Super Bowl volunteers gain rewards beyond money

By Angela Mull
State Press
	Jane Johnson won't get any money for the 
position she 
was hired to fill, but that doesn't bother 
her.
	Johnson, chosen this summer as a 
volunteer for the 
Super Bowl XXX Players Party, said the 
experience will be a 
fun way to contribute to the community. 
	"Typically, any time you do volunteer 
work where 
other people benefit, the rewards come back 
tenfold," said the 
American Express project analyst. 
	Johnson is one of 11,000 applicants who 
contacted the 
Super Bowl Host Committee to volunteer for 
events 
including the NFL Experience and the Players 
Party. 
	Super Bowl officials estimated they 
would need at 
least 8,000 volunteers, said Geri Cavanagh, 
volunteer 
manager. 
	Although the deadline for volunteers was 
June 10, 
Cavanagh said applicants are still being 
accepted on an 
emergency and reserve basis. Applicants do 
not need to meet 
any specific qualifications as long as they 
are willing to do the 
job, she said.
	Volunteer applicants vary from business 
executives to 
students and retired workers, Cavanagh said, 
and 
applications were received as early as 1990 
when Tempe was 
announced as a future Super Bowl site. 
Cavanagh said she is 
not shocked at the number of people who 
applied because so 
many people volunteer in the community. 
	"I'm not surprised about the enthusiasm 
of people that 
want to help," she said, adding that she is 
pleased with the 
quality of applicants.
	Approximately 220 of the applicants are 
captains 
representing groups including American 
Express, Motorola 
or ASU. Once event representatives contact 
Cavanagh 
requesting volunteers, she contacts the 
captains to organize 
their teams.
	Johnson, a captain for American Express, 
said her 
company was flexible about what event they 
would 
participate in. She added that the Players 
Party will be a 
mind-boggling experience.
	"It's probably going to be four days of 
magic as far as 
everybody's concerned," she said.
	The opportunity to help the Super Bowl 
raise money 
for charities was the primary reason ASU 
broadcasting junior 
Steve Levine volunteered.
	"I didn't do it for the recognition," 
said the volunteer 
captain. "Not only is it really cool and 
exciting, but you're 
also doing a good thing at the same time."
	Levine, a member of Theta Chi 
fraternity, said he 
wants to involve as many Greek Life students 
as possible in 
the volunteer effort.
	"We're not always noted for that," he 
said. "We want to 
make people aware that we are good people, 
too."

Super Bowl XXX to push 3,500 students from Lot 59

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	University officials plan to relocate 
3,500 students in 
stadium-side parking during the Super Bowl, 
but some 
commuters feel they've gotten a raw deal.
	Tentative plans have parking refugees 
emigrating 
from Lot 59 and Lot 58 to a parking area at 
the Rio Salado 
Parkway and Hardy Drive, said Linda Riegel, 
assistant 
director of purchasing in charge of parking 
and transit.
	Lot 59 decal holders will be displaced 
for two to three 
weeks, she said.
	The decision left some Lot 59 patrons 
fuming.
	"Basically, I think (relocating) really 
stinks," said Steve 
Gordon, civil engineering major. "I usually 
don't care where 
I park, but this year I do."
	Gordon added that he had tried to get a 
different lot 
because of the Super Bowl, but was 
unsuccessful.
	Tentative solutions for the parking 
problems are 
being worked out. Riegel said parking and 
transit's main 
goal throughout the planning has been 
protecting ASU.
	"Alternate parking will be provided at 
no additional 
cost," Riegel said. "They will also have a 
dedicated transit 
system (a shuttle) provided."
	In addition to the temporary lot and the 
shuttle 
service, Riegel outlined other preliminary 
plans to 
accommodate ASU commuters.
	"After 3 p.m. Lot 59 can cross-park on 
main campus," 
Riegel said. "We also have a proposal for lot 
monitors for 
both our residence hall lots and decal lots."
	She said the monitors would be in place 
during the 
two-week-long NFL Experience, from 6 a.m. to 
7 p.m.
	Hung-Cheng Chiou, biochemistry major, 
said he had 
alternate commuting plans during the Super 
Bowl.
	"I'm not concerned, I can bike here," 
Chiou said, "but 
it's going to be inconvenient."
	He said he was charged the same rate, 
even though he 
would not have access to the lot for part of 
the year.
	"I'm paying the same rate," he said. 
"You buy the 
decal for one year - there's no difference."

Summer training course sharpens ASU bike cops' skills

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	ASU's bike patrol officers underwent 
advanced 
training this summer to learn how bicyclescan 
be used in the 
fight against campus crime. 
	All seven of ASU Department of Public 
Safety's bike 
officers, including Chief of Police Lanny 
Standridge, 
completed the training in June to earn the 
International Police 
Mountain Bike Association's certification. 
	The IPMBA provides standardized training 
in bike 
procedures to more than 600 police agencies 
across the 
country. The training was free, but DPS must 
pay $50 yearly 
membership dues to the IPMBA.
	Officers learned how to mount and 
dismount quickly, 
how to maneuver better on their bikes and how 
to make 
traffic stops. They trained in riding up and 
down stairs and 
how to use their bikes as shields when 
dealing with 
dangerous situations.
	One of the tests, called the "brake and 
escape," 
involved riding at high speeds through cones 
toward an 
awaiting instructor. The officer would then 
have to make a 
quick right or left, depending on which way 
the trainer 
pointed. 
	The officers also rode through busy 
streets in 
Scottsdale to learn how to get around in 
heavy traffic and 
even picked up health and nutrition tips to 
prepare 
themselves for the rigors of constant bike 
riding.
	Standridge said it was tough training, 
but well worth 
it for all of the things the officers 
learned. He added the bike 
officers need to be in good shape for the 
job, since they are 
outside on campus regardless of the heat or 
cold.
	"This is not a fair weather-only type of 
transportation," 
Standridge said. "What we have done is 
increased the 
professionalism of a police bicyclist."
	ASU's bike patrol program, which 
operates as a 
supplement to the normal car and foot 
patrols, has been 
around since the late 1980s. Bike officers 
patrol in pairs 
during each day's three shifts and have the 
same 
responsibilities as other police.
	Officer Cal Chappel, who went through 
the 40-hour 
program, said the program has some benefits 
over car 
patrols. Bike officers are harder to see, 
making it easier for 
them to sneak up on criminals. He also said 
it is easier to get 
around campus. 
	"For the majority of (calls), a bike can 
make it to the 
scene quicker than a car," Chappel said.
	In addition, the bike patrol program is 
more cost-
effective. The average bike costs $1,000, 
compared to about 
$20,000 for a patrol car.
	Standridge said the program is part of 
his community-
based policing policy which involves getting 
officers to work 
in a "partnership" with the ASU community.
	He said he believes the program has 
helped reduce the 
number of bike thefts on campus. In the past 
six weeks alone, 
bike officers have caught eight bike thieves.
	Overall, bicycle thefts have decreased 
during the 
patrols. For the first six months of 1994, 
173 bike thefts were 
reported. During the same time period this 
year, when the 
program was not in use, there were 284 
thefts.
	If more funds are available in the 
future, Standridge 
said he would be interested in expanding the 
program.
	"It's already proven its worth," he 
said.

ASASU finds new chief for Safety Escort Service

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	The Safety Escort Service's search for a 
new director 
has ended with the hiring of a new director - 
one with no 
previous experience within the organization.
	Graduate student Lisa Mertz, a graduate 
medical 
anthropology student, will succeed Eddie 
Genna, who 
resigned earlier this month, said Andrea Van 
Bemmel, 
Associated Students of ASU vice president of 
campus affairs.
	Van Bemmel added that she had "no 
hesitation" in 
hiring Mertz. However, she said she would be 
more 
concerned about hiring a director with no 
experience if the 
former director, Eddie Genna, wasn't training 
the new 
director.
	Genna agreed that Mertz's lack of 
experience is not a 
major concern.
	"Having experience is not a necessity as 
long as you 
have returning escorts that have experience," 
Genna said. 
"Ideally, the new director would have 
experience with the 
service, but that didn't happen."
	Despite her lack of SES experience, 
Mertz said her 
qualifications stem from experience as a 
teaching assistant 
and a history of community service.
	"SES will challenge my management 
skills. It will be a 
very positive challenge," Mertz said. "I 
don't think that it is 
anything that is out of my capability.
	"We have a bunch of dedicated people 
(SES 
volunteers) that are willing to hang in there 
to make sure that 
the transition is smooth." 
	SES Assistant Director of Operations 
Trail Potter, who 
also has no previous experience with the 
service, said Mertz 
is "very open to a free exchange of ideas."
	"We have four base managers with 
extensive 
experience. We will be relying heavily these 
first few weeks 
on those base managers," he said.
	Potter said he is working on a plan to 
establish 
sponsorship nights where one campus 
organization serves as 
escorts. Groups would be responsible for one 
night a week or 
every other week. Potter is initially 
targeting the Greek 
system and will eventually branch out to 
other groups.
	Genna said the escorts from the campus 
groups will 
have to go through the same background checks 
as other 
escorts.
	Jennifer White, a sophomore in justice 
studies, was 
hired last week as the assistant director of 
administration for 
SES.
	White hopes to "get the service going 
again" by 
enlisting more volunteers to reduce wait 
times.
	She said 30 volunteer escorts are needed 
for SES to 
provide adequate service.
	White, who put in 220 hours as an escort 
last year, said 
that burnout is not a problem in SES. "The 
more I worked, the 
more I enjoyed helping," she said.
	However, she admitted that some 
volunteers have left 
the service because they had to work every 
night.
	"We want to avoid a situation where 
escorts believe 
that they have to work," Genna said. He said 
he believes that 
60 volunteers, working two hours per week, 
would be 
optimum.
	Mary Irving, an escort with SES, said 
she feels that 
Mertz will have no problems if she remains 
open to 
suggestions.
	"She has to start somewhere," she said. 
"She (Mertz) 
will be innocent until proven guilty. We need 
a new leader, 
or we'll fall."

Financial aid system smoother yet still problematic

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press 
	Students spent less time in line Monday 
for financial 
disbursement than in past semesters, but the 
application 
process is still a problem for many. 
	"They are doing a good job (today)," 
said Janell Knots, 
a senior microbiology major waiting to 
resolve a problem 
with her promissory note from the financial 
aid office. "I 
would just like to talk to somebody about the 
system. It 
doesn't seem to be very good."
	Despite warnings against a morning rush, 
students 
began standing in line outside the Ventana 
Room in the 
Memorial Union at 7:30 a.m. 
	Gerald Snyder, University 
comptroller/treasurer, said 
he estimated lines at peak hours were a third 
of the size as 
spring '95. 
	Applicants who had completed the loan 
process before 
Aug. 14 had little or no wait, Snyder said.
	But contrary to officials' hopes, the 
line became longer 
as the day progressed. At 2:30 p.m. students 
were waiting 30 
to 40 minutes for their funds. 
	Students who had application problems 
often waited 
more than an hour for service. 
	"I have had financial aid for two years, 
and have never 
had it go smoothly when I have come in to get 
my check," 
said James Ponte, a senior political science 
major. 
	After waiting in line for an hour and a 
half last week at 
the financial aid office, Ponte said he 
thought he had 
completed the loan process.
	He was wrong. 
	"They entered everything in the computer 
(last week), 
and told me my money would be ready Monday," 
he said. 
"Now I get here and find out I have to fill 
out a compliance 
form. They could have given that to me a week 
ago." 
	Richard Knorr, a senior psychology 
major, waited 
from 8:30  to 10:20 a.m. 
	"It is exactly the same (as last 
semester), but I got my 
money, so I was happy," he said. "Overall, 
they have a lot of 
people to deal with, so I can see their 
side." 
	Student Financial Assistance had four 
terminals set up 
to handle problems for students like Ponte 
and Knorr.
	"(Ponte) got his money today, instead of 
us asking him 
to come back in a week or two to get his 
funds," said Kate 
Dillon, director of Student Financial 
Assistance.
	"Most students did walk away with their 
money 
today," she said. 
	An estimated 1,500 checks were 
distributed Monday, 
but numbers are expected to taper off as the 
week goes on, 
Snyder said. 
	Financial aid is available in the 
Memorial Union's 
Ventana Room until Friday. 
	"My only regret is that we don't have a 
way to fan out 
the student traffic ... so we could serve the 
same volume of 
students over a couple of days. It is really 
hard to serve 
everyone on Monday," Dillon said.

ASU DPS tosses ticket book, tries informing bike violators

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Stressing education over enforcement, 
ASU and 
Tempe police are spending the first week of 
school informing 
law-breaking bicyclists about the rules and 
possible dangers 
of riding around campus.
	Although tickets will still be given out 
to some 
bicyclists, ASU Department of Public Safety 
officer Al Phillips 
said police will mainly give offenders 
pamphlets detailing 
bicycle safety.
	"We feel that we need to be a little bit 
reasonable," he 
said. "We feel that education is a very, very 
good way to go, 
especially in the first week of school."
	ASU Chief of Police Lanny Standridge 
agreed, saying 
many students may not be aware of all the 
bike rules on 
campus.
	"Our place is not just to arrest," he 
said. "We are here 
to help. One of the best ways we can help is 
to educate."
	The pamphlets, put together by Tempe 
police, describe 
local traffic laws and give safety tips, such 
as obeying traffic 
signals and riding with the flow of traffic. 
	They also cite statistics, such as the 
fact that 96 percent 
of all car-bicycle accidents result in 
serious injury or death to 
the cyclist, and that 44 percent of all car-
bicycle accidents are 
caused by bicyclists who ride on the wrong 
side of the street.
	Phillips said most bicycle accidents 
occur for four main 
reasons:
- Riding on the wrong side of the road;
- Failure to stop for a sign or light;
- Not yielding to a pedestrian;
- Failure to yield from the edge of a road.
	Contrary to popular belief, ASU police 
can write 
tickets for violating campus and Tempe laws. 
If bicyclists 
violate an ASU rule, such as riding in a 
walk-only area, they 
may be fined $18. If an ASU officer catches 
someone riding 
the wrong way on University Drive, the fine 
could run from 
$65 to $95.
	Phillips said offenders can attend a 2-
hour bicycle 
safety class on campus instead of paying the 
fine. He said it 
teaches "everything you need to know about 
bicycles but 
were afraid to ask," such as the causes of 
bike accidents, types 
of sanctions and bicycle theft and 
prevention. Violators may 
only take the class once each semester to 
erase their ticket. 
Phillips added that anyone may take the 
class, not just those 
who are required to.
	Phillips said ASU police could easily 
write 500 tickets 
each day, but that officers realize that is 
not the best thing to 
do. He said education is the key to reduce 
bike violations and 
that only "selective" enforcement of 
citations will be used 
when police feel it is necessary.
	"We don't use (citations) much. They 
just aren't really 
effective for us," Phillips said.
	Standridge said there are no plans to 
change the 
amount of the ASU fine, adding that it is 
enough to get an 
offender's attention.
	"Eighteen dollars may not be a lot for 
some, but it may 
be a lot for others," he said. "I hope it 
would be enough of an 
attention-getter that (violators) will not 
want to pay another 
one in the future."
	Those interested in taking the bike 
class can call 965-
6068 for more information.

Dorm occupancy surges

More freshmen, FYE program attributed to rise 

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	Hordes of freshmen stampeding onto ASU's 
campus 
have raised the occupancy at ASU's 11 
residence halls. 
	At last count, the total tenancy has 
jumped to 97 
percent of the 4,880 beds, up from 91 percent 
in the fall of 
1994, said Laura Boever, assistant director 
for operations.
	Boever attributes the increase to a 
higher number of 
entering freshmen. 
	"The overall size of the freshman 
classes are larger," 
she said. "There are more students graduating 
right now at 
the same time as seniors in high school. So 
we've got a bigger 
lot to choose from." 
	The registrar's office will not begin to 
compile 
freshmen enrollment data until Sept. 9.
	Debra Sells, associate director of 
Residential Life, 
accredited the growth to the Freshman Year 
Experience 
program initiated last fall. 
	"I think the number of freshmen who want 
to live on 
campus continues to increase," she said. "I 
think it's 
predominantly because of the Freshman 
Experience program. 
People are figuring out this is a wonderful 
way to get 
through the freshman year." 
	Sells added that many students who lived 
in the 
residence halls last year have returned for 
another semester. 
	"We had a higher number of returning 
students last 
year who indicated they wanted to remain for 
another year," 
she said. "That number was up to begin with."
	Boever agreed that the FYE program has 
drawn a 
number of new students to on-campus housing. 
	"I think it has definitely attracted 
more students to 
want to live on-campus their first year," she 
said. "I think (the 
program) has been very beneficial." 
	The Freshman Year Experience program 
provides 
students with an opportunity to adapt more 
quickly to a 
college lifestyle through special classes and 
services available 
in Palo Verde East, Manzanita, Sonora and 
Palo Verde West. 
	Boever said she expects the high 
occupancy rate to 
continue for at least the next two years. 
	"The trend suggests that (the high 
occupancy rate) will 
continue," she said. "We anticipate that the 
numbers will stay 
pretty much where they are for the next 
couple of years." 
	Sells added that she believes the 
numbers will stay up 
barring any unforeseen conditions, such as 
tuition increases. 
	"It's hard to predict if something will 
happen in terms 
of demographics or tuition increases," she 
said. "It's looking 
as though we will be holding at 100 percent 
as long as 
conditions remain the same."

Editorial: A Super hassle

Once again, education loses out to 
football at Arizona 
State University.
	We have been reminded many, many times 
of the 
great and high honor we of this University 
have in hosting 
Super Bowl XXX. Just think! The world will be 
watching!
	But it seems the world will have a 
better view of the 
University than 3,500 students will. After 
all, the world won't 
be forced to park more than a mile away from 
ASU.
	Have a decal for Lot 59? Forget it, at 
least during the 
grand high orgy of the Super Bowl. You'll be 
parking instead 
at a lovely, scenic lot at Hardy Drive and 
Rio Salado 
Parkway, while some rich guy in a BMW takes 
your spot.
	Look that one up on a map. It is at 
least a mile away 
from campus, maybe more.
	The University assures us that shuttle 
service will be 
available during the two to three weeks that 
Lot 59 will be 
closed to students.
	But shuttles from Lot 59 are crowded 
enough now, 
when they can reasonably be considered a 
conveH is packed.
	Shuttle service from Hardy and Rio 
Salado is not a 
convenience. It is a necessity. And come next 
January, we 
worry that students may be forced to fight 
for precious 
shuttle seats.
	Even if we eliminate the shuttle 
worries, there are still 
nagging questions about the availability of 
parking at the 
new site. Is there enough parking there, 
enough to handle all 
of the traffic displaced from Lot 59? On the 
map, it certainly 
doesn't look that way.
	Nightmares of cars endlessly circling 
for parking 
spaces like vultures seem to come to mind at 
times like this.
	What is scary about all this is the 
message that is being 
sent out.
	What is Arizona State University here 
for? What is its 
primary purpose?
	Are we here for the sole purpose of 
hosting a football 
game? Or are we here for the purpose of 
education?
	Students have been getting one raw deal 
after another 
over the Super Bowl. The act is beginning to 
wear thin.
	Sure, we like the Super Bowl as much as 
everyone else. 
But when we're forced to shut down classes 
for at least two 
days because of it, we have a right to be 
concerned.
	And when we're forced to commute more 
than a mile 
from our parking spots for three weeks to 
accommodate the 
NFL, we have a right to be angry.
	This is our university, not the NFL's. 
And the last time 
we looked, the Super Bowl lasted for a single 
Sunday - not for 
three weeks.
	Sure, the NFL Experience will be taking 
place during 
those three weeks. But shouldn't the people 
visiting it be the 
ones doing the commuting?
	You can afford to wait around a few 
minutes to get to 
the NFL Experience. But you don't have that 
luxury when it's 
8:25 and you have an 8:40 class.
	It wouldn't be quite so infuriating if 
we were 
sacrificing for something worthwhile. But 
instead, students 
are being condemned to the commute from hell 
for three 
weeks over a glorified football game.
	Something is definitely wrong with a 
society that 
treats students like refugees for nearly a 
month so tourists 
can have their photos taken next to a 
cardboard cutout of 
Troy Aikman.

Column: Native American struggles still unheard

Tina Holder
Columnist
	Well, I hope everyone had a nice summer. 
I know that 
it was way too short but then isn't that the 
way it always 
goes?
	Some of you may remember me from last 
spring but in 
case you don't, let me give you a brief 
background of who I 
am.
	I am a senior justice studies major and 
I hope to be 
entering law school in the near future. I am 
of Cherokee, 
Choctaw and white ancestry. I have three 
children ranging 
from ages 7 to 17. Two of them currently live 
with me. 
	When I was 5 years old, I was taken from 
my home 
and placed in an adoptive one. At 11 years 
old, I ran away. So 
for the next 7 years I lived on the streets 
and learned to take 
care of myself. I saw quite a few things out 
there that no one 
should ever have to witness: shootings, 
rapes, drugs, and so 
forth. 
	Since then I have lived on and off 
reservations. I have 
lived where I had more money than I knew what 
to do with, 
but I have also lived where I didn't know 
where my next 
meal would come from. Many things I write 
about are drawn 
from these experiences. I'd like to think 
through my writing 
that maybe I can keep just one person from 
making the same 
mistakes that I made. My goal is to educate 
as well as 
entertain.
	There is another reason I write and I 
have to admit 
that it is the main reason. I want to help 
give a voice to the 
problems facing my people. I hope to educate 
people about 
what is really happening to the Native 
Americans in this 
country. I will address issues like 
inadequate school systems, 
sacred land being taken and turned into 
National Parks, 
being forced to choose between supporting 
your family or 
getting health care, murders and rapes that 
go 
uninvestigated, a government that refuses to 
honor it's 
treaties and so much more. 
	Through my experiences, I think people 
don't realize 
that the natives in this country are still 
treated much the same 
as they were hundreds of years ago. When we 
try to support 
ourselves with casinos, we are told that we 
are being treated 
"special" by the government and shouldn't be 
allowed to have 
them. 
	For years, America has been trying to 
portray itself as 
a "kinder, gentler" nation, more accepting of 
others who are 
different. I will show this to be wrong, very 
wrong. 
	My articles aren't meant to shock or 
make people 
angry, although I am sure that they will. 
They are meant to 
bring attention to things that are not 
addressed nearly 
enough in this society. They are meant to 
open the eyes of the 
public to what is really happening - right 
here in our own 
back yard. I want others to understand the 
pain and the 
anger that we feel and know where it all 
comes from. I hope 
that my articles will make others look at 
things in a different 
way.

Tina is a senior majoring in justice studies

Column: Rural upbring promoted self-education

Steve Forsberg
Columnist
	Welcome to the State Press editorial 
pages and more 
specifically, to my column. With some luck 
I'll be appearing 
here on a regular basis for the rest of the 
semester. Hopefully 
you will find my columns either wonderful or 
enraging, 
depending on your viewpoints, but always 
enlightening and 
never boring.  
	As is the case with most writers, my 
perspectives have 
been shaped by the life I've led. Since I'm a 
bit older than the 
average student - I'm 28 years old - and have 
had a somewhat 
unusual life, I'll give you a brief 
background.
	I was raised on a farm in rural 
Nebraska. The nearest 
village had a population of approximately 700 
and it was 30 
miles to the nearest movie theater. What 
really gets people is 
the size of my high school graduating class - 
there were only 
17 people. To say that it was a life of 
relative isolation is an 
understatement. We didn't even have cable TV.
	Fortunately I learned to read early and 
well. The 
countless hours I didn't spend watching cable 
TV and playing 
with other kids, I spent reading. I read our 
set of Worldbook 
encyclopedias front to back. I ordered books 
by the box from 
catalogs. I went to garage sales and bought 
whatever was 
available. I poured over maps, memorized 
glossaries, and 
devoured every magazine and newspaper I could 
get my 
hands on. Since there was no library and no 
one to really talk 
to, reading was the next best thing to do. 
Although I've 
learned a lot from my formal education, I 
like to think that I 
am primarily self-educated.
	After high school my options were 
limited. No money 
meant no school, and I'd had just about 
enough of manual 
labor. There is nothing like shoveling hog 
manure in 100 
degree heat to make one appreciate an office 
job. After a 
number of false starts, I ended up enlisting 
in the Navy, 
where I was soon working in the cryptology 
racket.  
Cryptology involves the collection of data 
from the 
electromagnetic spectrum and it's analysis. 
In laymen's terms 
it means decoding anything that gives off 
radio waves, like a 
communication signal. It was fascinating work 
and gave me 
the opportunity to travel much of the world, 
as well as raise 
money for college.
	So now I am here at ASU, where I am 
pursuing a 
degree in history with the ultimate aim of 
becoming a foreign 
service officer. I like the sound of being a 
U.S. diplomat, 
representing the United States overseas or 
here at the 
embassy. I have a particular interest in 
international relations 
as well as foreign and military policy. I am 
not interested in 
day to day events in politics, but I like to 
follow major trends 
and research their origins. And finally, I am 
fond of rooting 
for the underdog.  Nothing helps me get up a 
head of steam 
like seeing the average person getting 
trampled on by some 
bigwig.
	Now hurry up and read the rest of the 
paper! You've 
got studying to do! 
Steve is a senior studying history.

'Men of Troy' plan to dominate conference

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	This is the second in a series of Pac-10 
football 
previews.
	With three or four of the 10 teams in 
the Pac-10 in 
contention for the Associated Press top 25, 
the only problem 
facing the division is it may be too strong 
for its own 
good. 
USC, UCLA, Washington and Arizona are all 
scheduled to 
face at least two of the four top teams in 
the division as 
listed 
by the West Coast media. Here are the top two 
along with 
their prospectus:  
	1. USC
	The men of Troy (they no longer want to 
be called 
Southern Cal) are the top Pac-10 team in this 
year's AP poll 
and it's no accident. John Robinson predicted  
he would 
return USC to power when he returned two 
years ago. With 
two stellar recruiting seasons he's been able 
to do just 
that, as 
evidenced by the Trojans 55-14 Cotton Bowl 
victory over 
Texas Tech.
	Among the Trojans' returning starters 
this year are 
former ballboy-turned-wide receiver/Heisman 
candidate 
Keyshawn Johnson. The senior will be looking 
to have 
another season like last year when he caught 
66 passes for 
1,362 yards and nine touchdowns. Junior Shawn 
Walters 
heads a plethora of talented running backs 
and preseason 
All-American candidate John Stonehouse will 
handle the 
punting duties. 
	"We're a young team without any stars 
with the 
exception of Keyshawn (Johnson)," Robinson 
said. "If we're 
at 
a level that some people think we're at, I 
really don't know 
that. I think it's hard to evaluate yourself 
a lot of 
times."
	Junior Brad Otton appears to have the 
early nod to 
start at quarterback, but Robinson hasn't 
ruled out 
utilizing 
both Otton and Kyle Wacholltz. 
	"One of the things that we're determined 
to do is give 
our quarterback position less responsibility 
for winning 
this 
year than we have in last years," Robinson 
said.
	Analysis: USC has what it takes to reach 
the top spot 
in the Pac-10, but it has a tough schedule 
ahead with 
Arizona, 
Notre Dame and Washington on the road. The 
Trojans also 
face UCLA in a tough home finale. 
	2. UCLA
	Coach Terry Donahue will also have the 
luxury of a 
star wide receiver in senior Kevin Jordan, 
who picked up 
right where the injured and since departed 
J.J. Stokes left 
off, 
catching 73 passes for 1,228 yards and seven 
touchdowns.
	 Ryan Fien will be replacing the 
graduated Wayne 
Cook at quarterback. Fien almost won the job 
over Cook  in 
training camp last year. Number 33 Karim 
Abdul-Jabbar 
makes his return this year to the Bruins, not 
at the center 
position for the basketball team, but as 
running back. 
Abdul-
Jabbar, who changed his name from Sharman 
Shah for 
religious reasons, rushed for 1,227 yards 
last year and is 
an 
All-America candidate. Junior Skip Hicks will 
be right on 
his 
heels competing for starting time at the 
tailback position. 
Senior Jonathan Ogden, considered one of the 
top two 
offensive linemen in the nation, anchors the 
front. 
Preseason 
All-American Donnie Edwards will lead a 
strong defense.   
	With so much talent returning, one might 
think 
Donahue would have high expectations of this 
year's squad, 
but the hype-wary coach is not concerned with 
preseason 
analysis. 
	"I've never seen a coach who didn't 
think he had a 
great spring practice and has a great bunch 
of kids 
returning 
for him," Donahue said. "Everybody this year 
thinks they 
have a great team."                                     
	 
Donahue is 
reflective of the long road that has led up 
to his 20th 
season. 
	"Twenty years is a long time. That's a 
lot of coin 
tosses," Donahue quipped. "It seems almost 
like yesterday 
that I was named head coach of UCLA."
 Analysis: It appears that once again 
Robinson and Donahue 
will be battling for the top spot in the Pac-
10 and Los 
Angeles 
bragging rights, but UCLA also faces a tough 
schedule with 
Miami in its home opener and Arizona, 
Washington and USC 
down the road.

Golf begins season with high expectations

By Lisa Eskey
State Press
	With a fourth-place finish at the NCAA 
Championships last June and three All-
Americans returning, 
the men's golf team is preparing for the fall 
season with 
high 
expectations.
	According to Coach Randy Lein, the team 
is bigger 
than expected with 16 players on the roster, 
10 of whom are 
incoming freshmen. Despite the inexperience 
of many team 
members, Lein doesn't believe this will be a 
rebuilding 
year.
	Joey Snyder is the lone senior on the 
squad, but the 
unspoken expectations don't really bother 
him.
	"All that means is that we'll have a 
young team," he 
said. "If I be myself, everything will fall 
into place."
	"Joey is a good leader, ready to take 
the reins," Lein 
added. "He works hard and I think he would 
actually like a 
leadership role."
	Lein said Snyder, Chris Hanell and Scott 
Johnson will 
form the nucleus of the team.
	Sophomore Pat Perez, redshirt-freshman 
Brad Cannon 
and junior Oscar Palacio should also see some 
playing time, 
Lein said.
 	"The lineup will be constantly changing 
throughout 
the season. There are many in the hunt for 
the last few 
spots," 
he said. "There will be an early dogfight for 
a position on 
the 
team."
	Lein also said Phil Mickelson's younger 
brother, Tim, a 
freshman out of Torrey Pines High School in 
San Diego, 
Calif., is an up-and-coming player.
	Lein anticipates a preseason ranking of 
second or third 
in the nation.
	"Our goal is to win the Western Regional 
and move 
into the (NCAA) Championships, and I think we 
have just 
the team to do it with," he said.

Smooth talkin'

Cornerback Soward toys with opponents' minds

By Dan Miller
State Press
Marcus Soward enjoys being a nuisance to 
other teams. In 
fact, the ASU senior right cornerback has 
just about turned 
it 
into an art form.
	"My coaches are always telling me, 'You 
don't need to 
talk so much. Calm down a little bit,' but I 
consider that 
part 
of my game," said Soward, who is notorious 
for his trash-
talking on the field. "I talk a lot and I 
jabber and say 
things to 
the other receivers. That's all part of my 
game and it helps 
me."
	And it doesn't matter what the situation 
is. Soward 
expresses himself on a variety of issues.
	"If I make a good play or if I do 
something that I 
think 
is good, I'm going to talk about it and I'm 
going to talk to 
them and I'm going to talk to their teammates 
too," said 
Soward, who will become a four-year letterman 
this year. "I 
consider it a mental edge. I try to get the 
best of them by 
talking."
	Soward loves to talk so much, he said it 
makes no 
difference if his adversary listens.
	"Some receivers out there, they're real 
quiet. You can 
talk all day to them and they won't say 
anything," he said. 
"But I'll still talk. And if I'm getting the 
best of them, 
I'll just 
keep going. And if I'm not getting the best 
of them, I'll 
still 
keep going."
	Soward's ongoing pleasantries frequently 
include 
predictions, warnings and most often, advice. 
	"You say things like, 'You're not 
catching the ball 
tonight,' or 'Don't run a route my way,' and 
some other 
things 
that probably shouldn't be printed in the 
paper," he said. 
"A 
lot of times it works. Then sometimes it 
doesn't. Sometimes 
they get you. That's all part of the game. 
You win some and 
you lose some."
	During his tenure at ASU, Soward has won 
more 
personal battles than he has lost. Now the 5-
foot-11, 179-
pounder is touted as one of the top returning 
cornerbacks in 
the Pac-10 conference.
	"What has hurt him more than any other 
thing has 
been injury," ASU football coach Bruce Snyder 
said of 
Soward, who is currently recovering from a 
mild groin pull. 
"But when he's healthy and when he's playing, 
he's quick, 
aggressive and smart. I don't know that 
there's a better 
corner 
in the league."
	Soward will lead a secondary that could 
be one of the 
deepest the Sun Devils have seen in recent 
years. He will be 
flanked by seniors Lee Cole, the left corner, 
and Harlen 
Rashada, the strong safety, with sophomore 
Thomas 
Simmons at free safety. However, redshirt 
freshmen Mitchell 
Freedman and Lamont Morgan, sophomore Jason 
Simmons 
and junior Traivon Johnson will also see 
significant action.
	"I've been here four years and this is 
by far the best 
secondary I've played in," said Soward, who 
has played with 
former Sun Devils Craig Newsome, Lenny McGill 
and Kevin 
Miniefield, who each have turned pro. "We 
have more talent, 
more depth and more ability than ever."
	ASU secondary coach Donnie Henderson 
said 
Soward's understanding of the game is evident 
in his 
maturity level.
	"The thing that he brings to the 
secondary will be 
experience and we do need that back there," 
he said. 
"Maturity in the secondary comes with 
confidence, and he 
has the confidence that he can play in the 
Pac-10. A lot of 
that 
came through the three years he's been here."
	Soward has endured his share of 
adversity along the 
way. Aside from an ankle sprain that 
sidelined him for two 
games last year and a shoulder injury in 
1993, Soward 
learned the hard way about life in the Pac-
10.
	"That first year he took a beating. He 
wasn't very good 
as a freshman and I think it hurt his 
confidence and it 
dipped 
again as a sophomore," Snyder said. "I'm not 
so sure he 
didn't 
consider giving it up because his confidence 
was so low. But 
he's brought himself back up and I think now 
he realizes 
that 
he is one of the premier corners in our 
league."
	Soward is confident his style fits right 
into ASU's 
single-coverage scheme.
	"I believe I'm a very good cover man. I 
believe I'm at 
the top of the Pac-10 in cover-men," he said.
	Soward, an elementary education major, 
played 
running back at Eisenhower High in Rialto, 
Calif then 
switched to corner at ASU.
	Soward said the hardest part of playing 
cornerback is 
the scapegoat factor. When a corner gets 
burned, everyone in 
the stadium knows it. 
	"Your mistakes are seen by the fans. If 
you get beat on 
a touchdown, everybody sees that, whereas if 
you're a 
linebacker or a defensive end, it's really 
covered up," 
Soward 
said. "Out there man on man, everybody sees 
it. If you see 
the 
ball sailing over your head, that's a 
touchdown."
	And on the island, there is no place to 
hide.
	"You have to have a real short memory," 
Soward said 
grinning. "There's 30 to 40 passes thrown per 
game. They're 
going to catch some. If you get beat, you 
have to have your 
mind set for that next play or you could 
easily get beat 
again."
	But when Soward stares into the eyes of 
the opposing 
receiver as he anticipates the whistle, the 
adrenaline rush 
is 
what it's all about. 
	"That's the reason why you're playing. 
It's a pressure 
game," he said. "You have thousands of people 
looking at 
you. It's all fun. It's 'Who's the best'? 
It's just you and 
him out 
there. The challenge itself is what makes it 
so exciting."

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.

August 22, 1995 - ©State Press

Recruits choose ASU's baseball program 

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	ASU baseball coach Pat Murphy let out a 
big sigh of 
relief after three of his top high school 
recruits turned 
down 
professional baseball Monday to come play at 
ASU. 
	Topping the list of recruits are left-
handed pitchers 
Ryan Mills of Horizon High in Scottsdale and 
Phil Lowery of 
Casa Grande High in Petaluma, Calif., who 
both attended 
classes Monday, thereby committing to play 
baseball at ASU 
for the next three years.  Southpaw pitcher 
Ron Marrietta 
out 
of Brooklyn, N.Y., also committed to the Sun 
Devils Monday. 
	Mills and Lowery were considered 
potential first-
round draft picks in the June amateur draft 
and could 
demand a lot of money from pro teams. Mills 
was drafted in 
the 13th round by the New York Yankees and 
Lowery was 
drafted 37th overall in the second round by 
the Texas 
Rangers. Pro teams have until the first day 
of college to 
sign 
their draft picks. Once a player attends a 
college course, 
he is 
considered untouchable from major league 
clubs for the next 
three years.
	"We're going to have the number one 
recruiting class 
in the country," Murphy said. "But we're 
going to try to 
low-
key that number one recruiting class."
	Mills and Lowery were both excited to 
play baseball at 
ASU and relieved the long summer of 
negotiations was over.
	"It's been hectic," Lowery said of his 
summer. 
"Basically, I've been treating it as if I'm 
going to 
school."
	Mills' fate was still in the air as he 
awoke Monday 
morning. Mills had set a $750,000 price tag 
for signing and 
was still awaiting word from the Yankees in 
the morning.
	"It's the first time I know what I'm 
doing in three or 
four months. Actually, it's more than that," 
Mills said. "It 
was 
stressful not knowing where I'm going."
	ASU assistant baseball coach Doug 
Schreiber, who 
Murphy said was instrumental in helping to 
bring some of 
the top recruits to ASU, said he and the ASU 
coaching staff 
never pressured their recruits into 
committing to ASU.
	"We were very concerned, but the way the 
kind of 
approach we took was, we think college is 
always a great 
option whether they're a first-round pick or 
a 51st-round 
pick," Schreiber said. "So from that aspect, 
we kind of 
always 
can say college is a great option.
	"But if these kids are getting offered a 
lot of money, 
it 
basically comes down to their decision, if 
they feel like 
their 
getting what they're worth and what they want 
to do."
	Murphy kept in close contact with all 
his recruits and 
acted as a helping hand as the days creeped 
closer to the 
Aug. 
21 deadline.
	"You don't try to convince them which 
way is right or 
wrong, just try to be there for them and help 
them 
understand the process the best you can," 
Murphy said. 
"There's no right or wrong answer. I 
obviously feel strongly 
about the importance of a college education. 
I think any kid 
who doesn't get a college education is making 
a mistake."
	Monday's third recruit to commit, 
Marrietta, was a 
ninth-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers.
	Mills, Lowery and Marrietta joined 
shortstop Mike 
Collins from Mountain Pointe High in Phoenix 
and third 
baseman/outfielder Mike Torti, a transfer 
from the 
University of Miami (Fla.) on the list of the 
Sun Devils' 
premier recruits.
	Two-year starter Cody McKay, who was 
expected to 
sign a pro contract after being drafted in 
the fifth round 
by 
the St. Louis Cardinals, opted to return for 
his junior 
year. 
McKay, who was a medical redshirt in 1994, 
will be moving 
to his third position in the spring when he 
will play 
catcher 
for ASU after having already started at 
shortstop and third 
base.
	Five recruits did slip out of ASU's 
grasp as they 
signed 
contracts with their respective teams. They 
include second-
round pick, catcher Ben Petrick by the 
Colorado Rockies; 
third-round pick, right-handed pitcher Randy 
Knoll by the 
Philadelphia Phillies; eighth-round pick, 
right handed 
pitcher 
Trey Martin by the Montreal Expos; 21st-round 
pick, 
outfielder Donzell McDonald by the New York 
Yankees; and 
61st-round pick, outfielder Cash Riley.

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for driving on a suspended license, 
no insurance and 
expired registration at Rural Road and Lemon 
Street.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
and released 
for driving under the influence of alcohol at 
University Drive 
and Ash Avenue.
* A male student was arrested for driving 
under the influence 
of alcohol at Rio Salado Parkway and Rural 
Road. He was 
booked into the Madison Street Jail.
* Unknown person(s) stole a backpack from 
Area 61.
* Unknown person(s) stole a computer worth 
$2,000 from 
Physical Science D-Wing.
* Unknown person(s) damaged a window in Best 
Hall, A-
Wing.
* A male student was contacted at the 
Manzanita Hall lobby, 
where he had sustained an injury. He was 
treated at the scene 
by the Tempe Fire Department and refused 
transportation.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
on an 
outstanding felony warrant from the Tempe 
Justice Court for 
smuggling marijuana and other dangerous 
drugs. He was not 
able to post bond and was booked.
* A woman not affiliated with ASU was 
arrested for driving 
under the influence of alcohol at University 
and McClintock 
drives.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* A Mesa man was arrested after he was seen 
urinating in 
front of Maloney's at 955 E. University 
Drive. He had just 
been ejected from Maloney's after causing a 
disturbance.
* A Tempe man was arrested for misdemeanor 
assault after 
he struck his live-in girlfriend in the nose 
with his fist. He 
was booked into the Tempe City Jail.
* A Chandler man was arrested for possession 
of 
methamphetamine in the rear parking lot of 
Taco Bell at 936 
E. Apache Blvd. He was holding a mirror with 
three "rocks" 
of methamphetamine in his lap and a small 
plastic bag 
containing several "rocks" of methamphetamine 
in his right 
hand.
* Compiled by  State Press reporter Greg 
Zemeida 

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* ASU Forensics - Organizational meeting for 
speakers and 
debaters of all experience levels. Stauffer 
301; 3:15 p.m. More 
info: Clark Olson, 965-3825.
* Baptist Student Union - Topic: "I'm here, 
now what?" BSU 
Center, 1322 S. Mill Ave.; 8 p.m.
* Campus Ambassadors - Bible study for single 
moms; 
support and encouragement. Brown bag lunch. 
Danforth 
Chapel; 12:30 p.m.
* Campus Ambassadors Christian Fellowship - 
Bible study 
and welcome back meeting. Second floor of the 
Memorial 
Union; check monitors for room; 7:30 p.m.
* Coming Out Discussion Group - Meeting. 
Multicultural 
Student Lounge on the second floor of the 
Student Services 
Building; 6 p.m.
* Kappa Delta Chi Sorority - Information 
table for women 
interested in becoming members of Hispanic-
founded 
sorority. Cady Mall; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
* Re-Entry Connection - Open house with free 
refreshments 
and door prizes. Bring a lunch and meet other 
students who 
are re-entering the educational process. Re-
entry Center in 
the lower level of the Memorial Union, across 
from the pool 
tables; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
* Salle Diablo Fencing Club - Fencing 
practice and training. 
Student Recreation Center, small gym B; 1:30 
p.m.