Slide show: Mardi Gras festival

The Downtown Phoenix Mardi Gras Parade, Festival and Mardi Crawl snaked through downtown Friday night with floats, live music, fire dancers, pirates, Cajun food and craft vendors. The parade began at CityScape and followed a two-mile route around the area.

ASASUD approves senator candidate, refuses another

Only one of the two students who appeared before the ASASUD Senate Friday was appointed to become a senator. Leslie Sims was approved as the new senator for the Cronkite School, while Albina Hidic was not approved for the senator position for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

Student group hosts summit to raise awareness of women’s issues

The Female Contemporary Issues Summit, hosted by Women as Hero, drew women of all ages through the doors of the A.E. England building Friday to learn and discuss the issues that their gender still faces today.

Slide show: First Fridays 3/4/11

First Fridays March 4, 2011

Arcade boutique geared toward students opens on First Fridays

Featuring a mix of arcade games, local art, “chiptunes” and boutique items, Weston Henry's new venture, Cade, opens March 4 for First Fridays in downtown Phoenix. Six or seven arcade games line one wall of the small storefront on North Fourth and East McKinley streets. Art hangs on the walls, and the rest of the boutique is filled with t-shirts and other local products.