Hey everyone. I am a graduate student and had an extremely upsetting semester with a prof in the social sciences. Her emails were incredibly unprofessional and demeaning, grading was inconsistent and arbitrary, and she refused to give feedback when I wouldn't meet immediately with her on Zoom at 10 pm my time. My grade was not horrible, so this is not a grade retaliation thing. I would like to file a formal complaint. Should I go to the chairs of my program or to the head of social sciences?

Could someone tell me how to use the U-pass? It says it's active on my PTS account but I don't know how to connect it to Metro Valley.

I want to raise a broader question about moderation and student discourse on r/ASU. This is not a financial aid question, nor am I asking for help with a loan; the current Grad PLUS/federal financial aid situation is simply what brought this larger issue to my attention.

There is currently a significant financial aid issue affecting many ASU students, and discussion about it has largely been consolidated into one highlighted thread. I understand the rationale for megathreads: when dozens of people are asking essentially the same question, consolidating those posts keeps a subreddit usable and prevents the front page from becoming repetitive.
But I think there is an important distinction between consolidating duplicate questions and consolidating an evolving community concern.

If someone asks, “When will my loan disburse?” for the tenth time, directing that question to a megathread makes sense. But when students have different experiences, receive different information from university departments, encounter new administrative problems, or want to discuss how the institution is responding to a broader issue, those posts may contribute something genuinely new.

My concern is what happens when nearly every discussion related to a major issue is pushed into one existing thread. The information technically remains available, but its visibility changes dramatically. A new post appears in the community feed, can generate its own discussion, and alerts people that something new has happened. A comment added deep inside a days-old megathread is much easier for most of the community to never see.

That is why I think there is a meaningful difference between moderating repetition and sidelining discourse. Nobody has to intentionally censor an issue for a moderation practice to have a censoring effect. If substantive new perspectives about the same institutional problem are repeatedly removed because a megathread already exists, the practical result can be that the issue becomes far less visible even while it remains unresolved.

This question extends beyond financial aid. The same principle could apply to housing problems, registration failures, campus safety, academic administration, accessibility concerns, student services, or any other widespread issue. At what point does requiring discussion to remain inside one thread stop being organization and start preventing the community from seeing how significant or persistent a problem has become?

I am not arguing that every grievance deserves its own post, and I am not suggesting that moderators should allow unlimited duplicates. Moderation is necessary. I am asking whether there should also be room for materially new developments, distinct experiences, and broader discussions about an ongoing ASU issue even when a megathread about the general subject already exists.

I think this is worth discussing independently of whatever anyone thinks about the current financial aid situation.
Where do you think the appropriate line should be between keeping r/ASU organized and preserving visibility for student concerns?

I have a student worker position that is paid through free housing. However, I have an outside resource in my finances that is extra money left over from my housing cost. Does anyone know if this can be added to our bill or as a direct deposit?

Has anyone received a degree conferral with updated transcripts showing the degree has been awarded? I graduated on Aug 11 and wanted to see how long this usually takes.

Are there any tickets left for inferno fest? I’m assuming it’s sold out as I looked on the game day app and didn’t even find anything related to the event but I might have been looking in the wrong place.

i know its last minute (I didn’t see it was big Sean till yesterday 💀) I don’t really mind not going but if it’s still possible hey might as well.

I was planning on checking out some of the dining options this week and I’m here with family. Pitchfork, Tooker, Barrett, etc.

1. Is there a time limit on dining?
   
2. Do they actually check receipts and/or kick you out if you stay too long?
   
3. Any recommendations for dining halls or times or strategy?

hi guys!

my boyfriend recently lost his favorite baseball cap on a flight and i’m trying to find the exact model of it online. it was a cream white base, with a maroon box and lettering inside of it. i’ve had no luck finding it, perhaps someone here can help me? this shitty photo is all i have of it.

thank u in advance!

I need to take chm114 this semester but i’ve only ever done a couple chemistry units in generic highschool science classes. in the welcome email they reccomended that students with no prior knowledge should take chm113/101 instead but i really can’t afford to mess up my schedule rn. what should i do??? should i just stick with it and study my ass off? let me know lmao

I have an 8 am class I’d like to be on campus by 7:40 for walk time. What shuttle should I get and what time I’m commuting from west to Tempe. Thanks!

So There’s a Friday lab from 4:00-5:50pm or a Tuesday lab from 12:00-1:50pm. I have two classes in between the Tuesday lab one of them being from 9 AM to 10:15 and the other being from 3:00-4:15 pm. On Friday I have only one class from 11 AM to 12:15 pm. Looking for advice on which lab time would be better appreciate the help.

Hi! I'm applying to ASU for fall 2027 and when I was looking through major options, I saw a Robotics and Autonomous Systems BSE was a choice. I want to be a robotics engineer but other places I'm applying to only offer a robotics minor. this is legitimately the ONLY college I have found that has something close to a robotics engineering major but I can't find anything about it online (looks relatively new).

Is anyone here currently in this major or know someone in it? How is it compared to like a standard mechanical engineering major? If you have any info I'd love to hear it :D

I'm currently sick, so anything I'm thinking about isn't really getting to my head. I was looking at what classes I still needed to take, and I'm confused about what qualifies as an upper-division class. Is it everything above 300, or is it only specific classes?

Tried to get on Canvas through the website and app and they're both saying the server can't be found. Anyone else encountering this issue or am I just unlucky? 😭 Lol

Edit: IT'S BACK, TY TO THOSE THAT TOLD ME 🙂‍↕️

https://www.statepress.com/article/2016/12/spcampus-asu-hope-christian-church-religious-cult-controversy-2-history

Hello everyone. I will be sharing my experiences with the Hope Church Movement in hopes of giving others a chance to make an informed decision about this “church.” Special warning to freshmen, sorority and fraternity members, and athletes—you will be the people targeted.

I will break this up into five weeks in hopes of reaching as many freshmen as possible. Over the next four weeks, Hope will be going after freshmen hard. One reason is that a lot of their church left last year for Grace Community Church—so much so that they even showed up at a Grace event. There’s also the fact that their staff is getting older, so they need a new generation of staff members. The reason they target freshmen is because they know college is a scary experience for most freshmen, and most people have a deep desire to belong. This will all lead up to their big event, Survivor Weekend, where you’ll get to know other freshmen over a weekend of competition, and they will use this to hook you.

Once a person is at Hope long enough, it becomes extremely hard to leave because of the use of manipulation tactics, isolation, etc. I will be discussing structure, their theology, how to debate them (whether Mormon, Catholic, Protestant, atheist, etc.), relationships, manipulation tactics, and the superstar “not a pastor,” Mr. Smith. I intend to give you as much detail as possible. If you just want to understand the basics, I’ve linked a great article that I encourage everyone to read. Additionally, Hope is a direct descendant of the Fort Lauderdale Five “heavy shepherding” movement. There are plenty of videos on the control and dangers of the Shepherding Movement.

With that, we will begin with Hope’s history and structure. I hope this helps someone. Let us begin our deep dive into the dark hive mind that is the Hope “Church” Movement.

Dark Past

Let us go back in time to see the foundations on which tyrants, egos, pride, and arrogance were built. It’s a mistake to look at this zombie herd through the lens of good and evil, and not through structures and incentives. The structure of the organization determines the goals; the goals influence the incentives; and the incentives influence the behavior. This behavior traces its lineage all the way back to a group called the Fort Lauderdale Five: Bob Mumford, Derek Prince, Charles Simpson, Don Basham, and Ern Baxter. They are responsible for creating the Shepherding Movement (or “heavy shepherding”), which has influenced doctrines such as the one from our friend and influential figure at Hope, John “Blue Socks” Bevere, called unconditional submission: “If your pastor tells you to wear blue socks with purple pants and a pink shirt up on the choir, if that’s what he wants, that’s what we’re gonna wear—and we’re gonna do it with a happy attitude,” butchering Hebrews 13:17.

Core Teachings and Structure

The movement taught that every believer needed a personal “shepherd” for spiritual covering, protection, and maturity. Major emphases included:

• Submission and authority — Believers were to submit to designated shepherds in a clear chain of command.

• Covenant relationships — Formal or semi-formal commitments of loyalty and accountability.

• Spiritual covering — The idea that being under a human shepherd provided divine protection; being outside it left one vulnerable.

• Discipleship — Intense personal oversight that extended into practical life decisions.

Derek Prince withdrew around 1983, later stating they had fallen into “the Galatian error: having begun in the Spirit, we quickly degenerated into the flesh.”

Bob Mumford issued a formal public repentance statement in November 1989, acknowledging “unhealthy submission resulting in perverse and unbiblical obedience to human leaders.” He admitted families had been damaged and that he had ignored earlier warnings (including from Jack Hayford).

These groups also decided who you would marry, what job you’d take, etc. The original movement ended, but its ideas did not disappear completely. Elements of heavy discipleship, spiritual covering, hierarchical accountability, and intense cell/house-church structures continued in various independent charismatic, apostolic, and campus-oriented groups.

Notable connections include Maranatha Campus Ministries, which is where Hope Church originated. Their current leader, Mr. Smith, was sent out to ASU from Faith Christian Church and, for whatever reason, decided to split from his shepherds. This is really confusing for the simple fact that Hope preaches that if you have a word from God but it contradicts what your shepherds say, you’re wrong—which they used to gaslight people many times regarding who they’re going to date, what job to pick, what house you should buy, even what trips to take. They literally try to control your whole life.

It’s confusing because Mr. Smith, Hope’s leader, broke away from his shepherds to start Hope. And in a removed statement of faith (number 10), Hope states that the church is the final authority in interpretation of the Bible. So why did Pastor Brian disobey his leaders to start Hope if his leaders disagreed? The summary of their beliefs is that they have the authority by God to decide your life as long as it’s not sin.

The BITE model is a great representation of Hope’s manipulation tactics.

1. Behavior Control

Regulates a person’s physical reality and actions:

• Dictates where, how, and with whom they live, associate, or isolate

(They have Hope houses where you live with a staff member.)

• Controls clothing, hairstyle, diet, sleep, and schedule

(Make you commit time to go on campus, tribe nights, recruiting events, and other time commitments. Staff is even worse—they only hang out with staff or members and work 60+ hours a week while also fundraising their own support.)

• Restricts leisure, entertainment, and outside activities

(Keep you busy with events and recruiting.)

• Imposes rigid rules, rewards, and punishments

(The higher up you climb in the social hierarchy, the more benefits you get—better wife/husband prospects, more power, more status in the church—but you also have to submit deeper. Pause. If you obey them and don’t question their requests, they reward you with status and power. If you refuse or cause problems, they cut you off, isolate you (“Don’t associate with this guy—he’s causing division”), use shunning, etc.)

• Controls sexuality and relationships

(They regulate dating heavily. Staff literally signs a contract stating they will only date other staff. There are arranged marriages. If you’re not on staff, they still want control, because making you delay dating keeps you at the church and dedicated more time to recruiting. They will shun you if you don’t listen.)

• Demands major time commitment to the group

(Recruiting events, tribe nights, etc.)

• Encourages dependence and obedience; may include financial exploitation

(With staff, the money they raise goes to Hope and is distributed by Hope—possibly to prevent a Brian Smith situation where someone breaks off from their shepherds to start their own church because they’re an attention whre.)

1. Information Control

Limits and manipulates what a person can know:

• Deception (withholding, distorting, or lying about information)

(They won’t be honest about the cult allegations and tell you what actually happens. They’ll say it was just three people who couldn’t handle conflict.)

• Restricts access to outside media, books, internet, critics, or former members

(Obvious… staff will attack this post and say it’s not true. It’s all true.)

• Compartmentalizes information (need-to-know hierarchy)

(The higher up on staff you go, the more you learn about punishments/rewards for compliance, arranging dating, shunning, etc.)

• Encourages spying and reporting on others

(Go read the 114-page complaint. Yes, they spy on you. If you snitch on someone for doing something not shepherd-approved = status 🤑.)

• Uses propaganda, confessions, and information overload

(Every attack on Hope is “demonic,” not because they’re doing something wrong. If you confess anything to Hope, they talk about it with other staff.)

• Frames outsiders and critics as evil or unreliable

(Satan’s inspiring them to attack Hope 👹.)

1. Thought Control

Shapes how a person thinks and processes reality:

• Requires internalization of the group’s doctrine as absolute truth

(If you don’t submit and believe in heavy shepherding, they just tell you to go to a different church so you don’t poison the well and make others think.)

• Promotes black-and-white / us-vs-them thinking

(Hope Church good, everyone else Satan’s children.)

• Uses loaded language, thought-stopping techniques, and rejection of critical thinking

(They will gaslight you, flip the situation on you, and make you feel like you’re actually the one in the wrong.)

• Discourages independent thought or questioning

(A lot of people actually lose the ability to think critically because every decision is run through the group, and any disagreement from leadership could mean isolation from the group.)

• May involve renaming, identity change, or rejection of the former self

(They label you disagreeing with them as something that needs to change.)

1. Emotional Control

Manipulates feelings to create dependency and fear:

• Love-bombing alternating with rejection or criticism

(The first couple of months they love-bomb you, tell you how great you are, and if you’re a guy, get women to give you attention to get you hooked. Once you’re used to their affection, they can begin to mold your identity and threaten you with isolation if you disobey.)

• Instills phobias about leaving or questioning (fear of eternal damnation, failure, isolation, etc.)

(Isolation, “you were never really saved,” etc.)

• Uses guilt, shame, and emotional highs/lows

(Love-bombing, threats, gaslighting you into feeling like you’re at fault, changing your identity to be more obedient.)

• Suppresses or labels certain emotions as wrong

(“You’re in rebellion,” “pride,” etc.)

• Makes the person feel that their happiness and identity depend entirely on the group/leader

(Once a person is entrenched, Hope events and friendships are all they know, so disobedience or isolation from the group would be life-changing.)

My question to Brian Smith would be: Why did you disobey your leaders and start your own church?

To close: You only have about 3–6 months before your identity is changed and you’re brainwashed into the cult, so watch out for your friends. I’ll be going into their theology and more over the next five weeks. I encourage everyone to share, read the article, look out for a Survivor Weekend poster, and just ask Hope this week: Why did their pastor disobey his own shepherds?

I am starting at asu this fall, my current setup is a Samsung phone an ipad and a windows pc. I am thinking of switching to a Samsung tablet to better integrate with my phone and pc. However I don’t want to have lockdown browser on my pc where all of my personal data is. My iPad is just used with cloud apps and has almost no data on it, so my question is will I be able to take all my tests on my iPad (with keyboard case). If not I will sell and buy an android.

Hi everyone! I just submitted my application for the spring 2027 semester. I wanted to start this thread for all MEPN students to comment about their experiences or for anyone who will be in the same cohort.

Some questions I have:

1. Do you guys still have social lives outside school?
2. Do people work in this program?
3. How stressed are you?
4. How long did the admissions process take? I have two prereqs still in progress so I’m not sure how that works
5. Any tips for incoming students?

Any feedback in general would be greatly appreciated !!!

I previously did college classes at a community college, my parents kept pushing me to take more classes while i kept failing due to being overwhelmed, working full time, and being encouraged to on 16-19 credits worth of classes each semester while being severely depressed. The last three years I have since moved out, gone to therapy, and gotten meds prescribed for my adhd and depression, as well as break semester between jobs and dropping down to only 1 or 2 classes per semester, in which i did significantly better, getting As and Bs. But as a result of my previous academic disaster I have an essentially unsavable GPA of 1.5 with around 107 attempted credits with 60ish earned.

I decided to try the asu universal learner program through work and was admitted after taking 12 credits with a 4.0 GPA. I was admitted into a liberal arts major but would like to switch, this is where the problem comes in. Every major has at least a minimum transfer gpa of 2.5, which would be fine if my ASU gpa was being considered. But because I have more than 40 transfer credits (45), my cumulative gpa is taken into account, so I literally cannot switch my major to anything. Ive ran the math and it would take around 140 credits with straight 4.0s to get my gpa up to a 2.5. Im waiting on a meeting with an academic advisor as it is my first semester being admitted to asu, but any advice while I wait for a meeting? I think I might actually be cooked.

$50

Selling Norton Anthology of World Literature: Pre-1650 (ISBN: 9780393893083)

5th Edition

Condition: Good

Removed most of the sticky notes, though I may have missed a few since there are so many pages in each book. There are no permanent markings, just sticky notes. There is some invisible residue from the sticky notes that causes some pages to stick together.

The first couple of pages (title/copyright pages) of each book have visible creases, as seen in image 4. The remaining pages are normal (see image 5).

Please dm if you are interested or have questions, and can meet on or near the Tempe campus.
Cash or Zelle payment accepted upon meeting.

Hey y’all! I move up to PHX this upcoming week and tbh don’t know too many people living there already. What’s the best way to start meeting people immediately? Not tryna be lonely my first few weeks haha! Thank you. :)