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Tempe community mourns the loss of local street poet William 'Wonderful'

Friends and fans remember the lively poet's contribution to the local arts community

Earlier this week, the Tempe community lost a beloved poet, conversationalist and former ASU English professor William “Wonderful” Jenkins.

Wonderful died from a short-term aggressive cancer on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, according to online posts from those who knew him.

He was well known for the poems he would sell, or give, outside Ash Avenue in Tempe, near Cartel Coffee Lab and Ash Avenue Comics and Books. He

Lawsuit details severe hazing by ASU Kappa Sigma fraternity

One pledge's only permitted sustenance for four days was tequila and Skittles, according to the lawsuit. The following week, he was diagnosed with diabetes

ASU's Kappa Sigma fraternity chapter has been suspended since October following a September lawsuit regarding its hazing process for pledges, or potential members, a University spokesperson confirmed this week.

Christian Leventhal, a communications student and former Kappa Sigma pledge, and his parents filed the complaint last fall detailin

Despite slight dip, Phoenix still ranks high for solar power in cities

Despite slight dip, Phoenix still ranks high for solar power in cities

Phoenix dipped slightly in a national ranking of solar power capacity, even as the total amount of power generated and the power per person increased from last year, according to a national report released Wednesday.

The “Shining Cities” report by Environment America said Phoenix’s 272.4 megawatts of solar capacity was fourth-highest in the nation last year, down one place from the year before, while the 164 watts per capit

White House calls for quick return to school; some Arizona parents, educators balk

PHOENIX – A White House panel of parents, teachers and school administrators said Tuesday that reopening schools this fall should be the nation’s top priority, for the wellbeing of students and parents and as a move to “stabilize our society.”

But while the panel pushed for schools reopening “quickly and beautifully in the fall,” as President Donald Trump put it, some teachers and parents in Arizona said they worry that schools here will not be able to find safe ways to do it.

“As a mom and as

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