Higher Learning

ASU Calls for a Vote on Sparky's Look, in Place of the New Sex-Offender Buzz Lightyear Design

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 19 2013 at 2:34 PM
Categories: Higher Learning
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Is this a university mascot, or a guy who exposes himself to children in dark alleys?
Believe it or not, the new version of Arizona State University's Sparky mascot, which looks like Buzz Lightyear -- if Buzz Lightyear looked like a registered sex offender with horns -- didn't go over too well with students and fans.

Now, the University says it will allow the students and fans to vote on a different design, even though the new one was just unveiled less than three weeks ago.

See also:
-ASU's Sparky Mascot Gets a (Pretty Scary) Facelift from Disney


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Election 2012

Attention ASU President Michael Crow: Get a Load of This Picture of Vernon Parker

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Oct. 31 2012 at 8:14 AM
Categories: Election 2012, Higher Learning
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Sun Devil sin, Parker.

Attention Arizona State University President Michael Crow: You may have gotten a letter from Republican Congressional Candidate Vernon Parker, bashing his opponent Kyrsten Sinema for calling ASU a "party school."

Did Parker write that letter in his University of Southern California shirt?

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-Vernon Parker Tattles on Kyrsten Sinema to ASU President for "Party School" Reference

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Higher Learning

UA Library: Not the Ideal Place to Pull a Knife on Random People

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Oct. 25 2012 at 6:30 AM
Categories: Higher Learning
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This guy, with the knife, in the library.


For some reason, the guy being carried by police officers in the photo above was walking around the University of Arizona's library with a knife yesterday.

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Party On

Arizona State University's Party-School Reputation Apparently Dead at Age 25

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Aug. 21 2012 at 11:01 AM
Categories: Higher Learning, Party On
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Perfect decor for the ASU campus.
After a 25-year run as one of the nation's top party schools, Arizona State University's party-school reputation is likely dead in the eyes of national party-analysts.

Just a week after Newsweek gave ASU one of the school's lowest party rankings of all-time at 24th in the nation, the just-released Princeton Review rankings don't even rank Brigham Young Arizona State.

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ASU Continues Depressing Showings in Party School Rankings: Newsweek Says 24th

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Aug. 13 2012 at 7:25 AM
Categories: Higher Learning, Party On
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In 2002, Arizona State University was named Playboy's top party school in the nation, dethroning Chico State -- which held the top spot in the nation for 15 years after becoming the first party school crowned by Playboy.

ASU's reign among the party schools ended in 2006, when it dropped to third in Playboy's ranking, and it's never reached the top since.

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Legislature Confirms Jay Heiler's Appointment to Board of Regents -- and AZ Dems Are Pissed

By James King Tue., Feb. 7 2012 at 9:32 AM
Categories: Higher Learning
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Jay Heiler is the newest member of the Arizona Board of Regents -- and Democrats aren't happy about it.
​The Arizona Legislature yesterday confirmed Governor Jan Brewer's appointment of Valley PR honcho/charter school advocate Jay Heiler to the Arizona Board of Regents to replace outgoing ABOR Chairman Fred DuVal -- and Arizona Democrats aren't happy about it.

"Arizona's universities serve as an economic engine for our state," Arizona Democratic Party Executive Director Luis Heredia says. "Rather than select someone qualified to lead our universities on the Arizona Board of Regents, Governor Brewer and the Tea Party Republicans have done the opposite by selecting lobbyist Jay Heiler."

Dems are in a huff over Heiler's "questionable past" -- which, they say, includes referring to homosexuals as "queers," and an "aberration."

In their criticism of Heiler's appointment, Dems reference a 1993 New Times article about Heiler's rise from the newsroom at Arizona State University's State Press newspaper to becoming a powerful Arizona politico.


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Tempe Ranked Second-Worst College Town in America (By Online Education Peddlers)

By James King Fri., Jan. 6 2012 at 10:22 AM
Categories: Education, Higher Learning
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At least the scenery's nice...
​According to a new survey, Tempe, the home of Arizona State University's largest campus, is the second-worst college town in America -- worse even than places like Waco, Texas, Ruston, Louisiana, and Poughkeepsie, New York.

However, the survey was conducted by a group urging people to get an online education, rather than a traditional, booze-filled campus experience.

In its list of the worst college towns in the country, the website AccreditedOnlineColleges explains that "these college campuses are so bad that they might even convince you to apply to an online college or visit universities in larger, urban centers."

Regardless of the survey's apparent agenda, below is what it had to say about Sun Devil-ville:

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Community Colleges Considering Adding Transgendered to List of Protected Groups

By James King Mon., Sep. 26 2011 at 12:25 PM
Categories: Higher Learning
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​The Maricopa County Community College District board is considering adding transgendered people to its list of groups protected from harassment.

Arizona State University and the University of Arizona have included transgendered people in their anti-discrimination policies for years.

Currently, the community colleges recognize things like race, religion, and sexual orientation in their anti-discrimination policies. People who are transgendered are not included on the list.

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Jan Brewer Appoints Jay Heiler to Board of Regents. Dems Not Happy

By James King Thu., Sep. 15 2011 at 9:27 AM
Categories: Higher Learning
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Jay Heiler, the most recent addition to the Arizona Board of Regents.
​Governor Jan Brewer announced yesterday that she's appointed Valley PR honcho/charter school advocate Jay Heiler to the Arizona Board of Regents to replace outgoing ABOR Chairman Fred DuVal.

Heiler's education background includes work with the Great Hearts Academies, a network of charter prep schools in Phoenix, and he serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Charter Schools Association.

See some of New Times' past coverage of Heiler here and here -- it's not pretty.



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Watch ASU Students Chase Daniel Tosh Like He's Michael Jackson on a European Concert Tour *VIDEO*

By James King Wed., Sep. 14 2011 at 7:30 AM
Categories: Higher Learning
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Tosh is in town...
​Daniel Tosh is apparently in town to film an episode of his show, Tosh.0, after Arizona State University won his College Campus Invasion challenge -- despite having never entered the contest.

Since March, Tosh has been looking for the school with "the hottest cheerleaders or the best parties or the hottest cheerleaders." The most appropriate university won a live taping of Tosh's show at their school.

ASU, apparently, fit the bill.

Tosh already has been spotted at Casey Moore's Oyster House in Tempe, and was recently chased through a field on ASU's Tempe campus by dozens of star-struck Sun Devils.

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