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Best of Tempe Campus

by Beth Easterbrook Best Of
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Best Place to Relax:
Encircled by orange trees, cool porticos and bougainvillea filled with twittering birds, and shaded by the large dreamsicle colored, birthday cake shaped music building, the music courtyard is one of the most relaxing places on campus.  A blue tiled fountain playful splashes and reflects in the wall of windows lining the ground [...]

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Taking the Ice: ASU’s New Curling Club

by Beth Easterbrook Features
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About 20 miles north of ASU’s Tempe campus, eight ASU students take the ice at the Alltel Ice Den. But instead of donning hockey sticks and skates these students walk onto the ice with street shoes and brooms ready to learn how to curl.
After this year’s winter Olympics, interest in the sport of curling spiked and [...]

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Taryn Brady: Miss Rodeo Arizona

by Beth Easterbrook Features
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Miss Rodeo Arizona stares at 150 pairs of cowboy boots.  She’s looking for the perfect match for the day’s outfit, but she knows she has far more to think about than her wardrobe.

Taryn Brady, a 21-year-old journalism junior, is working on a joint bachelor’s master’s degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in geography.
“She is [...]

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Life on a Budget: Credit Cards

by Beth Easterbrook Blogs
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Credit cards are a great way to build credit as long as you know how they work. So, the question is, what should students look out for when it comes to credit cards?
As a student, with little or no credit, it can be hard to get a credit card in the first place. If you [...]

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Top 5: Hiking Spots

by Beth Easterbrook Etc.
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Hiking is a great way to get some exercise without having to go to the gym and “workout.” There are several hiking spots near Tempe that can make for a great Saturday morning adventure.
Since there are so many good spots SPM had to narrow it down to five. These are all hiking spots near tempe in order from [...]

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Festival Foods Brings Fried, Well Everything, to Arizona Mills

by Beth Easterbrook Hot Spots
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Ah, the smell of chocolate-covered funnel cake. The carnival is in town, er, in Arizona Mills Mall.
Nestled between Panda Express and Suki-Hana is Festival Foods, the new restaurant in the Mills food court complete with cotton candy, festive balloons and a spin-to-win wheel. The menu boasts popular fair foods such as fry bread, gyros and cheese [...]

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