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Kimber Lanning, founder and director of Local First Arizona, encourages Arizona residents to shop local in order to strengthen the economy. Local First Arizona will be hosting its eighth annual Certified Local Fall Festival Nov. 10 at Roosevelt Street and Central Avenue, which will feature over 75 local businesses. (Photo by Tyler Griffin)

Phoenix businesses showcased at Local First Arizona’s fall festival

Local First Arizona, a nonprofit organization that supports local businesses, will host its eighth annual fall festival Saturday.

By Amy Edelen | November 8, 2012

Scholars discuss Romantic catastrophes

ASU is hosting an international Romanticism conference that will bring hundreds of international scholars on campus.

By Jacqueline Solis | November 8, 2012

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Transborder studies sophomore Tanner Riggs ponders on which classes to choose for his 2012 spring semester. (Photo by Robin Kiyutelluk)

Faculty monitors class registration

Students are trying to enroll in the classes they need at times they want while faculty watches and opens new classes as needed.

By Hannah Lawrence | November 8, 2012

Scuba club members dive around the world

Scuba at ASU gives students the opportunity to recreationally participate in scuba diving.

By Hannah Lawrence | November 8, 2012

Young voters helped carry Obama in key swing states

Nearly 50 percent of young people voted Tuesday, swinging key states for Obama.

By Tess Homan | November 8, 2012

Two men cited on suspicion of underage drinking, marijuana possession

Police found marijuana residue, a glass pipe and alcohol in the mens’ dorm room.

By Maria Thompson and Danielle Grobmeier | November 8, 2012

Police searching for man in attempted sexual assault of female student

Tempe police are searching for a Hispanic man who attempted to sexually assault a female student early Wednesday morning.

By Julia Shumway | November 8, 2012

Regents, students discuss Arizona Students’ Association funding

The Arizona Board of Regents will decide the future of the Arizona Students’ Association on the Tempe campus at a Nov. 26 meeting.

By Adrian Martinez | November 7, 2012

Four engineering sophomores and one supply chain management sophomore will be competing in Red Bull's Flugtag competition. They will be competing with their homemade flying machine, the Nyan Cat. (Photo by Ana Ramirez)

Sophomores design Nyan Cat flying machine for Red Bull competition

Red Bull chose five students to participate in this year’s San Francisco Flugtag competition.

By Ana Ramirez | November 7, 2012

Vice Principal and Athletics Director of Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix Sister Lynn Winsor, answers a question from azcentral Sports Columnist , Paola Boivin, while part of a five-women panel consisting of (left to right), unseen, author and athlete Lyn St. James, President and CEO of the Plaza Companies Sharon Harper and ASU women's basketball head coach Charli Turner Thorne. The panel of women were celebrating 40 years of Title IX on Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Jessie Wardarski)

ASU celebrates 40 years of Title IX

Alumni and students gathered Wednesday at the Arizona Biltmore Resort for panelists to discuss the impact of Title IX, a piece of legislation that gives women equal opportunities in education and athletics.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | November 7, 2012

A student bikes down Cady Mall and past Hayden Lawn on the Tempe campus. (Photo by Murphy Bannerman)

Enrollment growth requires transportation solutions

ASU officials from 16 offices and departments are conducting a study to solve Tempe campus transportation issues.

By Nicholas Palomino Mendoza | November 7, 2012

Woman’s iPhone stolen after leaving Burger King

Police watched video surveillance and noticed the woman did not take out her phone while at Burger King.

By Maria Thompson | November 7, 2012

Photos: Obama re-elected

Local Democrats gathered at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Phoenix to watch election results come in.

By State Press Photo Staff | November 7, 2012

A Romney supporter holds a Romney-Ryan sign to the ground shortly after Obama's reelection was announced on Fox News.

Photos: GOP Election Night Party

State Republicans watched election results come in at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Phoenix.

By Aaron Lavinsky | November 7, 2012

Jeff Flake addresses the crowd at a GOP Election Night party on Nov. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom in downtown Phoenix. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

Republican Party celebrates state election results

Despite former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s loss, Arizona Republicans said they will not end their fight to fix America.

By Maria Thompson | November 7, 2012

Kyrsten Sinema speaks with KTAR, while election results are reported on Tuesday evening. (Photo by Murphy Bannerman)

Democrats jubilant despite local losses

Arizona Democrats lost several statewide races, but key local wins and Obama’s decisive victory sustained their downtown Phoenix celebration.

By Tess Homan | November 6, 2012

Journalism freshman Nick Krueger keeps his eyes on the large TV screen in the First Amendment Forum at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, as the polling results streamed on CNN's live coverage of the presidential election late Tuesday evening. (Photo by Jessie Wardarski)

Students gather to watch election results

Students gathered in the First Amendment Forum at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism to watch Tuesday night’s live election coverage.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | November 6, 2012

ASU students share voting decisions

On election night, ASU students explain who they voted for and why.

By Julie Vitkovskaya and Sean Logan | November 6, 2012

“I wasn’t for either candidate. What’s interesting to me is that most people were voting for Romney because they didn’t want Obama, or voting for Obama because they didn’t want Romney. Personally, that’s not something that I wanted to do. Although I didn’t like either, … I favored (Obama) because I felt like between the two, there’s more chance of all humans having equal rights.” -- Marisa Khachadoorian, Freshman, Art Studies

ASU students react to presidential election

ASU students at the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus share their opinion on the presidential election.

By Julie Vitkovskaya and Sean Logan | November 6, 2012

Professor Kelli Gamez Warble explains how to calculate slope and constants to her Fundamentals of Physical Science class on Tuesday morning. (Photo by Murphy Bannerman)

Physics department works to produce more teachers

A new initiative aims to raise the quality of physics teachers that graduate from the University each year.

By Charlotte Das | November 6, 2012

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