News
Student participation lacking in ASASUD’s elections
Lack of participation in student government elections is noticeable on each campus this year, but the Downtown government is struggling most to boost student involvement.
By Mary Shinn
| March 23, 2011
Supporters commemorate health care law’s one-year anniversary
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s signing of the controversial health care bill.
By Yvonne Gonzalez
| March 23, 2011
Professor opens physicist’s work, life to public in new book
ASU Professor Lawrence Krauss released a book that chronicles the life of world-renowned physicist Richard Feynman.
By Tessa Ferguson
| March 23, 2011
Police Beat: March 24
Police reported the following incidents Wednesday.
By Danielle Legler
| March 23, 2011
USG confronts transparency issues
This is part two of a three-part series on the Tempe campus Undergraduate Student Government. This part looks into transparency concerns and what student government leaders and doing to address these issues.
By Katie Shoultz
| March 22, 2011
House panels to debate campus gun bill
A bill that would allow students and faculty to carry firearms on campus is continuing to make its way through the state Legislature.
By Beth Easterbrook
| March 22, 2011
Police Beat: March 23
Police reported the following incidents Tuesday.
By Danielle Legler
| March 22, 2011
Senate budget plan could scale back ASU financial aid
With cuts to higher education proposed in the Legislature, ASU President Michael Crow said Tuesday there are few other sources the University could use to save money.
By Adam Sneed
| March 22, 2011
State Press Weekly: Students voice reaction to proposed tuition hikes
This week on State Press Weekly, hosts Mauro Whiteman and Samantha Valtierra Bush bring you the weekly news and a special report on tuition increases.
By State Press Staff
| March 22, 2011
Company reduces landfills by turning waste into compost
EcoScraps, a company that opened a new facility in Tempe last month, collects old produce from grocery stores, turns it into compost and then sells it in nurseries.
By Sophia Charchuk
| March 22, 2011
Understanding USG: Group controls $2M but gets little student attention
Part one of a three-part series on the Tempe campus USG. This part looks into what USG does for the student body and why students should stay up-to-date on the organization’s activities.
By Katie Shoultz
| March 21, 2011
Students lend humanitarian aid in border visit
Eight students volunteered with No Mas Muertes, or No More Deaths, an organization founded in response to the high number of deaths of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Nesima Aberra
| March 21, 2011
Phoenix restaurant serves music from the soul
Bobby C’s restaurant in Phoenix has been serving up the soul for the past eight years.
By Dylan Abrams
| March 21, 2011
ASU engineering students make science fun for kids
ASU engineers helped seventh graders build gravity cruisers over the last eight weeks at the Hill Learning Academy in Chandler, Ariz.
By Christopher Leone
| March 21, 2011
Police Beat: March 22
Police reported the following incidents Monday.
By Danielle Legler
| March 21, 2011
ASU tuition could exceed $9,000
ASU proposed a tuition increase that ranges between $1,198 and $1,775, depending on class rank and residency.
By Kyle Daly
| March 20, 2011
Suspicious package report halts light rail service
Light rail trains were evacuated at the Center Parkway and Washington Street stop Sunday night after police received reports of a suspicious package on a train.
By Danielle Legler
| March 20, 2011