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Lobby Day participants from across Arizona bring education issues to Capitol

University students from across Arizona were given an opportunity to lobby state representatives about issues impacting higher education Monday at the Arizona Students’ Association’s 35th annual Lobby Day.

Established registered dietitian speaks about nutritional careers with nutrition students

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.

Slide show: 6th annual Phoenix Idiotarod race

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.

Protesters rally against possibility of war with Iran

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.

ASU restores access to petition website change.org

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

Local BMX bike shop celebrates grand opening

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

Student government freezes funding allocations due to accounting issues

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.

Teenager follows passion, inspires others by feeding local homeless

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.

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

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