Successful NFL-endorsed events look super for Tempe's resume

By Angela Mull
State Press
	The success of Super Bowl-sanctioned 
events like the 
23rd annual Way-Out-West Oktoberfest could 
influence the 
National Football League to bring the Super 
Bowl back to 
Arizona, a Super Bowl official said. 
	"We need to impress the NFL so we can 
have the 
Super Bowl come back," said Mike Tabaka, 
Super Bowl XXX 
Host Committee special event coordinator. "If 
these events are 
a flop, they may not want to come back. But 
if we give 
nothing but good reasons to come back and if 
everybody has a 
good time, they'll be back."
	The success of early events like 
Oktoberfest and the 
Phantom of the Opera from Dec. 19 to Jan. 27 
could serve as 
an indicator for higher attendance at the 
January events, he 
said. 
	The 1995 Oktoberfest was Tempe's most 
successful 
event, said Jane Neuheisel, Oktoberfest 
chairwoman. The city 
expected at least 50,000 people and $50,000 
in revenues and 
met both goals, she said. Oktoberfest 
volunteers were pleased 
with the results of the Friday through Sunday 
festivities, 
Neuheisel said.
	"We're ready to do it all again, but not 
right away," 
she said. 
	The revenues will go to Tempe Sister 
Cities Corp., 
which hosted the event, and will be used to 
run the group's 
annual foreign exchange program for high 
school students.
	Although Oktoberfest was the first 
sanctioned Super 
Bowl event, Neuheisel said attaching the NFL 
logo may not 
have contributed to the high turnout.
	"We've been at this for so many years, 
some people 
just come every year," she said. 
	However, Nachie Marquez, Super Bowl 
coordinator 
for the city of Tempe, said both the 
Cardinals game and the 
NFL logo helped draw crowds to Oktoberfest.
	"That type of event is successful 
anyway, but when 
you add the Super Bowl and all the excitement 
around the 
Valley, it assists that event in helping it 
be more successful," 
she said.
	NFL-sanctioned events in Tempe help 
bring people to 
the city and contribute to the economy 
through sales taxes, 
Marquez said. Tempe is projecting a possible 
$1.5 million in 
sales tax revenues.
	Sanctioned events also give people who 
cannot attend 
the Super Bowl an opportunity to experience 
both Tempe's 
entertainment and the Super Bowl venue, she 
said. 
	"Knowing that the majority don't have 
tickets, it's the 
next best thing to it," she said. "Being in 
the town where the 
Super Bowl will be played and having events 
in walking 
distance of Sun Devil Stadium helps create 
excitement and 
anticipation of the game."

The Verdict

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	The long-awaited verdict in the O.J. 
Simpson murder 
trial will be broadcast at 10 a.m. today on 
televisions around 
the world, as well as across campus.
	Students not able to return home can 
tune in to the 
event on a number of TVs in the lower level 
of the Memorial 
Union, the Student Recreation Complex and in 
residence hall 
TV lounges.
	The verdict will be carried live on 
KTVK-TV 
(Channel 3, CNN), KPHO-TV (Channel 5, CBS), 
KSAZ-TV 
(Channel 10, Fox), KPNX-TV (Channel 12, NBC) 
and 
KNXV-TV (Channel 15, ABC).
	Live radio coverage of the verdict will 
also be 
available on KASR-AM (1260), KTAR-AM (620) 
and KFYI-
AM (910).
	O.J. Simpson trial junkies may also want 
to hit local 
restaurants where TVs will be blaring the 
verdict.
	Joanna Scorsone of Stan's Metro Deli, 
411 S. Mill 
Ave., said she didn't know if Stan's will be 
any busier because 
of the verdict announcement, but she already 
knows what the 
verdict will be.
	"He's guilty," she said. "I know what to 
expect 
anyway."

Faculty defend tenure in face of ABOR review

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press 
	In the midst of the Arizona Board of 
Regents' review 
of tenure, ASU faculty are defending the 
time-honored system 
as a way of guaranteeing academic freedom at 
the University. 
	"With tenure, faculty members can speak 
their minds 
and put forth unpopular positions," said 
Leonard Valverde, 
College of Education dean. "Without it, a 
person ... could be 
eliminated for expressing a view that 
decision-makers don't 
like."
	Tenure has come under attack by 
opponents who 
claim the system is outdated and does not 
hold faculty 
accountable for their current work. ABOR 
members have 
expressed a desire to look into modifying or 
even eliminating 
the system at Arizona's three universities.
	Despite the review, advocates of tenure 
defend the 
system as an adequate way to evaluate 
qualified faculty.
	Gary Krahenbuhl, dean of the College of 
Liberal Arts 
and Sciences, said tenure is essential to 
ensure genuine debate 
on controversial subjects.
	"If this is to be a healthy society and 
a democracy, 
there has to be a place where people can be 
free to inquire, and 
there isn't freedom if someone doesn't agree 
with your views 
and they fire you because of that," he said. 
	Roger Morgan, dean of the College of 
Law, said he 
thinks every program should be reviewed 
periodically. He 
added that when the regents review tenure, 
they may find ways 
to improve it. 
	"I suspect that when the system is 
studied, there will 
be ways to improve it," he said. "Whenever 
something is 
studied there usually are ways to make things 
even better." 
	Faculty must wait six years to be 
eligible for tenure at 
ASU. During their evaluation of tenure, 
faculty are judged on 
their ability to teach and research in their 
specialized field. 
	Once granted tenure, the performance of 
faculty 
members is evaluated annually. Vice Provost 
Walter Harris 
said it is "extremely rare" for tenured 
faculty to be removed 
from the University.
	Tenure has enabled ASU and universities 
nationwide 
to be leaders in higher education, Morgan 
said. 
	"If the tenure and promotion process at 
this university 
or in American higher education in general 
were substantially 
flawed, then our universities would not enjoy 
the prestige and 
reputations that they enjoy worldwide," he 
said. "American 
universities are the envy of higher education 
around the world. 
We must be doing something right."

ASASU senator wants Student Life to investigate Weber

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	College of Law Sen. Sanjay Vidyadharan 
has drafted 
a petition asking Student Life to investigate 
whether student 
government President Chris Weber violated the 
Student Code 
of Conduct relating to his arrest for 
assault.
	"The (Associated Students of ASU) Senate 
request(s) 
the dean of Student Life to investigate 
President Weber's 
behavior in the events surrounding his 
arrest," he wrote in the 
petition.
	The Senate will vote on the petition at 
today's 
meeting. If passed, the Senate will file a 
complaint with 
Student Life against Weber.
	If the dean of Student Life, Art Carter, 
determines 
that Weber committed any violation against 
the code, Weber 
will be required by the Senate to resign from 
his office, 
according to the petition.
	ASASU campus affairs Vice President 
Andrea Van 
Bemmel, however, said she questioned how 
Weber could be 
"required to resign" from office.
	"He is either fired or he quits," she 
said. "We cannot 
force him to resign."
	In a statement issued last week, the 
Senate said if 
Weber is found guilty in court, official 
action may be taken. 
That action may include impeachment.
	Vidyadharan said the Senate would have 
"no 
hesitation asking for his resignation."
	Weber refused to comment on the 
petition, except to 
call it "ludicrous."
	It is very unusual for an organization 
to make this 
sort of request, Carter said.
	"If there is a complaint, we will 
investigate it," he 
said.
	However, under federal law, Carter would 
not be 
permitted to disclose to the Senate if he 
does find that Weber 
violated the code.
	"I cannot discuss with them (the Senate) 
an individual 
student's conduct," Carter said.
	Vidyadharan said disclosure of Carter's 
findings 
would be up to Weber, but added that "he is 
morally bound to 
report the facts to the Senate."
	"This will take some pressure off of the 
Senate and 
put it on him (Weber)," Vidyadharan said.
	However, there may not be enough support 
in the 
Senate to pass the petition.
	"We already know that legal action is 
being taken," 
Van Bemmel said. "There is no justification 
for involving 
Student Life; this incident happened off 
campus."
	She said it is hard to determine whether 
the petition 
will pass.
	"There is some very vocal disapproval 
(of) Chris 
(Weber)," she said. "But there is also some 
quiet support.
	"It will come down to who takes whose 
side," Van 
Bemmel said.
	Weber was arrested on suspicion of 
assault Sept. 21 
after Heidi Young, a junior pre-business 
major, filed a 
complaint with the ASU Department of Public 
Safety. She 
said she couldn't positively identify Weber 
as the assailant, but 
has several witnesses who substantiate her 
claim.
	The fight between a few members of 
Weber's 
fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, and a few members 
from Sigma 
Phi Epsilon occurred 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.
	He denies being involved in any 
altercation at the bar.
	Vidyadharan said Weber's arrest has 
thrown ASASU 
into "disrepute."
	"This incident has greatly tarnished 
President Weber's 
image, bringing into question his ability to 
be ASU students' 
spokesperson," he wrote in the petition.

Accountancy school wins governor's award

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	ASU's School of Accountancy was honored 
with the 
Governor's Spirit of Excellence award Monday 
after 
administrators spent the past five years 
revamping the 
program.
	Phillip Reckers, director of the School 
of 
Accountancy, said the award was given to the 
school for its 
continuing efforts to improve curriculum 
since it received a 
$250,000 grant from the Accounting Education 
Change 
Commission and a matching grant from the 
College of 
Business in 1990. 
	Reckers added that ASU President Lattie 
Coor 
honored the accountancy school in the fall of 
1994 with the 
President's Spirit of Excellence Award. 
Programs honored 
with this award are nominated for the 
Governor's Award.
	Stephen Happel, associate dean of the 
College of 
Business, said he nominated the School of 
Accountancy 
because the program created innovative 
courses that have met 
Coor's undergraduate initiatives. 
	"The School of Accountancy has really 
stepped 
forward and tried to do what the president 
has called for, and 
that is to revise the undergraduate 
curriculum and make it a 
stronger program," he said. "When Dean 
(Larry) Penley 
travels the country, what he hears is how 
innovative our 
accounting program is and how other schools 
look upon us as 
a leader in terms of innovation of 
curriculum."
	Reckers said the undergraduate 
accountancy program 
was changed because certain introductory 
classes failed to 
provide students with an adequate 
understanding of the 
curriculum. 
	"When they (students) came out of the 
course they 
had memorized a bunch of things, but they 
didn't understand 
what to do with it," he said. "The course has 
been changed so 
it is user-oriented. We got away from the 
lecture format to get 
to the cooperative education format."
	Reckers said faculty and staff spent 
nearly 6,000 
hours developing computer software that 
allows students to 
better understand the more difficult 
material. More than 70 
institutions nationwide are using the 
software, with profits 
going back in to the program for future 
development.
	In August, the School of Accounting was 
also given 
the American Accounting Association's 
Innovation in 
Accounting Education Award for the revisions 
made 
throughout the program.
	Happel said the College of Business is 
pleased with 
the program and believes the award will 
increase the 
marketability of graduating students.
	"I think it (the award) is wonderful," 
he said. "I think 
it shows that we are dedicated to 
undergraduate instruction and 
take great pride in innovative programs. The 
more recognition 
the School of Accountancy receives, the more 
their degrees 
will be valued in the marketplace."
	Reckers said school officials were leery 
about 
altering an accounting program which has 
consistently been 
ranked in the top 20 institutions for the 
past 15 years and is 
presently 10th in the country.
	"You don't want to tinker with a good 
thing," he said. 
"But the reality of the world is changing. If 
you stand still, it's 
slipping by."

Editorial: Lessons from Los Angeles

	The O.J. Simpson trial has finally come 
to an end. 
This morning, the world will hear the verdict 
it has been 
waiting for a year to hear.
	Guilty or innocent, the trial has had a 
dramatic effect 
on our society. As we reach the end, the time 
has come to 
reflect - to reflect on what the post-O.J. 
world will be like:
	
	* Racism in America. Ever since a 
sniper's bullet cut 
down Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, race 
relations in 
America have been shoved deep back into 
America's psyche, 
returning to haunt a slumbering nation only 
in times of great 
crisis (such as the Rodney King trial and the 
riots that 
followed).
	The minority community alleged racially-
motivated 
abuses of power by police for years. But the 
White 
community, by and large, assumed that events 
such as the 
King beating were aberrations.
	From the second that a nation heard Mark 
Fuhrman 
utter the word "nigger," those assumptions 
vanished forever.
	Fuhrman wasn't always considered a 
Hitleresque 
figure. Back at the trial's beginning, 
Fuhrman was widely 
praised in the media for his "professional" 
conduct under 
vicious cross-examination.
	The fact that such evil could lurk under 
such a 
peaceful, seemingly honorable shell should 
scare the daylights 
out of anyone. The double identity of Fuhrman 
is the 
personification of racism, American style.
	Racism is right out in the open once 
again.
	Tonight, Los Angeles could be burning 
again. 
Tonight, racial distrust could erupt into 
full-fledged war.
	Like it or not, race relations are 
something we're 
going to be looking at for a long time. Let 
us hope that death 
does not reign tonight in the streets and 
backways of Los 
Angeles.

	* The American judicial system.
	Is there something wrong with a system 
that takes 
more than a year to conduct one trial?
	Obviously, there is.
	Everything that Americans despise about 
lawyers and 
courtrooms seemed to emerge during this trial 
over the past 
year.
	This trial had it all - the slick, 
silver-tongued, 
arrogant defense attorney, the often-
incompetent prosecutor, 
the ineffective judge.
	The only thing that operated 
efficiently, in the end, 
was the jury; the panel of 12 needed only 
three hours to reach 
a verdict.
	But there were good things about the 
trial.
	More people than ever before, in all of 
American 
history, saw the judicial process unfold 
step-by-step, from the 
filing of charges to the verdict.
	For the first time, Americans could lie 
back on their 
couches, eat Cheez Doodles, and watch 
American 
jurisprudence at work. This time, it was real 
- not a distorted 
drama like Matlock or L.A. Law.
	Justice is a slow, laborious process, 
one that often 
lacks glamour. One year later, America as a 
whole is a lot 
more educated about the way its legal system 
works. 

	The O.J. Simpson trial is finally over. 
Be grateful that 
we finally find out what's going to happen to 
the Juice. But be 
grateful, too, that we have discovered so 
much about ourselves 
as well.

Editorial: Editor's note:

On Oct. 16, The Million Man March on 
Washington will take 
place. It has been hailed as a day of 
atonement for many men 
of color, a day to reunify, to register to 
vote and to let 
Congress know that people of color will not 
tolerate a rollback 
of the Civil Rights movement. I want to know 
how ASU 
students, faculty and staff feel about this 
issue. If you are a 
person of color, how have your life 
experiences shaped your 
perceptions about the state of this country 
and what kind of 
impact do you think this march can have? If 
you aren't a 
person of color, what does this march signify 
to you? How 
have your life experiences shaped your 
perceptions about the 
state of this country? The deadline for 
letters is Friday at 5 
p.m.

Column: Reasonable doubt justifies vote for acquittal

David Strow
Editor
	From Los Angeles, our day of salvation 
has arrived.
	The O.J. Simpson trial ends today. At 10 
a.m., the 
jury will deliver its verdict - and we will 
finally find out O.J.'s 
fate.
	It has me wondering what I would have 
done, if I had 
been on that panel of 12.
	After much consideration, I realized 
that I couldn't 
have voted for anything other than acquittal.
	That's right. I'd have voted to spring 
the Juice.
	It wouldn't have been an easy decision 
for me to 
make. After all, I think that O.J. probably 
did it.
	Probably.
	But probably doesn't (or shouldn't) get 
someone 
convicted in this country. To vote for 
conviction, you must be 
100 percent, absolutely, positively sure that 
the defendant did 
it.
	Beyond any reasonable doubt.
	In this nation, it is considered 
preferable to free a 
guilty man than to convict an innocent one. 
That is why we 
have "innocent until proven guilty" and 
"beyond a reasonable 
doubt."
	Sure, I've got a hunch that he did it. 
But then again, I 
had a hunch that the Phoenix Suns would win 
the NBA title in 
1993.
	Hunches have no place in a court of law 
- only 
evidence and fact.
	And there are just enough holes in the 
prosecution's 
facts to warrant a vote for acquittal.
	Several key pieces of evidence seem 
questionable.
	What about the gloves? Would they be 
"sticky" seven 
hours after the crime?
	Leave a wet pair of gloves outside 
overnight in June, 
and they'll usually be dry in the morning.
	And why didn't the gloves fit? Sure, 
they could have 
shrunk. But the fact that they didn't fit 
raises reasonable 
doubts.
	Throw in the fact that the man who found 
the gloves 
had motivation to plant evidence, and any 
person could have 
reasonable doubts about the authenticity of 
the evidence.
	Do I think that Mark Fuhrman planted 
evidence? No. 
But I also can't be entirely certain that he 
didn't.
	After all, if he didn't do anything 
wrong, why would 
he invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege when 
asked if he 
planted evidence? Wouldn't he just say "no?"
	Reasonable doubts.
	Why didn't O.J. have more scratches and 
bruises on 
his body? Based on the autopsy, it is safe to 
assume that 
Ronald Goldman put up one hell of a fight 
before he died.
	Assuming that Goldman did fight to the 
death, 
shouldn't we also assume that the attacker 
would have 
considerable scratches, abrasions or bruises?
	Simpson certainly didn't look like a man 
involved in a 
life-and-death struggle. Again, a reasonable 
doubt. Alone, this 
one is probably not enough to warrant a vote 
for acquittal, but 
it does give other doubts more credence.
	And why wasn't there more of Goldman's 
blood in 
the Bronco? There was blood all over the 
place after the 
murders - the gloves and the socks were 
soaked. Surely there 
would have been more blood in Simpson's 
vehicle than a 
minuscule blotch - a blotch that could have 
been discreetly 
placed by a motivated party.
	There are too many nagging doubts in 
this one. As 
agonizing as it is, I cannot see how the jury 
can vote for 
anything but acquittal.
	"Beyond a reasonable doubt" saves many 
innocent 
people from paying for crimes they didn't 
commit.
	If O.J. is convicted today, I will not 
weep for him. I 
suppose I will have a feeling of grim 
satisfaction - I feel in my 
heart that he did it, and if convicted, he 
will be punished.
	But a conviction would deal a horrible 
blow to 
"reasonable doubt." Despite all of the talk 
about how damning 
the evidence is against Simpson, the fact 
remains that there 
were no eyewitnesses. Every bit of evidence 
is circumstantial.
	The jury deliberated for only three 
hours. If a jury can 
vote unanimously for conviction in such a 
short time, when 
there are so many doubts that need to be 
considered, there will 
be a dangerous precedent set in Los Angeles.
	If the vote is for conviction, add 
Justice to the list of 
victims.

David Strow is a senior studying print 
journalism.

Column: Alcohol not excuse for morning-after remorse

Liz Montalbano
Columnist
	In just the short time since the 
semester began, 
several violent incidents - the beating of a 
homeless man by a 
fraternity member, the alleged assault of a 
woman in a bar by 
the Associated Students of ASU president, 
four reported 
acquaintance rapes - have occurred with a 
single element in 
common.
	All accused perpetrators were under the 
influence of 
alcohol.
	It seems the boozy beast is rearing its 
ugly head 
again, and as usual, the consequences are 
alarming.
	Beginning Oct. 13, BACCHUS, an acronym 
standing 
for Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning 
the Health of 
University Students, will sponsor National 
Collegiate Alcohol 
Awareness Week. 	
	In light of recent events, it couldn't 
come at a better 
time.
	The beginning of a new semester on a 
college campus 
is notorious for unadulterated drinking 
binges. Freshmen with 
their first taste of life away from mom and 
dad (and of various 
alcoholic beverages) are exploring their 
newly found freedom. 
Friends who haven't seen each other all 
summer celebrate their 
reunions with drunken revelries. Single men 
and women eager 
to meet someone to shack up with for the year 
practice bleary-
eyed mating rituals.
	All of this could very well result in a 
very a good 
time. Alcohol can be a catalyst for bringing 
people together, 
and social drinking is not such a bad thing. 
As Jim Rubin, 
prevention specialist and BACCHUS co-advisor 
says: "Our 
message is not total abstinence from drinking 
- it is to reach an 
awareness to the responsible use of alcohol. 
Alcohol can be 
enjoyed as long as it's practiced in 
moderation and 
responsibly."
	It's what happens when alcohol is mixed 
with 
irresponsibility that ruins the party for 
everyone.
	Statistics prove that frequent "binge 
drinkers" - 
drinkers who consume five or more drinks in a 
row (for men) 
or four or more drinks in a row (for women) 
when they drink - 
are more likely than nonbinge or infrequent 
binge drinkers to:
	* Do something they regret;
	* Argue with friends;
	* Engage in unplanned sexual activity;
	* Get hurt or injured;
	* Forget where they were or what they 
did.
	Of course this shouldn't be news to 
anyone.	
	Alcohol is, after all, a depressant drug 
that impairs 
the senses. While drinking beers with friends 
can be a relaxing 
break from the stress of college, too many 
could cause 
irritability and intensify the problems or 
stresses from which a 
person is trying to escape.
	When this happens, tempers can flare, 
causing 
unnecessary violence.
	Alcohol also eliminates inhibitions - 
you know, those 
things that help us refrain from acting out 
in certain ways that 
are "inappropriate." 	
	Of course, this isn't news either. The 
public displays 
of affection that occur at bars and parties 
at approximately 1 
a.m. between people who may not even know 
each other's 
names are familiar to anyone.
	Unfortunately, lack of inhibition often 
leads to 
unplanned or unwanted sexual activity. And 
because being 
drunk can confuse circumstances considerably, 
the stories of 
parties involved in an instance of 
acquaintance rape are all too 
often conflicting. 
	I'm not one to preach - I was an 
undergrad once, and 
even as a grad student, I'm still an avid fan 
of frequenting bars 
and drinking on the weekends. I find that 
it's a good way to 
blow off steam and keep myself sane.
	But I, too, sometimes cringe at what 
happened the 
night before while nursing a hangover the 
morning after I've 
had a few too many.
	Let's face it, on the whole, we're a 
sedated society. It's 
much easier for many of us to handle life 
drunk then it is to 
face it sober. 
	And the excuse, "I was drunk, I didn't 
know what I 
was saying or doing," just doesn't cut it 
anymore. In my 
experience (and trust me, it's been a lot) 
this actually means, "I 
really said or did something that I wanted to 
say or do but I 
wouldn't have said or done it unless the 
alcohol gave me the 
courage to."
	Unfortunately, some actions or words 
just aren't 
appropriate.
	Sometimes people make us angry and we'd 
like to 
physically retaliate. Hopefully, we practice 
self-control and 
redirect our anger to keep peace and refrain 
from injuring 
another person.
	And sometimes we may find ourselves 
wanting to 
share sexual intimacy with someone we're 
attracted to. 
Because of emotional and physical 
consequences, it is not 
always the best decision to act on these 
feelings, either.
	Of course, it's unrealistic to think 
college students 
will ever stop drinking and acting out of 
hand. 
	And that's OK. It's all a part of being 
young, virtually 
carefree and enjoying it all while you can.
	But alcohol is no excuse for not 
exercising some 
caution and common sense, and for not being 
prepared to take 
full responsibility for the consequences of 
your actions.

Liz Montalbano is a graduate student studying 
creative writing

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Violence a learned behavior

	The unsigned editorial in Tuesday's 
State Press - 
"Slaughterhouse America" - really had me 
thinking about the 
possible reasons as to why human beings have 
degraded to 
such an extent as to kill a 3-year-old in 
cold blood. 
	Here is a kid who had not yet 
experienced the 
wonders of life. As you rightly pointed out, 
it is more out of 
frustration and lack of hope that a person 
becomes part of the 
gun culture. Nobody is born with a intent to 
kill and make his 
or her life steeped in violence. A human 
being is a product of 
his environment and will take the course that 
the people 
around him take. If he is brought up in an 
atmosphere of 
violence, it might be said with certainty 
that he is going to be a 
gun-toting gang member even before his teens. 
	This vicious circle goes on drawing in 
hundreds and 
thousands of bright kids who, given the right 
breaks in life, 
might have been designing the next-generation 
computer or 
finding a cure for cancer. 
	The only way I see out of this cycle of 
violence is to 
educate the kids on the harmfulness of the 
path they are 
taking. We should not be preaching to them. 
It should be an 
education of love for your fellow human 
being, a lesson that 
life has been given not to be taken away in a 
mad sense of 
violence, but to achieve a goal that will 
make the world a 
better place to live in when we leave it. We 
should give them 
opportunities to show their talent and use 
it. We should have 
special education in the inner city 
neighborhoods and make it 
interesting for them to leave their guns and 
come to books. 
That, as I see, is the only way we can 
prevent America from 
becoming a nation of gang violence.

Sumant A. Subramanian
Graduate Student
Electrical Engineering

Letter: Not all students apathetic

	This is a response to Tina Holder's 
editorial on 
September 25.
	Holder, I care. I am also self-centered 
- among the 
important issues for me this week is finding 
a date for the 
weekend.
	However, it does not mean that I care 
less about the 
status of the world's depressed than I do 
about my own 
family's welfare. I have the same feelings 
towards my whole 
[human] family, with a slight preference of 
course for people 
that are closest to me.
	Throughout my life, I have either seen 
or experienced 
most of the horrors and destitution you wrote 
about, yet I still 
feel apathetic sometimes. Is that wrong? I 
think not. The 
action that you call for is a personal 
commitment that each 
person must make.
	The issue is not about caring, 
believing, or being 
stuck in some dream land. The issue is about 
our willingness 
to overcome our laziness and act. I believe 
that there are few 
people in the world who toot the existence 
and continuance of 
many of the world's problems. But just talk 
to young children 
and aging adults and they will tell you their 
dreams of world 
peace and an end to all suffering. The dream 
is universal, but 
the problem is we don't have a universal 
commitment to solve 
the problems.
	To some people the world is OK as it is. 
Murders, 
accidents and diseases are a means to 
population control. 
Houselessness, destitution, and unemployment 
support the 
upper class. Losers make way for winners.
	 However, we can overcome this 
pessimistic reality. 
Each one of us has our own dream or vision of 
what a good 
world is. All we have to do is go into the 
world and create it.
	We have two obvious choices - get busy 
changing our 
world's condition or get busy accepting that 
everything is OK. 
We are either part of the problem, or we are 
part of the 
solution.
	Holder, we are not all devils. There are 
some of us on 
campus that do care and are working hard to 
create the world 
that we would be proud to call home.

Hung Sa Rath Kloeung
Sophomore
Economics/History

Letter: Not a question of testosterone

	In Christina Bailey's "What's up with 
that?" column 
addressing the "frat mess," she asks the 
reader if beer and 
"mass quantities of testosterone" could be to 
blame for the 
problems that frat members have recently 
faced here at ASU. 
	One question that I ask Bailey is: Would 
you really 
like it if women were judged based on their 
hormones or other 
physical attributes? I thought that we had 
dismissed the 
arguments that women shouldn't be president 
because of mood 
swings associated with PMS or that they 
couldn't be active in 
athletics because of their breasts! 
	Apparently, Bailey wishes to return to 
those days of 
stereotyping, pseudo-scientific arguments and 
- the outcome of 
the extended argument - gender eugenics.

Emily Thompson
Graduate Student
English

ASU water-skiers drown competition

By Ron Matejko
State Press
     The ASU water ski team won the Western 
Conference 
Championships last weekend at Shortline Lake 
in Elk Grove, 
Calif.. The Sun Devils' victory earned them 
an invitation to 
compete in the upcoming National 
Championships Oct. 12-14 
in Austin, Texas..
     Coach David Phillips only needed to have 
his team finish in 
the top two to gain the invite. Instead, the 
Sun Devils ran away 
from the field. 
      The Sun Devils have a chance to make 
history at the 
national championships. If ASU places in the 
top five, it will 
be the first time in the history of the 
National Collegiate Water 
Ski Association that a team would accomplish 
this in its first 
year of existence. 
     The Sun Devils were one of 19 teams to 
participate in the 
event. At one point they had such a large 
lead that Phillips said 
the men could have chosen not to participate 
in the jump 
competition and still finished first. 
     The Sun Devils were led by many strong 
individual 
performances. In the women's trick 
competition, Sun Devil 
skiers finished in each of the top three 
positions, two of the top 
three in the jump competition, and two of the 
top four in the 
slalom.
     The men were equally impressive. The Sun 
Devils had a 
pair of top four finishers in the slalom, 
trick and jump events. 
In the jump, Jared Heimbigner set a new 
Western Conference 
record by jumping 157 feet. The old record 
had stood for eight 
years. 
	Both the men and women finished first 
overall as a 
team. Jennifer Dawes and Renee Miller 
finished tied for first 
overall individually. The Sun Devils won 80 
percent of  the 
medals awarded.
    The Sun Devils will go to the National 
Championships as 
the No. 4 seed.  
   "The deepest team usually wins in the 
championships," skier 
Todd Phillips said. "There are teams that are 
better than us, but 
if we can have four guys ski well, that can 
be enough for us to 
win."

ASU men's golf wedged in second

	The men's golf team is in second place 
after two 
rounds at the Missouri Bluffs Invitational in 
St. Louis.  
	The team totaled 572 points after 36 
holes, one shot 
behind Wake Forest and one shot ahead of 
defending national 
champion Oklahoma State and the University of 
North 
Carolina, which are both tied for third.
	Redshirt-freshman Brad Cannon is in a 
three-way tie 
for sixth place at 140 (69, 71), five strokes 
behind the leader, 
Slade Adams, from Kansas.
	Freshman Darren Angel (71, 70) and 
junior Chris 
Hanell (74, 67) are tied for ninth, one 
stroke behind Cannon.
	- Lisa Eskey

Sun Devils still 'embarrassed' with loss to USC

By Dustin Krugel 
State Press
	It wasn't easy, but ASU football Head 
Coach Bruce 
Snyder was trying to come up with a few 
positives about the 
Sun Devils' 2-3 start.
	"Our team has been through a really 
emotional roller 
coaster trying to get ready for every single 
game," Snyder said. 
"It wasn't a predestination that we would be 
2-3 right now. I 
think we have on our team an attitude that, 
'Whew, (that) was 
tough.'
	"... Our two last losses were maybe 
against the 
number one and two teams in the nation. Those 
are really two 
fine football teams."
	The Sun Devils' latest drawback came 
against Pac-10 
favorite USC, a 31-0 shell-shocking loss in 
the Coliseum last 
Saturday. 
	Many of the players took the latest loss 
the hardest. 
Snyder said Sunday's practice reminded him of 
a teenager 
who's missed his curfew.
	"We have some guys who are maybe 
embarrassed 
with what they did," he said. "If curfew is 
at midnight and you 
got in at one and your dad is standing there, 
you know how 
you walk in and hunched down a little bit 
...Well, some of 
them acted like that yesterday."
	Quarterback Jake Plummer was 
particularly upset.
	"He has seen those guys make those 
plays," Snyder 
said, referring to the rash of dropped passes 
by Plummer's 
receiving targets. "This is a game that could 
(have) put us right 
in the Rose Bowl race and we're not doing the 
things were 
doing in practice. There is some 
frustration."
	With 19th-ranked Stanford next, there's 
not much 
time to mope around, Snyder said.
	"Not many things in this game are in our 
favor," he 
said. "These next six games I think will be 
undecided in the 
fourth quarter unlike some of the ones we've 
had. Four of the 
five we've played have been decided, 
basically, in the fourth 
quarter."
	Snyder said Stanford's 3-0-1 start is no 
fluke.
	"What they did with Wisconsin (24-24), 
looking now 
at what Wisconsin did with Penn State (17-9 
win), is pretty 
traumatic," he said. "And beating Oregon at 
Oregon with all 
those returning players, they fell behind in 
all those games."
	Making Snyder's job more difficult is 
the number of 
injuries the Sun Devils are suffering from.
	"We've got a lot of bumps and bruises," 
Snyder said. 
"We need the bye that they had last week. 
That's really an 
advantage Stanford has."
	Snyder is particularly concerned with 
his offensive 
line, which continues to shrink in numbers.
	"I believe we've lost (Grey) Ruegamer 
for this game," 
Snyder said.  "We'll be very lucky if we have 
him. I think 
we've lost (sophomore guard) Kyle Murphy for 
the year. The 
offensive line is thinning out." 
	Snyder said he plans on starting junior 
Juan Roque 
and sophomore Glen Gable at the tackles, 
junior Kirk 
Robertson at center and redshirt-freshmen 
Mike Barnes and 
Randy Leaphart at the guard positions against 
the Cardinal.
	Junior defensive tackle Shawn Swayda, 
who is 
suffering from an ankle injury, may never 
fully recover, 
Snyder said.
	"Swayda's going to be hurt all year," he 
said. "We 
have to spot play him. I feel badly playing 
him at all. The best 
thing to do is to go sit him down, but we 
don't have as many 
options on the (defensive) line."
	Snyder said he was concerned with the 
depth in the 
secondary, a team-strength at the beginning 
of the year. 
Snyder is still looking for a backup for 
sophomore strong 
safety Damien Richardson.
	"Richardson had 108 snaps. That's an 
iron man," 
Snyder said. "He came out of one snap of 
defense and that was 
for an equipment adjustment"

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK SIX

	As a reminder, the State Press sports 
department is 
sponsoring the weekly "PICK IT AND WIN" 
contest for ASU 
football games. Last week's lucky winner was 
freshman Vikki 
Smith.
	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 the 
No. 19 Stanford 
Cardinal at 7 p.m. at Sun Devil Stadium. 
Stanford is a 3-point 
favorite.
	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!
	If none of the contestants in a given 
week predict the 
exact score, then the winner will be 
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	In the event of a tie, the winner will 
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and daytime phone 
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	The entry deadline each week is Thursday 
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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* A female student was contacted at Payne 
Hall while sleeping 
on the grass. She was advised of suspicious 
activity and left 
the area.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was contacted 
at the Tower 
Apartments concerning a report of possible 
domestic violence. 
He was advised of trespassing and left the 
area after the 
resident said everything was OK
* A woman not affiliated with ASU was 
arrested, cited and 
released for possession of marijuana, 
possession of drug 
paraphernalia, public consumption and 
arrested on an 
outstanding warrant for failure to comply. 
She was able to post 
bond and was released.

Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* A 7-year-old boy died from injuries he 
sustained after being 
hit by a car at 2200 S. 48th St. He was 
crossing the street on 
his bike when he was hit by a car driving 
north. No alcohol or 
drugs were involved. Police are investigating 
the incident.
* A 26-year-old man was arrested for burglary 
and criminal 
trespass after breaking into several homes in 
the area of 
Guadalupe Road and Hardy Drive and stealing 
various items. 
As he was fleeing the scene on a stolen bike, 
two K-9 officers 
caught him. He attempted to escape and one of 
the dogs bit 
him.
* Two male youths committed armed robbery at 
Someburro's 
restaurant, 101 E. Baseline Road. They 
entered the store and 
ordered employees and customers to the floor 
at gunpoint. One 
of the youths emptied the cash register while 
the other stood 
guard at the front door as lookout. They fled 
eastbound on 
Baseline in an older model red pickup truck. 
The first suspect 
is described as a Hispanic male, 15 to 16 
years old, 5 feet to 5 
feet 2 inches tall with a small build. The 
second suspect is a 
Hispanic male, 16 to 18 years old, 5 feet 9 
inches tall with a 
thin build. Both youths were wearing 
bandannas over their 
faces during the robbery.
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.
* Asian Business Leaders Association - 
General meeting. All 
majors and ethnicities welcome. 4:30 p.m.; MU 
Santa Cruz 
Room.
* Baptist Student Union - Join us for a Bible 
study filled with 
fun, praise and worship. 8 p.m.; 1322 S. Mill 
Ave.
* Campus Ambassadors Christian Fellowship - 
Fellowship/worship topic: Gray Matters - 
Money, possessions 
and God. 7:30 p.m.; MU LaPaz Room.
* Career Services - Workshop on job search 
skills presented 
by James Clayton. 11:40 p.m.; MU Room 222.
* College Republicans - Everyone welcome. 
3:30 p.m.; MU 
Cochise Room.
* Coming Out Discussion Group - Meeting. 6 
p.m.; SSV 
second floor, Multicultural Lounge.
* IEEE - First general meeting. Guest 
speaker: Andreas 
Spanias. Topic: Speech coding for mobile and 
multimedia 
applications. 5 p.m.; Goldwater 487.
* KASR Video - Sparks Nevada Music Sensation; 
The El 
Guapos try to teach Bobby Diablo how to do 
the hustle. 
Featuring White Zombie, Filter and Los Lobos. 
Contest line: 
965-4163. 11 p.m.; Channel 22.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - It's not to late to 
start coming to 
class. 5:30 p.m.; MU Room 222.
* MUAB Film Committee - Premiere of "Melt 
Down Project." 
Noon, MU lower level, Cinema.
* MUAB Gallery Committee - Meeting. Everyone 
welcome. 
5:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 
2A.
* MUAB Marketing Committee - General meeting. 
Everybody 
welcome. 3:15 p.m.; MU second floor, Room 208 
C.
* NATAS - Executive board meeting. New and 
old members 
welcome. 5 p.m.; Stauffer Hall second floor, 
Reading Room.
* Off-Campus Student Services - Commuter 
Expo: Meet 
companies and organizations that provide 
services for 
commuter students. 8 a.m.; 2 p.m.; Cady Mall, 
west of the 
MU.
* Society for Creative Anachronism - Weekly 
meeting. 
Discuss arrangements for Barons' War V. 7 
p.m.; MU Yavapai 
Room.
* Student Health/BACCHUS - Alcohol awareness 
meeting. 
5:30 p.m.; Manzanita Residence Hall.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Free computer 
skills workshops: Beginning Ms Word, 9 a.m.; 
Beginning MS 
Word, 1 p.m.; Beginning Windows, 6 p.m.; 
Advanced Word 
Perfect, 7 p.m. SSV 3614.
* The Intellectuals of Ayn Rand - Video 
presentation of 
Leonard Peikoff: Why Should One Act on 
Principle?" Open to 
public. 6 p.m.; MU, second floor.
* The Writing Center - Workshop: Critical 
analysis. 1:40 p.m.; 
to 2:30 p.m.