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Week in Review: Nov. 16-22
November 23, 2009
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Chelsie Hancock, a senior psychology and Spanish major, enjoys a bowl of tomato soup at the Hungry Bowls event. Participants purchased a bowl and received free soup to go in it. All of the money raised helps fight hunger in the Valley during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week at ASU.Photographer: Tom Story -
Disney, a young Labrador retriever and the newest member of ASU’s Police Department, has her badge pinned on by detective Parker Dunwoody following an oath of office administration by Chief John Pickens (right). Read more: http://asunews.asu.edu/20091007_canine.Photographer: Tom Story -
A marathon of 14 college basketball games on Nov. 18 – spread over 23 consecutive hours – helped kick off the 2008-09 college basketball season on ESPN. Because of the late evening tip-off for the ASU-Texas State game, Sun Devils coach Herb Sendek asked that students show up in pajamas. Standing front and center in the student section, five students wore their jammies to cheer on the team. From left to right: Nikki Bonderud, freshman communications major; Andy White, junior business management major; Kevin Boyle, junior secondary education major; Connor White, junior elementary education major and Caitlin Fader, junior marketing major.Photographer: Tom Story -
Eric Boateng set career highs with 21 points and 12 rebounds to send Arizona State to the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off tournament with a 52-49 victory over Texas Christian University.Photographer: Tom Story -
Ty Abbott made a floater in the lane with 21.7 seconds remaining overcame an eight-point deficit in the final 3:53 to advance to a game against Duke on Nov. 25 in New York City.Photographer: Tom Story -
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz, an award-winning artist and Guggenheim Fellow whose work has appeared in more than 350 galleries and museums around the world, spoke to students at ASU's Polytechnic campus. He is the author of 16 books, including “Cape Light,” considered a classic work of color photography and is visiting ASU to deliver the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture as part of the Barrett Honors College program.Photographer: Tom Story -
Rachel Jake, a sophomore geological science major, helps build the "Castle of Cans" food drive as ASU staff from the Graduate College deliver their donation. The Graduate College and Hispanic Studies staff had a friendly competition to donate food with the Graduate College prevailing. Sandy Braun (left rear) and Peggy Reid (right rear) from the Graduate College unload the food items. Circle K International was holding the food drive as part of the Hunger Awareness Week at ASU and all of the donations benefit St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix.Photographer: Tom Story -
Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News,” met with Cronkite School students prior to an event where Williams received this year’s Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. While Williams was in town to receive the award, the NBC Nightly News was broadcast from the roof of the Cronkite School Nov. 17. Read more about Williams’ Cronkite Award: http://asunews.asu.edu/20091120_award. Read more about the NBC News broadcast: http://asunews.asu.edu/20091117_williamslive.Photographer: Tom Story -
Jewelry, paintings, ceramics, photographs and many more creations by ASU faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees filled Hayden Lawn as The Devils’ Workshop Artfest opened in time for holiday shopping. Nicole Feeney of Boston checks out ornaments by Sandra Luehrsen. Feeney was in town visiting Allison Page (right), also from Boston, who now lives in Arizona.Photographer: Tom Story -
Students head to class passing the signs on the newly completed Backus Mall. The mall is named for the founding provost of ASU’s Polytechnic campus, and connects the new academic complex with the Student Union.Photographer: Tim Trumble -
Charles Backus, the founding provost of what was then ASU East and is now ASU’s Polytechnic campus, addresses the attendees during a dedication ceremony.Photographer: Tim Trumble -
Rihards Kuksiks (30) had career highs with 27 points, seven 3-point baskets and eight assists as Arizona State set a school record with 18 3-pointers in a 104-65 victory over the University of San Francisco.Photographer: Tom Story -
Freshman Trent Lockett (24) scored a career-high 19 points, including this slam dunk, as the Sun Devils tuned up for its meeting against No. 9 Duke in the semifinals of the preseason NIT Nov. 25 in New York.Photographer: Tom Story -
Jamie De La Cruz, professional flight program major, loads material into a bag held by his brother, Justo De La Cruz, bioengineering major. Baghera Hewlett (right), professional flight major, also joined more than 50 students who participated in the 2nd Annual Community Clean Up, which took place Nov. 21 at Tempe's Evelyn Hallman Park. Many student groups and Greek organizations showed up to lend a hand.
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Week in Review: Nov. 9-15
November 16, 2009
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It’s tip off time as both women’s and men’s basketball began their seasons.Photographer: Tom Story -
Jarren Shipp drives past a Western Illinois defender on his way to the basket. Shipp contributed 8 points as the Sun Devils beat the Leathernecks 87-35 in the season opener.Photographer: Tom Story -
Freshman guard Deja Mann goes up for a basket against the Jack Rabbits of South Dakota State. The women’s basketball team won their opener 73-64.Photographer: Tom Story -
It was cheers and excitement at the announcement that the Arizona State women’s soccer team was heading to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. The team traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to take on the Badgers but saw its season come to an end when it fell to Wisconsin in a penalty kick shootout (4-3) after neither team could break a 1-1 tie in 20 minutes of overtime.Photographer: Steve Rodriguez -
Bernadette Melnyk, dean of the College of Nursing & Health Innovation, chats with attendees following the dedication ceremony for the college’s new building on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.Photographer: Suzanne Starr -
Ron Newkirk photographs ASU President Michael Crow on the mall at ASU’s Tempe campus. Crow has been named by Time magazine as one of the top U.S. university presidents to watch in its Nov. 23, 2009 issue. Read more: http://asunews.asu.edu/20091112_crow_timemagazinePhotographer: Tom Story -
Brian McCollow, a junior in ASU’s School of Sustainability, chats with Jim Millish of Purdue University at ASU’s booth at the Greenbuild Expo. The booth featured “power plants” designed and built by ASU students. The 8-foot trees were topped by a solar panel that generates electricity, an I.V. drip bag filled with a liquid nutrient to feed an aloe plant and an LCD monitor that touted ASU’s sustainability projects.Photographer: Tom Story -
Erika Montgomery and Mark Maxwell from UC Merced check out the sustainable doghouse designs created by architecture and landscape architecture students from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. The students teamed up with PetSmart to create a prototype doghouse that better suits your pooch’s needs while being earth-friendly, as well. Read more: http://asunews.asu.edu/20091016_sustainabledoghousePhotographer: Tom Story -
ASU professor Nan Ellin addresses attendees of the Greenbuild conference at a session titled "Canalscape and the New Downtown Phoenix Park."Photographer: Tom Story -
Ken McCown, associate professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, begins the presentation called “Sustainable Urbanism and Design Research and Practice” at ASU’s Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory, which hosted attendees of the Greenbuild Expo.Photographer: Tom Story -
Edgar Farrera of San Antonio, Texas, photographs the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology building during a tour of ASU’s Tempe campus for attendees of the Greenbuild Expo.Photographer: Tom Story -
Hugh Dawahoya, nursing student and “Mr. Indian ASU,” performs the grass dance, to the accompaniment of the Preyin’ Eagles drum group during the 2009 Native American Day on the Tempe campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Noted author Janet Browne spoke during Darwinfest at ASU, a yearlong celebration of Darwin‘s 200th birthday and commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Browne has penned two biographies on Charles Darwin and is the Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.Photographer: Tom Story
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Week in Review: Nov. 2-8
November 09, 2009
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An ancient and lasting tradition in Mexico, Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” occurs every Nov. 2, when the faithful honor forebears, family members and close friends who have deceased. Maria Moreno combined that tradition with Halloween in her skull makeup to participate in ASU’s Homecoming Parade, as she marched with the Hispanic Mother Daughters group.Photographer: Laura Segall -
Visitors make their way up the steps of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change to the Museum of Anthropology Oct. 29, to attend the opening reception of the museum’s 10th Annual Dia de los Muertos festival exhibit. The reception featured a lecture by ASU Spanish professor Carmen King on the origins of the tradition in colonial Mexico.Photographer: Tom Story -
“Que Vivan Los Muertos,” the 10th annual Dia de los Muertos festival exhibit, brought together prominent Chicano/a artists, community members and ASU students in the creation of highly inventive and elaborate altarpieces. The altarpieces reflect a broad array of individual styles, personal meaning and socially shared concerns. The Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, festival merges ancient Aztec and Roman Catholic rituals and beliefs. The exhibit runs through Jan. 8, 2010 at the Museum of Anthropology. For more information visit http://asuma.asu.edu/Photographer: Tom Story -
Melissa Rugo, a junior business management major, places a cross for her deceased uncle on the "altar" arranged on the steps of the Delph Courtyard on ASU’s West campus. The event was sponsored by M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), Hispanic Events Committee, and the Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance Club. It featured music, food and refreshments along with 500 sugar skulls on the “altar.”Photographer: Tom Story -
ASU alumnus Spencer Silver, who in 1968 discovered a formula for the slightly tacky adhesive on the back of those ubiquitous Post-it® Notes, was this year's recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Award. The award, the highest honor the college confers to a graduate who has achieved professional distinction, was presented Oct. 30, along with Distinguished Achievement and Distinguished Faculty Awards, as part of this year's Homecoming Week festivities.Photographer: Laura Segall -
Film director Jason Reitman chats with film students at the Lyceum Theatre on ASU’s Tempe campus. Reitman is the director of films "Juno," "Thank You For Smoking" and the soon to be released "Up In The Air."Photographer: Tom Story -
Wayne Raskind, director of the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, addresses attendees at the schools’ formal launch event during Homecoming Week at ASU.Photographer: Tom Story -
Cheered on by fellow student athletes, Janae Fulcher of the women’s basketball team, attempts to best Sparky in a push up contest during the Sports Fest event in front of the Memorial Union. The event also featured basketball coaches Charlie Turner-Thorne and Herb Sendek.Photographer: Steve Rodriguez -
Freshmen Vince Cardenas, Alica DeVault, Amanda Butkiewicz and Carolina Valnezuela get a hands-on education as they sort through a sample of trash from the ASU’s West campus during the Dumpster Dive event.Photographer: Tom Story -
Thyrith Tuy, a junior tourism and development major (left), and Charles Reyes, a life sciences junior were one of fourteen teams participating in the 2nd annual Doubles Croquet Tourney, co-presented by the West campus TRiO Student Support Services and the Diablo Performance Recreation Center.Photographer: Tom Story -
Fernando Gamiz, real estate major and Travis Johnson, a business administration major, both juniors, play pool in the student union at ASU's Polytechnic campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Jacob Greenwade (right) and James Murray, both juniors in ASU’s air traffic management program, demonstrate the new simulator system during the dedication ceremony for the Ottosen Air Traffic Control Simulation Laboratory in ASU’s College of Technology and Innovation. The Ottosen gift will help students learn in one of the most advanced air traffic simulation centers in a university setting in the country. Read more: http://asunews.asu.edu/20091104_ottosenPhotographer: Tom Story -
Nobel Laureate Robert B. Laughlin, professor of physics at Stanford, delivers the 8th Hogan & Hartson Jurimetrics Lecture presented by the Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology at the Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law.Photographer: Tom Story -
Artist Jillian McDonald sets up a video shot of a group of “zombies” in the Arizona desert. McDonald is an artist in residence at the ASU Art Museum and was working on a piece entitled: “Social Studies-Jillian McDonald: Alone Together in the Dark” where she explores sustainability in the museum while including grassroots, community conversations. “At this point, my thoughts for the Tempe project circulate around haunted sites, ghosts and abandoned houses, focusing on ideas around sustainable living, ghost towns and The Day of the Dead,” says McDonald. For more information visit http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/.Photographer: ASU Art Museum -
Novelist Alejandro Morales spoke at ASU's School of International Letters and Cultures Nov. 5. Considered one of the country's premier Latino writers of fiction, he is also a professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.Photographer: Tom Story -
Coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker gives some last minute instructions to one of the ASU women’s swimming team just before the Sun Devil Home Opener. The Arizona State women's swimming and diving team went on to make a statement in its home opener as they crushed UNLV and Washington State. The Sun Devils defeated the Running Rebels 188.5-108.5 and the Cougars 209-78. The ASU men's team fell in their contest 189-105 to UNLV. The women improved to 2-1 while the men dropped to 0-3.Photographer: Tom Story -
Across the light rail tracks from the aquatic center, ASU hosted the Trojans of the University of Southern California at Sun Devil stadium. The Sun Devil defense limited USC to its lowest total offensive output of the season by holding the Trojans to 258 yards as Jamaar Jarrett (92) and Gerald Munns (47) stop Torin Harris near the line of scrimmage.Photographer: Tom Story -
With the Trojans ahead 14-3 in the second half, ASU coach Dennis Erickson pulled Danny Sullivan (15) and sent in 6-foot-8 freshman Brock Osweiler (17) as quarterback. Sullivan was 12 of 23 for 113 yards and he threw two interceptions.Photographer: Tom Story -
Osweiler led ASU 80 yards in eight plays and then found a wide-open Chris McGaha for a 23-yard touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter and ASU’s only touchdown of the night. A missed point after attempt and a tough forth quarter left the Devils with a 14-9 loss.Photographer: Tom Story
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'Devilish Homecoming' 2009
October 29, 2009
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This year, Homecoming falls on Halloween and ASU is getting into the 'devilish' spirit.Photographer: Tom Story -
Sparky starts the sack race, and the fun, at the “Fear the Fork” Homecoming Kickoff at ASU’s West campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Students play tug-of-war on Fletcher Lawn at the “Fear the Fork” Homecoming Kickoff.Photographer: Tom Story -
Fortified with ice cream and seasonally decorated cupcakes, golf management major Roderick Kenny works on a ASU-themed poster at the Polytechnic Kickback event in the Student Union.Photographer: Tom Story -
ASU senior Sam Tang loses it all at the “Goin Bald for Bucks” fundraiser event, which shows support for cancer patients who have lost their hair as a result of their disease.Photographer: Tom Story -
Tang, a molecular biosciences/biotechnology major, shows off his final ‘do at the “Goin Bald for Bucks” fundraiser. The event is sponsored by Locks for Love, a non-profit organization that provides wigs for cancer patients to help boost their self esteem. Last year's event raised over $5,000 dollars.Photographer: Tom Story -
ASU sorority Chi Omega was out in force with several members making donations at the “Goin Bald for Bucks” fundraiser. Abby Marshall, a freshman special education major, has her donation documented by Kim Zuloaga (left) and Julianne Logan.Photographer: Tom Story -
Ashley Rogers (right), freshman secondary education major, and Irene Arguello, junior history and secondary education major, are dressed with horns appropriate for both Halloween and Homecoming, as they check out the Homecoming Carnival at the West campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
FestDevil along Taylor Mall brought Homecoming excitement to ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus on Oct. 30.Photographer: Tom Story -
This year's ASU Homecoming Legends Luncheon was a tribute to football coach Bruce Snyder who passed away on April 13 at the age of 69. He was the head coach at ASU for nine seasons (1992-2000). In 1996, Snyder guided the Sun Devils to one of their best year's in history, as the Sun Devils went 11-0 in the regular season to earn a Pacific-10 Conference title and a berth in the Rose Bowl. Three legendary Sun Devil quarterbacks were in attendance, including Jeff Van Raaphorst (left), who lead the Devils to their 1997 Rose Bowl victory. Jake Plummer, Snyder’s Rose Bowl quarterback and former Arizona Cardinal and Danny White, ASU star, Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Arena League champion coach.Photographer: Tim Trumble -
Madison Carmichael, a biochemistry major, prepares to continue the tradition of the Lantern Walk. The Lantern Walk began in 1917 as a symbolic passing of the torch from the senior class to the junior class. -
Led by some of the Homecoming Royalty and Sparky, ASU students, faculty and alumni climb "A" Mountain to participate in the Lantern Walk. It is ASU’s longest standing tradition and reveals one of the most beautiful views of all Tempe.Photographer: Tom Story -
The 2009 Homecoming Parade stepped off down University Drive under sunny skies and enthusiastic crowds.Photographer: Laura Segall -
Since the parade and Homecoming football game were on Halloween, that theme was evident in the floats, decorations and costumes. The Leadership Scholarship Program was on hand with a thriller of a group.Photographer: Tom Story -
Raedyn James, 2, watches the parade with her grandfather, Edison James, from Window Rock. James’ son, Erickson James is studying civil engineering at ASU.Photographer: Tom Story -
Dean Bernadette Melnyk of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, donned roller skates and joined her students and faculty in the parade.Photographer: Tom Story -
The Alpha Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon float heads down the parade route towards the University Bridge.Photographer: Tom Story -
The ASU Foundation presents The Challenges Before Us. The initiative is ASU’s promise to help solve the greatest challenges of our time, within our communities, state, nation and world. For more information visit: http://asuchallenges.com.Photographer: Laura Segall -
The Homecoming Block Party was held around Old Main and attracted students, alumni and community members out to interact and reacquaint themselves with their Alma mater.Photographer: Tom Story -
Christopher Kane and son Jacob, 7, look at a solar thermal engineering display. The Kanes are the son and grandson of Jim Kane, who was receiving one of the alumni service awards during the halftime ceremonies at the football game.Photographer: Tom Story -
The Homecoming King and Queen greet the crowd at halftime. Brent Alex is a junior from Naperville, Illinois, majoring in public relations. Brent is active on campus in Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Devils’ Advocates, and as a community assistant at Tempe. Carol Andrade, is a proud Sun Devil and a business management junior at the Tempe campus. She is involved with Devil’s Advocates, the Canon Leadership Program, and the Multicultural Student Ambassadors.Photographer: Tom Story -
Freshman quarterback Samson Szakacsy's first pass of his college career is to Jovon Williams to score the Sun Devils' first touchdown. In the end, ASU was defeated by the California Golden Bears 23-21.Photographer: Tom Story
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Week in Review: Oct. 19-25
October 27, 2009
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A student rides past the golden geodesic dome, which serves as a pavilion at Vista del Sol residence community.Photographer: Tom Story -
The dome was part of the Valley National Bank, built in 1962, on the corner of Rural and Apache. ASU acquired the building and it served as the Visitor Center from 1989. The roof was removed before the building was demolished in the winter of 2006 to make room for the construction of the new Barrett Honors College campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
The dome was recently installed at Vista del Sol. The university worked with the State Office of Historic Preservation to ensure they complied with the statutes governing historic preservation.Photographer: Tom Story -
Rui Rodrigues, a sophomore, global studies major from California (center), chats with Jennifer Truong, a junior at the W.P. Carey School of Business and Neeraj Gupta, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, near the Starbucks in the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard three cases on Oct. 19, at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU. Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor joined Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Circuit Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta for the annual session before students, faculty, staff and the public. The court hears appeals of cases decided by federal trial courts in nine western states and two Pacific Island jurisdictions.Photographer: Tom Story -
Christopher Robinson participates in the National Day on Writing by using the "Smartboard" in the lobby of the Language and Literature building on the Tempe campus. Having just come from his Chinese class, he chooses that language to practice in. The nationwide event was sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English.Photographer: Tom Story -
Saad Kahn, a freshman mechanical engineering student, gets from assistance with his math homework from Pravin Duseja, a sophomore industrial engineering major.Photographer: Tom Story -
Chris Koehle, a sustainability major from New York, hands out aluminum water bottles at the 2009 Sustainability Day event in front of Hayden Library at the Tempe campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Campus Sustainability Day was an event to celebrate ASU's commitment towards being a more sustainable university and community, as well as to educate students on ways to be more sustainable in their own lives. USG's Green Team provided recycling services in addition to co-hosting the event with Students of Arizona Network for Sustainability.Photographer: Tom Story -
Brittany Carter, a kinesiology major from El Paso (left) and Logan Dralle, a pre-law student from Wisconsin, select free plants, donated by Bonnie Plants, on the Starlight Terrace of the Memorial Union as part of Sun Devil Dining’s second annual “Eat Well. Live Well.” expo.Photographer: Tom Story -
Joy Garnaat reads a story during Ollie’s Storybook Adventures at ASU’s Deer Valley Rock Art Center. Activities during the event included art, music and outdoor games at the facility on West Deer Valley Road in Phoenix. The next event will be “Ancient People of the Desert,” Nov. 6. For more information on the Deer Vally Rock Art Center visit: http://dvrac.asu.edu/Photographer: Tom Story -
Tammy Kwong, a freshman nursing student from Mesa, Ariz., was one of a number of students from ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus and West campus, along with members of Club ASU and representatives of several sororities and fraternities, who spent part of their Saturday morning volunteering at the St. Mary's Food Bank in Phoenix. Teamed with some other volunteers from various church groups, the Sun Devils helped sort and package apples for inclusion in food boxes.Photographer: Tom Story -
More than 80 students on teams from 10 Arizona high schools competed with "green" doghouses for desert climates that they designed and built. Mike Stanley of Gensler Architects and MK Racine of Mortenson Construction chat with Stephanie Jackson from Estrella Foothill HS about their school’s entry during the judging Oct. 24.Photographer: Tom Story -
ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration held it’s annual Exploration Day on Oct. 24. The events were centered on the Physical Science complex, but included field trips to various nearby locations to go along with the interactive displays, entertainment and lectures.Photographer: Tom Story -
Carlton Moore, founding director of ASU's Center for Meteorite Studies, shows Sara Brunwaser and her father, Gary Brunwaser some specimens from the Center's collection during Exploration Day.Photographer: Tom Story -
Sebastian Cook (left), 8, and Richard Fisher, 10, use joysticks to control robots at the Mars Rover display area during Exploration Day.Photographer: Tom Story -
Professor Jack Farmer, an astrobiologist from the School of Earth and Space Exploration, talks with visitors to the school’s Exploration Day events.Photographer: Tom Story
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