Opinion

Editorial: A stair case

There are three distinct advantages to having stairs in your place of residence: You can use them as a convenient tool for fitness purposes, you can house a precocious boy wizard underneath them, and

By Editorial Board | February 11, 2009

Say what about the police?

On the night of Dec. 6, 2008, 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed by a police officer in Athens, Greece. Many witnesses claimed Grigoropoulos was shot intentionally, and without reason.

By Alex Petrusek | February 10, 2009

Political correctness sucks

In the 1960s, the New Left adopted, developed and employed a relatively new concept we now know as political correctness, or PC. That, in brief, is when everything went to hell.

By Jeff Weyant | February 10, 2009

Editorial: Backward bound

In 2002, Michael Crow took over as president of ASU. In his inauguration address, Crow set out a vision for a university unlike any other.

By Editorial Board | February 10, 2009

Editorial: Safety not sound

In March 2005, a former ASU football player shot and killed another former ASU football player in a Scottsdale parking lot.

By Editorial Board | February 9, 2009

A mass-produced Main Street

Ask anybody for places unique to Tempe, and the Mill Avenue District will invariably hit high on the list.

By Channing Turner | February 9, 2009

Editorial: Economic blues

According to a Reuters article published over the weekend, job losses in the U.S. in January hit 598,000.

By Editorial Board | February 8, 2009

Potty mouths in public

Unique conversations occur in public restrooms. Perhaps it is only a female phenomenon, but people say things in a restroom that you would never expect to hear.

By Janne Gaub | February 5, 2009

Making capitalism better

My friend Jake graduated from ASU two semesters ago, and after a short while got a steady-paying job at APS, the local power-supply company.

By Kevin King | February 4, 2009

Letters to the Editor

University built on civic action

| February 3, 2009

Over the weekend, as the infamous state budget cuts were making their way from being a shameful and destructive idea, to being a shameful and destructive bill, a moment of levity appeared out of the b

By Editorial Board | February 3, 2009

Editorial: On the rebound

On Monday morning in Punxsutawney,Pa., Phil, the groundhog, surfaced from his customary burrow and saw his shadow.

By Editorial Board | February 2, 2009

Stimulating family planning with $87 million

In this economic climate, you would think that our congressional representatives in Washington, D.C., could find somewhere in the $819 billion House package to give people what they really need.

By Janne Gaub | February 2, 2009

The not-so-counter culture

Every generation develops a counterculture, a group of people seeking to expand diversity and oppose the status quo.

By Channing Turner | February 2, 2009

First-date sex could come back to bite you

Safe sex is not the same as smart sex.

By Andrea Summers | February 2, 2009

Be a team player, root locally

The Pittsburgh Steelers are now the best franchise in the the NFL. No doubt Steeler Nation is still rejoicing after a last-minute Super Bowl victory.

By Christopher Ogino | February 2, 2009

Editorial: Costly Decision

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

By Editorial Board | February 1, 2009

The new era of politics has yet to arrive

He has been called a celebrity; his rise labeled meteoric. This man has become a symbol of hope and change; he supposedly represents the dawn of a new era.

By Andrew Hedlund | February 1, 2009

Boos and bravos

Boo to a nation full of Cardinal-haters.

By Editorial Board | January 29, 2009

The absence of a well-tempered legislature

Logic and emotion are completely different, but they have one thing in common. Each of them affects our actions in various ways; it can be dangerous to let either one influence us too much.

By Andrew Hedlund | January 29, 2009

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