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The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict is holding an
academic panel at 9:30 a.m. in COOR 5536. The topic is “Are the Crusades Still Relevant.”
All Saints Catholic Newman Center is holding a faith-sharing
presentation for graduate students and young adults at 6:30 p.m. at the Newman Center.
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store offers more choices. If Fry’s offered a better selection of produce, Morrow said he would shop there more often. “I can get it all in one spot,” Morrow said. A store with a better interior would also be more attractive, he added. “It makes it feel you’re getting more for the money,” Morrow said.
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Other supermarkets in Tempe are also decking themselves out in new paint and offering more produce. The Fry’s Marketplace at Baseline Road and McClintock Drive expanded its home products department. Now selections include wine glasses and patio furniture, said Kendra Doyel, a Fry’s spokeswoman. Improvements are constantly taking place at Fry’s supermarkets and any renovations are influenced by customer suggestions, Doyel said. Bashas’ will begin expand-
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she said. “I’m concerned about downtown Tempe being turned into a concrete jungle.” Known as the “Armory,” the project includes space for restaurants, offices and commercial projects. The two residential towers above the public space will have about 350 units. “This is probably our most exciting project,” said Eugene Marchese, president of Constellation Property Group, the developer. “To be a catalyst for what’s going on in Tempe is very exciting for us.” The project’s name comes from the building site — a former ammunition storage warehouse for the Arizona Army National Guard. As they have done with previously approved downtown condo projects, council members voted to require developers to earmark money for an affordable housing fund. The developer agreed to contribute $400,000 to an affordable housing fund and to allocate at least 5 percent of ing the deli and bakery departments at its McClintock Drive and Southern Avenue store in January, and finish renovations in April said Alison Bendler, a Bashas’ spokeswoman. Improvements include new copper signs, a Starbucks and a Mexican kitchen that would serve fresh takeout food, she added. Redesigning stores to have a modern, pleasant appearance is an effective way to attract customers, said Mary Jo Bitner, an ASU marketing professor. “If your physical place be-
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condo units for “workforce housing.” The city defines workforce homes as those valued around $270,000, Tempe’s median home price. Councilmember Shana Ellis said the workforce-housing requirement was meant to allow young and middle-class families to buy homes in Tempe. “I don’t know of any ASU students now who can graduate and [afford to] lay down their roots here,” she said. The Armory project includes four levels of underground parking, which amounts to about 700 spaces for the residents and the public. The project would not significantly increase traffic in the area because traffic would disperse among several downtown streets immediately after leaving the garage, city planners said. Developers hope residents will use light rail to get around town. Tempe’s transportation center is now under construction across the street. Reach the reporter at jonathan.cooper@asu.edu.
comes run down or looks out of date, people may then feel that the products you sell there aren’t as good,” Bitner said. Bridget Goldschmidt, managing editor of Progressive Grocer magazine, a publication that analyzes the grocery business, said companies are upgrading their stores because of competition from discount stores and upscale retailers. There were 69 annual trips to the grocery store per household in 2004, down from 83 in 1999, according to Progressive Grocer. But average annual
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A proposal to build condominiums at College Avenue and Veterans Way has some worried that their view of Hayden Butte will be obstructed by the 16-story structure. trips to supercenters like WalMart increased from 15 to 27 during that time. “Many people, especially those struggling to make ends meet and raise families, find a bargain irresistible,” Goldschmidt said. More upscale grocers like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods are attractive to shoppers because they offer foods traditional grocery stores don’t, like ingredients for ethnic dishes, she added. Maggie Curtin, a recreation management and psychology
senior said she usually goes to Fry’s for the basics and Trader Joe’s for its selection of organic produce and imported sauces and spices. But even if Fry’s offered those products, Curtin would still go to Trader Joe’s, she added. “I’m still loyal to Trader Joe’s because they have provided organic produce for a long time and a lot of it is relatively inexpensive,” Curtin said. Reach the reporter at grayson.steinberg@asu.edu.
POLICE BEAT ASU police reported the following incidents Thursday: uA 33-year-old Phoenix man was arrested Saturday morning at Adelphi Commons on charges of first-degree trespassing. A resident reportedly saw the man trying to look in her room through her window blinds. When he walked away, she looked through her blinds and saw a man with a white polo shirt, police reported. Police were dispatched to the scene, found a man with a white shirt, told him to sit down, handcuffed him and found he had no weapons, police reported. The man allegedly said he was there to visit a girl he met at a club. He had been previously arrested by the ASU police for public sexual indecency, indecent exposure and was warned
for trespassing on all of ASU’s property, police reported. The resident reportedly positively identified him as the man outside her window.
Tempe police reported following incidents Thursday:
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uA 22-year-old transient man was arrested Wednesday evening on the 200 block of East Baseline Road on charges of forgery and possession of marijuana. The man allegedly presented a forged check to a clerk at a Money Mart. Investigation found the check was stolen on Oct. 4 and the victim did not write the check presented, police reported. He was arrested and booked into Tempe City Jail. After the transport to jail,
a small amount of green leafy substance, believed to be marijuana, and rolling papers were reportedly found in the backseat of the patrol car. They were not in the car prior to the transport, police reported. uA 21-year-old transient man was arrested Wednesday evening on the 100 block of West Sixth Street on charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing a highway. The man yelled at Starbucks employees and customers and then banged on the window stating he was going to come back and kill them, police reported. Reports compiled by Jeff Mitchell. Reach the reporter at jeffrey.mitchell@asu.edu.