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What the ASU application lacks

What do you expect when you open a recently downloaded app? My answer is very simple: self-containment.

By Roberto Alvarez | August 27, 2014

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Changing Pulpits: Religious Involvement

Ever wondered, "Where is the Church? What happened to it? Why is it not as powerful as it once was?" Have you ever wanted to find out the inner workings of the church bureaucracy?

By Stephen Sydnor | August 27, 2014

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10 Things You Wish You Would've Known as a Freshman

Freshman year is tough as it is. There are plenty of things that students would have liked to have had prior knowledge of. But in school, as with life, you learn as you go.

By Alexa D'Angelo | August 26, 2014

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A Drop in the Bucket: Welcome

Most of us spend our pre-college lives dreaming about the day when we leave for college and start what is said to be, "the time of our lives". We enter college with high expectations of what the future holds, with the prospect of redefining who we are and a yearning for much needed independence.

By Kassidy Mcdonald | August 26, 2014

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Reset, Reboot, Record: New Opportunities

What are life lessons really? They can't be the lessons that seem to end every Full House episode, like don't put your boyfriend before your friend or that a bond between sisters is the best type of bond.

| August 26, 2014

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How to: Be a D-bag in the Walk-Only Zones

It started with a few yellow-shirted ASU employees telling you to walk those wheels. Now the pseudo-fascist walk-only zones tell students how they should move from point A to point B. They are spreading even more around campus like fascism in the ‘30s.

By Jesse Millard | August 25, 2014

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Literally Speaking: Mastering Summer

Literally Speaking returns to open more doors about the world of written word, and it always leaves a gift on the welcome mat.

By Marie Rabusa | August 25, 2014

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Outside the Lines: Opening our Minds

Take this blog as your chance. It is the chance for you to break out of your comfort zone and color (or, think) outside the lines.

| August 25, 2014

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App Theory: Welcoming the Present

"App"-reciating this new opportunity.

By Roberto Alvarez | August 25, 2014

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Coffee Conversations: Espresso Yourself

This week marks the final week of classes for the spring 2014 semester. As some Sun Devils look forward to their summer vacations, others look toward graduation.

By Luu Nguyen | May 2, 2014

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"I hope we passed the audition!"

Life has eventualities. You must accept this at one point or another. When I graduate, someone will replace me as lead writer — someone possibly superior to me.

By Taylor Costello | May 2, 2014

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'Proud of my B.S.' and 5 other ways to decorate a grad cap

If there’s one thing that seniors can do for themselves, it’s to make sure their grad cap is personalized to make the ceremony just a little more tailored to you and your personality.

By Lorraine Longhi | May 2, 2014

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Sound Devil: A Final Playlist and Goodbye SPM

Just like every other student who’s contributed to a school publication, I find myself tracing the journey, the ups and downs, the follies and triumphs that have somehow forged the writer I am today.

By Isabelle Novak | May 2, 2014

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Faulty Replication: A Goodbye

Well, it has been one heck of a semester. I’ve done more than I ever thought I would do in a mere five months, but it’s about time that I wrap up my blog here.

| May 1, 2014

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Unheard voices of Phoenix's homeless youth

When the economy collapsed in 2008, the number of homeless youth doubled and never recovered. With insight from Jon Linton of the “I Have a Name Project” and Kenneth McKinley, the vice president of Programs at Tumbleweed Youth Center for Development, Selena Palmerin-Chastain shares her story, introducing a new series for SPM.

By Alexandra Dersch | May 1, 2014

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10 ways to do finals week the wrong way

Prepping for finals can be a difficult task for most students. With stress levels completely maxed-out, it is easy for one to forget what they can do to help them get the very best grades and end the semester on a good note. Here are a list of a few options to really prepare you for finals week.

By Alexa D'Angelo | April 30, 2014

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Five tips for surviving finals week

Produced by Sophia Thomas | Reach her @shmophia

By Sophia Thomas | April 27, 2014

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Professor by day, fire dancer by night

When ASU professor Patrick Young picked up fire dancing, he found a new way to express himself.

By Taylor Costello | April 25, 2014

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Review: Chet Faker's "Built On Glass"

The bushy-bearded Casanova is acknowledged for this sultry, sensual lyrics that address lovers, but he displays an earnest vulnerability in “Built On Glass” that ventures outside the bedroom.

By Isabelle Novak | April 23, 2014

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National Library Week remembers life-changing moments

"What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?" - Judy Blume, "Summer Sisters" As we near the end of the semester, it's easy to forget that there's still a plethora of knowledge to uncover in the midst of finals and classes ending.

| April 23, 2014

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