USA Today scours colleges for academic team

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	USA Today has launched a search for the 
nation's 
best college students to jockey for a position 
on its All-USA 
Academic Team. 
	A panel of representatives from several 
educational 
associations will select 60 full-time students 
based on 
academic accomplishments as well as leadership 
roles both on 
and off campus. 
	The academic team will be comprised of 
three 
separate groups of 20 students. Applicants 
picked to be in the 
first group will be invited to Washington for 
an awards 
ceremony and given $2,500 cash. All team 
members will also 
be featured in a special section of the USA 
Today.
	"We are doing this to recognize academic 
excellence," said Carol Skalski, a spokeswoman 
for the USA 
Today.
	Entries must be postmarked no later than 
Nov. 17.
	Bill Weidemaier, director of the office 
for national 
scholarship advisement, said students can 
contact him at 965-
5894 for an application and more information.

Tenants advised to watch for Super Bowl rent hikes

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	While landlords try to cook up hot Super 
Bowl deals, 
residents may be left out in the cold on Jan. 
28.
	The Arizona Multihousing Association has 
passed a 
resolution advising landlords to avoid price-
gouging during 
the Super Bowl, but it is non-binding. The 
association advises 
tenants to check their lease to ensure there 
are no Super-
Bowl-size loopholes in it.
	"There's probably someone out there who 
is going to 
try to take advantage of the situation," said 
Wayne Kaplan, 
association spokesman. "In this late stage of 
the game your 
options as a tenant are getting smaller, and 
if you want to 
stay, you may have to pay more than you want 
to."
	The resolution states in part that "the 
Arizona 
Multihousing Association condemns in the 
strongest possible 
language any attempt by any landlord to 
unilaterally alter a 
valid lease agreement in order to remove a 
tenant so the unit 
can be re-rented to Super Bowl XXX visitors."
	The resolution also urges landlords to 
avoid price-
gouging when renting vacant properties.
	The Arizona Multihousing Association 
represents 
about 50 percent of Arizona's rental units. 
Unfortunately, the 
resolution carries no force, even among 
association members. 
	Ken Volk, Arizona Tenants Association 
president, said 
tenants' leases are their only binding 
contract and neither 
they nor the landlord can break it.
	"During the time duration of the lease, 
if the lease says 
(tenants) have a right to be there, then they 
do," he said. "For 
the duration of a lease, the terms must be 
upheld by both 
parties, and that includes the price of rent."
	Volk added if the lease had expired, or 
if the tenant 
was paying month to month, then they had no 
protection.
	The resolution was inspired by an Atlanta 
landlord 
who raised rent 600 percent to free up 
apartments for 
Olympic visitors. A $475 a month apartment 
jumped to 
$3,000 per month. After being condemned by 
tenants, the 
Atlanta media, the City Council and the 
Olympic governing 
board, the landlord backed down.
	Kaplan said he was hoping to avoid 
similar negative 
publicity in the Valley.
	"When the thing broke out in Atlanta, we 
wanted to 
advise our landlords what the rules were," he 
said. "We want 
to avoid Phoenix getting a bad reputation."
	"If any landlord does something bad, it 
puts a taint on 
the whole industry," he added.
	Brent DeRaad, Super Bowl XXX host 
committee 
spokesman, said the committee is working 
closely with the 
local hotel and tourism industry, but has not 
looked at price-
gouging among apartments.
	"Our primary audience would be the 
hotels," DeRaad 
said. "We're trying to get every hotel full 
before we look at 
apartments."
	Kaplan said while a lease gives some 
protection to a 
tenant, it usually has a clause that restricts 
sub-leasing, so 
students planning to rent out their apartment 
could be 
violating their lease.
	"If the lease does not say anything about 
subletting, 
the general advice I would give is to check 
with your 
landlord," Kaplan said. "Sometimes the 
apartment 
community might have a policy about use of 
guests."
	Kaplan advised tenants who feel they've 
been 
wronged to call the Landlord-Tenant Help Line. 
	Volk said copies of the Landlord-Tenant 
Act are 
available at the Memorial Union. With a copy, 
tenants would 
be educated, but they still have few rights, 
he added.
	"Arizona has the worst Landlord-Tenant 
Act in the 
United States," he said. "Tenants are 
basically low-lifes.
	"They are at the bottom of the totem 
pole."
	The Landlord-Tenant Help Line number is 
263-8856.
	The Arizona Multihousing Association's 
number is 
224-0135.

Tempe police hope survey will help improve services

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	Have you ever been a victim of a crime? 
Do you feel 
safe in Tempe? 
	Tempe police want to know.
	The Tempe Police Department is conducting 
a survey 
to find out what local residents think of 
police services and 
what citizens think can be improved.
	The survey, now in its third year, aims 
at determining 
what Tempeans want police to do to fully meet 
the needs of 
the community.
	"We want to find out from citizens that 
live and work 
here what the most important things are 
(regarding the police 
department) ... the pros and the cons," said 
Sgt. Toby Dyas, 
spokesman for the Tempe Police Department.
	The survey began Monday and runs until 
Oct. 27. 
Police are using ASU justice studies students 
to randomly call 
1,000 residents to get the responses.
	Residents will be questioned about four 
areas - 
victimization, quality of life, fear of crime 
and police services. 
	Police want to find out why people do or 
do not call 
police after a crime and compare actual crime 
statistics to the 
numbers of reported crimes, said Noah Fritz, 
the information 
management bureau supervisor for Tempe police.
	"It's a check for us to see if crimes are 
reported," he 
said. "It's simply a better indication of the 
true amount of 
crime out there."
	Police officials want to know if 
residents know their 
neighbors and how they feel about their 
quality of life.
	"The more they don't know their 
neighbors, ... the 
likelier a criminal element can exist," Fritz 
said.
	Police are also concerned about 
residents' fear of 
crime. Fritz said the media sometimes 
exaggerates the 
amount of crime occurring, causing residents 
to be more 
fearful than they should be.
	"Sometimes you need to attack that 
perception," he 
said.
	The police service portion of the survey 
deals with 
citizens' responses concerning the help they 
receive and if 
they feel they were treated fairly.
	Last year's survey generated mostly 
favorable 
comments about the department and residents' 
concerns 
about their safety:
	* Three out of every four citizens felt 
that police 
patrols met or exceeded their expectations.
	* Sixty-one percent of citizens said they 
felt they had a 
low chance of becoming a victim of a violent 
crime in Tempe. 
	* Ninety-four percent of residents said 
they felt safe in 
their neighborhoods.
	* Eighty-six percent of citizens said 
they didn't see 
gangs, drugs or graffiti as problems for 
Tempe.
	In addition, 14 percent of residents said 
they were 
victims of a crime in 1994, down from 19 
percent in 1993. The 
top four crimes were theft (40 percent), 
vandalism (16.4 
percent), burglary (15.9 percent) and vehicle 
theft (6.7 
percent). These non-violent crimes account for 
79 percent of 
all crimes reported by the citizens surveyed.

High-tech industries target of environmental censure

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press 
	Maria Chavez will be sick for the rest of 
her life from 
what she calls "industrial contamination." 
	Chavez, a former GTE employee, said she 
suffers 
from amnesia, respiratory problems and a liver 
disorder as a 
result of working with toxic chemicals used in 
the manufacture 
of speaker and telephone components. She said 
she was 
exposed to these chemicals for 8 to 10 hours a 
day for a five-
year period. 
	"I consider myself a toxic victim," she 
told a handful 
of students Wednesday on the Student Services 
Lawn. "In 
(high-tech) industries they put you to work 
and they don't tell 
you nothing about what you're working with." 
	Chavez was one of four environmentalists 
who 
addressed a mostly empty courtyard from 11:30 
a.m. to 1:30 
p.m. The event was to help promote an 
environmental 
conference scheduled this weekend in Phoenix.
	The four spoke of their concerns about 
environmental 
pollution, corporate genocide and industrial 
manipulation of 
communities.
	"The message I want to bring today is 
wake up and 
smell the pollution," said Susan Almanza, a 
member of People 
Organized in Defense of Earth and her 
Resources. "Wake up 
and see what is happening to our natural 
resources."  
	Almanza said it is the duty of the 
students coming out 
of ASU and other universities to use their 
education to stop 
environmental injustices. 
	"We, the people in the universities, 
especially those 
going into corporations, need to sit down and 
redefine if (high-
tech) jobs are the ones we want. 
	"You are modern-day slaves working for 
high 
technology," she said of people who do not 
question the 
environmental responsibility of jobs they 
accept.
	Felicity Snyder, a member of ASU's 
Student 
Environmental Action Coalition, attended the 
event and said 
she was frustrated by ASU students' apathy 
toward 
environmental issues. 
	Chavez said she does not want large 
corporations to 
stop manufacturing. She said she wants them to 
manufacture 
responsibly. 
	"We need to tell those industries, 'Yes, 
I want a job, 
but how are you going to protect me from ... 
being sick?' " she 
said. 
	The environmental conference in Phoenix 
begins 
noon Saturday at the Garcia Elementary School, 
1441 S. 27th 
Ave.

Student Health to offer ASU women breast self- examination classes

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	It only takes two words to strike fear 
into a woman's 
heart - breast cancer.
	However, most women fail to do breast 
self-
examinations, their most effective tool to 
prevent the disease.
	October is National Breast Cancer 
Awareness month, 
and in an effort to make women more aware of 
the deadly 
disease, there will be classes Friday teaching 
the best methods 
for self-examination. Students, faculty and 
staff are welcome.
	"I really, really want to encourage 
students to come to 
the class because breast cancer is affecting 
younger and 
younger women in their 20s now," said Kathryn 
Coe, co-chair 
of the Arizona Women's Cancer Network.
	She said young women only have one option 
when it 
comes to detecting breast cancer - self-
examination.
	"The mammogram (a method of detecting 
breast 
tumors) typically doesn't work in younger 
women because 
they have very dense breast tissue," she said.
	But Coe says breast self-examination is 
not as simple 
as reading a brochure. 
	"Women need to know what to feel for, how 
to move 
the hands, how hard to press and which areas 
of the breast to 
concentrate on," she said. "We've found that a 
lot of women 
aren't doing it right. They aren't pressing 
hard enough, or 
covering all sections of the breast. It's a 
lot of complex 
knowledge."
	Participants in the breast self-
examination classes will 
practice proper techniques on clinical breast 
models and learn 
what the various types of lumps, cysts or 
tumors feel like. 
Participants will not practice on their own 
bodies.
	"Early detection of breast cancer makes a 
huge 
difference in whether or not the woman has a 
minor 
procedure that cures the breast cancer, or 
winds up with a 
major episode," said Dr. Ricki Pollycove, an 
OB-GYN in the 
women's clinic at the ASU Student Health 
Center.
	Pollycove said with early detection and 
treatment, 93 
percent of women with breast cancer will 
survive at least 5 
years.
	Classes for students will begin at 9 a.m. 
and noon, 
while classes for faculty and staff will be at 
10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 
on Friday. All sessions will take place in 
room l95 of the 
Student Health Center.

Bereavement program centers on rebuilding families

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	When a parent's death breaks family ties, 
the 
surviving members must find a way to rebuild.
	The University's Family Bereavement 
Program helps 
children and parents deal with their grief as 
a family and adjust 
to being a single-parent home. 
	As part of the Prevention Program in 
ASU's 
Psychology Department, the 12-week program 
emphasizes 
family rebuilding, said community liaison 
Derek Burkeman.
	"What we're finding from many of these 
parents is 
they're having difficulty dealing with single 
parenthood and 
the responsibilities that come with it," 
Burkeman said.
	Sponsored by a grant from the National 
Institute of 
Mental Health, the free program is open to 
parents and 
children 8 to 16 years old who have 
experienced a death 
within the last 2 1/2 years. 
	The core of the program provides parents 
and 
children with either a guided reading program 
or group 
experience, Burkeman said.  
	The reading program includes selected 
text on 
dealing with children's grief, ways of 
remembering the 
deceased and helping children adjust to their 
new life.
	"Our program focuses on helping these 
families 
restabilize themselves and move on in the year 
or two years 
following," Burkeman added.
	Groups are set up as separate informal 
classrooms for 
children, adolescents and adults, and classes 
focus on specific 
issues for each age group.
	When a parent dies, the surviving parent 
often 
express difficulty in disciplining their child 
because they often 
feel their child has been through enough, said 
Sonia I. Krainz, 
field manager for the program.
	"Effective parenting includes 
disciplining," she said. 
	Krainz said although the program is not 
specifically 
for families who have experienced a death 
within the last three 
months, referrals are available.
	"We want people to know we're a 
resource," she said.

Editorial: Same old ASASU

	You are a member of the Associated 
Students of ASU 
Senate.
	You're a Senator because you profess to 
believe in 
something - a belief that students should "get 
involved" in 
their student government.
	You've repeated this mantra over and 
over, until it 
became a blur - "Get involved! Get involved!"
	But the students weren't listening to 
you. They were 
apathetic, mostly because they think, based on 
past history, 
that ASASU is one big joke.
	You know better than that. After all, 
you're an 
ASASU Senator. And so you subject them to your 
righteous 
fury in an attempt to shake them out of their 
apathetic haze.
	"We're not like they were in the past," 
you claim. 
"This is a new student government. We care 
about the 
students. We're in touch with you."
	One day, you open up a newspaper to find 
that your 
president, Chris Weber, was arrested for 
assault.
	You are shocked by the allegation. 
However, Chris 
tells you he didn't do it.
	Chris is your friend and colleague, and 
you believe 
him. So you confidently sit back and wait for 
the media 
attention to die down.
	The student body is disturbed by your 
inaction. 
	"Typical ASASU crap," they mutter.
	But soon they forget about the arrest, 
and life goes 
back to normal.
	That is, until you open up a paper a few 
weeks later - 
and find that your president has been arrested 
again, this time 
for disorderly conduct.
	This time, the charges are a lot harder 
to deny. ASU 
police arrested Weber after he entered Palo 
Verde Main with a 
hood over his head and his hands bound behind 
him - and 
refused RA demands that he leave.
	Several of your colleagues are outraged. 
Such 
behavior should not be tolerated in our chief 
executive, they 
claim. And so they file Articles of 
Impeachment against 
Weber.
	You are an ASASU Senator. What do you do?
	During impeachment hearing, several of 
your fellow 
Senators argue that Weber hardly sets a good 
example for the 
student body, as an ASASU president is 
expected to do.
	Weber is the representative student of 
the ASU 
student body, they argue. Since his actions 
have hardly been 
those befitting such a representative, they 
demand that he be 
removed from office.
	Your constituents are just as disturbed.
	"He's been arrested twice in three 
weeks!" they 
exclaim. "You're not seriously considering 
letting him stay in 
office ... are you?"
	Are you, Senator?
	You look across the room and see Weber 
pleading 
with you. He claims that he's learned his 
lesson, and that it 
won't happen again.
	Then you hear other Senators claim that 
ASASU is 
virtually unaffected by the arrests.
	Never mind that your last remaining shred 
of 
credibility is at stake. You vote against 
conviction, and the 
wild cheers of Weber's friends in the audience 
ring in your 
ears.
	You're a hero, Senator.
	But in the halls, malls and dorms of ASU, 
students 
open up the newspaper and see that you've let 
the president off 
the hook, despite his behavior.
	They shake their heads in disgust. Same 
old ASASU. 
Same old crap.
	You call our for student involvement, and 
wonder 
why the students shake their heads in disgust 
as they walk by.
	"Get involved! Get involved! Why won't 
you get 
involved?"
	Take a look in the mirror, Senator.

Column: 'Chick night:' If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

	I never thought I would ever do it. I 
hated it, or so I 
thought, but I let my friends drag me to the 
epitome of what 
some call a "chick night." 
	From what I'd heard and seen, these all-
female 
interest nights involved a lot of food, 
"girlie" umbrella drinks 
and a movie featuring some hot actor dubbed 
"The Sexiest 
Man Alive!" by People or Vanity Fair.
	When I was called with this idea, I 
groaned, 
muttering that I'd rather go out and drink 
some beer and see an 
extra violent movie instead. 
	The response was, "But it's Brad Pitt. 
Mmmmm." 
	Seeing that I wasn't going to do anything 
else that 
night but study, and gawd forbid that, I said 
OK.
	I guess during a "chick night," there is 
no required 
dress code (who knows? There could be) so I 
bundled up 
expecting the worst out of the movie theater. 
It's colder than 
Windy City winters in there.
	There were four of us who met at a 
restaurant known 
for its fruity froo-froo drinks. I really 
wanted a beer; a nice 
dark, thick brewski. The menu had a variety of 
drinks, with all 
the ingredients listed. Taking a dare, I 
decided on one called a 
"Fuscia Fandango." 
	Staring at the hurricane glass full of 
pink juice mixed 
with chunky pineapples and coconut shreds 
topped off by an 
umbrella adorned with a light pink puff ball 
sent me shivering. 
I did not want to drink this, I didn't think 
it was possible. It 
reminded me of the drink Garth had in Wayne's 
World. I didn't 
think they actually existed. How could there 
be any alcohol in 
them? I needed a beer! Swallowing bravely, I 
picked up the 
glass, poked my eye with the straw and took a 
sip.
	Surprisingly enough, it wasn't all that 
bad. It was 
good enough to wash down the greasy food we 
were eating. 
The others spoke about their days at the job - 
that's right, I'm 
the only one out of them who has yet to get 
out into the career 
world. I listened quietly, deciding that 
telling them about the 
pop quiz my evil teacher sprung on me or the 
mall preacher 
who called me a whore that day wasn't 
appropriate. 
	Then the conversation moved on to men and 
Brad 
Pitt. I smiled and nodded along with them, 
gnawing on my 
straw until one looked at me and asked what my 
favorite part 
of Brad Pitt was. I shrugged. "He's good 
looking, yeah, but in 
that obvious way. Give me one of those quirky, 
good looking 
guys like D.B. Sweeny." "Who?" one responded. 
The rest just 
looked at me for a second and turned back to 
each other 
commenting about the contours of Mr. Pitt's 
butt.
	This night was going exactly the way I 
predicted. 
Now I knew why "chick nights" weren't in me. 
I've seen too 
many of them in the movies. You know those 
bonding flicks 
where the women hate each other at first, then 
become the 
greatest of friends while they laugh, drink 
White Zinfandel 
and pass a joint around. They're fun to watch, 
but don't fit in 
with real life. 
	I guess it's OK to give in to those 
stereotypical 
feminine traits once in a while. I just find 
it demeaning to 
myself and those around me to giggle and 
squeal about 
Antonio Banderas' sexy chest. I'm never going 
to get it 
anyway, so why bother?
	We got to the theater armed with $3 boxes 
of candy 
and watched this flick. It was too long and I 
thought, as we left 
the theater, that Brad Pitt was ridiculous. 
The whole movie left 
a bad taste in my mouth, or maybe it was the 
Fuscia Fandango. 
	Giving it a shot, I suggested we stroll 
across the street 
to get a beer. It worked and we went to a 
sports bar. 
	When we got in, I saw a couple different 
tables with 
guys watching a hockey game. I wanted to join 
them. Hockey 
was a great sport. I noticed a couple of the 
guys sitting at the 
tables who didn't look like they were truly 
enjoying 
themselves. They were sitting and sipping 
their beers slowly 
looking annoyed when another would get up and 
scream in 
their faces. This looked familiar to me - just 
put a froo-froo 
drink in their hands and it could have been 
me. I guess I'm not 
the only one.
	We grabbed a pitcher and kicked back 
talking about 
what-not and, yes of course, Brad Pitt. I told 
them how I felt 
about the movie. "But Brad Pitt," they urged. 
"How could you 
not like Brad Pitt?"
	I looked at their faces. They smiled in 
anticipation, 
like they had all night.
	"Well, I guess he is pretty hot," I said. 
They all 
smiled. I sipped my beer and looked back at 
the guys watching 
the game. They were all cheering this time. 
	Maybe, sometimes, it's okay to give in 
just a bit.

A. MarJory Kaminski is a senior studying 
journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Weber's arrests harm ASU image

	I just finished reading the State Press 
article on the 
arrest of ASASU President Chris Weber. It was 
interesting to 
note that this is the second time that the 
president of ASASU 
has been arrested in a short span of three 
weeks. 
	What kind of image does this put forth 
when our 
student government's president is arrested not 
once, but twice, 
in three weeks? With the importance of Super 
Bowl XXX this 
January, these incidents become even more 
alarming. 
	What kind of image will we be presenting 
to those 
who come from all over the nation in 
association with the 
Super Bowl? Also, Weber has left too many 
unanswered 
questions regarding both of these incidents. 
	If ASASU and ASU as a University are to 
retain their 
honor, it is incumbent upon Chris Weber to 
resign for the 
greater good. My only hope is that Chris Weber 
will see the 
kind of damage he is doing by being arrested 
every month and 
that he will do ASASU and ASU a favor and 
resign from the 
office of the president.

Marcus L. Milam
Political Science

Letter: Politicians - servants, not gods

	For a nice and refreshing change to the 
usual bitching 
that you hear, I would like to commend 
Michelle Carson for 
her article in the Oct. 11 issue of the State 
Press titled 
"Legislation doesn't belong in the bedroom." 
	I am by no means a pro-life advocate 
(having gone 
through an abortion myself at a very tender 
age) however, I 
would like to see the number of girls who have 
abortions 
decrease. I know what a terrible and scarring 
experience it can 
be. 
	If this legislature were to succeed, I 
feel that the 
number of "little girls" who get abortions 
will increase 
dramatically. And from what I understand (I 
have no studies in 
my pocket to back this up) when a girl gets 
one abortion, the 
emotional trauma can be enough that she is 
likely to repeat the 
process many times. 
	Instead, I agree with Carson in that we 
should start 
where the problem begins, and that's with 
education. At the 
very worst, let's move one step up and at 
least offer protection. 
(At age 15, I wanted to "use something," but 
$13 is pretty 
expensive!) 
	Politicians were hired as public 
servants, not as gods. 
	They need to worry about the ever-
increasing activity 
on the freeways in the morning and make sure 
that food banks 
are still receiving the public funds they 
need. But if a 
bureaucrat ever tells me when and where and 
how I should 
ever raise my children ... Antarctica is 
looking pretty nice. 
	Unfortunately, it's the only place left 
where you can 
be free.
	God told me when I can have children, and 
my 
mother told me when to come home. Politicians 
should start 
worrying about how they will educate their own 
daughters 
(ahem Mr. Vice President!) and leave me to 
raise mine. 

Judith-Anne Evans
Freshman
English

Letter: Leader misses point of march

	It seems that the Million Man March could 
be 
considered a big success because of the huge 
turnout that was 
seen in Washington on Monday. What is the main 
purpose of 
this march though?
	Was it a symbol of Black unity, was it a 
chance for 
the Black community to stand together in 
protest - or was it a 
recruitment chance for Minister Farrakhan?
	All of the festivities seemed very great 
and positive 
until Farrakhan came forward and started to 
bash the hell out 
of all non African-American heritages.
	The Rev Jesse Jackson gave a great speech 
and he did 
not try to turn the whole gathering into a 
chance to bash 
Whites. Instead, he turned it into a chance to 
spread a positive 
message. If Farrakhan wants to have his own 
rush or 
recruitment, then have it where it is needed 
and do not use a 
parade or march as a means of disguise.
	It didn't work for Hitler and it won't 
work again now.

Anthony Pagliocco
Physical education
Sophomore

New Sun Devil recruits ready to contribute McInerney says Nash, Propstra, Pratt will play integral role on 12th-ranked team

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Sheila McInerney doesn't believe in 
shielding new 
recruits from the battle grounds of Pac-10 
tennis competition. 
That's why the 12th-year coach won't treat 
this year's 
threesome any different from any of her past 
recruiting 
classes.
	Each will be fed to the wolves 
immediately.
	"We need all three freshman to play 
without a doubt," 
said McInerney, whose Sun Devils recently 
competed in the 
ASU Fall Classic. "They will all be in either 
the singles or 
doubles lineup in my assessment right now."
	McInerney's new triple threat includes 
Scottsdale 
product Katy Propstra, Canadian-born Alison 
Nash and 
California-native Torey Pratt.
	"There might be a few growing pains as 
freshmen 
because they are going to play," said 
McInerney, whose team 
has a preseason ranking of No. 12. "They're 
going to play a 
lot. In tennis, sometimes freshmen can make a 
big impact. 
These kids have been playing tennis all their 
life."
	Kori Davidson, a three-time All-American 
and last 
year's No. 1 player who has since graduated, 
played No. 2 
singles as a freshman. And ASU's current top 
player, 
sophomore Reka Cseresnyes, held down the No. 3 
spot 
during her rookie season and finished the year 
an All-
American ranked 19th in the country. 
	Nash, whose impressive resumŽ includes 
four and a 
half years at the Nick Bolletieri Tennis 
Academy in 
Bradenton, Fla., made it to the quarterfinals 
of the ASU Fall 
Classic last weekend. She defeated Kentucky's 
Courtney 
Roberts, 6-1,6-1, in the first round and 
Texas' Nomena 
Rosolamalala, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, in the second 
round before losing 
to the tournament winner, Renata Kolbovic of 
California, 6-1, 
6-1.
	"Alison pretty much has a good all-around 
game," 
McInerney said. "She's got good groundstrokes. 
She'll come 
in to the net. She's pretty much an all-
courter."
	Ranked among the top four in Canada all 
throughout 
the junior ranks, Nash represented Canada at 
the 1994 
Continental Cup in Miami, Fla.
	"I'm an all-court player, but I'm working 
on coming to 
the net more during my matches," said Nash, 
17, who 
considered attending the University of 
Michigan because it 
was closer to her home of Ancaster, Ontario.
	Propstra, meanwhile, brings a punishing 
serve-and-
volley game to the Sun Devil lineup. She 
competed in five 
tournaments in France over the summer along 
with 
sophomore Tsolak Gevorkian of the men's team, 
something 
she said would probably be a one-shot deal.
	"It was fun. I'm really glad I did it, 
but I don't know if 
I'd go back," said Propstra, who played in the 
U.S. Olympic 
Festival in Colorado Springs, Colo., in July. 
"It was really 
tough traveling on the train. I learned a lot 
over there about 
myself and about other people in different 
countries." 
	Propstra's rich prep background at 
Saguaro High 
School saw her take second in the state 
tournament as a 
freshman and third as a sophomore. She didn't 
compete in 
her junior and senior years because she 
tackled the junior 
circuit.
	"Katy is a big girl -  a big hitter with 
a very big serve 
and very good volleys," McInerney said. "She 
has the 
potential to have a real big game. The biggest 
thing for her is 
for her to work on her consistency. I think 
coming into a 
college situation where she's really getting a 
lot of good 
practice daily is going to elevate her game a 
lot."
	Propstra decked Kentucky's Kathy Herring, 
7-5, 7-5, in 
the first round of the Classic, then lost to 
UofA's Kristen 
Pietrucha, 6-3, 6-3. In the consolation 
bracket she lost to 
Texas's Cristina Moros, 6-2, 6-4, before 
beating Kansas' Maria 
Abajoglow, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, and Rosolamalala, 7-
6, 6-2.
	Propstra said she thrives on going for 
winners.
	"I love volleying and I love being at the 
net," she said. 
"I'm a little impatient, so I guess that works 
well."
	One person who has had to exhibit a lot 
of patience 
during her initial weeks at ASU is Pratt. So 
far, Pratt's 
freshman-year experience would make most 
anyone's pale in 
comparison. Her string of bad luck began 
during the first 
week of school when she was hit by a car while 
riding her 
bicycle to class. 
	"I was riding my bike and this lady came 
out of 
Rother's (Bookstore) and I hit the side of the 
car and rolled on 
to the front right when she was accelerating," 
Pratt explained. 
"I hit my head, got whiplash, then rolled off 
and hit the back 
of my head on my mirror and got a concussion.
	"And then the lady drove off."
	Amazingly, Pratt said she still had the 
presence of 
mind to get up and go in search of her 
classes.
	"I lied there and I was really confused," 
she 
remembered. "I didn't know what happened to me 
and I tried 
to go find my classes and I didn't know where 
I was going. 
Then I went back to my dorm and I was going to 
fall asleep, 
but my roommates took me to the 
(Intercollegiate Athletics) 
Building, and it's been all downhill from 
there."
	Pratt said that since the drugs and 
painkillers have 
kicked in, it has given her time to vent some 
frustration.
	"Yes, I'm very angry. It's just total 
chaos," she joked. 
"It's total anarchy in Tempe and I think there 
needs to be a 
manhunt tonight! We should notify the police 
right away."
	Pratt, who is from Rancho Santa Fe, 
Calif., was also the 
recipient of food poisoning and got a bad 
infection as a result. 
	"I'm just waiting to get dumped in a 
trash can by some 
senior person," Pratt concluded. "But despite 
all the troubles 
of getting used to a new place, I think it's 
going to be a really 
great place and I'm really excited."
	After losing to Wisconsin's Tracy 
Zoorist, 0-6, 6-4, 7-6, 
in the first round of the Fall Classic, Pratt 
lost to UofA's 
Brooke Herman, 6-0, 6-3, then knocked off 
Courtney Roberts 
of Kentucky, 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-1. 
	"Torey's a real good athlete. She's 
really fast. She's 
probably the quickest girl we have on the 
team," McInerney 
said. "The key with her is she needs to be a 
little more 
consistent and a little more aggressive as far 
as coming in. 
She volleys well, she just needs to make sure 
she gets up to 
the net quite a bit. These are probably three 
of the most 
athletic freshmen that we've had."
	Pratt concurred.
	"I like the net a lot. I've never been 
one to sit back and 
wait for the other person to miss," she said, 
adding that she 
has a brother attending UofA. "I think that's 
a big pig sty."
	McInerney said another plus with this 
year's freshmen 
is their doubles' prowess.
	"I think that's usually the weakness with 
freshmen is 
the doubles," she said. "But these three, 
being as athletic as 
they are, are going to be very good doubles 
players -  if not 
immediately - as the year goes on. They've got 
good serves. 
They're quick. They volley and move well. From 
a doubles' 
standpoint, they're probably three of the best 
freshmen we've 
had."

Sun Devil football team enjoys needed time off ASU football notebook

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	The Sun Devil football team, saddled with 
injuries, 
couldn't have caught a break at a better time. 
	ASU, which has a bye this weekend 
following its win 
over BYU last Saturday, will return several 
starters next week 
against Oregon as a direct result of having 
this weekend off, 
according to coach Bruce Snyder. 
	"If we play Oregon this weekend, I don't 
think 
(sophomore left guard) Kyle Murphy will play, 
and 
(freshman center Grey) Ruegamer wouldn't 
play," Snyder 
said. "I don't think that (junior right guard) 
Pat Thompson 
would play either." 
	Snyder said that because the Sun Devils 
have an extra 
week to heal before traveling to Eugene to 
face the Ducks, the 
offensive line will be more solid. 
	"I think there is a chance that they will 
be playing, so 
just the fact that we're stronger in numbers 
probably will 
make a difference in the game," he said.
Way out Wide-outs
	When the season started, the slated 
starters for wide 
receiver were juniors' Keith Poole and Isaiah 
Mustafa, with a 
bevy of freshmen receivers waiting in the 
wings to be a part 
of the team's future. But the future is now, 
according to 
Snyder. 
	"I think some of them have really earned 
more reps," 
Snyder said. "Lenzie Jackson -  with his catch 
in the end zone 
for a touchdown - was a magnificent catch."
	Besides singling out Jackson, Snyder said 
that 
freshman Kenny Mitchell has also earned 
playing time for the 
Sun Devils. 
	"Kenny Mitchell, with his work habits has 
also earned 
it," he said. "We have five or six guys right 
now that we feel 
work real hard and we're going to play all of 
them."
Attitude
	There's a different feel in air after a 
victory, and 
invariably it shows up in practice. 
	"I think that's pretty standard across 
the country," 
Snyder said.  "Winning teams have a lot more 
life, a lot more 
energy and they're fresher."
	Snyder said that teams that lose need to 
struggle to 
have the same positive attitude as winning 
teams. 
	"Teams that experience losing don't have 
the same 
energy and it's a real human issue," he said. 
"I think it's 
something that needs to be fought. A team 
needs to fight not 
to have that. They need to work harder."
	Snyder has given the team a light 
practice week. ASU 
is practicing this week in shoulder pads only, 
and the team 
has been given off today, Friday, and 
Saturday.

ASU cyclists go to nationals

From Staff Reports
	Nine members of the ASU Cycling Devils 
are headed 
to Durango, Co. today to compete in the 
National Collegiate 
Cycling Association Mountain Bike National 
Championships 
at Fort Lewis College.
	The Devils will be among approxiamately 
200 riders 
representing 25 colleges and universities 
competing in the 
event. Each school in the southwest received 
an automatic 
invite.
	The cyclists will be navigating a 
treacherous, 20-mile 
course over hard-packed, single-track, 
mountainous terrain. 
The race starts at about 6,800 feet above sea 
level and reaches 
8,000 feet at some points. There is 
appoxiamately 4,000 feet of 
climbing on the highly technical course.	
	Each of ASU's racers will be in the 
expert category, 
with estimated race time at about one and a 
half hours. The 
race starts at 1 p.m. Saturday.
	The ASU Cycling Devils' representatives 
will be: 
Juniors' Ramin Bledsoe, Jason Boles, Adam 
Lebercht, Niklas 
Gunnarsson of Sweden, Bryon Wright and Jason 
Schwab; 
graduate student Henri Naccache of Rome; and 
sophomores' 
Jesse Lafreniere and Scott Sibenaller.

ASU police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* Someone stole a female student's purse and 
cellular phone 
from Hayden Library.
* Someone broke into a female student's 
vehicle in Lot 59 and 
stole her stereo and cassette tapes.
* A male and female student were involved in 
an injury 
accident at Sixth Street and Packard Drive. 
The woman was 
taken to Mesa Lutheran Hospital. She was 
treated and later 
released.
* Two male students, a female student and a 
woman not 
affiliated with ASU were arrested for public 
consumption of 
alcohol at 600 E. Stadium Drive.
* Two bicycles were reported stolen.
Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Wednesday:
* An unknown man robbed two men who were 
carrying 
jewelry cases. The two were pulling the 
samples out of their 
car trunk outside of Ganem Jewelers, 4409 S. 
Rural Road, 
when the suspect approached them from behind. 
They heard a 
Hispanic voice say, "I have a gun. Do not look 
back and lay 
down in the back seat for ten minutes." They 
did as he said, 
then discovered the man took two suitcases 
full of jewelry 
samples from the trunk. No further description 
of the suspect 
is available.
* An unknown man committed armed robbery at 
Circle K, 228 
E. Baseline Road. The man entered the store, 
placed two 
candy bars on the counter and demanded money 
from the 
register while acting like he had a gun in his 
pocket. After 
getting the money, the man fled. The suspect 
is described as a 
black man, 30 years old, 5 feet 11 inches 
tall, 165 pounds and 
wearing gold wire-rimmed glasses. He drove off 
in a light 
blue, 1994 or 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier 
convertible.
* An unknown man robbed the Bank of America, 
1801 E. 
Southern Ave. He entered the bank and told a 
teller to "give 
me all your large." When the teller didn't 
react fast enough, the 
man pulled out a gun and told her again that 
he wanted money. 
She gave him some money from her drawer and 
the man then 
fled in a brown van. The suspect is described 
as a white man, 5 
feet 4 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, late 
40s, bushy mustache 
with a pock-marked face.
Compiled by State Press reporter Greg Zemeida

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* 4XArch - Native American architecture and 
design students 
project exhibition. All week; American Indian 
Institute, 
Conference Room.
* ACMRS - Lecture by Gioseppe Candela: 
"Giordano Bruno: 
Heresy and Cosmology." 3 p.m.; Language and 
Literature 
C139.
* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus meeting. 
Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* Alpha Phi Omega - General meeting of the 
national co-ed 
service fraternity. 6:30 p.m.; MU Apache.
* American Association of Airport Executives - 
Guest 
speaker: Jim McCue, Glendale Airport manager. 
4 p.m.; ERC 
493.
* American Indian Science and Engineering 
Society - General 
meeting. All majors welcome. 3 p.m.; ECG 316.
* American Marketing Association - Day in the 
park. Fun, 
food and drinks. 4:30 p.m.; Daily Park on 
College Avenue 
between Apache Boulevard and Broadway Road.
* Baptist Student Union - Don't miss out on 
free food, fun and 
worship. Be a part of our Thursday noonday. 
Noon, 1322 S. 
Mill Ave.
* Barren Mind Improv - Come see lunch time 
comedy from 
your ideas. 12:10 p.m.; MU Programming Lounge.
* Campus Crusade for Christ - Thursday Night 
Live. Special 
speaker: Richard Beckham, former missionary to 
Serbia and 
former Yugoslavia. 7:30 p.m. Physical Sciences 
H-Wing, 
Room 150.
* Christian Students Fellowship - Bible study: 
Understanding 
the Bible. "What is the Bible?" 12:40 p.m.; MU 
Gold Room 203.
* Honors College Council - General meeting. 
Will discuss 
Honors Day Barbecue. All Honors College 
members are 
welcome to attend. 2:45 p.m.; McClintock 
Classroom.
* Intervarsity Christian Fellowship - Weekly 
meeting. Join us 
for praise, worship and discussing the 
Christian influence. 
7:30 p.m.; MU, check monitors for room.
* MUAB Culture and Arts Committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 4:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference 
Room 1A.
* National Society of Black Engineers - 
General body meeting. 
Come find out what NSBE is about. All students 
welcome. 
6:30 p.m.; Engineering Center G-Wing, Room 
316.
* Native American Students United - General 
meeting. 
Everyone welcome. 6:30 p.m.; American Indian 
Institute, 
Conference Room.
* PRSSA - General meeting. 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.; PageMaker, 3 
p.m.; Advanced 
MS Word, 6 p.m.; SSV 361A.
* THEM, The Science Fiction and Fantasy Club - 
General 
meeting followed by a treasure hunt that will 
have members 
and guests crisscrossing campus. 4:30  p.m.; 
MU Mohave 
Room.
* Women's Studies - "The Baby Boomers' Guide 
to 
Lesbianism: Advice to Parents, 1940-1965," 
with Annis 
Hopkins, assistant professor of women's 
studies at ASU. 
Noon; Social Sciences Room 101.
* Young Democrats at ASU - Open meeting with 
guest 
speaker. Topic: Get out the vote and target 
vote registration. 6 
p.m.; MU Navajo Room.