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ASU Dean Calls George W. Bush a Slime Mold-Eating Beetle

On this Election Day we tell the tale of Arizona State vice president and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , whose work recently drew raised eyebrows from the White House.

(Photo courtesy Arizona State University/Charles Kazilek)

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ASU is No. 2 in One Statistic, but Who’s Bigger than Us?

Only one campus in all the land can claim more students than Arizona State’s Tempe campus. Who ever could it be? Oh, and we’re reopening our men’s hoops prognostication poll.

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Lunch Links: Ghosts of Tempe’s Past and Future

The Arizona Republic recently offered two distinct views of Tempe—one looking toward the future and one looking 100 years into the past.

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The Devil Dome Picks Itself Up Off the Turf

The was standing tall on Friday for the first time since it was jacked up that crazy monsoon back on August 28.

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Could this be an omen? A foreshadowing of Danny Sullivan standing tall in the pocket against relentless pressure from the USC Trojans? A preview of the Sun Devils picking themselves up after a disastrous month?

Let’s hope so, because we’re going to need all the help we can get!

Photo courtesy Michael Monti’s blog.

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That’s Our Mill Avenue Story. What’s Yours?

We don’t need some fancy association to tell us is one of America’s 10 Great Streets for 2008. And we’re sure you all have plenty of special memories of this venerable thoroughfare too. Share your story in the comments below!

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Lunch Links: Chatting with James Harden and Terrelle Smith

wants to get a strange tattoo, is done losing money on the Sun Devils, and newspaper coverage of ASU athletics is about to be cut in half.

James Harden

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Michael Crow Super Sizes ASU Enrollment. Is Bigger Better?

Arizona State’s student body has never been bigger. Is ’s commitment to super-sizing campus a good thing?

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Lunch Links: Cal is Hurting and Mike Stoops is Very Whiney

Cal collected a costly win this weekend, was picked as one of college football’s whiniest coaches, and the largest student body in Arizona State history has collectively chosen not to head South.

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