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A team develops its app during the Great Appathon on Oct. 15 in the Memorial Union.

Students race to create apps in first Great Appathon

ASU Students participated in the inaugural Great Appathon, a competition where participants use tools provided by Modo Labs to develop fully functioning apps over the course of a weekend.

By Chris McCrory | October 17, 2016

Jennifer Bryner, a sexual assault detective with the ASU police department, shows off a sticker from "Denim Day" on April 12, 2016.

By proportion, ASU sexual assaults exceed University of Arizona's

ASU is not immune to the sexual assault epidemic.

By Kendra Penningroth | October 17, 2016

Nick Pompliano, who has been playing guitar for 10 years, teaches leads a group at the Guitar for Vets meeting on Oct. 14, 2016, in Tempe, Arizona.

ASU's Guitar For Vets provides harmony to veterans

This club helps veterans transition into civilian life and provides a place of community.

By Emma Sounart | October 17, 2016

Passing students respecting the walk-only zones on Saturday, Sep. 16, 2016, on the ASU campus in Tempe, Arizona.

What happens if you ride through a walk only zone?

The punishment for disobeying the walk only zones still remain a mystery for some students.

By Jeff Darge | October 6, 2016

Member of the ASU Mock Trial Team practice on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016.

Law and Order ASU; Sun Devil Mock Trial

Sun Devil Mock Trial competes against other schools in a simulated legal trial.

By Jeff Darge | October 6, 2016

Maggie Tucker poses for a photo in Guizhou, China in June 2016.

Flinn Scholar Maggie Tucker talks Feminism and life at ASU

Maggie Tucker sits down to discuss how academics have shaped her college experience and her work with the intersectional feminist group Woman as Hero.

By Taylor Transtrum | October 6, 2016

The Black Rock Bouldering Gym in Phoenix is seen on Oct. 1, 2016.

ASU alumnus and veteran opens bouldering gym in Phoenix

Chris Dodge, ASU alum and veteran opens a bouldering gym in Phoenix. For Dodge, bouldering was more than just working out, it was apart of his mental well being.

By Blakely McHugh | October 5, 2016

Condoms are available for purchase at some convenience stores off campus, but they are harder to find on campus.

Condom availability on campus: Is it sufficient?

ASU claims to promote safe sex, but many students seem to disagree.

By Alexis Egeland and Kaetlin Van Berkum | October 5, 2016

6 celebrities you didn't know were ASU alumni

ASU has been home to many successful students, some of whom have received national or worldwide fame.

By Alexis Egeland | October 5, 2016

ASU alumni open State Rideshop

Newly opened shop designed for college students on a tight budget.

By Alexa Buechler | October 5, 2016

Ahmed Yousaf describes his experiences teaching inmates

Around the World at ASU: Pakistan

In fall 2014, Ph.D international student Ahmed Yousaf ventured out of Lahore, Pakistan for the first time to come to ASU and continue his chemistry education.

By Kaitlyn Kor | October 4, 2016

Instagram revolutionizes fashion education

College students use Instagram and other resources to learn about the fashion industry.

By Alyssa Tufts | October 4, 2016

A Buncha Book Artists turn books into art

A Buncha Book Artists creates book forms that vary from traditional-bound to calligraphy cut.

By Emma Sounart | October 3, 2016

Erica Berejnoi, a masters sustainability student, and Akshay Kamath, a masters industrial engineer student, practice the tango at a meeting for the ASU Tango Club on Sept. 29, 2016.

Tango club offers 'dance culture like no other'

ASU Tango Club is a place where students can meet new people, relieve stress, and learn a new skill they may never have even thought about. Sessions take place Thursdays from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m.

By Anthony Totri | October 3, 2016

Bike-riders use bike lanes on Mill Avenue in Tempe, Arizona, on Oct. 1, 2016

Tempe launches "bicycle box" project to boost safety

Tempe is increasing bike safety with the addition of its first bicycle box.

By Gabriella Bachara | October 3, 2016

ASU graduate student Donald Santiago takes a shot during practice in the downtown Sun Devil Fitness Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.

Wheeling into a new season: ASU's Wheelchair Basketball team starts preparing for the games ahead

The second year of ASU’s Wheelchair Basketball team is under way.

By Alexa Buechler | October 2, 2016

Business freshman Kinan Moufti poses in front of the BSE Building on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

SOS at ASU guides refugees toward a brighter future

Students Organize for Syria hopes to create a better future for Syrian refugees through education and humanitarian efforts.

By Shawna Truong | September 29, 2016

Richard Bannon, an economics major at Scottsdale Community College, gives new light saber participants tips on how to improve their fighting techniques at the ASU Light Saber club meeting held at the Secret Garden on the ASU Tempe Campus on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016.

Jedi nights: AZ Saber club lights up the evening with sci-fi combat

ASU club hones its Jedi skills by practicing with lightsabers of Star Wars fame.

By Jeff Darge | September 29, 2016

Uschi the golden retriever(left), Kristoff the black lab(middle), and Ulani the golden retriever (right) pose together at a Sparky's Service Dogs event in Sparky's Den on Thursday, Sep. 22, 2016.

Sparky's Service Dogs raise puppies on campus for a cause

Sparky's Service Dogs is a unique club on campus that gives students the opportunity to raise service dogs for people with mobility impairments, type-one diabetes and PTSD.

By Gabriella Bachara | September 29, 2016

Students ride past a memorial on Hayden Lawn on the Tempe Campus on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. The memorial was set up to remember the 43 students who disappeared from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Mexico in 2014.

Hayden Lawn anonymously decorated to memorialize Nos Faltan 43 victims

ASU students anonymously erected a memorial to honor the memory of the 43 Mexican college students executed in 2014.

By Alexis Egeland | September 28, 2016

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