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- Clips for April 17 & 18, 2008
Black Hawks buzz ASU campus
AZCentral.com April 18, 2008, 02:06 am
Two Black Hawk helicopters drew crowds at an Arizona State University recreation
field Thursday.
The pair of helicopters made two landings in the heart of the Tempe campus, one
at 9 a.m. and
another at noon, as part of an Army ROTC training mission. Cadets in the Reserve
Officer Training
Course (ROTC), loaded with full rucksacks and rifles, boarded the helicopters on
their way to Camp
Navajo in Bellemont, just outside Flagstaff. Maj. Brian Witcher, the
scholarship officer for the ASU
Army ROTC, said the Black Hawks had a goal of only staying on the ground for a
minute and a half -
just long enough to load gear and cadets and take off again
Flap over ASU
bus radios ends in silence
East Valley Tribune April 18, 2008, 07:05 am
A battle over which radio stations to allow on Arizona State University shuttle
buses has left riders in
silence. After a student complained twice about hearing KTAR (92.3 FM), a talk
radio station, bus
drivers will not be allowed to play the radio at all anymore. Following the
complaints, ASU and Coach
America, the company operating the buses, banned the playing of KTAR. The ban
led to protests from
students and the radio station, claiming it violated their First Amendment
free-speech rights. The
solution ASU and Coach America settled on was to leave station choices up to the
passengers.
ASU president
touts plan to stimulate Arizona economy
East Valley Tribune April 18, 2008, 21:28 pm
Arizona State University President Michael Crow and other Arizona university
presidents are pushing
the legislature to approve a $1.4 billion capital improvement program for the
three institutions, which
they say will stimulate the states weakened economy. The plan has drawn support
from construction
associations and business groups, including the East Valley Partnership. But it
will be a tough sell in
the Legislature, which faces budget deficits of $1.2 billion this year and $1.7
billion next year. In an
interview with the Tribune Editorial Board on Thursday, Crow said the state is
producing college
graduates at a rate far below the national average and must expand its higher
education system to
benefit in the long term.
Open dialogue is
the loser in KTAR-ASU bus fracas
East Valley Tribune , April 16, 2008 01:30 am
Valley news radio station KTAR (92.3 FM) is milking the stations ban from
Arizona State University
shuttle bus radios for all its worth and then some. The station is still
trailing KFYI (550 AM) in the
ratings despite shifting its talk-radio format to the FM dial. The station is
still trailing KFYI (550 AM)
in the ratings despite shifting its talk-radio format to the FM dial. So
naturally the stations on-air
employees are trying to shore up its conservative credentials by hyping the fact
their station was
booted off eight shuttle routes among ASUs four campuses late last week.
Lawmakers seek to
dictate what's American
Arizona Daily Star April 18, 2008, 07:27 am
Some state lawmakers are again sticking their noses where they don't belong and
trying to tell
educators what should or shouldn't be taught in public schools. The Legislature
is attempting to
usurp the decision-making responsibilities of local school boards and is
perpetuating lies and
creating divisions among Arizonans by pushing a bill that seeks to end programs
like Raza
Studies in the Tucson Unified School District. The bill would deny state funding
to schools whose
courses "denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization."
Whatever that means.
Playing surface upgraded at Skydome
Arizona Daily Sun April 17, 2008, 10:25 am
Jerome Souers knows full well how important good and new facilities are when it
comes to the
recruiting process. Souers, along with just about every other college coach in
America, wants to
impress potential players with top of the line facilities and equipment. The NAU
head coach will
now have an opportunity to do that this summer when he heads back out on the
recruiting trail.
When he is out talking to players, the coach can now brag about the Skydome's
new turf that is
currently being installed and is slated to be completed on April 25.
Sliced cable turns out
lights in much of Tucson
Arizona Daily Star - April 17, 2008
As many as 35,000 customers were without power for about two hours Wednesday
after a
cable was
accidentally cut by a contractor during an excavation at a Tucson
Electric Power
substation. The wide-
spread outage began at 10:29 a.m. and power was restored to
most
customers about 12:40 p.m., said
TEP spokesman Joe Salkowski. TEP had to divert
the
power to other circuits around the transformer,
Salkowski said. Affected
customers were
scattered across much of central and western Tucson,
including the University of
Arizona.
Buses help make Flagstaff affordable
Arizona Daily Sun April 16, 2008, 19:41 pm
Affordability is a complex challenge for any small town with the attractive
qualities of environment, culture,
and diversity that Flagstaff has. There is a way we can all help to dull the
edge of the high cost of living.
We can support the continuation and increase the capacity of our very successful
local public transportation
system. AAA estimates the average monthly cost for a car including purchase,
insurance, maintenance, and
fuel is nearly $600 a month. Mountain Line provides not only a choice, but for
some, a necessary form of
transportation to work, shopping or school. Minus bus fare, that is nearly $500
a month savings! I am very
aware of the number of Coconino Community College students using Mountain Line.
Striving for the benefits
of a college education, many students must meet the challenges of higher costs
while working full time and
even raising a family.
NAU honors journalism grad
Arizona Daily Sun - April 16, 2008
The Northern Arizona School of Communication and the Associated Press invites
the
NAU and
Flagstaff
community to attend the 2008 Associated Press/Robert R. Eunson
award
ceremony
on Thursday. The event
will take place at 7 p.m. in the NAU School of
Communication (Building
16), Room 119. Award recipients will
share their journalism
experiences and
reflections with the audience.
UA third
among state universities in spring enrollment growth
The Arizona Republic - Tucson Citizen April 17, 2008, 18:13
pm
Spring enrollment at all three state universities increased slightly over last
year. Enrollment is up 3 percent, to
114,645, in the state university system, which includes Arizona State
University, University of Arizona and
Northern Arizona University.
Flash mobs at
UA less than epic
Tucson Citizen April 16, 2008, 22:06 pm
Stunts by groups of students still draw attention Published: 04.17.2008 It was a
flash, but it wasn't much of a
mob. About 20 University of Arizona students tried to keep the campus's
fledgling flash mob movement going
Wednesday when they did a freeze-frame flash in the center of the Memorial Union
food court. It was the third
flash mob at UA in two weeks. A flash mob is an event in which a group of
people, having been given
instructions in advance, converge upon a place, do something odd, then leave as
if nothing unusual had
happened.
Crow: State should act like a country
The Business Journal Phoenix April 18, 2008, 05:17 am
Arizona State University President Michael Crow says the key to building Phoenix
up in a global market-place
requires a major shift in mind-set. He wants business executives and
policymakers to think of the region as a
national market instead of a city.
ABC News on Campus coming to ASU
The Business Journal Phoenix April 16, 2008, 21:15 pm
ABC News on Campus is coming Arizona State University in Tempe this fall. The
ASU Cronkite School is
one of five schools selected to launch the venture creating campus news bureaus.
Four employees will be
hired to staff the operation. The first will be a news bureau chief, who will
run the office under the supervision
of an ASU faculty member.
Petitioners rally to save teachers, child center
ASU Web Devil April 17, 2008, 20:05 pm
About 20 petitioners came together in front of ASU West's Fletcher Library
Wednesday to lobby on behalf
of two campaigns. Parents, teachers and students collected signatures at ASU
West to gain support for
their efforts to keep teachers who are being laid off and to save the preschool.
The Child Development
Center, which serves as the preschool for children on campus, is closing at the
end of the semester after
providing preliminary education to children for 17 years.
Fashioning the look of American Indians' past, present
ASU Web Devil April 17, 2008, 20:04 pm
For Navajo student Shayne Watson, fashion design isn't just an outlet for his
creativity; it's a way to explore
his culture. The art education senior's designs were featured on Hayden Lawn
Wednesday afternoon as
part of Culture Week, presented by ASU's American Indian Council. Council groups
put together events for
each day this week to celebrate different aspects of American Indian culture,
culminating in a traditional
pow-wow Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the ASU Band Practice Field on East 6th
Street and South Rural
Road. Alpha Pi Omega the only American Indian sorority on campus sponsored
the fashion show.
American Indian sorority recruits downtown for first time
ASU Web Devil April 17, 2008, 20:04 pm
Alpha Pi Omega Inc., the first Native American Greek organization on the ASU
campus, is recruiting new
members for the first time on the Downtown campus. "Last fall, we only recruited
on the main campus,"
Greyeyes said. "But this past spring semester I [received] e-mails from Native
American women
asking
us to come to their campuses to recruit." Sorority President Deidre Greyeyes, a
Navajo of the Water Clan,
explained that Native Americans graduate from small high schools on their
reservations to attend large "
colleges and universities with immense student populations that outnumber Native
Americans by the
thousands."
Faculty take home prestigious honors
UA Daily Wildcat Online - April 17, 2008
Cash prizes, salary boosts, medallions among perks
Faculty members were honored for their achievements at the annual Awards of
Distinction Ceremony,
which took
place last night in the Student Union Memorial
Center Grand Ballroom. "It's
important to take
a night off to recognize
the excellence
and celebrate the accomplishments of the UA faculty," said Eugene
Sander, executive
vice
president and provost and master of ceremonies.
Study finds one in five US college students are un-covered
ASU Web Devil - April 17, 2008
Efren Martinez considers himself lucky. No more family remedies, no more
avoiding doctor
visits and no
more
expensive dental procedures. After six years without health insurance,
the ASU
electrical engineering
freshman is
finally covered. "It feels good just paying like 20
bucks at a doctor's office,"
he said. "I don't have
to stay sick."But according to a new study,
one in five of Martinez's peers isn't so lucky:
they have to choose
between staying
sick and
avoiding the doctor or paying steep prices for health care.
Assurance to fund 500 in fall
UA Daily Wildcat Online - April 17, 2008
Five-hundred. $42,000. These are now the key numbers for Arizona Assurance, a
program to debut this fall
that will
pay for the full cost of students' tuition, fees, housing
and books provided
their house-hold reaps no
more than a set
annual income. Five-hundred students will receive these benefits over four
years, up from
the 400 that
university
officials anticipated when the program was announced in November.
Dome
still without a home
ASU Web Devil April 17, 2008, 01:12 am
A former Tempe landmark that was displaced last year is still homeless, and
plans for its future are up in the
air. University officials looking for a new home for the gold-domed roof of the
former Visitor Information Center
at the University have begun eyeing the new Vista Del Sol residential community
currently under construction.
The University preserved the dome after the building, formerly at Rural Road and
Apache Boulevard, was
demolished in February 2007, despite the protests of community members and
historic preservationists.
Valley business leader talks to Poly students
ASU Web Devil - April 16, 2008
Mark Coats, a chief software engineer for Scottsdale-based General Dynamics, is
the latest
industry leader to
present his work to ASU students as part of the Advanced Technology and
Innovation Center's colloquium
series.
Over lunch on Monday afternoon, about 50 students
gathered to hear what someone
who has been a
software
engineer for NASA could tell them
about working in the programming industry. The
event was part of
a series of
seminars supported by the Entrepreneurship at ASU Initiative and the
Polytechnic's Advanced
Technology and Innovation Center (ATIC).
Senate: Cuts for universities
Arizona Daily Wildcat April 18, 2008, 02:02 am
PHOENIX - The state Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed a bill that
cuts more than $26 million
from the state's three universities for the upcoming fiscal year - with cuts of
more than $5..25 million to the UA.
The bill, which proposes more than $311 million in cuts, would also cut $875,000
from the Arizona Board of
Regents. It would also require certain funds, such as the special education fund
and the Board of Cosmetology
fund, to transfer money to the state.
Shelton pushes stimulus package
Arizona Daily Wildcat April 16, 2008, 09:54 am
$1.4B proposal would add science building, upgrade Centennial
President Robert Shelton PHOENIX - An economic stimulus plan proposed by the
state's three university
presidents is gaining steam as Southern Arizona business organizations profess
support, but some believe
the plan is far-fetched given the state's budget deficit of more than $1
billion. The Stimulus Plan for Economic
and Educational Development would allow the three universities to sell more than
$1.4 billion in bonds for
new buildings for science and technology, and also to make repairs to existing
buildings at the UA, Northern
Arizona University and Arizona State University.
Legislation Would Prohibit "Un-American" Teaching in AZ Public Schools
KFYI April 17, 2008, 19:28 pm
Under the proposal, groups like the Black Business Students Association at ASU
would be forbidden from
operating on campus. A legislative panel has approved a proposal that would bar
Arizona public schools
from teaching anything counter to democracy or Western civilization. A
legislative panel has approved a proposal
that would bar Arizona public schools from teaching anything counter to
democracy or Western civilization. The
bill also would prohibit college students from forming groups based wholly or
partly on the race of their members.