Established registered dietitian speaks about nutritional careers with nutrition students

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ASU alumna and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics presidential candidate Dr. Glenna McCollum-Cloud discussed the role of nutrition with health care reform, finding your career passion and the growing concern of student career possibilities after graduation with the ASU Student Nutrition Council on Thursday. Read story

Slide show: 6th annual Phoenix Idiotarod race

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Wearing everything from fake nun habits to body-sized beer-pong cups, more than 200 people took to the streets for a part of this year’s Idiotarod — a cross between the famed Iditarod sled-dog race and drunken revelry that lands more closely to the latter. Read story

Protesters rally against possibility of war with Iran

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More than 50 protesters marched through downtown Phoenix Saturday in opposition to U.S. sanctions against Iran and the looming possibility of war with the Middle Eastern nation. Read story

ASU restores access to petition website change.org

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ASU restored Internet access to petition website change.org following claims of censorship and First Amendment violations late Friday or early Saturday. Read story

Local BMX bike shop celebrates grand opening

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Local cyclists and friends joined owner Palmer Martines for the grand opening of PHX Bike’s new location at 130 N. Central Avenue Friday. Read story

Student government freezes funding allocations due to accounting issues

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The Downtown campus Senate froze all funding allocations in a precautionary measure at Friday’s meeting after a week of widely ranging estimation of how much money student government had for the rest of the semester. Read story

Teenager follows passion, inspires others by feeding local homeless

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Every Sunday at 5 p.m. a group of students, teachers and administers gathers at the Margaret T. Hance Park, take blue plastic buckets filled with bagged meals and split into groups. Each walks from McDowell Road to Jefferson Street passing out meals to the homeless. Read story

Officials say spam emails caused ASU to block access to petition site

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ASU officials cite unsolicited spam emails as the reason for prohibiting users to access the petition website change.org on the ASU network. Read story

ASU students, staff discuss ways to include LGBTQ students in campus, community

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LGBTQA Experiences brought together students and faculty to discuss making the campus community more welcoming at yesterday’s dialogue in the Mercado building. Read story

Oil executive urges use of alternative fuel at business-school luncheon

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ASU alumnus and Shell Oil Company vice president forecasted oil needs for the future population of nine billion people in 2050 at the W.P. Carey School of Business’s Economic Club of Phoenix monthly luncheon at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown yesterday morning. Read story