Million gallons of toxic waste near ASU East

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	Students at the new ASU East campus have 
an 
unwelcome neighbor - about a million gallons 
of toxic waste.
	The site is contaminated with JP-4 and 
aviation 
gasoline that spilled or leaked from 
underground steel 
storage tanks over the 52 years Williams Air 
Force Base was 
used to train pilots, said Joe Martin, base 
installation 
manager. ASU received the land from the Air 
Force last year.
	The waste is located in an aquifer - an 
underground 
lake - about 220 feet down, and covers 4.4 
acres.
	However, Air Force officials said it 
would not affect 
anyone living in the area.
	"The aquifer is not a source of drinking 
water," said 
Dr. William Harris, environmental coordinator 
for the Air 
Force Base Conversion Agency.
	The AFBCA is a Department of Defense 
agency in 
charge of returning decommissioned military 
bases to civilian 
control.
	The waste won't affect ASU's move to the 
new campus 
either, said Charles Backus, ASU East 
director of Academic 
programs. 
	"It's not a problem at all," he said. 
"The site isn't in the 
ASU East footprint."
	"All the risk is within acceptable risk 
levels, as 
established by the Environmental Protection 
Agency," Harris 
said. "People coming here to work, live or 
study should feel 
comfortable that there has been more 
oversight at this facility 
than any other (former military) facility."
	Designated an Environmental Protection 
Agency 
Superfund site in l987, the agency monitors 
the base clean-up 
with the Arizona Department of Environmental 
Quality, the 
Arizona Department of Water Quality and the 
U.S. Air Force 
Center for Environmental Excellence.
	The estimated cost of the clean-up is 
$25 million, and it 
could take as long as 50 years to remove the 
hazardous 
chemicals.
	Estimates of the fuel spill's size vary 
from 650,000 
gallons to 1.5 million gallons, Harris said, 
because "the base 
was so active (operationally) that it's tough 
to know how 
much actually spilled."
	The AFBCA drilled seven extraction wells 
to remove 
the fuels, and has pumped out 25,000 gallons 
of the waste so 
far. But at a cost of $2,000 a gallon, "the 
wells didn't do what 
we thought they would do," Harris said.
	He said the AFBCA is currently looking 
at other 
methods, including aerobic degradation, which 
uses 
naturally occurring bacteria to help clean 
the site.  
	The JP-4 site is one of 166 original 
"areas of concern" 
on the former air base. Harris said 33 sites 
have been carried 
into further investigation, including the JP-
4 site. 
	Other sites include a landfill, which 
has been capped, 
fire-fighting training areas, and the site of 
a former paint 
shop.
	Many of the residents that live near the 
waste site were 
unaware of the fuel spill. 
	"I didn't know about the leak," said 
Penny Smith, who 
lives less than a mile away from the spill in 
housing provided 
by ASU East. "I worry about seepage, that it 
might eventually 
go down into the water table, but I imagine 
they're are 
keeping an eye on it because they don't want 
to be sued."
	Harris said the spill poses no danger. 
	"The actual quantity isn't as important 
as where it is 
and where it's going, and what the potential 
risk is."
	More than 40 test wells have been 
drilled around the 
former air base to monitor the movement of 
the waste during 
the past five years. Since the AFBCA began 
monitoring the 
wells, Harris said there had been no 
"appreciable migration" 
off site.
	Michael Breazeale, a field engineer for 
the Air Force 
Center for Environmental Excellence, said the 
waste is not a 
risk to humans because the majority of it is 
underground. He 
said that someone would have to inhale it, 
eat it or drink it to 
be harmed.

Project plots ASU's course into 21st century

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	University officials are trying to lay 
the foundation for 
ASU's future - today. 
	The University for the Next Century 
project, chaired 
by University President Lattie Coor, is a 
year-long study to 
match ASU's future goals with the needs of 
the 21st century. 
The study focuses on advancements in 
teaching, research and 
service up to the year 2010.
	"We are hoping to set some strategic, 
long-term 
directions," said Provost Milton Glick. "If 
we know where we 
want to be 15 years from now, that should 
affect what we do 
now."
	The project consists of three committees 
designed to 
focus the research as the study progresses. 
	"It is a step back to take a long-range 
view of what the 
University will look like (in the future), 
and how ASU will 
serve the Valley and the state of Arizona," 
Glick said.
	The project has three parts: a committee 
focusing on 
ASU, a second looking to community needs and 
a third 
laying out national trends.
	The ASU committee was established last 
fall to define 
the University's long-term mission and 
organization. The 
community committee is also working to design 
services for 
the Valley. The third committee will focus on 
how the 
University's goals fit into national 
education standards. 
	Members of the national committee are 
highly 
recognized in the world of academics, Glick 
said.
	Administrators are also looking at the 
roles ASU's 
West and East campuses will play in the 
future.
	"It will help ASU West define its 
particular niche 
within the broad visions of the University," 
said Ben Forsyth, 
ASU West provost.

Mall preachers incite mixed reactions

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	Their reappearance each semester is as 
inevitable as 
the swallows returning to Capistrano. They 
are, of course, the 
Mall Preachers.
	Paolo Ladomato and Tom Carlisle, known 
as brother 
Paolo and brother Tom, reappeared on campus 
yesterday to 
"spread the message of Christ."
	The non-denominational Christians 
preached amid 
students' jeers, unrelenting in their attack 
on the college 
lifestyle. 
	"Your professors are feeding you 
poison," Carlisle said.
	Students, however, lashed out at the 
preachers' 
confrontational style.
	"You are asserting your moral 
superiority on the rest 
of us," freshman finance major Tony Salem 
said as the crowd 
sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
	Answering Ladomato, sophomore 
broadcasting major 
Hotchy Kiene said, "We are all going to hell 
- we might as 
well enjoy the ride."
	Charles Calleros, chairman of the Campus 
Environment Team, defended the right of the 
mall preachers 
to be on campus.
	"Speech about issues like that is what 
makes a campus, 
whether it is controversial or provocative," 
he said. "It is 
characteristic of a college campus and part 
of the learning 
environment."
	Calleros said the preachers are 
protected by the First 
Amendment of the Constitution even though 
some people 
find them "fairly offensive." However, they 
may not cause 
any disruptions, physically harass students 
or "back anyone 
into a corner."
	"This is a public campus," Calleros 
said. "If people 
don't want to listen, they can pass by."
	Not all students mocked the "brothers."
	"The listeners here are getting the 
opportunity to act 
immature," senior accounting major Jess 
Rankin said.
	Ladomato remained committed to preaching 
his 
beliefs to the jeering crowd.
	"People want to continue in their 
wildness," Ladomato 
said. "They have turned away from God's 
truth."
	"Students act the same wherever I go ... 
man has the 
same evil heart," he said.
	"Leave him alone," Kiene said. "People 
are just 
encouraging him and we don't want them here."
	"They are not helping anyone, they are 
just insulting 
us," he said. "His telling me that I'm going 
to hell is not going 
to help me."

New day planner packs heat, not notes

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Instead of packing class notes in their 
daytimers, some 
students may soon be packing heat.
	A newly introduced product called the 
"Anytimer" 
looks like a normal organizer, but is 
actually a concealed 
weapons case. The lightweight leather case 
holds most types 
of handguns, as well as an additional 
magazine.
	Students shouldn't be tempted to bring 
it on campus, 
however, since firearms are prohibited at 
ASU, said ASU 
Chief of Police Lanny Standridge.
	Although he said the Anytimer won't 
raise any 
suspicions, he is unsure if it will lead to 
an increase in guns 
on campus. Students who want to bring weapons 
on campus 
will do so with or without a fancy case, he 
said. 
	"It would seem to me that anyone that 
feels the need to 
carry a concealed weapon will find a way to 
do it," 
Standridge said. 
	Dan Tschudy, inventor of the Anytimer, 
said some 
college students have contacted him about the 
product, but 
he hopes none of them plan to use it 
illegally.
	"It's their choice. It's not our 
responsibility that they 
follow the law," he said.
	Tschudy, a retired police detective who 
now runs a 
private investigation agency in Scottsdale, 
said he wanted to 
design a way to carry a concealed weapon in a 
less 
conspicuous manner.
	"It doesn't look out of place," he said. 
"It's very non-
threatening."
	The case has a leather exterior with a 
double zipper. 
Inside there is a sculpted foam molding which 
can be 
customized to fit different types of weapons. 
There is also a 
clear plastic flap inside to carry credit 
cards or other items.
	Arizona law requires people to obtain a 
permit to 
carry a concealed weapon. The process 
involves 16 hours of 
training and a shooting test.
	David Janecek, advisor for Gun Devils, 
ASU's gun 
club, said he's not sure if the Anytimer will 
prompt more 
students to carry concealed weapons on 
campus.
	"It's any man's guess," he said.
	Students need to do something to protect 
themselves, 
Janecek said, adding that guns should not be 
prohibited from 
campus in the first place.
	However, Standridge said allowing 
weapons on 
campus would definitely lead to more 
problems. 
	"Everyone needs to comply with the law 
for 
everyone's safety," he said. "I regret that 
anyone would feel so 
threatened that they would have to carry a 
concealed weapon 
for their protection."
	The Anytimer came out in June and about 
150 have 
been sold nationwide. The basic model costs 
$99 and an 
upcoming design that holds larger weapons 
will go for $125. 
Anyone interested in the case should call 
423-9346 for more 
information.

Drastic cuts in education jeopardize students' future

Bill Clinton
	While you are choosing classes and 
making the 
decisions that will help you build a good 
life for yourself, the 
Congressional majority is working to make 
drastic cuts in 
education - in your student loans, in 
national service and 
even in your scholarships. These cuts will 
jeopardize the 
future you and your generation are working 
toward.
	I oppose these cuts. I will do 
everything in my power 
to fight them and to see to it that the dream 
of higher 
education remains real for all Americans. I 
will do this not 
only by defending the opportunities of those 
of you who are 
already in college, but by opening the doors 
further to make 
sure that even greater numbers of deserving 
Americans have 
the chance to stand where you stand today.
	For the first time in a long time, 
leaders from both 
parties are resolved that we must balance the 
federal budget. 
From the day I took office, I've been 
committed to this goal - 
to getting rid of the budget deficit that 
quadrupled our 
national debt in the 12 years before I came 
to Washington. So 
far, we have made great progress. 
	In three years, we have cut the deficit 
nearly in half, 
from $290 billion to $160 billion. Now we are 
ready to 
eliminate the deficit entirely. On this, the 
Congressional 
majority and I see eye to eye.
	But just how we get rid of the deficit 
is another matter. 
The majority in Congress wants to balance the 
budget in 
seven years, and do it while giving an 
unnecessarily large tax 
cut. But in order to do these things, the 
Congressional 
majority would make enormous cuts in 
education.
	My balanced budget plan would take more 
years than 
Congress' to eliminate the deficit, but 
that's a small price to 
pay to keep your scholarships, your student 
loans and 
national service safe and well. It would also 
preserve our 
ability to protect the environment and the 
integrity of 
Medicare for our older citizens.
	Balancing the budget is about more than 
numbers. It's 
about our values and our future. Education 
has always been 
the currency of the American Dream. When I 
was your age, it 
was assumed - based on our long history - 
that each 
generation would have a better life than the 
preceding one. 
More than anything else, a good education is 
the way we 
pass this vision on to those who come after 
us.
	The facts speak for themselves. Earnings 
for those with 
no post-secondary education have fallen 
substantially in the 
last 15 years. The only people for whom 
earnings have 
increased steadily are people exactly like 
you - those 
Americans with more education. Every year of 
higher 
education increases your earnings by 6 to 12 
percent. Those 
years also mean a stronger overall economy 
and richer lives 
for those who have them.
	Balancing the budget will be good for 
our economy 
and your future if it's done right. But 
simply balancing the 
budget won't do us much good in the long term 
if your 
generation does not have the education it 
needs to meet the 
challenges of the next century.
	Just think about what the Congressional 
majority's 
plan, if it went through, would do to you, 
your classmates 
and any of the one out of two college 
students who receives 
federal aid. 
	It would: 
	- Raise the cost of student loans by $10 
billion over 
seven years by charging you interest on your 
loan while you 
are in school. This would increase the cost 
of a college 
education by as much as $3,100 for 
undergraduates and 
$9,400 for graduate students.
	- Deny up to 360,000 low-income students 
desperately 
needed Pell Grants in 1996. 
	- Shut down Americorps, our national 
service 
initiative, which gives thousands of young 
people the chance 
to earn and save money for college while 
serving their 
country. 
	By contrast, my balanced budget plan 
builds on the 
national consensus that we must help people 
help themselves 
through the power of education. It eliminates 
both of our 
deficits: our budget deficit and our 
education deficit. My plan 
cuts wasteful spending by more than $1 
trillion, but it also 
increases investments in education by $40 
billion over the 
next seven years.
	Think about how my balanced budget plan 
would 
help guarantee your future and all the hard 
work you're 
about to put into it. 
	It will: 
	- Increase funding for Pell Grants by 
$3.4 billion. 
Almost one million more students would 
benefit from the 
scholarships. And we would raise the top 
award to $3,128 by 
the year 2002.
	- Expand Americorps to let even more 
young 
Americans serve their communities and go to 
college.
	- Protect our direct-lending program, 
which makes 
student loans more affordable, with more 
repayment options, 
and saves taxpayers, parents and students 
billions of dollars.
	I just returned from Pearl Harbor, where 
I took part in 
ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of 
the end of World 
War II. In the 1940s, when the veterans we 
honored left their 
loved ones to go off and serve their country, 
they were the 
age most of you are now.
	When they came home, the country 
recognized their 
service and their potential, and it responded 
with the G.I. Bill, 
which guaranteed a college education to every 
returning 
veteran. Those who served weren't given a 
handout, and they 
didn't want one. They were given the 
opportunity they 
needed to take responsibility for their 
lives.
	Your generation has its own battles to 
wage. You face 
the choice of doing something right and 
difficult - or 
something easy and wrong.
	In taking on the responsibility of 
educating yourselves, 
you have chosen the right and difficult path. 
You did the 
work you had to do to get into college. You 
may be working 
now to pay your way. And your family may have 
worked 
long hours and made great sacrifices to help 
you get where 
you are.
	You deserve the nation's support. And 
your future 
success will likely repay our common 
investment. I do not 
accept the arguments of those who condemn 
irresponsibility 
in young Americans and then seek to deny the 
nation's 
helping hand to the millions of you who are 
doing the right 
things.
	I hope you'll support my efforts to 
protect education 
and balance the budget. The fight for 
education is the fight 
for your future. In my life - and in the 
lives of countless 
Americans -  education has meant the 
difference between the 
impossible and the possible. It should be 
true in your lives, 
too. With your help, we'll keep it that way.

Editorial: The Book of Symington

	In the beginning, there was Arizona.
	And Arizona was without form, and 
territorial.
	And President Taft said, "Let there be a 
state." And 
there was a state, the glorious state of the 
Canyon.
	The state was ruled for many years by 
Gov. Hunt in 
great peace and tranquility. And Hunt died, 
but his spirit 
dwelled within the state.
	And lo, after many years, a land 
developer arose 
amongst the Arizonans. And he deceived the 
people, who 
made him their governor.
	The people were oppressed by the mighty 
Gov. Fife 
Symington, who squandered the public riches. 
The governor 
raised himself a mighty army of DPS guards, 
who followed 
him even into the heart of Europe.
	And Arizona cried out to the heavens for 
salvation.
	And Hunt heard their cries, and sent to 
them a 
prophet.
	In the ninth month of the year 1995, 
there was a vision 
to an editorial writer at the State Press.
	The Macintoshes flickered and beeped 
with the fury of 
the vision, and the writer was sore afraid.
	But the spirit of Hunt said unto him, 
"Son of Pulitzer, 
Hearst and Woodward, you must go out unto the 
land, and 
speak out against the governor."
	"Who am I to deliver this message to 
him?" asked the 
prophet. "I have not yet received my 
journalism degree. Why 
will Symington listen to me?"
	"Thou shalt speak the words that I may 
give you," 
replied Hunt. "And I shall smite the governor 
a mighty blow, 
and force him from his office."
	And the prophet went out amongst the 
University, 
and spoke out against the governor.
	"Thou hast not honored thy debts, and 
yet you 
squander public money to protect thyself in 
Europe!
	"Thou shalt pay back the union workers, 
from whom 
you have taken pension funds!
	"Hear now the words of Hunt, who has 
heard the cries 
of his people! Symington, thou shalt not 
remain as governor 
of my people Arizona, for thou hast disgraced 
the glory of 
that high office."
	But Symington's heart was hardened, and 
he heard not 
the words of the prophet.
	"I have not money to pay my creditors," 
he said. "I 
shall declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and thus 
be freed from 
my obligations."
	And Symington did declare bankruptcy, 
and he was 
freed from $25 million in debts.
	And there arose a great cry from the 
people, and there 
was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
	"You told us that you would run the 
state as a 
business!" they cried out to the governor. 
"And yet you do 
not honor your debts!
	"Resign from your office, for you have 
not kept your 
word to us!"
	But again Symington's heart was 
hardened, and he did 
not resign.
	The prophet comforted Arizona, and 
pointed the way 
toward their savior.
	"There is one coming, whose groceries I 
am not worthy 
to bag. He shall deliver thee from Symington, 
and he shall 
use thy tax dollars to benefit the glory of 
Arizona."
	And the people gave a shout of joy, 
awaiting their Deliverer.

Column: Cruising to tune of O.J. Simpson

A.Marjory Kaminski
Columnist
	Now I've seen it all. Keeping up with 
the themes of 
Carnival Cruises and The Love Boat, the 
cruise industry has 
come up with yet another way to get people to 
get away from 
the TV and ride on their boats. If you could 
see them now.
	Yes, folks, in the tradition of beating 
a dead horse, we 
now have O.J.: The Cruise. I kid you not. 
	On this fun-filled trip, O.J. trial 
addicts get to absorb 
every aspect of this courtroom drama from 
hell. It features 
many special guests. Potential jurors may 
show up. Public 
trial analyzers will be there. The chauffeur 
of Simpson's 
limousine the night of the murders is slotted 
to be a 
permanent fixture. He looks like Kato, too! 
Ooooo!!! 
(Incidentally, Mr. Kaelin was a bit too 
expensive for the 
cruise line's budget.) This isn't a lie! 
Also, if they're lucky, 
they can get Marcia Clark's gynecologist, 
O.J.'s human shield, 
Mark Fuhrman's former high school girlfriend, 
who, "knew 
that dating him would get her somewhere" and 
F. Lee 
Bailey's bodyguard. Alright, I confess, those 
last ones were 
lies. But, admit it, they're pretty darned 
believable.
	I'm sure the cruises will have in-depth 
discussions 
about each detail down to the one transsexual 
who got kicked 
out of the courtroom about five months ago. 
This three-day 
extravaganza should have each and every 
person who 
starred with O.J. in his commercials, TV 
series and movies. "I 
knew him when" stories will be flooding the 
promenade-deck 
tables that are decorated with commemorative 
bloody-glove 
plaques for the passengers to take home. The 
people who 
believe O.J. is guilty and those who think 
he's innocent will 
be separated for obvious reasons. Sob 
sessions for Nicole and 
Ron will be morning and evening rituals. And 
let's not forget 
the evening entertainment featuring the 
singing jurors. All 
the dismissed jurors get together and sing, 
He's Got the 
Whole World in his Hands and some new O.J. 
rap song, O.J. 
is O.K. I have yet to hear a song about the 
Juice, but I know 
there's got to be one out there somewhere.
	This infamous "trial of the century" has 
brought in so 
many dollars to the small business investor: 
t-shirts, masks, 
white Broncos, clothesline, knives, board 
games and many 
more I have yet to discover. I feel like I 
should capitalize on it 
with O.J.: the soda or O.J.: the pregnancy 
test.
	I just really find it hard to imagine 
someone so hooked 
on Lance Ito's face would pay about a grand 
to go on this 
trip. Haven't they had enough? Does the word 
"overkill" 
come into anyone's head? I'm bored with it 
even when 
something allegedly exciting pops up. The 
gloves are his, 
okay? 
	I just don't think they can do anything 
to shock the 
public anymore. Jay Leno's Dancing Itos are 
getting really 
old. There's only so many times one can 
handle looking at 
Simpson's face in that same pose. You know 
the one I'm 
talking about: he looks like he's bored, yet 
angry, yet also 
passive. Even a cameo appearance of expert 
witness, Bill 
Clinton, couldn't help make it any more 
exciting. It's just 
getting boring!
	Like the rest of the world, I watched 
the beginning of 
this entire ordeal. When the jury selection 
began with Ito 
making the comment to the number 32 potential 
juror about 
his number being an omen, I shook my head and 
ignored (as 
much as it could be ignored) the entire 
judicial process. 
	Rumor has it that this trial is riding 
into the home 
stretch. I don't put too much faith in this, 
but if it does, the 
hype will be far from over. O.J. cruises will 
still go on and 
once Kato and the rest involved realize that 
they better suck 
in this fame for all it's worth, they'll be 
there. 
	Despite all the hype that has made most 
onlookers 
numb with information, one question still 
keeps coming up 
in random conversations: "Did he do it?" 
	I've got one answer.
	"Who cares?"

A. MarJory Kaminski is a senior studying 
journalism.

ASU soccer club wins in shutout

From Staff Reports
	
	The ASU men's soccer club won its first 
game last 
week, 6-0, over Embry Riddle College in 
Prescott. 
	Goalkeepers Andrew Fisher, who played 
the first half, 
and Matt Morgan, who played the second half, 
combined for 
the shutout.
	Chris Vantvil recorded a hattrick to 
lead the Sun 
Devils' scoring attack. Shawn Dumphy netted 
two goals and 
Jim Hannula added one to pace ASU.
	The Sun Devils are scheduled to travel 
to Utah this 
weekend for matches with Weber State and 
Brigham Young University.

Decision postponed on charges for Bennett, Capers

By Ron Matejko
State Press
     The decision on whether to file criminal 
misdemeanor 
charges against former ASU basketball players 
Mario Bennett 
and Marcell Capers for allegedly giving false 
information to a 
police officer has been delayed, said 
officials at the Maricopa 
County Attorney's Office Wednesday. 
     Bill Fitzgerald, who is heading the 
investigation for the 
Maricopa County Attorney's Office, said it 
will be at least 
three weeks until a final decision is made. 
Officials originally 
anticipated a decision last Wednesday, but 
Fitzgerald said the 
Department of Public Safety report was sent 
back to the DPS 
for further information.  
     "The case was not (formally) submitted," 
he said. "There 
are things we asked them to follow up on.  
There are 
questions we want answered. Witnesses need to 
be talked to 
and interviews need to be done." 
      Neither Bennett nor Capers could be 
reached for 
comment.
     The investigation stems from a late-
night car accident the 
two were involved in on the Squaw Peak 
Parkway at the 
McDowell Road exit Sept. 2. Investigators are 
evaluating 
evidence which suggested  Capers and Bennett 
were not 
truthful about who was driving Bennett's 1995 
Mercedes 
Benz at the time of accident. Capers told the 
officer at the 
scene he was driving the vehicle, thereby 
submitting himself 
to a field sobriety test which he passed. 
However, after 
eyewitness accounts and further 
investigation, DPS 
determined Bennett was driving the vehicle 
and the two had 
switched places. According to the report, 
Bennett smelled of 
intoxicating alcohol.
      Officials said there is no evidence 
supporting DWI or DUI 
charges against Bennett.
      Bennett may be also be subjected to 
further charges 
because he was driving with a suspended 
driver's license.
      Bennett declared himself eligible for 
the NBA draft last 
spring with still one year college eligiblity 
remaining. He 
helped lead the ASU basketball team to a 
Sweet 16 berth in 
the NCAA tournament.       
      The Phoenix Suns, who drafted Bennett 
with the 27th pick 
of the first round of the 1995 NBA Draft, 
could not be reached 
for comment.

Devils receive assistance from Angel

By Lisa Eskey
State Press
	Freshman Darren Angel has arrived. 
	Angel had made his presence felt 
immediately last 
weekend by winning the Golfweek/Ping Preview 
in 
Cornelius, Ore.
	With a three-round score of 209, Angel 
became the first 
freshman to win a tournament for ASU since 
Phil Mickelson 
in 1988-89 season.
	"I didn't really think about winning the 
individual  
title," Angel said. "I wanted the team to win 
more than that. I 
was just trying to keep up my end of the 
bargain."
	Coach Randy Lein said the course was 
challenging and 
the field of teams gathered at the tournament 
was impressive.
	"It's one of the strongest fields we'll 
see until 
nationals," Lein said.
	Angel said the degree of difficulty for 
the course was 
high.
	"The fairways were pretty tight and the 
greens were 
tough to read," he said. "If you misread a 
green, it was tough 
to get the ball up and down from anywhere."
	Lein said he wasn't surprised Angel 
performed so well 
in the tournament. 
	"In my mind, he was one of the top two 
or three 
recruits in the country," he said. "For him 
to play as well as he 
did, I'm pleasantly pleased."
	Added Angel: "I was three shots back 
after the first 
day and I thought the scores were going to 
keep going down, 
but nobody ripped it up."
	Angel contributed his fair share of 
damage, shooting 
rounds of 71, 68 and 70 during the 
tournament.  
	"I just wanted all my rounds to count," 
Angel said. "I 
didn't want to be the fifth man."
	Despite the congratulations, Angel said 
he hasn't really 
felt the impact of the individual title 
honors. 	"I didn't even 
know (I had won) until the last round was 
over," he said. "It 
still hasn't really sunk in yet."
	As for the rest of the season, Lein said 
now that Angel 
has won he knows he can play to win, not just 
to contribute. 
	"He'll be playing with a lot more 
confidence than he 
was a week ago," he said.
	Lein said Angel can only get better and 
thinks he has a 
chance of setting some new records at school 
during his 
career in the program.

Center Robertson rebounds from knee injury

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	After being moved to the center position 
late last 
season, Kirk Robertson had found his niche. 
	He started in three of the last four 
regular season 
games and was ready to take the helm when the 
1995-96 
season began. Then he took a bad hit on the 
last day of 
training camp and the season almost passed 
before his eyes.
	"I got hit by someone up in Tontozona 
and I sprained 
my medial collateral ligament," Robertson 
said.
	However, Robertson was cleared to play 
Monday and 
has a chance to see action this weekend when 
ASU meets 
Oregon State at Sun Devil Stadium, ASU Head 
Coach Bruce 
Snyder said.
	Snyder added he is anxious for Robertson 
to return so 
the offensive line will have more 
flexibility.
	Robertson has battled knee problems 
throughout his 
career, including a rough 93-94 season spent 
playing while 
rehabilitating from surgery on both knees.
	The surgery was performed to correct a 
genetic 
problem causing frequent dislocation of the 
knee. After fully 
recovering, the idea of potentially missing 
an entire season 
this year left Robertson concerned.
	"The first week or so I was worried 
because I didn't 
know if I would be able to play this season," 
Robertson said. 
"Without a definite on what was wrong it was 
a very tough 
time emotionally. I kind of secluded myself 
from the team."
	After talking extensively to his family 
and various 
doctors and leaving adequate time to heal, 
Robertson was 
given clearance to begin rehabilitation.
	For more than a month, Robertson has 
been working 
out and preparing himself to get back into 
the game.
	"It's kind of dramatic when something 
like that 
happens," Robertson said. "I put in four to 
five weeks of hard 
work and I feel like I'm getting in shape."
	Hard physical work wasn't the only kind 
of rehab 
Robertson worked at. He also put a lot of 
visualization 
techniques to use.
	"In rehab I tried to put everything I 
was doing in the 
perspective of being in a football game," he 
said. "I did a lot of 
mental reps to get myself back into shape.
	"The more reps I do the stronger I get."
	He currently estimates his knee at 90 
percent capacity.
	Robertson, who returned to practice 
Tuesday, said he 
isn't too worried about getting back into the 
swing of things.
	"It was a little hard to get back into 
it and I was 
nervous, but I was also very anxious to get 
back to hitting 
again," Robertson said. "Once I get used to 
being back in 
practice, I just want to help the team.
	"We need to start winning."
	The possibility of reinjuring one or 
both knees is still in 
the back of his mind, Robertson said, but he 
added that he 
won't think about it when he is out playing.
	"This could have stopped my whole season 
and it 
could have been a lot worse," he said. "It 
could happen again, 
but if you think about it, it's going to 
happen."
	Even so, Robertson said he will be 
exclusively 
concerned with taking down the opponent on 
game day.
	"I just have to go out there and worry 
about hitting 
him (the opponent)," he said. "I can't worry 
about my knees.
	"The possibility of me hurting it again 
is slim because 
they've got me taped up pretty tight."

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK FOUR

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department is 
sponsoring the weekly "PICK IT AND WIN" 
contest for ASU 
football games. 
To win, contestants must correctly predict 
the winner and 
final score of the ASU football games on 
Saturday. The Sun 
Devils' next game is Saturday against Pac-10 
foe Oregon State 
at 7 p.m. at Sun Devil Stadium. Today at 5 
p.m. is the final 
deadline for this week's contest.
The weekly winner receives: an ASU cap 
courtesy of The 
Cap. Co. on 6th and Mill, an autographed Jake 
Plummer 
poster schedule of courtesy of ASU athletics, 
a headshot in 
Monday's State Press sports section, an ASU 
sports calendar 
and a bonus prize.
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score, then the winner will be determined by 
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In the event of a tie, the winner will be 
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The entry deadline each week is Thursday at 5 
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Telephoning the State Press is not a valid 
form of entry. 
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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A male student was contacted at Payne Hall 
after his 3-year-
old son pulled the fire alarm.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was contacted 
at the Tempe 
Center while loitering. He was advised of 
panhandling and 
left the area.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for shoplifting at the Tempe Center.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for driving on a suspended license 
at McAllister 
Avenue and University Drive.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for criminal nuisance at Lemon 
Street and Forest 
Avenue.
* A woman not affiliated with ASU was 
arrested and released 
for driving under the influence of alcohol at 
900 S. Mill Ave.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A 33-year-old man was arrested for child 
molestation, 
sexual abuse and child abuse after he 
allegedly sexually 
abused his now 14-year-old stepdaughter for 
the past four 
years. He is also charged with child 
molestation against his 
wife's niece. The man's wife was also 
arrested and charged 
with child abuse for failing to protect her 
daughter.
* A 25-year-old woman was arrested for 
assault after 
punching another woman several times at Club 
Rio, 430 N. 
Scottsdale Road.
* A 26-year-old man was arrested for theft 
after he stole a 
generator from his family and sold it for 
drugs.
* A 30-year-old woman was arrested for 
shoplifting and 
possessing drug paraphernalia after she stole 
clothes and 
jewelry from Urban Outfitters, 545 S. Mill 
Ave. She had 
stashed the property in her shorts and tried 
to dump the store 
tags in the backseat of the arresting 
officer's car. She had drug 
paraphernalia in her purse.
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.
* Alpha Mu Gamma (National foreign language 
honor 
society)- Conversation hour. Come and speak 
your language. 
People from all levels welcome. 3 p.m.; MU 
Santa Cruz.
* Alpha Phi Omega (National co-ed service 
fraternity) - 
General meeting. 6:30 p.m.; MU Gold South 
(203S).
* American Marketing Association - Weekly 
meeting with 
three workshops: Career pathing, how to find 
a job without 
career services and time/stress management. 
Social 
following. 4:30 p.m.; BAC 216.
* ASU Women's Rugby Club - Meet people, 
travel, enjoy the 
excitement of the game. To experience 
necessary. For more 
info, call 784-8589. Practice held Tuesdays 
and Thursdays. 
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; ASU band fields.
* Biography Forum - Dynamic lives: Thomas 
Jefferson, 
moderated by Chris Smith. 7 p.m.; MU 
Turquoise Room 
(208F).
* Campus Crusade for Christ - Thursday Night 
Live. Open 
meeting with study, music and fun. 7:30 p.m.; 
Physical 
Science H-Wing, Room 150.
* Career Services - Workshop: How to succeed 
at Career 
Fiesta, presented by Lydia Montelongo. 12:40 
p.m.; MU 226C.
* Christian Students Fellowship - Bible 
study: "What is faith 
and believing?" 12:40 p.m.; MU Lapaz Room.
* Delta Tau Delta Fraternity - Post-rush 
dinner for all 
interested in going Greek. 6:30 p.m.; 406 E. 
Adelphi Drive at 
Delt house.
* Graduate Women's Network - Coffee dialogue. 
All graduate 
women welcome. 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.; MU lower 
level, Women's 
Student Center.
* Honors College Council - Council meeting. 
All Honors 
College students are welcome to attend. 3 
p.m.; McClintock 
Hall, Room 138.
* Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - Weekly 
meeting. Dave 
Scorsa of Wycliffe Bible speaks on Papua New 
Guinea and 
what it means to by holy. 7:30 p.m.; MU, see 
monitors for 
room.
* KASR 1260 AM - A tribute to records on 
"Vynal 
Therzdeigh," hosted by Emo and Trashcan Man. 
It's the show 
that make our parents cry. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 
KASR.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - We have classes 
combining 
movement, sound and breath Monday through 
Thursday at 
5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.; MU Coconino Room (224).
* MUAB - Serendipity Arts and Crafts Fair 
meeting. 3:30 p.m.; 
MUAB office, MU third floor, Conference Room 
2.
* MUAB Culture and Arts Committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 4:30 p.m.; MU third floor, 
Conference Room 1A.
* National Society of Black Engineers - 
General body meeting. 
Committees and important upcoming events will 
be 
discussed. All are welcome. Food will be 
provided 6:30 p.m.; 
Engineering Center G-Wing, Room 316.
* Native ASU and NASA - Help plan for the 
Native American 
Recognition Days. Everyone welcome. 6:30 
p.m.; American 
Indian Institute, Conference Room.
* Phi Alpha Delta - Looking for the 
information and contacts 
you need to get into law school? Join us for 
our weekly 
meeting. 4 p.m.; MU Gold South.
* Public Relations Student Society of America 
- General 
meeting. All students interested in public 
relations are 
encouraged to attend. 5:30 p.m.; Stauffer 
Hall, second floor 
Reading Room.
* Religious Studies Club - "What can I do 
with religious 
studies?" Lecture and discussion. Eat lunch 
with us. Noon to 
1:30 p.m.; ECA third floor, Religious Studies 
Reading Room.
* SHPE de ASU - General meeting. Everyone 
welcome. Food 
and drinks provided. 4:30 p.m.; COB 251.
* Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society - 
Open meeting. 
4:30 p.m.; Casey Moore's patio at Ninth 
Street and Ash 
Avenue.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Workshop: Free 
computer skill workshops: Advanced MS Word, 
10 a.m.; 
Using Pine, 1 p.m.; Using SuperPaint, 2 p.m.; 
Using 
PageMaker, 3 p.m.; Advanced MS Word, 6 p.m.; 
SSU 361A.
* THEM, The Science Fiction and Fantasy 
Society - General 
meeting. Do you like games? We have a 
surprising twist on 
an old theme. 4:30 p.m.; MU Mohave Room 
(222).