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A Tailored Place: Meet our new columnists

Meet the new fashion columnists for the Downtown Devil this semester, Savanah Yaghsezian and Libby Allnatt. Both freshmen journalism majors at ASU, they are new to the downtown Phoenix area and can’t wait to start exploring all the shops, events and hot spots around them.

Devilishly Healthy: Avocado, the gateway vegetable to a healthier and more diverse diet

Avocado serves as a great catalyst to the increase in veggies. Not only does it have a mild taste that pretty much takes the flavor of whatever you put it in, it also has countless health benefits that beat out many other veggies.

Roosevelt Row businesses fundraise for art theft victim at First Friday

Roosevelt Row businesses are raising money to offset the cost of stolen paintings valued at $50,000.

USGD introduces Sun Devil Safety Trolley connecting ASU parking lots to Taylor Place

In an effort to enhance safety around ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus, the Undergraduate Student Government Downtown approved the addition of the Sun Devil Safety...

Devil’s Advocate: A space to share our passions and stories in downtown Phoenix

As blogs transition onto the front page of the Downtown Devil, the publication introduces a new column: Devil's Advocate. Follow for reporter's and editor's thoughts on life in downtown Phoenix.

Film in production will portray ’50s Phoenician gambler and restaurant owner Jack Durant

"Durant's Never Closes" is in production at a sound stage that models the restaurant Durant's, which is located at Central and Virginia avenues. The movie will star Tom Sizemore of "Saving Private Ryan."

Cronkite School and Poynter Institute partner on program to train adjunct faculty members

Adjunct faculty at universities nationwide are not often prepared to transition into teaching in the classroom. The Cronkite School and Poynter Institute are launching a certificate program to train such faculty.

Focus. Flash. Phoenix: Dutch hallway

I’ll be honest, when I agreed to take a photo with a “dutch tilt," I had no idea what I would be getting into. Little did I know how simple the effect was. All you have to do is take a photo at a 45-degree angle, and there you are.

ASU sexual consent advocacy group hosts dinner and dialogue as part of Consent Week

In an attempt to broaden its reach from ASU in Tempe to the Downtown Phoenix campus, sexual consent advocacy group I Always Get Consent is hosting Consent Week, which included a dinner Wednesday evening.

Light Rail Confidential Case File 24: The giddy woman and a drunken plea

Another year back at school means another year of riding the light rail while avoiding eye contact and skimping on the “ticket” part of the journey. But the new-semester bliss took a turn last Wednesday night, while three friends and I were returning from a baseball game.