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4 days ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
Advocacy groups across Arizona rallied at the state Capitol on Monday, demanding that legislators protect education funding and marginalized students. Organized by the Arizona Students' Association, organizations gathered outside the Capitol building to advocate for education affordability, free speech rights, protections for LGBTQ+ students and access to campus resources.
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1 week ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill on May 7 banning encampments on the state's university and community college campuses. House Bill 2880 deems individuals who"establish or occupy an encampment" on campuses to be guilty of criminal trespass and liable for costs related to removing the encampment and repairing any damage caused. According to state law, this degree of criminal trespass is a class 3 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in prison.
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2 weeks ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
The Graduate Student Government was notified by a University administrator on Tuesday that it is suspended of all operations, pending an investigation into complaints against the organization. This suspension will stop GSG from providing funding for graduate students until it is lifted.
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1 month ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
University administrators have systematically intervened in Graduate Student Government, according to documentation provided by GSG leaders. Kelly Baur, the GSG president and a doctoral student studying linguistics, and Michael Kintscher, the GSG Assembly president and a doctoral student studying computer science, accused University officials of interfering in student government proceedings to restrict staff from participating in GSG.
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1 month ago | 
statepress.com | Sam Luba |Carsten Oyer
The presidents of Arizona's three major public universities often exercise input in the legislative process to advocate for their institutions' needs. That influence isn't without its critics. The relationship between state universities and their legislature starts with the Arizona Board of Regents. "Public universities in Arizona, we all run in concert with the Board of Regents," said Matthew Simon, the associate vice president of federal and state relations at ASU.
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1 month ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
Students demonstrated on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week after the count of revoked visas for University international students grew to at least 50. Green Evans-Schroeder, a law firm where international students can receive legal consultation, told Michael Kintscher, a member of ASU's United Campus Workers Arizona union and a doctoral student studying computer science, that at least 50 students at the University have had their visas revoked.
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2 months ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
Students demonstrated at the Tempe campus on Thursday after reports that multiple students had their visas revoked since the start of March. An ASU spokesperson confirmed Thursday evening that federal authorities revoked the visas of at least eight international students. An ASU spokesperson said the revocations were for "various legal infractions" unrelated to campus protests.
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2 months ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
Members of the executive tickets for the West Valley campus's Undergraduate Student Government debated campus issues Wednesday ahead of elections. Incumbent Student Body President Sedra Shahin is running for re-election alongside Rabiul Mustak for vice president of policy and Leander Newton for vice president of services. They are facing Joshua Cole for student body president, Mikah Dyer for vice president of policy and Emra Muslim for vice president of services.
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2 months ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
President Donald Trump restricted the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One in February. Now, he’s found the perfect replacement: Nickelodeon. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that Nickelodeon will be taking the spot of the AP in all official press pool occasions on Sunday morning. Nickelodeon, after its recent success with commentaries, took the invitation with open arms and assembled its reporting team.
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2 months ago | 
statepress.com | Carsten Oyer
ASU and community officials announced the location of the forthcoming School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering in Phoenix on Monday. The new ASU building will be constructed at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Fillmore Street in downtown Phoenix, replacing a gravel lot. The site is located within the Phoenix Bioscience Core district. "It's central to everything," ASU President Michael Crow said.
