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On the Trail: An ASU Grad’s Campaign Experience

by Jessica Testa Features
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David Lujan waits in the back of a Glendale middle school classroom. The state legislator is listening to agenda items, leaning against the wall and scanning a stream of e- mails on his Blackberry. He glances up at the woman sitting in a teacher’s desk at the front of the room, the leader of the [...]

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Early Voting Guarantees Students a Voice

by Maycie Thornton Etc.
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Early voting is now possible on Tempe campus (at the Palo Verde West Residential Hall) for the upcoming Tempe City Council election. Benefits include: avoiding address mix ups, parking validations, overall good feelings about civic duty …

Rudi O’Keefe-Zelman, vice president of policy for Undergraduate Student Government, says many students face problems when trying to vote on Election Day: long lines, [...]

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Goose Bumps: The Science of Fear Exhibit

by Colin Lecher Reviews
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Eight tiny eyes are intently staring me down through a spotless pane of glass. Sitting below the aquarium is a pitch-black box casually promising to deliver the spider to me if I’d only be kind enough to reach my hand inside and say hello. It sounds silly. It’s just the arachnid equivalent of putting spaghetti [...]

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The Thing

by Nicole Ethier Hot Spots
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The Thing is not living (though it may have been at one time). The Thing is old. It’s musty and dusty, and it resides in a coffin encased by cinder block and glass. It’s located in a tin storage shed that serves as an exhibit hall at a travel center located off of Interstate 10 [...]

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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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