Argentina's 10-string guitarist and internationally renowned musician, Néstor Benito, sat down with SPM to talk about the rare 10-string instrument, about his instructor José Franchini and idol Eduardo Faru and to play some tunes. Produced by Noemi Gonzalez | statepressmagazine.com
Coinciding with the start of the ASU fall semester in August, the Tempe Police Department launched Operation Safe and Sober to deal with underage drinking by "targeting criminal behavior” associated with heavy drinking. Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff personally reached out to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for assistance because of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's DUI Enforcement Task Force. Sheriff Arpaio wants students to have a good time while they are in college, but doesn't want them ending up in jail for poor decisions with alcohol or drugs. Canvasing a 2-mile radius around the campus, Tempe police, with the help from eight other local law enforcement agencies, arrested 66 for extreme DUI (.15 Blood Alcohol Concentration) and 7 for super extreme DUI (.20 Blood Alcohol Concentration) along with 67 drug related DUI arrests in the first phase of the operation ending on August 31. A second phase was launched September 12 and concluded September 14. The total arrests for both phases was 1,772. Tempe Police has not released a date for a third phase to the alcohol "suppression sweeps," but is placing more officers around the Tempe campus due to four recently occurring sexual assaults in the same area. Credits: Editor- Courtland Jeffrey, Daniel Santa Cruz Producer- Erin O'Connor Reporter- Riis Valcho Videographers- Daniel Santa Cruz, Dominick DiFurio
Joseph Hui wants to put solar energy into your backyard. Further, he wants to put it in your backyard for only a dollar a day. Hui is an Arizona State University electrical engineering professor on weekdays, and an entrepreneur on the weekends. He has already had several successful start-ups that allowed him to fund his latest launch into creating cheap alternative energy sources. His product is called the Lotus Mobile. It's design is inspired by nature, something Hui calls, "bio-mimicry." It's shape emulates that of a palm tree reaching up toward the sun to catch light with its foliage. "It's very easy to install," Hui says, "you don't need to modify your rooftop," as you would with traditional rooftop solar panels. The Lotus Mobile could power a small air-conditioner or fridge by itself, reducing your electrical bill and costing you no more than a dollar a day. Hui says that with solar technology becoming more affordable and power providers not providing enough incentive for rooftop solar sources, he came up with the idea to create something completely new. After about three years of conceptualizing, the Lotus Mobile is set to be released to consumers later this year. Hui put in a bid for the Suntech solar power plant in Goodyear that went bankrupt earlier in 2013. He hopes to put those workers back into jobs manufacturing his Lotus Mobile systems.
For the second week in a row, protesters come together on Saturday September 7th at Tempe Beach Park. They walk around Mill Avenue to express their views and say no to U.S. intervention in Syria.
State Press Magazine put their heart and sweat to share some exciting stories of the people of ASU. http://www.statepress.com/2013/09/11/spms-people-of-asu/ Produced by Noemi Gonzalez & Caitlin Cruz | Statepressmagazine.com | Song courtesy of Geoff Geis
Inspired by the “Conversation Couch” and “Man on the Street” segments from the Youtube channel, SoulPancake, State Press Magazine sits down for a cup of coffee with ASU students and alumni. In this episode of SPM Coffee Conversations, find out the favorite moments of current and previous Sun Devils, as well as what makes them smile. Catch the producer smiling at ltnguy14@asu.edu or via Twitter @luu_t_nguyen | Statepressmagazine.com
The Colorado River Re-Storied is a project headed by ASU Professors Dan Collins, Eric Margolis, Helen Rowe, and Meredith Drum. The project seeks to "re-story" the Colorado River Basin, from the headwaters in Colorado to the dry river delta in Mexico. Beyond its relevance to our regional watershed, the broader goal of the project is to understand how stories of place can be structured to enable and encourage community dialogue and action.
Walk-only zones were announced last Spring at ASU and have finally been put into effect. The new zone’s rules require students to dismount and carry any wheeled vehicle while within the boundaries of these zones. ASU has only designated a single zone at this point in time. It encompasses the area around the Memorial Union and Cady Mall. The zone is marked with signs which advise that you walk with your wheeled vehicle. The current walk-only zone has been in action for just a little over a week with a full student body present on campus, however you may have noticed student ambassadors in yellow shirts standing around throughout the zone encouraging students to walk. At this point in the walk-only zone project ambassadors can’t do anything more than encourage students. Student Ambassador Jason De Nise puts it this way, “we’re just in an introductory phase... it’s just ask nice and hope people help us in bringing this together.” ASU interviewed over 70 people for the Student Ambassador positions and according to De Nise they have hired around 20 employees, successfully creating a handful more work-study jobs for students at ASU. Officials planning the walk only zones are prepared to move to a phase beyond the introductory phase of encouragement where warnings and mandatory bicycle safety classes according to ASU’s Managing Director of Business and Finance Rudy Bellavia. There are also talks of creating other walk-only zones on other parts of Tempe campus once the concept behind the first one has taken hold. Walking your bicycle a few hundred yards through a crowd may be difficult for most pre-existing students to get used to but Bellavia says he knows that it’s a big change but with a population of over 70,000 students he knows its important to keep the growing student body as safe as possible.
SP Weekly sits down with Dr. Nick Brown, director at the Global Institute of Sustainability, and Harvey Bryan, professor at the Herberger Design School and at the School of Sustainability, about ASU's new solar energy parasols.
SPM Acoustics: Local Tempe band Northern Hustle sits down with State Press Magazine to talk about their debut album 'Forgether' to be released Sept. 7. Produced by Noemi Gonzalez
SPM Acoustics: Local Tempe band, Northern Hustle, performs "Leaving Alone" off of its upcoming debut album Forgether. Produced by Noemi Gonzalez
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