contest

ASU professors lecture, laugh at Funniest Teachers Contest

School of Sustainability Professor Michael Angilletta was named ASU's Funniest Teacher at this year's Funniest Teachers Contest Monday.

By Jonathan Williams | September 15, 2014

An Adelphi Commons entrance near Apache and Rural. (Photo by Andrew Ybanez)

ASU student sexually assaulted on Tempe campus

A student was assaulted Sept. 9 near the Adelphi Commons II.

| September 15, 2014

This couple, ages 27 and 23, work as a team, asking for money on the off-ramp of the 101 and Broadway Road to support their four-year-old daughter, after medical bills left the family in a bind. The family turned to panhandling after recently losing their jobs, home and vehicle, but hope it doesn't last long. (Photo by Mario Mendez)

Increasing homeless population leads to more people panhandling near campus

Police ask people to donate to charities rather than give out money to strangers

By Corina Vanek | September 15, 2014

Marketing senior Jack Wight has his own online buy back business for phones and electronics. (Photo by Ryan Liu)

ASU W.P. Carey junior breaks into iPhone business through new website

W.P. Carey School of Business junior Jack Wight has broken into the iPhone reselling business after years of building his brand and purchasing the company Buyback Boss.

By Joey Hancock | September 15, 2014