Wilkinson does double duty; hunt for athletics' chief on

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	Christine Wilkinson, ASU vice president 
for student 
affairs, has been moonlighting as ASU's 
athletic director ever 
since former director Charles Harris decided 
not to renew his 
contract earlier this summer.
	ASU President Lattie Coor appointed 
Wilkinson to the 
position July 1 when Harris's contract 
expired. Harris notified 
Coor of his decision June 27.
	Wilkinson will continue as vice 
president while 
operating the sports program, but she will 
not be considered 
as a candidate for the permanent position.
	A committee composed of faculty 
athletics 
representative Jerry Kingston, 
Intercollegiate Athletics Board 
Chairman Milton Sommerfield and other faculty 
will form 
this fall to search for a new director, said 
Larry Mankin, 
special assistant to the president.
	"Christine has gone in there and is 
exercising good 
leadership," he said. "I think that 
relationships are very good 
with her as an athletic director." 
	Since her initiation, Wilkinson said she 
has become 
acquainted with all of the Intercollegiate 
Athletics staff, most 
of the head coaches, some of the athletes and 
members of the 
community. 
	"One of my personal goals on behalf of 
the department 
was to reach out to the community and to our 
alums," she 
said.
	One area Wilkinson said she hopes to 
improve is the 
athletics program's weak communication.
	"We are going to try and think of 
different ways to 
improve communication," she said. "Not only 
internal, but 
also providing other bridges to the rest of 
campus and the 
community."
	Wilkinson said she also plans to bring 
the athletics 
department up to par technologically with 
other ASU 
departments by expanding its use of computer 
information 
systems such as the Internet.
	Wilkinson's adaptation to the position 
has been quick 
and relatively uneventful, Mankin said. 
	"I think we are very pleased with the 
transition that's 
taking place with Christine," he said. "She 
has been very 
active in exercising leadership and working 
with the people. I 
think what she is doing is really excellent 
work for preparing 
the athletics program for the next athletic 
director." 
	Coor said he has the utmost confidence 
in Wilkinson's 
ability to run the athletics program. 
	"Christine is in charge," he said. "She 
is a proven 
administrator and leader. She will ensure 
that we move 
forward without hesitation in this transition 
period." 
	Wilkinson said that many people in the 
community 
have extended a welcoming hand to her and 
offered words of 
encouragement for her year-long interim.
	"I have responded to a number of letters 
and notes 
which have been really overwhelming to me in 
a positive 
nature," she said. "I really look forward to 
this year. I think 
that we have one of the most comprehensive 
athletic 
programs in the country."

University Drive changes clear way for pedestrians

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	Students will find the walk to Mill 
Avenue much more 
pleasant when improvements to University 
Drive are 
completed at the end of August, according to 
Tempe 
planners.
	Planned modifications include bike 
lanes, wider brick 
sidewalks and decreased automobile traffic, 
all aimed at 
making University Drive more enjoyable for 
pedestrians.
	Jim Jones, manager of the $756,000 
construction 
project, said he thinks University will be "a 
step above Mill 
Avenue."
	Susan Mulligan-Pishko, marketing 
coordinator for the 
Downtown Tempe Community Inc., a non-profit 
management organization, said local 
businesses supported 
the plan as a way to tie ASU with downtown 
Tempe.
	"We wanted to provide a pedestrian link 
to the 
downtown community," Mulligan-Pishko said. 
"We wanted 
to create an atmosphere on University that 
was similar to the 
one on Mill."
	Mulligan-Pishko said the DTC hopes the 
project will 
make it easier for students to walk to Mill 
Avenue. 
	Although University may be pedestrian 
friendly, cars 
will have a tougher time.
	"For any through traffic we would 
certainly encourage 
them to find another route. We would love to 
have them take 
the freeway or other major streets," Jones 
said.
	The re-timing of traffic lights should 
also cut 
pedestrians' wait to cross in half and allow 
more time to 
cross.

Students aim to raise safety awareness

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	After realizing ASU police could not be 
in all places at 
all times, two students decided it was time 
to raise awareness 
of campus safety.
	Graduate student Kris Ewing and Corinne 
Corte, a 
senior physical education major, formed a 
safety group this 
summer called Concerned Students for a Safer 
Campus, 
which will educate students on the possible 
dangers that they 
face on a college campus.
	The idea for the group came after 
March's Take Back 
the Day rally, which was in response to the 
reported rape of 
ASU student Laury Smith in February. Dozens 
of students 
and faculty marched around campus and called 
for better a 
response from ASU police toward campus crime.
	Corte said she and Ewing didn't think 
the ASU 
Department of Public Safety was doing a poor 
job, but that a 
group like this was needed because students 
must take 
primary responsibility for their own safety. 
	Ewing agreed, adding that there are only 
a few DPS 
officers on duty at one time to cover a 
campus that has more 
than 40,000 students.
	"Would you move to a (place) with only 
three officers 
patrolling a town of 40,000 people?" she 
asked.
	Still in its beginning stages, the group 
will hold its first 
meeting in a few weeks to drum up members and 
begin 
discussing specific goals for the 
organization.
	"We will recruit students who want to 
make the 
campus a safer place," said Ewing, who is 
also the graduate 
associate director of the Women's Student 
Center. 
	Ewing met with DPS officials in May and 
she said they 
were very receptive to the idea of the group. 
She said they 
will work with Radawna Michelle, DPS's crime 
prevention 
officer, to design specific programs to help 
increase students' 
knowledge of campus crime and come up with 
solutions to 
reduce it.
	"I see this as an open window for 
students to express 
what their needs are for campus safety," 
Ewing said. "I think 
if we can open the eyes of the administration 
... we can really 
get some things accomplished."
	ASU DPS Chief Lanny Standridge, who 
authorized 
$400 in start-up money for the group , said 
he was glad to see 
students identifying problems and developing 
solutions with 
police. 
	"I think it's long overdue," he said. "I 
wholeheartedly 
welcome it."
	Michelle agreed, saying that students 
historically have 
not done much to educate themselves about 
safety.
	"It's absolutely wonderful," she said. 
"To have students 
behaving in this pro-active manner is 
excellent."
	Michelle said Ewing has already talked 
to her about 
putting on a series of safety weeks, which 
will focus on how 
to park, bike and walk around campus without 
becoming a 
victim of a crime.
	Ewing said the organization is open to 
faculty and 
staff as well as students. Also, men are 
welcome to join, since 
"safety is not gender specific."
	Anyone interested in joining the group 
can call 965-
9511 or sign up at the Women's Student Center 
in the lower 
level of the Memorial Union.

SES director stays put to avert first-day halt

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	After the ASU Safety Escort Service 
foundered in its 
search for a new director, former director 
Eddie Genna 
temporarily took up his old position to 
ensure the service 
would begin operations this evening.
	Genna, who resigned earlier this month, 
agreed to 
head SES until a new director is found. He 
said a delay in 
service would harm SES's reputation.
	"People have come to depend on us," 
Genna said. "The 
credibility of SES will be shot if we don't 
open on the first 
day."
	Andrea Van Bemmel, Associated Students 
of ASU 
campus affairs vice president, said she had 
hoped to have the 
new director in place by the start of the 
semester. 
	"The search for the director goes on," 
she said.
	ASU Department of Public Safety Chief 
Lanny 
Standridge said he was pleased that SES would 
be operating 
on the first day of classes. He said ASU DPS 
would have 
attempted to escort as many people as 
possible until SES 
resumed services, but it would have been a 
strain on the 
officers.
	Genna said he resigned because of the 
heavy time 
commitment as director and the low pay. He 
said working 40 
hours per week wasn't unusual, for an annual 
salary of 
$1,845.
	Van Bemmel said Genna might have just 
"burned out" 
after two years as director.
	"I love the service. I think it's a 
fantastic service," 
Genna said. "It has just taken its toll on me 
as a student and 
what I want to do with my life."
	Van Bemmel has received five 
applications for the 
position. One applicant withdrew his name 
from 
consideration after he discovered the 
responsibilities and 
salary, she added.
	She agreed that the SES director is 
underpaid, but 
added, "You take a position not only for the 
salary, but also 
the experience."
	Several of the applicants for the two 
assistant director 
positions have also expressed interest in the 
directorship. 
	"We know who we want, but we are not 
sure if they 
are able to take the spot," said Genna.
	SES, which received a 50 percent 
increase for its 
budget this year, escorted more than 8,000 
people last year 
and 4,000 the previous year. "The need this 
year will be 
greater because the word is getting out," Van 
Bemmel said.
	Genna said he feels that the SES is 
"woefully under 
funded" by ASASU and that he spent 
considerable time 
lobbying the Arizona Senate.
	"The Senate was supportive, but it took 
time to get 
funding," Genna said.
	Van Bemmel also said she felt the budget 
is tight, but 
is sufficient for operation.
	An estimated 50 volunteers are needed to 
make SES 
most effective, she said. Currently, she has 
only 15 
applications. Background checks of the 
volunteers are 
completed by ASU DPS and Student Life, and 
SES requires a 
commitment of two consecutive hours per week.
	Van Bemmel said SES is behind in hiring 
paid 
employees and volunteers because of the 
resignations of 
Eddie Lopez, who was elected as campus 
affairs vice 
president last spring, and Genna.
	SES may open a satellite office at 
Sonora Center this 
spring in the hopes of reducing wait times. 
The satellite office 
may also receive additional funding from 
other campus 
organizations.
	Service may also be extended until 1 
a.m. to 
accommodate the later closing of the Memorial 
Union.
	Hours of operation are 6:30 p.m. through 
12:15 a.m. To 
request an escort call 965-1515 or 1-800-692-
SAFE (7233).

Invasion of the Superbowl: plan for parking troubles

By Angela Mull
State Press
	In less than six months, snowbirds won't 
be the only 
species invading downtown Tempe. Football 
fans will flood 
the city in anticipation of Super Bowl XXX 
and parking will 
be the toughest problem city and Super Bowl 
officials face, 
said a Tempe official.
	"Parking will be at a premium," said Rob 
Conway, 
Tempe traffic engineering supervisor and a 
member of the 
Host Committee's Transportation Committee.
	The Transportation Committee is 
examining several 
solutions for Tempe employees, ASU students 
and visitors to 
the Jan. 28 Super Bowl and related events. 
Conway said there 
is no deadline for the plans to be finalized 
because it is an 
ongoing process, but added that a major part 
of the overall 
plan should be in place by October.
	Possible solutions to parking problems 
include park-n-
rides, ride sharing and shuttles. Conway said 
shuttles will 
bring students and visitors from parking lots 
along the Rio 
Salado Parkway between Ash Avenue and Priest 
Drive to the 
NFL Experience, located north of the stadium 
along the Rio 
Salado Parkway.
	Conway said each shuttle should hold 60 
to 100 
people. Students will not be charged for 
shuttle usage, but 
visitors will pay a $5 fee that includes 
parking privileges and 
shuttle use, he said. 
	Another problem drivers may face is 
increased traffic 
because of additional vehicles such as 
limousines, taxis, buses 
and escort vehicles, said Ed VanDerGinst, 
assistant traffic 
engineer for the City of Tempe. As many as 
50,000 daily 
visitors could attend the NFL Experience 
during its two 
weekends prior to the game, he said, adding 
that game-day 
traffic will be different than that of 
Cardinals or Sun Devil 
games.
	"For every person inside watching the 
game, probably 
more will be outside wishing they were 
inside," VanDerGinst 
said.
	Sun Devil Stadium holds about 75,000 
people. 
	Although some streets have enough 
capacity to absorb 
most traffic, the Rio Salado Parkway will be 
closed to most 
vehicles for the two weeks prior to the Super 
Bowl, 
VanDerGinst said. Only shuttles to outlying 
parking areas 
will be allowed in, he said. 
	Conway said the Transportation Committee 
is 
working on routes to keep different groups of 
people from 
coming into Tempe the same way. 
	"The thing that works for our favor is 
that (Super Bowl 
fans) are a very early-arriving crowd," he 
said, adding that 
most visitors arrive one or two weeks before 
game day. 
	A potential increase in accidents is 
another problem, 
said Sgt. Mark Gorla of the Tempe Police 
Department's traffic 
bureau. He said he can't predict what the 
increase will be, but 
added that drivers heading toward downtown 
Tempe can 
avoid traffic problems.
	"Plan your routes," he said. "Leave 
early. Realize that if 
you're not going to the Super Bowl or to do 
business, you 
may want to consider alternative routes."

Nilson: A year later

Memories, questions still haunt Nilson's 
family and friends a 
year after puzzling disappearance

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	For most students, the first day of 
school symbolizes 
new beginnings - new experiences, new 
surroundings and 
new challenges.
	But for Becky Peterson, the first day of 
this and every 
upcoming fall semester will bring forth 
painful memories of 
an ending - the ending of the life of her 
friend Kimberly 
Nilson, who disappeared one year ago today.
	"It's the first thing (I'm going) to 
think of," said the 
justice studies graduate student. "It's going 
to be that way 
forever. You're always going to think of that 
first day of 
school as having a bad connotation. 
	"You never can escape that." 
	Nilson, who was an ASU senior exercise 
science major, 
was last seen alive on Aug. 21, 1994. Her 
skeletal remains 
were discovered eight months later on April 
12 near the 
foothills of the McDowell Mountains in 
Scottsdale.
	The circumstances surrounding Nilson's 
disappearance and death remain a mystery.
	Peterson said she and Nilson's former 
roommate, 
Donna Zingaro, want to do something to mark 
the 
anniversary of the disappearance. They are 
thinking about 
putting up a cross where Nilson's remains 
were found.
	"We can't think of what to do," Peterson 
said. "I think 
the worst part is there's no grave site; we 
can't go anywhere 
to talk to her or put flowers down or 
anything because she 
was cremated and her ashes were scattered 
over the 
mountains in Montana where she was born."
	Even though Peterson has known about 
Nilson's death 
for several months, she still has problems 
coming to terms 
with it.
	"Some days are easier than others, but I 
still think this 
month particularly is quite difficult because 
it's been a whole 
year," she said. "You just get kind of upset 
about the whole 
thing all over again.
	"The whole thing was really strange. You 
read about 
these things in the paper or see them on 
television or in 
fiction books, but to have it happen is just 
unbelievable still."
	Sondra Nilson, Kimberly's sister, said 
the tragedy still 
bothers her and that her mind would not be 
put to rest until 
the case is solved.
	"Until then, the question will remain in 
our minds," 
she said. "There is no resolution. 
(Kimberly's) body was 
found, but it just raised more questions than 
answers." 
	Kimberly Nilson was last seen by Zingaro 
as she left 
their apartment on the night of Aug. 21, 
1994. The next day, 
Nilson's car was found parked in a driveway 
of a Scottsdale 
resident. The car keys were in the ignition 
and Nilson's purse 
and credit cards were still in the vehicle. 
Nilson was nowhere 
to be found and there was no evidence of a 
kidnapping.
	Following the disappearance, Tempe and 
Scottsdale 
police conducted an intensive search of the 
desert area 
surrounding the neighborhood, but came up 
empty. Later, 
Nilson's family and friends distributed 
thousands of fliers to 
businesses in Arizona and surrounding states 
in hopes of 
obtaining information about Kimberly's 
whereabouts.
	The Nilson family offered a $20,000 
reward for any 
information about Kimberly's disappearance 
and police 
received thousands of tips from the public, 
but nothing 
turned up.
	Eight months later, a ranch hand 
discovered some 
skeletal remains on his Scottsdale property. 
Police identified 
them as Nilson's based on dental records. The 
remains were 
found about 2 1/2 miles from Nilson's 
abandoned car.
	No immediate cause of death could be 
determined 
because police found only a partial skeleton. 
Results from an 
autopsy report released in May do not 
indicate foul play. No 
metal or bullet fragments were found at the 
scene, and 
neither trauma to the skull nor scratches - 
which might 
indicate a stabbing - were discovered.
	Scottsdale police are 
still investigating a few leads, and 
currently Nilson's cause of 
death is listed as "undetermined."
	Lt. Steve Graehling of the Tempe Police 
Department, 
who worked on the case before it was turned 
over to 
Scottsdale, said he believes Nilson died of 
exposure, since 
there is no evidence of foul play.
	But both Peterson and Sondra Nilson 
think that 
Kimberly's death was not an accident.
	Peterson said she "firmly believes" that 
someone killed 
her friend.
	"I don't care what anyone else says," 
she said. "Nobody 
knew Kimberly like we did, so how can they 
make 
speculations about things?
	"Somebody was responsible for what 
happened. 
Maybe they didn't actually do it with their 
hands ... but I 
certainly think, indirectly, that she was 
murdered."

New loan program cuts students' wait for cash

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press 
	ASU's new direct loan program will allow 
more 
students than ever to pick up their financial 
aid during the 
first day of classes.
	In the past, students had to apply 
through the 
University and wait weeks for a bank to 
process loan 
applications. The Federal Direct Student Loan 
Program cuts 
the processing time by eliminating banks and 
allowing 
students to borrow directly from the federal 
government.
	"This process is a lot faster than the 
bank loan process," 
said Hank Spomer, assistant comptroller for 
Business 
Services.
	"(FDSLP) improves service to students," 
said Gerald 
Snyder, University comptroller/treasurer. 
"Instead of not 
being able to get their money (until) 
sometimes two or three 
weeks into the semester or even later, we 
have the vast 
majority of students able to get their money 
early." 
	More than 5,000 students are expected to 
receive their 
funds today, said Kate Dillon, director of 
Student Financial 
Assistance.
	She said the new program has allowed her 
office to 
remain current on the amount of funds needed 
to service 
students who have completed the application 
process.
	"We are delighted with the program," she 
said. "We 
can already see the difference it is making."
	As of Friday, 9,O47 students have 
received funding 
from FDSLP either by mail or direct deposit 
into their bank 
account.
	On-line financial aid disbursement 
begins at 8:15 a.m. 
today in the Ventana Room, located on the 
second floor of the 
Memorial Union. However, officials are asking 
students to 
avoid the morning rush.
	"Because we have more money available on 
the first 
day of classes, it is possible that we could 
have some lines," 
Snyder said. "For students who do not have to 
pick up their 
money on Monday morning, we would like them 
to pick it 
up Monday afternoon or Tuesday." 
	"In the afternoon, we feel things will 
be running very 
smoothly, and there will be little or no 
wait," he added. 
	Disbursement ends at 4:30 p.m., but 
students waiting 
in line at that time will be helped. 
	"It will be a busy day, but I think it 
will be a pleasant 
day," Snyder said.

Improved Rio Salado eases traffic, expands parking

By Patty King
State Press
	The recent re-opening of the Rio Salado 
Parkway will 
improve ASU students' access to the campus 
and its parking 
areas, city officials said.
	"I think what they'll find is additional 
parking, easier 
access into and out of Lot 59, and certainly 
from the bicycle 
standpoint, an improved transportation 
system," said Steve 
Nielsen, Tempe's Rio Salado project manager.
	The city completed the $5 million Rio 
Salado Parkway 
realignment on Aug. 5. The roadway had been 
closed from 
Ash Avenue to Rural Road since Feb. 1.
	Almost 900 spaces in lot 59 had to be 
relocated to the 
north side of the road because of the 
realignment. Because of 
the construction, the spaces were unavailable 
most of the 
spring. About 25 more spaces have also been 
added, said 
Howard Hargis, assistant city engineer.
	Gary Meyer, a Rio Salado Project 
architect, said that 
the city installed a traffic signal at the 
intersection of Packard 
Drive and the Rio Salado Parkway. It also 
widened the 
parkway from two to four lanes between Rural 
Road and Ash 
Avenue.
	He said those two factors, combined with 
the opening 
of the roadway, will increase students' 
access to Lot 59 and 
eliminate the traffic congestion that 
occurred on Sixth Street 
last spring when the roadway was closed.
	Nielsen said the city also installed 
bicycle lanes along 
the parkway from Rural road to Ash avenue and 
double left-
turn lanes at the intersection of Rural Road 
and the Rio 
Salado Parkway.
	Hargis said one of the primary reasons 
for the project 
was to move the roadway farther south to 
accommodate 
future development on the Rio Salado Project.
	"Before, ... (the road) ran pretty close 
to the edge of the 
embankment of the Salt River," he said. "In 
terms of planning 
and development, it didn't leave enough room 
between the 
parkway and the river to do much with it." 
The road now 
swings to the south between the Packard and 
Sun Devil 
Stadiums.
	Meyer said the keystone of the larger 
Rio Salado 
Project will be a 230-acre urban lake 
stretching from the 
Indian Bend Wash near McKellips Road to just 
west of Mill 
Avenue.
	"We believe that this will attract 
tourism and revenue 
for the city, along with the idea of (it) 
being the right thing to 
do environmentally," he said. "It creates a 
public park and 
recreation area."
	He said Tempe will fund the $40 million 
project 
through bond sales, but lake-side developers 
will repay the 
costs later. They are currently looking for a 
developer who 
will build a major business near the lake 
while it is being 
constructed.
	"If that happens, we could begin 
construction in 1996 
and be complete in '98," he said.

Hooters' Mill Ave. site ruffles some feathers

By Angela Mull
State Press
	Gayle Shanks is not thrilled.
	She said a Tempe Hooters restaurant, 
scheduled to 
open in September, could hurt her business 
and downtown 
Tempe's image.
	"I don't think the choice of Hooters for 
downtown was 
the right decision," said Shanks, one of the 
owners of 
Changing Hands Bookstore. "I certainly don't 
think it's going 
to enhance the image of downtown Tempe as a 
nice 
restaurant would."
	Changing Hands, 414 S. Mill Ave., is 
down the block 
from Hooters, which will be located at 501 S. 
Mill Ave. 
Shanks said she does not think the close 
proximity will help 
her business.
	"I think more of a drinking crowd and 
rowdiness 
downtown is going to do nothing but hurt my 
business, not 
benefit it," she said.
	However, some business owners think 
Hooters will 
improve sales for everyone, especially shops 
near the 
restaurant.
	Ken Cohen, owner of Scoops and Bagels, 
at 505 S. Mill 
Ave., said, "Any time that you take a store 
that's been 
thriving and you add stores around that will 
draw people, 
you bring so many more people to the east 
side of Mill that 
everyone's business should be good."
	Russ Plieseis, general manager of the 
new Hooters, 
refused to comment until after the Sept. 18 
opening, but Jerry 
Lewkowitz, a lawyer for the restaurant, said 
Hooters will fit 
in with the environment on Mill Avenue. 
	"It's not a neighborhood," he said about 
the businesses 
along Mill. "It's more or less an 
entertainment complex. 
Hooters can make a contribution to 
entertainment." 
	Barry Brooks, an owner of Cookies From 
Home, 418 S. 
Mill Ave., agreed that Hooters will attract 
more people, but 
said he would prefer that the restaurant were 
not there. 
	"What it represents, I would prefer Mill 
Avenue to not 
represent," he said. "But business is 
business."
	Opposition is nothing new for Tempe's 
Hooters. 
Although the State Liquor Board granted the 
restaurant a 
liquor license in April, the decision came 
after the Tempe City 
Council voted 6-1 in February to deny the 
restaurant a liquor 
license. In addition, the group Ethics in 
Action was formed to 
protest Hooters. The group said the 
restaurant chain 
objectifies women and contributes to sexual 
harassment with 
the tight, revealing outfits that Hooters 
employees wear.

Program offers conversation, friendships for foreign students

By David Kovacs
State Press
	New students arriving on campus must 
deal with 
heavy class loads and navigating in a new 
environment. But 
many foreign students face the additional, 
even greater 
problem of not knowing the language or the 
culture.
	Aiding their transition at the 
University is the 
American Language and Cultural Program.
	At an informal welcoming lunch for new 
and 
continuing ALCP students, returning student 
Vladimir Zorim 
met some of his new classmates.
	Zorim, 28, is a college graduate from 
St. Petersburg, 
Russia.
	"Everyone (in America) is very 
friendly," he said. "But 
it is difficult to make real friends."
	As students slowly introduced 
themselves, smiles 
increased and talking became more animated.
	"Conversation is the key," said Program 
Coordinator 
Mark Rentz. "The question for these students 
is always, 'How 
do you make a good friend?'"
	Rentz said the core of ALCP is two 
eight-week 
sessions of intensive English and cultural 
instruction each 
semester. Everyone ends up with 21 hours of 
classes per 
semester.
	Beyond language instruction, the program 
also assists 
students with registration, immigration 
advice and weekly 
cultural activities - even a welcome ride 
from the airport, 
Rentz said.

DRS shuttle saved from budget ax, but still needs funds

By Dan Siegel
State Press
	ASU's class-to-class shuttle service for 
disabled 
students got a reprieve from the budget 
squeeze this fall. 
However, new funding must be found to 
continue the service 
much longer, ASU officials said.
	The service, administered by the 
Disability Resources 
for Students department, was in jeopardy 
during the summer 
months because of expected expense increases.
	"We are shifting (funds) from another 
position that 
hasn't been filled," said Jim Hemauer, DRS 
program 
coordinator senior. "I feel badly we had to 
do it that way, but 
... we felt it was easier to use that until 
we can find other 
funding to keep the program running."
	The shuttle service's future was in 
question because of 
a lack of work study money and because of 
increased federal 
mandates under the Americans with 
Disabilities Act, said Jim 
Morin, DRS program coordinator.
	With tighter funding this semester, 
hours of operation 
will be reduced by one hour. Shuttles are 
offered from 7 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday instead of 
running until 6 
p.m.
	"That will have an impact on a few 
students," Morin 
said. "We used to be able to accommodate them 
in the past. It 
probably affects staff (with disabilities) 
more than students."
	The future of the shuttle is still 
unclear, as the funding 
situation has only been temporarily resolved, 
Morin said. 
Every year the program needs approximately 
$30,000 for 
student wages and operation costs. 
	However, Hemauer 
said the service is secure.
	"We need to work this semester on 
getting a more 
sound financial basis for the program," he 
said.
	DRS is also receiving assistance from 
the Associated 
Students of ASU to keep the program rolling, 
said Marc 
Wendell, ASASU activities vice president.
	"When we heard it was going to be 
discontinued, we 
expressed concern about it," he said. "I 
think it would be very 
embarrassing to the administration and it 
would look bad 
publicly to have that service discontinued."
	ASASU will provide additional carts to 
the service for 
use during peak demand hours and will help 
DRS get more 
money during the budget process, said 
Wendell.
	"I think it's something that really 
strikes home," 
Wendell said. "It's mandated ethically that 
we provide the 
service."
	Between July 1, 1994, and June 30, 1995, 
the program 
made more than 14,000 trips, helping 38 
students. A large 
number of those had temporary disabilities, 
such as broken 
limbs, or needed surgery. This group would be 
the most 
affected if the program runs out of money, 
Morin said. He 
added that without the service, "many of them 
either have to 
cut back classes or drop out altogether." 
	Anyone requesting the service can 
contact DRS 
Mobility Resources at 965-3055.

Students' search for bargain books leads nowhere

Difference between 4 bookstores less than 57 
cents per 
textbook

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press 
	Finding a bargain on books this fall may 
be difficult. 
	In a random comparison of 10 textbooks 
from the ASU 
Bookstore, the College Store, Rother's 
Bookstore and the 
Student Book Center, the State Press found an 
average 
difference of only 56.5 cents per book 
between the highest 
and lowest-priced stores. 
	"It is normally across the board that 
our prices are 
going to fall into the same category," said 
Jim Selby, assistant 
director of the ASU Bookstore. "Once somebody 
makes the 
decision to go at a certain price, the rest 
of the stores have to 
stay with that or their books will be a 
couple of dollars 
higher." 
	Of the books chosen, the ASU Bookstore 
and the 
College Store had the lowest priced books 
with the 10 texts 
totaling $531.05. Rother's had the highest-
priced total of 
$536.70. Books at the Student Book Center 
were $536. 
	Francis Keller, owner of the Student 
Book Center, said 
the results of the comparison would be 
different with another 
set of books, or at another time.
	Price differences for freshman books 
were higher than 
the overall comparison. New books for a 
semester schedule 
of English 101, college algebra (MAT 117), 
Psychology 101 
and Computer Science Engineering 180 average 
$185.30. 
Used books added up to approximately $139. 
	The College Bookstore had the lowest new 
and used 
book prices at $183.50 and $137.65. In 
contrast, the Student 
Book Center had the highest-priced books for 
this schedule at 
$187 and $140.25. There was a difference of 
87.5 cents (new) 
and 65 cents (used) per book.
	Bookstore operators emphasize their 
profit margins 
are lower then the majority of businesses. 
Most businesses 
operate at a profit margin of 22 to 23 
percent, but local 
bookstores function at a margin of 20 
percent, Selby said.
	For example, if a store pays $30 for a 
new book, the 
cost to the student will be $36. 
	Used book prices are based on 75 percent 
of the new 
book price, Selby said. 
	"When you take in all true costs that we 
pay, it gets 
down even lower than that," Keller said. 
	Ninety percent of what bookstores pay 
for a book goes 
to the publisher, while 10 percent goes to 
the author or group 
of authors.
	"Why are we in this business? The volume 
is great," 
Keller added. "There is big bucks in the book 
business, and a 
small piece of that adds up to some profit."

ASASU plans to increase services to students

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	From Super Bowl tickets to presidential 
candidates, 
the Associated Students of ASU hope to give 
something back 
to the students this year, said the executive 
officers.
	"I want students to know what we are 
doing," said 
President Chris Weber. "We are here to serve 
students."
	Bringing primary and general election 
polling sites to 
campus and an additional presidential straw 
poll, slated for 
Feb. 27, is another goal, he said.
	Weber is also organizing a Republican 
presidential 
candidate debate, which may include nine of 
the top 
Republican contenders, he said.
	"We are fairly confident that some of 
them will show 
up," he said.
	If executed as planned, the debate will 
be at Gammage 
Auditorium Feb. 22.
	Relating the Super Bowl to ASU is also 
an issue, he 
said, adding that he sees the game as an 
excellent 
opportunity for students. 
	"Instead of minimizing the bad things I 
want to 
maximize the good things of the Super Bowl," 
he said.
	"We and the university are in 
negotiations with the 
NFL to secure a number of tickets for 
students that may be 
raffled off. If the Super Bowl comes and 
leaves and students 
don't have some opportunity to be in the 
stadium during the 
game, I would be very disappointed," Weber 
said.
	ASASU Campus Affairs Vice President 
Andrea Van 
Bemmel said she wants to provide students 
with new and 
expanded services.
	She oversees the Safety Escort Service, 
the bike co-op, 
off-campus student services and several other 
groups.
	Establishing an office to assist 
students with financial 
aid questions "that will give real 
information," is one of her 
goals this semester.
	"I want to be responsive to the needs of 
the students," 
she said. 
	ASASU Activities Vice President Mark 
Wendell has 
scheduled several speakers for the semester, 
including Ryan 
White's mother and an expert on UFOs. The 
focus falls on 
issues rather than celebrities, he said.
	"We will be bringing in people because 
of a topic, not 
because of a name," Wendell said. "Topic 
discussions are 
more valuable to students."
	Jenny White, the mother of the AIDS 
activist, is 
scheduled for Sept. 12.
	Other speakers will be discussing cults 
and militias, 
the Internet and abuses and 
misrepresentations by the media. 
	Wendell said he plans to host a free 
concert-series 
featuring local bands, with a few big acts. 
He also said he 
plans to raise revenue for ASASU, primarily 
by bringing back 
the concert series.
	"I want to provide a source of 
entertainment and 
learning outside the classroom," he said.

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Column: Burying the skeletons of past columnists

Liz
montalbano
Columnist
	When told I was to write a column 
introducing myself 
to State Press readers, I weighed my options.  
I decided I 
could go the Playboy Playmate of the Month 
bio route: "Hi, 
my name's Liz Montalbano, I'm 5 feet 8 inches 
tall, my 
measurements are 36-24-36 (OK, so I'm lying) 
and my pet 
peeve is men who don't wear boxer shorts."
	Of course, there's always the dreaded 
"first day at a 
new job let's all introduce ourselves and 
make each other feel 
really squirmy and uncomfortable" way to 
become 
acquainted with a group of people who don't 
know you: "My 
name is Liz Montalbano, I hail from a suburb 
of Philadelphia, 
I'm an M.F.A. student in creative writing, 
blah blah, blah blah 
blah."
	For those of you who are still reading, 
it's obvious that 
neither of these options is a very effective 
way of telling 
readers about myself and what to expect from 
my column 
this semester. Let's face it, my readers are 
important to me, 
and although it's not necessary to have you 
all on my side - 
being an opinion columnist is not a 
popularity contest, after 
all - it is important that I win enough 
respect to have my 
voice heard every week. I certainly don't 
expect everyone to 
agree with me all the time, but I do want 
people to look 
forward to seeing my kooky picture peering 
out from the 
pages of the State Press every week.
	Anyone who reads the staff box buried on 
page 4 of 
the paper will notice that I am not only a 
columnist, but also a 
copy editor, which means I am required to 
read and correct 
most of the stories and columns that appear 
in the paper 
every day. It was this role last semester 
that prompted me to 
become an opinion columnist - with all due 
respect to last 
semester's columnists, there were times when 
I would sit in 
the basement of the Matthews Center, bleary-
eyed from 
staring at a 10 pt. times font, and think "I 
could write a 
column as well as - or better - than this."  
So I was invited to 
try, and was a guest columnist several times 
last semester. I 
liked it. It was fun. I finally had the 
chance to have my 
picture next to some of the people I'd been 
harassing in the 
newsroom all semester long.
	So with tongue in cheek, and with an 
affectionate 
ribbing to those who've gone before me, I'm 
now going to tell 
you, my readers, a few of the things you will 
not find in my 
columns this semester:
	- I will not, at any time, compare life 
to a box of 
chocolates, a bowl of cherries, a bag of M & 
M's, or even a can 
of jalape–os. I've been accused by family, 
friends and the few 
and far between significant other of being a 
cynic, but I'd 
rather consider myself a realist. I call 
things the way I see 
them, and as anyone who is even remotely in 
touch with 
reality knows, the sky is not always blue in 
anyone's world.
	- Though I am a student in a graduate 
creative writing 
program, I will not use my column to promote 
my own 
poetry (ie: Liz's poem of the week) or to 
expound incessantly 
about the apathy those in power seem to have 
for poetry and 
the arts - especially now that the Newt and 
his piglets want to 
all but abolish federal aid for the arts and 
humanities ... but 
that's another column. I'm sure I will at 
some point express 
my vehement support for poetry and other 
literary 
endeavors, but I consider myself a well-
rounded person, and 
I will not limit my topics to simply my field 
of study.
	- And finally, I will not use my column 
as a pulpit of 
arch-conservatism or left-wing liberalism 
with the sole 
purpose of inciting responses from enraged 
readers whose 
intelligence I've insulted with my irrational 
and 
unsubstantiated opinions. Though I am a 
fiercely opinionated 
person, I will try to fairly present both 
sides of every story, 
even if I then proceed to completely tear the 
contrary opinion 
to shreds.
	So take it or leave it, kids. You'll be 
seeing quite a bit of 
me this semester if you turn to the opinion 
pages of the State 
Press. I hope you'll all take the time to do 
more than poke fun 
at my mug shot.
Liz Montalbano is an M.F.A. student studying 
Creative 
Writing

Column: No more living life through the television set

Delia Maldonado
Columnist
	At a very young age I was eaten by a 
television. In fact, 
I can barely remember when I was not living 
inside a TV set. 
First there was birth, followed by that awful 
toilet training 
period, the Brady Bunch and eventually MTV.
	As I grew up, television became more 
than just 
entertainment. I escaped into this world. 
Eventually all of my 
friends lived there. I could turn it on and 
disappear into a 
world that did not judge me, did not threaten 
me and did not 
expect anything from me.
 	My 15-inch television set held all my 
dreams. I thought 
I would live there forever. Maybe in Landford 
or Port 
Charles. I could graduate from Langly and 
work for Mrs. 
Garrett or drive a Taxi during the day and in 
the evening 
hang out with the gang at Cheers. Life was 
good.
	Then one day C-Span spit me out. I 
begged to be 
allowed to remain in the protective arms of 
Magnum P.I. but 
to no avail. What would I do without 
Designing Women to 
guide me? I would soon find out.
	At first I stumbled, but in time I 
learned that a remote 
control could not be used to check out a book 
or ride a bus. 
Times were tough and many a nights I recited 
lines, 
memorized from Soap, 'til I fell asleep. In 
my dreams I was 
back on the set of Family Ties. Oh, that 
crazy Alex.
	Eventually I snapped out of it. 
Sometimes talking to 
three or four real people every day. I 
applied to college and 
got accepted by writing an essay on what else 
- television. 
	I had finally realized that television 
didn't control me. 
Still, sometimes, when I come home late, I 
think it's looking at 
me, waiting for me, and I am tempted to turn 
it on and hide 
behind the security of my fast friends. But I 
know I have the 
power to turn it off, pick up a book and 
sometimes, even read 
it.  
	I still believe in the power of 
television. I know it can 
eat you alive and you may even like it but in 
the long run 
you'll miss out just like I did. Since then I 
have learned the 
power of an original thought and have 
subsequently had 
quite a few. Most of which you will read 
about on these 
pages. 
	I'll write about things that concern me, 
things that 
amuse me, things that bore me, things that 
excite me and, 
occasionally, I'll write about things that 
will interest you.
	This column is my new hiding place from 
the world. 
My new escape. From now on I'll sit in front 
of my computer 
and create my own world for your amusement.
	Still sometimes, when I'm writing late 
at night, my 
mind will drift. I'll start typing lines I 
memorized from 
Laverne and Shirley and I'll be reminded of a 
time when I 
was kid who lived inside a TV set.

Delia Maldonado is a graduate student 
studying journalism

Column: Somber picture of self, gone for good

Christina Bailey
Columnist
	Before this summer, if I had been asked 
to introduce 
myself, I would have probably painted a 
rather somber, 
somewhat critical picture of myself.
	I would have started out by saying I was 
a survivor, a 
minority and a person who can't stand this 
energy-sucking, 
cabin fever-causing heat. 
	That was before I went to Cleveland to 
write sports for 
the Plain Dealer. That was before I started 
living with three 
other newspaper people. That was before I 
experienced the 
Cleveland Indians locker room after a game. 
	Somehow I had managed to hide myself in 
this small 
metal container with nothing more than a 
small peep hole to 
gaze at the rest of the world through. All I 
did was school, 
work, therapy and the occasional "marriage 
thang." I was 
serious about changing the entire world and 
righting all the 
wrongs. Mind you I was only 23. I carried at 
least two, 
sometimes, three jobs each semester and still 
managed to go 
to school full-time. Days off were non-
existent. I never said 
no to work or friends but I thought I was 
happy. 
	Before going to Cleveland, I weighed my 
options 
carefully: Cleveland or graduate in the Fall; 
Cleveland or 
cabin fever from this stinkin' heat; Doing 
what I love or 
asking a bunch of seniors, "Would you like 
your donuts in a 
bag or box?" Kind of excited, nervous and a 
little 
apprehensive, I packed my stuff, said goodbye 
to the 
husband and everyone else and flew out there. 
	It amazes me that things went so well. 
Hardly 
anything in my life has gone so smoothly. 
When I got there 
all I had to do was work one job. Imagine 
that. Suddenly I 
had all these options and choices open to me. 
I pictured 
myself as a caterpillar who had just broken 
out of her cocoon. 
I was flapping my newly-discovered wings 
everywhere. 
	I lived in a three-story house with two 
other interns 
and a very special sister who also worked at 
the paper . She 
was kind enough, or perhaps insane enough, to 
let us live 
with her. We called our house the Real World, 
Cleveland 
style. Soon it became the intern hangout. 
There were about 10 
interns that hung out together on a regular 
basis. Everybody 
was different, everybody had a story to tell 
but we were all 
pretty tight with each other. 
	I loved walking down the streets of 
Cleveland. The 
weather was heavenly. The humidity never even 
phased me. 
Nobody questioned the color of my skin, the 
texture or style 
of my hair. Cleveland has a large Puerto 
Rican and Black 
population. There are so many different 
shades of brown and 
black. To them, I was just another person 
trying to make a 
living. 
	I thought a lot about what had 
transpired over the past 
couple of years. I tried to figure out why I 
still wasn't happy 
with the way I looked and the things I had 
done. With the 
help of my friends and my job, I basically 
learned to accept 
me as I am and I let go of things I had no 
control over. I am so 
glad God didn't decide to take me when I 
begged him to 
years ago.
	This summer was a definite learning 
experience for 
me. I wasn't sure if I wanted to be the 
Opinion Editor as the 
summer started to close. I felt like life had 
just started over 
and I didn't want to end up in that metal 
container again. 
	But I think I can use what I have 
learned to make these 
pages worth reading. My whole purpose is to 
give the 
readers issues to think about and comment on. 
You won't be 
reading columns that are written just for the 
sake of pissing 
you off. In all the opinions, you will find 
facts, figures, 
situations or sources to lend it credibility.
	I am open to any comments, suggestions 
and guest 
columns. I am confident I can do this job 
well but I can almost 
guarantee you I will screw up from time to 
time. That's life. 
	As this semester gets underway and I re-
adjust myself 
to this hell on earth, you'll be hearing from 
me from time to 
time. Just remember: Life is too short to 
walk through it in the 
dark and there is something to be learned in 
all that we do. 

Christina Bailey is a senior studying print 
journalism

Pac-10 undergoes changes, adds 2 new faces

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	First in a series of Pac-10 football 
previews.
	The schedules have been set long in 
advance, the 
media guides are out and the teams are fresh 
out of their fall 
football camps. The Pac-10 football season is 
set to begin. 
	Amid many changes that will be taking 
place in 
college football this year and next, the Pac-
10 will probably 
host the most familiar format and faces. The 
Rose Bowl has 
excluded itself from the new Bowl Alliance 
which replaces 
the old Bowl Coalition. So while the rest of 
the teams in the 
nation will get a chance to play for the 
less-than-mythical 
national championship, the Pac-10 and Big-10 
conferences 
will still send its conference champions to 
the "granddaddy of 
them all." The Bowl Alliance will pit the No. 
1 and No. 2 
teams in the nation in a revolving bowl 
system every year 
unless one of the teams belongs to the Pac-10 
or Big-10. 
	Along with the familiar format, familiar 
faces head up 
the division. UCLA Coach Terry Donahue is 
entering his 20th 
season just four games shy of becoming the 
all-time 
winningest coach in Pac-10 history and just 
six short of 100 
victories. USC welcomed back John Robinson as 
head coach 
two years ago and now, in his third season of 
his second stint 
at USC, it seems to be the media consensus 
that they are in 
contention for a Pac-10 title and even a 
national title this year. 
	Stanford and Oregon both will have new 
coaches this 
season. Neither the Cardinal's Tyrone 
Willingham or the 
Ducks' Mike Bellotti is new to the division, 
but Willingham 
coached earlier for the Cardinal under former 
coach Dennis 
Green. Willingham's most recent position was 
running backs 
coach under Green with the Minnesota Vikings. 
Bellotti will 
to take the reigns after a six-year tenure as 
offensive 
coordinator for the Ducks.
	Tuesday: Returning starters and season 
prospects.

Pac-10 West Coast media preseason football 
poll:

1. USC (34)                   406
2. UCLA (4)                   352
3. Washington (1)           292
4. Oregon                       290
5. Arizona (2)                 280
6. California (1)              225
7. Oregon State               134
8. Washington State        129
9. Arizona State             104
10. Stanford                      98

*parentheses indicate number of first-place 
votes.

Sun Devil baseball team announces tryout meeting

The walk-on tryout meeting for the ASU 
baseball team is 
Saturday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. in the University 
Activity 
Center's Room 35-41

The quiet man

Left tackle Roque leads ASU football by 
example

By Dan Miller
State Press
His presence on the football field is 
difficult to miss. At 6-
foot-8, 318 pounds, ASU's starting left 
tackle is the most 
imposing physical specimen on the team. But 
Juan Roque's 
philosophy on taking charge of the Sun 
Devils' young 
offensive line may surprise some. 
	"I plan to lead by example, not by 
words," said Roque, 
a junior, who redshirted his freshman year. 
"I'm not a very 
vocal person. It's just not me. I think I'd 
rather lead by 
working hard everyday and doing what I have 
to do to show 
the young guys how its supposed to be done. 
	"I've been working my butt off for 
what's going on my 
fourth year here and I think it's time to let 
this thing loose."
	If Roque does let loose, there may not 
be many men 
who can stop him. The consensus among the ASU 
coaching 
staff is his explosive potential could place 
him among the 
elite left tackles in the Pac-10 conference.
	"There is no question in my mind that he 
will perform 
at the level of a first-team, all-conference 
player. He's that 
good," said ASU Coach Bruce Snyder. "He's got 
quick feet, 
he's experienced, he's got long arms, he's 
very, very strong 
and absolutely loves the game of football."
	Roque has been consistently moved up and 
down the 
line during his ASU career, playing left 
guard for eight games 
last year and right tackle for two. However, 
with the 
graduation of former three-year starter Jeff 
Kysar, he will be a 
permanent fixture this season.
	"His job is really the 'man on the 
island,'" said ASU 
offensive coordinator Dan Cozzetto. "He has 
to have a 
tremendous amount of instinct to recognize 
what he has to 
do against certain men."
	Roque is well aware of the nature of his 
job and his 
maturity level is evident in his careful 
insight.
	"It's not a position for an aggressive 
man," Roque said 
of left tackle. "Aggressiveness in my 
position comes very 
slowly. You don't want to attack everybody 
because you'll get 
embarrassed. These speed rushers like 
(California's Regan) 
Upshaw and (UofA's Tedy) Bruschi, they're 
going to try to 
outwit you with their speed. If you try to 
attack them, you're 
going to lose everytime."
	That philosophy is why Roque has adopted 
the motto 
"let it go" when putting his competitiveness 
in perspective. 
	"If I make a mistake I can't get all 
wound up about it 
because I have to play another play," he 
said. "If I keep 
thinking about what I did the last time, then 
it's going to 
affect my game.
	"You have to be thick-skinned and go 
with it. You're 
going to make errors. The question is can you 
recover from 
the past and go back and compete again?"
	One man who takes a sincere interest in 
Roque's job is 
ASU quarterback Jake Plummer. There are many 
times when 
Roque is the only thing that prevents Plummer 
from 
becoming a human pancake. 	With right-
handed passers, 
the left tackle protects the quarterback's 
blind side.
	"It's my life on the line," Plummer 
joked. "He loves me. 
Like he said before, he protects me like I 
was his mother and 
that makes me feel real good that he takes 
that much pride in 
it."  
	Roque, who hails from Ontario (Calif.) 
High, was a 
decorated prep player and one of the 
headliners of Snyder's 
first ASU recruiting class. His transition 
from defensive line 
in high school to offensive tackle in college 
has been a 
gradual process.
	"It's the hardest spot on the offensive 
line, so basically 
every week I'm going to be challenged," Roque 
said. 
"Especially right now in camp against Malchi 
(Crawford). 
He's going to be a great player. I'm looking 
forward to 
playing Regan Upshaw, Deke Devers from 
Washington (and) 
Bruschi from Arizona because I think that's 
the kind of 
competition you need to become a great 
player."
	Roque holds former NFL star and Ontario 
native 
Anthony Munoz in high regard, but he isn't 
saying  whether 
he wants to follow in Munoz's footsteps to 
the pros.
	"My goal for this year is just to win 
eight games," 
Roque said. "I'm setting short-term goals for 
myself because 
first and foremost I'm a Sun Devil. I want to 
see us succeed. If 
I think about myself, that would be very 
selfish on my part.
	"This senior class right now was with me 
when I was a 
freshman and I redshirted. I just want to 
send them off with a 
bang and that's what I'm thinking about 
first. Everything else 
will take care of itself."

Runners strive to improve upon disappointing '94 season

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	The sweltering heat might keep most 
people indoors at 
this time of the year, but not the ASU men's 
and women's 
cross country teams, which begin their first 
official practices 
of the 1995 season today.
	Both cross country squads will strive to 
improve on 
their disappointing eighth-place finishes at 
the Pac-10 
championships last fall. Their quest begins 
with the Northern 
Arizona Invitational on Sept. 9 in Flagstaff.
	 The runners and cross country coach Ken 
Lehman 
have set a goal to place in the upper half of 
the conference.
	"We peaked too early last year," junior 
Matt Repak 
said. "We were too gung ho at the beginning 
last year. We 
need to gradually get into the season."
	The men will field a more experienced 
group of 
runners compared to the women. Top runners 
for the men 
include: Repak, the Devils' top finisher in 
four of six meets 
last year; junior Ari Rodriguez, the top 
finisher in two meets; 
sophomore John Tyrrell, a second-place 
finisher at the Grand 
Canyon Invitational; and senior Tom Weber, 
who begins his 
third year on varsity.
	"We'll have a nice tight pack," Repak 
said of the men. 
"No runner will be dominant, but we have five 
or six top 
runners."
	The women could struggle early as Lehman 
tries to 
find his top seven. Returning runners on the 
women's side 
include: senior Lorrieann Adams, who will be 
representing 
her native country, Guyana, at the World 
University Games 
this month in Japan; junior Rose Karrels, who 
had a sixth-
place finish at the Grand Canyon Invitational 
last year; senior 
Kirsten Stocker, who placed 11th at the Grand 
Canyon 
Invitational; and sophomore Sabina Verbeck, 
who placed 
40th out of 132 runners at the District VIII 
Championships in 
Tucson. 
	Overall, both the men's and women's 
cross country 
teams will be young and new runners will need 
to quickly 
blossom.
	"If they ran this summer they're going 
to help us out," 
Lehman said. "If they didn't run, it's going 
to take a while." 
	Lehman added that freshmen Andy 
Carusetta and 
Brandon McGregor look the most promising for 
the men, but 
it's too early to tell which newcomers for 
the women are 
going to make an immediate impact.
	"We'll be a little more youthful. Last 
year we were a 
little top heavy," Weber said. "The new 
people will be 
hungry. We need to get everyone focused on 
the team and 
not as individuals."

ASU expects commitment from recruits

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	Two of the top high school pitchers in 
the nation are 
expected to attend classes today and thereby 
commit 
themselves to ASU's baseball program for the 
next three 
years, said ASU baseball coach Pat Murphy.
	Two left-handers, Ryan Mills of Horizon 
High in 
Scottsdale and Phil Lowery of Casa Grande 
High in 
Petaluma, Calif., appear headed to ASU 
despite an aggressive 
effort by two major league baseball clubs to 
sign them. Mills 
was drafted in the 13th round by the New York 
Yankees and 
Lowery was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 
the second 
round with the 37th pick overall of the 
amateur baseball draft 
in June.
	"My gut feeling is they're both going to 
ASU," Murphy 
said Sunday. "Whichever way it goes, it's not 
going to make 
or break our program."
	High school prospects who are drafted by 
major 
league clubs have until the first day of 
college classes to sign 
pro contracts. Once the player attends his 
first class, the 
athlete is considered untouchable by major 
league teams for 
the next three years.
	Prior to the draft, Mills told teams 
that if he was not 
selected in the first round he would attend 
ASU. However, in 
recent weeks the Yankees increased their 
contact with Mills 
and at press time were still attempting to 
sign him. Mills said 
he would not sign a pro contract for anything 
less than a 
$750,000 signing bonus.
	"I'm not going to drop the price," said 
Mills, who was 
projected as a first- or second-round pick 
before the draft. "It's 
up to the Yankees on where I'm going."
	Mills, who had a 13-0 record and a  0.87 
ERA his senior 
year, originally signed with the Sun Devils 
last November 
during the early signing period. Lowery was 
equally 
impressive in his senior year, recording a 
13-0 record and a  
0.58 ERA. Both men were listed among Baseball 
America's 
top 25 high school prospects.
	"It's rated by the magazines as the No. 
1 recruiting 
class in the country, but I don't put a lot 
of stock into where 
our recruiting classes are rated," Murphy 
said. "The most 
important thing is, do we have the types of 
individuals that 
are ready to make the type of commitment both 
in the 
classroom and on the field to represent the 
nation's finest 
tradition?"
	During the summer, coaches like Murphy 
are keeping 
their fingers crossed as their recruits are 
enticed by major 
league teams to sign pro contracts before 
they start their 
college classes.
	"There is a little bit of an injustice 
to the kid and the 
college program," Murphy said. "When pro 
teams can come 
in at the last minute - literally the day or 
the minute before 
they start their first class - college 
programs are devastated by 
this."
	One ASU signee who slipped away was 
prized recruit 
Ben Petrick. Petrick, a catcher from Glencoe 
High in 
Hillsboro, Ore., was drafted one pick behind 
Lowery by the 
Colorado Rockies. 
	"He was a great young man and would be 
the type of 
young man that we would want to involve in 
our program," 
Murphy said of Petrick, who signed for 
$500,000. "That's a 
part of it. The kid had a great opportunity 
and he has to make 
those choices. We can't make the decision 
whether it's a good 
or bad decision."

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Friday and 
Saturday:
* A male student was contacted while dragging 
a man not 
affiliated with ASU across Apache Boulevard 
at Normal 
Street. The unaffiliated man was intoxicated 
and had fallen 
while he was chasing a friend.
* A male student was contacted in Area 51 
West after he was 
seen opening a call box. He was warned of 
false reporting 
and left the area.
* A male ASU employee was contacted at the 
Animal Care 
Center while arguing with a fellow employee. 
He was 
advised of conduct and left the area.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
shoplifting at 929 S. Mill Ave.
* A male employee was contacted at Noble 
Library regarding 
an unauthorized entry into his office.
* Three men not affiliated with ASU were 
contacted at Forest 
and Tyler malls while in-line skating. They 
were advised of 
ASU policies and left the area.
* Unknown person(s) damaged the window to 
Room 325 in 
Manzanita Hall.
* A male employee reported that a state 
vehicle was involved 
in a non-injury hit and run accident at 700 
E. University 
Drive.
* Unknown person(s) unlawfully entered 717 
Alpha Drive, 
Room 7, and stole a check book, credit cards 
and clothing 
valued at $727.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
on an 
outstanding warrant from Payson Justice Court 
for failure to 
appear. He posted bond and was released.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
underage possession of alcohol at 340 E. 
University Drive.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

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* Kappa Delta Chi Sorority - Information 
table for women 
interested in becoming members of Hispanic-
founded 
sorority. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Cady Mall.