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Justice Bus makes first stop in Prescott

A group of ASU law students boarded the “Justice Bus” to give free legal advice to residents in Prescott Valley.

By Monica Arevalo | March 21, 2010

DRUG ABUSE: According to the ASU Center for Violence Prevention and Public Safety, more young men are abusing prescription drugs by using them as opiates. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Study finds jump in opiate usage

An ASU study of arrested white males in Maricopa County found a nearly 20 percent increase of opiate usage in one year.

By Maxfield Barker | March 21, 2010

Phoenix forum promotes alternative energy sources

Some Arizona companies and scientists are successfully developing new alternative energy technologies like producing energy from bacteria.

By Rheyanne Weaver | March 21, 2010

HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS: Campus Advocates for Respect and Equality, or CARE, is a new group spreading women's health awareness around the ASU campuses. Students can find information about both sexual and women's health at the health centers at ASU. (Photo by Kyle Thompson)

New group to spread women’s health awareness

Campus Advocates for Respect and Equality focuses on training ASU students to become advocates on healthy relationships, relationship violence prevention and sexual health.

By Allison Oswalt | March 21, 2010

Professor seeking malaria’s origin for better treatment

School of Life Sciences professor Ananias Escalante is working with scientists from 15 institutions worldwide to uncover the ancient origins of the disease.

By Dana Sheaff | March 21, 2010

IN SEASON: Roof rats, like the one pictured above, have been seen around the Phoenix-metropolitan area, including Tempe neighborhoods. (Photo by Kyle Thompson)

Tempe residents fight back against roof rats

Roof rats, animals often drawn to citrus trees, continue to plague Valley residents.

By Kyle Daly | March 21, 2010

Police Beat — March 22

A man was arrested on suspicion of public consumption, being a minor in possession of alcohol, being in possession of dangerous drugs, resisting arrest and civil disobedience, according to a police report.

By Joseph Schmidt | March 21, 2010

Regents approve substantial tuition increase

The Arizona Board of Regents approved tuition increases Thursday raising tuition nearly 20 percent for incoming students and around 13 percent for continuing in-state students

By Kyle Daly | March 11, 2010

Downtown Phoenix warehouse houses tilapia farm

Two downtown Phoenix entrepreneurs are looking to sell their fresh, locally grown tilapia to Valley restaurants.

By Daryl Bjoraas | March 11, 2010

Book club studying Great Depression, economy’s future

The Morrison Institute for Public Policy is starting a book club for the ASU community to examine the comparison between the current recession and the Great Depression.

By Katie Shoultz | March 11, 2010

Cronkite dean named Journalism Administrator of the Year

Christopher Callahan, dean of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was named Journalism Administrator of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation.

By State Press Staff | March 11, 2010

MORAL SEXUALITY: Jacqueline Martinez, communications professor at ASU, and Grace Galliano. a social psychology and human sexuality faculty associate, talk about human sexuality and is connection to morality in society. (Photo by Molly J. Smith)

Downtown campus panel discusses sexuality, ethics

Sexuality is generally a taboo topic in public, but a discussion at ASU’s Downtown campus threw that concept out the window.

By Rheyanne Weaver | March 11, 2010

ASU grad opening fish farm near Downtown campus

An ASU graduate is bringing a fish farm to the downtown Phoenix desert to supply the Valley with fresh tilapia.

By Daryl Bjoraas | March 11, 2010

Police Beat - March 12

ASU Police reported the following incidents Thursday.

By Nicholas Palomino Mendoza | March 11, 2010

MOVIE NIGHT: Student ask director Peter Sollett questions about his film "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" through Skype during the Hollywood Invades Tempe Skype series on Wednesday night at Neeb Hall. The event was put on by the ASU School of Theater and Film.(Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

ASU goes glam with ‘Nick and Norah’ director video-chat

Hollywood came to Tempe Wednesday night during a video-chat Q&A session with “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” director Peter Sollett.

By Chase Kamp | March 10, 2010

LGBTQ: Mary Gary, author of "Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America," speaks about her research on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Questioning youth in rural America. (Photo by Molly J. Smith)

Author speaks on LGBTQ communities in rural America

An author from Indiana University held a discussion Wednesday on how gay communities from via the Internet in rural America.

By Scarlett Jane Heydt | March 10, 2010

TELEMONITORING: Dr. Kimberly Shea, assistant professor at ASU's College of Nursing and Health Innovation, recently received a $350,000 grant for her ongoing studies in telemonitoring. Dr. Shea, based on the Phoenix campus, is experimenting with positive reinforcement and incentives to enhance the quality of healthcare-at-home. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Study looking at off-site care for patients at home

Researchers at ASU are looking to ease the process for chronically ill patients to receive in-home care.

By Joseph Schmidt | March 10, 2010

THE SOUND OF ASU: ASU's Carillon Society is working on producing the carillon's first CD. The carillon was a gift from the University to its students in 1966. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Rense)

ASU’s symphonic carillon to be featured in CD

ASU’s Carillon Society is working to produce its first CD. The University’s carillon bell plays every day at 5 p.m. from speakers at the Memorial Union.

By Katie Shoultz | March 10, 2010

Police Beat - March 11

An unknown person or persons committed theft Monday by stealing a bicycle from the bike rack at the Delta Zeta cluster at the Adelphi Commons building on the Tempe campus, according to a police report.

By Nicholas Palomino Mendoza | March 10, 2010

INTERGALACTIC WATER: Researchers at the School of Earth and Space Exploration are developing new methods of detecting water in distant solar systems. (Photo be Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

One-of-a-kind ASU research looking for water in deep space

ASU research project is the first to work to detect minerals that signal significant amounts of liquid water on other planets.

By Dana Sheaff | March 10, 2010

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