From the category archives:

On the Cover

 

Veterans Find Identity, Support at ASU

by Janessa Hilliard Features
Thumbnail image for Veterans Find Identity, Support at ASU

Sean Gholz saunters into class a few minutes late. No one around him looks up from their whispered conversations as the professor readies the day’s material, which is surprising, considering Gholz’s physique almost demands attention, or at the very least a stolen glance. At 6-foot-2, Gholz is built like the men in the GO [...]

Keep Reading →
 

Dying in the Desert: Stories from the Border

by Weston Phippen Features
Thumbnail image for Dying in the Desert: Stories from the Border

Bruce Anderson leans back in his seat and runs his hands through his hair. He speaks of the corpses in a matter-of-fact-tone, like someone would talk  about picking up mail. It’s not because he doesn’t care, it’s just that he’s tired of all the dead bodies — bodies that arrive constantly, bodies that need to [...]

Keep Reading →
 

ASU Law: A Legal Makeover

by Kerry LePain Features
Thumbnail image for ASU Law: A Legal Makeover

When ASU President Michael Crow announced the university’s mission to become the “New American University” the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law was certainly not exempt.
From the outside, the law buildings appear relatively empty. What goes on inside the law school? Does anyone know? Well of course the law students do, but for the [...]

Keep Reading →
 

Superheroes Battle Recession in Tempe

by Colin Lecher Features
Thumbnail image for Superheroes Battle Recession in Tempe

In a small local shop on Ash Avenue, customers meander in and out, leafing through flimsy pages of 8-by-10 comic books. In the back, rows of primary-colored heroes and villains grace the shelves. The wide-eyed heroes gaze from their covers at passersby while the villains menacingly stare down customers looking for the latest edition of [...]

Keep Reading →
 

What’s on your plate, ASU?

by Kerry LePain On the Cover
Thumbnail image for What’s on your plate, ASU?

At the northern end of the Valley of the Sun, nestled at the feet of the San Tan Mountains, lie fields of trees with dainty jade leaves and gnarled, ancient-looking trunks. These are olive trees, and the fields belong to Queen Creek Olive Mill. The farm grows nine types of olives, all of which make [...]

Keep Reading →
 

Chalking Up: A Male Gymnast Battles the Sport’s Gender Wall

by Claire Lawton Features
Thumbnail image for Chalking Up: A Male Gymnast Battles the Sport’s Gender Wall

This article was written by guest author Allison Gatlin.
The hands. Tiny and callused, they bear the marks of a high bar’s wrath. From across the gym, in a chalky storm, those hands are blurred by fluorescent light. They glow like a high floating cloud.
It is through this cloud that a boy wields his mastery [...]

Keep Reading →
 

ASU Student Organizations Raise Human Rights Awareness

by Erica Rodriguez Features
Thumbnail image for ASU Student Organizations Raise Human Rights Awareness

As students sit in comfortable, taking lecture notes or updating Facebook statuses, millions of people around the world are suffering the depletion of their human rights; rights that are sometimes taken for granted.
According to the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, no human shall be tortured, exiled or enslaved, and all humans have the [...]

Keep Reading →
 

Up In Smoke: Marijuana Usage at ASU

by Sebastien Bauge Features
Thumbnail image for Up In Smoke: Marijuana Usage at ASU

Between Oct. 1 2008 and Sept. 30 2009, the Arizona State University Police Department made 173 arrests involving drugs, all of which involved marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia, according to ASU police record.
While Marijuana isn’t the leading cause of arrests at ASU, its growing presence reflects a trend both campus and nationwide.
In September 2009, the U.S. Department [...]

Keep Reading →
 

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

by Janice Vega Features
Thumbnail image for Talk Derby to Me: The Women of the Arizona Roller Derby

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 [...]

Keep Reading →
 

Derby Breakdown

by Janice Vega Features
Thumbnail image for Derby Breakdown

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 [...]

Keep Reading →

← Previous Entries