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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
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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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Week in Review: Oct. 12-18
October 19, 2009
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Elinor Ostrom, the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences speaks at a press conference at Indiana University. At right is IU President Michael McRobbie. Ostrom is the founding director of ASU’s Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity and is one of three faculty members at ASU to be a Nobel Prize recipient. Read more: ASU's Ostrom wins Nobel Prize in Economic SciencesPhotographer: Indiana University -
Mark von Hagen, director of ASU’s School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies addresses the attendees of the school’s launch event. Read more: New school brings promise of ‘intellectual spice’Photographer: Tom Story -
Left to right: Maria Teresa Kumar, Gloria Feldt, Brittany L. Collins, and Courtney E. Martin, participate in a panel discussion during the Feldt/Barbanell Women of the World Lecture: "Changing the World: Feminism in Action Generation to Generation" at the Memorial Union. Presented by ASU’s School of Social Transformation, the lecture brings prominent individuals to the university to address issues of a global nature and their effects on women.Photographer: Laura Segall -
Vince Rollins (left) and Paul Gambil ponder a question as the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Maroon team competes in the second night of the 2009 Academic Bowl at ASU. Read more: Liberal Arts and Sciences captures Academic Bowl titlePhotographer: Tom Story -
Sun Devil Sounds, with Max Knouse on guitar, Andrew Schiller on bass and Jeremy Lappitt on saxophone, play during the launch of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Read more: ASU announces launch of Herberger InstitutePhotographer: Tom Story -
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Mark Jacobs, dean of the Honors College (center) show Barbara Barrett, and her husband, Craig Barrett (right) the dining area of the newly opened Barrett, The Honors College facility on ASU’s Tempe campus, prior to the grand opening event for the college. Read more: ASU launches Barrett campusPhotographer: Tom Story -
International journalist and scholar Rami Khouri delivers a lecture titled: “Real Conflicts and Imagined Threats: Religion, Politics and the Future of the Middle East” to a full house at ASU’s Evelyn Smith Music Theatre. The event was presented by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict and supported by a grant from John and Dee Whiteman.Photographer: Tom Story -
Professor Raul Yzaguirre (right) answers a question from the audience as the Reverend Al Sharpton and State Representative Kyrsten Sinema listen, during the Civil Rights Forum VII: “An Intimate Dialogue on Contemporary Civil Rights” sponsored by ASU’s Center for Community Development and Civil Rights.Photographer: Tom Story -
Family Weekend at ASU turned Alumni Lawn into a festive tailgate event.Photographer: Tom Story -
Family Weekend offers the perfect opportunity for family members visit students and check out ASU. Chanel Perez, a journalism major from Phoenix (center right) sits with her parents Kenny and Dina Perez (left) and Giovani Rodriguez, a political science major from Phoenix (center), along with cousins Gina, Matthew and Selena Bracamonte.Photographer: Tom Story -
The ASU Concert Band performs for the crowd at Family Weekend.Photographer: Tom Story -
The ASU men’s basketball team signs autographs at the Devil’s Lair tailgate event at Wells Fargo Arena.Photographer: Tom Story -
Ending the evening on high note, Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Chris McGaha (13) with five seconds to play at the Oct. 17 game against the Washington Huskies, giving Arizona State a stunning 24-17 victory.Photographer: Tom Story
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Academic Bowl 2009
October 15, 2009
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Colleen Jennings-Roggensack moderated one of the first night’s rounds of the 2009 edition of the ASU Academic Bowl. The Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Gold Team was one of the two teams that advanced to the finals from the Tuesday night double elimination tournament. The Fulton Gold Team from left to right: Eric Lehnhardt, Cody Anderson, Lauren Alice, Shawn Haupt.Photographer: Tom Story -
Supporters of the College of Teacher Education and Leadership were on hand with signs and lots of enthusiasm to support the college’s Gold Team. From left to right: Zach Hawley, Allison Walsh, Jennifer Dwosh and Ryan Waulet.Photographer: Tom Story -
The W.P. Carey School of Business team ponders the answer to a question. The team moved on to the finals, along with the Engineering Gold Team. From left to right: Sumit Adhikari, Erin Dodds, Rishi Mohnot, Dustin Brown.Photographer: Tom Story -
Mark Jacobs, dean of Barrett, The Honors College, was the other moderator during the first round of matches. The Cronkite team prepares to give him their answer.Photographer: Tom Story -
Trying to stay loose before his match, Cody Anderson of the Engineering Gold Team clowns around with Allison Walsh of the College of Teacher Education and Leadership.Photographer: Tom Story -
Stefan Benkoski of the Maroon Team from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts concentrates during the reading of a question.Photographer: Tom Story -
And that’s the way it is… Jason Chacon of the Cronkite Gold Team agonizes over a wrong answer as Michael Contreras shares his pain.Photographer: Tom Story -
The team for the School of Sustainability celebrates their win over the College of Public Programs. From left to right: Zachary Dorn, Mauricio Leon-Risemberg, Brittany Strong and John Kondziolka.Photographer: Tom Story -
Randy Cote (left) and Dominic Benetti wait as Alex Quinn (center) prepares to answer a question.Photographer: Tom Story -
Alexandra Orietsky and John Plummer from the College of Nursing & Health Innovation contemplate their question before responding.Photographer: Tom Story -
Secondary education major Fernando Otero left no doubt as to whom he was there to support. The College of Teacher Education and Leadership’s Maroon Team started the second night off with a win over New College, 110-95.Photographer: Tom Story -
Henry Borgess of the College of Teacher Education and Leadership answers a question successfully. Team members from left to right: Jennifer Webber, Alex Dominguez and Brandi Smith.Photographer: Tom Story
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Emily Singleton, Kate McCausland and Scot Roberts of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences team confer before answering.Photographer: Tom Story -
Journalism professor Bill Silcock moderated the first round of the second night of the Academic Bowl.Photographer: Tom Story -
Sarah Zumbo of University College, agonizes over an answer. Team members from left to right: Stephen Caprario. Javier Becerra and Jonathan Delarosa.Photographer: Tom Story -
Paul Gambil considers his answer as Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering teammate Vince Rollins looks on.Photographer: Tom Story -
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Gold team hug following their victory in the first round Wednesday night, to ensure their inclusion in the finals of the 2009 Academic Bowl. Clockwise from rear: Christopher Chesny, Louis Weimer, Kevin Coltin and Hannah Thoreson.Photographer: Tom Story -
Andy Suekoff, Dan Quick and Dustin Volz of the Maroon Team from the Cronkite School struggle with an answer.Photographer: Tom Story -
Mari Koerner, dean of the College of Teacher Education and Leadership, served as moderator for the second round of the second night of the 2009 Academic Bowl.Photographer: Tom Story -
Carolyn Moss holds her head in disbelief following the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Maroon Team's shut out of their Cronkite School opponents. Team members from left to right: Matthew Smith, Kenneth Lan and Theodore Miller.Photographer: Tom Story -
ASU’s KAET studios served as the backdrop for hosting the final night of the 2009 Academic Bowl.Photographer: Tom Story
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Rishi Mohnot (second from left) checks his team’s score at the two minute warning in their match with the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering Gold Team.Photographer: Tom Story -
A spectator captures the action during one of the matches.Photographer: Tom Story -
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, who served moderator during the finals, reads a question to the Engineering Gold Team.Photographer: Tom Story -
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Maroon Team shakes hands with Engineering Gold after defeating the team 275-90.Photographer: Tom Story -
Cody Anderson and Eric Lenhardt, along with the rest of the Engineering Gold Team, watch as the final matches progress.Photographer: Tom Story -
It’s a tie! The Liberal Arts and Sciences Gold and Maroon teams end up with the same score at the buzzer. Gold won the toss-up question and the match, 235-225, leaving both teams with an identical record, forcing a seventh and deciding game.Photographer: Tom Story -
The Maroon team rolled to victory after taking an early lead and holding it, winning it all with a final score of 295-195.Photographer: Tom Story -
After a job well done, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences teams give congratulatory high-fives following the trophy presentation.Photographer: Tom Story
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Week in Review: Oct. 5-11
October 12, 2009
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Kasey Stevens (left) a political science major from Pasadena, Calif., and her sister, Carly Stevens (middle) a graphic design major, along with Emily Beckley, an English major from Chicago, took advantage of the mild evening temperatures to visit in front of the Memorial Union on ASU's Tempe campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz,) speaks with Lee Feliciano (left) and Ben Montclair of CarbonFree Technology, about a solar installation on the Stadium parking garage at ASU’s Tempe campus. Giffords, a member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, came to ASU to learn more about the university’s efforts in solar energy research.Photographer: Tom Story -
Detective Parker Dunwoody of the ASU Police Department and Disney, the Bomb Dog, go through a training exercise at Gammage Auditorium. Disney, a yellow Labroador retriever, is the newest member of the ASU Police Department and the first canine officer to join the force.Photographer: Tom Story -
Heather Rae, Academy Award nominated film director and producer, was a speaker in The Jonathan and Maxine Marshall Distinguished Lecture Series at Arizona State University. Rae has produced numerous documentaries and nurtured the work of dozens of Native American screenwriters and filmmakers. Her film, Frozen River, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.Photographer: Tom Story -
The Staff Appreciation BBQ had a large turn out on the Tempe campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Along with the meal, Suzanne Rios, from the School of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies got a massage from Victoria Webster of Stress Relievers.Photographer: Tom Story -
Mary Margaret Fonow, director of the School of Social Transformation, spoke at the formal launch event of the school. The new school brings together four distinct interdisciplinary fields: African and African-American studies, Asian Pacific American studies, justice and social inquiry and women and gender studies.Photographer: Tom Story -
Chantal Balcom, a business administration major and Oday Shahin, computer information systems major, study for a business law exam beneath the artwork "24 Untitled Works" by A. Contreras in the Agribusiness building on ASU's Polytechnic Campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Lindsey McClintock, a fourth-year education major, kept the first-graders attention at Wood Elementary School in Tempe as one of more than 150 ASU early childhood pre-service teachers that were reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. The students in the College of Teacher Education and Leadership were participating in the “Read for the Record” annual reading campaign by Jumpstart, in an effort to set a world record by reading the same book on the same day to young children worldwide.Photographer: Tom Story -
Herb Sendek, ASU's basketball coach, was the inaugural speaker at Barrett, The Honors College Honors Lecture Series. Coach Sendek spoke on "Good Things to Think About" to a group of students in Honors Hall in the refractory on the Barrett campus.Photographer: Tom Story -
Lindsay Cullen receives congratulations following a ceremony at the headquarters of PetSmart in Phoenix. Cullen, Hoge Day (right) and Justin Pasternak (not pictured) were the three winners in a design competition. PetSmart has teamed up with some innovative students at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts who are creating a prototype doghouse that is better suited to a dog’s needs and is Earth-friendly, as well.Photographer: Tom Story
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