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Royalty recognizes ASU work on water issues

Published On:
Monday, December 1, 2008
12-01-08 Decision Center
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Decision Center for a Desert City co-directors Pat Gober and Charles Redman received the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water during a ceremony in November in Saudi Arabia. (Photo submitted by Edgar Cardenas)

Saudi Arabian royalty recognized an ASU environmental group for its work in water conservation on campus and in the state.

Arizona State Archives moves from Capitol to larger, nicer home

Cronkite News Service:
Mike Martinez
Published On:
Monday, December 1, 2008
12-01-08 Archives
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Jennifer Albin, an archivist with the Arizona State Archives, shows a hatchet Granville Johnson used to kill his wife in 1927 in one of the state's most notorious murders. The hatchet is one of the more unusual pieces of a collection that documents the history of Arizona in papers, maps, court records and more. (Cronkite News Service Photo/Mike Martinez)

Asked to show some of the more notable items in the Arizona State Archives, Jennifer Albin held up a rusty hatchet used in 1926 to commit one of the state’s most notorious murders.

Bear ‘just doesn’t fit in’

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ASU staffers’ film on day in the life of a bear debuts Friday
Published On:
Monday, December 1, 2008
12-01-08 Bear
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ASU staff member Robert Kilman, left, films Adnan Alam, right, in bear costume, for “And Everything Was Alright,” a short film about a bear and space travel that will come out Friday. (Photo submitted by Safwat Saleem)

It’s hard to be a bear in a man’s world. Or so it seems for one lonely bear.

Police Beat

Published On:
Monday, December 1, 2008

Tempe reported the following incidents Sunday:

Prof: Holiday spending likely to be slow this year

Published On:
Monday, December 1, 2008
12-01-08 Black Friday
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Nassau County Police secure the outside of Wal-Mart at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, New York, Friday, November 28, 2008. A part-time worker was crushed against a door by shoppers and later died. (Patrick E. McCarthy/Newsday/MCT)

Despite some businesses reporting a successful Black Friday, the holiday season — always vital to the retail sector — is likely to be slow this year, an ASU professor said.

Downtown

ASU, Phoenix buses collide near Downtown campus

Published On:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

An ASU shuttle bus collided with a city bus Tuesday night near the Downtown Phoenix campus, causing significant damage to both vehicles, as it was departing to Tempe, police said.

USG passes tuition proposal

Published On:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
11-26-08 USG meeting
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USG President Mark Appleton, right, and Vice President Terra Ganem wait to answer questions regarding their tuition and budget-surplus proposals for 2009 on Tuesday in the Memorial Union’s Ventana Ballroom on the Tempe campus. (Lindy Mapes/The State Press)

Tempe’s Undergraduate Student Government endorsed the concepts in a statewide student group’s tuition proposal Tuesday night but did not advocate for a specific tuition-increase amount.

D-backs president gives back to community

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
11-25-08 D-Backs
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President of the Arizona Diamondbacks Derrick Hall speaks and answers questions during the Must See Mondays Speaker series at the First Amendment Forum at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix.(Matt Pavelek/The State Press)

It’s hard to have confidence in any of today’s multi-million-dollar companies; even harder, it would seem, to believe some of them have a future.

Taylor Place may have violated federal privacy law

Published On:
Monday, November 24, 2008

Taylor Place management may have violated a federal privacy law, creating the potential for a violation by posting students’ billing information in a public place.

Crow: Tuition increase won’t offset budget cuts

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Saturday, November 22, 2008


West

Prof. kicks off carpal tunnel research

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
11-25-08 Carpal Tunnel
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A collaborative effort between ASU, the Mayo Clinic and the University of Calgary looks to find new ways to measure the effects of carpal tunnel syndrome. (Photo Illustration by Kaitlin Ochenrider/The State Press)

Treatment could be improved for the millions of Americans suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome with a million-dollar research program led by an ASU professor.

Research, focus on students earn West professor award

Guest Author:
Kimberly Inoshita
Published On:
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

José E. Náñez Sr., a professor at the West campus, has been recognized for his presence in and out of the classroom as one of three winners of the 2008 President’s Professor Award.

Committee gives West students a say in student-fee spending

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Students on ASU’s West campus now have more of a say in how student government uses their money.

West business school merges with W.P. Carey

Published On:
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
11-25-08 West Business
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Eddie McDonald, a senior accounting major, works as a peer advisor in the School of Global Management and Leadership in the Faculty and Administration building on the West campus. (Josh Snyder/The State Press)

Business students at ASU’s West campus will experience changes now that their School of Global Management and Leadership has merged with Tempe’s business school.

Crow: Tuition increase won’t offset budget cuts

Published On:
Saturday, November 22, 2008


Polytechnic

USG passes tuition proposal

Published On:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
11-26-08 USG meeting
Image Caption:
USG President Mark Appleton, right, and Vice President Terra Ganem wait to answer questions regarding their tuition and budget-surplus proposals for 2009 on Tuesday in the Memorial Union’s Ventana Ballroom on the Tempe campus. (Lindy Mapes/The State Press)

Tempe’s Undergraduate Student Government endorsed the concepts in a statewide student group’s tuition proposal Tuesday night but did not advocate for a specific tuition-increase amount.

Crow: Tuition increase won’t offset budget cuts

Published On:
Saturday, November 22, 2008


Crow talks tuition in new video

Published On:
Thursday, November 20, 2008

ASU President Michael Crow has produced a second video to explain the University's financial situation to students.

Barrett cuts study-abroad scholarships

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Almost $100,000 in aid axed because of decreased state funding
Published On:
Thursday, November 20, 2008
11-21-08 Study Abroad
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Study Abroad Director Dr. Diane Facinelli poses for a picture in front of The Barret Honors College Irish Hall Thursday. (Chaunte Johnson / The State Press)

Students and staff at Barrett, the Honors College, said cuts to international-study scholarships are dissuading students from studying abroad, which the college promotes as an essential learning exper

Poly preps for turkey trot

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10th annual Dauntless Drumstix Dash benefits scholarship fund
Published On:
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Some East Valley residents will prepare for Thanksgiving dinner by burning a few extra calories Saturday at the Polytechnic campus’ 10th Annual Dauntless Drumstix Dash.

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