Tibetan monks reach for 'healing' through art

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	It is silent except for a gentle 
scraping noise coming 
from a table in the center of the room. 
Hunched over the 
table, three monks coax grains of brightly-
colored sand out 
of slender copper funnels to form an 
elaborate sand painting.
	A group of Buddhist monks from the 
Tibetan 
Drepung Loseling Monastery in Tibet are 
creating a sacred 
sand painting, called a "mandala," this week 
at the Scottsdale 
Public Library. It will take 10 of the monks 
four to five hours 
a day for four days to complete the process.
	And then they'll throw it all away.
	The painting will be poured into a brook 
in the Indian 
Bend Wash Friday at 10 a.m. as part of the 
ceremony.
	"In the Medicine Buddha Mandala field, 
(the 
mandala) reflects integrity in a visual art 
form," said Geshe 
Dadul, one the Tibetan monks. "It is meant to 
instill a strong 
realization of impermanence."
	The monks are visiting the Valley this 
week to raise 
awareness of the religious persecution of 
Buddhists in Tibet 
and also to promote "world healing."
	They are taking part in the week-long 
1,000 Lights of 
Peace celebration put on at the Scottsdale 
Public Library, 
3839 N. Civic Center Blvd., which began 
Tuesday. Events 
include lectures on peace initiatives, as 
well as concerts and 
ceremonies emphasizing world healing, said 
event organizer 
Linda Tokarchuk.
	"We need to work together to extend 
healing into our 
future," she said. "The significance of 
having the monks here 
is that we can start to connect deeper and 
share with our 
hearts."
	The Valley mirrors many of today's 
societal problems, 
Tokarchuk said. For example, many of the 
week-long 
programs are designed to address problems of 
youth 
alienation.
	Geshe said he hopes people leave the 
mandala with a 
sense of healing and a renewed connection 
with one another.
	"I want them to come away with an 
understanding of 
the interdependent nature of life - how each 
sand particle 
forms to hold the whole.
	"That's exactly how life is."
	The exhibit is on display at the 
Scottsdale Public 
Library through Friday. Admission is free. 
For more 
information, call 966-8897.

Report: ASU students staying longer, taking more credit hours

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	 Students are coming to ASU earlier, 
staying longer 
and taking more credits, according to a 
recently released 
report.
	The Arizona Board of Regents 1995 
Enrollment 
Report places freshman enrollment at 5,383 
students Ð the 
largest freshman class on record at ASU, said 
registrar Lou 
Ann Denny.
	"You could say (recruiting freshmen) is 
the goal, 
especially with programs like the Freshman 
Year Experience 
and Campus Communities trying to retain 
freshmen when 
they get here."
	Provost Milton Glick said the school has 
traditionally 
relied on the community college system as a 
"feeder" for 
ASU, but the school is trying to bring lower-
division 
students in and retain them.
	"We think different students are better 
served by 
going to the community colleges first and 
others are better 
served by going to the University  (first). 
We try to be 
student specific," he said.
	Glick attributed the credit hour 
increase to better class 
availability.
	"We have worked at making more classes 
available 
and increasing accessibility. We have five 
degree programs 
that you can complete entirely in the evening 
now."
	Denny said she was also pleased by the 
increase in 
students' credit hours. 
	"Our hopes are that students are 
financially able to 
take more hours. Instead of working full-time 
and going to 
school part-time, maybe they can shift that a 
little.
	"We're hoping they can go to school more 
and 
graduate in a more timely fashion."
	ASU Main enrollment dropped 160 students 
from last 
year to 42,189, while overall enrollment rose 
by 163 students 
to 45,929.
	Glick said the slight drop in main 
campus enrollment 
was unimportant, adding that main campus 
enrollment was 
expected to continue to grow slowly over the 
next few years.
	"We still have room for growth in the 
evening, and we 
still have room under the 39,000 student 
enrollment cap."
	The enrollment cap applies only to full-
time day 
students. Current main campus full-time day 
enrollment is 
26,357.
	Denny agreed that the decrease in main 
campus 
enrollment was not a problem.
	"Some programs are moving," Denny said. 
"I think 
head count will continue to go up."
	The biggest growth is expected at the 
branch 
campuses, Glick said, especially as the size 
and number of 
programs offered grows.
	"(ASU) West has a fairly full set of 
programs," Glick 
said. "(ASU) East will only have programs 
really beginning 
next year. Right now they don't really have 
any programs."
	ASU East offers only "extended 
education" classes - 
classes taught by TV, mail or through the 
Internet. Next fall, 
the schools of technology and agriculture are 
moving to ASU East.

Jobless TRW workers shout down Symington

By Cody V. Aycock 
State Press 
	An angry crowd of more than 500 people 
disrupted 
Gov. Fife Symington last night at a Mesa 
meeting to discuss 
East Valley issues.
	Employees of TRW, the world's second-
largest 
manufacturer of driver- and passenger-side 
air bags, 
shouted questions and talked over the 
governor as he tried 
to address the crowd. Symington was able to 
answer a few 
direct questions, but left after 20 minutes, 
unable to quiet or 
disperse the group.
	The employees were protesting the 3 p.m. 
announcement by Mesa city officials that they 
were 
temporarily closing part of the plant located 
southeast of 
Tempe. The plant's more than 1,600 employees 
were out of 
work as of Tuesday.
	City officials decided to close the 
plant because of 
recent explosions at the  facility, said 
Steve Reding, who 
works in the accounting department at the 
plant. Mesa 
officials could not be reached for comment. 
	"I have to try and find a way to feed my 
four 
children," said Donald Wilson, a production 
worker who has 
worked at the plant for 2 1/2 years.
	Symington vowed to help resolve the 
disputes 
between Mesa officials and TRW management, 
but said the 
dispute is between the City of Mesa and the 
plant, not the 
state. 
	"I will do everything I can to help 
you," he said. "You 
have my word on it. My purpose is to see 
1,600 people go 
back to work." 
	Employees said the plant "goes above and 
beyond" 
what is required to ensure their safety. 
	"We feel safer at work than we do on the 
streets of the 
city, " said TRW employee Dan Noakes. 
	"The safety features are absolutely 
tremendous," 
Reding added. "Everything works exactly the 
way it is 
supposed to." 
	TRW supplies airbags to Ford, Chrysler 
and General 
Motors. Employees are hopeful the economic 
impact of the 
closure will force officials to reopen the 
plant. 
	"This is going to have a national 
impact," Reding said.
	Azide and iron oxide, two highly 
explosive chemicals 
used in the manufacturing of air bags, have 
been the cause of 
the recent explosions at the facility, said a 
member of TRW's 
emergency response team who asked not to be 
identified for 
personal reasons. The chemicals cause the air 
bag to expand 
on impact.
	Employees blame recent bad publicity 
about the 
explosions and "irresponsible journalism" for 
the city's 
decision to close the plant. 
	"Every time we have an explosion, the 
media comes 
in and dogs us," Reding said. 
	He added that journalists only focus on 
the explosion 
at the plant, but when they are asked to look 
at the safety 
measures in place they are "not interested."
	Employees plan to hold additional 
rallies tomorrow, 
but are optimistic the plant will not stay 
closed.
	"Personally, I don't think the plant 
will be closed more 
than a day," Reding said, adding that he was 
hopeful the 
national economic impact of the closure will 
force officials to reopen the facility.

Fraternity blames other for house damage

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Members of the fraternity that battled 
student 
government president Chris Weber's house at a 
local bar on 
Thursday told police that he wasn't the only 
Pi Kappa Alpha 
member involved in criminal acts that night.
	Pi Kappa Alpha members reportedly broke 
into 
Sigma Phi Epsilon's house and smashed two 
windows, broke 
a leg on a pool table and assaulted a member 
of the 
fraternity, according to statements made in 
an ASU 
Department of Public safety report. Weber was 
arrested and 
charged with assaulting a woman after an 
earlier brawl with 
some Sigma Phi Epsilon members that same  
night at the 
Dash Inn, 731 E. Apache Blvd.
	Chris Ward, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha's 
alumni 
advisory board and spokesman for the 
fraternity, said the 
board is looking into the incident. He said 
he doesn't know 
yet if Pi Kappa Alpha members were 
responsible for the 
break-in.
	"We're not saying members didn't do it, 
we're not 
saying members did," Ward said. "We don't 
know at this 
point."
	He added that he didn't know if the 
break-in was 
related to the fight at the Dash Inn.
	According to the police report, Mark 
Coleman, a 
member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, told police that 
just before 1 
a.m., Pi Kappa Alpha members broke into his 
house after the 
fight at the Dash Inn. Another unidentified 
member told 
police that about five Pi Kappa Alpha members 
came in, 
kicked him in the stomach and then tackled 
him. The man 
said he could not identify his attackers.
	Both Coleman and the man told police 
they did not 
want to press charges. Coleman stated that he 
wanted a 
report taken so his house could get 
reimbursed for damages, 
which are estimated at $1,000.
	Lt. Kay Gojkovich of the ASU police said 
because no 
one wanted to press charges in the break-in, 
there would be 
no further investigation of the incident. She 
said she believed 
members of both houses have agreed to work 
out the 
incident themselves.
	"That is not unusual for two houses to 
do that in the 
University  system," Gojkovich said.  
	ASU Chief of Police Lanny Standridge 
said he does 
not know if Pi Kappa Alpha members are 
responsible for the 
break-in. He said all police know is what the 
witnesses of the 
incident told them, but not if it is true.
	After the break-in, about 40 to 50 
members of both 
houses gathered on Alpha Drive, between Sigma 
Phi 
Epsilon's house, 615 Alpha Drive, and Pi 
Kappa Alpha's 
house, 620 Alpha Drive. Police were called to 
the scene and 
broke up the crowd. They also arrested Weber 
at this time 
after the woman he reportedly hit and other 
witnesses 
identified him as the assailant.
	Weber has denied punching the woman, 
saying that 
Sigma Phi Epsilon members pinned the assault 
on him to get 
back at his fraternity.
	Jeff Adams, president of Sigma Phi 
Epsilon, said that 
isn't true. He said the fraternity members 
who pointed out 
Weber did not know that he is the president 
of ASU's 
student government.
	He also said Phi Kappa Alpha members 
committed 
the break-in at his house. It was done in 
retaliation for the 
fight at the Dash Inn, Adams said.
	Pi Kappa Alpha members admitted to 
breaking into 
the house and their alumni board agreed to 
pay for the 
damage, he added.
	Ward said no agreements have been made. 
He said 
he, along with Greek Life Coordinator Tim 
Bills and ASU 
fraternity adviser Peter Leighton, met with 
the fraternities 
Tuesday night to discuss the incident.
	Bills said a Greek Review Board hearing 
will be held 
at a future date to handle the issue. The 
board may take into 
consideration any informal resolutions taken 
by the two 
fraternities before handing down any possible 
sanctions, he 
said. He would not comment on what the 
sanctions may be.
	Matt DePew, president of Pi Kappa Alpha, 
said his 
fraternity is very competitive on the 
athletic field with Sigma 
Phi Epsilon, but the two groups get along 
fine.
	"There's no hard feelings ... (we have) 
nothing but 
respect (for Sigma Phi Epsilon)," he said.
	Leighton said he doesn't believe the 
break-in was part 
of an ongoing feud between the two 
fraternities.
	"I would say this is an isolated 
incident at this point," 
he said.
	Leighton and other Greek leaders will 
take the proper 
measures to handle the incident, he said, 
adding that he 
doesn't expect any future conflicts.
	Besides Weber's arrest and the break-in 
at Sigma Phi 
Alpha, another fraternity member has been 
involved with 
police this semester. On Aug. 21, a Sigma Chi 
member was 
charged with aggravated assault after 
allegedly beating a 
black man outside his fraternity house.
	Leighton said these were all isolated 
incidents and not 
indicative of normal fraternity conduct.
	"I am very confident that isolated 
individuals don't 
make up (fraternity) chapters," he said. "I 
think that there's 
no doubt (that the break-in is) something 
that we need to 
address and help our students learn from 
these incidents."

Editorial: Alpha Drive Blues

	It's no fun to be an ASU Greek these 
days.
	Stereotypes of fraternity members have 
been floating 
around for a long time - but this year, at 
least at ASU, these 
stereotypes are apparently being reinforced.
	Aug. 21: Sigma Chi member Brian Southard 
is 
charged with severely beating a black man 
outside the 
fraternity house. Police are still undecided 
on whether or not 
to level hate crime charges against Southard.
	Sept. 21: Members from the Pi Kappa 
Alpha and 
Sigma Phi Epsilon houses clash in the Dash 
Inn - and a 
woman is hit.  After being thrown out of the 
bar by 
bouncers, the combatants carry on the melee 
in the parking 
lot of Rother's Bookstore.
	Later in the evening, the Sigma Phi 
Epsilon house is 
invaded - a pool table is damaged, and a man 
is assaulted. 
No charges are filed, but Sigma Phi Epsilon 
members claim 
the invaders were "Pikes," and seek monetary 
compensation 
for the damages.
	It is obvious that there are problems on 
Alpha Drive.
	But it would be unfair to say that the 
two incidents 
are indicative of widespread malfeasance on 
Fraternity Row; 
that a predilection to violence is ingrained 
into any young 
man sporting Greek letters.
	The concept of a fraternity remains a 
noble one. It 
gives young men a sense of belonging, a sense 
of pride, a 
sense of camaraderie.
	For many young men and women entering 
college 
and leaving home for the first time, we can 
think of no better 
place to start than a fraternity or a 
sorority.
	Pride in one's group is a good thing - 
provided it is 
not carried too far.
	Carry it too far, and you may begin to 
see things as a 
"us against them" scenario.
	But fraternities are hardly universal in 
doing this - 
and hardly alone.
	During the week preceding the ASU-UofA 
football 
game, many students get a serious case of 
bloodlust.
	Band members from the visiting school 
can expect a 
hail of randomly-thrown objects while passing 
in front of the 
rival student section, not to mention obscene 
words and 
gestures.
	Truckloads of students cruise between 
Tempe and 
Tucson, seeking to  vandalize each other's 
schools in an 
attempt to propagate "school pride."
	And, yes, throngs of ASU and UofA fans 
inevitably 
brawl every year before, during and after 
"The Game."
	"But it's just a football game!"
	Sure it is. But that doesn't change the 
fact that it 
arouses a tremendous passion within students 
from both 
universities.
	Fraternities share a similar passion - 
and some within 
their ranks express this passion in less-
than-appropriate 
ways.
	But fraternities would be wise to be 
especially vigilant 
in preventing future "incidents."
	Every future brawl, every future act of 
vandalism, 
will only serve to further reinforce the 
stereotype.
	We would especially advise members of 
the two 
feuding houses to cool it. Tensions are 
obviously high 
between the two fraternities - but, in the 
end, it is pointless.
	Keep this rivalry a "friendly" one. In 
the end, you're 
hurting no one but yourselves.

Column: E-mail provides more open points of view

Delia Maldonado
Columnist 
 	I have made a discovery. It is possible 
to have the 
perfect relationship. It is possible to have 
your way all time, 
to start a conversation when you want and to  
end a 
conversation when you want. There are two 
ways you can 
have this.
	The first is by using e-mail.
	I made the discovery about a year ago, 
but I had 
never taken advantage of the social aspect. 
Then about a 
week ago, something happened to me that 
changed the way 
I feel about talking to real people. 
	I received a letter via e-mail from a 
guy who had read 
my column on affirmative action. He told me 
how much he 
appreciated someone voicing his side, a side 
a lot of white 
men can't openly admit to having. His letter 
made me realize 
just how amazing e-mail really is. We can say 
so many 
things without having anyone judge us or 
condemn us. I was 
a little worried that my address was so 
accessible, but then I 
realized I would never have heard from this 
guy if it wasn't. 
	I think about my columns a little 
differently now. I 
know there are least three or four people who 
actually read 
them and have thoughts on them. Sure, I've 
overheard my 
name in the same sentence as an expletive or 
two, but more 
often then not people simply appreciate an 
opinion that is 
not often heard.
	John Doe (not his real name) opened my 
eyes to this. 
He also opened my eyes to the beauty of e-
mail because as 
soon as I got his letter, I quickly forwarded 
it to 20 or 30 of 
my closest and dearest friends. "Look," I 
told people, "They 
like me, they really like me!"
	Most of the notes were returned to my 
account. It 
seems many of my friends have not been 
keeping their 
accounts active. But that's OK. I also 
printed about 50 hard 
copies and sent one to each of my relatives, 
dead and alive. 
Surprisingly, none of them have been sent 
back.
	The second thing that happened is on a 
more somber 
note. I found I had a perfect relationship 
right under my 
nose. Unfortunately, I will never have it 
again. 
	This is going to sound silly, but my cat 
disappeared 
last Saturday night. Yes, my cat. Hey, people 
have written 
columns on things much less pertinent than 
this. So cut me 
some slack on this one.
	Bumper, my cat, likes to go out and roam 
the streets 
at night. He has been known to hang out with 
some 
neighbor cats for a day or two. So when he 
didn't come 
home for a couple of days, I didn't think it 
was such a big 
deal. But now it's been over a week and I 
have to face the 
fact that either he found a place he likes 
better than mine, or 
something bad has happened. Neither thought 
is more 
pleasant than the other.
	Bumper and I moved here from New York at 
the 
same time. We both had the same attitudes 
toward life. We 
would like to be kept, but realize that 
eventually a certain 
amount of work will be required for us to 
remain fed and 
clothed. In his case just fed, though I did 
buy him a collar 
once. The next morning I woke up to find he 
had managed 
to twist it into his mouth and had spent the 
entire night with 
his mouth completely open. He never wore the 
collar again.
	OK, talking to my e-mail pals and 
obsessing about my 
cat do not make for the perfect relationship. 
But there is 
something to be said for not having to deal 
with people on a 
regular basis. No one ever rear-ends you on 
the information 
superhighway, and my cat never asked to 
borrow money. 
	On the other hand, there are no hugs in 
cyberspace 
and Bumper rarely got up out of bed to bring 
me a beer.
	Maybe the perfect relationship is 
actually one that 
requires hard work, a strong commitment and 
rewards you 
with love and understanding.
	Then again, maybe not.

Delia Maldonado is a graduate student 
studying journalism.

Column: ASU perfect example of critic's theory

Steve Forsberg 
Columnist
	If Thorstein Veblen were alive today he 
would be 
thrilled to observe Arizona State University 
in action. This 
university, you see, is the culmination of a 
process that 
Veblen saw beginning in the early part of 
this century.
	Veblen was an economist and social 
critic who wrote 
and taught around the turn of the century. He 
is often 
mentioned in the footnotes of economic texts 
as the man 
who came up with the term "conspicuous 
consumption." My 
interest in his writings began when I was 
told that despite 
being considered one of the century's better 
minds, he had 
never been able to get tenure as a professor. 
This was due in 
large part to his habit of telling things as 
he saw them, not as 
the college presidents wanted to hear them.
	His book Higher Learning in America, 
published in 
1918, outlined a coming sea of change in 
education. 
Appropriately enough it was subtitled A 
Memorandum on 
the Conduct of Universities by Businessmen. 
Veblen foresaw 
the end of an era, the replacement of the 
values of 
scholarship with the values of business. 
Money would 
become an end unto itself, and schools would 
become more 
like factories than families. He predicted 
many of the 
complaints currently  being heard about major 
universities.
	Veblen's warnings were dismissed by most 
of the 
mainstream education establishment. For 
example, he had 
predicted that schools would soon be lowering 
their 
academic standards for athletes, since 
athletics could rake in 
big money and it was money, not scholarship, 
that school 
officials would value. Who had heard of such 
a preposterous 
thing?
	The ASU catalog states that athletics 
were begun at 
ASU as a way to make money. Not as a way to 
foster 
"student athletes" or "sound minds and 
bodies," but as a way 
to make money, period. 
	Veblen would chuckle at the academic 
history of the 
ASU basketball team. In October of 1981 it 
was reported in 
the State Press that the average GPA for the 
basketball team 
was 2.0 and that special assistance to 
athletes would attempt 
to raise it to the approximate 3.0 of the 
student body in 
general. In September of 1990 the State Press 
reported that 
the average basketball GPA was 2.07. At that 
rate, it will 
only take about 126 years for the basketball 
team's academics 
to reflect those of the university at large, 
and that will 
probably be due more to declining standards 
than athletic 
department improvement. In the 1990 issue, 
Jerry Kingston, 
the then-faculty athletic representative, 
warned that the 
"competitive balance" could be placed in 
jeopardy if 
standards at ASU were raised. So naturally 
they haven't 
been raised very much. Money is much more 
important than 
academic achievement.
	As one T.A. explained to me, the 
university produces 
not education but credit hours. The more 
students that can 
be squeezed into a class, the more credit 
hours that can be 
produced for the fixed cost of the professor, 
etc. That would 
explain the (supposedly) upper division 
ethics course I took 
last year. Shoehorning 300 students into a 
class with one 
professor and one T.A. is a good way to save 
money. Of 
course Veblen probably wouldn't be able to 
suppress his 
laughter at an upper division philosophy 
course that 
required no written work, since there wasn't 
enough staff to 
grade it. ASU is apparently a Research I 
school that hopes 
the ethical dilemmas its graduates face will 
not be too tough.
	Sadly enough, the drive for money that 
Veblen 
foresaw on the part of school officials has 
infected the 
student body as well. At one time a large 
proportion of 
people went on to higher education because 
they wanted to 
learn. In this day and age it seems that most 
people go 
because they feel they have to  in order to 
make money. 
Classes are packed with students who, though 
bright and 
capable of college level work, really don't 
have any great 
interest in what they are studying. They lack 
the intellectual 
curiosity and enthusiasm for learning that 
has traditionally 
made university level teaching such a joy. 
Professors are 
increasingly faced with rooms full of bored, 
disinterested 
and sometimes downright sullen students who, 
having little 
interest in the subject, expect the prof to 
turn class into an 
entertainment experience.
	For most of these students the 
university is just a big 
job training program, less a place to pursue 
an education 
than a place to purchase a degree.
	Maybe, one day, the university will be 
for those 
seeking enlightenment, not dollars.

Steve Forsberg is a senior studying history.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: State Press unfair in its portrayal of Greek system

	In response to Tuesday's "What is up 
with that?" 
column, written by  Christina Bailey, I must 
say that I 
disagree with her outlook.
	It is imperative that one know all the 
facts before they 
"runneth off at the mouth," especially when 
the overflow 
reaches the mass population of America's 
fifth-largest 
university.
	Far be it for an adult male to choose to 
belong to a 
Greek organization in college. At this point 
in time, you run 
the risk of being labeled as an individual 
who is a blood-
thirsty animal, driven only by the quest for 
beer. This is 
simply not the case. With more than 3,000 
people involved in 
the well-governed and highly-regulated Greek 
life on this 
campus, you cannot and should not take the 
actions of a few 
individuals and brand a large portion of the 
student 
population with the same label.
	In both instances the actions of the 
individuals were 
wrong, and with that I do agree. One must 
take into account 
that there are also about 100 members in each 
of the 
organizations that you have named.
	What about the people that were not 
involved in this 
behavior? Is it fair for those that abide by 
the regulations of 
this institution to come under fire for those 
that do not?
	So often the Greeks on this campus are 
thrown into 
the spotlight for negative things. The media, 
including the 
State Press, takes pleasure in portraying 
Greeks as those of 
years past. Ms. Bailey, what do you really 
know about Greek 
organizations besides the myths and 
stereotypes that you 
help to perpetuate?
	I can attest to the fact that it is like 
getting "blood from 
a rock" to have the  State Press cover a 
Greek event. Where 
was all the hype when Greeks were one of the 
main 
supporters for AIDS Awareness Week? Where was 
the hype 
when we collectively donated more than 
$300,000 to charity 
in the last three years? Where was the 
coverage when more 
than 300 Greek students went out Valley wide 
as 
participants in the Christmas in April 
community service 
project for the last two years? Or for "Into 
The Streets" 
participation, or being virtually the only  
participants in 
ASU's Homecoming event, or staging self-
defense classes 
that are open to the public?
	The list goes on and on.
	If Bailey chooses to lump all 
individuals into groups 
based on the actions of a few, that would 
mean that the 
entire population housed in residence halls, 
for example, 
would be a group of pot-smoking, 
paraphernalia-wielding, 
underage  drinkers. That is not the case.
	As a journalist, and as a paper, you 
have a 
responsibility to report the events of this 
campus for the 
student population. That does not give you 
the right to  
target one group of individuals and 
continually cover them 
with a tabloid-style slant. If one wants to 
discuss those 
things that are "unacceptable," let's start 
with "yellow 
journalism."

Sean Rankine
Senior
Sociology

Letter: Problems can be solved by solutions, not condemnation

	I'm writing in reference to Tina 
Holder's column in 
Monday's State Press. She claims that no one 
cares about 
important issues and that no one is willing 
to act unless they 
themselves are the ones who are suffering. 
This criticism is 
both prejudiced and unwarranted.
	Her prejudice is obvious in the phrase 
"everyone 
wants to stay in their lily-white castles." 
Yes, I'm Caucasian, 
a member of the majority ethnic group. And 
I'm as proud of 
my heritage as Tina is of hers. Yes, some 
Caucasians are 
bigots, but apparently so are some Native 
Americans. I'll use 
Tina's own argument against her - don't brand 
me as a 
selfish racist simply because of the color of 
my skin.
	A perfect world would have no prejudice, 
no 
violence, no hunger. A less than perfect 
world would have 
more than enough people dedicated to justice 
to  overcome 
any defects. However, the seriously flawed 
world we 
actually live in cannot be made perfect. 
Although a lot of 
people do what they can to alleviate  the 
misery of others, 
injustice in all its forms still exists, and 
probably will 
continue to exist to some degree despite 
people's best efforts.
	I'm concerned about many global 
problems: domestic 
violence, famine in the Third World, ozone 
and rainforest 
depletion, disappearing political activists, 
war and epidemic 
diseases, to name a few. On a more personal 
level I'm faced 
with other problems: rising tuition, 
diminishing financial 
aid, class scheduling conflicts, admission to 
graduate school 
and homesickness. Of these two lists, one 
seems horrifyingly 
trivial when compared to the other. But this 
is the "real" 
world. We all have to deal with problems of 
varying 
magnitude, from inconsequential to life-
threatening. We 
cannot, as individuals, remake the world, but 
every action 
we take can make a degree of difference.
	I may not choose militant activism, but 
that doesn't 
mean that I'm not trying to ease some of the 
troubles that 
confront me on a daily basis. I may not 
choose to be involved 
in the fight for Native American rights, but 
that doesn't 
mean that I'm unaware of the problem or 
unconcerned about 
it. I do what I can with the resources I 
have, but I have my 
own priorities and methods for achieving my 
goals. It's 
unfair to assume that people don't want to 
get involved or 
don't care just because they have made 
different choices.
	By this point, anyone who's read Tina's 
columns 
knows that Native Americans have suffered 
injustices, that 
many are plagued by economic hardship, 
prejudice and a 
host of other problems. Now it's time to tell 
people  what 
they can do, who they can contact, what 
support they can 
offer. If she wants the ASU community to "do 
something" 
about issues that are important to  her, she 
should offer 
specific ideas for action. She should be a 
leader, not merely  a 
storyteller. But most of all, she needs to 
spend less time 
condemning people who don't share her 
priorities.

Julie Driver
Junior
Asian Languages

ASU volleyball team's recent skid drops it to No. 16 in national polls

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	Losing to a pair of Pac-10 teams last 
weekend didn't 
only drop ASU's record to 7-2 (1-2 Pac-10), 
it also dropped 
its national ranking.
	The Sun Devils were dropped five slots 
from last 
week in the Volleyball Magazine national poll 
to 16th. This 
drop brings ASU close to the No. 18 ranking 
projected in the 
preseason. ASU Coach Patti Snyder-Park said 
the polls have 
no effect on the team's spirits.
	"It's all publicity," she said. "It 
gives an idea for the 
people in town and at ASU of the strength of 
the team."

Christine Garner-ASU's senior outside hitter 
currently leads 
the Pac-10 in kills per game (3.97) and aces 
(.50). 

	NOTES:
	* Seven Pac-10 teams are currently 
ranked in the top 
20 nationally, the most of any Division I 
conference. While 
ASU is ranked sixth in the Pac-10, it leads 
the conference in 
team digs per game with 17.82.
	Individually, senior outside hitter 
Christine Garner 
leads the Pac-10 in kills (3.97 per game) and 
service aces 
(0.50 per game). She is sixth in overall 
hitting percentage at 
.307.
	Freshman setter Jolynn Faatulu is third 
in assists at 
12.29 per game while sophomore outside hitter 
Terri Cox is 
second in digs with 3.81 per game.
	* After undergoing knee surgery three 
weeks ago, 
junior middle blocker Kirstin Mattson played 
in her first 
game Saturday against the Huskies. She had 
five kills and 
four block assists in her return. 
	Snyder-Park said she was generally 
satisfied with her 
debut performance.
	"She fatigued at the tail-end and she 
didn't do that 
much offensively, but we probably didn't give 
her enough 
opportunities," Snyder-Park said of Mattson.
	While the Sun Devils are generally 
healthy, they are 
still nursing a few injuries, Snyder-Park 
added. 
	Freshman outside hitter Mindi Larsen has 
been 
utilized as a back row specialist until she 
recovers from an 
abdominal muscle pull.
	Faatulu is rehabilitating from ongoing 
knee and back 
problems.
	* Cox has adopted an Elliot Perry-esque 
look to her 
game. Her knee-high socks can been spotted 
anywhere on 
the court. To boost her game, Cox has also 
decorated her 
shoes with ASU stickers, and so far it seems 
to be working. 
Cox has posted 122 digs in 32 games this 
season, while last 
year she had 238 digs in 99 games.
	* Even though the two losses to the 
Huskies and the 
Cougars last weekend were highlighted by Sun 
Devil 
inconsistencies, the game statistics appeared 
otherwise. Cox 
had a season-high 30 digs against Washington 
and senior 
outside hitter Christine Garner had a season-
high 27 kills 
against Washington and Washington State.

Sun Devils can only hope to contain Johnson

Snyder says he will alternate coverages on 
Trojan receiver

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	The Sun Devil football team won't be 
able to stop 
USC's Heisman Trophy candidate Keyshawn 
Johnson 
Saturday when ASU faces No. 5 USC, but can 
only hope to 
contain the lanky wide receiver, said Coach 
Bruce Snyder.
	"We won't stop Keyshawn," Snyder said 
Tuesday. 
"We are just trying to limit what he does, 
trying to keep him 
under control. He gets his stuff. That's what 
he does."
	ASU will be without its top cover 
corner, senior 
Marcus Soward, this Saturday while Soward is 
recovers 
from a nagging groin injury. Soward, who did 
not dress last 
week, has missed two of ASU's first four 
games and played 
sparingly in the other two. Snyder said 
redshirt freshman 
corner Lamont Morgan will see his first 
significant playing 
time of the year and could even start. Morgan 
has good size 
at the corner position (6-foot, 192 pounds) 
and may match 
up well against the 6-foot, 4-inch Johnson.
	"Lamont Morgan has earned the right to 
play more," 
Snyder said. "He's practiced well for a 
couple of weeks. He's 
earned that right. I wish I would have played 
him more this 
last game."
	Snyder said instead of playing one man 
exclusively 
on Johnson, he will mix up the coverages.
	"You can't double him all the time, 
otherwise the rest 
of the team will kill you," Snyder said. 
"You've got to change 
it up - try to play some tendencies and take 
some calculated 
risks... We'll do both (single and double 
coverage)."

Lamont
Morgan/ASU's redshirt freshman has good size 
for a corner 
at 6-foot, 192 pounds. He will see 
significant action against 
USC and will possibly square off with 
Keyshawn Johnson.

	Crawford MVP
	After reviewing film from last 
Saturday's 20-11 
victory over Oregon State, Snyder said 
sophomore defensive 
end Malchi Crawford was named defensive MVP.
	"Malchi's graded out the highest he's 
ever graded," 
Snyder said. "He was the defensive player of 
the game, so 
that was a real good performance."
	Snyder said Crawford finished with seven 
tackles, 
three of them for losses.
	"His technique improved and his effort, 
sprinting to 
the ball," Snyder said.
	Senior defensive lineman Mike Langridge 
also stood 
out, Snyder said.
	"Langridge made a lot of plays as a 
backup," he said 
of Langridge, who played 40 snaps against the 
Beavers.
	Snyder said the best start of any of the 
defensive 
linemen may have been sophomore defensive 
tackle Jason 
Reynolds, but he left the game early because 
of ankle sprain.
	"Jason started out so fast that he got 
hurt," he said. 
"He played very well when he was in there."
	Injury update
	On this week's injury front, the Sun 
Devils will be 
without sophomore left guard Kyle Murphy for 
at least three 
to four weeks. Murphy sprained his left knee 
in the OSU 
game. Redshirt-freshman Mike Barnes will fill 
that position, 
Snyder said, adding that junior Pat Thompson 
may slide 
over from his right guard position.
	Reynolds and junior defensive tackle 
Shawn Swayda 
are day to day with ankle sprains. However, 
both tweaked 
their ankles in practice, Snyder said.
	"It looks like Jason has a much greater 
chance of 
playing effectively than Shawn does right 
now," Snyder said. 
"It's been hurting Shawn a long time and he's 
really 
frustrated. Injuries are the worst thing. 
They are so frustrating."

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK FIVE

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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Tuesday:
* Someone damaged the Palo Verde East 
elevator.
* An unknown man attempted to rob a woman who 
was 
walking on Orange  Street.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for loitering at 51 E. Tenth St.
* Someone broke into a vending machine at 
Cowden Family 
Resources and stole $80.
* Someone broke into a vending machine in the 
Anthropology Building and stole $75.
* Three bicycles were reported stolen.

Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Tuesday:
* A 25-year-old woman was arrested for 
disorderly conduct 
and assault after being involved in a fight 
with her boyfriend 
at the Q-N-Brew, 3400 S. Mill Ave. She was 
upset with him 
because she thought he was seeing another 
woman so she 
threw a glass at him. The fight moved 
outside, where she 
then pushed her boyfriend, bit him on the arm 
and punched 
him in the head.
* A 19-year-old woman was arrested for 
assault after biting 
her live-in boyfriend's arm, scratching his 
neck and 
threatening to stab him with a 7-inch kitchen 
knife.
* A 19-year-old man was arrested for 
possession of 
marijuana and possession of drug 
paraphernalia after police 
found a small baggie containing a green leafy 
substance in 
the door of his truck. A search of his 
pockets revealed rolling 
papers.
* A 21-year-old man was arrested for theft 
after stealing two 
cans of carburetor cleaner from his 
workplace.
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 Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society- Video 
presentation: "The Making of a Doctor." 6:30 p.m.; LSE 104.
* ASU Cycling Club - Meeting for club activities and racing. 
Everyone welcome. 8 p.m.; Fountains south of the MU.
* ASASU - Super Bowl XXX question and answer session 
featuring Steve Patterson of the Host Committee, Steve 
Miller of the ASU Planning Committee and ASASU 
President Chris Weber. 7:30 p.m.; MU lower level, 
Programming Lounge.
* Communication Student Association - All communication 
majors welcome to CSA weekly meetings on Wednesdays. 
3:30 p.m.; MU Coconino Room.
* Eckankar - Discussion: Karma, the spiritual form of the 
physical law of cause and effect. For more info, call 965-
2860. 
Noon; MU Graham Room.
* 4XArch - Architecture mentor group and phat tire phun. 
All "skins" welcome. 6 p.m.; American Indian Institute 
Conference Room.
* Hawaii Club - Meeting to discuss what to bring to picnic. 
6 
p.m.; MU Najavo Room.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - Our classes are growing. Come join 
us every Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m.; Check 
monitors for nightly locations. 5:30 p.m.; MU 222.
* Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Discussion Group - Free 
ongoing weekly discussion of issues for lesbian and bisexual 
women. Today's topic: Dating rules. 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; MU 
lower level, Women's Student Center.
* Maricopa Community College District. - Phyllis Frelick, 
first of the honors forum speakers, presents "Signs of 
Understanding." She will draw from her experience as an 
actress who won Tony and Emmy awards. 7:30 p.m.; 
Radisson Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Ballroom.
* MUAB Film Committee - Shawshank Redemption. 3 p.m.; 
MU lower level, cinema.
* MUAB Special Events Committee - Meeting. Everybody 
welcome. 3:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 1A.
* NATAS - All-member meeting. New and old members 
welcome. Guest speaker: Bill Ottinger, creative services 
director for Channel 3, and president of the Arizona chapter 
of NATAS. 6 p.m.; MU Cochise Room.
* Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club - Speaker from Colorado 
State University concerning requirements for application to 
veterinary school. 7 p.m.; AGB 301.
* Recreation Major Student Association - General meeting: 
discussion of events. 9 a.m.; MU Student Lounge.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - Free reading 
skills 
workshop: SQ4R. 11:40 a.m.; MU Navajo Room.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - Free computer 
skills workshops: Microsoft Excel, 10 a.m.; Using the 
Internet, 1 p.m.; Open to all students and staff. SSV 361 A.
* Women in Communication - Ice cream social. 2 p.m. to 4 
p.m.; MU Santa Cruz Room.
* The Writing Center - Workshop: Practical grammar. 1:40 
p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; LL A202.