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Bathroom Love

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As downtown Phoenix attempts to rebrand itself as a big-time city, restaurants are looking for creative ways to stand out from the growing crowd of hip places to eat. Many are turning to their restrooms to accomplish their rise to the top of trendy lists.
Hanny’s

Hanny’s became a popping nighttime spot in the [...]

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Tune Out: Sound Strike Hits Arizona Music Fans, Venues

by Ana Anguiano Features
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Charlie Levy chooses his words carefully. He pauses and thoughtfully strings his ideas together all while remaining respectful toward his critics.
Levy, the owner of Stateside Presents, has been an independent concert promoter for 15 years. In June, Levy wrote an editorial in the Arizona Republic addressing the bands boycotting Arizona because of Senate Bill 1070 [...]

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Q&A: Terry Greene Sterling

by Melissa Silva Features
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Terry Greene Sterling is the writer-in-residence at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and author of the recently published, “Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona’s Immigration War Zone.” She will be speaking about the book at the ASU Downtown campus’s Must See Mondays speaker series September 27.
State Press Magazine: How do you [...]

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Create Life: The Banzerini House Opens in Phoenix

by Alexis Getscher Features
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Inspirational phrases accent the fire-engine red and lime green walls. The carefree laughter of children echoes down the vivid orange hallway. A bit farther down the hall is a brick wall with names of people who’ve donated time or money.
This is the framework of the Banzerini House.
The Banzerini House opened Aug. 2. Located in north [...]

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Superstar Skateboarders Roll into Glendale

by Shanna Wester Features
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“Let’s keep the skating on the course and not down the hallways on the way to the bathroom,” a loudspeaker booms through a massive concrete skate course built for Rob Dyrdek’s Street League skateboarders. “Don’t skate anywhere else.”
Good luck with that.
Twenty-two professional skateboarders (24 were scheduled, but two couldn’t make it) and their fans descended [...]

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Swinging Through College

by Beth Easterbrook Features
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While other students are buckling down to do some last-minute homework, about 35 Arizona State University students are doing flips, tricks and swing dancing late into the night.
With legs kicking, bodies spinning and hair twirling, the ASU Swing Devils club warms up to “Do the Shim Sham.” Couples clap along, keeping energy high, while other dancers [...]

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‘Artists For Action’ Promotes Voting Aug. 27

by Janessa Hilliard Features
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It’s the first of November. A Monday. You’ll sleep in past your alarm, cursing the calendar for allowing Halloween to fall on a Sunday. Right as you convince yourself that you really only have five more minutes in bed, the phone rings.
“Hello, this is Willie Nelson,” the voice on the other end [...]

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Full Walls, Empty Galleries

by Tye Rabens Features
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How many places on the Arizona State University Tempe campus can you see student-installed, student-created art, for free?
If your answer wasn’t “four,” then you might need to get out more.

Unbeknowst to most of the student body, the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts maintains four galleries across campus to [...]

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After Much Debate, Women’s Resource Center Underway

by Janice Vega Features
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Last year, the Undergraduate Student Government promised the student body a women’s resource center. Since then, it has been an uphill battle to make the center happen.
USG has been working for more than a year to draft a proposal for the center, aiming to create a place where students can feel comfortable [...]

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Fall Welcome Concert: Saggy Pants and Cowboy Boots

by Anthony Sandoval Features
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Arizona State University’s student organizations celebrated campus diversity last Tuesday with a peculiar and unlikely pairing of musical acts for their annual Fall Welcome Concert.
For the third straight year, incoming and returning students alike have been able to take a break from the chaos the new school year brings to enjoy free musical entertainment. Marking [...]

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