UFO expert to share close encounters

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	Government conspiracies, secret 
documents and flying 
saucers will be the out-of-this-world topics 
when a UFO 
expert lands at 7 p.m. today in the Memorial 
Union Ventana 
Room.
	Robert Hastings, an electron 
microscopist and 
independent UFO researcher, will present a 
lecture and slide 
show based on recently acquired information 
about close 
encounters with the unknown from the U.S. 
government's 
files.
	He said the government is participating 
in an 
organized conspiracy to keep UFO information 
from the 
public eye. 
	"There is an abundance of hard evidence 
at this time of 
a continuing cover-up," he said. "I believe 
that the 
government's policy on UFOs is very short 
sighted."
	Hastings said his interest in UFOs was 
sparked in 1967 
when five of them were spotted on a radar 
screen at 
Malmstrom Air Force Base near Great Falls, 
Mont. Military 
jets responded, but to no avail. He said the 
unidentified craft 
sped away at an estimated speed of 5,000 mph. 
	Marc Wendell, activities vice president 
of Associated 
Students of ASU, said Hastings has touched 
down on campus 
before and was invited back because of his 
reputation. 
	"The topic is of interest to a lot of 
people," he said. "He 
comes very recommended by other universities 
and 
institutions. The last time he was here there 
was really good 
attendance."
	Hastings said he is not on an impossible 
mission to 
reform the government's UFO policy. Instead, 
he believes the 
public has an inalienable right to view the 
secret files, he said. 
	"I've got no illusions about one person 
being able to 
change the government's policy of secrecy of 
UFOs," he said. 
"(But) I'm intensely committed on bringing 
the facts before 
the public." 
	Hastings added that the classified 
documents, 
obtained through the Freedom of Information 
Act, have set 
the stage for further discoveries of beings 
from the beyond.  
	"I believe that we are on the threshold 
of an extremely 
exciting period in the history of mankind," 
he said. "Only time will tell."

A night in the life: One officer's tale

Tempe cop deals with hookers, transients 
during 10-hour shift

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Dan Masters is ready for business.
	The 29-year-old with a short crew cut 
shows up for 
work in a well-pressed outfit, gathers his 
tools of the trade 
and attends the day's first meeting.
	He prepares to meet his business clients 
and give them the deals they deserve.
	The deals often include jail time, since 
many of them are junkies, thieves and hookers.
	Masters is an officer with the Tempe Police 
Department. He is one of the 277 people 
patrolling the semi-
mean streets of Tempe, trying to make them a 
bit safer for 
honest, law-abiding taxpayers.
	This Saturday he's working the 4 p.m. to 
2 a.m. shift.
	His day goes something like this:
	4:30 p.m.: The daily briefing finishes 
and Masters grabs three bags of equipment 
to put in his car.
	It's a warm, sunny afternoon as Masters 
drives toward 
northeast Tempe, his usual patrol area.
	Masters says it has the second highest 
crime rate in the 
city, but it used to be worse - a real "hell 
hole."
	He just cruises around for now, checking 
out the high-crime areas, until a call comes in.
	It's slow, but won't be for long, he says.
	"As the sun goes down, things tend to 
pick up," he 
says. "Saturday nights have picked up since 
school started."
	5:05 p.m.: First call. Someone dials 911 
on a pay phone 
at 1865 E. Broadway then hangs up. Checking 
it out.
	Masters says this kind of thing happens 
often. He says 
sometimes kids play around with the phones.
	The other typical calls he gets are 
family fights and 
loud party calls. Masters says a new 
ordinance just passed, 
which fines loud party-goers up to $1,000 if 
police have to 
visit them twice, hasn't had much effect yet. 
But he says the 
word is starting to get out.
	"I think it's a good thing," Masters 
says. "I don't think 
people realize how much of our time is spent 
on loud party 
calls."
	Many of the party-goers are ASU 
students, he says. 
	At one point, so was Masters, who got 
his Bachelor of 
Science degree in justice studies back in 
1990.
	He says he wants to go back to school 
sometime soon 
to get his Master's degree in public 
administration, going part 
time while still working.
	Besides college students, there are a 
number of gangs 
in his patrol area, Masters says. The biggest 
is LVL, or "La 
Victoria Locos."
	5:30 p.m.: Checking out abandoned 
buildings in the 
2000 block of E. Apache Blvd. Looking for 
transients.
	The first place Masters stops is at an 
abandoned bar. 
There are holes in the walls, many of them 
big enough for 
people to get through.
	Masters crawls through a large hole in 
the rear. He 
finds a dirty mattress on the ground with 
some clothes 
hanging on the wall nearby. Apparently 
someone has just 
stepped out for a while.
	The floor is covered with bits of 
plaster, wood and old 
wiring. Masters says transients often strip 
wiring from places 
like this to sell for scrap, since they have 
some valuable 
aluminum and copper in them.
	The second place he checks is across the 
street and in 
similar condition. Besides the normal 
assortment of Circle K 
cups, Doritos bags and cigarette butts on the 
floor, there are 
pieces of dirty magazines littered about.
	5:40 p.m.: Driving through Trade Winds 
motel and 
trailer park, 1900 E. Apache Blvd. Making 
routine checks.
	Masters slowly drives through the park, 
which 
consists of run-down, cramped, one-room 
apartments and 
tiny trailers, to take a look around, he says.
	"This is one of those places that will 
humble you," 
Masters says. "It's like a different world. 
People don't think 
places like this exist in Tempe."
	"Places like this" is where Masters 
trained when he 
started working for the Tempe police. Despite 
the depressing 
conditions there, it's exactly where he wants 
to be.
	"No matter when you work, there's always 
something 
different," Masters says. "That's the great 
thing about this job."
	6:40 p.m.: Checking out another 911 
hang-up at a 
phone in the 1300 block of S. River Drive. 
Several kids are playing in the area.
	Masters says he's never been shot at or 
had to fire a shot since he joined the force.
	Many officers go years, he says, even 
their whole 
careers, without ever shooting at anyone.
	If they do, and it bothers them, the 
department offers 
counseling to help them deal with it, Masters 
says.
	"That's something you have to live with 
(for) the rest of your life," he says.
	7:20 p.m.: Responding to a complaint at 
a group home 
for those with mental disabilities in the 
1900 block of E. Hayden Lane. One of the men there claims 
another was trying to have sex with him.
	Masters talks to the men, calms them 
down and moves on.
	9:15 p.m.: Stops to talk to a man 
sitting by a bike with a 
small trailer attached to it in the 1900 
block of E. Encanto 
Drive. The man and a friend of his collect 
things to sell. The 
bike has a flat and the friend brings a pump 
to fix it.
	The guy with the cart, a blond who looks 
like he's in 
his early thirties, has seen better days. 
He's quite muscular, 
but bits of flab are creeping up on him.
	The guy gives Masters some cards with 
his picture on them. He's striking seductive 
poses with his bare chest 
sticking out. The cards are from some male 
dance teams which he used to belong to.
	He doesn't have the body for it now.
	"That's what drugs will do to you," 
Masters says.
	9:30 p.m.: Stops in the 1800 block of E. 
Apache Blvd. to talk with a woman who may 
be a prostitute.
	Apache is the main drag for hookers, 
Masters says. The problem there got worse 
thanks to the Maricopa County Sheriff's 
Department, he says.
	Sheriff Joe Arpaio decided to hold 
another one of his 
hooker crackdowns in Phoenix, moving the 
problem to the east Valley. 
	He stops a woman walking down the street 
named 
"Tracy," but she spells it "Tra-c." She's new 
in the area, so he 
calls a van to come down and take her picture 
for their 
records.
	When the van gets there, Tracy fixes her 
hair and 
poses for the camera. Police take two 
Polaroid shots, giving 
one to her.
	Masters says lots of people like to get 
a copy of the 
shots so they can brag to their friends.
	After the pictures are done, "Tabitha" 
strolls by. She's 
slightly overweight and has big blond hair 
that looks like it 
was done by sticking her finger in an 
electric socket.
	Masters says Tabitha has been around for 
about a 
week. She's a product of the Phoenix 
crackdown.
	Tabitha also has a picture, taken 
earlier in the day. She 
compares it to Tracy's to see which one looks 
better.
	Like old friends, Masters makes small 
talk with her. 
He asks her what she's up to lately.
	"Not working hard because of you," she 
says.
	Masters asks her how business is.
	"F--ked," she replies.
	Tabitha tells him she made $195 the 
previous night. "It was a slow night," she says.
	Neither Tabitha or Tracy were caught in 
the act tonight, so Masters lets them go. They say 
they are heading out of town.
	As they make their way back into the 
night, Masters 
says Tabitha tells him just about anything he 
asks. He says 
she once told him that she gets $30 for a 
hand job and $40 for a blow job.
	"She's very open about what she does," 
he says.
	Unless he catches her soliciting a 
customer, he can't 
arrest her. That's not always easy.
	"It's a game," Masters says. "They know 
the rules and 
we know the rules."
	11:05 p.m.: Went back to the group home. 
Again. 
Another officer assists with the same man who 
complained 
before. They try to calm him down. Again.
	Masters says he gets a bit frustrated 
about the realities 
of his job sometimes. He's arrested some 
people as many as 
six times for assault, but they are still out 
on the streets.
	The courts let criminals off too easily, 
he says. He says 
the saying among cops is that "it's not a 
justice system, it's a 
legal system."
	Since joining the police force, Masters 
says his view of 
society has changed a bit. Dealing with dope 
dealers, 
prostitutes and car thieves all day can do 
that.
	"It's a good taste of reality," he says. 
"There's a whole 
different world out there.
	"You hope that these people are the 
minority."
	12:15-12:50 p.m. Checks out a possible 
car burglary 
and shooting. Neither turns up anything. 
Masters heads back 
to the station. Expect for some paperwork, 
the night is over.
	When Masters finishes his reports, he 
says he will do 
what he does most nights: go home, take a 
shower and 
unwind a bit before going to bed.
	"When you have a busy night, it takes a 
while to wind 
down," he says.
	Masters has accomplished his two goals 
for the day, 
the first being to make Tempe a little bit 
safer for everyone.
	The second goal was just not to get killed.
	"The most important thing is going home 
each night," he says.

Indian concert more than just music

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	Students interested in getting a taste 
of south Indian 
music will have a chance to experience it 
first hand Friday at 
a presentation of Indian classical music at 
Neeb Hall.
	The 7 p.m. concert, sponsored by the 
Society for the 
Promotion of Indian Classical Music and 
Culture 
(SPICMACAY), is free to the public and will 
include a 
vocalist, percussionist and violinist, said 
Ganesh Balamitran, 
the event organizer. 
	The music will be performed in a 
lecture-
demonstration format to allow students an 
opportunity to 
ask questions. 
	"We want students to get a sense of 
Indian culture," 
Balamitran said.
	Indian classical music is steeped in 
history and 
religion, Balamitran said, adding that songs, 
most of which 
originated more than 3,000 years ago, are 
devotional and 
praise Indian gods and goddesses.
	"So much a part of the music is 
devotional that the 
experience is close to what you get in a 
temple," he said.
	Balamitran said because of the music's 
religious 
history, classical artists hold exalted 
positions in Indian 
culture. While the artists perform, helpers, 
who must also go 
on stage, will remove their shoes out of 
respect and in 
accordance with the Hindu religion, he said.
	The performers will include India's 
preeminent 
classical vocalist, Smt. S. Sowyma, who is 
playing at 
universities across the United States to 
promote Indian 
culture.
	Balamitran added that the University is 
fortunate to 
have Sowyma perform because classical artists 
normally shun 
commercialization.
	"In Indian culture, we feel you can 
never pay an artist 
enough for what they give you," he said, 
adding that 
Sowyma is receiving only an honorary fee for 
performing.
	Students attending the evening concert 
will also have 
an opportunity to experience the sights of 
India, said Veena 
Mahesh, doctoral student and former president 
of 
SPICMACAY.
	Many Indians attending the concert will 
be dressed in 
traditional Indian garb, she said.
	"Students will get to learn about what 
kind of mood 
the music creates," Mahesh said. "You get 
into a totally 
different world. It lets you transport 
yourself for awhile."

Dog-eat-dog world for University Drive weiner dealers

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	They are the vendors dotting University 
Drive, 
devoted to doling out dogs to students as 
they pass by. Their 
entrepreneurial spirits do battle with tough 
Tempe zoning 
laws, inclement weather and changing consumer 
demands. 
	It's a dog-eat-dog world.
	John Iannarelli has set up his stand at 
University and 
College for about two and a half years. 
Before that, he 
worked the corner of Mill Avenue and Fifth 
Street for four years.
	He said the secret to success in the 
wiener world is diversification.
	"I don't even count how many dogs I 
sell," he said. "I 
sell a lot of bottled water, I have different 
kinds of dogs, I sell 
a lot of different things."
	Iannarelli's frankfurter fare includes 
jumbo dogs, all-
beef varieties, Chicago-style wieners and his 
latest addition:  veggie dogs.
	"Those have been going over real well, 
since so many 
students are vegetarians," he said.
	Iannarelli said the dog life isn't so 
bad, and that there 
was only one time it had gotten to him.
	"It was when it got up to 122 
(degrees)," he said. "I 
started to see double, and then the caps on 
the cans started to pop off.
	"It was like a war zone. I had to go 
home."
	Iannarelli said the best part of his job 
is helping people out. 
	"I've been here so long. I'm like a 
fixture of the 
community," he said. "People come and ask me 
for directions 
or whatever. I just try to help out as many 
people as I can."
	Mike Campione's stand is just down the 
street from 
Iannarelli's, in the shade beneath the 
walkway spanning 
University Drive. He also tries to provide 
diverse fare.
	"I've got chili dogs, chili-cheese dogs, 
'kraut dogs, 
Chicagos, fire dogs - the whole works."
	Campione said in the three years he has 
been peddling 
franks, his only complaint was the heat 
during the dog days of summer.
	"It always gets me," he joked. "I keep 
waiting for it to cool down."
	But even then, Campione said he likes 
making his 
living with buns and beef links.
	"The people are wonderful," Campione 
said. "I don't plan on going anywhere."

Classes picked off for 2 days preceding Super Bowl

By Angela Mull
State Press
	Students and professors can solidify 
game plans for 
the Super Bowl weekend, thanks to ASU batting 
down two 
days of classes during the week preceding the 
game. 
	ASU officials decided late last week to 
cancel classes at 
the main campus for Thursday and Friday, Jan. 
25 and 26. 
The cancellation was necessary because the 
traffic and 
parking congestion of the NFL Experience on 
Jan. 25-28 
would make it very hard for students to 
attend classes, said 
Provost Milton Glick. 
	"It would be less fair if we left 
classes open and 
nobody could get to them," he said. "You 
can't have an event 
as large and complex as the Super Bowl and 
not have some 
fallout from that. Our goal is to minimize 
that fallout." 
	No days will be added to the semester, 
because ASU 
has two extra days in the spring semester to 
comply with the 
number of class meetings required by the 
Arizona Board of 
Regents. University offices and libraries 
will remain open, 
and ASU employees will still receive pay, 
Glick said. 
	Barbie Larsen, a senior travel and 
tourism major, said 
the decision to cancel classes was a good 
one.
	"I don't want to have to deal with all 
of the traffic and 
parking," she said. "It's going to be a mess 
down here."
	A committee of students, faculty and 
staff 
recommended the class cancellation in the 
1995 spring 
semester after studying the possible effects 
of the Super Bowl. 
Included in the committee's discussions was 
the possibility of 
canceling classes for a week. But Joe Kelly, 
Associated 
Students of ASU's Super Bowl XXX director, 
said canceling 
classes for a week would not have been a good 
idea.
	"We'd have to make it up, maybe even 
cancel spring 
break," he said, adding that there will not 
be that much traffic 
Monday through Wednesday. 
	Although Super Bowl festivities may 
disrupt ASU 
students' education, ASASU and University 
officials are 
working to compensate students for the 
inconvenience, Kelly said.
	"There's going to be a lot of benefits 
coming with the 
Super Bowl that will help offset some of 
those impacts," he said.

Shut out

Class experiment reveals disabled students 
still face obstacles 
at ASU

By RuthAnn Hogue
State Press
	Heidi Treptow said she took little 
things like being 
able to walk into a building or use a 
restroom on campus for 
granted - until she spent an hour in a 
wheelchair.
	Treptow and classmate Amy Sussman 
recently tried to 
maneuver wheelchairs up steep ramps, find a 
restroom with 
large enough stalls and push through 
lunchtime crowds in 
the Memorial Union.
	The sophomore nursing majors did the 
experiment for 
a class project in basic nursing. The idea is 
to help students 
understand some of the challenges handicapped 
people face 
so they can better meet their patients' needs 
when they 
become nurses.
	Treptow and Sussman said they 
encountered 
problems almost as soon as they started. 
Rolling up the ramp 
at the south entrance of the Cowden Family 
Resources 
Building left their hands sore and red, they 
said.
	Although they found a restroom stall 
large enough to 
fit a wheelchair, it wasn't large enough to 
move around in - 
and it took 25 minutes to find.
	"Before we did this experiment I thought 
this campus 
was accessible," Sussman said. "If I really 
had no use of my 
legs, I couldn't have used any toilet."
	Treptow agreed.
	"I never paid attention to it before," 
she said. "I never 
really thought of what kinds of problems they 
(handicapped 
students) run into, until now."
	But Sussman and Treptow also discovered 
that in 
many ways, ASU is very accessible.
	"The greatest things are the doors," 
Treptow said, 
referring to the approximately 350 automatic 
door openers 
which can be found at nearly every entrance 
on campus.
	"If that's what they spend their money 
on, they've 
made a good investment. But with ramps, they 
need some 
help."
	Tedde Scharf, associate director of 
disability resources, 
admits that although several million dollars 
have been spent 
during the past 25 years to bring ASU in 
compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act, there is 
still room for 
improvement.
	"We're not in compliance completely, but 
we are a big 
campus and we are fortunate to be a new 
campus," she said.
	According to an Arizona Board of Regents 
report, ASU 
spent about $136,000 for ADA improvements 
from July 1993 
to July 1994. More recent figures were 
unavailable, said Jean 
Alley, coordinator for accessibility 
compliance.
	"It's real difficult to put a finger on 
it (ADA 
expenditures) because it's part of the 
overall renovation 
projects," she explained.
	According to ADA guidelines, all campus 
improvements must include at least some ADA 
renovation, if 
needed.
	Improvements now under construction 
include 
entrances at the Social Sciences Building, 
the C-wing of the 
Life Sciences Building, the south side of 
Physical Sciences 
Building A-wing and the Farmer Education 
Building. These 
larger buildings are particularly problematic 
for disabled 
students because they must often enter one 
side of the 
building to attend a class located on the 
other side, Alley said.
	"We kind of work from a priority list," 
she said. 
"Whenever you build these ramps, it has a 
real impact for 
those who use them."
	Other planned improvements include 
installing 
elevators in four buildings which do not yet 
have them, 
including Physical Education East, slated to 
get an elevator 
this summer.
	Alley said she is pleased with the 
recent progress 
toward achieving full compliance.
	"Whenever you know the need is there, 
and suddenly 
the money is there and you see it, it's 
exciting," she said.

Editorial

	Once again, we are left to wonder what 
Arizonans 
were thinking when they reelected Gov. Fife 
Symington.
	The governor loves to use public bucks 
as freely as he 
can - and then vehemently defend the spending 
as absolutely 
necessary to his gubernatorial duties.
	This is the guy that asked the 
Legislature for hundreds 
of thousands of dollars so he could renovate 
his offices - 
because they got hot in the summer.
	We're tempted to think that new air-
conditioning units 
could have solved the problem for a lot less 
money. But then 
again, we're not on the Ninth Floor.
	And now, we're being told by the 
Department of 
Public Safety that it cost $739,400 last year 
to protect our 
illustrious governor from harm.
	Three-quarters of a million dollars? 
Exactly why does 
the governor of an average-sized state need 
so much 
security?
	This isn't Bill Clinton we're talking 
about. Terrorists 
and assassins don't lurk behind every corner 
and tree waiting 
to waylay the governor to advance some grand 
and glorious 
cause.
	And yet the governor's office expects us 
to believe that 
Symington needs a personal protection force 
of nine DPS 
officers.
	Is such a force mandated by Arizona law? 
Hardly. But 
the law does give Symington the loophole he 
needs to justify 
his extravagance.
	The law orders the DPS to "provide 
transportation, 
security and protection for the governor ... 
and the governor's 
family to the extent and in the manner that 
the governor and 
the (DPS) director deem appropriate and 
adequate."
	Right now, "adequate" - as defined by 
Symington and 
the DPS - are two officers with the governor 
any time he 
leaves the office, even if he is visiting the 
Legislature.
	Why does he need two? Shouldn't one 
officer be more 
than sufficient? Such a move could nearly 
half the governor's 
security tab, without putting him unduly at 
risk.
	But perhaps most enraging is the $14,000 
in tax money 
that was used to protect Symington during his 
recent 
European vacation.
	Did Symington think this was uncalled 
for? Not really. 
"Threats to personal security exist in 
Europe, just as they exist 
in the United States," he wrote in a letter 
to the Arizona 
Republic. "Street crime is less common and 
less violent, but 
terrorist acts are perpetrated more 
frequently."
	In other words, in order to protect the 
governor from 
the terrorists of Europe, Arizona needed to 
provide him with 
a three-man security entourage.
	We doubt anyone in Europe even knows who 
Fife is. 
So why would they even want to kill him?
	Even more interesting is the fact that 
Symington was 
even able to afford this vacation. Isn't he 
supposed to be 
unable to pay his creditors?
	If someone is millions of dollars in 
debt, are they 
justified in jetting off for a European 
bacchanalia? (Lifestyles 
of the Rich and Insolvent comes to mind.)
	All this makes us long yet once again 
for what might 
have been - Gov. Eddie Basha.

Editor's note:

 	Affirmative action was enacted about 30 years 
ago, not 35 years ago as originally stated in Tuesday's 
Separate truths to be told column by Christina Bailey.
	Also special thanks go out to 
ASU's Director of Affirmative Action 
Barbara Mawhiney, Tonya Banz, multi-cultural
 awareness programming board director, and the 
Arizona Board of Regents for providing the 
State Press with affirmative action information.

Column: Only stupid people participated in Miss America farce

Delia Maldonado
Columnist
	Let's talk about the Miss America pageant. 
	Nobody really cared about the 
swimsuit competition. 
The real reason for the creation of the 
controversy was, if you 
haven't already guessed, ratings, ratings and 
more ratings. 
	You can't put a price on the amount of 
free publicity 
generated by the call-in voting campaign, but 
it had to be 
well into the millions. And judging from the 
dismal ratings of 
the last few pageants, they didn't have 
anywhere close to that kind of money to 
spend on promoting the pageant.
	The genius of this campaign was Heather 
Whitestone. She is clearly one of the most popular 
winners in pageant 
history. A year ago Whitestone briefly 
mentioned how much 
she hated the swimsuit portion of the 
competition, and 
suddenly the pageant promoters started 
campaigning for 
negative publicity. I haven't seen such a 
blatant need to be 
hated since Howard Stern brought his radio 
show to the Valley.
	Pageant officials didn't really care 
whether the women 
wore the suits or not. The important thing 
was getting people 
to watch this show on a Saturday night hosted 
by the two 
biggest airheads on television, Regis Philbin 
and Kathy Lee Gifford.
	I should tell you I have never seen more 
than a few minutes of the Miss America 
pageant. I did go to a Miss Universe party 
once where everyone voted on breast size, 
grammar slip-ups and biggest hair. Almost 
everyone picked the winner.
	I would like to see the statistics on 
where the winners 
of past pageants are now. Are any of them 
congresswomen? 
How about leaders in medicine or science? I 
highly doubt it. 
My guess is most of them are married to rich 
Texas oil 
tycoons and find challenges only in hosting 
the occasional 
cocktail party. So why not let them wear 
swimsuits on 
national television? It's like a dating game 
for the rich and shallow. 
	Women who enter beauty contests know 
what they are 
in for. They know that they are going to be 
judged on 
appearance before intelligence. These are not 
women who 
can make it without their looks. So why not 
let them compete 
with each other? Let the top brainless bimbos 
from each state 
compete with each other for the top prize in 
all brainless 
bimbo contests, the Miss America Crown. 
Why stop at swimsuits? If NYPD Blue can 
show a little nudity, why not Miss America?
	Heather Whitestone's argument was that 
the swimsuits should be done away with in a 
contest based on 
scholarship. I absolutely agree, but since 
the Miss America 
pageant is not one of those, why even bring 
it up? 
	Ratings, ratings and more ratings.
	People were also drawn to this year's 
pageant because 
of the so-called feminist issue and the 
chance to vote 
anonymously for or against the swimsuits. So 
the people who 
spoke said they were in favor of the suits, 
right? 
	Wrong. 
	To say that 79 percent of the callers 
voted to keep the 
swimsuits in the pageant is misleading 
without knowing how 
many were men, how old they were and whether 
they tuned 
in specifically to vote. 
	Who were these people?
	One Arizona Republic columnist said he 
would keep 
the number on redial so he could vote as 
often as possible for 
the swimsuits. With maniacs like him at the 
helm, how can 
anyone expect an accurate account of what the 
viewers really want? 
	Pageant officials said they only wanted 
to see if people 
would tune in without the swimsuit portion of 
the pageant. 
But if it's only curiosity and not greed that 
prompted the 
vote, why charge 50 cents per call? This fact 
alone creates an 
economically-biased poll. Only those who 
could afford the 
fee and, of course, owned a phone, could vote.
	But that's another issue. The real issue 
here and the 
reason I am writing this column is because 
there are almost 1 
million people out there that took this thing 
seriously enough 
to call the 900 number. My question to them 
is - are you really 
that stupid?
	Wake up! Fifty cents from 1 million 
people adds up to 
a heck of a lot of red satin sashes. Don't 
you people realize 
what 50 cents can buy these days? How about 
two beers on 
25-cent draft night, a bag of chips from the 
nearest vendor 
machine or 16 gummy bears from the grocery 
store in the 
MU? All of these goodies can be had for a 
mere 50 cents. The 
possibilities are endless.
	You, my 50 cent-less friends, have 
been taken 
advantage of big time. There is no moral 
issue here. There is 
no women's issue here. Accept the fact that 
you made a 
mistake. Get in your car, head down to the 
airport girlie bar 
and have yourself a lukewarm one.

Delia Maldonado is a graduate student 
studying journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Women's issues affect men too

	Mimi Carrion is right. Some things never 
change. 
	And perhaps one of the most prominent 
things that 
will never change is the ever-present 
feminist male-bashing 
because a man is trying to voice his opinion 
on women's 
issues.
	While Carrion feels Bryce Morgan doesn't 
have the 
right to connect the Chinese method of 
killing babies to 
women's freedom of choice, I feel that she 
has no right to 
send a degrading letter to the State Press 
regarding her 
feelings of Morgan's expression of his views. 
	He is simply exercising his freedom of 
speech. 
	One point that I would like to bring up 
regards 
Carrion's accusations against the State Press 
claiming that 
they are "providing a platform for this mini-
Newt Gingrich to 
spread his plague." 
	The attack on the paper is unfair and 
uncalled for. The 
paper is only allowing for everyone to 
express their feelings. 
The State Press must be impartial in all 
views, and from what 
I have seen in the paper, they have done 
their job well. 
Carrion has no business trying to implicate 
them or accuse 
them of doing anything wrong when it's doing 
its job.
	Carrion, the problem here is not Bryce 
Morgan's 
"second-grade artwork," or whether or not he 
has made a 
decision "as personal as abortion to have a 
basis for his 
argument." 
	No, the problem here is the fact that 
the feminist view 
still cannot accept that a man may have his 
views on 
women's issues.
	Wake up to the '90s, Carrion.

Jeremy Giles
Freshman
Computer Science

Letter: Morgan cartoon no 'reign of terror'

	The United States of America was once a 
land founded 
on many basic freedoms. These freedoms were 
not all 
common or legal in many places of the world 
at the time. It 
was these very same freedoms that brought 
many 
immigrants and pioneers to this country and 
built this into a 
nation that many still struggle to come to. 
One of these basic 
freedoms is the freedom of speech.
	After reading Ms. Carri—n's letter 
regarding a cartoon 
in the State Press that she found offensive, 
I felt angry. Rather 
than arguing her point with facts, she 
attempts to denigrate 
the illustrator of the cartoon. With comments 
like "you are in 
the most detrimental stage of your disease" 
and "you stay out 
of my uterus," I was beginning to wonder if 
she was venting 
steam or actually trying to prove a point. 
	Slander and name-calling are not ways to 
win an 
argument. Beside that, I don't believe for a 
minute that 
anybody was trying to shove a cartoon into 
her uterus, and 
that thought alone frightened me.
	Carri—n goes on to write that, "what's 
even sadder is 
that the State Press continues to give you a 
platform to spread 
your disease" and that she "will continue to 
urge the State 
Press to end (his) reign of terror." 
Considering that she 
laments that men are deciding for women and 
interfering 
with their right to choose, it is completely 
hypocritical that 
she wants to take away his right to speak (or 
write) his mind. 
	You want your rights, and so does 
everyone else. It is 
those rights that founded this nation, so 
don't expect support 
for yours while you push to squash another 
person's. Get 
over it. It wasn't a "reign of terror," it 
was a cartoon.

Glenn Robertson
Microbiology
Senior

Letter: Maldonado's article perpetuates stereotypes

	I object to Delia Maldonado's comments 
that appeared 
in Tuesday's paper about affirmative action, 
particularly the 
way that she presented the debate as a black 
and white issue.
	Unlike Maldonado's experience, not all 
minorities (and 
I use this term to include white women who 
benefited from 
affirmative action as well) benefited from 
affirmative action 
by "entering into programs that were above 
their academic level."
	As an African-American female with a 3.5 
GPA from 
both undergraduate and graduate school, I 
have to work 
twice as hard to get half the economic 
rewards as some of my 
white counterparts in corporate America who 
have less 
education and experience. 
	To perpetuate the idea that affirmative 
action only 
helps unqualified minorities to enter the 
"system" is not only 
demeaning but also stereotypical of a white 
supremacist society.

Regina E. Spellers
Doctoral Student
Communication

ASU Volleyball notebook

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	It may not warrant a Cal Ripken-caliber 
celebration, 
but Sun Devil coach Patti Snyder-Park is on 
track to break 
ASU's all-time winningest record as 
volleyball head coach.
	The record, which is currently held by 
Debbie Brown 
(1983-1988), is set at 117 wins. Snyder-Park 
has 114. If the Sun 
Devils win their next three matchups, the 
record will be 
broken on Sept. 29 at Cal.
	Snyder-Park isn't the only person on the 
track to 
setting new records. Christine Garner, the 
senior All-America 
candidate, is currently ranked second in 
career kills (1,551), 
seventh in career service aces (122) and 
ninth in career digs 
(1,028). 
	Garner needs 128 kills to tie the 
current career kills 
record held by Tammy Webb (1983-1986).
	* This weekend ASU will attempt to build 
on its 7-0 
start when it plays Washington and Washington 
State at the 
University Activity Center.
	The last time the Sun Devils started a 
season with a 7-0 
record was 1993. To end its streak, ASU lost 
its eighth game 
to Washington State, 3-0, on Sept. 18, 1993.
	The Sun Devils' longest winning streak 
of nine was set 
in 1982 and matched in 1985. 
	* Expected to return to the lineup this 
weekend for 
ASU is junior middle blocker Kirstin Mattson, 
who 
underwent knee surgery three weeks ago. Last 
year, Mattson 
led the Sun Devils in solo blocks (38) and 
block assists (60). 
	* Junior Lisa Dacquisto, who also plays 
for the ASU 
softball team, has been sidelined for the 
rest of the season 
with a shoulder injury. On the injury 
reserved list for the Sun 
Devils is sophomore middle blocker Hillary 
Clark, who has a 
knee injury.
	* Senior middle blocker/right-side 
hitter, Annette 
Monsen, is currently ranked eighth in the 
Pac-10 in blocks 
average. She leads the Sun Devils with 1.23 
blocks per game. 
Monsen, who transferred this year from New 
Mexico State, is 
in her first season at ASU.

Tongue plans to lick Devils

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	The saying goes "he could whip you with 
his Tongue," 
and that might be the case for Oregon State 
when it faces ASU on Saturday. 
	The Beavers' top defensive back, senior 
free safety 
Reggie Tongue, has silently become the leader 
of the OSU defense. 
	"At first I wasn't too sure about being 
a leader," 
Tongue said. "I'm not one to speak out a lot. 
I try to lead by 
example. I lead by what I do on the field, 
not by giving speeches."
	So far this year, OSU defensive backs 
have pulled 
down eight interceptions, five of which came 
last week in a 
30-27 loss to the University of North Texas. 
Although Tongue 
has yet to pull down an interception this 
year, he said he's 
proud of what the other defensive backs have 
been able to accomplish. 
	"I'm proud of what they've been able to 
do and I'm 
ecstatic that our defense is playing so 
well," he said. "Of 
course I would like to get some of them, but 
if I'm meant to 
get interceptions I'll get them."
	As a preseason honors candidate, Tongue 
has already 
accepted an invitation to play in the Senior 
Bowl in Alabama 
on Jan. 20. Tongue has nine career 
interceptions and is 10th 
on the all-time career list. Coach Jerry 
Pettibone noted that 
while Tongue has yet to snag an interception 
this year, it's his 
intangible leadership to the defense that is 
his strength.  
	"Reggie has played very well at free 
safety," Pettibone 
said. "He's the quarterback back there in the 
secondary. He 
keeps everything settled down and lined up 
correctly."
	Pettibone gave Tongue credit for 
defending the run as 
well as defending the pass, but it's been 
Tongue's 
interceptions and runs after the interception 
that have given 
him the national exposure he receives. Last 
year Tongue 
returned two interceptions for touchdowns 
against 
Wyoming. Four of Tongue's nine career 
interceptions have 
been returned for a touchdown. 
	ASU Head Coach Bruce Snyder said he 
feels Tongue is 
worthy of any praise he receives.
	"Their leading player is No. 25, Reggie 
Tongue," 
Snyder said. "They've put him up for post-
season honors and 
I think that he can play that way."
	Tongue said playing against ASU will be 
a challenge, 
but that's why he chose to play for a Pac-10 
school. His 
challenge this week will be to face one of 
the top quarterbacks 
in the conference, Jake Plummer. 
	"My coach gives him a lot of praise," 
Tongue said. 
"Jake reads things very well. He'll 
definitely give us 
problems. But that's why I came to OSU, to 
play against the best."
	Coming off consecutive losses to Pacific 
and UNT, 
Tongue says the Beavers will be ready for 
their Pac-10 opener against ASU.
	"Those two practices that we took were 
tough, but 
we've been practicing hard and we're ready to 
explode," 
Tongue said. "Hopefully we can explode in our 
first Pac-10 game."

Snyder shuffles secondary for Beavers

By Dan Miller
State Press
	In an effort to combat Oregon State's 
option offense, 
combined with the changing health status of 
several ASU 
defensive backs, Head Coach Bruce Snyder will 
start his 
fourth different secondary in four games on 
Saturday when 
the Sun Devils host the Beavers at 7 p.m. at 
Sun Devil Stadium. 
	Snyder said redshirt-freshman Mitchell 
Freedman, 
who did not start against Nebraska last week 
and had 
suffered from a thigh contusion, will start 
at free safety with 
freshman Damien Richardson at strong safety. 
Sophomore 
Thomas Simmons, who started at free safety 
last week, will 
back up Freedman and junior Raenaurd Turpin 
will back up Richardson. 
	Meanwhile, senior Lee Cole will start at 
left cornerback 
and sophomore Jason Simmons will make his 
fourth start at 
right corner, Snyder said. Redshirt-freshman 
Lamont Morgan 
will back up Cole and junior Traivon Johnson, 
who started at 
left corner last week, will back up Simmons.
	"This is a running team and we better 
have our run 
defenders and our better tacklers out there," 
Snyder said. "We 
think this is the best group for that."
	Senior right corner Marcus Soward will 
not dress for 
Saturday's game and could be out for the next 
two weeks, 
Snyder said. Soward, who suffered a groin 
injury at Camp 
Tontozona and has not been full speed since 
then, saw a physician Monday.
	"It's just not gotten better so he needs 
a couple weeks' rest," Snyder said of Soward.
	TIDBITS:
	* Snyder said he was concerned about the 
status of 
starting rush end Shawn Swayda, who suffered 
a sprained ankle against Nebraska last week.
	"I don't think I'm very encouraged by 
Shawn Swayda," 
he said. "It'll be nip and tuck right down to 
the end and I'm not real optimistic."
	* Sophomore second-string tailback 
Michael Martin 
will miss Saturday's game to attend a funeral 
in his hometown of Dallas..
	* Junior center Kirk Robertson was 
cleared by a 
physician to practice Tuesday and Snyder said 
based on what 
he saw, there was a "chance" he could play 
Saturday.
	* Starting tailback Chris Hopkins did 
not practice 
Tuesday due to a hamstring injury, but Snyder 
was confident Hopkins would practice today.

On a mission

ASU linebacker Von der Ahe ranks 2nd in Pac-
10 conference in tackles

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	ASU linebacker Scott Von der Ahe may be 
a surprise 
to most of the conference, but the ASU 
coaching staff is not 
the least bit shocked that he is the second 
leading tackler in the Pac-10.
	"I think we could see last year that he 
was going to 
play," ASU Head Coach Bruce Snyder said of 
Von der Ahe, 
who sat out last year after transferring from 
Iowa. "Once he 
gets going, things should start rolling for him."
	Von der Ahe, a junior, has accumulated 
33 total tackles 
(17 solo tackles and 16 assists) at his 
inside linebacker 
position through the first three games. All 
that stands 
between Von der Ahe and the Pac-10 lead in 
tackles is 
linebacker Jeremy Asher of Oregon, who has 39.
	"He's a tough sucker," Snyder said. 
"He's second in 
tackles in the Pac-10 and he hasn't ever 
played in Division-I football."
	Defensive coordinator Phil Snow has been 
more than 
pleased with Von der Ahe, who has replaced 
last year's 
inside linebacker Jason Kyle, who now plays 
for the Seattle Seahawks.
	"He's got to control the front seven, 
make calls and get 
everyone into position," Snow said of Von der 
Ahe. "A lot of 
what he has to do is mental as well as physical."
	Von der Ahe's early play has even caught 
the attention of sixth-year linebacker Justin Dragoo.
	"From the first day, it was his mission 
to play," Dragoo said.
	Von der Ahe's road to ASU, however, has 
not been 
smooth. This is his second tour of duty with 
a Division I 
school. Von der Ahe started his college 
career in 1992 at 
Saddleback Community College in Mission 
Viejo, Calif., 
where he was a first-team junior college All-
American in 
1993. Then he transferred to the University 
of Iowa, but he 
never set foot on the football field because 
he was having 
family problems and wanted to be closer to 
home. As a result, 
he transferred to ASU in the fall of 1994 and 
has two years of eligibility left.
	Von der Ahe, who was recruited by Pac-10 
schools 
Oregon and Southern Cal before he went to 
Iowa, never wavered on his decision to come to ASU.
	"It's sunny, there's lots of girls and 
it's a nice atmosphere," Von der Ahe said. "I'm going 
from 60 degrees below to 110."
	Despite his quick start, Von der Ahe is 
not happy.
	"I'm not all pleased; I'm playing slow," 
Von der Ahe 
said. "I'm not playing to my potential. I've 
missed a lot of tackles."
	After a 1-2 start and a last place 
ranking in Pac-10 team 
defense, Von der Ahe said the Sun Devils must 
improve, especially after their poor showing in 
Nebraska last week.
	"You don't start to point fingers," he 
said. "I'd be the 
first to point a finger at myself. I didn't 
see Nebraska play as individuals. They played as a team."

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK FOUR

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sponsoring the weekly "PICK IT AND WIN" 
contest for ASU football games. 
	To win, contestants must correctly 
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and final score of the ASU football games on 
Saturday. The 
Sun Devils' next game is Saturday against 
Pac-10 foe Oregon State at 7 p.m. at Sun Devil Stadium.
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courtesy of 
The Cap. Co. on 6th and Mill, an autographed 
Jake Plummer 
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Monday's State Press sports section, an ASU 
sports calendar and a bonus prize.
	If none of the contestants in a given 
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	In the event of a tie, the winner will 
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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Tuesday:
* A woman not affiliated with ASU was 
contacted at Physical 
Sciences Building B-Wing, Room 151 while 
causing a 
disturbance. She was advised of trespassing 
and left the area.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released at Third Street and Mill Avenue for 
driving on a 
revoked license.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was contacted 
at 601 Alpha 
Drive while looking into vehicles. He was 
having car 
problems and was waiting for a tow truck and 
left the area.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was contacted 
at Hayden 
Library while following women around the 
library. He was 
advised of trespassing and of ASU policies 
and left the area.
* Someone damaged the front window at 620 
Alpha Drive.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
and released 
for driving under the influence at Mill 
Avenue and Seventh 
Street.
* Someone broke into a female student's car 
while it was 
parked in Parking Structure 5 and stole a CD 
player and 
various CDs.
* A male student was arrested on an 
outstanding warrant 
from ASU police for underage drinking. He was 
able to post 
bond and was released.
* Someone damaged the tires on a Marriott 
Food Services golf 
cart at the Memorial Union.
* Three bicycles were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incident 
Tuesday:
* A 33-year-old man was arrested for felony 
flight, possessing 
drug paraphernalia and driving under the 
influence of drugs 
after he attempted to pass a forged check at 
ABCO foods, 
1845 N. Scottsdale Road. When police arrived 
at the store, 
they saw the man driving away. Officers began 
pursuit, 
which went through Tempe, Phoenix and 
Scottsdale, lasting 
40 minutes. The pursuit ended at Loop 202 and 
44th Street, 
where the man's vehicle was boxed in. 
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

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* 4XArch - Native American Architecture and 
design 
students. 4 plan and roadtrips. 6 p.m.; 
American Indian 
Institute Conference Room in the Engineering 
Annex Center.
* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus 
meeting. Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* Alpha Phi Omega - National co-ed service 
fraternity. 
Initiating new pledges into Eta Eta. Diner 
afterward. 7:15 
p.m.; MU Pinal Room (215).
* ASASU CHAC - (Health aspect of student 
government) 
Meeting to discuss and sign up for 
Octoberfest event. 
National Depression Screening Day. Alcohol 
Awareness 
Week, Health Conference and blood drive. 
Everyone needed 
and welcome. 12:45 p.m.; MU third floor, 
Conference Room 
1A/1B.
* AWARE (Association for Women's Active 
Return to 
Education) - Campus Resources - find out 
about resources on 
campus. Plan Lynx Lake day retreat scheduled 
for Oct. 7. 
11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; MU lower level, 
Women's Center.
* Baptist Student Union - Free food, fun and 
fellowship today 
at noon. 1322 S. Mill Ave.
* Career Services - Workshop on how to 
succeed at the Career 
Fiesta. 12:40 p.m.; MU room 223.
* College of Education/Indian Education 
Students - 
Reception and welcome to new Native American 
faculty. 2-5 
p.m.; Payne Hall student lounge, room B16.
* Eckankar - Dreams - how they can help you. 
An open 
discussion. For more information call 965-
2860. Noon; MU 
Room 216.
* Graduate Women's Network - "Developing 
Peer: 
Professional Network" by Kris Ewing, Ed.D. 
Student in 
leadership studies: Director of Women's 
Student Center. 
Noon to 1 p.m.; MU lower level, Women's 
Student Center.
* Japan Association - Leadership meeting. 
Anyone interested 
in helping out is welcome. 2 p.m.; MU third 
floor, room 1A.
* Justice Studies Student Association - 
Meeting. 4 p.m.; MU, 
room 211.
* Kundaline Yoga Club - Wrap up your week 
with a yoga 
class. Classes held every Monday through 
Thursday. 5:30 
p.m.; MU 222.
* Lesbian and bisexual Women's Discussion 
Group - Join the 
free and ongoing weekly meetings, safe space 
and social 
networking. 5 p.m.; MU lower level, Women's 
Student 
Center.
* Mortar Board - General meeting. 6 p.m.; MU, 
room 209.
* MUAB special events committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 3:30 p.m.; MU, third floor 
conference room.
* NABO - Meeting: nominations and 
refreshments. 4:30 p.m.; 
AII Conference Room.
* NATAS - Officers meeting. Old and new 
members 
welcome. 5 p.m.; Stauffer Hall Reading Room, 
2nd floor.
* Philippine Association of Students at ASU - 
Meeting to 
discuss dues and choose t-shirt design. 5 
p.m.; MU Gold 
Room North (203N).
* Rainbow Alliance - Gay skate night. 7 p.m.; 
La Paz West - 
MU.
* Student Life - Learning Resource Center - 
Workshop: Free 
computer skill workshops. Microsoft Excel at 
10 a.m. and 
using the Internet at 1 p.m. Open to all 
students and staff. 
SSV 361 A.
* Student Life and Learning Resource Center - 
Note 
taking/annotation workshop. Learn good note 
taking skills 
and techniques. 11:40 a.m.; MU Room 207.
* Ultimate Frisbee Club - Open co-ed 
scrimmage and practice. 
Beginners welcome. Call 777-8431 for further 
info. 6:30 p.m.; 
ASU Band Fields at Rural Road and Sixth 
Street, north of the 
Cornerstone Mall.
* The Writing Center - Workshop on paragraph 
development. 
1:40-2:30 p.m.; LL-A202.