ASUnited (Arizona State University Weblog)

This Friday the great U.S. of A. will be another year older and, we can all only hope, wiser too. The 4th of July is a special time for the people of our nation to reflect back on the magnificent opportunities and blessings we enjoy as citizens of the United States of America. Maybe I’m the only one that finds it ironic that the best university on the planet possesses the same letters in it’s abbreviation as the best country in the world…Read More

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The 2007-2008 year was a good year for me at ASU. Our sports teams did well, our college is growing, and most importantly, there are still tons of beautiful women. We have a lot of things at ASU to like. Our large student population has allowed for diverse activities to spring up around the campus. Even casual observers would notice the influx of multi-national students to ASU. With them has come an ever increasing trend of new interests. Take for example the cricket games you can find on the tennis courts, largely run and coordinated by students of Indian descent…Read More

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The music was fading fast for, in my opinion, the best music store in the history of the planet. Hoodlums, the well known ASU music store, previously located in the basement of ASU’s Memorial Union, has been closed for business since the November fires. Fortunately, the beat’s coming back and the owners, Steve and Kristian, are currently trying to lock down an optimal location here in Tempe hopefully within close proximity of the ASU campus…Read More

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Yes, our school colors are still maroon and gold but this fall semester the MU will be encouraging a more “environmentally friendly” atmosphere by going green. If you’ve happened to pass by the Memorial Union building this summer you’ll have noticed the long line of chain-link fences encompassing the structure. About a month ago I walked by at night and the construction crew was busy at work trying to finish up the newly renovated stairwells and outside patio area (I guess it’s a little warm to be engaging in too much hard physical labor during the scorching summer days here in Tempe so they tend to do most of their damage during the night hours when there is less susceptibility to UV exposure and skin damage). At any rate, the “NEW MU” (kind of has a catchy tone to it huh?) will be in full service come next fall for ASU students…Read More

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They share the same first name, dominate the same sport, and have now won the same award. Jacquelyn Johnson of ASU has been crushing the competition in track and field since she was in high school and is striving to follow the footsteps of the great Jackie Joyner. I actually believe I might have even seen her compete at a few track meets back then. She attended high school in Yuma AZ before joining our stellar team here at ASU. Jacquelyn Johnson has been awarded the Honda Sports Award for Track and Field. She was voted the top female college track and field athlete in the nation. This is the same award that female athlete/icon Jackie Joyner-Kersee won back in 1983 and 1985. Jackie holds records in the heptathlon and pentathlon and is supposedly ranked first amongst all American female athletes in these events. We’re very proud of her as well as all of the members of our track and field teams both men and women. They both won national indoor championship titles and the women have won the last two indoor championships as well as the outdoors in 2007.

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It is with a saddened and distraught tone that I belatedly announce the failure of our beloved, number 3 nationally ranked, baseball team to advance past the super regionals this past weekend. I think we were all expecting, or at least hoping for, a more satisfying result than the one we’ve been dealt. Yes, they lost. However, it’s not just the losing that hurts, it’s how they lost. The ASU men’s baseball team had not lost in 4 straight games in the post season. They were a perfect 4-0 trying to close out a “little hope” Fresno State team that had their backs to the wall after falling soundly to the Devils in the first game of the series 12-4. Fresno State fought back like any good team does and skimmed past the Devils in the second game of the series 8-6 handing ASU their first loss of the post season. No biggy right? We’ll get ‘em tomorrow thought the devils as well as the faithful fans. Fresno State would have no part of it though.

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June for most college students entails kicking back, enjoying the ease of having no homework, and of course the final days of the NCAA college world series. I will provide the updates for our men’s and women’s teams here in this entry, but first…

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