Opinions: More expensive than tuition
A few weeks ago I wrote about Stephanie Mahan whose dorm room was freezing due to a non-functioning heater. It had been a problem for several months and after following all the correct steps to get it fixed, nothing happened. She was desperate. So, I wrote the column, it was printed and that evening, suddenly her heater was working.

Almost like magic (or a ton of hard work completed by her community assistant), her room went from being a freezer to a normal room and everybody lived happily ever after, right?

Opinions: Valley of the Suns
The Phoenix Suns will not win the NBA title.

And no, I am not one of you annoying Lakers fans. In fact, I'm a huge Suns fan, just as most of Arizona is.

However, after watching the Detroit Pistons mop the floor with Nash and the Suns on Sunday, I could not think of anything more important to write about this week. And yes, I realize I'm losing half my readers by writing about a mostly male interest.

Opinions: Strike one?
Which is it? Take us out to the ballgame or take them out of the ballgame?

Well, that just happens to be the question of the day surrounding the ASU baseball program — and a question that we're not yet willing to answer. With the entire hubbub surrounding the program's internal investigation still far from playing itself out, we aren't looking to play umpire quite yet.

But with our No. 1-ranked baseball team under investigation for "academic fraud and recruiting violations," we still can't help but wonder what the real story is.

Opinions: Letters to the Editor

Opinions: Someday my princess will come
BRANCH: One of my lifelong dreams is to be Jasmine at DisneyWorld. I've always wanted to be a Disney princess and ever since I can remember I've claimed Jasmine for myself. It wasn't until recently that I realized why.

You see when you're growing up and you pick which character you're going to pretend to be, you are usually limited to whoever is similar to you. That's why I was Scary Spice whenever we were the Spice Girls, even though I always wanted to be Sporty.