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Dish of the Week: Cupcakes

by Zach Fowle Blogs
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Greetings, food fans! Welcome back to Dish of the Week. Every seven days the SPM staff scours the city looking for the best examples of a given dish, which our intrepid tasters will then taste, rate and report back. We’ll let you know which burrito you should eat-o, which pizza pie catches our eye, [...]

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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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Dish of the Week: Pad Thai

by Zach Fowle Blogs
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Sawatdee, food fans! Welcome back to Dish of the Week. Every seven days the SPM staff scours the city looking for the best examples of a given dish, which our intrepid tasters will then taste, rate and report back. We’ll let you know which burrito you should eat-o, which pizza pie catches our eye, which [...]

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Life on a Budget: What I’ve Learned Along the Way

by Nicole Ethier Blogs
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Let me preface this by just saying I’m cheap — though I prefer the term frugal.
Regardless, this is my last semester at ASU, and I’ve learned a thing or two about how to save money while maintaining a college student’s lifestyle. (Believe it or not, I still don’t have a credit card.) I recently read [...]

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Guinea Pig: Running a Half-Marathon

by Zach Fowle Blogs
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My nipples hurt. It’s been two weeks since I began training for this year’s P.F Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Phoenix, and at five miles into a six-mile training run the rubbing of my cotton shirt against my bare chest is causing some major chafing. The training regimens I found online never told [...]

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The Mother Road: Route 66 to Seligman

by Peter Lazaravich Blogs
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Note: All photos in this story were taken by SPM photographer, Peter Lazaravich.

The year is 1938. A new U.S. law raises the minimum wage to 44 cents. Unemployment hovers around 19 percent  due in part to the 1937-1938 recession. The average price of a new automobile is a cool $736 and gas costs [...]

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Guinea Pig: On the Flying Trapeze

by Samantha Lloyd Blogs
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Have you ever wanted to try something radical (no, we’re not talking cliff diving or speed racing), but didn’t have the time or was worried about the outcome? The SPM staff is here to try it for you, and write about it along the way.
It all started with wanting to do something different. I [...]

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Dish of the Week: Cheesesteak

by Zach Fowle Blogs
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Yo, food fans! Welcome back to Dish of the Week. Every seven days the SPM staff scours the city looking for the best examples of a given dish, which our intrepid tasters will then taste, rate and report back. We’ll let you know which burrito you should eat-o, which pizza pie catches our eye, which [...]

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Spring 2010: Welcome Back!

by Claire Lawton Behind The Scenes
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Winter break has come and gone and the daunting tasks of purchasing textbooks, attending classes and setting up the countdown calendar for summer vacation have begun. But you know that’s why we’re here.
Welcome back to another semester. With the help of a much bigger staff, SPM has a few tricks up its sleeve. So get [...]

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Life on a Budget: Holiday Gift Guide

by Jessica Testa Blogs
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The holidays are approaching, and that means it’s time to reunite with loved ones, gather around the fire and… max out your credit card? Think again. The holidays don’t have to take a bite out of your budget. Here are three gift ideas for those hard-to-buy-for types you might have missed on your Black Friday [...]

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