Students show off green company to Wal-Mart
ASU student-created Green Taxi Cab may not have come away with the gold at a recent business plan competition, but they earned a little green.

Students decide if men live or die … in a way
His heart pumps, his pulse beats and fluids flow through his veins.

Communications director revamps public speaking
In fostering an environment for better public speakers, Meg McConnaughy, the faculty director of public speaking in the Communication Studies Department, has redesigned the CMN 225 public speaking course to boost students' confidence and future abilities in public speaking.

Proponents: Good Samaritan defribillator law will save lives
When someone suffers cardiac arrest, timing is everything. That's the reasoning behind legislation signed into law this week that will exempt good Samaritans from civil liability when they use automated external defibrillators to help those who suffer heart attacks.

Ghana chief visits campus to accept solution for villagers
When GlobalResolve, an ASU-affiliated initiative, traveled to the African country of Ghana in May 2007, the group came back with a challenge for students in the Polytechnic Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, or MMET, program: Create a method for producing ethanol biofuel out of corn using only resources that would be readily available to Ghanaian villagers.

Lawmaker revives effort to define marriage
A Republican lawmaker has revived an attempt to have Arizona voters vote whether to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman.

Police Beat: Sigma Pi letters painted on Sun Angel Stadium
Between midnight and 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, an unknown suspect or suspects vandalized Sun Angel Stadium by spray painting the Greek letters for "Sigma Pi" on the outer edge of the northeast long jump pit, police reported.

Employee sets off fire extinguisher; Union evacuated
The Memorial Union was closed Tuesday for the second time this school year due to a fire alarm, but this time it was reopened after just 20 minutes.

Lawmaker to modify divisive proposal
A state representative said Tuesday that he plans to modify a Senate bill that would, if passed, ban public schools and universities from teaching values that contradict American ideals and Western civilization.

ASU helps staff booming nonprofits
ASU is one of the only universities nationwide accommodating the rapid growth of the nonprofit sector.

OKed budget may cost ASU $12 million
After months of negotiations, the Legislature and governor agreed last week on a fix for this fiscal year's estimated $1.2 billion budget deficit — and ASU is footing $5.25 million of the bill so far.

See the Arizona Board of Regents proposed budget cuts for all three state universities.

Valley residents have close encounter with mysterious lights
No certain cause has yet been identified for the mysterious lights spotted north of Deer Valley Monday night, which have sparked comparisons to the "Phoenix lights" of 11 years ago.

Olympics Special Report: Trial run for China
Members of the ASU track and field team wear gold uniforms for their meets. A select few hope to be wearing gold around their necks come August.

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