ASASU program to blow whistle on potential campus crimes

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	Associated Students of ASU Executive 
Vice 
President Angelo DeSimone is bringing the 
Whistle Stop 
program to ASU in an effort to reduce crime 
on campus.
	Whistle Stop, established by the 
University of Illinois 
in 1978, is a program designed to distribute 
whistles to 
students and staff who are on campus at 
night. Programs on 
rape prevention and self-defense are also 
planned.
	"I can't take credit for the idea," 
DeSimone said, "but 
I can take credit for stealing it."
	DeSimone brought the program to ASU as a 
way for 
the ASASU Senate to address the issue of 
campus safety. The 
goal of the program is "to fight physical and 
sexual assault and 
other crimes on campus."
	ASU Chief of Police Lanny Standridge 
said programs 
like this are excellent for promoting safety 
on campus.
	"Everything helps as long as we remember 
that they 
are supplements," he said. "But (a whistle) 
won't do any good 
if it is tucked away in a purse. When you 
need it, you need it 
then."
	Standridge said the only danger with the 
Whistle Stop 
program is misuse of the whistles.
	"They should be used only when needed," 
he said. 
"False alarms become no alarms."
	Standridge said people should use the 
whistles as a 
supplement to other safety measures, rather 
the depending on 
the them for protection. He advises students 
on campus at 
night to walk with others, use the Safety 
Escort Service and 
stay alert.
	"If anyone ever feels threatened, they 
should not 
hesitate to call us," he said.
	DeSimone said he purchased 1,000 
whistles for this 
year, with the hopes of expanding the program 
in the future.
	"It is hard to find someone to continue 
a program like 
this," DeSimone said. "This program should be 
passed on and 
become a legacy."
	DeSimone hopes to budget $3,000 next 
year for the 
Whistle Stop program, which will cover the 
cost for about 
2,000 of the "best whistles made."
	"This is a good program," he said, "but 
ASASU funds 
are finite." 
	DeSimone wants to target students who 
live on 
campus or those with night classes.
	"They have the greatest need," DeSimone 
said. "But 
anyone who has a need should get one."
	Along with distributing the whistles, 
speakers from 
the Center Against Sexual Abuse will give 
lectures regarding 
assault and rape prevention. DeSimone said he 
also wants to 
present self-defense workshops, focusing on 
"the ability to 
fight and get away."
	Through the lectures, DeSimone said he 
hopes to 
standardize a definition on what constitutes 
acquaintance rape.
	"I want to make sure that the definition 
is the same 
for males, females, staff, ASASU - everyone," 
he said. 
	DeSimone said a corporate sponsor would 
be ideal to 
expand the program in future years.
	"I want to get the program off of the 
ground before I 
expand it," he said. "I want to turn it into 
something more."
	An information meeting will be held at 1 
p.m. this 
afternoon in the Memorial Union for the 
campus safety 
committee.
	"I can start the program," DeSimone 
said. "But I need 
help to keep it going."
	He added that the meeting is open to 
anyone who is 
interested.
	"It is excellent that the community is 
galvanizing and 
working together to solve these problems," 
Standridge said. "It 
is our problem as a community."

No arrests so far in 4 recent ASU rapes

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Although three of the four female 
students who 
reported being raped last month identified 
their alleged 
attackers by name, ASU police have not 
arrested any of the 
suspects so far.
	And they may not arrest them at all.
	If police cannot gather enough physical 
evidence to 
determine probable cause in the incidents, 
they will not charge 
any of the suspects, said ASU Chief of Police 
Lanny 
Standridge.
	One of the victims went to the hospital 
and called 
police shortly after being attacked, but the 
three others waited 
a day or more to report their rapes. Police 
were unable to get 
bodily fluid samples from those three and the 
delay made it 
harder for investigators to gather other 
physical evidence, 
Standridge said.
	"(The delay) poses some additional 
difficulties," he 
said. "When we have good, strong, solid 
physical evidence, 
that goes a long way on making a strong 
case."
	One of the suspects has come forward. A 
male 
student who allegedly raped a woman at Palo 
Verde West told 
police the victim had given her consent to 
have sex. Police are 
in the process of talking to the other two 
suspects which were 
identified by name to find out their side of 
the story, 
Standridge said.
	If no arrests are made, the cases will 
be turned over to 
the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for 
review where 
officials will decide if there is cause for 
arrests and trials.
	Standridge would not speculate on 
whether any 
arrests will be made, but said he hopes the 
cases will be 
wrapped up in the near future.
	"We will investigate the cases 
thoroughly," he said.
	All four female students reported being 
raped within 
one week in late September. One incident 
occurred at 
Manzanita Hall, one at Palo Verde West Hall, 
one at the 
Towers Apartments and one at an unidentified 
residence hall.
	There have been seven reported rapes at 
ASU this 
year, the highest total since 1989, when 10 
were reported.
	ASU police are not releasing any of the 
incident 
reports or the names of the victims or 
suspects because the 
cases are still under investigation.
	Although the victims delayed reporting 
their alleged 
rapes, Standridge said that is 
understandable.
	"We realize the difficulty a rape victim 
will have with 
a situation like this," he said.
	Standridge said he hopes future rape 
victims will not 
be afraid to report the incident to police. 
If police have a 
report, they may be able to make an arrest 
and help the victim 
put the crime behind her.
	"Somehow a story has to end," Standridge 
said.

Domestic violence not ended with O.J. case

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	The O.J. Simpson trial is only a fading 
memory, but 
more than 2 million women are still suffering 
the effects of 
domestic violence.
	To shed light on the plight of these 
women, October 
has been designated "Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month." 
Rallies and ceremonies across the country 
will honor the 
victims of domestic violence.
	"This trial has brought domestic 
violence from 
behind closed doors into unprecedented public 
scrutiny," said 
National Organization for Women Executive 
Vice President 
Kim Gandy. "Domestic violence has been 
discussed in living 
rooms, classrooms, bar rooms and board rooms 
across the 
country as never before."
	Gandy said through this heightened 
awareness, 
"women may have the courage and public and 
judicial support 
to stop their abusers."
	Although Simpson was found innocent of 
murdering 
his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her 
friend Ronald 
Goldman, Simpson admitted he had abused her 
in an earlier 
incident. 
	Despite this admission, Simpson was 
allowed to plea 
bargain an aggravated assault charge to a 
misdemeanor assault 
and was sentenced to community service, a 
$700 fine and an 
agreement to receive psychiatric counseling 
by telephone.
	"This case has helped change the law and 
change our 
culture," said Gandy. "By putting violence 
against women in 
the national spotlight as never before, we 
have a new law (the 
Violence against Women Act) that may mean 
batterers will no 
longer be allowed to plea bargain for a puny 
sentence."
	The Violence against Women Act, which 
passed last 
year, provides training programs for law 
enforcement, judicial 
and administrative court personnel and 
funding for battered 
women's shelters and services.
	According to FBI statistics, a woman is 
battered 
every 18 seconds in the United States. 
Although 572,000 
assaults are officially reported to federal 
officials each year, 
two to four million more assaults go 
unreported, according to 
most estimates.
	Statistics provided by the American 
Medical 
Association reveal that domestic violence 
kills as many 
women every five years as the total number of 
Americans who 
died during the Vietnam War.
	"I think the recent drama (the O.J. 
Simpson trial) we 
saw played out over the last nine months has 
brought the issue 
of domestic violence to the forefront," said 
Ann Timmer, a 
member of the Arizona National Organization 
for Women.
	Timmer said society has become more 
aware of 
domestic violence over the last 20 years, but 
"still has a long 
way to go."

ASU hopes to break even hosting Super Bowl XXX

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press 
	Despite the $185 million Super Bowl XXX 
will bring 
into Arizona, ASU officials are just hoping 
the University will 
break even.
	"If we get through (the Super Bowl) 
without losing 
money, that would be a pretty good thing," 
said Steve Miller, 
chairman of ASU's Super Bowl Host Committee.
	ASU will earn more than $300,000 in rent 
from the 
NFL and a small revenue from the sale of ASU 
and Super 
Bowl XXX apparel, said Brent Brown, vice 
president of 
University relations.
	Most of this money will be consumed by 
stadium, 
parking and other improvements, he added.  
	Although the University is not expected 
to profit 
from the Super Bowl, officials emphasized 
that Sun Devil 
Stadium and stadium parking will be upgraded. 
The lighting 
and sound systems at Sun Devil Stadium will 
be supplemented 
for the Jan. 28 game day, and a new 2,300-
space parking lot 
will be built. 
	The University and the City of Tempe 
will both 
benefit from the new jointly-owned parking 
lot, Brown said. 
	"We will break even," he said. "We will 
not spend 
any normal University resources on the Super 
Bowl."
	Milton Glick said the University is not 
hosting the 
Super Bowl to make money. Rather, he sees it 
as ASU doing a 
service for Arizona. 
	"My view is we are doing this as a good 
citizen of 
Maricopa County and the state," he said. 
	Super Bowl XXX will bring exposure to 
ASU that 
can't be measured in dollars, Miller said.
	"There are certain things you can't 
measure 
(monetarily)," he said. "There is a large TV 
worldwide 
viewing audience, and there has got to be a 
value associated 
with that exposure," Miller said. 
	More than 750 million people worldwide 
are 
expected to watch the game on television. 
	Glick said it would be "wonderful" if 
the University 
makes money, but he does not see a "pot of 
gold at the end of 
this one."

Corrections

	A story which appeared in the Oct. 5 
issue of the State 
Press, "Sparky's back!" contained an error. 
The article 
incorrectly identified Bob Aver's fraternity 
as Delta Sigma 
Phi. Aver's fraternity is Delta Sigma Pi.
	A story which appeared in the Oct. 3 
issue, "Faculty 
defend tenure in face of ABOR review," 
incorrectly reported 
the name of the dean of the College of Law. 
The correct 
name of the dean is Richard Morgan.

Editorial: End the violence

	"If O.J. got away with it, so can I."
	No matter what your opinion on the 
Simpson verdict, 
these words must surely send a chill down the 
spines of most 
Americans.
	Domestic abusers see new reason to 
continue their 
perverted acts of violence against wives and 
girlfriends.
	O.J. got away with it, they reason. So 
why shouldn't I?
	These are dark times for opponents of 
the plague of 
domestic violence.
	Ordinary men, seen by friends and co-
workers as 
rational and calm, can suddenly transform 
into violent, 
irrational monsters once crossing the 
threshold of home.
	We always hurt the ones we love - 
literally.
	The 572,000 reported incidents of 
domestic battery in 
1994 are scary enough.
	Even more frightening is the fact that 
anywhere from 2 
to 4 million more incidents of domestic 
violence occur each 
year - and go unreported.
	Every 18 seconds, a woman is battered in 
the United 
States - and most of the time, she remains 
not only silent, but 
remains with the batterer.
	"O.J. got away with it" isn't just 
encouragement for the 
abuser - it is seen as yet another reason for 
the one being 
abused to remain silent.
	And, because the victim often stays in 
the relationship, 
the beatings and assaults continue again and 
again.
	Sometimes, it takes a shocking incident 
- like the 
Simpson trial, or an event like Domestic 
Violence Awareness 
Month - to get us to wake up, stand up and 
put an end to the 
cycle of violence.
	To women who suffer at the hands of 
spouses: leave.
	Marriage is based on love and trust. By 
committing the 
act of violence against you, your husband is 
forfeiting on the 
marriage contract. Violent behavior is based 
on many 
emotions, but love isn't one of them.
	If you leave, it is he that has voided 
the marriage 
contract - not you.
	No matter the length of the marriage, no 
matter how 
many children you have or the financial 
obligations, there is 
no reason to suffer continuous violence at 
the hands of 
someone who claims to love you.
	Actions speak louder than words.
	There are places to run, people to turn 
to. Across the 
Valley are shelters for victims of domestic 
violence. Call one 
of them. Call a relative. Call the police. 
Call anyone.
	But such advice doesn't apply solely to 
wives. Women 
suffer violence at the hands of boyfriends as 
well. Scenes of 
such violence are doubtlessly played out 
daily in the 
residence halls and apartment complexes 
ringing ASU.
	No boyfriend is worth keeping if the 
price of his "love" 
is battery.
	How can he really love you if he thinks 
the way to end 
an argument is hitting you?
	Dump the slimeball. He's not worth your 
time or your 
love.
	Beating on a loved one is the ultimate 
act of cowardice.
	Leaving the setting of abuse is the 
ultimate act of 
strength.
	Be strong.

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. Thursday. If you want 
information on the 
march you can call 1-800-324-9243.

Column: Revisionists distort historical facts about A-bomb

Frank Sackton
Guest Columnist
	In Steve Forsberg's column "A-bomb 
second guessed 
from start" in the Sept. 29 issue of the 
State Press, he attempts 
to make a case for the historical 
revisionists regarding the 
atomic bomb strikes of 50 years ago. He 
states "...that 
opposition to (and regret about) the bombings 
was present 
from the time they occurred, and that such 
views were fairly 
widely held." Therein lies the problem with 
revisionists - they 
distort the historical facts to make their 
case. There was no 
opposition (or regret) by any senior U.S. 
official when 
President Truman made the decision to use the 
bombs to 
terminate a terrible war. Nor was there any 
show of regret by 
any senior U.S. official at the time the 
bombs were dropped 
and Japan surrendered .
	An important meeting to discuss 
alternatives to end 
the war in the Pacific was conducted on June 
18, 1945, when 
Gen. George Marshall and other senior 
officers met with 
President Truman. Up until that time, many 
courses had been 
explored to terminate the war. Prominent 
among these was 
the plan to bomb the Japanese homeland into 
submission 
with conventional weapons. This tactic was 
tried, but without 
success. On the night of March 9, 1945, a 
force of B-29 aircraft 
(Superfortress) dropped 19,000 tons of 
incendiary bombs on 
the southern part of Tokyo. Sixteen square 
miles of the city 
was destroyed, killing 84,000 people. The 
attacks were 
stepped up in April, May and June as 65 
cities were hit with 
154,000 tons of incendiaries, killing 250,000 
people and 
rendering 8 million homeless. The Americans 
dropped 
leaflets all over Japan indicating more 
bombing would follow 
unless Japan surrendered. But the only 
reaction from the 
ruling clique in Japan was one of defiance 
and increased 
resolve.
	Another alternative was to persuade the 
Soviets to 
enter the war against Japan, creating such an 
impact that the 
Japanese leaders would see the futility of 
continuing 
hostilities. But the Soviets were being very 
coy about helping 
the Americans. They wanted to be in on the 
kill to get some 
of the fruits of victory, but only after the 
Americans were on 
the verge of success. Stalin stalled for time 
by making 
unreasonable demands for Soviet 
participation. (The Soviets 
finally declared war on Japan Aug. 9- three 
days after the 
Hiroshima bombing, and on the same day of the 
Nagasaki 
bombing.)
	Other courses of action had been 
discussed including 
the possibility of a negotiated peace instead 
of the then-
existing policy of "unconditional surrender." 
But this option 
was also discarded as unrealistic because the 
policy applied 
to Germany as well as Japan. At that fateful 
meeting of June 
18, all of those present agreed that the 
options to terminate 
the war were reduced to two: drop the atomic 
bomb if its 
fabrication and test were successful or 
invade the Japanese 
homeland on Nov. 1, 1945.
	President Truman asked his senior 
officers to give 
their estimates of U.S. casualties in an 
invasion operation. 
Marshall put the casualty estimate for the 
first 30 days at 
31,000. He also reported that MacArthur's 
estimate for the 
same period was 50,800. But the figures that 
appalled the 
president were those for the total invasion. 
Gen. Marshall 
estimated 193,500 American casualties, 
including 40,000 
dead, 150,000 wounded and 3,500 missing. 
Secretary of War 
Stimson projected the losses at about 1 
million, and he made 
a plea to use the bomb if it became available 
before the Nov. 1 
attack date. Adm. Leahyl, Truman's chief of 
staff, estimated 
that the American losses would total 270,000.
	The high casualty estimates had a 
certain validity for 
the president because he recalled the 
murderous Okinawa 
campaign, a relatively smaller one, that cost 
12,000 American 
lives, and 36,000 wounded. He also took into 
consideration 
the new weapon that the Japanese had used-the 
suicide 
aircraft known as the "kamikaze." The toll on 
American ships 
had been great: 30 vessels sunk and 368 
damaged, including 
10 battleships and 13 aircraft carriers. The 
group which had 
gathered at that meeting knew that the fierce 
defense of 
Okinawa would pale in comparison to a fanatic 
defense of 
the Japanese homeland.
	A month later, Truman learned of the 
successful 
detonation of a test atomic bomb. By this 
time, there was no 
doubt in his mind that he would use the 
weapon in an effort 
to save American lives. Later, when he 
received the report 
that two operational bombs had become 
available, he 
directed that they be employed against 
targets in Japan. He 
directed, also, that if the atomic bombs did 
not bring the war 
to a close, the attack on the mainland of 
Japan would start on 
the scheduled date, Nov. 1.
	Forsberg quotes Stanford historian 
Barton Bernstein 
that Ambassador Grew, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, 
Adm. 
"Bull" Halsey and Adm. Leahy thought that 
dropping the 
bomb was a mistake. This is an indication of 
the revisionist at 
work. Forsberg states that regret about the 
bombings was 
present from the time they occurred and that 
such views 
were widely held. But Grew, Eisenhower and 
Halsey were 
not at the decision meeting of June 18, nor 
were they ever 
consulted. These afterthoughts occurred much 
later when 
they wrote their memoirs, when it became 
politically correct 
to "regret" the atomic bombings. The regrets 
were not 
expressed at the time of the bombings.
	As for Adm. Leahy, he was present at the 
June 18 
meeting. The minutes of the meeting do not 
indicate that he 
opposed or regretted the president's 
decision. As for Gen. 
MacArthur, Forsberg quotes him out of 
context. I served as 
staff secretary to Gen. MacArthur in Japan, 
and heard his 
view on this subject several times. 
MacArthur, like many 
other senior military officers, believed that 
the unconditional 
surrender provision needlessly prolonged the 
war. Also, 
because of this firm declaration by the 
Allied leaders, it 
included Japan's emperor. However, given the 
fact that 
MacArthur could not change the policy of his 
superiors, he 
supported the president's decision to use the 
bombs because 
it stopped the slaughter in the Pacific.
	I believe that the term "revisionist" is 
rightly a slur 
amongst historians in this case. These 
historians have twisted 
the facts on which President Truman made the 
fateful 
decision. The situation and the political 
climate of 50 years 
ago was different than it is now. The 
historians err by 
disregarding the hate and the passions that 
existed then.

Frank Sackton is an ASU professor of public 
affairs.

Column: Godless society still touched by Catholic Church

Liz Montalbano
Columnist
	I was raised Catholic.
	There, I said it. I'm not ashamed of it, 
even though 
some people recoil from the word like it's a 
scorpion they 
found under their pillow.
	I went to Catholic schools until I was 
17. I lived in fear 
of nuns who told me I'd go to hell if I wore 
a bikini, and 
priests who insisted sex before marriage was 
immoral 
because we should treat our bodies like 
temples.
	OK, things have changed since then, and 
not all 
Catholic leaders are so narrow-minded. And 
since I don't 
practice the faith I was born into anymore, I 
don't really think 
too much about the Roman Catholic Church's 
place in the 
world.
	But the Pope's recent visit to the 
United States led me 
to reexamine the importance of this 
institution. Even though 
we live in what seems to be a Godless 
society, the Roman 
Catholic Church remains an undeniable force 
in the world. 
The thousands who flocked to the pontiff's 
appearances last 
week are proof of that.
	In the latest issue of Time magazine, an 
article 
discusses what it defines as "the Catholic 
paradox." It seems 
that although many people still consider 
themselves a part of 
the Roman Catholic Church, few firmly believe 
in all of the 
church's doctrines, and many support changes 
to current 
ideology.
	For example, 69 percent of the U.S. 
Catholics polled 
would allow divorced Catholics to marry in 
the church and 
75 percent do not believe it is always wrong 
for unmarried 
people to engage in sexual activity.
	These issues have one thing in common - 
they are 
based in the sexual morality the church 
teaches. 
	The fact that so many Catholics disagree 
with these 
traditional notions reflects a 90s mentality. 
It's almost 
laughable that a religion could still hold 
fast to the archaic 
ideas that two people must be married to have 
sex and that if 
a person makes a mistake in choosing a 
partner, his or her 
church would not recognize that person's 
right to a second 
chance.
	On the other hand, promiscuous sex has 
alarming risks 
and the marriage bond has lost all sense of 
sacredness, 
resulting in divorces that disturb future 
generations of 
families.
	I know some people who still believe 
staunchly in 
their faith and hold fast to these ideals. I 
respect them for 
that. I sometimes wish I had that much 
confidence in an 
ideology centered around an entity I'm not 
sure exists.
	Still, it seems the Roman Catholic 
Church should shift 
some of its views to maintain integrity among 
its members. 
	Many so-called Catholics engage in pre-
marital sex 
and get divorced, as well as support other 
church-
condemned practices. For an institution to be 
true to its 
standards, the majority of its members should 
practice what 
it preaches.
	Maybe the church has been right all 
along. It's 
survived this long, and it doesn't look like 
the institution is 
going to lose its momentum anytime soon. Even 
amid 
scandals of child-molesting priests, the 
church still continues 
to influence its parishioners worldwide. 
	Maybe we are all depraved and should 
actually be 
abiding by the sexual morality the church 
teaches.
	But I don't think so.
	Sure I agree with a certain moral code 
for behavior - to 
a degree. I don't think it's right to kill 
anyone, to steal from 
them or to degrade them in anyway. 
	But when it comes to sexual morality, I 
think the 
Roman Catholic Church should lighten up just 
a little bit.
	There should be a middle ground. I'm not 
saying it's 
OK for everyone to engage in sexual behavior 
with 
whomever, wherever and whenever they choose. 
But sex, as 
in most things in life, is not a completely 
black and white 
issue.
	Sex itself is not evil. There are many 
people in this 
country who use it in disgusting and 
degrading ways, but the 
act itself, when it is consentual between two 
mature people 
who aren't married, should not be deemed 
immoral.
	And although divorce is never the 
easiest thing in the 
world for families, sometimes it may be 
necessary. I think the 
church should support people who have the 
courage to 
marry again after going through the trauma of 
a divorce 
(unless you're someone like, say, Liz 
Taylor).
	Of course, I don't expect any of this to 
happen very 
soon. The church has been around for almost 
2,000 years and 
they haven't changed their minds an awful lot 
yet.
	But then again, I can always hope ... 
and pray.

Liz Montalbano is an M.F.A. student studying 
creative 
writing.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: 'Narrow-minded' views dangerous if kept unchecked

	I would like to take this chance to 
respond to the views 
expressed in Delia Maldonado's article of 
Oct. 4, - views that 
she admittedly recognizes as narrow-minded. I 
appreciate 
that she is able to understand that they are 
narrow-minded, 
and I challenge her further by saying that 
they also represent 
a lack of good judgment. Nevertheless, these 
are her views, 
views that she is entitled to have, views 
that she can share.
	What should frighten us, however, is not 
that these 
views exist, or even that she expressed them 
in such an open 
format; rather that she can take these views 
and vote with 
them, lest you think that she is the only one 
who holds these 
views as they are echoed on television, in 
the press and even 
in our representative government, both state 
and national.
	If these views do not represent you or 
your beliefs 
(and I honestly hope that you are out there) 
I challenge you to 
go and vote. Furthermore, vote responsibly 
and critically. 
Please pay attention to what politicians are 
doing with our 
tax dollars and with our future. Don't allow 
this nation be 
lead by a group of people you don't agree 
with. Don't allow 
these sentiments become law. Rather than 
rushing to your 
computer feverishly (as I have done) take 
your energy and 
get involved and vote!
	Ms. Maldonado is entitled to her opinion 
as are you. 
Please don't allow her opinion to be the only 
one that is 
heard.

Melanie Payne
Graduate student 
Communication

Letter: Lighten up, Hooters a hoot and a half for most

	I am writing in reference to Liz 
Montalbano's Sept. 26 
column "Hooters' girls sell sex, not lunch." 
Of course, I have 
to point out a couple of blatant errors in 
the article. 
	One, Hooters opened to the general 
public on 
Monday, not Tuesday 
	Two, I believe the sign with the catchy 
logo you 
noticed, and assumed to be their sole effort 
to let you know 
they were open, was there at least a week 
before they opened. 
	I know this because I have a friend that 
is employed at 
Hooters, and as part of their training, they 
were allowed to 
have friends and family come in for dinner. I 
can't believe 
anyone has a problem with an owl's eyes! Have 
you ever 
taken a marketing class? Take a second look - 
sex sells. If you 
look hard enough you can claim sex is 
everywhere.
	You are really showing your naivetŽ when 
you write, 
"I don't like being unnecessarily ogled. I 
don't like when I'm 
whistled at ... ." Well, there is not a law 
against looking or 
even whistling. I have been known to "ogle" a 
guy myself 
occasionally - I'd whistle but I don't know 
how. Does that 
mean the guys should be offended, or 
flattered? If you don't 
want to be ogled or whistled at, try crawling 
under a rock 
and staying there, or joining a convent. By 
the way, did those 
whistles come from Hooters or are you trying 
to blame all of 
men's discourtesies on a restaurant?
	Regarding the subject of scantily clad 
women 
permitting men to degrade the rest of us - 
what a crock! It is 
not any one woman's fault that a man feels he 
can degrade 
women, with the possible exception of the 
woman who 
raised him. 
	As to Hooters' girls getting a fatter 
tip than Denny's 
girls because of the difference in clothing - 
you must be 
kidding! I worked at Denny's for a while as a 
waitress on 
graveyard; I dealt with pretty much the same 
crowd as my 
friend at Hooters does. From what she tells 
me, I'd say the 
tips are not that different, given the 
waitress' personalities, of 
course. A good, friendly waitress can make a 
lot of money 
anywhere. However, at Hooters, unlike 
Denny's, there is a 
policy against customers touching the 
waitresses.
	The statement: "But women can't fight 
sexual 
harassment if we place ourselves in 
compromising positions" 
is definitely not true. The way a woman 
dresses does not give 
her employers and co-workers the right to 
harass her. That is 
what sexual harassment is, isn't it? That's 
as bad as saying a 
woman deserves to get raped if she wears a 
short skirt or 
walks alone at night. This is the 90s - are 
women still 
supposed to take the blame for a man's 
actions?! And please, 
don't compare Hooters with Showgirls - there 
is no gang-rape 
occurring at Hooters.
	If you don't like the location of the 
new Hooters, 
perhaps you could move down Mill Avenue a 
little, closer to 
Pink E's. Maybe their outfits will be more to 
your taste. By the 
way, have you even been in Hooters yet? I'd 
be glad to take 
you - maybe you would see that a lot of 
college students 
work very hard there and they could use some 
support 
instead of criticism. Besides, I've heard 
it's a great place to 
meet guys. Lighten up!!!

Virginia Asher
Junior
International finance

Sun Devil men's tennis team ready to return to NCAA championships

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Last season's men's tennis team won the 
Region V 
Championship, advanced to the NCAA round of 
16, beat USC 
for the first time in school history and 
boasted its first-ever 
national champion.
	Talk about a tough act to follow.
	This year's team, with the exception of 
one player, 
will have much the same look as last year's. 
Only legendary 
senior Sargis Sargsian, a winner of an 
unprecedented four 
collegiate Grand Slams and the 1995 NCAA 
champ, has been 
lost to graduation.
	At least one ASU player believes this 
year's Sun 
Devils can reach new heights.
	"We're going to be better than last 
year," said junior 
southpaw Wolf von Lindenau, who held down the 
No. 6 spot 
for most of last year and played in Germany 
over the summer. 
"Our goal is not to go to Georgia, but to go 
far at Georgia."
	Von Lindenau was referring to Athens, 
Ga., where 
the Sun Devils made a surprise appearance at 
the NCAA 
championships in May, losing to second-ranked 
Georgia, 4-1.
	"It's nice to have the maturity of a 
group that's been 
successful," said Coach Lou Belken, who is 
entering his 14th 
season at the controls. "We're a lot further 
along on the 
mechanical stuff this year, so that allows us 
to do more of the 
competitive stuff earlier."
	Senior Paul Reber, a three-year letter 
winner, 
headlines the list of returning players. 
Reber has graciously 
accepted his role as the old man on the team. 
	"This is it. This is last hurrah right 
here," said Reber, 
who incidentally hasn't had a haircut in 14 
months. "I don't 
think there's going to be much more tennis 
for me after this. 
Individually, it would be great to do well, 
but it's more 
important to me that the team does well."
	Reber said he has kept his hair short 
for most of its 
life, but for some reason he had had the 
inkling to just let it 
grow out. Is it because of his large female 
following?
	"They don't complain too much," Reber 
admitted.
	Reber and fellow Canadian Dave 
Critchley, a transfer 
from West Virginia last year who was plagued 
with injuries, 
may both wear Canadian flag bandannas on 
their heads during 
matches this year. Reber already sports one 
during practice.
	Critchley, who packs a scorching 130 mph 
serve, is 
currently suffering from bursitis in his 
shoulder.
	Critchley is joined by junior Sergio 
Elias, who played 
between No. 2 and No. 3 singles last year. 
Elias used the 
summer to rediscover himself. 
	"It was a summer where I grew up a lot," 
said Elias, 
who received a Pac-10 Southern Division 
honorable mention 
for conference honors. "I had a lot of time 
to think about who I 
was and what I wanted. I realized no matter 
how much I want 
something, I can't let adverse things make me 
freak out."
	Elias is also among the gimpy, with a 
stress fracture 
in his right foot and a pulled hamstring.
	One man who is consistently a bastion of 
confidence 
is sophomore Tsolak Gevorkian. Gevorkian 
stormed on the 
scene last year, winning over 20 matches as a 
true freshman. 
After winning two tournaments in France over 
the summer and 
tasting a wide range of international 
competition, Gevorkian 
has perfected his baseline and serve and 
volley game.
	"I feel I'm playing an all-around game," 
he said. "I'm 
like a combination of (Pete) Sampras and 
(Andre) Agassi, only 
about two levels lower.
	"I love the way I'm playing right now."
	The Sun Devils' star recruit is Oscar 
Bustos, who 
transferred from Anderson junior college in 
Anderson, S.C. 
Bustos, who like Elias is a native of 
Santiago, Chile, won the 
Rolex small college national championship 
last year. He was 
one of the most recruited players in the 
nation, bypassing 
offers from such powerhouses as UCLA, USC and 
Pepperdine.
	"He will be one of the premier players 
in the nation 
this year based on his past results," Belken 
said.
	Bustos won the Sun Devils' intrasquad 
tournament 
two weeks ago, losing only one set to Reber 
in the final.
	"I think the team is very good," said 
Bustos, a hard-
hitting baseliner.  "It is very cohesive."
	Hiroshi Nagoshima and Casey Was made the 
team as 
walk-ons.
	Nagoshima earned high praise from 
Belken.
	"He may be the best walk-on I've seen 
come through 
here," Belken said. "He's been a very 
pleasant surprise."

ASU golfers lead by 13

By Ron Matejko
State Press
	The ASU women's golf team is in first 
place after the 
first two rounds of the Diet Coke-Roadrunner 
Invitational. The 
tournament is being held at the New Mexico 
State Golf Course 
in Las Cruces, N.M.
	The Sun Devils lead second-place Texas 
Tech by 13 
strokes. ASU shot a 599 through the first two 
rounds with 
Texas Tech in second at 612 and New Mexico 
State in third at 
615. ASU is leading a group of 16 teams 
competing in the 
tournament.  
	ASU has all five of its golfers in the 
top 25 overall. 
The Sun Devils are led by sophomore Kellee 
Booth, who is 
currently in second place by one stroke after 
shooting a 73 in 
both rounds. Each round tied Booth for the 
second best score 
posted by any golfer.
	Senior Linda Ericsson and freshman Jody 
Niemann 
are tied for sixth, with junior Vinny 
Riviello tied for 11th. 
Rounding out the fivesome is redshirt-
freshman Keri 
Cornelius, who is currently tied for 22nd.
	All golfers played the first 36 holes 
Monday with the 
final 18 scheduled for today.

Tailback Martin gets starting nod vs. BYU

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Sophomore tailback Michael Martin, who 
rushed for 
98 yards on 23 carries and scored two 
touchdowns in ASU's 
30-28 loss to Stanford, will start against 
Brigham Young this 
Saturday, Head Coach Bruce Snyder said 
Monday.
	Senior Chris Hopkins, the previous 
starter, and 
sophomore Terry Battle, will also see action, 
Snyder said. 
	"It was the first chance Michael had the 
opportunity 
to go out and run," Snyder said. "I thought 
our offensive line 
did an excellent job creating holes, but 
Michael made some 
holes and broke some tackles."
	Since a week before the first game, both 
Battle and 
Martin had been what Snyder referred to as 
"slashed" at the 
backup spot behind Hopkins. Hopkins, who 
started against the 
Cardinal, finished with 44 yards on 13 
carries to go with one 
touchdown. In an effort to prevent any 
misconceptions among 
the three, Snyder informed them of the move 
as a group on 
Sunday.
	Martin, who missed the Oregon State game 
to attend 
a funeral his hometown of Dallas, has 250 
yards on 58 
attempts in five games, an average of 4.3 
yards per carry.
	"He's bigger and I'm not suggesting that 
he's 
tougher," Snyder of the 6-foot-1, 204-pound 
Martin. "I'm not 
sure there's a guy on the team tougher than 
Chris Hopkins or 
Terry Battle for that matter, but his style 
of running is, 'I'll 
break this tackle darting and running through 
them.'
	"... He's harder to tackle. He's a load 
to tackle."
	Battle, who is 5-11, 193 pounds, carried 
only four 
times for 12 yards against Stanford, giving 
him 260 yards and 
53 carries for the season. His 66 yards 
against USC two weeks 
ago was a team-high.
	Hopkins, a 6-0, 189-pound, three-year 
letterman, has 
362 yards on 79 tries this year. Against 
Texas-El Paso in week 
two, he rushed for 131 yards on 18 attempts, 
which marked the 
first time an ASU back rushed for over 100 
yards since he did 
so in September of 1994.  
	Whether or not Martin will maintain the 
starting spot 
for the rest of the season depends, Snyder 
said. 
	"I would hate to say it's a season 
because he's only 
done it once," he said, referring to Martin's 
outburst. "But he 
did do it once and I would like to recognize 
that, and I would 
like to give him the chance to do it twice. 
And if he does it 
twice, he'll get a third chance."
	Martin, who played in four games as a 
true freshman 
in 1993, missed the 1994 campaign after 
tearing knee 
ligaments during preseason drills at Camp 
Tontozona.  
	NOTE: 
	Snyder said sophomore Pat Tillman, who 
was hit 
with an unexpected punt snap in the fourth 
quarter of the 
Stanford game, had an interesting perspective 
on the whole 
thing.
	He said when he conferred with Tillman 
about the 
play, Tillman remarked: "I didn't know what 
to think. I 
thought maybe a bird hit me or something."

Perks for college athletes: Fair or unfair?

Damian Shaw
Assistant Sports Editor

	College athletics has always been a 
medium for 
alumni pride and bragging rights, as well as 
a vehicle for the 
betterment of athletes. The tired debate of 
whether or not to 
pay college athletes for their services, 
though, may be a moot 
one.  
	The truth is, being a student athlete is 
a trade-off that 
can offer big bonuses as well as be painfully 
restricting. 
	Before I tell you everything that 
student athletes get, 
maybe I should tell you some of the things 
they don't get. 
	They don't get to have a job for extra 
spending 
money; they are only allowed to converse with 
certain people 
(i.e. pre-arranged media interviews); and 
most of all, they 
aren't afforded to have much of a life during 
their sports' 
season. Hours of practice,. team meetings, 
film reviews, 
attending class and studying takes care of 
that. Although they 
create millions in revenue for their schools, 
they aren't allowed 
to earn any money from their likeness or from 
endorsing 
anything. 
	Before you start feeling sorry for them, 
you should 
take a look at what they do get. They get all 
their classes 
before you do. Athletes have a priority and 
are enrolled before 
you and I. They are also tutored free of 
charge in whatever 
subject they are having difficulty with. 
Standing in line at the 
Computing Commons? Not ASU athletes. They get 
their own 
set of computers in a separate building. 
	Let's get to some of the more important 
things, 
though, such as cash. Each athlete who is on 
scholarship 
receives free tuition (over $4,000 per 
semester, out of state) 
and $560 per month. All of this is regardless 
of financial need, 
so while many students are filing papers with 
financial aid 
trying to prove they need money to attend 
class, athletes just 
have it handed to them. Pre-game meals are 
free, and post-
practice buffets are taken in credit out of 
their monthly checks.  
	To be fair it could be said that the 
athlete and the 
school benefit from one another. Schools 
generate revenues far 
beyond the cost of the athletic programs and 
athletes receive a 
free education, free room and board and the 
opportunity to 
develop themselves into professional 
athletes. 
	Justin Dragoo, a graduate linebacker for 
the Sun 
Devil football team, is an example of an 
athlete who benefited 
from his career at ASU. Dragoo, due to 
various injuries, is in 
his sixth year of eligibility. Hailing from 
Napa, Calif., Dragoo 
would have paid out-of-state tuition at a  
rate of over $8,000 a 
year. In a span of six years, that's an 
education clearly worth 
over $50,000, not including his lieu checks, 
per diem meal 
money for road trips and other free meals. 
	While six years isn't the norm, it's not 
unusual for 
athletes to get four or five years of school, 
room and board. 
Not all athletes want all that, however. 
Tonya Harding, a 
softball pitcher who shares her name with the 
infamous skater, 
attended UCLA last year and led the team to a 
national 
championship. School officials deny that 
Harding, an 
Australian National team player, was a hired 
gun. All the 
same, Harding came on midway through the 
Bruins season last 
spring, attended classes in the third 
trimester and pitched the 
team through to the championship. But 
Harding, who was 23 
at the time, never took her finals and left 
school, championship 
ring on hand, sans degree. 
	If UCLA knew of her plans to leave 
school ahead of 
time, it probably would have been looked into 
by the NCAA, 
but as it stands, it was only questionable 
ethical behavior by 
UCLA. Did the Bruins have a desire to 
graduate their student 
athlete, or did they just have a desire to 
win a championship? 
	The mass structure that is the NCAA, 
college 
athletics ruling body, has set up rules to 
protect players and 
stop corruption. Most important, however, is 
its roll in 
overseeing collection of revenues for both 
the universities and 
college sports as a whole. 
	After all, it's not only a game, it's a 
business.

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK SEVEN

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and final score of the ASU football games on 
Saturday. The 
Sun Devils' next game is Saturday against the 
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Monday's State Press sports section, an ASU 
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and a bonus prize!
	If none of the contestants in a given 
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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* A female student and a man not affiliated 
with ASU were 
contacted at Lot 37 while having intercourse 
in the back of 
their vehicle. They were advised of 
suspicious activity and left 
the area.
* A man was contacted at the Life Science E-
wing while 
cutting leaves off a plant. He said he works 
with the zoology 
department and was collecting leaves to feed 
his insects.
* One man and two male juveniles not 
affiliated with ASU 
were contacted at the northeast side of the 
Physical Plant while 
jumping off the loading dock ramp with their 
bicycles. They 
were advised of trespassing and left the 
area.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for underage 
drinking at 726 E. Adelphi Drive.
* Someone robbed a male student while he was 
on the east 
side of the Payne Education Building.
* Someone painted graffiti on the north and 
east walls of 
Parking Structure 4.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for assault 
and disorderly conduct at 600 E. University 
Drive.
* A male student was contacted at the Towers 
Apartments 
about a loud party. He was advised of laws 
regarding giving 
alcohol to minors and ended the party.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
and booked for 
an outstanding warrant from Scottsdale police 
and for 
suspicion of misconduct involving weapons at 
Curry and 
Rural Roads.
* One bicycle was reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* Three unknown men committed armed robbery 
at Susie's 
Mexican Food restaurant, 2405 E. University 
Drive. The men 
entered the store and had the owner remove 
about $1,400 from 
the register at gun point. They also robbed 
several customers 
before leaving with more than $1,600. The 
three suspects are 
described as Hispanic males. One is 14 to 16 
years old, 5 feet 
7 inches tall with a thin build one is 20 
years old, 5 feet 8 
inches tall and 165 to 170 pounds and the 
other is in his late 
20's, 5 feet 8 inches tall with a thin 
mustache and goatee. The 
suspects left the scene in a red Chevrolet S-
10.
* An unknown man committed armed robbery at 
the Bangkok 
Express restaurant, 510 W. Broadway Road. He 
entered the 
store and stole money from the register after 
threatening 
employees by showing them a gun in his 
waistband. He left 
with $220. He is described as a white male, 
20 to 22 years old, 
5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 pounds.
* Two unknown men committed armed robbery at 
the Ramada 
Inn, 1600 S. 52nd St. The men entered the 
hotel lobby and 
forced the desk clerks to empty the register. 
The first suspect 
is described as a Hispanic male, 5 feet 3 
inches tall, 14 to 16 
years old and 110 pounds. The second is 
described as a 
Hispanic male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 18 years 
old and 145 
pounds.
* An unknown man committed armed robbery at 
Taco Bell, 
9960 S. Rural Road. He walked behind the 
front counter and 
demanded all the money from the register and 
safe while 
waving a semi-automatic weapon. He took the 
money and 
fled. He is described as a black male in his 
late teens or early 
20s, 6 feet to 6 feet 3 inches tall with a 
medium build.
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.
* American Indian Graduate Student 
Association - General 
meeting. Meet other graduate students and 
discuss mentorship 
program. 7 p.m.; Engineering Annex, American 
Indian 
Institute, Conference Room.
* Asian Business Leaders Association - 
General meeting. 
Everyone welcome. Discuss Small Business Expo 
and other 
upcoming activities. 4:30 p.m. MU Santa Cruz 
Room.
* BACCHUS/Student Health - Alcohol Awareness 
Week 
planning meeting. 5:30 p.m.; Manzanita 
Residence Hall.
* Baptist Student Union - Have a blast with 
us as we join 
together in praise, workshop and Bible study. 
8 p.m.; 1322 S. 
Mill Ave.
* Campus Ambassadors Christian Fellowship - 
One man play, 
"Eternal Reach," by Bob Siegel. 7:30 p.m.; MU 
La Paz Room.
* College Republicans - General meeting. 
Everyone welcome. 
3:30 p.m.; MU Cochise Room.
* Gun Devils - Weekly meeting. 5 p.m.; MU 
Yavapai Room.
* Justice Studies Student Association - 
Meeting, with a special 
guest speaker from the Tempe Police narcotics 
division. 3 
p.m.; MU Mohave Room.
* KASR 1260 AM - "Punk Rock Lunch Break." 
Request line: 
965-4163. Noon; KASR.
* KASR Video - Laurie Notaro guest hosts with 
Bobby Diablo 
on Mill Avenue. Special appearance by Brian 
Grifith of Dead 
Hot Workshop. Contest line: 965-4163. 11 
p.m.; Channel 22.
* MUAB Culture and Arts Committee - Exit 
performing 
concert for ASU. Everyone welcome. 11:30 
p.m.; MU 
Programming Lounge.
* MUAB Film Committee - Meeting. Open to all. 
Topics: 
Sneak Preview, NET, Student Film Festival. 3 
p.m.; MU third 
floor, MUAB offices.
* MUAB Gallery Committee - Meeting. Everyone 
welcome. 
5:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room.
* MUAB Marketing Committee - General meeting. 
3:15 p.m.; 
MU Hopi Room (208 C).
* MUAB Recreation Committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. Will discuss giant Jenga, moonlight 
bowling and 
billiards, College Bowl, November monthly 
tournaments.  4 
p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 2.
* Re-Entry connection - Linda Turley-Hansen, 
a former re-
entry student, local news anchor and Maricopa 
County 
spokeswoman, will speak. Bring your lunch. 
Noon, MU lower 
level, Re-Entry Center.
* Society for Creative Anachronism - Weekly 
meeting. Tell 
tales of Baron's War. Everyone welcome. 7 
p.m.; MU Yavapai 
Room.
* The Writing Center - Workshop: Library 
Research. 1:40 - 
2:30 p.m.; LL A226.
* VITAL Impact - On an-campus Christian 
Connection 
discussing relevant issues and incorporating 
drama and music 
in an informal format with special emphasis 
on building 
quality relationships with God and others. 
7:30 p.m.; MU 
Programming Lounge.