Arizona State University facing severe budget cuts

ASU is facing severe budget cuts with ASU officials anticipating $25 million or more will be cut from the state budget.

Facing a budget crunch, Arizona State University officials have announced they plan to cut 200 or more faculty associates and dramatically boost the size of some classes.

Some lecture-style classes that now accommodate 300 students could increase to 1,000 students.

ASU is facing severe budget cuts with ASU officials anticipating $25 million or more will be cut from the state budget. That's on top of the $30 million in cuts the university already has made because of a downward spiral in state revenues due to a sluggish economy.

ASU employs about 12,400 administrators, faculty and support staff and, with more than 67,000 students. It's one of the largest public universities in the country.

More information on the suspect in the Tempe stabbing death

A former South Dakota prosecutor has been arrested in connection with a killing in Tempe.

Dan Gukeisen was jailed after a 22-year-old Arizona State University student was stabbed to death Friday on a downtown Tempe street.

The 37-year-old Gukeisen has not been formally charged.

Gukeisen was a deputy state's attorney in Lawrence County for about three years, and he also served for a year as Davison County state's attorney.

He currently works as a bankruptcy attorney in Phoenix.

Tempe police say the victim, Garrett Hohn, got into an argument with Gukeisen and was stabbed.