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Apple brings jobs to Mesa with new manufacturing facility

Gov. Jan Brewer announced last week that Apple will be opening a new manufacturing plant in Mesa which will bring 2,000 new jobs to the East Valley.

By Joey Hancock | November 13, 2013

USG Polytechnic President Franz Ferguson poses for a photograph in the doorway of his office several hours before most other students will be on campus. (Photo by Andrew Ybanez)

Presidential Profiles: Franz Ferguson leads by example

Franz Ferguson has quickly risen from Undergraduate Student Government Senator to President of the Polytechnic campus.

| November 13, 2013

Tempe Police: Man fails to stay in lane, tests reveal he's intoxicated

Tempe Police arrested a 24-year-old man after they say he was driving a car while drunk and his driver's license was suspended.

By Kelcie Grega | November 13, 2013

Standing up against bullying, English freshman Colton Loving, journalism freshman Sarah Jarvis, nursing freshman Michaela Denniston, elementary education freshman J.J. Williamson, kinesiology freshman Jenny Butzbach, and journalism freshman Claire Roney make up the Downtown campus club You = Special. The new club will work with bullied teens to develop their confidence and self-esteem. (Photo by Shawn Raymundo)

ASU anti-bullying organization You=Special seeks to build confidence in bullied students

A new student organization plans to use members' stories to help bullied middle and high school students.

By Savannah Harrelson | November 13, 2013

SP Weekly: InnovationSpace entrepreneurial lab

InnovationSpace is an entrepreneurial lab that brings together students from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the W. P. Carey School of Business.

By Courtland Jeffrey | November 13, 2013

A queer visual culture class created Queer Up ASU as a response to Man Up ASU. The group is hosting an event on campus Wednesday in hopes to challenge the idea of male privilege and start dialogue about respect for women and gender non-binary people. (Photo by Diana Lustig)

Students, faculty create Queer Up in response to Man Up ASU

Students and faculty have organized to create Queer Up ASU as a response to Man Up ASU.

By Catherine Calderon | November 12, 2013

Retreat at Tontozona gives young kids chance to learn from ASU students

Retreat at Tontozona, a three-day STEM-centered outdoor camp, gives middle school children the opportunity to learn about science from ASU students and faculty.

By Ally Carr | November 12, 2013

Tempe’s New Year’s Eve block party tickets now available

Tickets for Tempe's New Year's Eve block party on Mill Avenue went on sale this week. The party is back after a year's hiatus.

By Mark Remillard | November 12, 2013

Tempe Police: Man refuses to leave store, give police identification

Police arrested a 23-year-old man after they say he refused to leave a store and would not cooperate with officers who told him he was trespassing.

By Mark Remillard | November 12, 2013

ASU team wins SunShot Initiative grant, aims to advance solar technologies

A national project led by a team of ASU engineers will develop new ultra-thin silicon solar cells designed to increase the amount of electricity that can be produced through direct conversion of sunlight.

By Mario Kalo | November 11, 2013

Tempe Police: Man conceals handgun in car

Police arrested a 20-year-old man after they say they found a handgun and drug paraphernalia in the man's glove department.

By Mark Remillard | November 11, 2013

Video: West Campus holds powwow, honors veterans

Saturday November 9th the 13th annual Veterans Day Powwow was held at Arizona State University's West Campus.

By Dominick DiFurio | November 10, 2013

Members of Phi Beta Sigma sleeping outside in recognition of homeless awareness week Nov 8th at the Hayden lawn in tempe campus.

Phi Beta Sigma sleeps out in support of homeless

The Lambda Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma spent Friday night sleeping outside in support of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

| November 9, 2013

Education advocates discuss Move On When Reading at Heard Museum

Education advocates met at the Heard Museum in Phoenix Thursday to discuss Move On When Reading, a retention law which has sparked some controversy.

| November 7, 2013

Tempe Police: Woman impersonates police officer, threatens to arrest homeless men

Tempe Police arrested a 23-year-old woman after they say she told a group of homeless people that she was a federal agent and threatened to arrest them.

By Shelby Slade | November 7, 2013

Chalk Art Festival to bring color to Tempe Marketplace

The Tempe Marketplace will get a lot more colorful Saturday at the inaugural Chalk Art Festival.

| November 7, 2013

ASU to host SpaceVision 2013

Two juniors involved in the ASU chapter of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space have worked tirelessly for SpaceVision 2013, a student-led space conference that will be held at ASU from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10.

By Logan Newman | November 7, 2013

ASU offers gender-neutral resources

ASU offers a full complement of gender-neutral resources, from housing to health care, comparable to other state universities.

By Amy Medeiros | November 7, 2013

Brett Chappell, a former Navy Seal, divides most of his time between teaching and being a full-time student at ASU. Chappell is a graduate secondary education major and is in the Teach for America program. (Photo by Katie Dunphy)

Navy SEAL finds passion for the classroom after years of searching for direction

Brett Chappell grew up with hard work and dedication engraved in him. It all paid off when he joined the Navy SEALs and began working with Teach for America.

By Joey Hancock | November 6, 2013

Arizona Attorney General candidate Mark Brnovich speaks to ASU College Republicans

Mark Brnovich, Tom Horne's only competitor in the Republican primary for Attorney General, joined ASU's College Republicans to lay out his priorities Wednesday night.

| November 6, 2013

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