Allergy sufferers find no relief during moldy monsoon

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	It's everywhere - lurking in your 
bathroom, hiding in 
your kitchen and skulking in those dusty 
corners, waiting to 
strike.
	It's mold, and for almost one out of 
every four 
Arizonans who suffer from allergies, monsoon 
season can be 
a real drag because of it.
	"Any moisture supply can perpetuate the 
growth of 
molds," said Dr. Chester Leathers of the Hi-
Health Mold and 
Pollen Project. "The monsoons are especially 
bad, because it 
means there is high humidity and scattered 
showers, all of 
which are highly conducive to the growth of 
molds."
	Molds grow on anything damp, especially 
bathroom 
tiles and the grout between them, he said. 
	"Bath showers are especially notorious 
because of one 
mold known as a bathroom mold. All can be 
allergens," he 
said.
	Plagued by allergies since she was a 
child, ASU 
sophomore Lee Anna Woodward knows about the 
pain and 
discomfort brought on by another allergy 
season.
	Allergic to "everything but food," the 
education major 
gets "really drained and tired" when pollen 
or dust is in the 
air. Dust usually contains mold that can 
cause an allergic 
reaction for Woodward. 
	"My eyes swell and I break out in 
rashes," she said. 
"The monsoon season is really tough on me."
	Woodward, like many allergy sufferers, 
has found 
relief with allergy shots. 
	"I have noticed a big difference since I 
started taking 
these allergy shots," she said. "I can run 
now, whereas before 
I couldn't."
	Most allergy sufferers are plagued by 
airborne 
allergens, like mold and pollen, that enter 
the body through 
the lungs and throat. The immune system views 
the allergen 
as a foreign invader and marshals its forces 
to cleanse the 
mold or pollen.
	After inhaling the allergen, it comes in 
contact with the 
mucous membranes in the lungs. The membranes 
then 
release an antibody known as Immunoglobulin E 
- which 
combines with cells known as mast cells - 
causing them to 
rupture and produce histamines.
	These histamines produce mucous as a way 
to cleanse 
the system, but histamines can also result in 
watery eyes, a 
runny nose and difficult breathing.
	Although it is virtually impossible to 
escape the 
allergy season, Leathers does have a few tips 
to avoid 
exposure to the allergens.
	"Avoid dusty construction sites, dampen 
your lawn 
before you mow it, keep your air-conditioning 
filter changed 
and your house free of dust," he said.
	Leathers also recommends wearing a 
surgical-type 
mask for high-allergen days, or for anyone 
who is highly 
allergic to certain molds and pollens.

Correction

	A story in Wednesday's paper concerning 
a female 
student who was the victim of a carjacking 
contained an 
error. The victim is 21 years old, not 24.

Congress takes ax to student aid programs

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	Graduate students have become the newest 
pawns in 
congressional efforts to cut financial aid.
	The U.S. House and Senate agreed on a 
recent 
compromise to continue subsidizing interest 
on 
undergraduates' loans while they are in 
school. However, the 
subsidy for graduate borrowers may be on the 
chopping 
block.
	"(Eliminating the subsidy) will create a 
savings for the 
government of $3 billion over seven years," 
said Paul Allvin, 
executive director of Arizona Students' 
Association. "That, of 
course, means graduate students will be 
paying $3 billion 
more over seven years. It just passes the 
cost onto students." 
	Currently, financially needy students 
are exempt from 
paying interest on their federal loans while 
in school. 
	Eliminating the exemption for graduate 
students 
would increase the cost of a loan by as much 
as 50 percent, 
said Kevin Boyer, executive director National 
Association of 
Graduate/Professional Students. 
	"All of the (graduate) cuts together 
will have a very 
dramatic effect on access in the future," 
said Bianca Bernstein, 
dean of the Graduate College. "If ... they 
eliminate the interest 
subsidy for graduate students, it will make 
it even more 
difficult for people with moderate or low 
incomes to attend 
graduate school ... It means basically that 
students have to 
come up with more money to attend school."
	Congress is scheduled to vote on the 
issue later this 
month.
	If it passes, student activists are 
"cautiously hopeful" 
they can persuade President Clinton to veto 
any budget that 
includes aid reductions. 
	"The question is, will he hold up the 
entire federal 
budget for a couple billion dollars in 
education cuts? We will 
find out," Allvin said. "He is being strongly 
encouraged ... to 
just say 'no' to this budget." 
	Early this year, Congress began debating 
the budget 
for fiscal year '96 by laying down broad 
spending parameters. 
	The House took up the issue of 
discretionary 
expenditures this summer. On Aug. 4, they 
passed their 
version of the discretionary budget, and 
handed it to the 
Senate. 
	Congress will debate entitlement 
spending before 
sending the budget President Clinton later 
this fall. 
	"Of the three steps of the process, step 
one is complete, 
step two is half done and step three has not 
yet begun," Boyer 
said. 
	Currently, funding for Pell Grants, 
scholarships and 
fellowships is weaving its way through 
Congress. 
	On Aug. 4, the House voted to eliminate 
more than $4 
billion in Pell Grant funding. The reduction 
could remove 
250,000 students from the program, Boyer 
said. 
	"That is a real important loss," he 
added.
	Representatives eliminated $28.1 million 
in funding for 
the R.C. Byrd Honors Scholarships, $10.1 
million for the P.R. 
Harris Fellowships and $6.8 million for the 
J.K. Javits 
Fellowship.
	Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., who 
represents ASU's 
district in the House, defended the cuts, but 
said Congress 
understands the financial needs of students. 
	"Congress had a tough job to do in this 
year's 
appropriations process," he wrote in a 
statement. "We are 
committed to making serious cuts in order to 
reduce the 
deficit, but we also realize the value of 
programs that help students."

ASU absent from Money's list of 'best college buys'

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	ASU failed to make the grade this year, 
according to a 
Money magazine national college ranking.
	In a survey released Wednesday, the 
magazine 
compared more than 1,000 colleges and 
universities 
nationwide to find the "best college buys" - 
and ASU was 
nowhere to be found in the top 100.
	For the third straight year, New College 
at the 
University of Southern Florida took top 
honors. The primary 
reason for the school's No. 1 ranking was its 
overwhelmingly 
low tuition increase, a meager seven dollars 
this year for out-
of-state students. 
	Tim Desch, associate director of ASU's 
Undergraduate 
Admissions, said he could not evaluate the 
survey without 
taking a close look at the judging criteria 
because it may 
initially be unfair.
	"Even though it sounds like they're 
looking at some 
measurable statistics, a lot of it can be 
subjective as well," he 
said. "I'm always a little leery talking 
about rankings because 
even though you have a lot of criteria there, 
you never quite 
know what they're looking at as a whole." 
	Money used 12 factors to rank the 
schools, including 
student-to-faculty ratio, library resources 
and results from 
entrance exams like the SAT and the ACT. 
	Desch said the survey is dependent on an 
overlying 
assumption that all colleges and universities 
are similar in 
general terms. 
	"It (the survey) kind of depends on what 
kind of 
institutions you're competing against," he 
said. "There are 
other institutions, perhaps some private 
institutions, where 
naturally their graduation rates may be 
stronger based on the 
kinds of programs that they offer and the 
kinds of students 
that are coming through." 
	According to the survey, not one of 
Arizona's three 
accredited, four-year institutions broke into 
the elite 100. 
	Last year's report ranked ASU's Honors 
College in the 
top eight schools in the country. 
	Desch said that although ASU didn't 
place within the 
top 100 schools overall, the institution may 
be the best in 
specific categories. 
	"In a lot of cases, in different 
rankings, there are many 
things here at ASU that are ranked very 
highly," he said. 
"Overall, to have the expectation that in 
every area ASU 
would necessarily fall in to the top 10 
percent of all 
universities in the country is not 
realistic." 
	He added that current students, as well 
as prospective 
ones, shouldn't give too much weight to any 
one survey. 
	"I would hope that any students 
seriously looking at 
ASU, or any institution for that matter, 
would look beyond 
rankings in a magazine," he said. "I would 
hope that the vast 
majority of students who are exploring 
colleges and 
universities would go beyond one magazine 
article and one 
ranking." 

Editorial: Congress' war on students

	In its seemingly holy crusade to balance 
the federal 
budget, the 104th Congress has declared war 
on the 
American college student.
	Trying to cut the federal budget makes 
good fiscal 
sense. When your national debt starts nearing 
the $5 trillion 
mark, it's probably a good idea to stop 
running annual 
deficits.
	But Congress seems to have gotten a 
bloodthirsty 
gleam in its collective eye. Sworn enemies of 
red ink, they 
seem determined to cut the budget to the bone 
- no matter 
who they hurt in the process.
	Their latest proposal: The complete 
elimination of 
subsidized loans to graduate students, and 
the loss of $4 
billion over seven years for the Pell Grant.
	Once again, Washington is going after 
the people that 
can least afford to feel the sting of the 
budget ax.
	Cutting Pell Grants is insane. With the 
elimination of 
this $4 billion in funding, a quarter of a 
million financially 
needy students will find their college dreams 
a hell of a lot 
harder to attain.
	The result? College reverts back to what 
it used to be - 
the sole domain of those who can afford to 
pay for it entirely 
out of their own pockets.
	Seems to us that the reason that we 
created programs 
like the Pell Grant was to give those who 
grew up poor and 
impoverished a chance to escape their poverty 
- a chance to 
make something of themselves, a chance to 
fight their way to 
a career.
	Now Congress is kicking that ladder 
right out from 
under them.
	Also coming under attack are graduate 
students, 
victims of a backroom compromise by the House 
and Senate.
	The House wanted to kill all subsidized 
loans for all 
students. The Senate didn't want to touch the 
program.
	So, with typical Washington flair, they 
hit upon a deal. 
Leave the undergrads alone - but take away 
graduate student 
subsidized loans.
	We know plenty of graduate students. 
While lots of 
students have some trouble making ends meet, 
they seem to 
have it worse than most.
	The official dish of graduate students 
is probably 
either macaroni and cheese, or Ramen Noodles.
	Does Congress really believe that these 
students will 
be able to make monthly interest payments on 
their loans?
	If they do believe that - and if they 
really believe that 
Pell Grants are expendable - then we are 
convinced that this 
Congress, like all others that preceded it, 
is really out of touch 
with the American public.
	So much for a new kind of Congress.
	The message is clear: Congress does not 
give the 
slightest damn about college students.
	Money is all that matters anymore in our 
nation's 
capital.
	Cutting out support for graduate 
students will save 
this nation less than 1 percent on its 
national budget. But at 
what price?
	This nation is in dire need of people 
with graduate and 
professional degrees. Yet these budget cuts 
will surely reach of a 
significant proportion of 
America's students.
	It cannot be in America's best interests 
to sacrifice such 
a vitally important piece of its future in 
order to save such a 
relatively minor amount of money.
	Let us hope that President Clinton, 
never known for 
his backbone, will find the strength to slap 
a veto against any 
budget that viciously cuts student financial 
aid.
	If he doesn't veto this one, God help us 
- and God help this country.

Column: Second chances hard to come by

Christina Bailey
Opinion Editor
	All Richie Parker wanted to do was start 
a new chapter 
in his life. 
	For some unknown reason he picked 
Arizona as his 
new starting point. Within days of that 
decision, he watched 
in probable horror as his past became front 
page news, 
unmercifully destroying his hopes for a new 
start.
	You see, Parker is an 18-year-old 
basketball player 
from New York with a sexual assault 
conviction. While he 
was in high school, he and a buddy lured a 
freshman girl into 
the school's basement stairwell, where he 
forced her to 
perform oral sex.
	He pleaded guilty to sexual assault and 
was sentenced 
to five years probation in January 1994. 
	Let me repeat that. 
	He pleaded guilty to sexual assault and 
was sentenced 
by the judge to five years probation. 
	It should end there but it doesn't. 
	Somehow the papers got wind of his 
plight and 
plastered his story all over their front 
pages, leaving MCC to 
rescind its previous offer of playing time - 
and a second 
chance.
	"After careful consideration of 
circumstances as well as 
public ramification of the case, Mesa 
Community College 
decided to bar Richie Parker from 
participation in MCC 
intercollegiate athletics for the 1995-96 
season," school 
spokesman Dave Irwin told a reporter in a 
prepared 
statement.
	However,  it said he could still go to 
school there.
	How noble of them.
	Funny, how it was OK for Parker to play 
basketball 
before the media got wind of his conviction 
but now he is 
deemed unfit to represent the college.  
	I also find it odd that as controversial 
as having a 
basketball player with a sexual assault 
conviction on the team 
could be, nobody claimed to know of MCC coach 
Rob 
Standifer's decision to recruit him until the 
day before it hit 
the news. Not Athletic Director Allen 
Benedict or MCC 
President Larry K. Christiansen.
	Are you kidding me?
	As vulture-like as the press can be 
about things like 
this, you can't tell me they didn't know?
	They knew. They just tried to see if 
they could get 
Parker in without causing a media circus. 
When they realized 
they couldn't, they decided to leave Parker 
hanging.
	My question is, why continue to punish 
someone for a 
sentence he has already served? 
	When did the public, the school and the 
media become 
the jury on whether he should be able to play 
basketball?
	I could guess that there are plenty of 
people going to 
that school with criminal records. I didn't 
know that playing 
a sport was a privilege that could be taken 
away because of 
someone's past faults.
	Instead of giving him the opportunity to 
play 
basketball and to redeem himself, he is 
blackballed.
	What purpose does that serve?
	His attorney and the victims attorney 
are left 
wondering the same thing too.
	"He's a high school kid who committed a 
crime, 
received his sentence, apologized sincerely 
and is trying to 
put that chapter of his past behind him," 
Michael Feldman, 
the girl's attorney, told a reporter. "My 
(client) wants to get on 
with her life and hopes he does the same. She 
wants him to 
be a positive force in this world."
	I think it wrong for MCC to buckle under 
public 
pressure and not let him play basketball. I 
think it is wrong 
for the public and the press to castigate him 
for something he 
is trying to make amends for.
	Some people do stupid things. Period.
	I guess the second stupidest thing 
Parker ever did was 
think he could come here for a second chance.

Christina Bailey is a senior studying print 
journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Too early to nominate Colin Powell for president

This letter is in response to Gregg 
Pekau's article, 
"Colin Powell should be President."
	This article only manages to make one 
real point - that 
the election is still over a year away, and 
that it is still way 
too early to be making predictions concerning 
who is going to 
be elected. 
	This point best applies to Colin Powell. 
While I do not 
dispute that Powell is a great man who has 
done the country 
great service, what do we really know about 
his political 
views?
	Mr. Pekau is all set to elect a man who 
doesn't have 
any political experience and has not offered 
his opinion on 
any major issue facing this country. Who 
knows what he has 
in store for us, and for that matter, who 
knows what any of 
the independent candidates in the news right 
now, such as 
Bill Bradley or Ross Perot have planned 
either? 
	I wouldn't be so quick to make Powell 
president until 
he has a chance to, at the very least, 
publish his 
autobiography. Mr. Pekau needs to realize 
that at this stage, 
the rush to make Powell president is less 
like a campaign, 
and more like lemmings jumping off a bridge. 

Mike Lotstein
Graduate Student
History

Letter: Pocahontas preaches tolerance

	Tina Holder's editorial on Aug. 28 
really caught my 
attention. Before the movie Pocahontas was 
released I was 
fully prepared to agree with her 
completely... then I actually 
saw the movie.
	Sure Disney plays fast and loose with 
historical fact, 
but that didn't really surprise me. They 
hadn't managed to 
accurately adapt many fairy tales over the 
years either, but 
who REALLY wanted to see Ariel (in The Little 
Mermaid) 
turn into sea foam anyway. I can accept that 
Disney has 
produced a nice fictional story, loosely 
based on historical 
figures. 
	What really caught my attention was her 
partial 
quoting from the song Savages and her 
interpretation of its 
use. Prior to seeing the film I was afraid 
that, in the name of 
political correctness, Disney would gloss 
over the racial 
tensions of the colonial period in favor of a 
more modern 
"love everyone" point of view. I was 
pleasantly surprised, 
even impressed, with their handling of a 
volatile topic. Sadly, 
the lines Ms. Holder quotes are a very 
accurate representation 
of the opinions of most Europeans settling 
the New World. 
What she left out is the fact that the next 
verse is an equally 
hateful view of whites by the Native 
Americans, "It is as we 
had feared, the pale skin is a devil. The 
only thing they care 
about is greed."
	In these lines, the Native Americans 
express an equally 
bloodthirsty desire to rid their shores of 
the settlers.
	Pocahontas and John Smith may have not 
been 
romantically involved historically, but their 
fictional romance 
provides the real message of this movie ... 
tolerance. Her 
desire to stop the killing of Smith, as well 
as the other settlers, 
is the dramatic motivation for the film .
	I agree I would rather have our children 
live in a 
world where they need only leave a film with 
the happy 
pictures of The Colors of the Wind, but they 
do not. They are 
growing up in a world in which tolerance gets 
a lot of lip 
service, but is not practiced as much as we 
like to think. The 
violent, and realistic, hatred of two groups 
of people 
expressed in the song Savages serves to 
illustrate where 
intolerance can lead. It is a necessary foil 
to Pocahontas' 
desire for peace. The impact of one would be 
lost with out the 
other.
	While Pocahontas is certainly not the 
innocuous 
entertainment of Disney's earlier film, I 
don't think it should 
be overlooked. It can be an important method 
for getting our 
children's attention and a good jumping off 
point to teach 
them the true story of Pocahontas, as well as 
the tolerance we 
want them to practice as well as preach.

Jennifer Gordon 
Junior 
Chemistry  

Letter: Pocahontas misunderstood

	If one tries hard enough, it seems that 
anyone looking 
to be offended can accomplish this task, even 
if it involves 
sidestepping truth, logic, or common sense. 
Tina Holder's 
article on Monday painted Disney's Pocahontas 
as a racist 
manifesto - a vile form of propaganda meant 
to socialize our 
young children into a culture of hate. As 
proof, she pointed to 
the lyrics, fashions and the historical 
errors contained within 
the movie. However, beyond her own mistakes 
within the 
article, Holder has seemed to miss the point 
altogether.
	In quoting an example of "racist" 
lyrics, Holder 
incorrectly attributed them to Just Around 
the River Bend, 
though the lyrics quoted are actually 
contained in the song 
Savages.
	 What is more important is the failure 
to put the lyrics 
in context. In the part of the movie where 
this song occurs, 
both the European settlers and the Native 
Americans sing. 
They both make disparaging comments about 
each others' 
race, and they both think that the other 
should be "wiped 
from the earth." 
	Yes, these words are clearly racist, but 
the point is to 
show the irrationality of racism. If racist 
words in a movie 
cause the movie itself to be racist, such 
logic would make 
Schindler's List a racist movie because anti-
Semitic words are 
spoken throughout.
	Holder has also been relying on some 
racial 
stereotypes, namely, the fact that if a woman 
is thin, buxom 
and wears skimpy clothing, she must therefore 
look 
"Caucasian." Perhaps she doesn't realize that 
Native 
Americans come in all shapes, sizes and 
tastes. Personally, I 
know several Native American men that 
wouldn't be caught 
dead in the "skimpy" clothing their ancestors 
wore either. 
You can't judge 17th century fashions with 
20th century 
standards.
	I agree with Holder that there are 
several historical 
inaccuracies in Pocahontas. Although I don't 
see how 
someone can overlook trees that speak and 
birds with 
human-like intelligence and point out the age 
difference, or 
the romantic connection with John Smith. 
However, no 
matter how glaring the inconsistencies are, 
it doesn't change 
the statement that the film was trying to 
make: Racism is 
wrong.
	Holder claimed that she wished to save 
her son from a 
perceived racist movie. However, she has done 
something 
worse by instilling narrow-mindedness and 
misunderstanding - elements which are the 
foundation of 
racism.


Jim Devos
Computer Science

Ex-ASU star faces Medvedev at U.S. Open

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Most people would agree a $14,500 
paycheck isn't bad 
for two days of work. 
	But former ASU tennis star Sargis 
Sargsian won't be 
satisfied with just showing up and getting 
lumped when he 
faces 16th-seeded Russian Andrei Medvedev 
today at 2 p.m. 
in second round of the U.S. Open men's tennis 
championships in Flushing Meadow, N.Y.
	"I have a great chance," said Sargsian, 
who is 
guaranteed $14,500 even if he loses. "I don't 
just want to 
throw it away. It's the biggest match of my 
life so far. If I win, 
it would be awesome."
	Sargsian, who earned an automatic 
wildcard berth into 
the tournament when he won the NCAA men's 
singles 
championship last May, defeated 75th-ranked 
American 
Michael Joyce in a five-set, first-round 
thriller Monday. 
	Medvedev, who is currently ranked 18th 
in the world 
on the IBM/ATP tour, uses a punishing 
backhand to fuel his 
powerful baseline game.
	"He's got great groundstrokes," said 
Sargsian, ASU's 
first ever NCAA tennis champ who was 82-17 at 
No. 1 singles 
in his two-year college career. "I've got to 
serve well and I've 
got to be more solid all around. I'll just 
play my game and see 
how it goes."
 Sargsian, who is representing his home 
country of Armenia, 
will be on court 17 of the USTA National 
Tennis Center.

Sun Devil player makes French connection

By Dan Miller
State Press
	The annual mother of all bicycle races 
wasn't the only 
'Tour de France' going on this summer. 
	Sophomore tennis player Tsolak Gevorkian 
embarked 
on one of his own in a nine-tournament summer 
odyssey up and down the French countryside.
	Gevorkian, who played mostly No.4 
singles as a true 
freshman for the Sun Devils last season, won 
two of the nine 
world class tournaments he entered while 
playing 
unattached. 
	Despite encountering several off-court 
distractions, 
Gevorkian said he grew a great deal as a 
player as a result of 
the trip.
	"I think I'm a better player mentally 
now," said Gevorkian, a native of Yerevan, Armenia, who 
compiled an 
impressive 24-12 singles record in his ASU 
debut. "My game 
improved so much and I just feel more confident." 
	Those were the positives. 
	Gevorkian said not being able to speak 
the language, 
conforming to a hectic schedule and the 
general lack of 
hospitality from the French people were parts 
of the trip he would like to forget. 
	"People just don't like foreigners 
there," said 
Gevorkian, who is already fluent in Russian, 
Armenian and 
English. "They just don't care. They're so rude."
	Gevorkian, who only took six days off in 
a two-month 
span, said when he did communicate it was 
usually in broken 
English, because the people he met didn't 
prefer to speak 
english even if they were fluent.
	"I don't think I would go back there (to 
compete) 
unless I spoke French," Gevorkian said. "It 
would be a lot 
easier."
	Gevorkian's journey began June 16 in 
Coulommieres, 
France, a town one hour east of Paris. 
Playing with the 
French ranking of a -4/6, Gevorkian lost in 
the quarterfinals. 
In France, the top 100 players are ranked, 
then players are 
categorized as -30, -15 and -4/6. Gevorkian's 
rating was 
equivalent to the third flight of players 
after the top 100.
	After a semifinal loss in St. Remy, 
Gevorkian headed 
west where he lost in the round of 16 in the 
Notre Dame de 
Granvenchoen tournament in the Normandy area. 
Pro tour 
regulars Ronald Agenor, Stephane Simmian, 
Jean-Phillippe 
Fleurian and Thierry Champion were the top 
four seeds in 
the talent-rich tournament.
	Gevorkian's next stop was in Le Neubourg in 
Normandy on June 24. There he pummelled 
travel mate 
Stephan Figley, 6-2, 6-2, to win the title. 
Figley played No. 2 
singles for Texas Christian University last 
season.
	"I crushed him," Gevorkian remembered. 
"I played unbelievable."
	 His fifth stop was the US Fontenay 
tournament in 
Paris where he lost in the fourth round. Then 
he visited 
Bordeaux in the south of France and lost in 
the semifinals. 
After a quarterfinal setback at the St. Lo 
Memorial in 
Normandy on July 6, he claimed his second 
title of the trip in 
the Perrussonnais Tennis Club tourney in 
central Paris. With 
the title, he won a trip to London which he 
gave to the 
Armenian family he stayed with while in 
Paris.	
	The pilgrimage ended in Ver Sur Mer in the 
Normandy area on July 15 where Gevorkian lost to 
Tennessee's Pablo Montana, 6-4, 7-6 in the 
semifinals.
	The summer wasn't over.
	Gevorkian played three tournaments when he 
returned stateside. His three early round 
losses were 
highlighted by a match with journeyman clay-court 
specialist, Jimmy Arias, in the first round 
of the Player's Edge 
Championships in Fairfield, Conn. Arias, the 
No. 1 seed, 
ousted Gevorkian 6-4, 7-5.

ASU swimmers ready to hit pool

effrey, Currah among senior leaders; Pac-10 
strong 
again

By Ron Matejko
State Press
     The women's swimming team is coming into 
this 
season with less depth than usual, but they 
will be 
anchored by a strong group of freshman. 
     Coach Tim Hill said he likes his teams' 
combination 
of experienced swimmers and enthusiastic 
newcomers. 
     "Based on what we have coming in I think 
we are 
going to have a good team," Hill said. 
"Within the 
conference I think we will finish where we've 
been."
     Hill put the season's goals in 
perspective: "We won't 
be making the Pac-10 Championships our prime 
meet. 
It'll be important, but it'll be a step 
toward our 
qualifying for the NCAA Tournament," he said.
     According to Hill, the quality of 
swimmers within 
the conference prepares ASU's swimmers for 
the 
nationals even though they may finish fourth 
or fifth. 
"The conference is by far and away the 
strongest 
conference in the country," he said.
     The team will be counting on 
improvements from 
the four seniors on this season's roster, but 
the most 
weight will be put upon the shoulders of 
Chris Jeffrey. 
     "Chris is capable this year of being a 
scorer at the 
NCAAs," Hill said. "She can help us in any 
area; she's 
definitely our top returner."
     Another senior is Joanne Currah who, 
along with 
Chris, was invited to participate in this 
year's 
Canadian Olympic Trials.
     Other seniors are Lisa Urban, who swam 
in her first 
NCAAs last season, and Susan Fawcett, who 
Hill said 
will be an impact person on the team.
     Other swimmers Hill said to watch are 
Gretchen 
Verdoorn, who is looking to rebound from a 
wrist 
injury last season and repeat her successful 
freshman 
campaign; Becky Hartzell, who is returning 
from knee 
surgery at the end of last season; and 
Cynthia Janssen.
     "She (Janssen) can be a couple event 
scorer in the 
NCAAs, and also we are going to try to get 
her to 
qualify at the U.S. Olympic Trials," the 
coach said.
     Hill also spoke with confidence about 
his group of 
freshman.
     "In the last couple of years, this is 
the most balanced 
group we've had in terms of wanting to 
progress," he 
said. "They are fit as far as making 
improvements in 
their first year."
     The confidence in the freshmen carries 
to the other 
swimmers as well. "I think they are a group 
of positive 
people who are anxious to get started in 
their college 
career," Janssen said. "They all seem ready 
to go."
     The team will be led by Tiffany Howser, 
who was 
ranked first in the country among public high 
school 
swimmers in the butterfly and fourth overall 
in the 
country. 
     "She's probably the most versatile," 
Hill said.  "I 
think in the 100-meter butterfly, 100m 
backstroke and 
200 individual medley she can make the 
NCAAs."
     Hill summed up the upcoming season with 
a self-admitted conservative outlook: "Right now I 
think on 
paper we're a top 15 to 20 team. If we can 
improve and 
we keep everybody on the same page, we can be 
10th to 15th."

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Snyder deals suspension to Rashada

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Senior strong safety Harlen Rashada has 
been 
indefinitely suspended from the ASU football 
team, 
Head Coach Bruce Snyder said Wednesday. 
	Rashada, a three-year letterman who has 
been a 
regular since he cracked the lineup as a true 
freshman, 
walked off the field before practice ended 
Tuesday without 
permission from Snyder. 
	 Snyder had informed Rashada Monday that 
redshirt-
freshman Mitchell Freedman would start at 
strong safety in 
Saturday's season-opener at Washington. 
	"Harlen has been struggling with some 
things on the 
field," Snyder said. "He needed some space. 
He has been 
indefinitely suspended. We're going to take 
it one day at a 
time."
	Rashada, a 6-foot-2, 208-pounder out of 
Skyline High 
in Oakland, Calif., has started in 16 games 
in his career, 
compiling 106 tackles. As a freshman, Rashada 
was thrust 
into action against Louisville in the second 
game of the 
season where he made eight tackles, four 
sacks and caused a 
fumble. 
	"He and I have a lot of things to work 
out," Snyder 
said. "He's knows how serious I am about what 
I've done."
	Sophomore Damien Richardson could see 
more action 
in Rashada's absence, Snyder said.
	Rashada was not available for comment.
	Injury update
	Currently, 18 Sun Devils are either 
sidelined or 
practicing sparingly with injuries. Snyder 
said he is most 
concerned with the status of starting left 
cornerback Lee Cole 
(hamstring), starting defensive tackle Shawn 
Swayda 
(hamstring) and second-string linebacker Pat 
Tillman 
(shoulder). He said three of the four back-up 
linebackers have 
not had contact in a week.
	"During game week people tend to get 
healthier 
because they know the flights coming," joked 
Snyder.

Reser, Washington gunning for Sun Devils

By Damian Shaw 
State Press
	If one man can stop ASU quarterback Jake 
Plummer, it 
might be Reggie Reser. 
	Reser, a senior cornerback for the 
Washington Huskies 
football team, finds it a challenge to face 
the best returning 
passer in the Pac-10. 
	"I definitely look forward to playing 
against good 
quarterbacks like Jake," Reser said. "I think 
all the 
quarterbacks that I've played against in the 
Pac-10 are great, 
but of all of those I think that Jake is the 
best."
	Reser will get another shot at Plummer 
on Saturday 
when the Huskies face the Sun Devils in 
Seattle. 
	Reser got the best of Plummer last year, 
intercepting 
him in the October 15th contest. The 
interception was one in a 
three game steak of interceptions.	
	If you haven't heard of Reggie Reser 
yet, you may not 
be alone. But Reser says that's a good 
cornerbacks signature. 
	"I want to go out there and shut my man 
down. If you 
haven't heard my name all game that means 
that I'm doing 
my job," Reser said. 
	The 22-year-old Reser, who started 11 
games for the 
Huskies last year, knows the importance of 
starting off the 
season with a Pac-10 conference game. 
	"This game is the first step in us 
making a run for the 
Roses," Reser said. "It's going to be very 
important that we 
beat Arizona State on Saturday.
	"There aren't any other Pac-10 games for 
a month, so 
whoever wins the first game is going to be in 
first place for a 
month and whoever loses will be in last place 
for a  month."
	This will be the first time that Reser 
and the rest of the 
Washington football squad is eligible for a 
bowl, following a 
two year suspension for NCAA violations. 
Reser is one of the 
few Huskies who played in the Rose Bowl 
before the 
suspension. He also played during the 
suspension, a time 
during which no players transferred away from 
the program. 
Now things have come full circle and a bowl 
game is in his 
sights again. 
 	 "This is a different football team," 
Reser said.

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A woman not affiliated with ASU was 
arrested, cited and 
released for theft, attempted theft and 
resisting arrest at 600 
E. University Drive.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
on an 
outstanding warrant from the Phoenix City 
Court for 
shoplifting. He was not able to post bond and 
was turned 
over to Phoenix police.
* Four male students were arrested, cited and 
released for 
disorderly conduct at 401 E. Apache Blvd.
* Someone stole a telephone from the 
Intercollegiate Athletics 
Building.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for shoplifting at 3 E. Ninth St.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was contacted 
at the Life 
Sciences Building while passing out fliers. 
He was advised of 
trespassing and loitering laws and left the 
area.
* A male student was contacted at Parking 
Structure 4 while 
acting suspiciously. He was advised of 
loitering and 
suspicious activity and left the area.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for speeding at 1000 E. Rio Salado 
Parkway.
* A female student was contacted at Parking 
Area 19, where 
she had sustained an injury. She was taken to 
the Student 
Health Center by ASU police.
* Someone damaged a roll-up door in Warehouse 
#618. 
Estimated damage is $400.
* Someone damaged a male student's vehicle 
while it was in 
Parking Structure 4. Estimated damage is 
$250.
* A male ASU employee was contacted at 735 E. 
Lemon St., 
where he had become ill. He was treated at 
the scene by the 
Tempe Fire Department.
* The intrusion alarm was activated at the 
sky boxes in Sun 
Devil Stadium by students attending a class. 
The building 
was secure and the alarm reset.
* Three bikes were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A 21-year-old man was arrested for assault 
after he hit a 
Circle K clerk at 119 W. University Drive 
with a wooden 
board. The clerk was able to block the board 
with his arm and 
was not injured. The incident happened after 
an argument 
over the clerk refusing to sell alcohol to 
the man.
* A 54-year-old man was arrested for driving 
under the 
influence after an officer saw him committing 
"several traffic 
violations." After the man was pulled over in 
the 3300 block 
of Newberry Road, an officer saw that the man 
had an open 
beer bottle and the officer smelled a strong 
odor of alcohol. 
The man was given a field sobriety test and 
performed 
poorly. He was taken to the Tempe City Jail.
* A 30-year-old man was arrested for 
shoplifting from 
Smitty's, 5100 S. McClintock Drive, after he 
was identified by 
a security guard. The man had left the store 
with a cart full of 
unpaid groceries.
* A 21-year-old man was arrested for assault 
after he punched 
another man in the face and a woman in the 
chest.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

	The Today Section is a daily calendar of 
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are accepted on 
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will be discarded.
	Deadline for requests is noon the day 
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more than three 
working days before publication. Only one 
entry per 
organization per day is permitted.

* Alpha Kappa Psi - Smoker professional 
attire. 7 p.m.; MU 
Room 207R.
* Alpha Phi Omega - National co-ed service 
fraternity. 
General meeting. 6:30 p.m.; MU Navajo Room 
(219).
* American Marketing Association - General 
information 
meeting for all interested in joining AMA. 4 
p.m.; BA 119.
* Baptist Student Union - Free food, praise 
and worship at 
Thursday's Noonday. Noon to 1 p.m.; BSU, 1322 
S. Mill Ave.
* Campus Crusade for Christ - Thursday Night 
Live. Open 
meeting, music and Bible study. 7:30 p.m.; 
Physical Science 
H-Wing, Room 150.
* Christian Students Fellowship - Bible 
study: Understanding 
the Bible. 12:30 p.m.; MU La Paz Room.
* Circle K International - Come by the table 
on the mall and 
learn about the available opportunities in 
community service, 
fellowship and leadership. Noon, Cady Mall 
and Orange 
Mall east of the fountain. 
* Delta Sigma Pi - Meet the chapter, hear 
several informative 
speakers and learn what the organization is 
about. 6:30 p.m.; 
MU Gold Room.
* Hispanic Business Students Association - 
Opening 
reception. 3:30 p.m.; MU Alumni Lounge (202).
* International Association of Students 
(AIESEC) - 
Orientation meeting for anyone interested in 
working abroad. 
5 p.m.; BAC 116.
* Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship - Non-
denominational 
Christian group on campus. Come join us for 
praise and 
worship. 7:30 p.m.; See monitors in MU for 
location. 
* KASR - It's the return of "Vynal 
Therzdeigh," with Trashcan 
man and surprise co-hosts. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 
KASR (1260 AM).
* Kundalini Yoga Club - Everyone welcome. 
Classes held 
Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m.; MU 
Coconino Room 
(224).
* Memorial Union Activities Board - General 
meeting with 
free food. Learn about MUAB's seven 
committees. 5 p.m.; MU 
Pima Room (218).
* Omega Delta Phi - Rush information meeting. 
7 p.m.; MU 
La Paz Room (223).
* Phi Alpha Delta - First meeting of the 
year. Come meet 
other pre-law students and get pre-law 
information. 5 p.m.; 
Cluck U on Rural Road and University Drive. 6 
p.m. social 
afterward. 
* Psi Chi, National Honor Society in 
Psychology - Information 
meeting for new members. Current members are 
encouraged 
to attend. 5:30 p.m.; Psychology Building, 
Room 205. 
* Recreation Majors Student Association - 
Officers election, 
responsibilities, general club direction, 
networking 
opportunities. 4:30 p.m.; MU third floor, 
Room 1A and 1B.
* Travel and Tourism Student Association - 
Incentives travel; 
guest speaker Ann Deon; 3 p.m.; MU Pinal Room 
(215).