Hackers compromise Cronkite School website

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The Walter Cronkite School’s website was compromised late Tuesday evening, which resulted in the site being down for about an hour, the dean of the school said. Read story

Vasquez to decline third-party review

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President and vice-president-elects Christian Vasquez and Jessica Abercrombie said they will not allow a supreme court from any of ASU’s other student governments to review the disqualification of freshmen Andres Cano and Vaughn Hillyard, in an e-mail Wednesday evening. Read story

Cronkite School event hosts Mayor Gordon, Bahraini business representatives

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and a top public agency executive from Bahrain spoke at the Walter Cronkite School to about 150 Phoenix businesspeople and 29 Bahraini government and business representatives Tuesday morning. Read story

Downtown businesses using social media to reach ASU students

Vitamin T, a new Mexican restaurant located at CityScape, is one of the few downtown Phoenix businesses using social media to market itself and reach ASU students and will be launching a social media campaign this week. Read story

Nursing building evacuated due to reports of smoke

People were evacuated from the Nursing and Health Innovation I building after smoke was found on the third floor around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Phoenix Fire Department said. Read story

Startup Weekend Phoenix draws Valley innovators

Seventy-five students, businesspeople, developers and all other kinds of entrepreneurs and innovators will gather on Friday in downtown Phoenix and work for 54 hours straight to develop new startup companies. Read story

Cronkite School embraces international journalism

The Walter Cronkite School has recently begun increasing its efforts to expand its reach internationally by bringing in foreign journalists, creating trips to other countries and forming relationships with journalism schools around the globe. Read story

ASU discusses expansion of Downtown campus housing

With the possibility of Taylor Place reaching full capacity next year, ASU has begun discussions of building a second dormitory on the Downtown campus for upperclassmen and graduate students, a University housing official said. Read story

ASASUD approves one senator, rejects two

The ASASUD Senate approved one senator but rejected two other candidates at a special session on Friday because of questions over how well the positions were publicized. Read story

The changing face of downtown Phoenix

With the development of the remaining retail space on the first floor of Taylor Place, the addition of CityScape and various other changes throughout downtown Phoenix, new restaurants and other businesses will begin offering their services to students downtown. Read story