Planned $15 million animal research facility draws controversy
Plans have been set in motion to build a $15 million animal research facility in downtown Phoenix’s medical campus that has drawn criticism from animal rights activists at ASU.
Downtown Dining: Carolina’s Mexican Food
Carolina’s Mexican Food is tucked within the cracked walls and barred windows of a building at the corner of East Mohave and South 12th streets. A walk through the door reveals a similarly sobering scene: two large rooms with concrete floors (one for people waiting for carry-out and another for eating) furnished with a few cheap booths and tables. But inside the kitchen of this arcane establishment there is a little bit of magic.
Audio slide show: Black History Month
A variety of musicians and artists supported downtown Phoenix’s black community in a celebration for Black History Month at the Civic Space Park. The event, which lasted from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday Feb. 5, featured a group playing the djembe drums, a pair of rappers and a ten-man jazz band.
Senate rejects facilities fee again
The ASASUD Senate voted down the proposed facilities fee 6 to 3 at its biweekly meeting Friday, which is the second time the Downtown campus student government has rejected a version of the fee this year.
Opinion: The pros in paying up
It is the dawn of a new era, one where floundering online news sources have begun to charge readers for Web content just to keep some of the nation’s most historic papers from going under.