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Crow urges Brewer to veto immigration bill

ASU President Michael Crow jumped into the immigration bill debate Friday, sending a letter to Gov. Jan Brewer urging her to veto SB1070 as her time to make a decision runs out.

By Adam Sneed | April 23, 2010

As protesters roar, bill waits for Brewer

Dozens of demonstrators gathered in downtown Phoenix to protest SB 1070, an Arizona immigration bill that has been drawing national attention since it passed the state Legislature.

By Kyle Daly | April 22, 2010

DNA SET ME FREE: Kirk Bloodsworth, the capital defendant to be exonerated through the use of DNA testing, discusses his life in the prison system at Armstrong Hall Thursday night. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Exonerated death-row inmate touts DNA testing’s role in justice system

The first death-row inmate to be exonerated by DNA evidence spoke to students Thursday about the decade he spent in prison and his efforts since.

By Matt Hendley | April 22, 2010

ABOR settles lawsuit with Havasupai tribe over blood samples

Arizona’s Havasupai Indian Tribe celebrated the return of 200 blood samples from ASU labs Thursday after a long-argued lawsuit between the tribe and the Board of Regents was settled.

By Katie Shoultz | April 22, 2010

Mariachi ASU program canceled after 25 years

On Tuesday afternoons, the music pouring from a second-floor classroom in Gammage Auditorium begins with the tuning of the vihuela, a Spanish guitar.

By Kyle Patton | April 22, 2010

TRASH TO MUSIC: Husband and wife team Step Raptis and Lisa Chow of "Step's Junk Funk" perform on Hayden Lawn during celebrations for Earth Week. Raptis, who has been converting trash into percussion instruments since 1973, enjoyed a stage powered entirely by solar energy. (Photo Michael Arellano)

Step’s Junk Funk finds beats in trash

The phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” has never been truer for Step’s Junk Funk, a recycled percussion band in Tempe that uses common trash to create endless sound.

By Allison Oswalt | April 22, 2010

Research popular among undergraduates

Many research opportunities are available to undergraduates at ASU through specific research programs and through separate departments.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 22, 2010

THIRD-HAND SMOKE: Research has shown that third-hand smoke further complicates the dangers of second-hand smoke. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

ASU professor investigating dangers of third-hand smoke

Research has found that third-hand smoke complicates the dangers of second-hand smoke, which is already recognized as able to cause cancer.

By Kate Bolnick | April 22, 2010

Police Beat: April 23

An unknown person or persons committed theft between 6:40 and 6:45 p.m. Wednesday by taking a laptop computer belonging to a 36-year-old male graduate student, police reported.

By Matt Hendley | April 22, 2010

Veteran psychology professor honored with 2010 Professor of the Year award

ASU’s Parents Association awarded psychology professor Leona Aiken with the 2010 Professor of the Year award at its annual event Wednesday evening.

By Katie Shoultz | April 21, 2010

Saguaro the supercomputer making national, ASU research possible

Saguaro, ASU’s supercomputer, is housed in the Goldwater Center on the Tempe campus and assists groups from University scientists to NASA in their research.

By Kyle Patton | April 21, 2010

Herbal incense blend used as alternative to legal marijuana

An “herbal incense blend” sold at smoke shops around the Valley that has similar effects to smoking marijuana when inhaled is becoming a popular replacement for some students.

By Chase Kamp | April 21, 2010

Educators, companies come together at SkySong to discuss education’s future

More than 300 entrepreneurs, educators, researchers and investors came to the SkySong Center this week to discuss how technology can be used in education.

By Maxfield Barker | April 21, 2010

AD FREE: Tempe could change its policy and begin accepting advertisements at its light rail stations to offset budget cuts. (Photo by Nikolai de Vera)

Research group to take on global issues

ASU launched its Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems Wednesday afternoon, a new research unit comprised of faculty from three units of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

By Joseph Schmidt | April 21, 2010

Police Beat: April 22

A 26-year-old Phoenix man was arrested around 3 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of possession of prescription-only drugs, police reported.

By Matt Hendley | April 21, 2010

Marijuana club celebrates "4:20"

ASU NORML held a joint and blunt rolling competition to raise awareness about the Arizona's marijuana laws.

By Daryl Bjoraas | April 21, 2010

ASU students protesting immigration bill arrested

Protesters assembled outside of the county jail in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday in disapproval of a current immigration bill in Congress that would make illegal immigration a state crime.

By Kyle Daly | April 20, 2010

QUESTIONS FOR CROW: ASU President Michael Crow held an open forum on the West campus that was broadcasted to the other ASU campuses. On the Tempe campus there was a small turnout. (Photo by Scott Stuk)

Crow takes on Proposition 100, campus development in forum

ASU President Michael Crow called for better student participation in University matters during an open forum at the West campus Tuesday, addressing students at the other three campuses by video.

By Josh Snyder | April 20, 2010

USG: Members of the Tempe Undergraduate Student Government discuss issues on February 2.(Photo by Michael Arellano)

Student governments could unify with new proposal

A draft of a new, unified student government constitution may have all four campus student governments following one formal code in the future.

By Josh Snyder | April 20, 2010

JOINT EFFORT: A haze of smoke rises above hundreds gathered to celebrate 4/20 with imitation marijuana in front of the Memorial Union Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Lighting up for legalization

Two ASU students started a University chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws and rallied on campus for the first time Tuesday in support of the cause.

By Kyle Patton | April 20, 2010

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