Arizona State University ( commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State ) is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the U. S. state of Arizona.

Among other things, the high achievement in this area of excellence points to consistently strong advising and support, a logical outcome of Barrett ( Arizona State University's honor college ) investing more in honors staff than any other honors program that " Public University Honors reviewed.

Arizona State Football Team in September of 2011

Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university.

Arizona State University's NCAA Division I-A program competes in 9 varsity sports for men and 11 for women.

Arizona State Sun Devils football was founded in 1897 under coach Fred Irish.

Arizona State University has an active extracurricular involvement program ( Sun Devil Involvement Center ) with over 600 registered clubs and organizations on campus.

In addition to Changemaker Central, the Freshman Year Residential Experience ( FYRE ) and the Greek community ( Greek Life ) at Arizona State University have been important in binding students to the university, and providing social outlets.

The Freshman Year Residential Experience at Arizona State University was developed to improve the freshman experience at Arizona State University and increase student retention figures.

Associated Students of Arizona State University ( ASASU ) is the student government at Arizona State University.

The Residence Hall Association ( RHA ) of Arizona State University is the student government for every ASU student living on-campus.

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Narconon's creator was William C. Benitez, a former inmate at Arizona State Prison who had served time for narcotics offenses.

* Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, a prison in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona

On November 2, 1889, while transporting Apache Indian prisoners to Yuma State Prison, he and Deputy Sheriff Williams Holmes, were overpowered outside of Kelvin, Arizona and killed by them.

Arizona State Prison Complex-Safford also employs many residents, as does the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford.

The Arizona Department of Corrections operates the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville in Goodyear.

Arizona State Prison – Kingman, a privately run prison of the Arizona Department of Corrections, is located in unincorporated Mohave County, Arizona, near Kingman.

The oldest functioning Arizona State Prison complex, the Florence complex, is located in the town, and its preserved Main Street and open desert scenery was the setting of the major motion picture Murphy's Romance.

They are Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman and Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence.

On December 20, 2010, DMX was moved to the Mental Health Unit of the Arizona State Prison, and released on July 18, 2011.

In the wake of the escape of three murderers from the minimum / medium security Kingman Prison, Arizona operated by Management and Training Corporation ( MTC ) attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard said " I believe a big part of our problem is that the very violent inmates, like the three that escaped, ended up getting reclassified a lower risk quickly and sent to private prisons that were just not up to the job.

The Yuma Territorial Prison was a prison located in Yuma, Arizona Territory, United States.

The site is now operated as a historical museum by Arizona State Parks as Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, a state park in southwestern Arizona.

In 1909, the last prisoner left the Territorial Prison for the newly constructed Arizona State Prison Complex located in Florence, Arizona.

* Arizona State Parks: Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park website

The team has played its spring training games at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona since 1994.

Headframe of an underground mine at the ASARCO Mission Complex near Tucson, Arizona.

Arizona State Prison Complex – Lewis is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ( ADC ).

Arizona State Prison Complex – Florence also known as Florence State Prison ( FSP ) is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ( ADC ).

ASP-Yuma, a 250-bed adult male prison which opened in 1987 became a part of the Perryville Complex in October 1992 until November 1995 when it became its own prison complex Arizona State Prison Complex-Yuma.

Arizona State Prison Complex – Phoenix is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ( ADC ).

Arizona State Prison Complex – Yuma is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ( ADC ).

Arizona State Prison Complex – Eyman is a state prison for men located in Florence, Arizona.

Arizona State Prison Complex – Douglas is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ( ADC ).

Arizona State Prison Complex – Safford is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections ( ADC ).

* 1871 – The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.

* Pick Up Stix – California, Arizona and Nevada

The Falcons would go on to lose in the wild-card round of the 2008 NFL playoffs to the eventual NFC champion Arizona Cardinals, 30 – 24.

Arizona had postseason victories over the St. Louis Cardinals ( 3 – 2 in the NLDS ) and the Atlanta Braves ( 4 – 1 in the NLCS ) to advance to the World Series where, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, they beat the three-time reigning champions, the New York Yankees, 4 to 3, to become the youngest expansion franchise to win the World Series ( in just their fourth season of play ).

* Arcosanti. org – Official Webpage for a prototype arcological development in Arizona

* 1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman ( from 1992 – 1998 ) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., New York City ( Flushing, Queens and the Bronx ), Minneapolis, and Miami.

Daniel Barringer ( 1860 – 1929 ) was one of the first to identify an impact crater, Meteor Crater in Arizona ; to crater specialists the site is referred to as Barringer Crater in his honor.

However, the Panthers ' season came to a crushing end, as they lost to the Arizona Cardinals 33 – 13 at Bank of America Stadium in the NFC Divisional playoff game.

After a 4 – 1 start, the club lost its next eight games and struggled to a 77 – 85 record, finishing only ahead of the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West.

The Rockies trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres for most of 2007 Major League Baseball season – however – by August, Colorado showed a steady series of wins, while the Division-leading Dodgers began to struggle.

That pushed the Rockies ' combined late-season ( September 16 and after ) and post-season run to 20 wins and just 1 loss, the single loss coming against Arizona on September 28, 2007 – the 160th game of the regular season.

The fourth game of the NLCS was won by the Rockies by a score of 6 – 4, completing a four-game sweep of Arizona.

For the years 1942 – 1943 Alston was stationed in the army at Fort Huachuca in Arizona.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

* 1962 – The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

* 1912 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th U. S. state.

* 1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.

* 1917 – World War I: The U. S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

* 1999 – The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.