Hotlines to offer Super Bowl info

By Angela Mull
State Press
	The opportunities for football fans to 
score free 
information about Tempe's Super Bowl are 
piling up with 
two new hotlines dedicated to the January 
event.
	In addition to the Super Bowl Host 
Committee Hotline 
at 269-5999, Tempe activated its own Super 
Bowl Hotline at 
350-2900 Wednesday. The hotlines provide 
information about 
tickets, accommodations, volunteering, 
transportation and 
parking. Tempe's hotline also provides Super 
Bowl trivia. 
	Tempe is working with Tribune newspapers 
to create 
another hotline that should be operational by 
the end of next 
week, said Julie Hoffer, a Tribune promotion 
manager. 
	"This will be very important to members 
of the 
community because everybody's going to be 
affected by the 
Super Bowl, and they'll need to know what's 
going on," she said. 
	The Host Committee Hotline fields 60 to 
100 calls a 
day, said Ruth Padilla, a receptionist with 
the hotline. Abbie 
Fink, a Tempe public relations consultant, 
said she cannot 
predict how many calls the city's hotline 
will receive.

From soldier to teacher

Sackton goes from light of first H-bomb to 
illuminating young people's minds

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	From testing America's first hydrogen 
bomb to testing 
students at ASU, Professor Emeritus Frank 
Sackton has led a 
life of which movies are made.
	And at age 82, he shows no signs of 
slowing down.
	As Sackton gazed out across Hayden Lawn 
from his 
Wilson Hall office, it was clear that a love 
of teaching drives 
him. His eyes lit up as he discussed the 
students of ASU. 
	"I just love being around young people," 
Sackton said. 
"They are what keep me young."
	His wife of 55 years, June Sackton, 
agreed.
	"He walks out of here (their house in 
Scottsdale) every 
morning at 6:30 just whistling," she said. 
"He really loves 
those kids."
	Since coming to ASU as a graduate 
student in 1975, 
Sackton has had a profound affect on the 
University. 
	"I came to ASU to do graduate work, and 
they asked 
me to stay on as a visiting professor," he 
said. "One thing led 
to another and 18 years later, I am still here."
	It was Sackton's vision as the founding 
dean that 
guided the College of Public Programs to 
national 
recognition. "We wanted to set up a school of 
public affairs 
that would do for the government what the 
business schools 
did for business," Sackton said.
	Sackton has also been called in to 
troubleshoot various 
departments and schools during his tenure at 
ASU. From 
guiding a troubled athletics department out 
of turbulent 
waters in the mid-80s to directing the Office 
of Equal 
Opportunity, Sackton used his special 
abilities to produce 
smooth-running operations.
	"If I knew what made Frank go, I would 
bottle it and 
sell it," said Larry Mankin, a special 
assistant to the president 
of the University. "He has an extraordinarily 
positive attitude, 
a can-do attitude and broad-based 
experiences."
	Mankin said Sackton "is always there to 
help others 
along the line so they can have success in 
their lives."
	But Sackton has not spent his whole life 
in academia. 
Rising from an enlisted man in the Illinois 
Army National 
Guard to Comptroller of the United States 
Army, Sackton's 
career placed him with the people and at the 
events that 
shaped history.
	As a young officer, Sackton led his 
infantry battalion 
through the bloody Pacific campaigns of World 
War II. 
During the war, he won a Silver Star, three 
Bronze Stars, a 
Combat Infantryman Badge, a battlefield 
promotion to 
colonel - and a sincere appreciation of the 
human spirit.
	"I saw men do things that were beyond 
human 
endurance," he said. "It is amazing how much 
power lies 
within each person."
	After the war, Sackton ended up in 
Allied-occupied 
Japan as chief of staff to a conqueror-
turned-governor - Gen. 
Douglas MacArthur. 
	"The work was physically tough," Sackton 
said, "but 
mentally rewarding. MacArthur was a 
workaholic."
	In Sackton's 30-year military career, he 
and his wife 
moved 21 times. His career led him one day to 
Los Alamos, 
New Mexico, where he was appointed as the 
military 
planning officer in charge of detonating 
America's first hydrogen bomb.
	"We detonated the bomb in the Marshall 
Islands in 
l951," he said. "I knew it was going to be a 
big one. We were 
11 miles away, and we could see the shock 
waves coming 
through the ocean. When the shock wave hit 
our ship, it knocked me on my can."
	Sackton also rubbed shoulders with men 
destined for 
greatness. A young army cavalry captain named 
George 
Marshall taught Sackton to ride a horse. 
Marshall later 
authored the blueprint for the reconstruction 
of Europe after 
World War II, and was Secretary of State 
under President Harry Truman. 
	Despite a life full of accomplishments, 
Sackton 
remains modest and sends a message to the new 
generation: 
"Have confidence in your own 
abilities. Don't be 
overwhelmed by what my generation 
accomplished. You will 
surpass all that. There is a residual and 
latent greatness in the new generation."

Time's up to purchase prime Phantom tickets

By Angela Mull
State Press
	The curtain is about to drop on ASU 
staff and students 
wanting the prime tickets for the musical 
Phantom of the 
Opera. Priority ticket sales for the ASU 
community ends at 6 
p.m. today.
	Although tickets have been available 
through mail-
order forms since June 4, only ASU staff and 
students have 
been able to purchase the tickets in person 
from Gammage 
Auditorium. Ticket prices range from $15.50 
to $60.50, and 
the performances are Dec. 16 through Jan. 27. 
Staff and 
students must bring their ASU IDs to purchase 
the tickets, 
which will not be discounted.
	Having the Phantom return to Tempe for a 
second 
year will be a boon for local businesses, 
said Susan Mulligan-
Pishko, marketing coordinator for Downtown 
Tempe 
Community Inc., a non-profit group that 
manages the 
downtown area. 
	"We see theater patrons in downtown 
Tempe on 
performance nights," she said. "Our 
restaurants and retail 
businesses benefit from that traffic. It's a 
great thing." 
	About 202,000 tickets were sold during 
last year's run 
of the Phantom, said Maria Klimaszewski, the 
Gammage box 
office manager. She could not give out 
information about 
how much money was garnered from ticket 
sales, and David 
Harrison, Gammage publicist, did not return 
repeated phone 
calls from the State Press. 
	Based on an average ticket price of $37, 
the estimated 
ticket sales total last year was $7.5 
million.
	Single tickets will be available to the 
general public by 
phone from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17. 
The date for 
over-the-counter sales has not yet been 
announced. 
	Michelle Wilkey, a junior theater and 
social work 
major, said last year's Phantom was 
enjoyable, although the 
acting was not outstanding.
	"The set was great but the acting wasn't 
believable," 
she said, adding that people who attend the 
show should not 
expect the same level of acting present in 
more artistic pieces 
in smaller theater venues. 
	Anthony Chavez, a junior journalism 
major who 
attended a performance last year with 
understudies in the 
roles of Carlotta and the Phantom, said the 
singing was not as 
great as he expected.
	"You subtract the understudies and it 
was an excellent 
show," he said, adding that he would see the 
show again if it 
had the principal playing the part of the 
Phantom. 
	Klimaszewski said she is not sure 
exactly what it is 
about the Phantom that attracts people, but 
the show was 
brought back by "popular demand."
	"There's just something about the show 
that gets people in," she said.

Measles shot waivers more at hand

By Ray Stern
Special to the State Press
	When it comes to getting a waiver for 
measles 
immunization at ASU, the Student Health 
Center's unwritten 
rule is "Don't ask, don't tell."
	The free waivers allow students to skip 
the 
requirement of measles immunization before 
they register for 
classes.
	"If I advertised a waiver, so many 
people would come 
and choose one, due to being scared of 
needles, (and the) cost 
(of the immunization)," said Linda McNeil, 
chief nurse at the 
SHC. "It could have catastrophic 
consequences." 
	She cited cases such as the 1994 measles 
outbreak at 
Rutgers University in New Jersey, in which 
about 100 
students caught the disease.
	Despite the risks, a policy change in 
August now 
allows health center officials to offer 
"personal" waivers for 
students who object in any way to the measles 
shot.
	Previously, only students with medical 
reasons for not 
getting the shot were allowed to register 
without it.
	State Representative Laura Knaperek, R-
Tempe, said 
she received a call last spring from a woman 
who had been 
accepted into ASU's law school but was denied 
enrollment 
because she refused to get a measles shot. 
The vaccination 
conflicted with the woman's personal beliefs.
	Knaperek said she called Allan Price, 
associate vice 
president for institutional advancement at 
ASU, and told him 
she thought the policy of not offering 
waivers was too strict. 
	"He got (it) waived," she said.
	Dr. Dale Bowen, director of the Health 
Center, said he 
and his staff had already begun to consider 
changing the 
policy in March. 
	"Not having a waiver policy was putting 
the staff in 
untenable positions."
	Bowen said occasionally a student would 
put up such 
an argument about getting the measles shot 
that his staff 
would grant unofficial "hassle waivers" just 
to keep things 
moving.
	When the staff was reviewing procedures 
in the 
spring, a few of these "incidents" with 
students convinced 
them of the need to provide official waivers, 
Bowen said.
	However, Bowen said he still opposed 
handing out 
waivers.
	"I didn't want to give them," Bowen 
said. "College 
students have died in the last five to eight 
years from 
measles. I've never seen sicker people than 
those with 
measles. They look as sick as if they have 
AIDS."
	Bowen said to qualify for a personal 
waiver, a student 
must sign a form confirming the following 
conditions:
* The student has received and understands 
information 
about measles and immunizations.
* The reason for the student's refusal to be 
immunized - any 
reason will do.
* The student agrees to be barred from campus 
immediately 
upon notice of the first identified case of 
measles and until 
three weeks after the last case.
* The student understands that if removal 
from the campus 
is necessary, tuition will not be reimbursed.
	Printed information on waivers is posted 
in the health 
center, but don't expect anyone to point it 
out.
	"We don't believe in advertising the 
policy," Bowen 
said.
	Graduate student Sandy Bahr said she 
could have 
saved a lot of frustration if someone had 
promptly informed 
her of the waiver option when she tried to 
register for a class 
this semester.
	Bahr said she has had the measles so she 
knows she is 
immune and objected to receiving medicine she 
does not 
need.
	She said she talked to McNeil, who told 
her she could 
register as long as she submitted results of 
a blood test that 
proved her immunity.
	Bahr went to her doctor for the blood 
test, but when 
she returned to the health center a few days 
later, a nurse told 
her the test was for the wrong type of 
measles and would 
have to be redone, she said.
	Bahr said she asked if there was any way 
she could 
just get a waiver and was told again it was 
either the blood 
test or the shot. 
	"They said they have to be very strict," 
she said.
	She eventually spoke with Bowen, who 
informed her 
of the personal waivers, she said.
	McNeil said withholding the information 
was 
unintentional.
	"I'm sorry if information isn't being 
given that should 
be given," she said. "I know we are very 
sensitive to 
individuals that have medical, religious or 
personal reasons 
for not wanting the shot."
	Bowen also said the health center staff 
tries to be as 
clear as they can with students without 
promoting the policy. 
	"Advertising the policy sends mixed 
messages about 
what the rules are," he said.
	Right now, there are about 100 students 
carrying 
personal waivers for vaccination, Bowen said. 
All of them 
would have to be called and removed from 
their classes if 
even one case of measles broke out on campus.
	"To try to contact all those people, 
it's unbelievably 
difficult," he said. "And it would probably 
happen at 5 p.m. 
on a Friday. A major effort like that would 
take a minimum 
three to four days."
	Bowen said most people in 1995 have 
never seen a case 
of measles and would not recognize it, adding 
that the 
disease is extremely contagious for two- to 
three-days before 
the victim is aware of being sick.

Betty Crocker gets modern makeover

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	The times they are a-changin' and Betty 
Crocker's 
changing right along with them.
	In celebration of her 75th birthday, the 
baking icon's 
image will get a new look that will better 
represent the 
modern American woman, said Pam Becker, 
spokesperson 
for General Mills, the food company that 
produces the bakery 
line.
	"Making Betty Crocker's June Cleaver 
image multi-
ethnic is kind of amusing," said Donna 
Powers, a junior 
communications major at ASU.
	General Mills is asking American women 
of all races 
and backgrounds to send in photographs and 
essays, Becker 
said. Based on the essays, the company will 
choose 75 
women's photographs, which will be combined 
with the 
current image on a computer, to create Betty 
Crocker's eighth 
and newest face, she said.
	"We have no preconceived ideas of what 
she should 
look like," Becker said, concerning whether 
the new image 
would reflect all races.
	"We're looking for women whose essays 
reflect certain 
characteristics of creativity, 
resourcefulness and a 
commitment to family," Becker said.
	The synthesized photograph will then be 
painted to 
"capture the heart and soul of Betty 
Crocker," Becker said.
	Although Becker said she considers 
Crocker's face-lift 
"a necessary update," the new Crocker image 
is considered by 
some as an attempt at political correctness.
	Fran Trow, a staff member at the 
University's Adult 
Reentry program, said updating the Betty 
Crocker image 
should be considered a positive step. 
However, she said she 
does not believe that the final product will 
meet the 
company's goal.
	"I don't necessarily see it as a 
reflection of me or of 
American women."
	Trow said she is amazed at how much time 
and 
money is being spent on the campaign.
	"But then again, I can remember what 
goes on a Big 
Mac from those stupid commercials," she said.

Beijing conference attendees to tell their stories today

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	An ASU faculty member and five other 
participants in 
the Beijing Women's Conference will discuss 
their 
experiences in China in the Business 
Administration building 
at 10:30 a.m. today.
	The discussion, scheduled to be held in 
the Business 
Administration C-Wing, room 318, was 
organized by Joyce 
Anne Longfellow, a justice studies faculty 
associate. The 
presentation is open to the public, and 
Longfellow said 65 or 
70 seats should be available.
	"We will each give our own personal 
experience about 
why we went and what happened there," 
Longfellow said. "I 
will give an overview of the actual events 
that went on, the 
issues that were discussed, some of the 
demonstrations that 
occurred and how it really was, versus the 
media's 
presentation in America."
	The six women traveled to China with 
Global 
Interaction, a professional exchange program 
that links 
women in America with their counterparts 
overseas.
	Jerrie Ueberle, founder and president of 
Global 
Interaction, said, "I took a group of women 
who shared with 
their counterparts in China the things they 
did in comparison 
with what the women there did."
	As part of the Global Interaction 
program, the women 
spent two weeks in China prior to the 
conference.

ASU East remodels to allow for new students in Fall '96

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	ASU East is undergoing a $1.5 million 
remodeling 
project in anticipation of expanded classes 
in Fall 1996 when 
1,200 students from the schools of 
agriculture and technology 
are scheduled to arrive at the former 
Williams Air Force Base 
site.
	Two buildings are being remodeled, one 
to provide 
laboratory space and one to provide 
classrooms and offices, 
said Ben Forsyth, campus provost. 
	ASU East is also leasing 20 homes to 
provide faculty 
and married student housing.
	Forsyth said the renovations were not as 
expansive as 
had been hoped.
	"We requested $2.4 million, but were 
only getting $1.5 
million from the legislature."

Panel considers future of affirmative action

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	An open forum of approximately 50 
students, faculty 
and public officials met Thursday night in 
the Student 
Services Amphitheater to discuss the myths 
and realities of 
affirmative action. The panelists agreed that 
affirmative 
action needs to be changed, but never reached 
a consensus 
about exactly how.
	The forum was sponsored by the African 
Consolidated 
Mentors for Enhancement. It was led by a 
five-member panel 
who had diverse opinions on the in the role 
of affirmative 
action in education.
	"We have to stop accepting tokenism," 
said Ashahed 
Triche, a representative of the Nation of 
Islam Student 
Chapter. "You can make it without affirmative 
action."
	However, Dula Espinoza, a University 
professor of 
sociology and the affirmative action 
assistant to the Graduate 
College, said students just need to look 
around them to see 
the need for affirmative action.
	"How special can I feel when I don't see 
people like 
myself around me?" she asked. Espinoza added 
inequality is 
reproducing itself generation after 
generation because of the 
uneven ratio of whites to minorities in 
college.
	Part of the evening's conversation 
included the 
public's inability to define affirmative 
action.
	"We have to talk about the realities of 
the individual 
programs themselves," said Howard Marshall, a 
representative of Phoenix's Equal Employment 
Opportunity 
Commission. 
	He said there is no one definition for 
affirmative 
action, rather there are individual programs 
working 
independently of one another.
	Much of the rhetoric surrounding 
affirmative action is 
created when the public attaches symbols to 
definitions, said 
Peter A. Padilla, a doctoral student in 
sociology and expert on 
propaganda. He added that the symbol most 
people associate 
with affirmative action is quotas.
	"The rhetoric is masking how the media 
uses symbols 
to legitimize stereotypes," he said. "Reality 
is one thing, but 
perception is everything. You must look 
inside of yourself 
and ask, 'Are you helping or are you harming?' "

Editorial: Boos & Bravos

	BOO - To the fact that it took 19 years 
to execute 
Jimmie Wayne Jeffers. Why should it take this 
long to execute 
anyone? We know that it is important that 
guilt be ensured 
before anyone is put to death, but come on - 
he admitted that 
he did it. We're glad justice was carried 
out, but it should 
have been done 10 or 15 years ago.

BRAVO - To ASASU. We know that the State 
Press and 
student government have had their differences 
in the past, 
and we're not about to admit that they didn't 
deserve 
everything that we gave 'em.
	But - and this is a cautious but - we 
are impressed with 
the performance of this year's new 
administration. President 
Chris Weber has been doing a conscientious 
job of defending 
student interests as the Super Bowl 
steamroller threatens to 
run them over. And we must commend Activities 
Vice 
President Mark Wendell for bringing Jeanne 
White to campus 
to speak Tuesday night - it was an inspiring 
evening. 
	So far, so good. But we will give you a 
tiny BOO for 
your lack of scandals to this point. C'mon 
guys! We need 
headlines!

BOO - To the University for telling students 
that they can't 
use Sparky anymore.
	Administrators, you know where to stick 
Sparky's 
pitchfork.

BRAVO - To Newt Gingrich. We think you're 
doing a 
fantastic job, Newt! Go ahead, cut our 
financial aid! We don't 
need it! We've got plenty of money! Build 
more B-2s with it!
	(The State Press apologizes for the 
above entry. Our 
offices in the basement of Matthews Center 
have been filled 
with paint fumes for two days, and we think 
it's beginning to 
have some kind of effect. Maybe this is how 
Rush got started 
...)

	BOO - To Gov. Fife Symington, for 
blowing $13,500 in 
taxpayer money so he could take three 
Department of Public 
Safety officers with him on a recent trip to 
Europe. Fife, no 
one in Europe would care enough to threaten 
you - they don't 
even know who you are! For the last time, 
stop wasting 
taxpayer money!

	BOO - To the Tribune, for running a 
front page article 
yesterday claiming that even the slightest 
overweightness in 
women is detrimental to health. The study may 
very well be 
credible. But to run a headline stating "The 
thinner the better" 
is the most irresponsible piece of trash 
journalism you could 
possibly pull. Women have been haunted by 
eating disorders 
for years, thanks to a stupid society 
standard that praises 
unrealistic thinness. You may extend a few 
lives by a few 
years by running such a story. But you're 
bound to cut down 
many, many more as women see justification 
for their 
anorexia and bulimia on the front page of the 
Tribune.
	We'll state it as clearly as we can. The 
Tribune headline 
was cold-blooded, and it was morally wrong. 
They should 
have known better.

Column: One TV production sure to get an Emmy nomination

Steve Forsberg
Columnist
	The Emmy awards are hardly over and I've 
already 
watched a show that is sure to dominate next 
year's awards. 
A work primarily of fiction, but with some 
reality thrown in 
(a.k.a. Oliver Stone), it took viewers on a 
roller coaster ride of 
bone-chilling horror, alternated with 
downright hilarity. Its 
ensemble cast, featuring many well-known 
characters, was 
hand-picked to ensure diversity. And finally, 
its retro 
soundtrack, sounding like a Weird Al Yankovic 
parody of 
'50s circus music, is certain to inspire 
recording artists from 
Madonna to Michael Jackson.
	I'm talking, of course, about last 
weekend's C-SPAN 
coverage of the Christian Coalition 
conference.
	Naturally, like most TV productions, its 
smooth 
packaging was designed to take the viewer's 
attention away 
from gaping plot holes.
	For example, supposed presidential 
candidate Lamar 
Alexander went to the podium and delivered a 
straight- 
forward speech about how he, the one who had 
walked 
across small states, was "in touch" with the 
American people 
and would do exactly what the populous 
wanted.
	The crowd gave him a standing ovation. 
This is what 
they wanted! Someone who would be a slave to 
the people's 
wishes!
	The next speaker gave a speech about how 
modern-
day politicians spend too much time pandering 
to the voters. 
What we need, he said, is a "statesman" who 
will do what is 
right, not what is popular.
	The crowd gave him a standing ovation. 
This is what 
they wanted! Someone who would stand up to 
the people!
	And they call liberals "mushy headed." 
Of course, this 
"open tent" approach to leadership is more 
understandable 
when one looks at the abortion issue which 
fuels it. The 
Christian Coalition is 100 percent behind 
democracy running 
things in the United States, until it comes 
to abortion. In that 
particular case they seem to think that 
democracy should take 
a back seat to theocracy, or more precisely, 
theology.
	And then there are "states' rights." The 
first speaker 
stated that giving the states power is what 
led to the Civil 
War - that if the federal government had 
outlawed slavery 
instead of leaving it to the states there 
would have been no 
war. On key issues the federal government 
should preempt 
the states.
	The next speaker, naturally, said the 
Constitution gave 
the federal government only enumerated powers 
and that the 
states should have the final say in things. 
Federal power was 
evil, so we keep things at the state level 
where locals can keep 
an eye on them. On key issues, the states 
should preempt the 
federal government.
	Needless to say, they both received 
standing ovations.
	And there were examples of 
nearsightedness. Federal 
laws will never solve our gun problems; only 
a change in the 
hearts of Americans will. Therefore, federal 
laws against 
firearms are a waste of time. It would have 
been atypically 
farsighted for the speaker to have extended 
this rationale to 
America's war against drugs as well. Of 
course, it probably 
would have been suicidal given the audience's 
imperiously 
moralistic tendencies.
	Finally, there was the usual mantra 
about how the 
Christian Coalition speaks for "the average 
American" and 
how the organization is not really trying to 
promote religious 
government. "We are just a moderate bunch, 
with limited 
goals," would be a typical statement. 
	But how are we to interpret the 
following event?
	A speaker gets up and reminds the 
audience that in 
colonial days, a person would be found guilty 
of blasphemy 
if he denied the "Holy Scriptures." The 
audience went wild. 
This is what they really want: religion 
enforced by 
government.
	With a claimed membership of 1.7 
million, the 
Christian Coalition looks like a big 
organization. One should 
not forget, however, that this represents 
considerably less 
than a mere 1 percent of the nation. Indeed, 
if there is one 
consolation about the fact that this minority 
group is getting 
so much press, it may be that if, as the 
religious right claims, 
homosexuality is a choice, then on a given 
weekend more 
people choose to be gay than choose to be 
members of the 
Christian Coalition. 
	We are apparently still a nation that 
favors sexual 
freedom over political oppression.

Steve Forsberg is a senior studying history

Column: Why is everybody always picking on me?

Randall Amster
Guest Columnist
	It started out as your basic thrilling 
Tuesday, 
ensconced in the library stacks, poring over 
the works of 
dead philosophers. 
	What is Thomas Hobbes talking about 
here? Is this 
even English? My eyes were seeing the words, 
but the brain 
had long ceased to be involved in the 
process. 
	Time for a change of scenery.
	I wandered over to this little secluded 
spot I know, a 
courtyard just west of Hayden. A few benches, 
a bird or two, 
a large nondescript tree - just what I 
needed. I spread out my 
blanket, propped my head against my bookbag, 
and plunged 
back into Hobbes's Leviathan: "For as long as 
every man 
holdeth this Right, of doing any thing he 
liketh; so long are 
all men in the condition of Warre." 
	I was asleep within seconds.
	"Excuse me, sir," I heard an ominous 
voice bellow.
	 "Huh, whu, umm," I brilliantly 
retorted. I slowly 
opened my eyes, revealing a large-necked blue 
figure 
hovering over me. Through the sleep-haze I 
could make out 
the word "POLICE" in large white letters.
	 "I'll need to see some identification, 
sir," the voice 
demanded.
	"Why? Huh? I mean ..." I trailed off, 
still groggy. The 
mind started to race. 
	What had I done wrong? Well, I rode my 
bike on Cady 
Mall earlier, but that was hours ago. And the 
other day I had 
slipped an expired coupon by the cashier at 
Safeway (I mean, 
c'mon, we're talking triple coupons here). 
Maybe this had 
something to do with a Vietnam War 
demonstration I was at 
in 1971, but I was only five then.
	"Are you a student here, sir?"
	 "Well, I ..."
	"Where was your last class today sir?"
	 "Uh, I didn't ..."
	"Where did you eat lunch today, sir?"
	 "What? Is this a ..."
	"What's the square root of 73, sir?"
	The questions seemed to be endless, in 
rapid-fire 
fashion. "Eight point five-three," I blurted 
out. I felt as if I had 
to justify my existence somehow - maybe a 
correct answer 
would help.
	"Eight point five-three what, sir?" the 
disembodied 
voice asked. Maybe he hadn't actually asked 
this last 
question. I was still a little groggy. I 
handed him my ASU ID 
card.
	While he was calling it in to the 
Department of Public 
Safety, or wherever mystic place information 
like this is kept, 
I slowly began to gather my thoughts. 
	"What's this all about, officer?"
	 "Just making sure you're not some 
transient or 
vagrant. Can't be too careful these days. 
Hmmm, this ID card 
looks real enough, but you never know ..."
	 I could swear I saw him lick his lips 
like a hungry 
coyote.
	 Then it registered: transient or 
vagrant! How 
unflattering! I mean, I do have long hair and 
a beard, and I 
was wearing cutoffs and a tie-dyed T-shirt, 
but let's get real 
here. It's not like I had a shopping cart 
full of cans with me or 
anything, and even if I did, what's wrong 
with a person, any 
person, peaceably and temporarily resting on 
public 
property? But that's a matter for another 
day. I didn't realize 
that there was a dress code for napping in a 
campus 
courtyard. "I'm a doctoral student, damn it!" 
I wanted to 
shout.
	The all-clear came back from DPS, or 
wherever. "Sorry 
to disturb you, sir. Have a nice day." And 
with that he was 
gone.
	You might think I'd be used to episodes 
like this, 
having done a fair amount of bum-around 
traveling in my 
time. There are places in this country where 
a peace sign 
emblem or a Grateful Dead sticker is 
considered to be 
probable cause by the local authorities, and 
I've been to more 
than one of those lovely locales. Try driving 
out of a NORML 
meeting or a Rainbow Gathering someday and 
see what 
happens.
	I've been searched and/or seized 
(unreasonably, I 
might add) more times than I care to recall, 
always because of 
my appearance or status. The price of 
freedom, right? I mean, 
everyone seems to agree that we need more 
police on our 
streets. We've got the War on Drugs to fight, 
or the War on 
Militias, or the War on Hippies-Sleeping-
Peacefully-Under-
Trees, or some such fervent emergency. 
Trading a little 
liberty to combat these evils doesn't seem 
like such a bad 
deal, does it?
	 I'm not angry about any of this; I gave 
that up a long 
time ago. But I am concerned. Perhaps it's 
just the War on 
Civil Liberties being fought here. Has anyone 
seen the Fourth 
Amendment lately? Or the Exclusionary Rule 
(prohibiting 
illegally obtained evidence from being used 
against an 
accused)? Chalk them up as casualties. But 
hey, it's all right, 
because that what happens in a "Warre."
	 And I guess that's what Hobbes was 
talking about.

Randall Amster is a Ph.D. student in justice 
studies

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Morgan cartoon tasteless

	As another semester rolls around and 
1995 comes to an 
end, some things never change. Another 
semester and 
another truly tasteless attempt to make a 
comic strip appears.
	Bryce Morgan, you are in the most 
detrimental stage of 
your disease. It is not sad enough that you 
are ignorant. 
What's even sadder is that the State Press 
continues to give 
you a platform to spread your disease. 
	Your attempt to draw a parallel between 
the Chinese 
government's use of methods to kill babies 
and a woman's 
right to choose is way off. So again, Morgan, 
you stay out of 
my uterus and I will stay out of your second-
grade art work. 
Bryce, when you are able to get pregnant, 
then maybe you'll 
have a basis for your stance.
	I also implore the State Press to stop 
giving this mini-
Newt Gingrich a platform to spread his 
disease. Don't make 
us wait until he graduates. That could take 
forever. 
	As the 75th anniversary of women's 
suffrage 
approaches, it seems we really haven't come 
that far. Men 
like Morgan are still trying to make 
decisions for women. 
Like I said, Morgan, when you go through 
something as 
personal as an abortion, then I will 
understand your basis for 
this debate. Until then, I will continue to 
urge the State Press 
to end your reign of terror.

Mimi Carrion
Women's Studies
Junior

Letter: Ruling on Packwood opens up whole new arena

	Now that the Senate Ethics Committee 
has made a ruling regarding 20-year-old 
allegations of misconduct by  
Sen. Bob Packwood in the Senate, 
perhaps it's time to open 
up hearings on Sen. Edward Kennedy. After 
all, no one ever 
learned what really happened at 
Chappaquiddick in 1969, 
and someone died there.

Courtney Solin
Sophomore
Political Science

Brotherly love helps Cox fine-tune her talents

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	When Terri Cox hit her junior year in 
high school, she 
was frustrated.
	 Her high school, St. Timothy's, had a 
volleyball team 
that was going nowhere.
	She was ready to switch schools. She was 
ready to do 
anything she possibly could to get out of the 
situation. 
	That is, until her brother showed up.
	"I wanted to go to a school where there 
would be more 
competition," Cox said. "My mom told me I 
should finish at 
St. Anthony's because my brother and sister 
were there. Then 
my brother came to coach at St. Anthony's so 
I would stay."
	Cox, who was used to hearing her 
brother's advice 
even before he was her coach, said the 
transition was 
relatively easy.
	"When he wasn't my coach, he was always 
in the 
stands every game yelling directions at me, 
so it really wasn't 
that different," she said. "He was just there 
at practice to 
encourage me and give me directions.
	"He inspired me more as a coach because 
he knew me 
better than anybody."
	With the daily encouragement and 
constant guidance 
from her role model, Cox worked her way onto 
the 1993 gold 
medal Junior Olympic team, the Nike Ichiban 
club team and 
was recognized as a four-time All-American 
selection.
	She also grabbed a starting spot as 
outside hitter on 
the No. 15 ASU volleyball team.
	ASU coach Patti Snyder-Park said Cox has 
become a 
major part of the team's offense.
	"I think she's gotten more consistent in 
her overall 
skills," Snyder-Park said. "Last year she was 
backing up 
Leanne Schuster. She had the ability to play 
but she just 
couldn't crack into that tough lineup."
	Teammate Christine Garner said Cox's 
game has 
shocked her so far this season.
	"She's made a complete turnaround since 
last year," 
Garner said. "She wasn't on the court at all 
and she wasn't a 
key player.
	"Then I came back from the national team 
and things 
were completely different. She's definitely 
picked it up. "
	One advantage Cox has gained on the 
court is her 
jumping ability. Although she's only 5-foot-
7, the outside 
hitter boasts a 30-inch vertical leap.
	"In this sport, 5-foot-7 is nothing so I 
have to work at 
it," Cox said. "I know opponents will say to 
themselves, 
'There's the short blocker, hit over her.' "
	Cox added she has always had spring in 
her legs but 
she trains to get where she's at.
	"When I first started to play volleyball 
in fifth grade, I 
could jump pretty high," Cox said. "Now it's 
to the point 
where I just want it to be better. I want a 
32-inch vertical."
	News of Cox's ability to jump has made 
it around the 
collegiate circuit, Snyder-Park said. 
	"A lot of the players know Terri from 
her club days," 
she said. "They know the fact that she is 
quick and very 
powerful and how effective she is at handling 
the ball."

Sun Devil golfers ready to tee off at Ping Preview

By Lisa Eskey
State Press
	The ASU men's golf team will be among 17 
of the nation's top 25 teams at 
the Ping Preview, which begins Friday at the 
Pumkin Ridge Golf Club in 
Portland, Oregon.
	The main competition at the tournament 
is No. 1-ranked, defending 
NCAA champion Oklahoma State. UNLV (No. 2) 
and Florida (No. 4) will also 
provide tough opposition for the Devils, who 
finished fourth at the NCAA 
Championships last year and have a No. 5 
preseason ranking.
	Coach Randy Lein said the tournament 
would be a preview on what kind 
of year the team should expect.
	"Scott (Johnson) has been playing 
incredibly," said Lein. "He's playing well 
enough to win it all."
	Senior Joey Snyder, junior Chris Hanell 
and freshmen Darren Angel and 
Greg Padilla also qualified to play in the 
tournament.
	"Joey and Chris have always been 
competitive, which has since made 
them better players," Lein said. "Everyone's 
been playing very well. There's more 
enthusiasm and excitement going into the 
tournament because this is the first 
trip for Darren and Greg. Not to say the 
others aren't excited, they've just learned 
to control it better."
	Johnson said the "awesome performances" 
from the freshmen have been 
an added plus so far this season. 		"It's 
been a huge boost in confidence for 
us as a team," he said.
	Lein said the players have been putting 
extra time into their studies and 
are taking tests early this week to make up 
for the time they will be gone.
	"This is only our first outing, and 
although we're concerned about how we 
play, how we play in September doesn't have 
much to say about how we will be 
playing in June," he said. "But I think we 
are playing well enough to win this 
tournament. We want to be ranked in the top 
three again."
	Said sophomore Brad Cannon, who is not 
making the trip: "We've had a 
good show in the preseaon, I wouldn't be 
surprised if we win it."
	Added Johnson: "If we play well, and 
they (other 
teams) play well, we'll win without a doubt."

Sun Devils headed for Husker country

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Forget the reputations, the point-spread 
or what 
happened Jan. 1. 
	Just don't bring up that four-letter 
word around senior 
tailback Chris Hopkins or any other ASU 
football player for 
that matter.
	 Because when the Sun Devils take the 
field Saturday 
against defending national champion Nebraska, 
"fear" will 
not be a factor.
	"We're not afraid of these guys," said 
Hopkins, who 
along with the rest of the Sun Devils, will 
collide with the No. 
2 Cornhuskers at 11 a.m. at Memorial Stadium 
in Lincoln. 
"There's nothing they're going to do that we 
haven't seen. 
They have 11 people on that field that range 
in ages from 18 
to 22, just like here - except for (Justin) 
Dragoo - and that's 
what counts.
	 "That's the only thing that counts."
	The Cornhuskers (2-0, 1-0 in the Big 8), 
who boast one 
of the richest college football traditions in 
the nation, hold 
NCAA records for 33 consective winning 
seasons, 26 
consecutive bowl bids and 202 consecutive 
sellouts just to 
name a few. They have won 27 straight 
regular-season 
games, the longest streak in the nation, as 
well as 23 
consecutive games at home. An ASU victory 
would be a 
monumental achievement. 
	"If we won it it would be huge," said 
ASU Head Coach 
Bruce Snyder, whose team (1-1, 0-1 in the 
Pac-10) is coming 
off a 25-point whipping of Texas-El Paso last 
week. "It would 
just be gigantic for our program."
	 ASU junior quarterback Jake Plummer, 
who will be 
facing the Huskers for the first time in his 
career, said there 
will be no moral victories obtained by just, 
"keeping it close." 
	 
	 "This is what it's all about," said 
Plummer, who has 
already fired six touchdown passes this year. 
"We're a big 
underdog and we're trying to do things here 
at Arizona State. 
These are the types of games that cause 
turnarounds for the 
better.
	 "You win a game like this and everyone 
is like 'whoa', 
Arizona State is for real this year. We're 
not hoping to just go 
out and give a good showing. We're hoping to 
go out and 
upset one of the best teams in the nation."
	Nevertheless, the odds are not stacked 
in ASU's favor. 
Nebraska - behind senior quarterback Tommy 
Frazier - 
boasts an option offense which has already 
amassed 1,065 
yards rushing in the first two games. 
Frazier, who was 
injured during Nebraska's 50-10 win over 
Michigan State last 
week and was questionable for Saturday's 
game, appeared to 
have gotten the starting nod late Thursday. 
Either way, 
senior back-up Brook Berringer, who 
specializes in passing 
situations, will see action. 
	Although star senior I-back Lawrence 
Phillips is 
suspended for allegedly beating his ex-
girlfriend, and his 
back-up, junior Damon Benning, has 
questionable status due 
to similar circumstances and an injury, the 
Huskers will still 
have the services of senior Clinton Childs, 
the team's third-
leading rusher last year.
	"It seems to me like if they continue to 
run like they're 
running right now that you don't have any 
chance of beating 
them," Snyder confessed. "We've got to find a 
way to slow 
down their rush."
	One of the primary reasons for 
Nebraska's vaunted 
rushing attack is the strength of its 
offensive line, which is 
arguably one of the best in the nation. 
Snyder, who has 
already said the fate of the game may lie in 
how the ASU 
defense stacks up against the Nebraska 
offense, borrowed a 
phrase from coaching legend Bear Bryant to 
describe 
defending their run. 
	 "You better have your shoulder pads 
down and you 
better have your belly button close to the 
turf otherwise 
they'll take you for a ride and they'll punch 
your ticket on the 
way," said Snyder, referring to the Nebraska 
line.
     Meanwhile Huskers' Coach Tom Osborne, 
who is in his 
23rd season at the controls, has the utmost 
respect for the Sun 
Devils' abilities.
	"Their quarterback Plummer is an 
excellent player," 
Osborne said. "They have some good skill 
players They play 
very hard on defense. I'm really impressed 
with the 
aggressiveness with which they play. They 
support very 
quickly on the run. They have 11 guys near 
the ball ÉI expect 
a very tough game, a very physical game and 
we'll have to be 
ready to play."
	Plummer said the Sun Devils are quietly 
confident 
about the coming challenge.
	"We have to go in with the attitude that 
we can hang 
with them and that we can win," he said. "I 
don't want to 
sound like we're cocky, but you have to have 
a little bit of 
cockiness when you play a team like this."

Nebraska entering game less than full strength

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	In the past week, the Nebraska 
Cornhuskers have lost 
some of the depth that has made them one of 
the best teams 
in the country. The No. 2 team in the nation 
has sustained 
several losses  to the team, by injury, by 
the media and by the 
police. 
	Coach Tom Osborne believes that his team 
is weaker, 
but emphasized that it hasn't been totally 
decimated. 
	"I think I-back isn't terribly depleted, 
but it's obviously 
not as strong as it was," Osborne said.  
	Starting I-back Lawrence Phillips, a 
junior, was 
indefinitely suspended from the team earlier 
this week after 
being arrested for allegedly beating an ex-
girlfriend. The 
back-up, junior Damon Benning, is nursing a 
sore hamstring 
and has seen limited practice time this week. 
Benning was 
also arrested earlier this week for 
assaulting a former 
girlfriend, but was not suspended from the 
team, because 
after interviewing both sides and witnesses 
of the incident, 
Osborne determined that Benning was only 
defending 
himself. 
	Starting quarterback Tommie Frazier 
suffered a 
bruised thigh in Nebraska's blowout of 
Michigan State last 
week. Frazier, a junior, has also seen 
limited practice time, 
and may cede the start to junior Brook 
Berringer. Frazier is 
generally noted as better at running the 
option, while 
Berringer is the better passer. 
	On the offensive line Chris Dishman has 
been slowed 
with a leg bruise and Steve Ott will be 
questionable with an 
ankle injury.  
	Osborne, noted that while most of these 
players aren't 
100 percent, most should see some playing 
time. 
	"I don't think we're in too bad of 
shape," Osborne said. 
"I don't think the majority of these people 
will miss the 
game."
	Another Husker making the trip to the 
courthouse will 
be junior wingback, Riley Washington. 
Washington has been 
charged with attempted murder, stemming from 
a shooting 
incident at a Lincoln nightclub  August 2. 
Although 
Washington is a back-up receiver, the media 
attention he has 
garnered is one more distraction on a team 
already sensitive 
to media scrutiny. Osborne, after 
interviewing witnesses of 
the incident, has allowed Washington to stay 
on the team 
because he believes he is innocent. 
	"Personally at this point, in view of 
Riley's character, 
his record and in view of what everybody has 
said about him, 
I can't find any person who's ever seen him 
carry a gun and I 
would have to side with Riley at this point," 
he said.
	It was the same witness interview 
process that 
Osborne conducted which caused him to suspend 
Phillips 
from the team.
	"My mind is open, and we're certainly 
not going to try 
and put somebody out there that has done 
something that 
they shouldn't have done," Osborne said. 
	Osborne, who spent most of his Tuesday 
afternoon 
fielding questions about player integrity, 
acknowledged the 
media attention was a distraction for his 
team. 
	"I'm sure there's a lot more of you here 
because we 
won the national championship last year," 
Osborne said. "It's 
(pressure) always there, and it makes you 
think real hard 
about whether you want to do this or not."

Harriers want to redeem themselves in San Diego

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	After a less than stellar debut, the ASU 
men's and 
women's cross country team will look to 
rebound at the Aztec 
Invitational Saturday in San Diego.
	ASU will be challenged by UCLA and Utah, 
the top 
competition the runners will face, said cross 
country Coach 
Ken Lehman. The men finished third last year 
at the Aztec 
Invitational behind UCLA and Utah. The women 
captured 
fourth place.
	"I think the team is trying to give a 
good run against 
UCLA," junior Travis Anderson said. "It 
should be a good 
race."
	The Sun Devils will need to pick up the 
pace even 
further after the men finished third and the 
women placed a 
disappointing sixth at the Northern Arizona 
Invitational 
September 9. 
	"What can you say," Lehman said of his 
women's 
team. "We have quite a bit of work to work to 
do."
	Senior Kim Barrett, whose 34th-place 
finish was the 
best of the Sun Devil women last week, thinks 
the ladies have 
plenty of room to improve.
	"Hopefully we can run better as a team," 
Barrett said. 
"We need to work more as a team and bring our 
four and five 
runners closer to our one, two and three 
runners because our 
one, two, three runners were real close to 
each other (last 
week)."
	Barrett added, "In order to compete as a 
team, we need 
to run more as a pack."
	Most of the runners were excited to 
travel to the cooler 
climate of San Diego, but more importantly, 
they were 
anxious to run in the lower altitudes after 
running in the 
exhausting high altitudes of Flagstaff last 
weekend.
	"It should be fast. It's going to be a 
change from that 
altitude," Anderson said. "It's really going 
to test our abilities 
this time."

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Thursday:
* A contract employee was contacted at 
Matthews Center 
while he was spraying lacquer which created a 
toxic cloud. 
He was advised by Risk Management to cease 
spraying at 
once.
* A female student was contacted at Palo 
Verde West about 
disturbing phone calls. A male student was 
contacted and 
told not to call her anymore.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
possession of drug paraphernalia at 714 Alpha 
Drive.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
unlawful use of a license and underage 
drinking at 1700 S. 
College Ave.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for giving 
false information to police at 1700 S. 
College Ave.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for threatening behavior and 
loitering at Area 60.
* A female employee found a color computer 
monitor in the 
dumpster on the west side of the Academic 
Services Building. 
The monitor was impounded for safekeeping.
* Burnt food activated the fire alarm at 
Cholla Apartments B-
Wing. The responding officer found the area 
secure and reset 
the alarm.
* Four bikes were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Thursday:
* A man robbed Jake's Pizza, 405 W. 
University Drive, at gun 
point. When he entered the restaurant, he 
pulled a gun from 
his waistband and told everyone to hit the 
floor. He made 
employees remove the money from the cash 
registers and 
give it to him. He then fled on foot. He is 
described as a dark-
complected man, 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 1 
inch tall, thin and 
in his early 20s.
* A 25-year-old man was arrested for 
probation violation, 
giving false information to police and on an 
outstanding 
warrant for failure to appear after he was 
contacted at Tempe 
High School, 1730 S. Mill Ave. He said he had 
no ID and gave 
police a false name. Police asked for his 
wallet and found his 
ID in it, discovering his real name. He was 
taken to the 
Tempe City Jail, where he was booked.
* A 40-year-old man was arrested for 
fictitious plates and 
driving on a suspended license after being 
involved in an 
accident at 1000 N. Scottsdale Road. He told 
police that he 
took the plate off of one of his cars and put 
it on the one he 
was driving. He said the original one was 
stolen. 
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.
* Baptist Student Union - Fall retreat is finally here. Be a part 
of this year's Student Renewal. 7 p.m.; 1322 S. Mill Ave.
* NABO - General meeting. 3:30 p.m.; AII Conference Room.
* Devil's Juggling Club - Learn to juggle or improve your 
skills. Diabolists, Devil Stickers and Crystal Stickers also 
welcome. 5 p.m.; West Lawn on top of Hayden Library.
* AIESEC - General meeting. Stay after to play volleyball and 
to party. 4 p.m.; MU LaPaz Room.
* MEChA - Celebration to commemorate Mexican 
Independence Day. Music and speakers. 11:30 a.m.; Hayden 
Lawn.
* Farce Side Comedy - Free sketch comedy show. 12:40 p.m.; 
MU Programming Lounge.

Saturday:
* Society for Creative Anachronism - Collegium. All are 
invited to attend workshops on life in the Middle Ages. 
Classes range from calligraphy to chainmail construction. 
* Alphi Phi Omega - National co-ed service fraternity. 
Initiating new pledges into Eta Eta. Dinner afterward. 6:30 
p.m.; MU Cochise West (212W).