Tempe makes switch to alternative fuels

By Angela Mull
State Press
	The city of Tempe hasn't been breaking 
speed limits to 
switch its fleet vehicles to alternative 
fuels, but it is trying.
	"We're really hustling trying to get 
vehicles 
converted," said Mike Short, environmental 
programs 
coordinator. 
	In order to comply with a state law, 
Tempe must 
replace gasoline and diesel fuel with 
alternative fuels in 339 
of its 500 fleet vehicles by 2000. 
	The state wants 81 vehicles in the 
city's fleet to be in 
compliance by December of this year. However, 
only 50 will 
make the switch, Short said.
	The city cannot meet the deadline 
because it has not 
concluded if propane or compressed natural 
gas is more 
efficient for its sedans, light-duty pickup 
trucks and buses, he 
said.
	"It seems somewhat clear that maybe one 
fuel is not 
the best in every vehicle," Short said. "The 
end result may be 
that propane works best in certain vehicles 
and natural gas in 
others." 
	After Tempe finishes replacing 25 of its 
vehicles with 
propane and 25 with compressed natural gas in 
December, 
there will be a six-month push to compare the 
performance 
and gas mileage of the fuels, Short said. 
	The conversion was made necessary when 
the state 
legislature passed a law in 1993 requiring 
government 
entities to convert 75 percent of their 
eligible fleets to 
alternative fuels. Each vehicle will cost 
Tempe $3,500 to 
convert, Short said, adding that because of 
the Valley's air 
quality and pollution, the cost for 
conversion is not 
unreasonable.
	"Often when you are addressing 
environmental issues, 
when put on paper they may not make true 
economic sense, 
but you have to view it in a broader 
perspective," he said. 
	Air quality has improved in the Valley 
because of 
mandatory emissions controls, but these gains 
will be wiped 
out if Arizona's population increases and no 
further 
adjustments are made, said Martin 
Pasqualetti, an ASU 
geography professor. 
	Pasqualetti, who wrote "Environmental 
Studies at 
ASU" and is a member of an environmental 
studies 
committee for Provost Milton Glick, said 
people suffering 
from respiratory illnesses are seriously at 
risk when gasoline 
and diesel fuel cause high pollution levels.
	"The irony is that many people move to 
the desert to 
get away from environmental conditions that 
they can no 
longer tolerate and so many people have come 
here that they 
can produce new environmental problems," he 
said. 
	Tempe's vehicle conversion is a good 
start in 
addressing air quality, but Pasqualetti said 
people also need 
to adjust their lifestyles. 
	"Instead of going to an alternative 
fuel, they can go to 
alternative means of transportation," he 
said. "You don't just 
reduce pollution, you eliminate it."
	Pasqualetti suggested riding bicycles, 
walking and 
living closer to the workplace.
	"It's a more complicated approach, but 
it's the 
approach that has the longest-lasting 
benefits," he said. 
	In addition to replacing its vehicles 
with alternative 
fuels, Tempe will order six liquid natural 
gas FLASh buses 
and is working with Salt River Project to 
obtain two electric 
FLASh buses, said Mary O'Connor, 
transportation planner. 
	"From a transit standpoint, one of the 
things we need 
to show people is that buses can be clean-
burning," she said. 
"Diesel buses don't provide a good image of 
public transit."

IRS seminars help sort tax issues for students

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	It's a long way to April 15, but the 
Internal Revenue 
Service is helping students prepare for tax 
time by holding 
two tax preparation seminars today.
	The one-hour seminars - to be held at 11 
a.m. and 1 
p.m. today in the Memorial Union Ventana Room 
- will cover 
special student concerns such as tax-exempt 
status and how 
to report income from tips, said Bill 
Brunson, public affairs 
specialist for the IRS.
	"Sometimes people think because they are 
a student 
they don't owe any taxes and that may be the 
case if their 
income is low enough," Brunson said, "but if 
the income is 
enough, they may owe taxes. We want people to 
be aware of 
dollar amounts that trigger taxation as well 
as revenue that 
can be taxed."
	The seminars are designed to benefit all 
students, 
Brunson said.
	"Whether they are married or single, and 
whether they 
are a U.S. resident or an alien, it should 
help," he said.
	Sanjay Gupta, an ASU professor in the 
school of 
accountancy, said some students may not know 
what sources 
of income are taxable. 
	"There are things related to their 
scholarships or 
fellowships that could be taxed," Gupta 
warned. "It depends, 
but now, in general, they are taxable."
	Gupta also warns against problems that 
exchange 
students can run into.
	"Whether exchange students are taxed 
depends on 
which country they are from and what are the 
terms of the 
tax treaty between their home country and the 
U.S.," he said.
	The seminars will provide literature as 
well as a 
contact point if students have further 
questions, Brunson 
said.
	"They are going to discuss the age 
brackets and dollar 
amounts that would affect an exempt status as 
well as 
general tax issues so that if someone wanted 
to know, 'Do I 
need to file?' they would know," he said.
	If students do not report, or under-
report their income 
because of a misunderstanding, they should 
not worry, 
Brunson said.
	"If it's unintentional mistakes because 
they don't 
understand the rules, there wouldn't be a 
penalty," Brunson 
said. "There would just be an arrangement 
between the 
student and the IRS to reach payment."

Super Bowl magnet for 'opportunistic' crooks, police warn

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Pickpockets, scalpers and scammers, oh 
my!
	Criminals such as these are expected to 
turn up in 
droves during the weeks surrounding Super 
Bowl XXX on 
Jan. 28, according to police.
	With hundreds of thousands of people 
expected to 
attend Super Bowl-related events in Tempe, it 
makes an 
attractive target for thieves and those 
selling counterfeit 
merchandise or fake game tickets, said Tempe 
Police 
Commander Lee O'Leary, director of public 
safety for the 
Super Bowl host committee.
	"It naturally draws that type of crowd, 
but we are 
hoping we can minimize that with the number 
of people we 
will have," he said.
	O'Leary said although police will be out 
in large 
numbers, people should still be careful when 
attending Super 
Bowl events and watch out for deals that look 
too good to be 
true.
	"It's kind of buyer beware," he said.
	ASU Chief of Police Lanny Standridge 
said he plans to 
beef up patrols during Super Bowl week, 
keeping an extra 
close eye on these types of "opportunistic" 
crimes. He said he 
wants to keep students from becoming victims 
of these types 
of scams.
	"We know for a fact that many types of 
these criminals 
follow such events," Standridge said.
	Every available officer will be working 
during the 
week or so of activities prior to the game, 
he said. ASU police 
will have as many as four officers on duty 
per shift, up from 
the normal two.
	Standridge said that number should be 
enough to 
handle the extra people on campus, and if it 
isn't, more 
officers will be used. 
	"My first priority is safety of the 
campus," he said. 
"Our definite plan is to meet the needs of 
the community."
	Standridge also said he plans to talk to 
Residential Life 
officials about getting volunteers to patrol 
the dorms during 
game week. He said he would like to set up a 
neighborhood 
watch program to help ease the burden on 
campus police.
	"We want this community/police 
partnership effort to 
find creative ways to enhance the security of 
our 
community," he said.
	O'Leary said he is working with the host 
committee to 
develop a coalition of city, county and state 
police to provide 
security for the more than 130 Super Bowl 
events planned 
across the Valley. He said Tempe's 277 
officers are not 
enough to handle the city's big events alone. 
	Although officers from around the state 
will be pulled 
from normal duties to work some events, 
O'Leary said that 
step will not hurt the police protection for 
any city. He said 
off-duty officers and those working on 
special assignments 
will supplement the forces.
	"We will not deplete our resources to 
the point where 
it will decrease the effectiveness of other 
agencies," he said.
	O'Leary said police should be ready for 
the onslaught 
of people once the activities start. He said 
officers across the 
Valley are going through special crowd-
control training and 
will be paired up with officers familiar with 
the area before 
going on post.
	The two biggest events the officers will 
work in 
Tempe, besides the game itself, are the block 
party and the 
NFL Experience. 
	The party, scheduled for Jan. 27 in 
downtown Tempe, 
is expected to draw a crowd of 175,000 people 
and will have 
about 125 officers assigned to it, O'Leary 
said.
	The NFL Experience, which is to be 
located north of 
the Rio Salado Parkway near campus, will draw 
more than 
200,000 people over the seven days it runs. 
About 23 officers 
will be on duty each day handling security 
and traffic, 
O'Leary said. The event runs from Jan. 19-21 
and Jan. 25-28 
and features football-related activities. 
	As for game day itself, 300 officers 
will be used at and 
around Sun Devil Stadium to handle security, 
traffic, vending 
and escorts. In addition, extra private 
security guards will be 
present. A police and medical helipad will 
also be set up a 
1/2 mile from the stadium.
	O'Leary said his biggest concern about 
the game is 
parking and transportation. He said 10,000 
cars, 1,000 buses 
and 700 limousines are expected to show up. 
With only a few 
thousand parking spaces next to the stadium, 
most vehicles 
will be directed to satellite lots along Rio 
Salado and other 
areas near campus. Shuttles will be provided 
to get people to 
the game.
	"We're hoping all the preplanning we do 
will pay off," 
he said.
	Besides the 67,000 fans, police will 
have to protect the 
numerous dignitaries who attend the game. 
Since 1996 is a 
presidential election year, President Clinton 
and other 
candidates for the office may even show up, 
O'Leary said.
	Although no serious threats are 
expected, O'Leary said 
police will still be ready for them.
	"You always run the risk (of that) with 
any major 
sporting venue, but what we are doing is 
being proactive ... to 
be prepared for any eventuality," he said.

Students lobby for creation of ASU film studies program

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	All Dan Barrett wants is for ASU to be 
equal with the 
UofA and Scottsdale Community College.
	Barrett, president of the ASU Film 
Society, hopes to 
convince ASU to establish a Film Studies 
program within the 
next two years. The University of Arizona and 
Scottsdale 
Community College already have similar 
programs.
	He estimated that, if established, a 
film school would 
attract around 1,000 students. He said the 
weather in 
Arizona, and the close proximity to 
Hollywood, make ASU 
an ideal location for a film program.
	Part of the reason ASU has been 
reluctant to establish 
a film studies program, Barrett said, may be 
due to the "time 
and effort that the University puts into 
KAET."
	"Creative forces and the arts are always 
the first to be 
cut (from funding)," Barrett said. "Film 
helps students to 
survive."
	ASU Film Society Vice President Cristin 
Bell, a senior 
chemistry major, said there are film-related 
classes in other 
University departments, such as English, but 
many are not 
accessible to non-majors.
	"Although there are classes on campus 
for film studies, 
they don't replace a major," Bell said. 
	"Those classes have more of an emphasis 
on theory 
rather than the technical aspect," society 
member Jackie 
Ankney said. "ASU should at least have a 
minor." 
	The senior broadcast communications 
major suggested 
that the major "could be a blend of classes 
from business, 
English, and other departments."
	Rumors also abound about other people 
having an 
interest in an ASU film school.
	"(Director Stephen) Spielberg approached 
ASU about 
lending his name and finances to establish a 
film school in his 
name," Barrett said. However, he acknowledged 
that it was 
only a rumor.
	Spielberg attended high school in 
Phoenix and, 
according to Barrett, assisted with the SCC 
film program.
	Alan Baker, faculty advisor for the Film 
Society, said 
he believes a film school is not in the near 
future for ASU.
	"The University just phased out 
television production," 
he said. "I hardly see the University 
receptive in setting up a 
film school."
	Although Baker said he had heard of the 
rumor 
involving Spielberg, he said he "did not know 
that it was 
true."
	"We have to be realistic," Baker said. 
"It would take 
several million dollars to set up a film 
school, and the 
University does not have that kind of money."
	However, film school supporters point 
out that schools 
with fewer resources than ASU have managed to 
keep their 
programs off the cutting-room floor.
	"If Scottsdale (Community College) has 
money for a 
film program, ASU should," Barrett said. 
"There would be big 
initial costs, (but) the school would pay for 
itself in the long 
run. The school could generate revenues by 
showing student-
produced films around the world."
	Barrett said the key to a film program 
depends on 
support from both students and faculty.
	"The first step to start a film school 
is a strong film 
society that starts a grass-roots movement by 
the students 
and faculty," Baker said.
	"I would love to see a film school, but 
it depends on many things."

American Indians core of ISO class

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	Gaining an in-depth understanding of 
American 
Indians is the focus of a new program for 
international 
students put on by the International Student 
Office.
	The year-long program, "Feather in the 
Wind: 
Learning about American Indians in the 
Southwest," will 
include a comprehensive look at American-
Indian culture 
and history, said Suzanne Steadman, director 
of the ISO and 
designer of the program.
	"Many international students have 
learned of 
American Indians from Hollywood movies and 
novels, and 
maybe what they have is not a very good 
picture," Steadman 
said.
	The program begins Sept. 22 and runs 
through May 
1996. It will include lectures on American-
Indian history and 
trips to events and archeological sites. 
Although designed for 
international students, it is open to all ASU 
students and staff 
at no cost.
	Part of the program will involve meeting 
with 
American-Indian student leaders.
	"Basically, they can ask any question 
they have and 
expect a decent answer from someone who 
knows, rather 
than from what is in the history books, or 
from whomever the 
prolific author in their country is," said 
Matthew Kirk Tafoya, 
the Navajo student representative to the 
program.
	Each country usually has one prolific 
author who 
claims to have a deep understanding of 
American Indians, 
said Tafoya, a senior in justice studies.
	"One is big time into the noble savage 
and warrior 
stereotype," he said, "which just perpetuates 
a stereotype that 
American Indians were savages to begin with."
	John Martin, professor of anthropology, 
said many 
students also have a misconception that there 
is only one 
American-Indian culture.
	"Traditionally, there were terrific 
differences between 
the tribes," said Martin, who will lecture on 
American-Indian 
histories and their present status. He said 
individual 
American Indians refer to themselves by their 
tribe.
	"I'll want to emphasize that 'Indian' is 
our word and 
they don't use that word," he said.
	Many international students also have a 
romanticized 
idea of American Indians, Martin said.
	Back in the Philippines, Edgar Alosbanos 
said little 
was taught of American Indians in formal 
education.
	A Fluorite scholar and Ph.D. candidate 
in 19th-century 
American Literature, Alosbanos has 
participated in previous 
ISO programs on American democracy and civil 
rights.
	"The projects widened my understanding 
and made 
me to more holistic in my understanding of 
American 
culture," he said.
	"Some international students have a 
tendency to be 
very limited in their view because they don't 
know the pros 
and cons of U.S. realities in a balanced 
way."
	Alosbanos said he is especially 
interested in the little-
heard-of positive role of American Indians in 
the Civil War.
	Ironically, Alosbanos said he has been 
mistaken for a 
Navajo by other students on campus.
 	"I was sitting down in the MU when one 
guy 
approached me and started talking Navajo," he 
said, adding 
that has happened at least four times.
	The Feather in the Wind program will be 
a learning 
experience for faculty and students alike, 
said Suzanne 
Steadman, international student program 
coordinator.
	"We are learning together," she said. 
"When it is over, 
we'll feel we've all traveled together on a 
journey."

Killer executed after 19-year wait

Supreme Court rejects brief filed by ASU 
group on Jimmie 
Jeffers' behalf

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	FLORENCE - Jimmie Wayne Jeffers, who was 
convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend 
almost two decades 
ago, died by lethal injection Wednesday 
night, despite 
attempts by an ASU-based legal group to stay 
the execution. 
	The Arizona Capital Representation 
Group, a group of 
anti-death penalty lawyers, issued a friend-
of-the-court brief 
to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 
San Francisco at 
12:15 p.m. yesterday. The brief was issued 
less than six hours 
before Jeffers' execution at the Arizona 
State Prison in 
Florence. 
	It claimed that Jeffers received 
"ineffective" counsel 
during his trial, sentencing and appeal. 
	He was originally scheduled to die at 
12:05 a.m. 
Wednesday, but was granted a stay of 
execution by the 
circuit court. The appeal went to the U.S. 
Supreme Court 
yesterday, but they refused to issue a second 
stay.
	Despite these last-minute appeals, 
Jeffers, 49, was 
executed at 6:07 p.m. by a lethal dose of 
sodium pentathol, 
Pavulon and potassium chloride. It took two 
minutes for him 
to die after the injection, according to Mike 
Arra, Arizona 
Corrections public relations officer. 
	As the sun set, a low roar rose from 
within the walls of 
the prison. More than 800 prisoners around 
the death house 
began yelling when they learned of Jeffers' 
death. 
	Inmates and the media both kept tabs on 
events by 
listening to prison officials' radios as they 
patrolled the 
facilities. 
	"(Jeffers' death) was relatively quick 
and painless," 
said Robert Carey, first assistant attorney 
general, "It was 
neither satisfying or fun, but there was some 
satisfaction that 
justice was finally served. It just took a 
little too long. 
Nineteen years is just a little too long to 
wait for something 
like this." 
	Jeffers was sentenced to die after 
injecting his ex-
girlfriend, Penelope Cheney, 25, with a 
lethal dose of heroin 
in 1976. 
	In a last show of hatred, Jeffers died 
while extending 
his right middle finger to the group of 
witnesses gathered in 
the "death house."
	 "You could tell that he was visibly 
very angry," said 
Judi Villa, an Arizona Republic reporter who 
witnessed the 
execution. "He did die with his hand in the 
obscene gesture, 
and then all of the sudden he turned his head 
and leaned 
back and it was over. And that was it."
	"It was like watching a man who was 
angry go to 
sleep," said Kent Dana, anchorman for KPNX-TV 
(Channel 
12), who was also among the group of media 
witnesses 
present. "When they opened the curtain he 
wasn't looking at 
us directly ... but then as he turned his 
head and saw that the 
curtain had been opened and there were people 
there, that is 
when he seemed to react to us. That seemed to 
be his final 
act, ... first the obscene gesture and 
mouthing the words that 
were very easy to understand. Then he just 
seemed to get 
very drowsy." 
	John Johnson, an ASU professor of 
justice studies who 
attended a vigil outside the prison 
protesting the death 
penalty, called Jeffers' executionx "a tragic 
death." 
	"It is premeditated murder on the part 
of the state," he 
said. 
	The Pima County Medical Examiner's 
office will 
perform an autopsy on Jeffers' body today. It 
will be buried 
in the Arizona State Prison's cemetery. 
	"He refused (to allow) anyone to claim 
his body," Arra said.

Editorial: This is justice?

	On Oct. 20, 1976, Jimmie Wayne Jeffers 
killed his 
former girlfriend by injecting her with 
enough heroin "to kill 
a  horse."
	Last evening - 19 years later - Jeffers 
paid with his life 
for that crime. A second lethal injection, 
administered by an 
Arizona Department of Corrections 
executioner, ended his 
life at 6:07 p.m. Wednesday evening.
	Nineteen years is a ridiculously long 
time to 
administer justice.
	A hopelessly tangled web of appeals has 
turned 
capital punishment into a farce.
	Jeffers' execution wasn't even certain 
up until the very 
end. Just 2 1/2 hours before his scheduled 
execution at 12:05 
a.m., the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 
based in San 
Francisco, issued a stay until 5 p.m. The 
Circuit Court had 
hoped that the extra time would give Jeffers 
a chance to 
prove that his lawyer was incompetent, as he 
had claimed, 
thus entitling him to a new trial.
	Let's see if we've got this straight. He 
hasn't been able 
to prove this fact in 19 years of endless 
appeals, and he's 
supposed to be able to prove it in 17 hours? 
Dream on.
	Fact is, Jeffers had exhausted every 
last avenue he had 
available to him. There was nothing left to 
discuss. Jeffers did 
it, and he received the death sentence - a 
sentence he richly 
deserved.
	So why did it take so long to carry out?
	The death penalty exists for two 
reasons: first, to deter 
future murderers; and second, to protect 
society from its most 
dangerous elements.
	By dragging out the appeals process, the 
death penalty 
is being made meaningless.
	For one, who could possibly be deterred 
by capital 
punishment as it now exists?
	Capital punishment was applied liberally 
in the 19th 
century, with mixed results. But you could be 
sure that it did 
have deterrent value.
	If you committed murder in the Old West, 
you would 
hang within days of your arrest. That was the 
law of the land, 
and everyone knew it.
	Commit murder now, and you might get 
executed. But 
the odds of getting the death sentence are 
iffy at best. And 
even those murderers that do receive it know 
that their lives 
are far from forfeit - thousands of inmates 
sit on death row 
nationwide, years and years away from 
execution.
	Not much of a deterrent.
	Second, what about protecting society?
	Logic suggests that if you're going to 
kill someone 
because they pose a threat to society, you 
should do it 
quickly. Every day that passes puts society 
at risk.
	How can you protect society from a 
killer if you allow 
him to live for 19 years after his crime? 
Sure, he's jailed - but 
prison escapes do occur.
	As it exists now, the death penalty is 
meaningless. It 
serves for no useful purpose other than to 
fulfill a sense of 
vengeance.
	Modern justice does not exist to fulfill 
feelings of blood 
lust - it exists to maintain order in 
society.
	Either begin letting the sword fall 
swiftly and surely, 
or get rid of capital punishment.
	Otherwise, justice will never be served.

Column: Relationships and planes don't mix

A.Marjory Kaminski
Colunmist
	Some people do it because they forgot 
reading 
material and are bored. Some do it because 
they may need a 
morale boost. Others do it because they don't 
know how to 
shut their mouths. Then there are those who 
just do it for the 
sheer hell of it. 
	I take that as a warning because if I am 
in the mood for 
a silent, uninterrupted plane ride with my 
book, it's just not 
going to happen. Too many people out there 
are seeking 
friendships with their neighbors for the 
flight, whether it be 
45 minutes to Vegas or four hours to Chicago.
	I don't do this unless provoked, which 
isn't too hard to 
do these days. I usually go about my business 
until they start 
rambling about their life. If I find it 
interesting enough, I'll 
listen and nod, then I'll start pumping up my 
own life story to 
make it sound more interesting than theirs. 
	During the majority of my flights, I've 
had a plethora 
of neighbors looking at me, smiling, 
expecting to have some 
riveting conversation. There are too many 
people out there 
who are impossible to avoid, no matter how I 
try.
	Since my walkman has been broken for 
quite awhile, I 
haven't had the luxury of shutting them out 
with the 
earphones. For some reason, my nose stuck in 
my Star Trek 
book (which is, incidentally, the best easy 
reading for flights) 
doesn't give enough of a clue. I'd watch the 
movie, but it's 
usually some lame Disney concoction about a 
boy and his 
goat or pig or something like that. Even the 
in-flight 
magazines have a limited attention span past 
the word 
searches. So, I turn to return their greeting 
smile. It's either 
that or deal with them being impolite by not 
lifting their tray 
when I have to crawl over our seats and use 
the rest room. 
	Conversing with total strangers is not 
always a bad 
thing. It could be subject material for case 
studies. I'm not 
going to be rude, so I throw out the usual 
courtesies: "You're 
using my seat belt," and "The air sickness 
bags are right 
there."
	Basically, an airplane flight is a 
three- to four-hour 
relationship. You get to know the stewards. 
You know the 
pilot's name as he tends to drone on the 
intercom more than 
what is considered polite. I guess he figures 
that no one's 
listening anyhow. You have no choice but to 
get to know 
your neighbor, especially if he or she's 
offering you a baggie 
of unsalted peanuts and you're starving.
	Since I also find myself stuck in a 
window seat, I'm in 
the confines of a potentially boorish person. 
Armed with only 
the emergency flight instructions and chewing 
gum, I do 
what I can do: lie through my teeth and see 
how far I can get 
away with it. Usually it lasts until the 
plane lands.
	It's always fun to get next to the stiff 
businessman 
who, by default, got stuck in coach instead 
of first class. Just 
because he's so snooty, I have to push. I 
speak in my best 
southern accent and tell him or her it's my 
first flight ever 
and I'm very nervous. "Ah always talk when 
Ah'm nervous," 
I say and watch his or her face drop into 
complete dread. 
	Being next to teenagers is fun too, 
because I just love to 
go into the, "When I was your age" speeches. 
I'm going to be a 
good grandma. It's also an interesting 
insight into kids today; 
that is, unless they're lying just like me. 
	I do miss the days when smoking was 
still allowed on 
planes. Once I was next to some fat blowhard 
who couldn't 
stop belching about the Reagan Administration 
between and 
during smokes. It was a challenge to look 
like I knew what 
the heck I saying. "Yeah, them damn 
Republicans," was about 
the only thing I got in anyhow.
	I know I've been lied to as well. One 
tends to get 
suspicious when a long-haired 16-year-old 
goes on about his 
illustrious rock and roll career. That's 
okay, though. It's what 
makes it fun.
	Let's face it, if you're never going to 
see the person 
again ... what can it hurt? 
	There's nothing wrong with painting 
yourself as a 
different person. It's harmless. Once you get 
off the flight and 
head to the baggage claim, the relationship 
is over. You all 
return to your own lives. The flight 
dissolves into a small 
insignificant memory: a faded three- to four-
hour relationship. And on your return 
flight, you can do it all over again.

A. MarJory Kaminski is a senior studying 
journalism

Column: Two people are better than none

Enrique Chaurand
Columnist
	A few weeks ago I wrote an article 
criticizing the ASU 
media relations office. For those of you who 
don't remember, 
I basically said that it was a shame that I 
did not see any 
Latinos on staff (if they had any) during the 
ASU football 
media luncheon.
	For once I'm happy to say that I was 
wrong. It was 
brought to my attention by Mark Brand, 
director of athletic 
media relations, that he did indeed have not 
one, but two 
Latinos on his staff.
	When Brand told me this I must admit 
that I was 
shocked. Hay Raza trabajando alli? (Raza is a 
slang word 
meaning race, but we refer to it as another 
person of Latino 
descent.) Yeah , buddy, I was proud to see we 
were 
represented in the athletic media relations 
department.
	Both Javier Aurrecoechea and Steve 
Rodriguez are 
representatives of the entire Latino student 
population.
	Rodriguez is assisting in the press box 
during the 
football season with anything and everything. 
He is the ASU 
media rep for women's volleyball, gymnastics 
and golf. 
	Aurrecoechea is also assisting in this 
year's football 
and volleyball seasons. I was also told that 
he may even assist 
the media rep for men's basketball as well.
	These two students will be extremely 
busy this year 
with all of these athletic programs. It is 
encouraging to see 
Latinos in an environment that has kept us 
excluded for so 
long.
	The significance of their roles is 
equally encouraging.
 	At times they will have to set up and 
take down tables, 
run copies and perform some other gofer jobs 
that seem to be 
less than dramatic. 
	On the other hand, they'll be given and 
have been 
given opportunities to use their talents and 
skills to represent 
ASU and its athletic department in 
intercollegiate sports. For 
example, these students assist in putting 
together the media 
guides for various sports, interview athletes 
before and after 
the games, answer questions other media 
personnel may 
have during the course of the game and take 
on other tasks 
that are of substance.
	I personally would like to thank the ASU 
athletic 
media department for taking strides in 
diversifying their 
staff. Two Latinos are better than none at 
all. It is encouraging 
to know that these two students have a vital 
role in the 
operations of this department. One of my 
mottos is: If you 
can't beat them, join them. Thank you, ASU, 
for joining the Raza.

Enrique Chaurand is a senior studying 
journalism

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Racism still thriving

	I want to commend David Strow for his 
editorial 
"America full of Mark Fuhrmans." Strow tells 
it like it is: 
racism is alive and well and thrives in the 
U.S. We lie to 
ourselves in order to pretend that it is 
otherwise.
	The truth is that we do judge others by 
the color of 
their skin, and we treat them accordingly. 
Though most of us 
whites are not out lynching blacks, still we 
do what we can to 
exclude them from our schools, our workplaces 
and our 
neighborhoods.
	Until we admit as a nation - and as 
individuals - that 
we are racist, until we apologize and until 
we change our 
thinking and our behavior, we will never 
improve human 
relations in this country.

Joni Browne-Walders
Student Health staff member

Letter: Leave morals out of it

	It is unfortunate that certain 
individuals in the college 
community are advocating censorship. I am 
speaking in 
response to Casey Christopher's letter 
against the publication 
of Castle Boutique ads. 
	It is not the responsibility of the 
press to determine the 
morals of its readers. It must present an 
unbiased view of 
society. Choosing to ban advertising from 
community 
businesses such as Castle Boutique will do 
nothing more than 
lose money for the paper. 
	People may or may not choose to respond 
to those ads; 
that is their option. I am in no way a victim 
to advertising. I 
would hope that fellow students are also of 
an age and 
maturity level where they can choose for 
themselves what 
commodities they purchase. If someone doesn't 
find 
themselves in need of the services of this 
particular type of 
business, then they are not forced to 
patronize it. 
	 There are certain political ads on 
television that I may 
find to be morally offensive and detrimental 
to this nation's 
well-being, but I respect their right to 
plead their points. 
	Some adults choose to have sex on film. 
Other adults 
may choose to view these films. What must be 
recognized is 
that all involved are adults. I am insulted 
by someone else 
daring to decide this for me. 
	Another thing to recognize is that many 
of these films 
do not involve violence at all. Is it really 
good to teach people 
that releasing sexual pressure in this way is 
"bad" or "dirty," 
thereby encouraging the very frustration 
which can lead to 
violence?
	It may have been determined in one study 
that 
criminals watched pornographic films, but a 
genuine sample 
of porn-movie viewers (and this would be very 
difficult data 
to accurately obtain) might prove that a far 
larger part of the 
population partakes of this industry than 
previously assumed. 

Alicyn Gitlin 
Humanities 
Junior

No. 15 Sun Devils stuff Wildcats in 5-game thriller

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	The 15th-ranked ASU volleyball team 
defeated Pac-10 
rival No. 16 UofA Wednesday night 3-2 (10-15, 
15-9, 16-14, 
10-15, 15-12) at Tucson's McKale Center.
	The Sun Devils, who were down 13-7 in 
the third 
game, came back to win, swinging the momentum 
back to 
ASU.
	"I don't think there were any key plays 
in the game," 
senior outside hitter Christine Garner said. 
"They were acing 
us a lot and then our passing improved. When 
we pass well 
there's no way they could keep doing that."
	Senior middle blocker Holly Sones added 
that the win 
gave ASU (7-0 overall, 1-0 Pac-10) the edge 
it were looking 
for. 
	"It gave us a huge amount of momentum," 
said Sones, 
who ended the evening posting one solo block, 
four block 
assists and 10 kills. "Christine Garner and 
Terri Cox did an 
awesome job."
	Cox, a sophomore outside hitter, doubled 
her career 
high with 30 digs on the night. On ASU's 
offense, sophomore 
outside hitter Jenn Snyder led the team with 
24 kills, a season 
high. Garner finished the night with 20 
kills.
	Sones added that the offense was sparked 
by freshman 
setter Jolynn Faatulu. 
	"Jolynn did an absolutely incredible 
job," Sones said. "I 
know she's only a freshman but she has so 
much potential for 
this team. She runs the offense and she sets 
the ball so well."
	The Sun Devils were not only fired up 
about their own 
offense but we're also able to shut down the 
Wildcats top 
player, Barb Bell, Garner said. 
	"We knew we needed to shut her down and 
we did," 
Garner said. "She wound up finishing the 
night with a .008 
hitting percentage and only 11 kills. Our 
blocking was the 
key for our win tonight."
	As for the usual trash talking fron 
UofA's side of the 
net, it was virtually non-existent, Garner 
added.
	"Actually they weren't as bad as we 
expected but then 
again we weren't really giving them anything 
to talk about."
	The Sun Devils, who are undefeated in 
Pac-10 play, 
said the opening win against the Wildcats was 
more a matter 
of rivalry than anything.
	"We never really looked at this game as 
the Pac-10 
opener," Sones said. "It was more of just a 
thing that we're 
ASU and they're the UofA.

Decision on charges to be made today

DPS official says 'overwhelming' evidence 
suggests ex-Sun 
Devils gave false information 

By Ron Matejko
State Press
     The decision on whether to file 
misdemeanor false 
information charges against former ASU 
basketball players 
Mario Bennett and Marcell Capers will be made 
today, DPS 
spokesman Sgt. Dave Myers said Wednesday.
    Myers said with the current evidence, the 
likelihood of 
charges being filed is high.  	 
	"There's 
overwhelming evidence against them, including 
Bennett's 
admission on television last night," Myers 
said, referring to 
Bennett's appearance on KPNX-TV (Channel 12) 
Tuesday 
night.
	Neither Bennett nor Capers could be 
reached for 
comment.
	Bennett, 22, and Capers, 23, have been 
the subjects of a 
DPS investigation of a traffic accident the 
two were involved 
in Sept. 2 on the Squaw Peak Parkway at the 
McDowell Road 
exit. 
	According to the accident report filed 
by Dave Mogel, 
the officer at the scene, Capers - who said 
he was driving 
Bennett's 1995 Mercedes Benz, passed a field 
sobriety test - 
but  Bennett smelled of intoxicating alcohol. 
After further 
investigation and witness accounts, the 
officer later 
determined it was Bennett behind the wheel. 
Mogel 
submitted a complaint to the Maricopa County 
Attorney's 
office Wednesday and a decision will be 
rendered "within a 
day," Myers said.                                                                                                                                   
	 If the decision is made to follow 
through on the 
charges, the East Phoenix precinct, which has 
the jurisdiction 
on the case, will then issue summons for both 
men's arrest.
 	"This is a clean cut case of giving 
false information to a 
police officer," Myers said, adding there was 
no evidence to 
support DWI or DUI charges against Bennett. 
"Also, Bennett 
was driving with a suspended driver's 
license." 
	The Phoenix Suns selected Bennett with 
27th pick of 
the first round of NBA draft last June. 
Bennett left the ASU 
after his junior season. The Phoenix Suns 
could only issue a "no comment" Wednesday 
due to the current NBA lockout.

Women's golf team heads to first tourney

By Ron Matejko
State Press
     Fore! Or maybe four would be more 
appropriate for the 
ASU women's golf team. The Sun Devils begin 
their quest for 
an unprecedented fourth consecutive NCAA 
title this 
weekend when they participate in their first 
tournament of 
the fall season.              
     Coach Linda Vollstedt and her group of 
golfers head to La 
Quinta, California for the Rolex Fall 
Preview, hosted by 
UCLA, at the La Quinta Golf Resort. The three 
day, 54 hole 
tourney will take place Sept. 15-17, and will 
serve as a 
preview of the 1996 NCAA Championships which 
will be 
held at the same site in May. Eighteen of the 
top teams in the 
country are competing along with ASU, 
including last year's 
runner-up San Jose State. 
     Vollstedt is entering her 16th season at 
the helm of the 
women's golf program at ASU, and has won 4  
NCAA titles 
in that time (1990,'93,'94,'95). 
     Vollstedt said this years group of 
golfers have a nice blend 
of experience and youth. The five women 
taking the trip this 
weekend are; seniors Linda Ericsson and Vinny 
Riviello, 
sophmore Kellee Booth, redshirt freshman Keri 
Cornelius 
and true freshman Jody Niemann.
     The golf team received good reviews on 
their play thus far 
in practice from Vollstedt.  
     "The team has played well so far, 
especially Kellee Booth, 
who shot a -3 under par one day which is a 
great round,"she 
said. 
     Vollstedt said she is looking toward 
Booth to carry last 
seasons first team All-American  performance 
over  to this 
season and become a main contributor.
     The team will be anchored by two 
freshman, but Vollstedt 
is confident in their abilities.
     "They are both really good, solid 
players. They are really 
excited to get started," she said. "I'm the 
type of coach who is 
willing to sit back and let them develop and 
mature."
     Freshman Jody Niemann revealed the 
mental strategy she 
is putting herself through for her first 
collegiate tournament.
     "I'm trying to think of it as junior 
golf all over again so it 
will be like I'm with old friends, only the 
golf will be more of 
a challanging," she said "I don't know what 
to expect. I'm 
going through a mind change from schoolwork 
to playing 
golf."
     Even though the Sun Devils will be 
opening the season on 
the road, Vollstedt is not concerned.
     "This will be the first time we have 
traveled, so I will be 
looking for team chemistry and it will also 
be a chance for the 
freshman to get their feet wet," she said.  
"We will see how we compare to 
the other top teams in the nation."

Martin, Battle give ASU depth at tailback

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	ASU's "slashed" No. 2 running backs give 
defenses 
plenty to think about when they hit the 
football field.
	Back-up sophomore running backs Michael 
Martin 
and Terry Battle have solidified ASU's 
running game this 
year when they enter the game to give starter 
Chris Hopkins 
a breather.
	"We slash them because they're both twos 
and it's kind 
of a game thing because they have two 
different styles of 
running," said ASU running backs' coach John 
Pettas. "We 
kind of incorporate them to help Chris out, 
in terms of the 
type of game we're playing or maybe the play 
calling we're 
doing at the time."
	Martin, who is 6-foot-1, 206 pounds, is 
second only to 
Hopkins in rushing after two games with 88 
yards on 18 
attempts for a 4.9 yards-per-carry average. 
Battle, the slighter 
of the two backs, is 5-11, 193 pounds, has 
carried the ball 12 
times for 63 yards for a 5.3 yards-per-carry 
average.
	Martin redshirted in 1994 after tearing 
his knee 
ligaments during preseason drills at Camp 
Tontozona. He 
appeared as a true freshman, carrying for two 
yards on one 
carry, and he contributed on special teams.
 	Battle rushed for 279 yards last year on 
76 carries for a 
per-carry average of 3.7. His best game came 
versus Miami 
on Sept. 10 of last year when he rushed 17 
times for 80 yards. 
His only touchdown came on a 44-yard pass 
from Jake 
Plummer against Brigham Young on Oct. 29.
	Although they share the same position, 
this one-two 
punch has completely different running 
styles.
	"Terry brings a little bit more 
quickness, a little bit 
more slashing and bang-bang type moves," 
Pettas said. "We'll 
use him on draws and things. Mike brings us a 
power guy 
who will break some tackles, push the line 
scrimmage, and 
run in short-yardage type situations."
	ASU Head Coach Bruce Snyder reiterated 
Pettas' 
comments.
	"I'm thankful we have all of them 
because they give us 
a different style of run from each other," 
Snyder said. 
"Michael's more of a power runner and Terry 
Battle has more 
ability to go the distance. I think they are 
still even because I 
use them for different things and style of 
plays."
	Snyder is so pleased with both backs, he 
said he has no 
plans to name a sole No. 2 back.
 	"Actually I think we got the idea 
because Hoppy is the 
starter and is a good, tough inside runner," 
Snyder said. "And 
they (Martin and Battle) can be our 
specialists. Michael 
Martin would be ideal at the goalline."
	Sometimes Snyder doesn't even know who 
he's going 
to put in the game first.
	"We put Michael Martin in first this 
last game and we 
put Terry Battle in first the other game 
(against Washington)," 
Snyder said. "I'm not sure what we're going 
to do this week."
	Despite this uncertainty, the runners 
have adopted 
Snyder's thinking, for the most part.
	"It's not really that competitive," 
Martin said. "We both 
are going to play- regardless- the whole 
season. We're just 
slash No. 2."
	Battle said, "There is really some good 
competition 
going on right now with Mike. Whenever one of 
us goes in, 
we have to be prepared to fill in or give 
(Hopkins) a break or 
whatever he needs. We have to run hard and 
pick up where 
he left off."
	However, Battle is not 100 percent sold 
on being a co-
back-up at running back.
	"The idea of sharing it- I really don't 
like it," he said. 
"I'd rather be the definite back-up." Battle 
thinks his 
experience from last year will pay off this 
year.
	"Last year when I came I was trying to 
make the 
adjustment but most of the time early on in 
the season, I was 
running like a high school back," Battle 
said. "I've picked up 
my momentum and my tempo in running the ball 
(since last 
spring)."
	Martin has defied all odds this year 
after being 
considered a long shot to receive significant 
playing time 
after his knee injury last year.
	"To tell you the truth, going into camp, 
I thought I was 
going to be number five, which I was until 
(Brian) Singleton 
went down," Martin said. "So I moved up to 
fourth ...I 
bascially just wanted to make it through the 
season okay."
	"I was probably undershooting and he 
proved me 
wrong," Snyder said of Martin's return. "He 
might be coming 
off a knee reconstruction better than any 
running back I've 
been around- sooner and without the 
psychological hangups 
that can happen to a running back with a 
knee."
	 Martin said being on the sidelines last 
year was one of 
the most frustrating times in his life.
	"You're looking at everybody going to 
spring ball and 
you're missing out," he said. "It was kind of 
depressing."
	Martin said he is almost 100 percent 
mentally and 
physically recovered.
	"I need to pick it up a little and stop 
worrying about 
the knee injury because if it happens, it 
happens," Martin 
said. "It's feeling 'a-okay.' I'm able to 
play without the brace, 
but the doctor told me I had to wear it all 
year. I'm not taking 
any chances."
	ASU's strong depth at the running back 
position may 
force sophomore Marlon Farlow, who rushed for 
179 yards 
last season, to redshirt this year and return 
to the battle next 
year.
	"We just can't fit all of them in," 
Pettas said. "He's 
(Farlow) as good as the rest. But his style 
brings the same 
style as Chris."
	One of ASU's returning runners more than 
likely will 
be ASU's starter next year, a fact that has 
not gone unnoticed.
	"The competition is going to heat up 
because we have 
Marlon coming back and Brian, me and Terry," 
Martin said. 
"We'll be competing against each other the 
next three years."

Back on Top

Diver Milander returns from shoulder surgery

By Lisa Eskey
State Press
	Fully recovered from shoulder surgery 
last season, 
senior diver John Milander is ready to shake 
off any lingering 
nerves and get back into serious diving.
	"I was probably shaking more than the 
board," said 
Milander, who competed this summer in a 
senior qualifying 
tournament in Pennsylvania.
	After being away from competition for 
more than a 
year, Milander said he was nervous.
	"There was a lot of good competition and 
although I 
didn't place well, I was happy with how I 
dove," he said.
	Milander also added during the course of 
the meet and 
the training, he refined some of his old 
dives and learned 
some new ones as well.
	The year away from the sport did prove 
to be a 
difficult time for Milander. 
	"It began to be mental therapy for me as 
well," he said. 
"You have to step back for a moment to 
realize what you had, 
and now I'm hungry for it again."
	Milander's surgery was due to tendonitis 
in his right 
shoulder.
	"There was not one specific incident 
that injured my 
shoulder, just wear and tear throughout the 
years," he said.
	During therapy, Milander said he wasn't 
as involved 
with the team as he wanted to be.
	 "I would try to go to the meets. It was 
hard, really 
hard," he said. "Last February, I was really 
getting into 
therapy and still doing other exercises, 
trying to stay in 
shape.  I worked more on my own time than on 
team time. I 
tried to keep busy. That was the main thing - 
to get my mind 
off diving."
	Spending time away from the sport has 
redirected 
Milander's goals to improving, rather than 
just winning.
	"I don't know what the competition is 
like this early in 
the season, but I do know I want to make it 
to the NCAA's," 
he said. "Making it there is based on one 
meet, and the 
quality of a diver shouldn't be based on one 
meet. As long as 
I know I'm capable of doing it, I hope I 
wouldn't  be terribly 
crushed by it, but I know I will be, because 
I know I can make 
it."
	Said Milander's coach, Ward O'Connell: 
"I expect him 
to score very  high in the Pac-10 
Championships and 
hopefully qualify for the NCAA Championships. 
I know he 
wants to do that as well."
	Milander, who is the captain of the team 
this season, 
defined his role as supporting the team and 
making sure they 
attend all practices. 
	"I see myself as the link between the 
diving team and 
the coach," he said. "As a senior on the 
team, they should be 
able to look up to me."
	"He's our captain and that comes with 
expectations of 
having leadership qualities," O'Connell said,  
"but I have 
confidence in John to be our leader."
	O'Connell said Milander walked on the 
team four 
years ago and earned his letter in his first 
season.  
	"He recruited himself here," he said of 
Milander. "He 
got in line and did everything we asked him 
to do."
	Milander said he knew he wanted to dive 
in college, 
but his main goal was to get his education.
	"I'd like to think that I've contributed 
a lot," Milander 
said. "My freshman year, my goal was to go to 
one away 
meet. Halfway through the season, when I had 
been to all the 
meets, I realized that I was going to be 
contributing to the 
welfare of the team. That put a lot of 
confidence in me."
	With plans to graduate in 1997 with a 
degree in 
architecture, Milander has been balancing a 
chaotic academic 
schedule with diving practices.
	"He's trying the best he can," O'Connell 
said. "His 
academic schedule is such that half of the 
week he has a four-
hour class and can't practice with the rest 
of the group. It 
hasn't been a problem yet."
	Currently, Milander practices in the 
early afternoon 
with teammate, senior Jennifer Cnota, another 
architecture 
major who has a similar situation with 
practice clashing with 
classes.  
	"We do the best we can," Milander said. 
"The others 
are more than welcome to come to our 
practice, but at the 
same time, we're getting a more personalized, 
individualized 
session."
	Cnota said Milander has improved 
greatly.
 	"He wants to learn," she said. "We 
critique and push 
each other to improve. Without him, I know I 
couldn't have 
gotten to level of diving that I'm at.
	"He brings an organization and a 
willingness to get everyone together. 
The guys (team) look up to him."

ATTENTION ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK THREE

	As a reminder, the State Press sports 
department is 
sponsoring the weekly "PICK IT AND WIN" 
contest for ASU 
football games. The week two winner was 
senior business 
management major Brandon Jenkins.  
	To win, contestants must correctly 
predict the winner 
and final score of the ASU football games on 
Saturday. The 
Sun Devils' next game is Saturday against 
defending national 
champion Nebraska in Lincoln at noon.
	The weekly winner receives: an ASU cap 
courtesy of 
The Cap. Co. on 6th and Mill, an autographed 
Jake Plummer 
poster schedule of courtesy of ASU athletics, 
a headshot in 
Monday's State Press sports section and a 
bonus prize.
	If none of the contestants in a given 
week predict the 
exact score, then the winner will be 
determined by which 
contestant comes closest. 
	In the event of a tie, the winner will 
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and daytime 
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	The entry deadline each week is Thursday 
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Entries received after the deadline will not 
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Telephoning the State Press is not a valid 
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	NOTE: All ASU faculty and staff members 
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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* An electric skillet activated the fire 
alarm in Cholla F-Wing. 
The responding officer found the area secure 
and reset the 
alarm.
* A female student was contacted at Sahuaro 
Hall, where she 
had become ill. She was treated at the scene 
by the Tempe 
Fire Department and transported to Tempe St. 
Luke's 
Hospital.
* Two bicycles were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A man robbed Checker Auto, 1809 E. Baseline 
Road. He 
entered the store through an open rear door 
and confronted 
the employees and customers, forcing them to 
lay on the floor 
at gun point. He then made the manager open 
the safe and 
fled with an unknown amount of money. The 
suspect is 
described as a black male in his mid-20s, 6 
feet tall, 170 to 200 
pounds with short, black hair and a mustache.
* A man robbed a woman at an ATM machine at 
First 
Interstate Bank, 8670 S. McClintock Drive. He 
forced the 
victim to withdraw money from the ATM before 
stealing her 
car. He is described as a black male, 5 feet 
9 inches to 5 feet 10 
inches, 160 to 165 pounds and "young." The 
car he stole was a 
green Mazda MX 6 with Arizona license plate 
KSX 013.
* A 43-year-old man was arrested for 
shoplifting at Fry's, 3115 
S. McClintock Drive. Store security saw him 
sticking items 
down the front of his pants and stopped him 
before he could 
leave the store.
* A 31-year-old man was arrested for 
disorderly conduct after 
yelling obscenities at residents of an 
apartment complex at 
1901 E. Apache Blvd. He approached residents 
while they 
were walking to their cars and scared them.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

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* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus 
meeting. Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* All Saints Catholic Newman Center - Sign-
ups are still being 
accepted for the Student Association Fall 
Retreat Weekend 
Sept. 15 -17 in Prescott. The 35 cost 
includes transportation, 
meals and lodging. The center is at 230 E. 
University Dr., 
northwest corner of College Avenue and 
University. 
* American Association of Airport Executives 
- Orientation 
meeting. Pizza and drinks. Come see what AAAE 
is all about. 
Everyone welcome. 4:30 p.m.; ERC 493.
* American Marketing Association - Day in the 
Park. Food, 
fun and relax in the park. Everyone welcome. 
4:30 p.m.; Daily 
Park on College Avenue between Apache and 
Broadway 
roads.
* Baptist Student Union - Free food, fun and 
fellowship. 
Come brighten your day with us. Noon; 1322 S. 
Mill Ave.
* Barren Mind Improvisation - Free improv 
show. 12:10 p.m.; 
MU Programming Lounge. 
* Campus Crusade for Christ - Thursday Night 
Live. Open 
meeting, Bible study, music and fun. 7:30 
p.m.; Physical 
Science H-Wing 150.
* Center for Asian Studies - Fall film 
festival. Movie, "The 
Blue Kite," produced in Hong Kong and PR 
China. In 
Mandarin with English subtitles. 7:30 p.m.; 
Nursing Building 
Room 101.
* InterVarsity Christian Fellowship - Weekly 
meeting. Join us 
for praise, worship, fellowship and study of 
the word. 7:30 
p.m.; MU, check monitors for location.
* Italian Club - First conversation hour of 
the year. Everyone 
is welcome to practice their Italian. 7 p.m.; 
Coffee Plantation 
on Mill Avenue. 
* KASR 1260AM - Hear three hours of vinyl on 
"Vynal 
Therzdeigh."  This week's prize: Pearl Jam 
ticket stubs. 
Hosted by EMO and Trashcan Man. 3 p.m. to 6 
p.m.; 1260 
AM.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - Classes meet every 
Monday through 
Thursday. 5:30 p.m.; MU 224. Check MU 
monitors for nightly 
locations.
* MUAB Culture and Arts Committee - Everyone 
welcome. 
4:30 p.m.; MU third floor  Conference Room 
1A.
* Phi Alpha Delta - Pre-law fraternity. 
Meeting. Find out what 
you need to know to crack the LSAT. Princeton 
Review on 
hand to answer questions. 5 p.m.; MU Gold 
Room South. 
* Philippine Association of Students at ASU - 
General 
meeting. 5 p.m.; MU Gold North (203N).
* Philosophy Club - A discussion on the 
puzzles and 
paradoxes of God. All who have philosophical 
interests are 
welcome. 3:15 p.m.; Physical Sciences A-Wing 
Room 546.
* Religious Studies Club - Open discussion, 
club plans and 
purpose. Bring a topic. Noon to 1:30 p.m.; 
ECA third floor, 
Religious Studies Reading Room.
* Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society - 
Open meeting. 
4:30 p.m.; Casey Moore's patio at Ninth 
Street and Ash 
Avenue.
* Travel and Tourism Student Association - 
Speaker: Tracy 
Dickson, USA Host Destination Management 
Company. 4:30 p.m.; MU Room 215.