Alternative ways to get ahead in college

Alexi Saarela figures he saved himself one semester and over $10,000 when he took a two-hour test back in high school. The CLEP — College Level Examination Program — test, administered during his senior year at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson, gave him 16 college credits; that’s one full-time semester down. When he enrolled…

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Campus police preparing for Halloween

Arizona State University is pulling out extra police patrols this week to keep up with the busy “Halloweek” parties on their campus. On the University of Arizona campus, UAPD police will beef up its presence near dorms, fraternities and housing complexes close to campus, said UAPD Crime Prevention Officer Joe Bermudez. But the number of…

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Odd polling locations

Neighborhood churches, school gymnasiums, fire stations and other public buildings normally come to mind as places where people cast their votes. But come Nov. 4, some voters in Sierra Vista will cast ballots in a gym. Voters in Window Rock on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona will vote at a museum. It’s an untraditional…

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