Overflow at Grand Canyon University campus leads some students to live in Roosevelt Point
Due to overbooking of students at their on-campus housing, nearly 200 Grand Canyon University students live at the Roosevelt Point Apartments in downtown Phoenix. The off-campus students face a 14-mile round trip commute and pay up to twice as much in rent.
The ASU ‘Banksy’: Frustration leads student to paint mysterious artwork in dormitory stairwell
ASU freshman Audra Mansager wanted to express the frustration she was feeling at the time. She went to her dorm's stairwell and used red and black acrylics to paint a nude body inside a box, the words "Stick With What You Know" written underneath.
A Tailored Place: Vox Curvy Couture’s first clothing swap event laid-back and charming
A Tailored Place columnist Savanah Yaghsezian visited thrift shop Vox Curvy Couture's first Sip 'n' Swap event, where customers could bring in their clothing and swap for other donated pieces. All items that were left over were or will be donated to charity.
Curtain Critic: Sexy science-fiction show marries nerd culture and burlesque
Scandalesque's sci-fi burlesque referenced “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Marvel and D.C. superheroes and villains, “The Fifth Element,” “The Matrix,” “Star Trek” and “Star Wars.”
Local teacher, artist and performer Myrlin Hepworth values compassion and humanity
The kinds of communities Myrlin Hepworth spends time in include this one: graffiti artists live-painting at the corners of the Phoenix Center for the Arts stage, a crowd clustered around a circle of young and vibrant people doing dance battles, a taco stand set up in the back of the room.