Victim speaks out about alleged rape 'You never think it's going to happen to you'

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	"Jane," an 18-year-old ASU freshman, 
moved to 
Arizona this fall from a small town where 
people trusted their 
neighbors and didn't think twice about asking 
strangers for 
rides.
	Last Thursday she discovered in the 
worst possible 
way that those home town beliefs can 
sometimes be wrong - 
she was allegedly raped by an unknown man who 
drove her 
home from a local bar.
	"You never think it's going to happen to 
you," said 
Jane, who asked to remain anonymous. "I don't 
want any of 
my friends to ever go (through something like 
this)."
	Jane is one of four female students who 
reported 
being raped during a one-week period last 
month. The other 
three incidents occurred at Manzanita Hall, 
Palo Verde West 
Hall and an unidentified hall.
	There have been seven reported rapes on 
campus so 
far this year, the highest total since 1989, 
when there were 10.
	Jane said she met her alleged attacker 
at the Dash Inn, 
731 E. Apache Blvd., a popular hangout for 
Greeks. She said 
her friend had borrowed her keys and car so 
she asked the man 
for a ride to her home to the Towers 
Apartments.
	When they arrived, Jane said the man 
walked her up 
to her apartment. She didn't have her keys, 
so she got a 
security guard to let her in. The guard 
opened her door and 
left, but the man didn't.
	Jane then went to her kitchen to get 
something to eat.
	"I (told him) you can go ahead and 
leave, I'm in, bye, 
but he didn't want to leave," she said.
	Instead, he stayed for a while and 
started talking to 
her. Jane said he acted like she wanted him 
to be there.
	After a while, she said he tried to kiss 
her several 
times. Jane said she told him to back off, 
but he didn't.
	Then she said he raped her.
	About a half-hour later he left.
	Jane said she tried to wake her roommate 
who was 
sleeping in another room, but she couldn't. 
She then called 
some friends about the attack and they 
arrived and took her to 
the hospital. Officials there called ASU 
police.
	Jane said she had a few drinks at the 
bar that night, 
but she wasn't drunk and did nothing to bring 
on the alleged 
attack.
	"I wasn't all over him and then decided 
that I didn't 
(want to do anything)," she said. "I didn't 
give him any signals 
at all."
	During the alleged attack, Jane said the 
man slapped 
her several times in the face. She said it 
made her cheeks very 
sore, but the blows left no bruises.
	Jane still does not know who allegedly 
raped her. Just 
before she left the Dash, she said the man 
yelled his name to 
her, but she couldn't hear it over all the 
noise in the bar. The 
man, who she said was drunk, told her he was 
in a fraternity.
	A lot of fraternity members drive 
sorority members to 
their own  homes if they ask  Jane said.
	"It's usually no big deal, so I didn't 
think twice about 
it," she said.
	After they left the Dash, the man first 
stopped at a 
fraternity house before taking her home, Jane 
said. She 
couldn't remember which one it was, but she 
said it was on 
Adelphi Drive. He stayed inside for about 
five minutes and 
then came back out.
	Lt. Kay Gojkovich, who is in charge of 
ASU police's 
criminal investigations, said because the 
suspect reportedly 
stopped at a fraternity, he may be either a 
fraternity member or 
an alumnus of the house. However, police 
still do not know 
that for sure because Jane does not know the 
suspect's name.
	Police have talked to the guard at the 
Towers and he 
gave a basic description of the suspect. He 
said the alleged 
attacker is a white man with dark brown hair, 
5 feet 9 inches 
tall, 145 to 150 pounds and under 30 years 
old.
	Gojkovich said police also checked the 
Towers' 
security camera tape for the night of the 
attack, but saw 
nothing.
	No arrests have been made in this or any 
of the other 
three reported rapes, although the other 
three victims identified 
their alleged attackers by name. If police 
cannot find probable 
cause to arrest any of the suspects, the 
reports will be sent to 
the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for 
review, Gojkovich 
said.
	Jane said her friends have helped ease 
the emotional 
pain of the attack.
	"That's the only way I've gotten through 
it, because 
they have been so supportive," she said.
	One of those friends, freshman Sarah 
O'Brien, said 
Jane has been dealing with the trauma as best 
she can, but she 
hasn't fully come to terms with it yet and is 
trying to keep 
much of it inside.
	"I don't think she's over it," she said. 
"I say she's 
being a survivor. I don't think everything 
has hit her."
	Jane admits the events of that night 
still haunt her.
	"It's not something easy to get through, 
but I'm 
getting through it," she said.
	Jane also has a warning for other women 
who may 
consider doing what she did:
	"People need to know to be careful and 
not go home 
with someone they don't know."

Symposium honors Gandhi's legacy

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	Applying Mahatma Gandhi's principle of 
non-
violence to American society was the message 
of a symposium 
delivered by University faculty and local law 
enforcement in 
the Memorial Union Wednesday.
	"Gandhi is relevant today," said Nemi C. 
Jain to a 
small gathering that grew to more than 60 
students by 
meeting's end.
	Jain, a professor of communications at 
ASU, was 
presenting his 15th annual memorial to the 
slain Indian leader 
whose non-violent resistance movement led 
India to 
independence from Great Britain in 1947. 
Gandhi was 
assassinated the following year.
	Jain's grandfather, a Gandhi 
contemporary, donated 
2,000 acres to landless laborers after they 
protested their plight 
to Gandhi.
	After presenting a brief biography of 
Gandhi, Jain 
told the crowd that the way of non-violence 
means practicing 
it everyday.
	"If someone throws thorns in front of 
you, you should 
throw flowers in front of them," he said. 
"Later, they will think 
of what you did, and this will lead the way 
to truth."
	American society teaches conflict and 
violence as the 
way to resolve problems, Jain added.  "We 
need to question 
whether our culture is really appropriate."
	Incorporating non-violence into everyday 
life should 
begin with interpersonal relationships, said 
Anu S. 
Chitgopekar, an ASU doctoral student studying 
communications.
	"We're socialized to say, 'Meet that 
conflict head on 
and you'll get the result,' " she said.
	Preventing conflict from escalating 
through rational 
discussion and maintaining personal control 
are two ways of 
practicing non-violence, Chitgopekar said.
	Incorporating non-violent principles is 
one way 
citizens can help police stem Tempe's rising 
crime rate, said 
Detective Sergeant John Kling, the hate crime 
coordinator for 
the Tempe Police Department.
	"Without the community being involved 
and helping 
us out, we're going to lose the battle," he 
said. "If you're 
involved in an incident of armed crime, you 
can say it's the 
police department's fault. But in reality, 
you have to be 
responsible for those actions."
	Kling said the Tempe Police are also 
training officers 
to be more sensitive in dealing with the 
public.
	"Can you imagine if everyone in the 
country could 
follow a doctrine of non-violence?" he said. 
"I'd be out of a 
job. That would make me happy."

Depressed?

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	Cheer up. It's National Depression 
Screening Day.
	Student and faculty volunteers will be 
administering 
short, anonymous questionnaires to diagnose 
depression on the 
Memorial Union second floor  from noon to 6 
p.m. today.
	The fifth-annual event is taking place 
at 200 college 
campuses and several thousand other sites 
nationwide to test 
and screen people who might be suffering from 
depression. 
People who do test positive for depression 
will be referred to 
counseling services on campus.
	"We hope to screen students and find no 
evidence of 
depression whatsoever," said Jack Clark, 
ASU's site director 
for the event. "However, we know we will find 
some."
	Of the l48 students who participated in 
the screening 
day last year, 77 percent displayed some form 
of depression. 
Thirty-six people were diagnosed as being 
mildly depressed, 
44 were moderately depressed, and another 33 
people were 
judged severely depressed. 
	"Over the course of a lifetime, there is 
a very high 
likelihood that anyone can get depressed," 
said Dr. William 
Mankel, a psychiatrist at the Student Health 
center.
	Although junior Denise Davidson said it 
doesn't 
happen very often, depression does hit her 
once in a while.
	"I'm normally a pretty happy person," 
she said, "(but) 
a lot of stress from school can make me feel 
a little 
depressed."
	Davidson said she beats the blues by 
going out with 
her friends or calling home.
	Clark said two types of depression 
account for most 
cases: endogenous - a biological type 
inherited from parents - 
and exogenous - a reactive depression that is 
a result of 
external events.
	"Most often, these people (with 
exogenous 
depression) have suffered a series of minor 
losses or a major 
loss," Mankel said. "There is a sadness about 
the loss, and 
sometimes an anger over the loss."
	He added that without treatment, more 
severe 
depression could follow. 
	"Those intense feelings, if they have 
not had a chance 
to be resolved one way or another, will cause 
the brain to try 
to shut down the intensity of those feelings, 
and in the process 
the person gets depressed."
	Signs of depression can include 
diminished 
concentration, changes in sleeping habits or 
appetite, loss of 
energy, irritability and feelings of 
hopelessness and guilt.
	Mankel said the best way to avoid 
depression is to 
avoid stress.
	"If you are in a situation where a lot 
of strong 
emotions are triggered, the key is to 
identify what's causing 
these emotions, and get something to replace 
or restore what 
has been lost," he said.
	Perhaps the best way to deal with 
depression is 
communication, Mankel said.
	"You need to talk to people about your 
loss or your 
sadness or your anger and ventilate your 
feeling surrounding 
the loss," he said.
	Mankel said if people generally keep 
their emotions 
controlled, the depression process doesn't 
have a chance to set 
in.
	Clark said college students are not at a 
greater risk for 
depression than the general populace, 
although he admitted the 
college atmosphere can be stressful. 
	"College is measurement oriented," he 
said. "There is 
an artificial index, grades and you are 
constantly equating 
those to your worth, which of course, is not 
true."

2 student senators resign due to poor attendance

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	Two student government senators have 
resigned from 
office for failing to attend meetings, 
following a request from 
the senate in an effort to avoid impeachment.
	Associated Students of ASU Executive 
Vice 
President Angelo DeSimone said he requested 
the resignations 
from Abdelrahman Elsheikh and Aji George 
rather than 
impeaching them.
	"I asked for their resignations to make 
it easier," 
DeSimone said, adding that he never 
personally met or spoke 
to either of them.
	Elsheikh was the Graduate College 
senator, and 
George was the College of Business senator. 
They were asked 
to resign because they never attended any 
senate meetings, a 
violation of the ASASU bylaws. Both Elsheikh 
and George 
were elected to office last spring. 
	Business College Council President 
Victor Galassi 
said George was removed from office Sept. 15 
because he 
changed his major to a discipline outside of 
the College of 
Business, in addition to not attending 
meetings.
	"We had to jump through hoops," he said. 
"We didn't 
have to impeach him, but we had to conform to 
ASASU 
bylaws and submit a letter."
	In a memo to the senate, Galassi wrote 
that George 
was removed because of his "failure to attend 
senate and 
College of Business meetings ... in direct 
violation of the 
Business College Council bylaws."
	Galassi named David Estrada as George's 
replacement. Estrada was inaugurated Sept. 
19.
	Elsheikh resigned from his office Sept. 
22 after the 
senate Government Operations Committee was 
asked to 
investigate his removal.
	"I wish the best of luck for the ASASU 
in addressing 
the student body concerns," Elsheikh wrote in 
his two-
sentence resignation to the senate.
	Elsheikh and George were unable to be 
reached for 
comment.
	DeSimone, who acts as the president of 
the senate, 
said he was pleased that the elusive senators 
resigned.
	"I'm happy that they resigned," he said. 
"Now I can 
put someone in there that will perform."
	DeSimone said when he noticed that the 
two senators 
had not been attending meetings, his first 
instinct was to 
remove and replace them. However, he realized 
that the "nice 
easy way was to accept (their) resignations." 
	DeSimone said there has been a problem 
in past years 
with some senators not attending meetings. 
	"I will not tolerate people not showing 
up to my 
senate," he said. "I frown upon tardiness."
	He estimated that approximately five 
senators did not 
regularly attend senate meetings last year, 
even though many 
of them were "pressured" to attend by other 
senate members.
	"Missing senators is lost 
representation," DeSimone 
said. "Good policy is formed through 
deliberations." 
	He said that good deliberations cannot 
be conducted 
with only partial representation.
	However, he said the bylaws should not 
be changed 
to require senate members to remain in the 
college that elected 
them.
	"I don't want to make the senate special 
interest; there 
would be too much division," he said. 
	DeSimone said he wanted to retain a 
philosophy of 
"virtual representation" where senate members 
are "leaders of 
students as a whole."  
	"Representation through views and ideas, 
rather than 
college and self interests," he said. 
	He added that the senate this year is 
the strongest it 
has been in several years.
	"This is the closest ever to having a 
full, senate," he 
said. "I will have a full senate. It will be 
a full working senate.
	"Hopefully, all of the senate members 
will be 
performing - that hasn't happened in recent 
years."

Editorial: Back to reality

	Has reality returned?
	Is everything really, finally back to 
normal today?
	Today, there are no trials on 
television, save for some 
reruns of the People's Court.
	Move over, Judge Ito. Judge Wapner is 
back.
	No longer does the world revolve around 
a courtroom 
in Los Angeles.
	Seemingly more important news would be 
regularly 
shoved to the back of our consciousness to 
make more room 
for O.J. news.
	How much were we engulfed by the verdict 
yesterday? While we were engulfed in verdict 
coverage, the 
following events happened yesterday:
	* Phoenix voters re-elected Skip Rimsza 
to a second 
term as mayor. In a city of a million, about 
80,000 votes were 
cast.
	* President Clinton vetoed the 
Congressional budget - 
possibly saving financial aid funding that 
thousands of 
students nationwide rely on. The veto was 
only the third of 
Clinton's administration.
	* Hurricane Opal, considered one of the 
strongest 
hurricanes of the 20th Century, roared toward 
Pensacola, Fla. 
after causing 10 deaths in Mexico. The storm 
is expected to 
make land soon, packing winds that could top 
150 mph.
	* Pope John Paul II returned to the 
United States. The 
pontiff arrived in Newark, N.J. yesterday, 
his first stop on a 
five-day, five-city tour of the East.
	* Fighting once again resumed in Bosnia 
as both 
sides battled for a better bargaining 
position at the peace table. 
Halfway across the world, in Sri Lanka, 171 
government 
soldiers and rebels died in two battles - the 
bloodiest day in 
that nation's civil war. The death count 
could reach 200.
	You get the idea. Yesterday was a pretty 
big news 
day - we were just a little too preoccupied 
to notice.
	The world has been going on its ordinary 
course, day 
after day, despite the trial. We just haven't 
been paying very 
close attention.
	Of course, it would be difficult for 
this newspaper to 
point fingers. Yesterday's issue boasted 
eight pages of O.J. 
verdict news - and not a single page devoted 
to fighting in Sri 
Lanka or Phoenix mayoral elections.
	Why? Well ... people just like reading 
about O.J.
	O.J. became both a pastime and passion. 
It was a lot 
like a roller coaster ride - up and down we 
went, as testimony 
unfolded daily before our eyes.
	And then, just when it seemed that the 
trial would 
never end, it did. The rollercoaster suddenly 
yanked to a halt, 
and we were deposited back into normality.	
	What now?
	We can only guess that now, real life 
resumes once 
again - and perhaps this is best.
	Rather than being distracted by the 
gloves that don't 
fit, the DNA evidence or Marcia Clark's 
hairdo, we can get on 
to worrying about news that matters - news 
that is often 
horribly depressing.
	Maybe now we can debate issues of real 
significance, 
rather than "Did O.J do it?"
	Maybe now, we can get some work done.
	But it won't be as much fun.

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. The State Press 
wants 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 5 p.m. Oct. 
12. If you want information on the march you 
can call 1-800-
324-9243.

Column: In end, hedonism takes over mind, body, soul

A.Marjory Kaminski
Columnist

	It should come to a student only once, 
but let's face it, 
the affliction "senioritis" comes a few too 
many times than 
we'd like to admit. 
	Being a senior for the third time 
around, my 
excitement is a bit muffled, but this time I 
see the light at the 
end of the tunnel. You know, the breeze 
beneath my wings, 
the one, the only graduation.
	At the beginning of the fall semester, I 
took on a big 
load of classes so I could finish up my 
tenure. At the end of 
the summer, before leaving my family's home, 
I bragged to 
them how I was going to go out with a bang 
and try for 
straight A's. "You're going to be so proud," 
I told them, 
grinning. 
	I was so prepared. For once I bought my 
usual supply 
of notebooks, highlighters, pens and No Doz 
before the 
semester began. The night before, I decided 
not go out for a 
traditional booze-before-class because I 
wanted to be on time 
for my first day without a hangover. "I'm 
going to do it," I told 
myself as I turned off the light next to my 
bed. "My grades are 
going to be great."
	As if the build-up didn't tell the 
obvious, this new leaf 
didn't last past the first day. Once I 
tripped over a few 
freshmen and skaters just to get to a class 
that lasted ten 
minutes for intros, I lost thoughts of any 
light toward 
graduation. It was just like before. Screw 
this, I thought. Thus 
began my descent.
	It could have to do with the fact that 
I'm a senior, but 
I think it's just the lazy slug in me that 
has come out to stay for 
a good while. Good timing, considering I'm 
about to hit the 
job market. Taco Bell and Circle K can wait; 
it's time to enjoy 
what I've got left.
	Since most of my time is occupied by 
this certain 
span of slothfulness, I find myself juggling 
two different 
important subjects: my classes and my pre-
graduation job-
seeking. But I find myself rather preferring 
to paint the 
scratches on my apartment walls with White 
Out than 
tinkering with my resumŽ. 
	It's taken me weeks to make a couple 
changes on my 
resumŽ. My first exam's studies took place a 
few hours before 
the actual test. But, hey, I must have been 
getting used to this, 
because I did fine on it. Thank goodness for 
multiple choices.
	The hedonist has been let out, too. This 
is also my 
last few months in Phoenix, so I'm out to see 
the stuff I very 
well could have seen, but didn't, in the past 
four years I was 
here. Suddenly the weekends are occupied with 
trips to Vegas, 
mooning Fife in a passing car, rubbing a 
saguaro cactus and 
scaling A Mountain. In other words, I'm doing 
anything but 
studying.
	After a bit of thought, I figured out 
where my attitude 
came from. It was triggered when I was 
visiting the parents' 
place during the summer. The two took it upon 
themselves to 
get an early retirement. I watched them 
frolicking about 
enjoying life, something I had never seen 
them do ever before. 
They earned it and they are now living a life 
where they get to 
do what they want. That's the way it should 
be. 
	I've given college more years than I 
like to say, and 
considering I'm not going to be able to relax 
for another 45 to 
50 years after it, I've earned a bit of 
idling. Right? Well, it's 
one way of looking at it.
	The worst part is that this semester has 
barely begun. 
In some classes I haven't even had exams yet. 
I'm going to all 
the classes. I've just taken the line of 
thinking that I've put in 
my time in for the 90 minutes of lecture and 
then it's time to 
play. I would assume this happens to most 
everyone, but it's 
happening to me and I am a bit worried Ð not 
worried enough 
to change it, just write about it: the 
essence of a hedonist. Only 
two months to go - it's time to cram.

A. MarJory Kaminski is a senior not studying 
journalism very 
much anymore.

ursday5lntry. 
 adjustment.t."

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Sex not worth the risk

	"Rape is a crime of violence against 
another person. 
My comments below are directed to the people 
who find 
themselves in the position of having to 
decide whether or not 
they will have sex with another person. It is 
a choice, and it 
should be a choice for both people, and it 
should be reaffirmed 
each and every time."
	The article "Defining date rape remains 
matter of 
controversy" on the front page of Monday's 
State Press 
suggests we cannot really define rape. I 
disagree. To me, there 
is no ambiguity about what constitutes rape. 
If the person is 
not willing, then it is rape. So much for the 
principle. 
	The problem comes when we try to define 
under what 
conditions we can and should prosecute 
someone for rape. I 
think we all agree that unless someone 
expressly says "yes" 
and confirms that "yes" with their active 
participation, you 
should assume they mean "no" and stop pushing 
for sex 
because there is a good chance they do not 
want to.  
	If you do a simple analysis of the risk 
versus the 
benefit, it is clear that an orgasm is not 
worth even the 
slightest risk of having it be rape. My 
advice? It's pretty 
simple. Act to honor and respect the people 
you are with. Let 
them know they are more important to you than 
the immediate 
gratification of your sexual urges, which 
often are used as a 
substitute for a real relationship. As a 
result, you might even 
find yourself with someone pretty special - 
and isn't that what 
it's all about anyway?

David Wright
Research Professional
Center for Solid State Science

Letter: Airing personal prejudices

	Delia Maldonado's "Honest airing of 
prejudices" begs 
the question -  who cares? Her piece annoyed 
me because she 
attempted to sell it as an involuntary or 
compelled confession. 
	Why does she think a public forum is the 
place to 
spontaneously talk about her particular likes 
and dislikes about 
various ethnic groups, especially given her 
purported disdain 
for the hate mail that she predicts will 
follow the piece's 
printing? 
	In what context is her opinion on this 
subject 
important or even wanted? More importantly, 
is there such a 
death of ideas at the State Press that it 
must resort to printing 
such poorly composed trash?
	Advice to State Press Editor David 
Strow: Fire 
Maldonado, not because of her "narrow-minded 
views of the 
world," but because she doesn't know how to 
write an 
editorial.

Jason White
Law

Letter: O.J. trial proves racism alive and well

	Tuesday, October 3, 1995, sure was a 
depressing day 
for me. This was the fateful day that the 
verdict on the O.J. 
Simpson trial was revealed. To set the stage, 
I watched, along 
with hundreds of other students at ASU, what 
was to be 
known as the most anticipated television 
event since a man 
walked on the moon. As I sat on a pool table 
in the MU, I 
anxiously awaited the scandalous verdict. 
	The verdict was presented and emotions 
flared. Most 
people cheered, others said they were 
disgusted. Either way, I 
was hardly shocked at all. Although it was a 
disappointing 
announcement to me, I felt that the jury had 
made the best 
decision. I feel that O.J. probably did 
commit these murders. 
However, the amount of evidence presented by 
the prosecution 
was not enough to prove his guilt beyond a 
reasonable doubt. 
Therefore, I grudgingly feel that he should 
walk.
	After the verdict, my day proceeded as 
any other 
Tuesday would until I watched a sobering 
broadcast of the 
evening news. Not surprisingly, the media was 
present that 
morning to record thousands of people's 
reactions across the 
country as the verdict was delivered. The 
program showed 
video of at least ten groups of Americans as 
they observed 
history being written. It was at this point 
that I grew perturbed.
	Although I wanted to deny this, it was 
obvious that 
there was an almost exclusive characteristic 
common to those 
who rejoiced and those who lamented. Indeed, 
one's race 
could plausibly be considered a legitimate 
bisector in 
determining their reaction to the verdict. 
Across the country it 
was the White person's sentiment that the 
verdict was an 
outrage, that Simpson "bought" his freedom, 
and that Simpson 
was acquitted because the jury was mostly 
Black. Conversely, 
crowds of Black people indicated quite 
fervently that justice 
had been served, and that it was about time 
that the "Black 
man" triumphed over the oppressive, frame-
happy and most 
importantly, White LAPD. It was this news 
report that vexed 
my emotions even more so than the reading of 
the verdict.
	At first, I assumed that this was just 
biased news 
coverage. It seemed impossible that race, an 
entirely invalid 
standard of judgment, was the dividing line 
in people's 
opinions on the Simpson trial. Yet I was 
continually 
bombarded with poll after poll indicating 
that a large majority 
of the Black people surveyed felt that 
Simpson was not guilty, 
while the bulk of White people felt that he 
was guilty. White 
people obviously do not have different types 
of brains than 
Black people do. So, how can this phenomenon 
be explained? 
	
	Did any of the people earnestly voicing 
their opinion 
on O.J.'s acquittal actually know for a fact 
that O.J. was guilty 
or not? Did any of them study the evidence 
with true 
objectivity? It is doubtful. After hours of 
contemplation, I was 
led to a disheartening conclusion. Racism 
continues to thrive 
in this country. I am not referring to the 
KKK or the Nazis, 
although they are all too prevalent. I am 
simply stating that 
numerous Americans are persisting in judging 
others based on 
the irrelevant foundation of race.
	I wonder why so many Americans are 
continuing to 
subscribe to this irrational mindset. This is 
best explained 
when racism is looked at through the 
microscope. The 
precursor to racism is laziness. Furthermore, 
it is much easier 
to make simple generalizations about a group 
of people than to 
consider the complexities of each individual. 
Therefore, we as 
a society need to make the extra effort to 
set aside our 
prejudices. It is vital that we view others 
as unique individuals 
and not spokes on the color wheel.

Jared Winter
Freshman
Microbiology

Letter: Common bonds necessary

	In order for an organization to remain 
effective, its 
members should possess the common trait which 
necessitated 
the rise of the organization in the first 
place. This premise has 
recently been challenged by the executive 
board of the Black 
Law Students' Association at ASU's College of 
Law. 
			BLSA's current executive 
board, 
headed by President Greg Williams, has taken 
the position that 
BLSA should encourage non-Black law students 
to join BLSA 
based on the theory that an integrated BLSA 
is better than an 
all-Black BLSA. 
	This came as no surprise because 
unfortunately, 
many members of our Black community continue 
to suffer 
from a slave-mentality which consists of the 
belief that Black 
people are incapable of guiding themselves or 
their 
community.
	There is no dispute that racism is a 
terrible fact of the 
society in which we live. Because of this 
fact, victims of 
racism work together to overcome the 
hardships they endure 
due to their minority status in this society. 
However, different 
minority groups experience different forms of 
racism, and 
although these groups can empathize with one 
another because 
they are all victims of racism, it is 
difficult, if not impossible, 
for one member of one minority group to know 
and truly relate 
to the specific type of racism a member of 
another minority 
group is experiencing. Hence, the various 
groups form 
separate organizations to help deal with 
their separate 
problems. And naturally, the separate 
organizations work with 
one another to combat racism as a whole.
	BLSA was established under the above-
mentioned 
theory. Black law students came together and 
formed an 
organization for Black law students to 
overcome the battles 
they face as Blacks in a field in which they 
are unwelcome, 
and in which their numbers are scarce. How 
does the racism a 
Black person experiences differ from the 
racism that, say, a 
Hispanic or an Asian person experiences? 
Here's how -  the 
vestiges of racism against Blacks can be 
directly traced to 
slavery in the United States. Blacks were 
treated as chattel 
mainly because White people considered 
themselves superior 
to Black people. In contrast, the racism 
against Hispanics may 
be attributed to an incorrect belief that 
"they are invading our 
borders," and becoming too large a portion of 
the American 
population. And the racism that is directed 
toward Asians may 
be attributed to an incorrect belief that 
they are too easily able 
to prosper in the American business world.
	Minority organizations should always 
welcome the 
support of others who are interested in their 
cause. However, 
accepting the help from others outside the 
minority group does 
not mean that the organization should also 
allow others outside 
the minority group to have a voice in 
determining the path or 
direction of the organization. If the 
minority group does not 
maintain absolute control of its 
organization, the organization 
is sure to weaken, lose its focus and even 
harm its members. 
No one can dispute the great injustice Native 
Americans 
suffered due to the "help" from the "friends 
of the Indians." 
The key to success is self-determination. 
And, the route to 
self-determination should be paved by the 
members of the 
minority group that is striving for that 
self-determination and 
no one else.

Leila Reynolds
2nd year law student
Nicole Farum
2nd year law student

Snyder says win would do 'wonders'

By Dan Miller
State Press
	As he prepares his team for what has all 
the makings 
of a must-win situation, ASU Head Coach Bruce 
Snyder has 
come to the realization that a win against 
19th-ranked Stanford 
would do wonders for his mental health.
	"A win doesn't get us a winning season. 
A win 
doesn't put us in a bowl. But it does wonders 
for everything 
else," said Snyder, who will pit his Sun 
Devils (2-3, 1-2 in the 
Pac-10) against the  Cardinal (3-0-1) this 
Saturday at 7 p.m. in 
Sun Devil Stadium. "A loss is a big downside. 
It doesn't kill 
you. But it feels like you're dead. That's 
why I think this is a 
major game for this club that has gone 
through a hellish 
September. 
	"And (a win) would do the coach a lot of 
good. A 
lot."
	Snyder said his team, which has shown 
equal flashes 
of brilliance and mediocrity, has been 
anything but predictable 
so far. 
	"This team has been kind of a mystery 
because we 
have been up and down," he said. "I've had 
great faith in it 
from day one. I believe more in this team 
than anyone else. 
But it has been an up and down team. Not so 
much that we've 
played badly in the game's we're supposed to 
win. It's in the 
game's we're supposed to lose - that's the 
mystery. Why would 
we play that poorly to begin with? I don't 
know. 
	"...I think they believe that they can 
win this game 
and go undefeated at home." 
	Plummer  praises receivers	
	Junior quarterback Jake Plummer said he 
and his 
receiving corps have been working overttime 
this week in 
practice in an attempt to remedy what Snyder 
has referred to 
as a "glaring" problem - dropped passes. He 
said despite some 
recent pass-catching mishaps, he is confident 
each of his 
targets will be back to normal.
	"We just have to quit worrying about it 
and let them 
do their thing," he said.  "It's almost been 
kind of a contagious 
thing lately where everybody catches on and 
all of a sudden 
they're not expecting to catch it as much. 
I'm really proud of 
these guys. They've come out hard and they've 
caught a lot of 
tough balls this week. I didn't purposely 
throw them off the 
mark, but they were making some great catches 
this week and 
that helps their confidence." 
	ASU'S receivers have dropped 24 balls in 
five games 
this season.

ASU hockey guru dissects Eastern Conference teams

Ron Matejko
Columnist
	The National Hockey League will begin 
its 79th 
season Friday night. The off-season was a 
busy one. Here is a 
preview of the two divisions which make up 
the Eastern 
Conference with news and predictions for the 
upcoming 
season. The teams are listed in order of 
projected finish.
Atlantic Division
	New Jersey Devils: The defending Stanley 
Cup 
Champions re-signed key players Martin 
Brodeur, Stephane 
Richer and Scott Niedermayer. Claude Lemieux 
was traded to 
Colorado, but they added two-time 40-goal 
scorer, Steve 
Thomas. Free agent Bruce Driver went to the 
Rangers, and 
assistant coach Larry Robinson went to Los 
Angeles. to 
become the head coach. The Devils are a good 
bet to repeat as 
champs. Rookie to watch: Petr Sykora. 
	Philadelphia Flyers: They possess one of 
the top lines 
in the NHL in the Legion of Doom. Eric 
Lindros will have to 
stay healthy; and Mikael Renberg will spend 
the next month 
recovering from hernia surgery. Re-signing 
Rod Brind'Amour 
and picking up free agent Joel Otto will add 
grit. They also 
added Kjell Samuelsson and Ross Romaniuk to 
replace 
Dimitri Yushkevich to an already solid 
defensive corps. This 
team will go as far as goalie Ron Hextall and 
backup Garth 
Snow lead them. An appearance in the finals 
is not out of the 
question.
	New York Rangers: An off-season trade 
brought in 
60-goal scorer Luc Robitaille and tough 
defensmen Ulf 
Samuelsson. Robitaille gives the Rangers 
their first sniper 
since Mike Gartner was traded. Other 
additions include Ray 
Ferraro, Wayne Presley, Doug Lidster and 
Bruce Driver. Brian 
Leetch will have to make up for the offensive 
void left by 
Sergei Zubov. Petr Nedved, Jay Wells, Sergei 
Zubov, and 
Brian Noonan are gone. The Rangers season 
depends on 
goalie Mike Richter. The weakest link on this 
team may be 
Head Coach Colin Campbell.
     New York Islanders: Head Coach Mike 
Milbury was hired 
in the off-season. Much needed leadership was 
added with the 
addition of Wendel Clark.  Led by Scott 
Lachance and 
youngsters Bryan McCabe and Wade Redden, 
defense is their 
strongest position. Goaltending is the big 
question. Will the 
starting job go to Tommy Salo or Tommy 
Soderstrom? Rookie 
phenom Eric Fichaud is not far behind. 
Rookies to watch: 
Ziggy Palffy and Todd Bertuzzi. Outside shot 
at playoffs.
	Washington Capitals: Shallow at forward. 
Lost 
Dmitri Khristich, Byron Dafoe and John 
Slaney. Peter Bondra 
and Michael Pivonka have signed with the 
IHL's Detroit 
Vipers. Strong defensively. The will look to 
newcomers 
Brendan Witt and Nolan Baumgartner to help 
veterans Sylvain 
Cote and Calle Johannson at the blueline. 
Goaltender Jim 
Carey is their best player. Rookie to watch: 
Brendan Witt.
	Florida Panthers: Doug MacLean was hired 
in off-
season as the new head coach. More offense is 
vital after 
finishing last in the league in goals scored. 
Rob Niedermayer 
needs to step up. The Panthers signed last 
season's No.1 pick, 
Ed Jovanovski. John Vanbiesbrouck is involved 
in a contract 
dispute.  If he is traded, the Panthers will 
finish last. Rookie to 
watch: Radek Dvorak.
	Tampa Bay Lightning: Added Brian 
Bellows, Shawn 
Burr and John Cullen to help anemic offense.  
Chris Gratton 
needs to play better. Average defense. Roman 
Hamrlik was 
No. 1 in goals among defensemen last season. 
A big year is 
expected from the former No.1 pick this 
season. They have a 
good goalie in Darren Puppa. Rookie to watch: 
Daymond 
Langkow.
Northeast Division
	Boston Bruins: New Head Coach Steve 
Casper hired 
in off-season. He named Chris "Knuckles" 
Nilan as an 
assistant coach. They will play in the new 
Fleet Center. The 
Bruins will have to get used to playing 
defense on the larger 
ice surface. Very strong offensively with 
premiere set-up man 
Adam Oates centering 50-goal scorers Cam 
Neely and Kevin 
Stevens. They picked up Stevens, Shawn 
McEachern, Joe 
Mullen, and Todd Elik. Strong defense led by 
Ray Bourque, 
but Al Iafrate continues to have knee 
problems. Goalie Blaine 
Lacher needs to avoid sophomore jinx. They 
lost Bryan 
Smolinski and Glenn Murray. The Bruins could 
be a sleeper 
pick to make the finals in the Eastern 
Conference.
	Pittsburgh Penguins: Mario Lemieux will 
only play 
60-70 games this year. Lost several players 
but still have 
Jarimir Jagr and Ron Francis. They picked up 
offensive 
defensmen, Dimitri Mironov, Bryan Smolinski, 
Glenn Murray, 
Sergei Zubov and Petr Nedved. They lost Larry 
Murphy, 
Kevin Stevens, Shawn McEachern, Luc 
Robitaille and both 
Samuelssons. They have a decent defense and 
strong 
goaltenders in Tom Barrasso. Won't get past 
second round of 
playoffs. 
	Montreal Canadiens: Need depth at 
forward. Pierre 
Turgeon, Mark Recchi and Vincent Damphousse 
are a potent 
line, but that is it. Newcomer Saku Koivu of 
Finland will be 
expected to pick up a large portion of the 
scoring. Their  
defense is physical but limited offensively 
after the 
inconsistent Vladimir Malakhov. Patrick Roy 
must rebound 
from last season and needs a competent backup 
to lighten his 
load. There is too much counting on young 
players to produce. 
Brian Bellows is gone. Rookie to watch: Saku 
Koivu. The 
Canadiens move into the new Forum March 26.
	Hartford Whalers: Big pick ups in 
Brendan Shanahan 
and Gerald Diduck. Good defense. Underrated 
goalie in Sean 
Burke. They lost Chris Pronger. Excellent 
first line in 
Shanahan, Geoff Sanderson and Andrew Cassels. 
The playoffs 
are not out of the question. Rookie to watch: 
Jeff O'Neill.
	Buffalo Sabres: New Head Coach Ted Nolan 
hired in 
off-season. Shallow at forward with the loss 
of Dale 
Hawerchuk, Alexander Mogilny and Wayne 
Presley. Donald 
Audette was expected to pick up some slack 
but will be out for 
at least a month with a knee injury. No key 
additions. Good 
defense. Excellent goalie in two-time Vezina 
Trophy winner 
Dominik Hasek but he won't be enough to stop 
the slide. He 
could be traded before the end of the season. 
Rookie to watch: 
Brian Holzinger.
	Ottawa Senators: New arena, The 
Palladium. Old 
team, The Senators. One out of two ain't bad. 
They picked up 
offensive defensemen Steve Duchesne but that 
is like putting a 
band-aid on a flesh wound. Porous defense 
after rookie Stan 
Neckar. Alexi Yashin is holding out until his 
contract is re-
negotiated. He has threatened not to play for 
Ottawa again and 
has been spotted in the stands watching pre-
season games. 
More offensive production is an 
understatement. Another 
lottery pick in next year's draft has been 
reserved for the 
Senators.

Friday: A glimpse at the Western Conference.

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. Today at 5 p.m. is the final 
deadline for this 
week's contest.
	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 
determined by which 
contestant comes closest. 
	In the event of a tie, the winner will 
be drawn out of a 
hat.
	Entries must be either faxed to 602-965-
8484, "Attn: 
Sports Editor," or dropped off at the State 
Press offices in the 
basement of Matthew's Center. Valid entries 
should include 
full name, student #, year in school, major 
and daytime phone 
#  where you may be reached. Winners will be 
contacted the 
Sunday after the game. 
	The entry deadline each week is Thursday 
at 5 p.m. 
Entries received after the deadline will not 
be considered. 
Telephoning the State Press is not a valid 
form of entry.

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* Someone stole the wallet of a male student 
from the Student 
Recreation Complex.
* A male student reported that he damaged an 
ASU vehicle in 
Lot 57 while driving a tow truck.
* Someone stole the wallet of a female 
student from the 
restroom in the Student Recreation Complex.
* Someone damaged the security glass of a 
door at the Cholla 
Apartments.
* Someone stole computer equipment from 350 
E. Lemon St. 
valued at $250.
* Someone stole a banner from the Memorial 
Union.

Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* A 43-year-old man was arrested for 
misdemeanor assault 
after walking up behind a 16-year-old girl 
and grabbing her 
buttocks at McDonald's, 3255 S. 48th St. As 
he walked away, 
the victim's mother yelled "hey" at him. He 
was found a short 
time later at the ABCO on the corner of 48th 
Street and 
Southern Avenue.
* A 38-year-old man was arrested for 
disorderly conduct and 
threatening behavior after arguing with his 
roommates. He was 
intoxicated and threatened them.
* A 19-year-old man was arrested for 
disorderly conduct after 
yelling outside his trailer. The trailer park 
manager said he was 
disturbed and agreed to aid in prosecution.
* A 33-year-old woman was arrested for 
possession of stolen 
property and possession of drug paraphernalia 
while acting 
suspiciously in the parking lot of Motel 6, 
1720 S. Priest 
Drive. Police found the drug paraphernalia on 
her person and a 
stolen gun in her car.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

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organization per day is permitted.

* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus 
meeting. Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* All Saints Catholic Newman Center - 
Virginia Randall takes 
an in-depth study into the gospel according 
to St. John. 7:30 
p.m.; 230 E. University Dr.
* Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society - 
Last chance 
to join this semester. Guest speaker: Dan 
Switlick, UofA 
medical student. 6:30 p.m.; PSH 152.
* Alpha Phi Omega - General meeting of the 
national co-ed 
service fraternity. 6:30 p.m.; MU Room 206.
* American Association of Airport Executives 
- General 
meeting. All welcome. 4:30 p.m.; ERC 493.
* American Heritage Association - Today's 
meeting canceled.
* American Marketing Association - Weekly 
meeting with 
three workshops: Interviewing, resume 
critique and dress for 
success. Social following. 4:30 p.m.; BAC 
216.
* Anthropology Club - Finalizing our calendar 
of events, 
speakers and trips. Open to all ASU students. 
3 p.m.; 
Anthropology B 203.
* ASU College Republicans - Special meeting 
with U.S. 
Congressman J.D. Hayworth. Everyone welcome. 
2:30 p.m.; 
MU Room 223.
* BACCHUS - Meeting. 5:30 p.m.; Manzanita 
Residence 
Hall.
* Baptist Student Union - Free food, fun and 
fellowship. 
Noon, 1322 S. Mill Ave.
* Barren Mind Improv - Lunch time comedy from 
your 
suggestions. 12:10 p.m.; MU Programming 
Lounge.
* Black and African Coalition - General 
meeting. 5:30 p.m.; 
MU Hopi Room.
* Black Business Student Association - 
General meeting. 
Guest speakers will talk about resumes and 
jobs at US West. 4 
p.m.; MU second floor, Room 208C.
* Campus Crusade for Christ - Thursday Night 
Live. Open 
Bible study, music and fun. 7:30 p.m.; 
Physical Science H-
Wing, Room 150.
* Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - Weekly 
meeting. 7:30 
p.m.; MU, check monitors for location.
* Japan Association - First meeting. Play 
volleyball at courts 
in front of SRC. Also, leadership meeting at 
2 p.m. on the 
second floor of the MU. Everyone welcome. 4 
p.m.; SRC sand 
volleyball courts.
* KASR 1260 AM - Don't listen to this show. 
Turn of the 
Edge and go back into your little Green Day 
and Offspring 
worlds where you came from. This show is too 
indie for you. 
You couldn't handle it. Suckers. Noon to 3 
p.m.; KASR.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - Wrap up your week a 
relaxing yoga 
club. 5:30 p.m.; MU Room 224.
* MUAB Culture and Arts Committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 4:30 p.m.; MU third floor, 
Conference Room 1A.
* MUAB Special Events Committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 3:30 p.m.; MU third floor, 
Conference Room 1A.
* MUAB - Serendipity arts and crafts fair 
committee meeting. 
3:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 2.
* MUAB/ASASU Sneak Preview Committee - 
Advanced 
screening of "Strange Days." Passes available 
on the third 
floor the MU. 8 p.m.; Neeb Hall.
* National Society of Black Engineer - 
General body meeting. 
Join the fun topics to be discussed: The 
regional conference, 
the party and committee planning. All 
welcome. 6:30 p.m.; 
Engineering Center, G-Wing, Room 316.
* Native American Business Organization - 
Meeting. All 
majors welcome. Refreshments will be served. 
3:30 p.m.; AII, 
Conference Room.
* Public Relations Student Society of America 
- General 
meeting. National conference will be 
discussed. 5:30 p.m.; 
Stauffer Hall Reading Room.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Free computer 
skills workshops: Advanced MS Word, 10 a.m.; 
Using Pine, 1 
p.m.; Using SuperPaint, 2 p.m.; Using 
PageMaker, 3 p.m.; 
Advanced MS Word, 6 p.m. SSV 361A.
* THEM, the Science Fiction and Fantasy 
Society - General 
meeting. Today's activities features the 
prominent appearances 
of crayons. 430 p.m.; MU La Paz Room.
* United Nations Club of ASU - Inaugural 
meeting. 3 p.m.; 
MU Pinal Room