Education

ASU alumni and Peritoneum designers Kyle Fiano and Courtney Larsen will spend a month in eastern Europe this summer to study Spomeniks, a form of public art designed to commemorate historic events.

Urban Choices hosted conversations with City Council candidates from Districts 4 and 8 in on Wednesday and Thursday. The candidates discussed a variety of issues, proposed to the candidates by members of the community and Urban Choices.

Arizona State University is taking a “soft approach” of community enforcement against the use of tobacco on campus and secondhand smoke. The ban, effective Aug. 1, will use community enforcement rather than police enforcement.

ASU alumnus Ian Danley received an award last week from the White House honoring him as a “Champion of Change.”

The Health and Wellness Entrepreneurs Club is looking to introduce students of all majors to the idea of creating a business or nonprofit that specializes in promoting healthy lifestyles.

The First Amendment Free Food Festival, put on by the ASU Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Monday, set out to have students think of the basic constitutional rights many take for granted.

Representing the voices of the Latino culture nationwide, the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan for Latinas magazine spoke and answered questions Tuesday with students of the Walter Cronkite School after presenting a special viewing of a new HBO documentary series.

A student panel spoke at the April 22 Must See Mondays about their depth reporting experiences to Canada and Puerto Rico as part of a Cronkite School course.

ASU officials have created a voting system to give campus organizations a say in choosing the redesign of the Sparky mascot. The voting process was a result of significant backlash against the original Disney-designed Sun Devil.

Journalism senior Danielle Chavez won the first Aspire Award sponsored by Scott Pansky Wednesday. Dr. Glen Broom, public relations expert and textbook writer, presented the award.