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ASU Softball Player Fights Brain Tumor

by Janice Vega Features
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“Do you want to see my scar?” Dani Rae Lougheed says as she pulls her hair up and turns around to expose a bare strip of skin that runs up the nape of her neck and a few inches up her scalp.
Lougheed, a communications junior and ASU softball player, has a definite presence within a [...]

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Home Jones: Music for the Soul

by Janice Vega Reviews
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Home Jones, the six piece Tempe band has been playing together roughly for two and a half years. Though members have come and gone, the group exudes a sense of closeness that only good friends share.
“It’s a family thing,” says communications senior and drummer James Prezlocki.

Like a family the members work together to create music people can identify [...]

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Meet the President: Brendan O’Kelly (USG)

by Janice Vega Features
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Brendan O’Kelly sits behind a large desk in his office. He wears his quintessential ASU sweatshirt, but keeps his necessary suit and tie pressed and hanging on the wall behind him. As the President of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), O’Kelly is always ready to transform from typical ASU student to professional executive, depending on [...]

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Have a Healthy Holiday

by Janice Vega Well
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Turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce galore — ‘tis the season to be tempted.
Before the Halloween candy has a chance to settle, retail stores are hanging tinsel and adorning their window displays with fluffy fake snow. The holidays have arrived, bringing parties full of seductive, sinful snacks. Don’t be fooled! These short-term stimuli can result in [...]

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Talk Derby to Me: The Women of the Arizona Roller Derby

by Janice Vega Features
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The scene at the Castle Sports Club on this particular evening is not the usual ‘hoo-rah’ of most sports events. There are girls on roller skates wearing pirate costumes, tutus and baseball uniforms and it’s well past Halloween. The crowd gathers around a flat track carefully laid out by tape and the announcers go by [...]

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Derby Breakdown

by Janice Vega Features
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Continued from Talk Derby to Me
For the novices, press secretary and safety marshal, Amber Hassing aka Ann T. Madder, gives a basic run-down of the game:

The event is called a “bout”. Each match is called a “jam” and consists of two teams. Each team has three positions: jammer, blocker and pivot.
The goal of the game is [...]

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State Radio: A Reggae Call to Action

by Janice Vega Reviews

An aura of political righteousness and grunge hung thick in the air as one entered the Clubhouse in Tempe last Wednesday night.
It was all in the name of State Radio. The politically aware, reggae-rock group from Sherborn, Mass. is headed by Chad Urmston, a former Dispatch member.
The atmosphere was reminiscent to that of a dive [...]

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Eyebrow Threading

by Janice Vega Well
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Tweezed, plucked, trimmed, waxed…threaded?
I first heard of threading while walking through the mall and saw a shop dedicated to it. It looked strange, and for some reason the words ‘threading’ and ‘eyebrows’ just sounded painful together. A few weeks later I heard girls at  my work talking about it and they swore by it. So [...]

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Market Madness

by Janice Vega Hot Spots
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Admit it, the Filberto’s burrito is just not as appealing at 2 p.m. as it was at 2 a.m..
Too often, people settle for substandard or fast food Mexican restaurants that leave them less than satisfied. The remedy? Pro’s Ranch Market.
The family-owned company originated in California in 1982, and has since expanded across three other states [...]

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How To: Tofu

by Janice Vega How To
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For vegetarians and meat-eaters alike, tofu, the spongy alternative to meat, has become a popular addition to a daily diet. Nevertheless, tofu can be a challenge if you want to prepare it at home.
Nutritional benefits aside, tofu can be kind of bland if it‘s not prepared right. Journalism sophomore Lenni Rosenblum wanted to [...]

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