Posts Tagged ‘Arizona State University’
UA falls from #27 to #116 in national ranking »
As much as the UA's public relations team may attempt to paint a flattering picture of how the UA ranks in national publications, a direct comparison of the rankings and how they've changed over the last few years reveals a less than brag-worthy picture: As is clear from this graph, the perceived quality of the UA has rapidly decreased in [...]
UA Ranks in Top 50 State Schools by Salary Potential »
The University of Arizona is 42nd on Payscale’s list of the Top State Universities by Salary Potential. According to Payscale, the median starting income for the University of Arizona is $46,300 per year, with a mid-career median pay of $84,700. The rankings are based on incomes reported by graduates of each college who did not go on to [...]
PIRG fee defeated on all four ASU campuses. »
Neither the State Press nor the student government website has anything up yet, but GPSA President Justin Boren delivers the good news: I wanted to give you an update from ASU -- PIRG has failed to garner the student support through their initiative at all ASU locations. Some initial vote tallies: Tempe: No - 3500 - 56.36 Yes [...]
ASU voting on PIRG fee »
For reasons (mostly) school-related, things will be fairly quiet from our end this week; however, it's worth mentioning that ASU students will be voting on a $3-per-year PIRG fee in their student government elections today and tomorrow. The State Press opinions board does a nice job pushing against the fee in its omnibus elections editorial: Now, [...]
Psychovangelist movement is alive and well in Tempe »
Seriously, this site has no intention of covering That School on a regular basis. However, this email from Sen. Chuck Conley (University College), regarding the proposed tobacco ban, is simply too good to pass up (everything is sic): Sorry! I will be voting for the right to not inhale the nasty; smoke, chemicals, and poisions that are being put [...]
Student apparatchiks seek to ban tobacco at ASU »
Move to Trash Since this is proudly a UA-centric site, it covers any news from the School Up North sparingly and accidently. So we've only just learned that an ASU student group is working to implement not just a ban on smoking, but a ban on the use of any tobacco products. The best article on the matter comes from the East Valley Tribune, [...]
PIRG shenanigans in Tempe »
This should sound very, very familiar to UA students: Undergraduate Student Government President Brendan O’Kelly vetoed a bill Thursday that would have authorized a student vote on a fee to support Arizona Public Interest Research Group. The bill was an attempt to set the language for a referendum establishing a $1.50 fee per student, per [...]
Regent supports more focus on three-year degrees? »
Lamar Alexander, one of the few U.S. Senators with a modicum of respectability, penned an op-ed in Newsweek advocating for greater use of three-year degree programs: Just as a hybrid car is not for every driver, a three-year degree is not for every student. Expanding the three-year option or year-round schedules may be difficult, but it may [...]
ASU prof wins economics honor »
You thought giving the peace prize to a sitting commander-in-chief was bad? Wait until you hear the winner of the non-Nobel in economics - it's a Sun Devil! Arizona State University Research Professor Elinor Ostrom has won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, a prize she shares with Oliver E. Williamson of the University of [...]
Every time you drink a beer, Wilbur Wildcat kills a »
Hide your women and children - the Visigoths 'party school' label is here! That, at least, the undercurrent of this Star Republic piece, which deems that the UA has descended into that bacchanalian circle of hell, replacing ASU as the biggest party school in the state. The evidence for this claim? Playboy magazine's May issue named UA No. 5 in [...]
Devil’s Weed »
Just when you thought ASU couldn't get any more evil, their International Institute for Species Exploration discovers something like this: Name: Coffea charrieriana Common Name: Charrier Coffee Family: Rubiaceae How it made the Top 10: This is a new caffeine-free coffee from Cameroon, the first record of a caffeine-free species from Central [...]
ASU – where "habeus corpus" is a »
So Jon Stewart may have called turned your school into a punchline. But cheer up, ASU - you were just named the number one partying law school in the country (HT: Brown & Little)! James E. Rogers can't be too miffed, though - the UA was close behind at the number 4 spot. While party rankings are fun and meaningless, this one is somewhat useful [...]