Justice O'Connor relates tangles in judicial system

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day 
O'Connor outlined 
problems facing the law community at the ASU 
Law Society's 
dinner Friday to a crowd of 600, including 
Gov. Fife 
Symington.
	"The big problem facing the courts is 
how to cope with 
the increasing case loads," O'Connor said.
	She proposed the exploration of possible 
alternatives 
to resolve disputes that normally clog the 
judicial system.
	She also pointed to jury reform as a 
prominent issue 
facing the legal community.
	"Juries usually do a good job," O'Connor 
said, "but 
they can disappoint to the point of 
questioning if we should 
have jury trials."
	She said that the conditions that jury 
members serve in 
are unacceptable.
	"Juries are treated more like sheep then 
people," she 
said.
	She also suggested the judicial system 
make better use 
of emerging technology.
	"Computers can improve the judicial 
system," she said. 
"and make services cheaper and more efficient 
for clients.
	She pointed to the Maricopa County Court 
as an 
example of a "court of the future."
	O'Connor suggested the development of a 
"Quick 
Court" system that would allow people to 
compose basic 
legal documents. This system should be placed 
in areas 
readily accessible to the general public and 
utilize touch-
screens to simplify operation, she said. She 
also hoped it 
would provide English and Spanish 
instructions.
	However, her proposed "Quick Court" 
would not 
replace lawyers, she said.
	O'Connor, who was appointed the Supreme 
Court in 
1981 by then-President Ronald Reagan, is the 
first woman to 
be appointed to the high court. She served as 
an Arizona state 
senator from 1969 to 1975 and was the first 
woman to hold 
the position of Senate Majority leader.

ABOR to consider double-discipline undergrad degrees

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	Choosing a major can be difficult. 
	Picking a second one can be even more 
excruciating.
	But with the help of a new degree 
program and a go-
ahead from the Arizona Board of Regents, 
students hoping to 
study two disciplines might have more options 
in their 
future. 
	The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary 
Studies degree 
would allow students to study two disparate 
areas from any 
colleges within the University and still 
graduate in four years. 
	"(The degree) is intended to give 
flexibility to 
students," said ASU President Lattie Coor. 
"To give them a 
chance to work in more than one field and 
still do it in a 
normal, four-year or 120-unit program." 
	Currently, students seeking two degrees 
must 
complete the full requirements of each degree 
program they 
pursue. This often requires an extended stay 
at ASU.
	The new program would allow students to 
earn a 
degree in interdisciplinary studies in 120 
hours by 
completing an abridged version of each 
program's 
curriculum. 
	However, the measure must be approved by 
the 
ABOR. Regents are scheduled to vote on the 
issue at the Sept. 
28-29 meeting at ASU.
	"As of right now, I leave my (vote) open 
until the 
meeting," said student Regent Mark Davis. "I 
want to make 
sure I hear all sides, but in concept (the 
interdisciplinary 
program) is good." 
	If approved, the program will be 
available to students 
by fall of '96, said Provost Milton Glick. 
	Students enrolled under the degree 
program would 
have to complete ASU's required English 
classes, 29 hours of 
general studies and 22 to 23 hours of 
electives. The remainder 
of the curriculum would revolve around 40 to 
51 hours of 
studies in two areas of emphasis and 12 hours 
of specially-
designed, interdisciplinary core classes. 
	The core classes are designed to teach 
students about 
the 21st century workplace and critical 
methods of thinking, 
said Ronald Alvarado, associate dean of 
extended education. 
	Officials see the program as an 
important aspect of 
future curriculum designs and hope the 
diverse education 
that students receive will better prepare 
them for the 
changing needs of employers, Coor said. 
	"Increasingly, we realize that preparing 
for just a 
single field is really not adequate in a 
highly fluctuating 
environment," he said. 
	Daniel Landers, the ASU faculty academic 
assembly 
president, said students who earn 
interdisciplinary degrees 
will be in higher demand when they enter the 
work force. 
	"I think interdisciplinary type of work, 
interdisciplinary type of study and 
interdisciplinary type of 
research is the wave of the future," he said. 
"(Employers) 
want people who have multiple skills. People 
that train 
themselves that way, my guess is, will be one 
step ahead of 
those who don't." 
	Arizona's three universities currently 
offer 
interdisciplinary studies programs, but they 
only allow 
students to study in one college. ASU's 
program would be 
unique in allowing students to combine 
disciplines from any 
college within the University - for example, 
a degree that 
includes fine arts and engineering. 
	Officials hope the degree will attract 
transfer students 
and others who are not satisfied with 
studying in one area, 
Landers said. 
	"We are hoping it will appeal to a lot 
of people who 
can't find a niche in existing programs," he 
said. "(Students 
who) can't make up their minds about this or 
that (degree), 
this type of program may be the place where 
these people can 
go and still get out of the University in 
four years." 
	Despite his enthusiasm, Coor said he 
realizes the 
program still needs approval from the ABOR. 
	"I am hopeful they will be supportive," 
he said.

'Model minority' still faces barriers, Asian students say

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	In the debate swirling around minority 
programs, one 
group is conspicuously absent - the so-called 
"model 
minority." 
	Student leaders said Asian-American 
students are too 
often seen as the "model minority" and 
therefore don't need 
help succeeding in mainstream American 
society.
	President of the Asian Business Leaders 
Association 
Christi Hing said Asians are often 
stereotyped as successful 
students. Magdalene Huang, a counselor at the 
Minority 
Assistance Program, said this perception 
extends to Asian-
Americans in the work force when people think 
of them 
working in exclusively technical fields.
	"In business, the physical barrier is 
always there," 
Huang said. Asian-Americans have succeeded in 
math- and 
science-intensive professions, she said, but 
haven't gotten 
past the "glass ceiling" in other fields.
	Hing said many Asians are unwilling to 
protest this 
stereotype because of a general cultural 
attitude that inhibits 
drawing attention to themselves.
	"Many people exaggerate the success of 
Asians and 
put us up on a pedestal," Huang said.
	Communicating effectively was at the 
heart of the 
creation of the ABLA, said founder David 
Tung.
	Currently an ASU graduate student in 
business, Tung 
started the ABLA in 1994 to provide Asian 
students an 
opportunity to develop their leadership and 
public speaking 
skills and to meet with Asian business 
leaders.
	"Sometimes we need to see people in 
positions of 
success before we can see ourselves in those 
positions," Tung 
said.
	"There is a perception that Asians don't 
need help 
because we don't ask for help," Hing said.
	Although the stereotype of the 
successful Asian 
student has a basis in fact, it doesn't 
represent the whole 
story, Huang said.
	"Asians are a pragmatic people," she 
said, adding that 
many see education as the only way to find 
success in 
America.
	Asian parents have significant influence 
in their child's 
future, Huang said. Many Asian students 
followed their 
immigrant parents' technically-oriented 
career path.
	But Huang said the persistent stereotype 
places unfair 
expectations on Asian students, many of whom 
enter the 
country under unfavorable conditions.
	The origins of the Asian student 
stereotype started 
after 1965, she said, following an aggressive 
push in the 
United States to recruit mathematicians and 
scientists.
	Most Asians entering the country at that 
time were 
educated professionals, she said.

ASASU Senate awaits Weber's day in court

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	The Associated Students of ASU Senate 
will not take 
any political action against President Chris 
Weber in 
connection with misdemeanor assault charges 
filed against 
him last Thursday until his trial is 
complete, an ASASU 
committee chairman said.
	College of Law Senator Sanjay 
Vidyadaran, Chairman 
of the Government Operations Committee for 
ASASU, said 
that his committee will look into the 
incident.
	"I would like to see more concrete 
evidence," 
Vidyadaran said. "It is embarrassing that he 
was charged for 
this crime."
	He said the Senate remains cautious and 
will not make 
any decisions regarding Weber's political 
future until the trial 
is over. Some senate members, Vidyadaran 
said, have met 
with Weber informally to "express concerns."
	Liberal Arts Senator Alex Shivers said 
the senate is 
"sitting back and waiting to see what 
happens."
	ASASU Supreme Court Chief Justice Kevin 
Meyer said 
the power of impeaching Weber "rests entirely 
in the hands 
of the Senate."
	"Traditionally, impeachment charges are 
brought for 
malfeasance ... or the officer's conduct 
within the office," he 
said. However, he added that the Senate could 
conduct 
impeachment hearings if they saw fit.
	Impeachment would involve a hearing of 
the full 
Senate, followed by an official vote. A 
three-quarters vote is 
needed for removal, Meyer said.
	Weber said that he will not resign for 
something he 
didn't do.
	"The students elected me to do a job," 
he said, "and I'll 
do it.
	"I have the truth on my side."
	The woman who accuses Weber of punching 
her 
during a barroom fight disputed his version 
of the events.
	"Everything that he said was a lie," 
said Heidi Young, 
a junior pre-business major, in reference to 
Weber's 
comments in Friday's issue of the State 
Press.
	She added that "he was really, really 
drunk" at the 
time of the altercation.
	Weber said he had four shots of 
Jūgermeister at the 
bar, but said he was not impaired. Police did 
not perform a 
breathalyzer test on him after his arrest. He 
also denied being 
involved in the fight.
	Weber was arrested on suspicion of 
assault early 
Thursday morning after Young filed a 
complaint with the 
ASU Department of Public Safety. She said she 
can't 
positively identify Weber as the assailant, 
but has several 
witnesses who substantiate her claim.
	"I honestly cannot say that I saw Chris 
hit me, I was 
not expecting to get hit," Young said. "I 
know for a fact that it 
was him that hit me. I honestly can't say 
that I saw his hand 
hit my face, but from (what) everyone else 
that was there 
said, ... it was probably him."
	Weber has denied the charge.
	"I didn't hit the girl, but I'll be 
hearing about it for 
months," he said Thursday. 
	He will be arraigned Oct. 10 at Tempe 
Justice Court 
and said he intends to plead not guilty.
	"This will get thrown out of court," 
Weber said. 
"Legally, there are holes in her case."
	The fight between a few members of 
Weber's 
fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, and a few members 
from Sigma 
Phi Epsilon occurred at about 12:30 a.m. at 
the Dash Inn, 731 
E. Apache Blvd. Weber left the bar after the 
fight and was 
arrested outside his fraternity house about a 
half-hour later.
	Exactly how the fight began is not 
clear.
	According to Young, the altercation 
began when 
Weber spilled a drink on her at the bar at 
about 12:30 a.m. He 
grew belligerent when two friends of the 
woman told him to 
be careful with his drink, she said.
	Weber left and returned shortly with two 
friends, she 
said. He and his friends then attacked her 
and her friends, 
Young said.
	"They started yelling, and then punches 
started being 
thrown," she said. "Chris started the whole 
thing ... he started 
throwing punches.
	"Chris was the last person that I saw 
before I got hit. 
He was right in my face."
	Weber, who was at the bar celebrating 
his twenty-fifth 
birthday, said the fight began when his 
younger brother, T.J., 
who is also a Pi Kappa Alpha member, was 
"sucker punched" 
in the nose. Prompted by bouncers at the 
Dash, the 
combatants moved the altercation outside into 
the parking lot 
of Rothers University Book Store, Weber said.
	He said he thought his brother had a 
broken nose, and 
all he wanted to do was get him out of the 
bar. When the 
fighting continued outside, he said Pi Kappa 
Alpha members 
pushed him into a bush to avoid trouble and 
rushed him 
from the scene.
	Weber said that he did not hit anyone 
during the 
altercation.
	"I didn't even know that a girl was hit 
until I was in 
handcuffs," he said.
	Weber said Sigma Phi Epsilon members 
pinned the 
assault on him to get back at his fraternity 
and because he has 
such a high profile as the Associated 
Students of ASU 
president.
	"(The) easy way to get to us (Pi Kappa 
Alpha) was 
through me," he said. "I'm high profile and I 
have the most to 
lose. 
	"They set me up real nice."
	Young said that she didn't realize 
Weber's identity 
until later.
	"I didn't even know his name," Young 
said. "I didn't 
know he was ASASU president. I didn't even 
know that he 
was a Pike (Pi Kappa Alpha member)."	
	Weber approached Young Thursday night 
and, 
according to her, "begged" her to make a 
statement saying 
that she could not positively identify him as 
the assailant.
	Weber said that during the meeting, she 
was unable to 
look him in the eye and positively say that 
it was him who hit her.

Editorial: The tragedy of ignorance

	When a young life is snuffed out, it is 
always a 
tragedy.
	When the young life was so bright and 
giving - and 
when the death was so needless - it goes from 
tragedy to 
despicable.
	Despicable is the only word we can think 
of to 
describe the way that Mark Sauer died - and 
why  he died.
	Sauer, a prominent gay activist on 
campus, died of 
AIDS complications Sept. 17. But don't let 
the cause of death 
fool you - Sauer died because someone was 
ignorant and 
cruel enough to pump three bullets into his 
leg for the 
unforgivable crime of being homosexual.
	To aid recovery from the wound, Sauer 
was forced off 
treatments that held his HIV infection in 
check. When those 
treatments halted, the virus overwhelmed his 
defenses and 
took his life.
	Many people assume that the gay and 
lesbian 
community exaggerates when it talks of 
persecution. Sauer's 
death is proof enough that the persecution is 
very real.
	Even more shocking, such persecution is 
accepted by 
many people - people that view homosexuality 
as "unnatural" 
or an "abomination before God."
	Open racism is taboo in society today - 
but gay 
bashing is not. In fact, many members of the 
Congressional 
majority unabashedly practice it - and 
enforce it with such 
actions as fighting to keep gays out of the 
military.
	One member of the House leadership, Rep. 
Dick 
Armey (R-Tex.), even thought it was a cute 
joke to refer to 
Rep. Barney Frank as "Barney Fag."
	Whipped into an anti-gay frenzy, some 
people even 
begin interpreting Leviticus 20:13 literally 
- a commandment 
ordering that gay men be executed. (Of 
course, Leviticus also 
recommended execution for sex outside of 
marriage - but 
people don't go running around shooting any 
college couple 
holding hands.)
	We've grown up a lot since then - and we 
should know 
better by now.
	Homosexuality is far from a lifestyle 
choice - it is as 
much a part of a person and as unchangeable 
as a person's 
race. (Yes, studies have proven this, over 
and over.)
	It is both hypocritical and wrong to say 
that you aren't 
prejudiced against anyone - and then to treat 
someone 
differently because of their sexual 
orientation.
	By judging someone purely for their 
sexual orientation 
- rather than for who they really are - we 
create an 
environment of hatred and intolerance. And it 
is in this 
environment that people like Mark Sauer die.
	Even if sexual orientation was a 
conscious lifestyle 
choice, why should anyone care about it?
	How can something that someone else does 
in the 
privacy of their bedroom affect you 
personally, if it doesn't 
involve you at all?
	Making fun of someone because they are 
gay doesn't 
make you stronger - it only shows that you 
yourself are 
insecure about your own sexuality.
	Let's stop the hatred and the 
intolerance. Begin seeing 
people for who they are, rather than who they 
date.
	And let us hope that Mark Sauer is the 
last man to pay 
with his life for being who he was.

Column: Wake up ASU - Time to join the 'real' world

Tina Holder
	As I sit here at my computer and try to 
decide which 
issue I should address next, I realize 
something ... it doesn't 
matter what I write about because it will 
have no effect on 
anyone on this campus except the Native 
Americans. The 
only emotions it might invoke from the rest 
is annoyance: 
"God, there she goes again, bitching about 
how bad they have 
it."
	It seems that people are more interested 
in getting 
Pearl Jam tickets or going out and getting 
drunk. Those are 
the important issues around here. Who cares 
about hunger, 
racism or anything else as long as it doesn't 
stop the concert 
or the party?
	What is so scary about this is that 
these people will one 
day be in positions of power throughout this 
country.
	Maybe this is why I have such a hard 
time getting my 
articles printed ... because they aren't as 
important as bicycles 
on campus or getting the latest CD.
	No one wants to face the "real" world. 
No one wants to 
come out of their daydreams long enough to 
realize that this 
nation has a lot of problems and they aren't 
going to go away 
just because someone gets those all-important 
Pearl Jam 
tickets.
	People don't want to get involved 
anymore. They want 
to stay in their lily-white castles and 
pretend that everything 
is perfect. They pretend not to see the 
corruption or the 
hatred. They pretend that there is no hunger, 
no 
homelessness, no murder, no racism. As long 
as they can feed 
their family and a keep roofs over their 
heads, then why be 
concerned with some nameless, faceless 
person? As long as 
they can get rich and live the "American 
Dream," who cares 
what is happening around them?
	People think that the problems facing 
Native 
Americans and other minorities are not that 
serious. These 
people have never been on a reservation, have 
never been in 
a ghetto. They have never seen what it is 
like to try and live 
in a country that wants to forget that you 
exist. They don't 
know what it is like to watch their culture, 
religion and 
people slowly die. What's worse ... they 
don't care.
	I hear people talk about "morals" a lot 
these days. Is it 
morally right to let something that you know 
is wrong go 
unchallenged? Does your God teach you that if 
it doesn't 
effect you, then don't worry about it?
	I hear people say how terrible something 
is and then 
say that there is nothing they can do to 
help. I hear people 
admit that a situation is wrong but that's 
the way it has been 
for hundreds of years. Does that make it 
right? Get off your 
butts and do something to change it!
	Have people become so self-centered that 
nothing 
bothers them unless it effects them 
personally? 
	Do people really not care that others 
are being treated 
as if they were no better than dirt? 
	Does anyone care that there are people 
living in third-
world conditions, children killing children, 
genocide, corrupt 
officials, racism? 
	Must it affect a person personally 
before they decide 
that it is wrong and should be stopped? 
	Or is it that they don't want to believe 
that the things I 
write about can really happen in "the land of 
milk and 
honey?"
	It isn't my problem, they can handle it 
themselves, 
they deserve it, why should I help them ... 
these are all 
excuses that people use to keep from getting 
involved. 
	What if this country had used those 
excuses when 
Hitler was in power?

Tina Holder is a senior justice studies major.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Trading places 40 years later

	I found it somewhat ironic that 40 years 
after the tragic 
incident described by Les Payne that the 
pendulum seems to 
have swung 180 degrees.
	A prominent news story at the moment 
concerns the 
trial of a black man accused of the grisly 
murder of two white 
people. Apparently "most" of the Black 
community has sided 
with the defendant and has ignored the fate 
of the victims. 
Also as in the 1950 trial, the current 
defense lawyers are 
purporting a conspiracy theory to question 
the incriminating 
evidence. Of course I'm sure I'll be labeled 
as a racist for this 
opinion.

Edwin Longwell
Junior
Mechanical Engineering

Letter: Abortion issue relevant to men

	This is a response to Mimi Carrion, 
regarding her letter 
to the editor in which she complained about 
Bryce Morgan's 
editorial cartoon of Sept. 13. Carrion was 
mistaken in some of 
her remarks, and a few of these need to be 
pointed out.
	First of all, Carrion claims that men 
are irrelevant to 
the abortion discussion because they are 
unable to get 
pregnant. Of course, this bias goes directly 
against the 
principles of democracy and should be 
discarded as faulty 
logic. 
	Moreover, I am disappointed that Carrion 
is upset 
with Morgan because he is a man, considering 
over half of 
the pro-life movement is female. I wonder how 
Carrion 
would have reacted had a woman cartoonist 
submitted the 
cartoon.
	In the same paragraph, Carrion states 
that Morgan's 
"parallel between the Chinese government's 
use of methods 
to kill babies and woman's right to choose is 
way off."
	How? 
	Is there truly a fundamental difference 
between a two-
week premature baby and an eight-and-a-half-
month-old 
fetus? Carrion apparently thinks so.
	Clearly Bryce Morgan shouldn't be scared 
by her 
threat to keep him "out of my uterus." 
	Unfortunately, an unborn child should.
	Ironically enough, Carrion mentions 
women's suffrage 
in her last paragraph. Ms. Carrion, are you 
aware of the 
unanimous hatred of abortion by those very 
same suffragists? 
	Elizabeth Cady Stanton once said: "When 
we consider 
that women are treated as property, it is 
degrading to women 
that we should treat our children as property 
to be disposed 
of as we see fit." 
	Was she trying to "make decisions for 
women"? It is 
more likely that she, like me, saw that the 
single most 
important gift one can give to the world is 
the life of a child. 
Wouldn't you feel the same?

Jason Zuffranieri
Sophomore
Chemical Engineering/Mathematics

Errors galore weaken ASU volleyball team

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	After suffering two losses at home over 
the weekend 
against top-20 teams, the ASU volleyball team 
is going back 
to the drawing board.
	Sun Devil coach Patti Snyder-Park said 
the team's 
inconsistencies were its downfall against 
both Washington 
and Washington State.
	"We are making way too many errors," she 
said. "and 
the bad part is that we're not only making 
errors but we're 
making the same errors over and over again.
	"(Friday) night it was whoever won was 
making the 
least amount of errors but against Washington 
State, they 
were the better team because they didn't make 
errors."
	She said the team will be tackling 
accountablility drills 
all week to prepare for its away trip next 
weekend.
	"We were a very high error team this 
weekend and 
volleyball is a game of errors," Snyder-Park 
said.
	ASU lost to Washington 3-2 (11-15, 15-
12, 6-15, 15-5, 
12-15) Friday night and was defeated by 
Washington State 3-
1 (15-9, 8-15, 7-15, 12-15)  Saturday.
	Senior outside hitter Christine Garner, 
who had a 
season-high 27 kills against the Huskies, 
said the Sun Devils 
level of play varied drastically all weekend.
	"One minute we were a top-five team. We 
were an 
awesome, put-together team, but the next 
minute we weren't 
even a ranked team," Garner said. "We were 
just really 
inconsistent."
	Setter Tracy Heflin said ASU has had a 
hard time 
focusing for the two hours it takes to play a 
game.
	"We have the strength and we train 
enough but I think 
mentally we need to come together as a team," 
Heflin said. 
"We have a tendency to drift apart."
	She added the team had an especially 
difficult time 
concentrating against the Cougars.
	"I don't think we were playing 
physically fatigued but 
we were mentally and emotionally drained," 
Heflin said. 
"Coming into Washington State we were just 
completely 
emotionally drained."
	However, this isn't a recent problem for 
the Sun 
Devils, Garner added.
	"This hasn't been a problem for us just 
this year," she 
said. "It has been in past years. That 
(consistency) is the one 
thing we need to focus on."

Frustrating game filled with ugliness

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	When ASU football coach Bruce Snyder 
plays a Pac-10 
home opener, he likes to keep the game close 
so it can be 
exciting for the fans. When asked about the 
penalties that 
riddled the Sun Devils on Saturday Snyder 
could only help 
but joke. 
	"We wanted to keep it close so everybody 
would enjoy 
the game," Snyder said. However he added 
quickly, "That's a 
joke. That's not true. I don't take it 
lightly, (it was) very 
frustrating."
	ASU totaled 124 yards on 14 penalties 
against Oregon 
State's 30 yards on three penalties.
	Junior quarterback Jake Plummer, while 
pleased with 
the victory, was appalled at the teams lack 
of discipline. 
	"That was pretty ugly," Plummer said. 
"We got the win 
but it was a lot uglier than we wanted it. We 
can't be shooting 
our mouths to the ref.'s. They're out there 
making the calls 
that they see and we just have to play 
through them."
	Plummer alluded to the unsportsmanlike 
penalties the 
Sun Devils earned for complaining to the 
referee's for calls or 
lack thereof. Junior wide receiver Keith 
Poole found himself 
in trouble in the second half for arguing 
what he thought was 
a hit out of bounds after a punt return. 
	"I just felt that a flag should have 
been thrown," Poole 
said. "I asked him where the flag was and he 
threw it on me."
	Poole drew an unsportsmanlike conduct 
penalty for 
arguing the call. While Poole said he didn't 
think the referees 
were biased, he did feel like the Sun Devils 
were due a 
favorable call. 
	"I was mad because they had been calling 
penalties on 
us all day and I felt like we deserved a 
fifteen-yarder, but I 
guess it backfired," Poole said. 
	Snyder said that while the Sun Devils 
were able win 
the game despite the penalties, they can't 
always count on it.  
	"You cannot do that," Snyder said. "(You 
can't) hurt 
yourself so many times and expect to win very 
many games. 
We just have to be more disciplined."

Snyder relieved game with Beavers history

By Dan Miller
State Press
	What's the best way to irritate a 
football team and give 
a coaching staff some gray hairs?  Play the 
Oregon State 
Beavers.
	After ASU's 20-11 victory over the 
Beavers Saturday 
night at Sun Devil Stadium, Head Coach Bruce 
Snyder 
equated what had transpired with going to the 
dentist.
	 "You come out and you're teeth are 
fixed so that's a 
positive," he said. "But it's not a lot of 
fun." 
	Snyder concluded that Oregon State, with 
its pesky 
option offense, unorthodoxed formations and 
unpredictable 
defenses, was a game he is glad to have 
behind him.
	"You like this one in your rear-view 
mirror," said 
Snyder, whose Sun Devils (2-2, 1-1 in the 
Pac-10) next face 
No. 5 USC Saturday in Los Angeles. "It's so 
awkward to play. 
It takes you out of all the things you've 
been coaching for 
months. I think you saw two teams that really 
needed that 
win. That was a hard Oregon State team to 
play."
	Snyder added the Beavers (1-3, 0-1 in 
the Pac-10) saved 
their best performance so far this season for 
ASU.
	"Oregon State played hard. That's the 
best they've 
played all year," he said. "And we did too I 
think. That was 
probably our best 'effort' game. It wasn't 
our most efficient, 
but it was our best effort, which was really 
one of the 
objectives coming out of the first three 
games. We needed to 
pick up the tempo."
	With the powerful Trojans up next, ASU, 
which will be 
a big underdog, could use any edge it can 
get. One small 
victory is the Oregon State game film might 
as well be on 
Beta, because it's useless to USC, Snyder 
said.
	"This tape will not help (USC) very much 
because 
Oregon State does everything different than 
everybody else," 
he said. "That punt formation (Oregon State 
used) was 
popular in the 1940's." 
	The Sun Devils looked nothing short of 
brilliant on 
their first possession, showcasing an 
explosive five-wide 
receiver package, which the Beavers could do 
nothing to stop. 
It took ASU only five plays and 1:44 to march 
80 yards for the 
opening score, a 33-yard reverse to freshman 
Ricky Boyer.
 	"We were tentative at the beginning of 
the game," said 
Oregon State Coach Jerry Pettibone. 
	"You have to play a team like Arizona 
State from the 
very first down. You can't wait until you 
have a drive behind 
you. This is the best football team we've 
played in our four 
games."
	For the remainder of the game, though, 
ASU chose to 
keep the ball on the ground, finishing with 
173 yards rushing 
on 42 attempts. Snyder said one reason he 
returned to the run 
was to give his defense a breather. After 
all, they spent the 
better part of the evening trying to decipher 
the Beavers' 
wishbone offense, which usually left them 
chasing 
quarterbacks Don Shanklin and Tim Alexander 
from sideline 
to sideline.
	"Our defense was so tired," Snyder said. 
"I wanted to 
have some runs to take the time off the clock 
and save the 
defense...  We have all 11 running to the 
ball and they don't. 
The whole defense gets tired."
	With ASU's defense working overtime 
Saturday, 
several Sun Devils stepped into the spotlight 
with inspired 
playmaking. Snyder said sophomore defensive 
end Malchi 
Crawford, redshirt freshmen safeties Mitchell 
Freedman and 
Damien Richardson, senior cornerback Lee 
Cole, junior 
linebacker Ron McCook, senior defensive end 
Mike 
Langridge and kickers Marcus Williams and 
Robert Nycz 
made notable contributions.
	Richardson, who finished with nine 
tackles and a 
fumble recovery, played every defensive snap 
and about 21 
kicking plays, giving him almost 96 snaps on 
the night, 
Snyder said.
   "That's a long night and he did a nice 
job," he said.
	McCook, meanwhile, caught Snyder's 
attention on the 
sideline in the third quarter after making a 
few tactical 
observations.
	"McCook you could say almost saved our 
bacon," 
Snyder said of the second-string linebacker, 
who recorded six 
stops. "He understood this defensive 
adjustment that we 
needed to make, then boom and he made it. He 
made some 
key tackles. He really made some key plays."
	Freedman, who thrives on playing with 
pain, made 
nine tackles and recovered a fumble in spite 
of a cast on his 
hand and two shoulder stingers, the second of 
which left him 
lying on the sideline in the fourth quarter. 
He is expected to 
play against USC, Snyder said.
	"There's a manliness involved in the 
whole thing," 
Snyder said, referring to Freedman's high 
threshold for pain. 
"He's a tough sucker."
	NOTES:
	* Sophomore starting defensive tackle 
Jason Reynolds 
came out playing like a man possessed, then 
he suffered a 
sprained ankle, and the Sun Devils sorely 
missed him, Snyder 
said..
	"When Jason Reynolds was in there early, 
man he was 
a wrecking crew," raved Snyder. "He looked 
like he was on 
target to have one of those games you really 
remember then 
he got hurt. We weren't as effective without 
him."
	* Sophomore left guard Kyle Murphy 
suffered a 
sprained knee and may miss three to four 
games, Snyder 
said. Freshman Mike Barnes will be his likely 
replacement. 
Junior center Kirk Robertson played only a 
few downs 
toward the end of the game. Robertson, who is 
coming off a 
knee injury which caused him to miss the 
first three games, is 
still not full strength. Redshirt freshman 
Grey Ruegamer has 
started at center for the first four games. 
Ruegamer could 
move to right tackle if Robertson returns, 
but nothing is final, 
Snyder said.		
	"It all hinges on Kirk," he said, adding 
that freshman 
Randy Leaphart could see more playing time.
	* Close observers of Saturday's game may 
have 
noticed No. 14 for ASU nearing several punt 
blocks. That job 
has become sophomore O.J. Flowers' specialty.
	"I believe O.J.'s going to get some 
punts," said Snyder. 
"He likes doing it and he's pretty quick and 
he almost got a 
couple (Saturday)."
	* Snyder was pleased with the Sun Devil 
Stadium 
crowd, which reached a fever pitch during 
several key third-
down plays. He encourages more crowd 
involvement, saying 
it was vital part of some defensive stands 
Saturday night.
	"Particularly with a young team as we've 
got, we need 
that kind of help," he said. "That's 
significant for a player - 
when the crowd is that loud. If ever we can 
get the noise so 
loud that they (other teams) start jumping 
offsides and 
making miscues then I think it feeds on itself."

"PICK IT AND WIN" CONTEST WINNER

Sophomore political science major Leo Altman 
was the Week 
Four winner of the State Press Sports "PICK 
IT AND WIN" 
contest for ASU football games.
Leo picked ASU to defeat the Oregon State 
Beavers 17-10. 
Since none of the contestants who entered 
correctly picked 
the exact score of ASU 20, OSU 11, Leo's 
prediction was 
determined to be the closest. Remember, the 
winner must 
correctly pick the winner and the final score 
of the game.
Leo won an ASU cap courtesy of The Cap. Co. 
on 6th St. and 
Mill Ave., an autographed Jake Plummer poster 
schedule 
courtesy of ASU athletics, a headshot in the 
State Press sports 
section, an ASU sports calendar and a bonus 
prize. 
Altman on the game: "I knew they would 
rebound from last 
week's loss, so I guess it was a lucky 
guess."
Altman on ASU vs USC Saturday: "I think it 
will be a good 
game, but I don't think they will pull it 
out."
Altman's favorite Sun Devil: Linebacker Scott 
Von der Ahe.
***Entries for this week's contest (ASU vs. 
USC) are now 
being accepted.
***Either fax entries to 602-965-8484, "Attn: 
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Baseball ends fall workouts

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	ASU baseball's fall practice ended with 
several 
interesting position battles up in the air.
	The latest player to step up and make a 
strong case for 
playing time was pitcher/first baseman Ryan 
Bradley, who 
recorded a two-run triple in the Maroon and 
Gold Intrasquad 
Scrimmage on Sept. 23 at Packard Stadium, 
marking the end 
of fall practice.
	Bradley, ASU's closer, excelled in 
relief last year, 
posting a 3.18 ERA with 5-3 record and six 
saves. But Bradley 
would rather hit triples instead of give them 
up.
	"It was nice to be on the other side," 
Bradley, a 
sophomore said. "I finally got the chance to 
go in there to 
play some (first base). I'm glad (Coach Pat 
Murphy) gave me 
the chance."
	Bradley, who struck out in three of his 
four at-bats last 
year, has pleaded with ASU baseball Head 
Coach Pat 
Murphy to get some playing at first base 
after playing the 
position in leagues last summer.
	"Everyday I'd come out with my (first 
base) mitt and 
he (Murphy) would always say 'put it away, 
put it in the 
grave,' " Bradley said. "But he came out and 
said, 'you're 
going to get your chance to play first base,' 
and I was 
excited."
	Murphy said the possibility of Bradley 
playing first 
base and closing games in the late innings 
may not be a bad 
idea.
	"I could see him play first base and I 
could see him 
pitching, too," he said. "I think he just 
needs to keep working 
hard. He's definitely going to be in the 
mix."
	Freshman southpaw Ryan Mills also gave 
Murphy 
something to think about next year. Mills 
pitched six innings, 
giving up three hits and no runs. Despite 
earning the 3-0 win 
for the Maroon team, Mills thinks he has 
plenty of room for 
improvement.
	"It felt good, but I could have thrown a 
lot better," 
Mills said. "I have a lot of work to do."
	Junior right-hander Kaipo Spenser will 
return as the 
ace of the pitching staff next season. Junior 
left-hander Jason 
Bond, who has started in 29 out of the 35 
games he has 
appeared in, will likely hold a spot in the 
starting rotation. 
	The other remaining spots could go to 
Mills, junior 
college transfer Gabe Molina or to one of the 
other two 
talented freshmen southpaws, Ron Marietta and 
Phill 
Lowery. Marietta took the loss in the 
Saturday's scrimmage. 
He pitched four innings, giving up five hits 
and three runs, 
one of which was unearned. Lowery sat out the 
game after he 
had recent arthroscopic surgery on his elbow. 
He should be 
able to begin throwing when practice resumes 
in December, Murphy said.

ASU police reported the following incidents 
this weekend:
* A vehicle sustained $350 in damage while it 
was parked in 
Lot 42. 
* A bicycle was stolen from a bicycle store 
in the Tempe 
Center. Loss is estimated at $1,399.
* Police contacted a man who was harassing 
people as they 
passed through the area of Cady and Orange 
malls. The man 
left the area after being advised of 
harassing, trespassing and 
loitering laws.
* Someone shoplifted $44.46 in merchandise 
from Stabler's 
Market in the Tempe Center.
* A 1986 Pontiac Firebird was stolen from 
Parking Structure 
5. The car was recovered in Marana, Ariz. 
* A male student harassed the front desk 
staff at Manzanita 
Hall. The man left the area after being 
advised of trespass and 
harassment polices.
* A male student was arrested on an 
outstanding warrant for 
failing to appear on trespassing and 
loitering charges from 
ASU DPS. The man was unable to post bond of 
$471 and was 
booked into the Madison Street Jail.
* A student's car was broken into at 714 
Alpha Drive. Two 
speakers and about 20 CDs were stolen.
* A portable breath test was lost at Rural 
and Broadway 
roads.
Compiled by Garin Groff of the State Press

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* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus 
meeting. Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society - 
General 
meeting with guest speaker Dr. Bores, an 
opthalmologist 6:30 
p.m.; PSH 152.
* Career Services - Workshop: Succeed at 
Career Fiesta, 
presented by Leon Bryant. 11:40 a.m.; MU 
Mohave Room 
(202).
* Coalition for Justice and Peace - Weekly 
meeting. Topic: 
War news with David Althiede. Bring friends 
and questions. 
Noon, MU Hohave Room.
* Fellowship Christian Athletes - Wall 
welcome for 
fellowship with other sports-oriented 
students. 7:30 p.m.; 
University Activity Center 3541 (downstairs).
* Golden Key National Honor Society - General 
member 
meeting. Get to know officers and fellow 
members. Help plan 
your reception. All existing and new members 
welcome. 3 
p.m.; McClintock Hall Study Lounge.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - Join us. 5:30 p.m.; 
MU 221 .
* National Residence Hall Honorary - General 
council 
meeting and game night. Members and guests 
welcome. 8:30 
p.m.; Palo Verde Main Dining Room.
* Native American Students Association - 
General meeting. 
Everyone welcome. There will be plenty to 
discuss and a 
presentation about unity. 6 p.m.; American 
Indian Institute 
Conference Room.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Workshop: Free 
computer skill workshops: Beginning Word 
Perfect, 9 a.m.; 
Beginning MS Word, 6 p.m.; Beginning Word 
Perfect, 6 p.m.; 
Advanced MS Word, 7 p.m. SSV 361A.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Free reading skills 
workshop/SQ4R. 7 p.m.; MU Yuma Room (211).