Arizona State University’s athletic department is much more flush, now that president Michael Crow’s proposal to bring in an additional $10 million in funding from student fees has been approved during the Arizona Board of Regents Meeting. Crow proposed every A.S.U. student pay a mandatory $150 athletics fee each year, regardless if the student goes…
It’s more than 1,500 miles from the dog track in Tucson to the horse track in Louisville where the Kentucky Derby glamour was on full display last weekend. And that is a world apart. There are no silk suits and fancy ladies hats the size of manhole covers here. Instead, an old man wearing a…
The U.S. Education Department today released a list of 55 colleges and universities under investigation for sexual violence issues under Title IX, the law against sexual discrimination at educational institutions. Arizona State University is on the list, along with a wide range of institutions such as Harvard College and Harvard University Law School, the University of…
The medicinal marijuana business is booming, and new questions are arising about the wide accessibility and growth in the number of dispensaries in Arizona. There also are questions about the overall health risks of marijuana use, not to mention the relative ease with which medical marijuana can be obtained. But there is another little-discussed issue…
The Arizona Legislature closed out the session as Wednesday night turned to Thursday morning, after scrambling to get the final bills passed throughout the day. In the morning, a bill that would regulate ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft was submitted to the governor on a final roll-call vote in the House. The bill received…
