Cultural calendar moves into fast lane on WWW

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	ASU is posting road signs on the 
information 
superhighway for upcoming cultural rest 
stops.
	The University's Calendar of Events - 
listing 
concerts, art exhibits, plays, films and 
other campus 
happenings - is now available on the World 
Wide Web. At  
http://aspin.asu.edu/provider/Bureau/NBCalend
ar.html, the 
Web page offers both a master calendar of the 
1995-96 season 
and updated monthly calendars.
	The calendar can also be reached by 
following links 
through the ASU home page to the News Bureau.
	The page was added as part of the News 
Bureau's 
attempt to "make information available to as 
many people as 
possible," said Keith Jennings, News Bureau 
senior media 
specialist and self-described Web master.
	"The Web is one way for us to get that 
information 
out there," he said.
	In addition to offering the Calendar of 
Events page, 
the News Bureau is also working on 
entertainment pages in 
conjunction with Gammage Auditorium and 
already offers the 
ASU white pages and DPS crime logs on the 
Web.

Senate bill requests Weber investigation

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	An Associated Students of ASU Code of 
Conduct 
proposed by College of Law Sen. Sanjay 
Vidyadharan at 
ASASU's senate meeting Tuesday night is being 
drafted and 
prepared for a vote next month.
	Vidyadharan also authored Senate Bill 
Nine, which 
called for Student Life to investigate ASASU 
President Chris 
Weber for a possible breach of the Student 
Code of Conduct in 
connection with his arrest for assault Sept. 
21. That bill was 
also sent to committee for review.
	Vidyadharan denied that the suggested 
ASASU Code 
of Conduct would be used against Weber.
	"I would not support anything that was 
retroactive," 
he said.
	Weber refused to comment on either bill, 
but he did 
express regret concerning the incident.
	"I regret the event occurred, I regret I 
was falsely 
accused and I regret this bill has been 
brought up," Weber 
said, referring to Senate Bill Nine.
	Dean of Student Life Art Carter 
reiterated earlier 
comments concerning Student Life's inability 
to release 
findings of investigations, should there be 
an investigation.

MU crowd erupts at verdict

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	Hundreds of students packed into the 
Memorial 
Union student lounge Tuesday morning, jeering 
and cheering 
after a Los Angeles jury acquitted O.J. 
Simpson of murder in 
what was dubbed the "Trial of the Century."
	About half of the nearly 400 people in 
attendance 
joyously erupted as the forewoman read the 
not guilty verdict, 
while the other half shook their heads and 
bellowed in 
bewilderment.
	Karen Brower, a junior finance major, 
said she 
followed the trial from the beginning and was 
disappointed 
with the not guilty verdict. 
	"I don't agree with it (the verdict)," 
she said. "I think 
the evidence was too compelling."
	Matt Robertson, an undecided freshman, 
disagreed.
	"I thought he was going to be found not 
guilty," he 
said. "I thought the defense did a lot better 
job than the 
prosecution. It wasn't proven beyond a 
reasonable doubt." 
	Indra Jackson, who is not a student at 
ASU but 
watched the verdict in the MU, said the 
verdict was evidence 
that justice does occur in the American legal 
system.
	"I'm pretty happy with it (the verdict), 
man," Jackson 
said. "We have all this racism going on. 
Finally, we (African 
Americans) don't get the short end of the 
stick. It makes me 
feel good."
	Michael White, a junior business 
marketing major, 
said he believes Simpson is guilty, but he 
was not surprised at 
the acquittal because money makes the legal 
system go 
around. 
	"I'm not surprised, but I'm disappointed 
that justice 
wasn't done," he said. "I never thought of it 
(the legal system) 
as the best thing in the world. It just 
proves that if you have 
enough money, you can get off doing 
anything."
	All is not over for Simpson, however. He 
must also 
face multi-million dollar civil lawsuits 
filed by Ronald 
Goldman's family and Nicole Brown-Simpson's 
estate.
	Tempe attorney Mitchell Cohen said in 
civil cases the 
plaintiffs must only prove a preponderance of 
evidence, which 
amounts to a 51 percent consensus among 
jurors.
	"The fact that a jury didn't find him 
guilty beyond a 
reasonable doubt ... is probably 
inadmissible," he said. "It's a 
different standard."
	Cohen added that even though he had not 
diligently 
followed the trial, it made the legal system 
look inept.
	"I think it (the trial) was a farce from 
the beginning," 
he said. "The only thing it will do is 
destroy people's faith in 
the judicial system. The amount of time, 
exposure and 
everything else - I think was ridiculous."
	John Craft, professor of journalism and 
telecommunication, said the Simpson trial was 
the most 
publicized trial in history, which gave the 
viewing public 
across the country and around the world an 
inaccurate view of 
the legal system.
	"This has been a very atypical 
experience," he said. 
"It (the trial) greatly distorted their 
(viewers') perception of the 
legal system."
	Craft added that the media acted 
irresponsibly in their 
intense coverage of the trial. 
	"It should not be the most important 
news story that 
has happened in the past year and however 
many other 
months," he said. "There have been many other 
things that, 
hopefully, have more far reaching effects on 
our lives."

Art museum grant aims to boost participation

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	The ASU Art Museum has received a 
$112,500 grant 
targeted to increase student and community 
involvement at the 
institution.
	The museum is one of 275 chosen from 
more than 
1,000 applicants nationwide. The grant was 
awarded by the 
Institute of Museum Services and will be 
dispersed over a 
two-year period.
	"The grant is a real honor for the state 
and for the 
University," said J. Robert Wills, dean of 
the College of Fine 
Arts at ASU. "We're really committed to 
emphasizing the 
museum as a teaching resource for students."
	Applicants for the grant were required 
to do a self-
evaluation identifying the museum's strengths 
and weaknesses 
and to formulate a long-range plan, said 
Marilyn Zeitlin, 
director and head curator of the ASU Art 
Museum.
	One area of concern cited was low 
student 
participation at the museum. Zeitlin said she 
attributed it 
partially to the shortening of students' 
attention spans. 
	"My generation was brought up on TV," 
she said. 
"My daughter grew up on Nintendo."
	To make the museum more interactive, 
$32,000 of 
the grant has been earmarked for computer 
kiosks in the 
museum lobby, Zeitlin said.
	Students wanting information on current 
or future 
exhibitions will also be able to access the 
information via 
computer, she said, adding that research is 
needed before the 
computers are installed.
	The museum will also be training 20 
students to act 
as "docents," or guides, in the museum, 
Zeitlin said. 
	Guides will be trained to answer basic 
questions 
about the museum as well as specifics about 
exhibitions, she 
said. The program should begin in early 1996.
	Zeitlin said the improvements should 
make the 
museum more accessible to the public.
	"They're going to get more bang for 
their buck," she 
said.

Editorial: Remembering true victims

	"We the jury in the above entitled 
action find the 
defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty 
of the crime of 
murder ..."
	It is finished.
	With those words yesterday morning, the 
"trial of the 
century" ended. O.J. Simpson was free.
	First, a stunned silence as the words 
were read. Then 
pent-up emotion tore through America. It was 
finally over.
	From the basement of the Memorial Union 
to outside 
the Los Angeles County courthouse, an elated 
roar rose from 
Simpson's supporters.
	More quiet, but just as present, was a 
dissatisfied 
murmur of disgust and disappointment from 
those who felt 
Simpson was guilty.
	America is hardly united behind this 
verdict - and it 
may never be.
	But as we think back - as the 
aftershocks of the trial 
subside - we must never forget the victims in 
this case.
	On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson 
and 
Ronald Goldman were brutally, viciously 
murdered.
	Photos of the victims show that their 
deaths were 
particularly gruesome ones. Nicole Simpson 
was nearly 
decapitated by a violent slash to the neck. 
Ron Goldman was 
stabbed dozens of times before finally 
succumbing to his 
assassin.
	Gruesome, senseless, barbaric, cruel - 
all of these 
words fit these killings.
	Elation over the verdict is 
understandable. Simpson is 
entrenched deep in our culture in many ways - 
football legend, 
pitch man, sports commentator, role model and 
movie star. To 
convict such a man of murder one - the most 
heinous crime in 
our legal system - would have doubtless been 
a horrible blow.
	But celebration, in this case, should be 
muted. 
Simpson is free - but two people are still 
dead, their killings 
unsolved.
	Justice has still not been served. Even 
if you believe 
in O.J's innocence, you cannot believe that 
justice has 
prevailed, at least not for Ms. Simpson and 
Goldman.
	Until it is served, there is no cause 
for joy or 
celebration.
	Given the fact that O.J. Simpson was the 
state's only 
suspect, a conviction in these murders seems 
unlikely any time 
soon.
	Simpson has vowed to track the real 
killers down. We 
can only hope that he finds them, if they are 
out there - for that 
is the last hope at justice.
	But even if there is no courtroom 
conviction, the 
victims must never be forgotten.
	The Simpson murder trial was often 
treated by the 
public like a daytime soap opera. But there 
was a huge 
difference - two people had their lives taken 
from them.
	The trial is over, and the spotlight 
will gradually 
move away from O.J. Simpson. With the same 
fervor that we 
pursued, watched and debated the trial, let 
us remember and 
mourn Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald 
Goldman. 
	Let us remember the utter seriousness of 
this event, 
and treat it with solemnity.
	Let us put behind our differences and 
tensions, and 
come together once again as a people united.
	And let us hope that someday, somewhere, 
justice 
will be served for Nicole and Ron - if not in 
this world, then in 
another.

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 at 5 p.m 
Friday.

Column: We are all guilty in Simpson trial circus

Christina Bailey
Opinion Editor
	LOS ANGELES - Amid the noise of 
helicopters 
hovering above, hundreds of curious 
spectators milled 
anxiously across the street from the Los 
Angeles County 
courthouse, awaiting to hear O.J. Simpson's 
fate.
	Some were dressed up in clown suits, 
others like 
Simpson. Still others carried signs: 
	"Jesus loves O.J., This I know." 
	"Guilty or not, we love you O.J."
	"Stop LAPD brutality."
	"O.J. lawyers are scum."
	The scene looked like something out of a 
movie. 
How fitting that part of this craziness took 
place on a street 
named Broadway.
	Police cars cloaked the area. Caution 
signs and 
barricades were erected on the street that 
leads to the 
courthouse steps. Some police were patrolling 
the area around 
the courthouse on horseback, but most stood 
by with billy 
clubs at their side, standing guard between 
the courthouse and 
the public. 
	The front of the courthouse looked like 
a lion's den. 
No longer human, the media members had 
reverted to animals 
- growling, pushing and shoving, they fought 
to claw their way 
into position to cover the "Mockery of the 
Century." 
	It was disgusting.
	As the clock edged closer to 10 a.m., a 
quiet yet eerie 
buzz seemed to emanate from both sides of the 
street.
	"Is he guilty? Is he innocent? Do you 
think he did it?"
	Did it matter?
	Within in a matter of minutes that eerie 
silence was 
washed away by a wave of cheers, high-fives, 
hugs and tears 
as the jury found Simpson not guilty of 
murdering his ex-wife, 
Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald 
Goldman.
	After eight and a half months of tedious 
trial talk, 
power plays and  finger pointing - after 857 
pieces of evidence 
and 50,000 pages of transcripts - it took the 
jury less than four 
hours to decide Simpson's fate.
	It didn't fit, so the jury decided to 
acquit.
	But what does this verdict mean? What 
happens 
now?
	Was justice served?
	"I feel like justice was served," said 
36-year-old 
Robert Tucks, a Los Angeles native. "The 
authorities can no 
longer abuse their power. They have to think 
before they act. 
	"I think it sends a message to the 
minority 
community that justice can be served, and 
that this society 
needs to get its shit together so stuff like 
this never happens 
again."
	I couldn't agree more.
	This trial represented a microcosm of 
the current state 
of our seemingly dysfunctional society. 
	This trial brought out issues we 
previously didn't 
want to discuss - racism, police brutality, 
an inept legal 
system. It enunciated the media's lack of 
color and objectivity.
	The media grabbed hold of other people's 
tragedy and 
used it to sell newspapers, magazines and 
commercials. 
	They decided to be the judge and jury 
instead of 
giving the facts - just the facts, like they 
are supposed to. It 
became common practice to use anonymous 
unnamed sources 
and to print every unsubstantiated rumor that 
flew around. 
	It was a complete disservice to the 
community - and 
it was wrong.
	Most of the media, most of society, 
didn't really care 
that two people were brutally butchered, that 
two children 
were left motherless, or that three families 
were ripped apart 
by this madness.
	The LAPD, the coroner's office and the 
prosecutors 
never seemed to be able to get onto the same 
page. With all 
the rumors, half-truths and lies floating 
around, could anyone 
say beyond a reasonable doubt that Simpson 
was guilty?
	I couldn't. 
	But more than just faulting the 
"system," the lawyers 
and the media, I fault each and everyone of 
us - for allowing 
this circus to take place.
	We have allowed the media to exploit 
other people to 
fill our voids and to become our macabre 
entertainment. 
	It is sad.
	Simpson's guilt or innocence is a moot 
point now. 
Nobody will ever know if he really did it. 
All we can do now 
is speculate.
	His life will never be the same. His 
children's lives 
will never be the same. The families of 
Ronald Goldman and 
Nicole Simpson will never be the same.
	Can you imagine the psychological damage 
done to 
O.J.'s children, who have been living with 
Nicole Simpson's 
family for the past year, after their mother 
was slaughtered and 
their father charged with her murder?
	Does anyone care? 
	Or are we obsessed with money, like the 
T-shirt 
vendors hawking "If it doesn't fit, acquit" 
shirts at $20 a pop? 
If you thought the T-shirts were too 
tasteless, you could have 
opted for an "O.J. is free" watch, an O.J. 
plaque, O.J. dollar 
bills or O.J. buttons.
	Two people are dead, and the vultures 
rush to pick 
their bones for a profit or a scoop.
	What's wrong with this picture?
	Hours later, when the smiling, satiated 
crowd began 
to disperse and the camera crews had caught 
their last sound 
bite, I noticed one photographer holding his 
camera in one 
hand, looking around.
	"What now?" he asked.
	I don't know. I really don't.

Column: My honest airing of prejudices

Delia Maldonado
Columnist

	I overheard the following conversation 
in one of my 
classes:

Guy1: Hey, did you see that guy wearing the 
skirt last night?
Guy2: No, what guy?
Guy1: You know, that guy from Lambda. I 
couldn't believe it.
Guy2: Yeah, like don't fÑ- flaunt it, you 
know?
Guy1: I know. Ten years ago we could have 
beat the crap out 
of him. Now you call him a fag and they call 
they the cops on 
you.

	I reacted the way I think most people 
would have. I 
was angry and wanted to say something to 
them. But I didn't. I 
know the mentality exists but when it sneaks 
up on me in a 
class of what I thought were intelligent 
people, it's scares me a 
little.
	I started thinking they were totally 
wrong. The only 
reason they hate people who dress or act 
differently is because 
they are not comfortable with their own 
sexuality. 
	But regardless of how tolerant I 
consider myself to 
be, I have to admit I also have my 
prejudices. 
	For example: I think transvestites are 
emotionally 
disturbed people. I don't think I could ever 
take them seriously 
enough to work or socialize with them on a 
regular basis. I 
know this attitude is just as ignorant as the 
guys above, but this 
is the way I feel. I lived in New York for 
seven years and I 
met quite a few transvestites that were 
performers in cabaret 
clubs. This is acceptable. Yet when I come 
across one in a 
non-club situation, I want to run as far away 
as possible.  
	Another group I am not comfortable with 
is guys who 
try to look like rappers or gangsters. More 
specifically, I am 
frightened by Black and Hispanic men who wear 
gangster 
clothing. If they are in a group, I will walk 
to the other side of 
the street to get away from them. 
	My little brother dresses like this 
sometimes. He is 
the nicest guy on the planet. He would never 
hurt anyone, but I 
know people look at him and lock their doors. 
He wears baggy 
pants, a baseball cap and lots of football 
shirts. In other words, 
gangster-type clothes. I would like to think 
that most guys are 
as nice as my brother but the news tells me 
otherwise.
	Moving on, I cannot stand to be in same 
room with 
Middle Eastern men who do not bathe. 
Actually, anyone that 
does not bathe or wear deodorant. But I find 
this is common 
among this particular ethnic group.
	In high school I had tons of Middle 
Eastern friends. I 
learned to associate certain smells with 
them, but I have to 
draw the line at B.O.
	I also have a problem with welfare moms. 
I think 
women who have children out of wedlock or 
without a partner 
or before they are mature enough to care for 
that child without 
going on welfare are selfish. I don't have 
any sympathy for 
these women. We all make choices in life and, 
as far as I am 
concerned, this is the wrong one and they 
should not be 
rewarded with free money.
	People should also not be allowed to 
collect welfare 
for an indefinite amount of time or collect 
more money when 
they have more children.
	I am proud to say that no one in my 
family has ever 
been on welfare. Sure, a couple of my 
brothers have been in 
jail and others have had problems with 
alcohol, but they have 
paid for their mistakes and are now getting 
on with their lives.
	Welfare recipients never, ever have to 
repay the 
government for the benefits they have 
received.
	Senior citizens should also be cut off. 
They should 
only collect as much social security benefits 
as they have paid 
in. The average person pays enough social 
security to live for 
three years after they retire. After that 
they should be on their 
own.
	I know I am going to get hate mail for 
this, but I have 
to be honest. There are too many people 
getting a free ride in 
this country. We can't afford to allow this 
mentality to 
continue. When more money goes out than comes 
in, it is 
logical to assume that eventually there will 
be nothing left and 
you and I are the ones that are going to get 
screwed while 
grandma lives it up in Boca.
	These are just some of my narrow-minded 
views of 
the world. Some people might say that I am no 
better than 
those guys in my class, but there are a 
couple of differences. I 
would never advocate violence in any way, 
shape or form and 
I would never try to push my views on anyone 
else. This is 
simply my honest opinion. 
	Now, head over to your computer and let 
the hate 
mail begin.

Delia Maldonado is a graduate student 
studying journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Hooters girls not inviting harassment

	The controversial placement of a Hooters 
on Mill 
Avenue has been exhaustively debated. Liz 
Montalbano again 
addresses the issue in the Sept. 26 issue of 
the State Press. 
	Many of her arguments against the 
restaurant are 
valid and consistent with Ethics in Action's 
premise that, 
"Hooters does not fit the desired atmosphere 
of downtown 
Tempe," according to EiA member Julia 
Sommerfeld. 
Sommerfeld states that the EiA stance is 
"unrelated to the 
feminist issues," but addresses the desire to 
maintain the 
unique ambiance that attracts people to Mill 
Avenue.
	Conversely, many people are attracted to 
the Hooters' 
atmosphere which Joe Wilson, the manager, 
refers to as "part 
of a show." Wilson feels Montalbano's 
accusation that Hooters 
insults people with its silly gimmick ignores 
the many 
gimmicks used by restaurants surviving in the 
competitive 
hospitality business.
	He further responds to her thoughts 
about the 
restaurant's undeceiving name by calling 
attention to Long 
Wong's and Chi-Chi's (the Spanish translation 
of "hooters").
	So the debate goes around and around, 
sometimes 
focusing on the overworked art vs. 
pornography dispute, 
sometimes settling on the free enterprise vs. 
wholesome Mill 
Avenue atmosphere controversy.
	However, Montalbano brings up what I 
feel is really 
the key issue here, and what is, or should 
be, at the center of 
all this debating: respect for the female 
gender.
	I agree with Montalbano that "women 
showcasing 
their figures for bucks" is like "our gender 
shooting itself in 
the foot." I personally would not wear the 
Hooters' minimalist 
attire, work in a strip bar or pose naked. I 
would never 
intentionally use my physical attributes to 
make money.
	As degrading as the Hooters girls are to 
themselves, 
and as belittling as they are to our gender, 
they do not warrant 
any sexual harassment or the public 
impression that they are 
allowing themselves to be taken advantage of. 
Montalbano 
states, "We can't fight sexual harassment if 
we place ourselves 
in compromising positions." 
	This viewpoint degrades women more than 
1,000 
Hooters girls could! Wearing a tight T-shirt 
and skimpy shorts 
may be provocative, and no one at Hooters is 
pretending it's 
not, but it does not represent a compromising 
position on the 
issue of sexual harassment. 
	The guidelines the Federal Equal 
Employment 
Opportunity Commission has issued concerning 
what 
constitutes sexual harassment does not make 
any attempt to 
regulate what those being sexually harassed 
may or may not 
wear! Sexual harassment is an unlawful, 
unwanted offensive 
verbal or physical action against someone, 
and is unwarranted 
no matter how someone dresses or expresses 
themselves.
	Montalbano then states "We can't expect 
men not to 
take advantage of us if we allow ourselves to 
be degraded." 
Yes, we can! We can expect men to control 
their physical and 
verbal actions no matter how much any woman 
degrades 
herself or her gender. To say that we can't 
is to say that a 
woman who walks down the street naked cannot 
expect a man 
not to rape her! 
	It is this limited viewpoint that 
continues to hold 
women back because it does not require men to 
be accountable 
for their actions.
	The uniforms at Hooters aren't what I 
would wear or 
what I want to see as I walk down Mill 
Avenue. They don't 
help further women in their struggle for 
respect . But they are 
"part of a show," part of that great American 
thing called free 
enterprise, and not an invitation or 
acceptance of unlawful and 
unwanted behavior.

Lindy Smith
Interior design

Coach seeks to break volleyball record

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	Unlike most college volleyball coaches, 
Patti Snyder-
Park has more on her mind this season then 
just making sure 
her team reaches the NCAA tournament. She is 
also preparing 
for an addition to her family.
	Snyder-Park, who is expecting her second 
child in 
February, said she is relieved and ecstatic 
that her pregnancy 
will not interfere drastically with the 
volleyball season. 
Although being pregnant does prevent her from 
getting out on 
the court with the players, she said she 
doesn't feel she has 
missed out on any aspect of practice. 
	* Labeled one of ASU's most consistent 
volleyball 
players by Coach Patti Snyder-Park, senior 
co-captain Holly 
Sones has been at the top of the statistics 
all season for the Sun 
Devils.
	Snyder Park added that Sones has been a 
very strong 
force for the team all year.
	The outside hitter leads the team in 
block solos and 
block assists, ranks fourth in kills and 
second in service aces. 
An all Pac-10 candidate, Sones also tops the 
team in hitting 
percentage (.332).
	* Three of ASU's starters are under 
consideration for 
1995 national volleyball honors. Senior 
outside hitter Christine 
Garner and sophomore outside hitter Jennifer 
Snyder have 
both been named All-America candidates while 
Sones is a 
Pac-10 candidate.
	* This weekend may prove to be one for 
the 
volleyball record books. If the Sun Devils 
can defeat both 
Oregon and Oregon State, the two teams with 
the worst 
records in the Pac-10, Snyder-Park will break 
a long-standing 
school record.
	Snyder-Park is only two wins away from 
tying the 
all-time winningest record in ASU volleyball 
history. She 
currently has 115 wins. The record is 117, 
held by former 
coach Debbie Brown.
	* Snyder, who had 16 kills against 
Stanford last 
weekend, was one of nine players nominated 
for Pac-10 Player 
of the Week for the week ending Oct. 1. 
Stanford's Cary 
Wendell, who averaged 4.5 kills vs. ASU last 
weekend, was 
named to the top spot.
	* Garner is only 45 kills away from 
breaking ASU's 
career kills record. Garner, who is leading 
the Pac-10 and is 
13th in the country in kills, is averaging 
4.80 per game. If she 
continues at this pace she can break the 
record as early as next 
week.

Devils to play 'down under'

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	Competition for the ASU softball team 
can get kind 
of thin in the off season. So thin in fact 
that this year the team 
is looking to pick up some games "down 
under." 
	The Sun Devils will travel to Australia 
in January to 
get a taste of international competition, do 
some scouting and 
yes, even do some vacationing. 
	"It's quite frankly an opportunity that 
doesn't come 
around all the time," Coach Linda Wells said. 
"It's a chance to 
say thanks to the people who have been career 
players for us." 
	ASU will play the Australian national 
team as well as 
the junior national team and several clubs. 
The Australian 
national team is the same one that will 
compete in next year's 
Olympics in Atlanta.
	Senior first baseman Kerry Moloney is 
looking 
forward to the trip.  
	"I feel it's going to be a good 
experience playing the 
national team," Moloney said. "It'll give us 
a lot of practice for 
our season and the tournaments we play in."
	Aside from the benefits of international 
competition, 
Moloney admitted that the team is also 
looking forward to a 
little vacation time. 
	"I've never been there. Everybody's 
excited," 
Moloney said. "That's all we talk about. It's 
going to be fun 
and it's going to be educational."
Shortstop injury free 
	Junior Tammy Lohmann has the potential 
to be an 
impact player for the softball team, but 
that's all she has had so 
far, is potential. 
	Lohmann had a good freshman year, 
starting 58 
games and batting .278, but she broke her 
foot halfway 
through the following season and didn't 
return to the lineup. 
Lohmann then broke her foot again the 
following fall, but she 
successfully rehabilitated her foot only to 
break her hand in a 
preseason game the week before the season was 
to start, 
causing her to redshirt. 
	"I played over the summer and I stayed 
healthy over 
the summer," Lohmann said. "I'm not going to 
go out there 
and be afraid that I'm going to get hurt. I'm 
just going to give it 
my all and if something happens, something 
happens."
	Wells seemed to have a sense of humor 
about the 
injury-prone Lohmann. 
	"I say if she gets hurt again, we trade 
her," Wells 
joked. "That's it. Time's up for Lohmann."
	Wells had scouted Lohmann, the first 
female athlete 
in Anaheim to have her jersey retired, since 
she was in eighth 
grade. 
	"I have been definitely hurt as has she 
and the 
program by the untimeliness and the severity 
of her injuries," 
Wells said. "She kind of reminds me of the 
(Justin) Dragoo of 
softball." Dragoo, a sixth-year senior 
linebacker on the 
football team, has been plagued with injuries 
throughout his 
college career.
	Lohmann said she's just glad the 
injuries were close 
in proximity and is looking forward to two 
more healthy years. 
	"I was like, 'Is this ever going to 
end?' So it was very 
hard," Lohmann said. "But it was so much 
easier that it 
happened back to back than spread apart."
	 Junior Tanya Hermosillo filled in 
nicely at shortstop 
for Lohmann last year and will likely see 
action at other infield 
positions this year.
	Not to be
	Junior center fielder Lisa Dacquisto, 
who was to be 
the only two-sport female athlete at ASU this 
year playing 
volleyball and softball, had to drop off the 
volleyball team due 
to a recurring shoulder injury. 
	"Volleyball was fun while it lasted," 
Dacquisto said. 
"I liked it a whole lot and I wish I could 
still be there, but 
softball is my priority."
	Dacquisto, who had been battling 
tendonitis all 
summer, threw her shoulder out of its socket 
while trying out 
for the USA Olympic softball squad earlier 
this fall. 
	"The first day (of tryouts) it was 
fine," Dacquisto 
said. "But by the second day I was O.D.'ing 
on Aleve."
	Her shoulder is expected to be better in 
time for the 
teams trip to Australia.

Men's golf finishes 4th

From Staff Reports
	The fifth-ranked ASU men's golf team 
finished in 
fourth place Tuesday at the Missouri Bluffs 
Invitational at St. 
Louis. The Sun Devils shot a third-round 297 
to finish at 869, 
19 strokes behind first-place Oklahoma State.
	Freshman Darren Angel, who tied for 
ninth place at 
213, was ASU's top finisher. Junior Chris 
Hanell finished in a 
tie for 12th place at 215, while senior Joey 
Snyder also 
finished in a tie for 46th place.
	ASU will head to Dallas for the Red 
River Classic 
Oct. 15-17.

ASU looks for extra defensive edge in Ford

By Dan Miller
State Press
	With arguably the most pivotal game of 
the season 
this Saturday against 19th-ranked Stanford, 
ASU Head Coach 
Bruce Snyder is looking for anything that 
could provide the 
Sun Devils with an extra edge.
	Snyder said one new addition to the 
defensive 
personnel may be redshirt-freshman rush end 
Derrick Ford, 
who impressed him in practice last week 
imitating USC's star 
defensive end Israel Ifeanyi on the scout 
team. As it turned 
out, Ifeanyi, a 6-foot-5 defensive end, was 
suspended from the 
team for allegedly accepting money from an 
agent and did not 
play against ASU. But Ford's impersonation 
was not all for 
not, because he could see action when the Sun 
Devils go to 
their nickel package.
	"I think he's a good pass rusher," 
Snyder said, adding 
Ford gave junior offensive tackle Juan Roque 
"fits" last week. 
"He's a speedster. He's really fast."
   Snyder said Ford's goal before the season 
started was to lead 
the Pac-10 in sacks. 
    Mitchell emerging?
   Snyder said 6-foot-4, 198-pound freshman 
receiver Kenny 
Mitchell, who took several reps with the 
first-team offense 
Tuesday, could play against the Cardinal. 
Mitchell has seen 
spot action during mop-up time this year, but 
has yet to catch a 
pass. 
	"There's a chance that he could 
particularly if he 
takes advantage of the practice time that 
we're giving him," 
Snyder said. "He had a lot more reps with the 
first team today. 
If he takes advantage of that, I could see 
him playing.
	"We have to start catching the ball 
better. Period. End 
of story."
	Thus far juniors Keith Poole and Isaiah 
Mustafa have 
started each game at the receiving slots, 
with  freshmen Ricky 
Boyer and Lenzie Jackon and junior Derrick 
Charles each 
contributing periodically. But with a total 
of 24 dropped balls 
in five games by Sun Devil receivers, Snyder 
said there could 
be a shakeup soon.
	"We've opened it wide up," he said of 
the receiving 
competition. "It's wide open."
	Rashada update
	Senior strong safety Harlen Rashada, who 
was 
indefinitely suspended from the team early 
last month for 
leaving the practice field early without 
permission from 
Snyder, still remains a question mark.
	Snyder said he had spoken with Rashada 
by phone 
last Monday and that he was still attending 
classes. Other than 
that, however, there has been no change. 
Ironically, Snyder 
has said he is in dire need of a consistent 
backup to sophomore 
strong safety Damien Richardson, who has 
played on over 200 
snaps in the past two games. 
	"It is ironic," Snyder said. "It's 
almost invariably that 
way that when a guy has a problem, comes in 
and quits or 
whatever he does, you can put money down on 
that position 
that it's going to have a problem in a week, 
and that person 
would've played ... It happens all the time.  
You tell them, 
'Hey things can change - fast.' " 
	Junior Raenaurd Turpin spells Richardson 
at strong 
safety but has yet to establish himself as 
the regular backup, 
Snyder said.
	Rashada, who was projected as the 
starting strong 
safety prior to camp, was informed he had 
lost his starting job 
to redshirt-freshman Mitchell Freedman two 
days before his 
suspension. Freedman has since moved to free 
safety.

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK SIX

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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Tuesday:
* A male ASU employee reported that he was in 
an accident 
involving two state vehicles at the 
carpenter's shop loading 
dock.
* Two men not affiliated with ASU were 
involved in an non-
injury vehicle/bicycle accident in Lot 59.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for trespassing and loitering at the 
Tempe Center.
* Three male students were arrested, cited 
and released for 
loitering and criminal trespass at the Nelson 
Fine Arts Center.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
possessing drug paraphernalia, loitering and 
criminal trespass 
at the Nelson Fine Arts Center.
* Two men not affiliated with ASU were 
contacted at the Life 
Science E-wing while playing a guitar. They 
were advised of 
trespassing and left the area.
* A man and woman not affiliated with ASU 
were arrested, 
cited and released for racing, not having a 
motorcycle license 
and not having proof of insurance at 600 E. 
Apache Blvd.
* Someone broke into the Pepsi machine at the 
Classroom 
Office Building and stole $80.
* Four bicycles were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Tuesday:
* An unknown man robbed Norwest Bank, 7605 S. 
McClintock Drive. He entered the bank and 
announced he was 
committing a robbery. He made tellers empty 
money from 
their stations into a backpack. He fled on a 
green bicycle. The 
suspect is described as a black male, 5 feet 
7 inches to 5 feet 9 
inches tall with a medium build.
* A 24-year-old man was arrested for 
possession of marijuana, 
liquor in a park after sundown, possession of 
drug 
paraphernalia, contributing to the 
delinquency of a minor and 
threatening behavior after he was drinking 
alcohol and 
smoking a joint in Cypress Park, 3421 S. 
Kenneth Place. He 
was seen passing the joint to a minor. After 
he was arrested, he 
told the arresting officer, "I'm going to 
kick your ass."
* A 22-year-old man was arrested for 
aggravated assault after 
attacking his roommate. He pulled his 
roommate's hair, 
threatened him with a frying pan, then 
cornered him and 
threatened him with a razor blade.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

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* 4XArch - Newsletter debut. All straight-
off-the-rez 
welcome. 6 p.m.; American Indian Institute, 
Conference 
Room.
* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus 
meeting. Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* ASU Cycling Club - Everyone welcome. 
Setting up group 
rides and events. 8 p.m.; South of MU at the 
fountains.
* Career Services - Workshop on resume 
writing, presented by 
Gayla Baker. 11:40 a.m.; MU Room 222.
* Communication Students Association - Guest 
speaker: Linda 
Nassen from Career Services discusses career 
opportunities for 
communication majors. 3:30 p.m.; MU Coconino 
Room.
* Deaf College Students Association - DCSA 
meeting. 12:30 
p.m.; MU Santa Cruz Room.
* Eckankar - Open discussion: Reincarnation. 
For more 
information, call 965-2860. Noon; MU Graham 
Room.
* Gandhi Memorial Symposium - "Declaration of 
Mahatma 
Gandhi's Non-Violence to a Non-Gandian 
Culture." Speakers: 
Nemi C. Jain, professor of communication ; 
Anu Chitqopekar, 
student; Tempe Detective Sergeant John Kling. 
1:30 p.m.; MU 
Cochise Room.
* Hispanic Business Student Association - 
General meeting. 
Guest speaker from Bank of America. All 
majors welcome. 
3:30 p.m.; BA 129.
* Justice Studies Students Association - 
Meeting. Get your 
JSSA September newsletter and contribute your 
opinion about 
the O.J. Simpson verdict. 4 p.m.; MU Yuma 
Room.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - Classes held Monday 
through 
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Come relax with us. 
5:30 p.m.; MU 
222.
* Learning Resource Center - Midterm 
strategies workshop. 3 
p.m.; American Indian Institute.
* Literacy Outreach - Bi-monthly meeting. 5 
p.m.; Palo Verde 
West Resource Center.
* MEChA - Political committee meeting. 1:30 
p.m.; MEChA 
Room.
* MUAB Film Committee - Premier of "Melt Down 
Project." 
3 p.m.; MU lower level, Cinema.
* Native American Business Organization - 
General meeting. 
Free food. 4:30 p.m.; American Indian 
Institute, Conference 
Room.
* Philippine American Student Association - 
Meeting to 
discuss activities for this weekend. All 
welcome. 5 p.m.; MU 
Gold Room North.
* Program for Southeast Asian Studies - Brown 
bag lecture by 
Reed Wadley. Title: The Cycle of Farming and 
Ritual: 
Integrating Household and Longhouse in Iban 
Society. 12:40 
p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; LL C50.
* Rainbow Alliance - Meeting/workshop. 7:30 
p.m.; MU 
second floor, LaPaz Room.
* School of Art - If you like looking at 
slides of art work, 
you'll love "Slide Abuse Night." Students 
from the School of 
Art bring slides of recent work to share with 
the audience. 
7:15 p.m.; Neeb Hall .
* Student Alumni Association - First general 
meeting. Find 
out about ASU spirit and traditions. Everyone 
welcome. 5:30 
p.m.; MU Alumni Lounge.
* The Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Discussion 
Group - Free 
open and ongoing discussion. 5 p.m. to 6:30 
p.m.; MU lower 
level, Women's Student Center.
* The Writing Center - Workshop: Introduction 
and 
Conclusion. 1:40 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.; LL A-202.
* Ultimate Frisbee Club - Open co-ed 
scrimmage and practice. 
Beginners welcome. Call 777-8431 for further 
info. 6:30 p.m.; 
ASU Band fields at Rural Road and Sixth 
Street.