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Biologist-turned-filmmaker encourages scientific community to embrace mass media

Scientists and creative professionals may have more common ground after all, argued a man who has worked in both fields.

| February 5, 2009

Bill would remove highway speed cameras

State legislators are considering a bill that would remove all cameras used to catch speeding motorists on major highways.

By Brianna Mattox | February 4, 2009

Teach-in focuses on global-warming solution

Through various events across the Tempe campus on Thursday, thousands of students, faculty, staff and community members will gather to discuss ways to curtail global-warming.

By Tessa Muggeridge | February 4, 2009

Photo Illustration by Claire Warden/The State Press

A different kind of learning experience

During a month of celebrations for triumphs of culture, some ASU department directors are encouraging students to experience how beneficial courses on different ethnicities or perspectives can be.

By Tye Rabens | February 4, 2009

Groups head to academic bowl

Nine ASU students are packing their bags and heading to California to represent ASU in a regional tournament Saturday.

By Abigail Gilmore | February 4, 2009

From Air Force base to New American University

Amid fears that ASU may close one if its campuses because of cuts in the state budget, some Polytechnic professors and alumni are reflecting on the strides they have made to turn a former Air Force ba

By Amy Fleishans | February 4, 2009

Police Beat

ASU police reported the following incidents Wednesday: A 19-year-old male ASU student was arrested Jan. 23 on suspicion of assault, police reported.

By Tessa Muggeridge | February 4, 2009

Poly senior runs for Gilbert Town Council

At first glance, applied biological sciences senior James Hazel looks like any other 20-year-old college student.

By Derek Quizon | February 4, 2009

'10 budget depends on stimulus package

After passing a budget Saturday that cut $143 million in funding to the university system, state legislators say they are looking to make more cuts for the 2010 fiscal year, which starts in July.

By Derek Quizon | February 4, 2009

Team to find budget solutions

Four ASU faculty members and administrators were chosen to work with the Arizona Board of Regents to explore budget-balancing options for the Arizona Legislature.

By Adam Sneed | February 4, 2009

Biodesign Institute cuts 14 jobs

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By Benjamin Weitzenkorn | February 4, 2009

APS may hike up charges

Arizona Public Service, the utility company that provides electricity to ASU, has plans to increase the average of individual and business rates by 8.55 percent.

By Benjamin Weitzenkorn | February 4, 2009

University, students react to peanut-butter recall

As the national peanut-butter recall expands its list of infected items, ASU students are learning to live without their peanut-butter crackers and other foods, while staff members scramble with daily

By Rheyanne Weaver | February 3, 2009

Police Beat

ASU Police reported the following incidents Tuesday:

By Abigail Gilmore | February 3, 2009

Student group raises money for Gaza children

While the first floor of the Memorial Union swarmed with people, eight students tucked themselves away in a second-floor meeting room, organizing an effort to raise funds for Palestinian refugees.

By Tye Rabens | February 3, 2009

Tough economy puts Dream fund in danger

Since moving to Arizona nine years ago, Claudia, 17, a high-school senior in Mesa, has completed 740 community-service hours, has taken college classes and has kept up a 3.7 GPA, hoping to prepare her

By Griselda Nevarez | February 3, 2009

Eateries may partner with ASU

Downtown students already have three new dining options on the ASU campus, but if University negotiations are successful, the restaurants will soon accept M&G dollars and meal plans, said an ASU offic

By Salvador Rodriguez | February 2, 2009

ASU settlement ends in $850,000 payoff

A lawsuit filed by a former student claming the University put her in a dangerous situation that led to her rape in 2004, has ended in a settlement that included the second-highest monetary sum ever a

By Tessa Muggeridge | February 2, 2009

Now, a $2.5 billion question...

State politicians and experts are examining the potential effects of a $1 trillion national economic stimulus package that could bring up to $2.5 billion to the state of Arizona.

By Derek Quizon | February 2, 2009

Police Beat

ASU police reported the following incidents Monday: An unknown suspect or suspects damaged the vehicle of a 54-year-old ASU staff member around 2 p.m. Friday, police reported.

By Tessa Muggeridge | February 2, 2009

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