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3 Downtown senators boycott fee discussion

Rifts over a proposal for a $75 facilities fee prompted three student senators to boycott a town hall meeting in opposition of the student government president on the Downtown campus.A previous propos

By Kyle Patton | January 24, 2010

Students race through Phoenix 'Idiotarod'

Thirty-nine teams of five raced around downtown Phoenix Saturday with shopping carts, making various stops to perform challenges like tightrope walking and bobbing for sardines.

By Scarlett Heydt | January 24, 2010

$4.6M grant to fund high school summer journalism program for next 5 years

By Allison Oswalt | January 21, 2010

Storm downs University power

A storm pelted the Valley Thursday causing power losses, flooding and some canceled classes across multiple ASU campuses.

By Kyle Patton | January 21, 2010

Police Beat

ASU Police reported the following incidents Thursday:

By Nicholas Palomino Mendoza | January 21, 2010

Students look beyond ASU Bookstores

Prices for new textbooks have increased at twice the rate of inflation since 1986, according to a federal report, leading many students to fight back by buying books from alternative companies.

By Katie Shoultz | January 20, 2010

ASU uses thermostat, light settings to save money

Budget cuts and retracted funding by the state Legislature have ASU officials applying sustainability to save money around campus, including raising temperatures and dimming lights.

By Beth Easterbrook | January 20, 2010

Police Beat

ASU police reported the following incidents Wednesday:

By Nicholas Palomino Mendoza | January 20, 2010

New club to bring together space enthusiasts

A new club about to launch on the Tempe campus will focus on awareness of the final frontier: space.

By Rheyanne Weaver | January 20, 2010

Police Beat

ASU Police reported the following incidents Tuesday:

By Nicholas Palomino Mendoza | January 19, 2010

State, university officials considering new tuition increase

New state budget numbers proposed by Gov. Jan Brewer have higher education officials preparing to raise tuition again for the 2010-11 school year.

By Kyle Patton | January 19, 2010

Biodesign program will turn research into dollars

A new initiative at the Biodesign Institute, led by newly-appointed Operations Director Lee Cheatham, aims to turn ASU research into commercial products.

By April Atwood | January 19, 2010

Mill Avenue sees small boost from holiday spending

A boost in consumer spending during the holiday season helped sales for struggling retail businesses on Mill Avenue, but not as much as in prior years.

By Joseph Schmidt | January 18, 2010

Bill would allow professors to carry guns on campus

A bill introduced in the state Senate last week could give some university and community college professors the right to carry concealed firearms on campus.

By Kyle Daly | January 18, 2010

ASU-UA cancer center project moving forward

The relationship between UA and ASU is expected to grow as plans for the construction of a $140 million cancer center in downtown Phoenix develop, officials said.

By Daryl Bjoraas | January 18, 2010

Unfinished downtown Tempe towers to be auctioned off

Two unfinished 22- and 30-story condominium towers near the Tempe campus will go up for auction in April after their construction came to a sudden halt in 2008.

By Chase Kamp | January 18, 2010

In honor of MLK, 200 students clean up Phoenix park

About 200 ASU students joined volunteers from across the Valley on Monday to clean up South Mountain Park in Phoenix in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

By Katie Shoultz | January 18, 2010

University takes on brewery in trademark dispute

The Sun Devil trademark has sparked a pintful of controversy, and one local brewery is paying the price.

By Rheyanne Weaver | January 18, 2010

W.P. Carey school to launch high school business program

The W. P. Carey School of Business and Marcos de Niza High school in Tempe are preparing to launch a business magnet high school in January 2011.

By Monica Arevalo | January 18, 2010

ASU student injured in Haiti earthquake

By Scarlett Heydt | January 18, 2010

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