OCSS put on hold during hunt for new leader

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	The administrative merry-go-round at the 
ASU Off-Campus Student 
Services office ground to a halt last week 
after the search for a new director came 
up short.
	The OCSS is not open this week, but 
former Director Kim Demarchi said 
she did not feel that many students will be 
adversely affected.
	"The service is most important during 
the summer when people are 
migrating to ASU and need a place to live," 
she said.
	However, Andrea Van Bemmel, Associated 
Students of ASU campus 
affairs vice president, said the services 
provided by the OCSS are widely used 
and will be missed.
 "We have a lot of people that depend on the 
vacancy lists - people that come 
from around the world," she said.
	The service's head position was left 
vacant after Demarchi resigned Aug. 
19. She said she took the job as a favor to 
former Campus Affairs Vice President 
Eddie Lopez with the understanding that it 
was only temporary. Lopez also 
resigned this summer.
	"I am no longer working there because I 
want to graduate," Demarchi said.
	Van Bemmel said she chose a replacement 
before Demarchi's resignation. 
However, that applicant, as well as Van 
Bemmel's second choice, both turned 
down the job after receiving better offers, 
she said.
	"We have received several applications 
for assistant director, but only one 
or two for director," she said. "I need to 
get someone in here, quick." 
	Van Bemmel will be "taking care of 
things during the interim," she said, 
adding that she hopes to have the new 
director in place Monday.
	Demarchi said she will remain with the 
OCSS to train the new director.
	The department acts as a referral 
service for other campus organizations. 
It also produces the annual Guide to Off-
Campus Living as well as an apartment 
vacancy list, child care and car pooling 
information. In addition, the OCSS 
sponsors a Commuter Expo, slated for Sept. 5 
and 6.
	Although no longer the director, 
Demarchi said she would like to see the 
OCSS expand its services.
	"OCSS has the potential to do more than 
locate 
apartments. There are issues that can be 
taken up," she said.

ASUPD plans new outreach office

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Kathy Bracamonte just experienced every 
store 
manager's worst nightmare. 
	Standing alone one night in front of the 
First Interstate 
ATM machine in the Tempe Center, Bracamonte 
went to 
deposit receipts - and the bag got stuck in 
the deposit slot. 
She struggled for an hour to get the bag into 
the machine, 
constantly in fear of being robbed.
	Bracamonte, the Radio Shack manager in 
the plaza, 
said her mind will rest a bit easier now that 
ASU police plan 
to open a community outreach station there.
	"I get scared every time I go to the 
bank," she said. "We 
need it."
	The station, scheduled to open early 
next month, will 
have one officer and two police aides working 
out of it. 
Located at the northern end of the shopping 
center next to 
Staples, the station will provide security 
services for the plaza 
and the west part of campus.
	ASU Chief of Police Lanny Standridge 
said the station 
will be opened in part because of the high 
crime rates in the 
area. Because of the center's proximity to 
Mill Avenue, the 
dozen or so stores in the center get more 
than their fair share 
of shoplifters, trespassers and gang bangers, 
he said. Just 
Monday, a Chili's employee was robbed at 
gunpoint while 
leaving work.
	"If we have a visible presence, that 
would logically 
deter crime," he said. "The closer we are to 
the scene, the 
quicker our response can be."
	The station is the third on ASU's 
campus. The other 
two are in the Memorial Union and the 
Manzanita Hall 
lobby.
	"It's our way of reaching out into the 
community to be 
a part of it," Standridge said.
	Unlike the other two stations on campus 
that are state 
funded, business owners in the plaza will 
cover the 
construction costs and officer's salaries 
through lease 
payments they pay to the University.
	ASU officer Charles Loftus, who is 
assigned to the new 
station, said he has been working in the area 
since January. 
He said the center's biggest problem was 
transients, but that 
it has been virtually eliminated over the 
past several months.
	 With the new station, Loftus said he 
will be able to 
continue to provide personal, hands-on 
service to customers 
and business employees in the area.
	Employees at Tempe Center businesses 
said they were 
glad ASU police have been watching the area 
more closely 
and hope the station further reduces crime.
	"What they have been doing so far ... 
has been 
excellent. We are really pleased with it," 
said Bruce 
Hochhalter, an assistant manager at Stabler's 
Market.
	Hochhalter added that the station should 
cut down on 
the number of robberies in the area, but 
probably won't have 
much affect on shoplifters.

ASU, fraternity try to resolve lawsuit

Phi Delta Theta claims rights were violated 
by Greek Board

Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	Lawyers for ASU and Phi Delta Theta will 
meet today 
in an effort to resolve the group's lawsuit 
against the 
University.
	The now-disbanded fraternity filed suit 
Aug. 10 
against the University and the Arizona Board 
of Regents. 
They claim the Greek Review Board denied them 
a fair trial 
when they were found guilty of hazing 
violations last year.
	"We are going to see what we can work 
out ... we are 
keeping open lines of communication to try 
and resolve (the 
suit) without any long, drawn-out process," 
said Bruce 
Phillips, attorney for Phi Delta Theta.
	Cindy Ray, head counsel for the 
University, could not 
be reached for comment. But General Counsel 
Paul Ward, 
one of the attorneys representing ASU, said 
the University is 
reviewing the suit. 
	"They went through the process and were 
found 
responsible (for violating hazing policy)," 
said Tim Bills, 
Greek Life coordinator.
	As a result, Christine Wilkinson, vice 
president of 
student affairs, revoked Phi Delta Theta's 
recognition as a 
fraternity.
	The suit, filed in Maricopa County 
Superior Court, 
claims the GRB proceedings "failed to set 
forth any degree of 
protection of civil rights for the 
individual."
	"(When) you are talking about revoking 
somebody's 
charter after they have been on campus for 
over 30 years, I 
think you need to look hard and fast at 
making sure the 
rights of all parties are recognized," 
Phillips said. "Sometimes 
we forget that college students have the same 
rights as 
anyone else."
	According to the suit, the fraternity 
was denied the 
right of cross-examination of witnesses, 
representation by 
counsel and a fair and impartial trial during 
the GRB 
proceedings. The organization "is suffering 
irreparable 
damages by being denied recognition," 
according to the suit. 
	In addition to the rescission, the 
fraternity lost the 
right to lease their house at 701 Alpha Drive 
The Phi Delta 
Theta House Corporation, an alumni group 
established to 
maintain and lease the house, entered into a 
40-year lease 
agreement with the University in 1961. The 
agreement 
included the option to buy the house in 2002.
	"Being unable to rent (the house) for 
four years 
basically cost them the chapter house after 
paying for it for 35 
years," Phillips said. 
	Phillips added he wants to work in 
cooperation with 
the University to resolve the matter while 
protecting his 
client's rights.
	"It is always a balance of working with 
the school and 
not necessarily against the school," he said.

Animal rights advocates want right to say no to dissection

By Patty King
State Press
	Students in science classes often face a 
painful decision 
- to dissect or not to dissect.
	But it is a choice, said Russell 
Benford, the president of 
the ASU chapter of Concerned Arizonans for 
Animal Rights 
and Ethics. The group is working to inform 
students that they 
may be able to do alternative assignments, 
but only if they act 
at the beginning of the semester.
	"We're not asking (teachers) to put an 
end to 
dissection," he said. "We're just asking them 
to let students 
know their options."
	CAARE is also asking department heads to 
develop a 
written policy requiring teachers to notify 
students that 
animals will be used in classes and for what 
purpose. 
Professors should make that information known 
at the 
beginning of the semester and offer 
alternative classwork and 
assignments for students who object to 
dissection, Benford 
said.
	However, ASU does not have a written 
policy about 
any of these issues, said Carol Johnston, 
chairwoman of 
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
	She said IACUC sends a letter to 
department heads 
and instructors every semester recommending 
they do those 
things. But IACUC does not take it any 
further than that.
	She said such a policy would infringe on 
the faculty's 
academic freedom.
	"Instructors ... have the right to 
choose means that they 
feel are most appropriate to their 
instructional goals and this 
right extends to decisions about the use of 
animals in 
laboratories," said Ronald Rutowski, the 
acting chairman of 
the zoology department. "So the University is 
not going to 
require that faculty accommodate students who 
have 
objections."
	He said the University will only 
"strongly encourage" 
professors to accommodate students' 
objections.
	However, Benford said the school should 
not have the 
right to require dissection, even in cases 
where individual 
teachers believe that it is the most 
effective method of 
learning.
	"Ultimately, the school has the 
responsibility to 
provide students with an education consistent 
with their 
ethical values," he said.
	He said the school can provide 
alternative methods of 
learning such as rubber models, virtual-
reality computer 
programs, textbooks or charts.
	Rutowski said that alternative methods 
don't always 
have an equivalent educational value.
	"Suppose you want to teach someone about 
the ocean 
who had never seen it," he said. "Which do 
you think would 
be the most powerful or effective learning 
experience, to put 
them in a car and drive them to the ocean or 
to show them a 
bunch of pictures?"
	Richard Satterlie, a professor of 
zoology, said he 
objects to a policy requiring alternative 
assignments.
	"It's starting to get where people are 
telling us that 
what we can and can't teach," he said. 
"Academic freedom 
states that if an instructor feels strongly 
that a particular 
dissection is the only adequate way to learn 
something, then 
that instructor should be able to require 
it."
	Satterlie, who teaches an anatomy and 
physiology 
course, said he allows students who object to 
do alternative 
assignments.
	Rutowski said the zoology department is 
willing to 
listen to CAARE's requests and examine them.
	"I'm not saying what the department will 
do or not do, 
but we're open to discussion," he said.
	CAARE brochures detailing the best way 
to approach 
professors about alternative assignments are 
available at the 
ASU Bookstore, the Memorial Union, Student 
Services 
Building and the R.E.A.C.H. office. Anyone 
interested in 
obtaining a brochure can also call CAARE at 
241-9778.

Affirmative action shockwaves touch ASU strategy

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	Changes in the University of California 
system's 
affirmative action policies have University 
officials 
questioning what it could mean to ASU.
	The UC Board of Regents in June 
eliminated race, 
ethnicity and gender as factors in university 
admissions, 
hiring and contracting.
	"Clearly, we're watching what's going on 
over there," 
said Barbara Mawhiney, director of Equal 
Opportunity and 
Affirmative Action at ASU. She added that the 
UC system's 
policy was very different from ASU's.
	"Race is not a factor in our admissions 
policy," she 
said. 
	Mawhiney said designating ethnicity on 
the University 
admission application is voluntary and that 
neither race nor 
gender have an impact on admission. Ethnicity 
is only used 
for tracking demographic information at the 
University, she 
said. 
	Admission to ASU is based on either GPA 
alone or a 
combination of test scores and class 
standing, said Timothy J. 
Desch, associate director of admissions. He 
said ethnicity 
would be considered only if a student appeals 
an admission 
denial.
	However, the University does use broad-
based 
recruiting to ensure a diverse student 
population, Mawhiney 
said.
	The University recruits in areas where 
students are 
unfamiliar with the admissions process, she 
said, including 
schools with a large minority student 
population.
	Many people confuse this kind of 
recruiting with 
providing an unfair opportunity, Mawhiney 
said.
	"If the University went to a school with 
99 percent 
white student population, would that also be 
considered 
discriminatory?" she asked, adding that 
recruiting is making 
sure everyone has an equal opportunity.
	"It's our job to tell them what the 
rules are, how they 
work and how to play the game," she said.
	A policy that aids a particular group 
must fall under 
the U.S. Supreme Court's test of "strict 
scrutiny," said Paul 
Ward, general counsel to the University. The 
test requires 
proof of current or past discrimination, he 
said.
	The policy must also be "narrowly 
tailored" to address 
the need of a group, Ward said. For a policy 
to be considered 
narrowly tailored the institution must first 
consider race-
neutral alternatives and the program must 
also be 
periodically examined, he said. However, he 
added that 
narrowly tailored is an undefined term.
	"Even the Supreme Court is still 
struggling to make 
that distinction," he said.
	University opinions on the role of 
affirmative action 
fall at both ends of the spectrum.
	"I am against affirmative action because 
it stigmatizes 
minority students, many of whom are at the 
University based 
on their own academic merit," said Fernando 
R. Teson, ASU 
law professor.
	Affirmative action puts minorities in 
groups rather 
than looking at them as individuals, he said.
	However, Teson said he does favor the 
use of 
affirmative action in cases of financial 
need.
	Mawhiney said most people don't know 
what 
affirmative action really means.
	"Affirmative action is a concept," she 
said.
	She stressed there is no national 
affirmative action 
policy, but rather different programs 
operating on a state-by-
state basis. The role of her department, she 
said, is to ensure 
that the University is in compliance with 
state and federal 
laws.
	Mawhiney also said people do not draw 
the 
distinction between the use of quotas by 
government 
contractors and the role of affirmative 
action at the 
University.
	"People forget affirmative action is 
about providing 
equal opportunity," she said. "I don't want 
to see a 
slowdown. We're not there yet."
	Arizona legislators are also paying 
attention to the 
California resolution.
	Rep. Scott Bundgaard, R-Phoenix, 
recently proposed 
drafting legislation that would eliminates 
certain affirmative 
action policies at the University.
	"I'm against setting aside any 
scholarships and waivers 
of fees solely for the use of minorities," he 
said.
	Bundgaard said the policy is 
discriminatory. However, 
he said the specifics are still very 
flexible.

Editorial: The right to decide

The fight over "animal rights" - one of 
the more 
explosive moral battles around - is once 
again visiting our 
campus.
	Concerned Arizonans for Animal Rights 
and Ethics is 
distributing pamphlets across campus - 
brochures which 
inform students that they have the right to 
not participate in 
animal experimentation, if they find it to be 
morally 
objectionable.
	This is something that not all students 
know and 
something they have a right to be told.
	The group is further requesting that the 
University put 
this policy in writing. Their suggested 
policy would require 
instructors to inform students at the 
beginning of the 
semester that animals will be used in the 
class, and for what 
purpose.
	Further, the suggested policy would 
guarantee 
students the right to abstain from 
experimentation, if they 
found such behavior morally wrong.
	Thirdly, the policy would require 
instructors to 
provide lab work of equal educational value 
to these "moral 
objectors."
	These requests are sound ones. We can 
see no reason 
why they should not be implemented.
	Currently, the Institutional Animal Care 
and Use 
Committee sends letters to instructors 
recommending that 
these steps be taken. But they are not 
required because of 
concerns that such a requirement would 
infringe on academic 
freedom - the right of professors to teach 
classes as they see 
fit.
	However, it should be argued that 
students are 
equally protected under the right of academic 
freedom - and 
because of that right, they cannot and should 
not be forced to 
participate in activities that they believe 
to be inherently 
wrong.
	Why not treat it like military 
conscription?
	Military service is seen as a necessity 
in times of war. 
As citizens, we realize that at times we may 
be required to be 
called to military duty, no matter how 
distasteful that 
outcome may seem.
	There are very few people that actually 
want to go to 
war, that want to go into battle, to kill or 
be killed. But fear or 
disgust isn't enough to save you from that 
duty.
	However, moral objection is. If you 
believe, deep 
inside, that killing is always wrong, even if 
done in service of 
one's country, then you will be deferred from 
duty.
	Likewise, mere disgust with dissection 
should not be 
enough to save a student from the lab. Most 
students, admit 
it or not, are at least slightly repelled by 
dissection the first 
time.
	But unless a belief in animal rights is 
deep-seated - 
unless you really believe that it is a 
violation of a sentient 
creature's rights - you should not be 
deferred. Disgusting or 
not, dissection is a vital component of 
biology education.
	To prevent abuse of this policy, it 
might be helpful to 
institute a procedure similar to that used by 
draft boards. 
Immediately after learning about the 
dissection portion of the 
class, students will be given one week to 
turn in a letter 
addressed to their professor - a letter 
outlining their reasons 
for objecting to the practice. If their 
beliefs are sincere - and 
the professor should be given the right to 
further question the 
student about these beliefs - then the 
student should be 
granted the request.
	A written policy is not an unreasonable 
request. It will 
save a lot of trouble and confusion for 
everyone.
	Let's get this policy on the books.

Column: A fight for equal, not special, rights

Delia Maldonado
Columnist
	Last fall two ASU students were leaving 
a local bar 
late in the evening when they were attacked 
by a band of 
thugs. The attackers chased one student 
behind the bar and 
repeatedly punched and kicked him in the head 
and chest. 
	The student was lucky enough to survive 
the 
pummeling. And while the cuts, bruises, 
strained jaw and 
hairline fractures of the skull and jaw 
eventually healed, the 
memory of that night will live with him 
forever. 
	The reason for the attack? The students 
were gay.
	But wait, there's more.
	On July 26, Echo magazine, a 6-year-old 
news and 
entertainment publication for the gay and 
lesbian 
community, was left dealing with more than 
the usual 
telephone threats when a suspicious fire 
broke out in the 
building.
	On Aug. 7, an amateur arsonist poured 
gasoline along 
the back exterior walls of Phoenix's largest 
gay dance club 
and tried to burn it down. 
	It leaves one to wonder whether these 
are just random 
acts of violence, or a growing trend of 
intolerance.
	So far this year Phoenix police have 
recorded 19 hate 
crimes, 15 of which were armed robbery, 
aggravated assault 
or assault. In 1994, police departments 
statewide reported 26 
such crimes.
	Not all hate crimes are against gays. 
People have also 
been beaten and harassed because of their 
race, ethnic group, 
nationality or religion. 
	But gays are less likely than members of 
other targeted 
groups to report hate crimes, said Robert 
Bray of the National 
Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute 
in Washington, 
D.C.
	"We risk losing our jobs, we risk 
getting evicted from 
our apartments, we risk losing our children 
if we reveal our 
sexual orientation," Bray said. 
	Gay harassment and violence has 
increased 31 percent 
in five major U.S. cities since last year, 
according to the 
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy 
Institute. 
	Drive-by slurs and egg-tossings have 
given way with 
more frequency to nail-studded baseball bats 
and 
switchblades.
	Gays have long been dismissed as 
deviant, perverted, 
or simply beneath mention. But in recent 
years the gay 
movement has been on an upswing. Gays are 
working in the 
White House and on Capitol Hill. Even Disney 
World has 
opened its heart and cash register to the gay 
community.
	So why are so many heterosexuals ready 
to criticize or 
fight at the mere mention of a gay friend, 
neighbor or co-
worker? It may be because the movement to 
give gays and 
lesbians equal rights is seen by many as a 
call for "special" 
rights.
	But without this special right of 
equality, gays and 
lesbians will never be able to live "normal" 
lives. We've 
inadvertently embarked on a new category of 
being that we 
can term "virtually normal." This category 
falls somewhere 
between sexual deviants and traditionally 
normal, depending 
on who you ask.
	Most gays live these virtually normal 
lives without 
even knowing it. At work, it's usually about 
80 percent 
normal. Interaction with coworkers can 
involve work-related 
topics, friends and family. 
	But when it comes to discussing 
husbands, wives, 
girlfriends or boyfriends, gays and lesbians 
have to draw the 
line. Lovers suddenly become roommates or 
best friends.
	This is a huge portion of a normal life. 
"Virtually 
normal" is simply another label given to a 
group who would 
rather not have any label at all. 
	For those of us who are "virtually 
normal," the future 
is unclear. But one thing is certain. Our 
civil rights are just as 
inherent in the Constitution as anyone 
else's. These rights are 
not "special." They are not any different 
from the rights 
granted to you when were born. 
	They are simply equal.

Delia Maldonado is a graduate student 
studying journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Education continues to take a back seat to business

I am writing in response to the parking 
disaster in Lot 
59. Last semester I waited in anticipation to 
find out what 
ramifications would arise as a result of 
having the Super 
Bowl here next January. I expected a minor 
inconvenience of 
about three days, yet now I must face the 
complications that 
will arise for a period of not three days, 
but rather three 
weeks. I expected the interim to be primarily 
hassle-free. 
	Boy, was I wrong!
	Not only did the parking administration 
close down 
sections of Lot 59 for reconstruction, now 
they have made it a 
nightmare. 
	You will no longer be able to arrive 20 
minutes before 
your class begins to find a descent parking 
spot. Case in point 
- I arrived an hour early for my morning 
class, only for the 
privilege of being able to park directly 
across from Packard 
Stadium. 
	The problem arises due to the increasing 
number of 
students enrolling, and the lack of the 
administration to 
allocate any additional money for parking 
close to campus. 
Each year students continue to pay increasing 
tuition costs, 
yet their service and comfort level have 
continually  
decreased. 
	The administration's solution to the 
parking disaster 
was the Flash. As most of you are already 
aware, it is 
extremely difficult to find seating during 
peak hours, not to 
mention having to arrive early enough to be 
able to miss the 
first Flash in case there are not enough 
seats available. The 
underlying message that I receive is that 
students are a low 
priority to the administration once tuition 
has been collected. 
You become another statistic they must try to 
find loopholes 
around.
	To exacerbate my feelings of despair, I 
watched a news 
program that featured the parking problems 
that A.S.U. 
students will encounter when the Super Bowl 
party begins. 
Approximately 3,500 students will find their 
parking spots 
displaced to another location approximately a 
mile from their 
school so that tourists, who will undoubtedly 
be spending 
lots of money, can avoid a commute. 
	If students were a priority, their 
parking spots would 
be available still, and the tourists would 
park a mile from the 
school and commute. Once again, business 
takes precedence 
over education. 
	Linda Riegel, assistant director of 
purchasing, stated 
that: "Alternate parking will be provided at 
no additional 
cost." 
	Apparently she cannot see the costs the 
students will 
incur. To be specific, there's the cost of 
time involved to drive 
to the alternate parking spot, the time 
involved in the 
commute, the extra mileage put on the 
students' automobiles 
and the cost of what message the 
administration is sending 
when business comes before education. 
	The students are incurring additional 
costs. Although 
the increase in business will be economically 
positive, the 
negative impact it will create detracts from 
the benefits. 
Furthermore, it serves to illustrate that 
when push comes to 
shove, education continues to take a 
backburner to business.

Kim Seitz
Senior 
Psychology

'Versatile' team heads for Pac-10 season

By Dawn J. Wagner
State Press
	With little more than two weeks until 
the ASU 
volleyball team's first regular season 
tournament, the lack of 
a starting setter has left two Sun Devils 
battling for the top 
spot.
	Junior Tracy Heflin and freshman Jolynn 
Faatulu are 
both waiting to hear who will get the 
starting position.
	"Jolynn has the potential to be one of 
the top three or 
four setters in the country, but Tracy knows 
the hitters and 
she knows the offense," ASU volleyball coach 
Patti Snyder-
Park. said. "It's going to be a day-to-day 
thing. We'd like to 
clear a starter by next week."
	Snyder-Park said both are competent 
setters, each 
excelling in a different area. 
	"Tracy came in with such great 
confidence and in great 
condition," Snyder-Park said. "but if it's 
all even, the height 
advantage would go to Jolynn."
	Snyder-Park added that height is crucial 
for the Sun 
Devils to compete well 
	"You get worked in the Pac-10," Snyder-
Park said. 
"The hitters are so big. If they can block at 
10 feet and you can 
only block at 9-foot-2, there's a problem."
	Heflin, who is two inches shorter than 
Faatulu, said 
she has to fight every day to make up for the 
height 
disadvantage.
	"You have to make it up with speed," 
Heflin said. "The 
taller girls can give 50-percent effort and 
still block shots that 
would go right by me."
	Even without a definitive starting 
setter, Faatulu said 
the team is physically prepared for the start 
of the season.
	"We've become really strong this year 
both defensively 
and offensively," Faatulu said. "As long as 
we can do what 
we need to, we'll have a good season."
	However, the team is still feeling the 
effects of two 
summer mishaps.
	Senior outside hitter Christine Garner 
was involved in 
a car accident earlier this summer, landing 
her in the hospital 
with multiple bruises and stitches, while 
senior middle 
blocker Annette Monsen fractured her wrist 
after falling 
down a flight of stairs.
	Garner and Monsen, who is still in a 
cast, are both 
practicing full-time with the team.
	The Sun Devils used two-a-day practices 
to get ready 
for the regular season, adding to their 
depth, senior captain 
Holly Sones said.
	"Our versatility is our strong point by 
far," Sones said. 
"We have the versatility to play different 
positions and we 
have a defensively strong team."
	Snyder-Park said the team hopes to 
compete at a level 
comparable to powerhouses Stanford and 
Nebraska this 
season. However, lack of experience may pose 
a problem.
	"We're young," she said. "We have 
experience 
physically and mentally, but if we're four 
strong, they're six 
strong. They have outstanding middle teams 
and you live 
and die by your power in the middle."

Football teams plan to leave past behind

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	This is the last in a series of Pac-10 
football previews.
	 The players on Oregon State, Washington 
State, ASU 
and Stanford each hope that rebuilding years 
are a thing of 
the past as they brace for the upcoming Pac-
10 season. Here is 
a look at the four teams as picked to finish 
in the West Coast 
media's preseason poll. 
7. Oregon State
	As the only team in the Pac-10 that runs 
the wishbone, 
the Beavers always demonstrate a challenge. 
Coach Jerry 
Pettibone brought the system over from 
Oklahoma but has 
yet to see success with it at Oregon State. 
Junior quarterback 
Don Shanklin provides a solid option system 
and can feel 
comfortable in handing the ball to seniors 
Cameron Reynolds 
or J.D. Stewart. Free safety Reggie Tongue 
needs one 
interception/return for a touchdown to set a 
new NCAA 
record
8. Washington State
	Chad Davis returns as the junior 
quarterback for the 
Cougars after compiling a record of 8-4 last  
year. Coach Mike 
Price has a target for him in receiver Jay 
Dumas but will need 
to fill the gap on both sides of the ball due 
to the loss of eight 
starters. On defense, senior Dwayne Sanders, 
who had five 
sacks and 26 tackles in a partial season last 
year, is touted as 
an All-America candidate.  
9. ASU
	The Sun Devils have all the ingredients 
of a team that 
will play a shoot-'em-out style with 
statistically the best 
returning passer in the Pac-10 in senior Jake 
(the Snake) 
Plummer. Plummer will have two big-play wide 
receivers on 
tap with juniors Keith Poole and Isaiah 
Mustafa, as well as 6-
foot-8 preseason All-America junior Juan 
Roque defending 
his blind side. 
	Justin Dragoo, who was granted a sixth 
year of 
eligibility this year, should bring some 
leadership at the 
linebacker position, while senior right 
cornerback Marcus 
Soward heads a solid secondary. 
	"Of all the teams I've had at Arizona 
State I feel best 
about this one," ASU Coach Bruce Snyder said. 
10. Stanford
	New coach Tyrone Willingham has his 
hands full 
picking up the remnants of Bill Walsh's 
program. Senior 
offensive tackle Jeff Buckey will open holes 
for sophomore 
Anthony Bookman and junior Mike Mitchell at 
the running 
back position. Stanford will miss the Pac-
10's best ever 
quarterback in Steve Stenstrom. The position 
will have to be 
filled by senior Mark Butterfield or junior 
Tim Carey.

Golfers anticipate another banner year

By Ron Matejko 
State Press
	Tee time is just around the corner on 
what looks to be 
another successful season for the ASU women's 
golf team. It 
is hard to imagine Coach Linda Vollstedt and 
her squad 
enjoying a season that could top the previous 
one, 
considering they finished the year undefeated 
and won their 
third consecutive NCAA championship, a feat 
which had 
never been accomplished until last year.
	Vollstedt feels the pressure is off this 
year's crop of 
golfers and feels good about them despite a 
large number of 
freshmen on the team.
	"We're going into this season with a lot 
of confidence 
and we're looking forward to a good year," 
Vollstedt said. 
"We're a young and new team but I think we're 
going to be a 
really good team."
	Any hopes of a fourth title will depend 
one the one-
two punch of seniors Linda Ericsson and Vinny 
Riviello. Both 
bring a vast amount of experience, especially 
Ericsson, who 
has been a part of the three championship 
teams.
	Sophomore Kellee Booth, who was a first-
team All 
American and Pac-10 all-conference player 
last year, hopes to 
have a repeat of her outstanding freshman 
campaign. 
Vollstedt considers her one of her best 
returning players and 
added, "she's going to be one of the best 
players in the 
country".
	Booth's experience will be looked upon 
for guiding the 
many newcomers through this season.
	"I can help them with the first semester 
because it's 
tough being away from home and then trying to 
balance golf 
with school. Hopefully they can come to me 
for a reference," 
Booth said.
	The prized recruit on this year's team 
is Jody 
Niemann, who reminds Vollstedt of former ASU 
great 
Wendy Ward. Vollstedt said redshirt freshman 
Thuhashini 
"Tui" Selevaratnum is another golfer to watch 
for.
	Vollstedt admitted this team might not 
be as 
dominating as last year's group, which won 
tournaments by 
an average of 26 strokes, but it will always 
be competitive 
and a fourth straight title is well within 
reach.

Sun Devil is jack of three trades

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	Cody McKay can't ever seem to stay in 
one place- 
except when it comes to playing baseball for 
ASU.
	McKay, a two-year starter, turned down 
an 
opportunity to play professional ball and 
instead opted for 
the Sun Devils again. Now ASU Coach Pat 
Murphy has 
projected him as this season's starting 
catcher, which would 
be his third different position during his 
ASU career.
	McKay was drafted by the St. Louis 
Cardinals in  the 
fifth round of  the June amateur baseball 
draft..
	"That's good for anybody," he said. 	
	After contemplating whether to sign, 
McKay decided 
he could better hone his new catching skills 
for pro scouts by 
returning to ASU. 
	"He wanted to stay here so he could 
develop even 
more and show himself to pro people as a 
catcher," Murphy 
said of McKay, who will be eligible again for 
next year's 
draft.
	"Next year if they (St. Louis) draft me 
I will sign," said 
McKay, who led the Canadian National team in 
RBIs, runs 
scored and hits over the summer.  "They 
pretty much did 
everything they could to sign me. If this was 
any other 
school, I would have signed. This is the best 
place I can learn 
and play catcher."
	McKay, who redshirted in 1994, played 
shortstop as a 
freshman in 1993 and third base in 1995.  
Murphy said 
McKay's move to catcher will fit nicely.
	"We think he  can help our team the most 
there and we 
think that's his position in the future," he 
said. "I used to kid 
him before games whenever he'd squat down 
anytime before 
a game, I'd say, 'Hey don't squat down there, 
you might stay 
there. '"  
	Murphy also sees the makeup of a quality 
catcher in 
McKay.
	"He's got great hands and good throwing 
strokes. He's 
got a great sense for the game," Murphy said. 
"Most 
importantly, you  have to be baseball smart. 
You handle the 
ball a lot. You're kind of like a quarterback 
out there."
	McKay said being around his father, Dave 
McKay, a 
first-base coach for the Oakland Athletics 
and a former major 
leaguer, has definitely rubbed off him.
	"It was the best," he said. "There's no 
possible way to 
compare it, especially from a learning 
experience."
	Murphy said McKay will compete with 
freshman Greg 
Halvorson from Tucson's Canyon del Oro High 
and "anyone 
else who wants to step up and learn the 
trade."
	Murphy expects to see a big improvement 
at the plate 
this year from McKay despite his position 
change.  
	"Cody will do a whole lot more this 
year," he said. 
"He's more confident and more comfortable."

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* Unknown person(s) broke into a female 
student's vehicle 
and stole her gym pass and deodorant.
* Unknown person(s) stole a white, 1988 Ford 
Escort while it 
was parked in Lot 17.
* A male ASU employee was arrested on an 
outstanding 
warrant from DPS for contempt of court. He 
was not able to 
post bond and was booked.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
on an 
outstanding warrant from ASU police for 
failure to appear in 
court. He was not able to post bond and was 
booked into the 
Madison Street Jail.
* Five bikes were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A 33-year-old woman was arrested for 
domestic violence 
and disorderly conduct after she bit her 
boyfriend on the 
right arm and chased him out of their 
apartment with a 
kitchen knife.
* A 23-year-old man was arrested on an 
outstanding warrant 
for failure to appear in court. During a 
search of his wallet, 
police found stolen credit cards and booked 
him for theft.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

The Today Section is a daily calendar of 
events printed 
as a service to the ASU community. Requests 
are accepted on 
a first-come, first-served basis and are 
printed as space 
permits.
	Campus clubs and organizations may 
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Requests will not be taken over the phone or 
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	Entries must contain the full name of 
the club or 
organization, a description of the event, 
date, time and the 
full address of the location. All requests 
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will be discarded.
	Deadline for requests is noon the day 
before 
publication and entries will not be accepted 
more than three 
working days before publication. Only one 
entry per 
organization per day is permitted.

* Baptist Student Union - "Noonday," with a 
free meal 
followed by a devotion time. BSU Center, 1322 
S. Mill Ave; 
noon to 1 p.m. 
* Christian Students Fellowship - Bible 
study, 
"Understanding the Bible." La Paz Room in the 
Memorial 
Union; 12:30 p.m.
* Salle Diablo Fencing Club - Fencing 
practice and training. 
Small gym B in the Student Recreation Center; 
7:30 p.m.
* Gamma Alpha Omega - Information table for 
women 
interested in joining ASU's first Hispanic-
founded sorority. 
Rush information also. Cady Mall; 9 a.m. 
* MUAB Comedy Committee - Farce Side and 
Barren 
auditions. MU Programming Lounge; 5 p.m.
* Travel and Tourism Student Association - 
Discussion of 
responsibilities and planning club events. 
Conference room in 
the Recreation management offices, Moeur 
Building; 8 a.m.