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Community steers Tempe budget talk toward city salaries

Tempe residents discussed city employee salaries and benefits at a budget forum held Tuesday evening.

By Christopher Leone | April 20, 2011

State Press Weekly: The Four Purposes of Life

This week on State Press Weekly, hosts Mauro Whiteman and Samantha Valtierra Bush bring you the weekly news and a special report. As always, State Press Weekly is dedicated to informing and entertaining the ASU community.

By State Press Staff | April 19, 2011

Graduate student finds art in war

Orchestral conducting graduate student Timothy Verville has organized a musical and artistic event called the “Art of War,” being performed Wednesday at ASU Gammage.

By Kortney Tenaglia | April 19, 2011

White House website tool shows how tax dollars are spent

As promised in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, the White House released a new online tool April 15 to show Americans which programs and services their taxes are being spent on.

By Tiffany Ngo | April 19, 2011

International outreach club starts at ASU

A new club at ASU is hoping to engage in community and international outreach and teach leadership skills in an effort to address goals set by the United Nations to solve global issues.

By Sophia Charchuk | April 19, 2011

Syllabi could be added to online course process

A new planning tool will be available to ASU students on all four campuses next fall when class syllabi are incorporated into the online registration process for spring 2012 courses.

By Katie Shoultz | April 19, 2011

Police Beat: April 20

Police reported the following incidents Tuesday.

By Danielle Legler | April 19, 2011

Brewer vetoes campus guns bill, ‘birther’ bill

Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Monday that would have allowed guns on campus.

By Beth Easterbrook | April 18, 2011

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGINEER: Fifth-grader Madison Kuhler from Scottsdale puts the finishing touches on a model solar home during the Wow! engineering event on the Tempe campus Saturday.

ASU group helps get women into engineering

The Society of Women Engineers at ASU aims to offer professional development, outreach, mentoring and networking for women to become engineers.

By Nesima Aberra | April 18, 2011

Professor uses website to track disease

A professor at Northwestern University told ASU students Friday how he created an algorithm to predict the spread of disease using data collected from wheresgeorge.com, a website that tracks the movement of money.

By Christina Bravo | April 18, 2011

POLITICS ON THE RAIL: The Arizona Democratic Party headquarters located next to the light rail stop at Central Avenue and Thomas Road promotes the Democratic political efforts and voter registration. (Photo by Lisa Bartoli)

State political organizations seek summer interns

The Arizona Democratic Party is offering summer organizer internships to both students and non-students.

By Kortney Tenaglia | April 18, 2011

VET CENTER: ASU is planning on opening a new veterans center next fall in the Memorial Union. The Veteran Center will be opened in memoriam of ASU alumnus and fallen marine Pat Tillman, who was honored by thousands at the annual Pat's Run on Saturday. (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky)

New ASU center, Arizona law improve veterans’ transition

ASU is opening a new veterans center on the Tempe campus next fall in honor of Pat Tillman.

By Katie Shoultz | April 18, 2011

Groups on campus look to ban smoking

The balance of rights between nonsmokers and smokers is currently being debated on the ASU Campus.

By Jessica Heigh | April 18, 2011

Police Beat: April 19

ASU Police reported the following incidents Monday

By Danielle Legler | April 18, 2011

Pat’s Run draws 28,000

More than 28,000 people stood in silence as the national anthem roared from a trumpet outside Sun Devil Stadium on Saturday to commemorate the Arizona native and fallen soldier Pat Tillman.

By Christina Tetreault | April 17, 2011

Relay for Life slideshow

[imagebrowser id=13] (Photos by Michael Arellano) Since its inception in 1985, the American Cancer Society's signature annual fundraising event, Relay For Life, has helped raise millions of dollars to support research in the fight against cancer.

By Michael Arellano | April 17, 2011

Previously disqualified candidate wins Downtown elections

The Downtown student government elections have been turbulent this year, but last week’s special election places a candidate who was disqualified and later re-qualified in the presidential seat.

By Kortney Tenaglia | April 17, 2011

Tillman Scholars work on community projects

ASU’s Pat Tillman Scholars not only prepared for Saturday’s Pat’s Run, but they are also taking other measures to reflect Tillman’s bravery and honor at ASU and the community.

By Christina Tetreault | April 17, 2011

A group of ASU students party over spring break. ASU was recently ranked the No. 3 party school in the country by Playboy magazine in their annual Top 10 Party Schools in America list in 2011. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

ASU third in Playboy’s top 10 party schools

Playboy released the results of its Top 10 Party Schools list on Friday in its May 2011 issue, and ASU is ranked third.

By Tiana Chavez | April 17, 2011

Student-run organizations provide tax filing help

Monday is the deadline for filing taxes, and some student organizations at ASU have provided resources for students.

By Cassandra Starboard | April 17, 2011

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