When President Barack Obama spoke to Arizona State University's graduating class Wednesday night, he made one thing clear: He has not achieved enough in his lifetime.
AP | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
PHOENIX — Arizona State University students are getting a graduation ceremony to remember forever. Wednesday evening's ceremonies were to inclu...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo and Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.13.2009 | Comedy
Just over a month ago HuffPost citizen reporter Dawn Teo wrote about ASU's refusal to give President Obama the customary honorary degree for deliverin...
Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media
Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones and his team of producers traveled to Tempe, Arizona where Dawn Teo helped them solve the mystery behind what cable news junkies have deemed, "the biggest scandal in the history of Arizona State University."
Dawn Teo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
Obama will be delivering his address to the graduating class just 11 miles from the Phoenix Convention Center, where more than 10,000 supporters of the National Rifle Association (NRA) will be checking into their hotels for the NRA Annual Meeting.
Adam Sneed | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics
The firestorm following ASU's decision not to award Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement in May still has criticism pouring into Tempe, but much of it is going to the wrong place.
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics
TEMPE, ARIZONA - This week, two Arizona State University physics professors, Mike Thorpe and Jose Menendez, polled ASU faculty on whether President Ba...
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics
Although the ASU community is angry and embarrassed over the brouhaha, there is also a consensus that -- whether snub or snafu -- the incident will not affect Obama.
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
TEMPE, ARIZONA - Arizona State University became the unlikely focus of a political firestorm last week when news broke that ASU would not be conferrin...
Michael Roth | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Bestowing an honorary degree acknowledges importance, distinction, and achievement; it is not a blanket endorsement. Surely, Obama's importance, distinction and achievements merit such honors.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics
After a day of withering criticism over its decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree, Arizona State University announced on Sat...
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics
ASU expects to enroll more than 1,000 Arizona students in the President Barack Obama Scholars program. The program will cover the full cost of tuition, fees, books, room, and board for students who come from families with the greatest financial need, typically those unable to attend a university.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: Mike Allen reports: Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, tells POLITICO that the school is reconsidering its widely mock...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics
William P. Carey founded and chaired the real estate investment-banking firm, W.O. Carey & Co. LLC, in New York City. His company owns more than 650 c...
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
ASU says that honorary degrees are given "for an achievement of eminence" and that Obama was not considered for an honorary degree because his body of achievements, at this time, does not fit within that criteria.
Adam Sneed | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics