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SMOKING BAN: Sen. Daniel Valenza, committee chair of University affairs, helps to clarify language on Senate Bill 64, concerning smoking on campus. (Photo by Molly Smith)

USG votes to create designated Tempe campus smoking zones

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday night to implement smoking zones on the Tempe campus.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 8, 2010

Election code violations disqualify winning Downtown campus ticket

A Facebook campaign message sent to supporters on Wednesday, supposedly by mistake, decided the outcome of the Downtown student government presidential race.

By Kyle Daly | April 8, 2010

University withdraws from Phoenix medical school partnership

ASU announced this week it will remove itself from the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

By Kyle Patton | April 8, 2010

ELECTION RESULTS: Michael Wong, from left, Tina Mounlavongsy and Jacob Goulding celebrate the results of the USG presidential elections, presented at noon on the steps of Old Main. Team Goulding and Team Brendan Corrigan are headed to a runoff election to be held April 13, and the tickets from Athena Salman and Sharvil Kapadia failed to garner enough votes. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

In record turnout, students vote down PIRG measure, elect campus representatives

The Corrigan and Goulding tickets will compete in a runoff election on April 13 for the USG presidency. Presidential candidates were selected at the Downtown, West and Polytechnic campuses.

By Katie Shoultz | April 8, 2010

Broadcast journalism student receives professional Edward R. Murrow Award

Broadcast journalism junior Colton Shone has won an Edward R. Murrow Award, one of the most prestigious honors in professional journalism.

By Allison Oswalt | April 8, 2010

Police Beat: April 9

An unknown person or persons committed criminal damage Monday by smashing the side window of a vehicle belonging to a 19-year-old female student, police reported.

By Matt Hendley | April 8, 2010

FRONT SEAT: A new study is investigating stress associated with working and ASU staff members are needed for the study. (photo by Nikolai de Vera)

Grad student studying stresses of work and life

Work and stress are synonymous for many people, and one student is researching how social support can affect the stress levels of those trying to balance home and work life.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 8, 2010

Salary cuts push man into additional night job

The life of Francisco Ochoa, a parking garage cashier.

By Daryl Bjoraas | April 8, 2010

Woman in hospital after fall from Mill Ave. balcony

Tempe police are investigating an incident Wednesday night where a woman fell from a second story balcony at a Hooters restaurant on Mill Avenue near the Tempe campus.

By State Press Staff | April 7, 2010

THE SPACE FLU: Space Shuttle Discovery launches off at 6:21am Tuesday morning. Shuttle Discovery is carrying an experiment that may help ASU researchers find new ways to fight diseases. (Photo Courtesy of Dr. Aurelie Crabbe)

ASU research lifts off

A NASA space shuttle launched Tuesday morning carrying a one-of-a-kind experiment that may help ASU researchers develop new ways to approach treatment of infectious diseases.

By Katie Shoultz | April 7, 2010

JUSTICE IN PALESTINE: A member of the Students for Justice in Palestine is wrestled to the ground by the other members depicting the violence faced by Palestinians by Israeli soldiers at the West Bank checkpoints each day. The event which took place on Hayden lawn Wednesday afternoon was to bring awareness to plight of the Palestinian. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Replica wall on Tempe campus illustrates turmoil in West Bank

Students walking past Hayden Lawn on Wednesday afternoon were subject to interrogations as the Students for Justice in Palestine held an on-campus demonstration.

By Joseph Schmidt | April 7, 2010

DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP HEALTHCARE: Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Representative, talks to the ASU Ubiquity Club and members of the LGBTQ community about new changes in state law concerning health care provided to domestic partners and adult children of state employees and domestic partnerships. (Photo by Molly Smith)

Event calls attention to Ariz. domestic partner benefits

Reinstating domestic partner benefits for Arizona state employees was the top priority of the LGBTQ Coalition’s State of the Union event on Wednesday.

By Chase Kamp | April 7, 2010

Recently-funded center to protect domestic violence victims

A new clinic at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will provide support and protection for victims of domestic violence starting next semester.

By Maxfield Barker | April 7, 2010

Police Beat: April 8

Between Thursday at 1 a.m. and Monday at 1 a.m., an unknown person or persons stole a vacuum from a closet inside the Matthews Center on the Tempe campus, police reported.

By Tessa Muggeridge | April 7, 2010

PIRG: An employee for PIRG, who declined to give her name, encourages students on the Downtown campus to vote for PIRG in the Tuesday and Wednesday student government elections. (Photo by Molly Smith)

PIRG looks to demonstrate student support in fee vote

More than a year after it was denied funding from ASU's student activity fee, the unofficial ASU chapter of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group is asking students for support.

By Kyle Daly | April 6, 2010

MEN MENDING MEN: Derek Dujardin, founder of MENding Monologues, shares a personal story from his life. At the event, the performance group talked about various themes such as love, sex and relationships. (Photo by Molly Smith)

Sexual violence performance draws criticism

A theater performance at the Tempe campus Tuesday night intended to educate students about sexual violence was met with some apprehension and disagreement from its audience.

By Matt Hendley | April 6, 2010

FUTURE OF GRAD STUDENTS: Fereico Waitoller, a graduate student at ASU, questions the panel of deans during a forum to discuss the disbanding of several of ASU's residential college programs. The audience was filled with many graduate students concerned with the future of their current studies. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Education graduate students concerned about school’s merger

In a forum on Tuesday, graduate students voiced concerns about ASU’s announcement that the Graduate School of Education will be combined with the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

By Kyle Patton | April 6, 2010

Police Beat: April 6

An unknown person or persons burglarized the rooms of two 19-year-old male students at Vista del Sol Saturday on the Tempe campus, police reported.

By Matt Hendley | April 6, 2010

NOT ONLY FOR YOUR THOUGHT: Heather Jackson, a sophomore broadcast journalism major, donates money to the Penny War put on by the University Student Initiatives: Student Engagement to raise money for a local non-profit organization. (Photo by Molly Smith)

Downtown students bring change with pennies in charity game

Student organizations are battling each other in a Penny War for Change on the Downtown campus to raise money for St. Mary’s Food Bank.

By Jennifer Crane | April 6, 2010

Easter arrives at Hayden Lawn

Omega Delta Phi celebrated Easter on Hayden Lawn on the ASU Tempe campus in hopes of collecting canned goods for St. Mary's Food Bank.

By Jillian Fertig | April 6, 2010

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