Politics

OPPOSING THE LAW: Protesters of all ages against SB-1070 waved American, Arizona and Mexican flags in front of the state Capitol Saturday morning. (Photos by Scott Stuk)

Protesters seek to disrupt Arizona's struggling economy

Thousands of protesters gathered in Phoenix Saturday morning to march on the Capitol and voice their opposition toward the state’s new immigration law. Many protesters also partook in a campaign to boycott Arizona businesses.

By Joseph Schmidt | May 31, 2010

SB 1070 supporters attempt to boost state revenue

Around 7,000 people in support of the state’s new immigration law gathered at Tempe Diablo Stadium Saturday evening.

By Rheyanne Weaver | May 31, 2010

ASU campus newspaper commemorates 120 years

Over 120 years and five name changes, The State Press has been covering news as the Valley developed from a rural community to a metropolis.

By Katie Shoultz | May 2, 2010

CAST YOUR BALLOT: A student enters the voting center to cast her ballot on Proposition 100 in Tempe's Palo Verde West office. Prop 100 would enact temporary one-cent increase in the existing sales tax to fund education and social programs. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

169 votes cast at ASU's Tempe polling location in first 3 days

After experiencing a low voter turnout in March, ASU’s first on-campus voting site has seen a major increase in the number of visitors within the first week of special election early voting.

By Kyle Daly | April 29, 2010

Grad student studying jailed women, effect on significant others

Graduate student Elizabeth Rivard is studying the effects incarceration has on husbands and significant others of jailed women across the state.

By Rheyanne Weaver | April 29, 2010

DISQUALIFIED: Andres Cano was disqualified in the USG election for campaign violations after winning 58 percent of the student vote. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Disqualified downtown candidate claims he was pressured to concede

A disqualified Downtown presidential candidate is claiming he was pressured by University administrators to stop asking for a third-party review of his campaign’s disqualification.

By Kyle Daly | April 27, 2010

Students raise awareness of DREAM Act at Tempe event

Advocates for immigration rights took to Hayden Lawn on Monday, looking to continue pushing for student support of the DREAM Act.

By Kyle Patton | April 26, 2010

ALL LAW-YERED UP: Lauren burke, center, works late into the evening with fellow first-year graduate students in the Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law. On monday, a national lawyer and judge summit was held here to discuss the future of law education. (Photo by Michael Arellano)

Legal experts discuss future of law education

Top legal experts came from all over the country Monday to participate in a Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law forum on how to advance the future of legal education.

By Maxfield Barker | April 26, 2010

Demonstrators face off over immigration measure

Protesters gathered at the state Capitol throughout the weekend after Gov. Jan Brewer signed controversial immigration SB 1070 into law on Friday.

By Kyle Daly | April 25, 2010

Volunteer security people work to keep protesters behind the caution tape on the Capitol lawn Friday afternoon. (MOLLY SMITH | THE STATE PRESS)

After Brewer signs immigration bill, protesters vow to keep fighting

Gov. Jan Brewer signed controversial immigration Senate Bill 1070 into law Friday afternoon while protesters stormed the Arizona Capitol.

By Kyle Daly | April 23, 2010

Marcell Chavez, of Phoenix, wore both an American flag and a Mexican flag to the rally to protest SB 1070, the immigration bill signed by Gov. Brewer Friday afternoon. (MOLLY SMITH | THE STATE PRESS)

Live coverage: Protesters react as Brewer signs immigration bill

Immigration rally at the capitol grows after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs Senate Bill 1070 into law.

By State Press Staff | April 23, 2010

Protester tensions erupt at Arizona Capitol

Tensions come to a head at the Arizona capitol.

By Andrew Boven | April 23, 2010

SB 1070 supporters and protesters demonstrate at Capitol

Thousands of protesters congregated at the Arizona Capital to protest the signing of the controversial bill.

By Andrew Boven | April 23, 2010

Crow urges Brewer to veto immigration bill

ASU President Michael Crow jumped into the immigration bill debate Friday, sending a letter to Gov. Jan Brewer urging her to veto SB1070 as her time to make a decision runs out.

By Adam Sneed | April 23, 2010

As protesters roar, bill waits for Brewer

Dozens of demonstrators gathered in downtown Phoenix to protest SB 1070, an Arizona immigration bill that has been drawing national attention since it passed the state Legislature.

By Kyle Daly | April 22, 2010

DNA SET ME FREE: Kirk Bloodsworth, the capital defendant to be exonerated through the use of DNA testing, discusses his life in the prison system at Armstrong Hall Thursday night. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Exonerated death-row inmate touts DNA testing’s role in justice system

The first death-row inmate to be exonerated by DNA evidence spoke to students Thursday about the decade he spent in prison and his efforts since.

By Matt Hendley | April 22, 2010

ABOR settles lawsuit with Havasupai tribe over blood samples

Arizona’s Havasupai Indian Tribe celebrated the return of 200 blood samples from ASU labs Thursday after a long-argued lawsuit between the tribe and the Board of Regents was settled.

By Katie Shoultz | April 22, 2010

ASU students protesting immigration bill arrested

Protesters assembled outside of the county jail in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday in disapproval of a current immigration bill in Congress that would make illegal immigration a state crime.

By Kyle Daly | April 20, 2010

JOINT EFFORT: A haze of smoke rises above hundreds gathered to celebrate 4/20 with imitation marijuana in front of the Memorial Union Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Serwaa Adu-Tutu)

Lighting up for legalization

Two ASU students started a University chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws and rallied on campus for the first time Tuesday in support of the cause.

By Kyle Patton | April 20, 2010

STUDENT ARERESTS: A group of ASU students and community members rally outside of the 4th Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix to protest the arrest of nine college students (seven from ASU) for chaining themselves to the doors of the State Capitol building Tuesday. (Photo by Scott Stuk)

7 ASU students arrested in protest of immigration bill

Before chaining themselves to the doors of the State Capitol on Tuesday, nine college students — seven of them from ASU — knew their actions would likely lead them to a jail cell down the road.

By Kyle Daly | April 20, 2010

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