Arizona State
ASU's four campuses
Tempe, West, Polytechnic, and Downtown Phoenix
Past stars for this team include Truck Robinson & Charles Barkley
Phoenix Suns
Whether you're male or female, you're this kind of "man" as a first-year student
Freshman
A level of study in an elementary, middle, or secondary school that is completed by a student during one year
Grade
Former safety for the Arizona Cardinals, killed by friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan
Pat Tillman
The university’s mascot since 1946
Sparky the Sun Devil
Wyatt Earp moved to this Arizona town in 1879; 2 years later, he did "O.K." in a gunfight
Tombstone
From the Latin for "sleep", it's a building at a college for housing students
Dormitory
Moving, changing, or developing by fine or often imperceptible degrees
Gradual
Stage name Kid Cudi, who attended SHHS before transferring to Solon
Scott Mescudi
The campus houses over 300 of this kind of trees in over 40 varieties
Palm trees
"Well I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona" in this 1972 Eagles hit
"Take It Easy"
This graduation ceremony is not the "beginning" of your college career, it's the end
Commencement
A series forming successive stages
Gradation
Host and executive producer of a late-night talk show on ABC, and the face of a Frankel family spatula
Jimmy Kimmel
Highest ever recorded temperature in Tempe
Among the 50 US States, Arizona was admitted to the Union in this number, immediately following New Mexico
48
From the Latin for "half-yearly", these divisions of a college's academic year can be 15 to 18 weeks long
Semesters
One of a series of low steps or seats raised one above another
Gradins
18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Marcia Fudge
Original name for Arizona State University at its founding in 1885, 27 years before Arizona became a state
Arizona Territorial Normal School
In 2000 this Arizona senator's "Straight Talk Express" ran off the rails after the GOP primaries
John McCain
For the college sports-minded, it's what NCAA stands for
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Someone who is eligible to graduate, but has not yet graduated
Graduand
Named head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a few days before the team lost star LeBron James to the Miami Heat
Byron Scott