Pennies from heaven Residence halls duke it out in 3-week 'Penny Wars;' Nearly $1,000 raised for Valleywide AIDS charities

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	ASU's residence halls have been at war.
	For three weeks they battled each other, 
seeing who 
could raise the most money for local AIDS 
charities during the 
third annual "Penny Wars," sponsored by the 
National 
Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH). Overall, 
nearly $1,000 was 
collected.
	Students in ASU's 13 residence halls 
competed in the 
"Penny Wars" by collecting pennies in giant 
jars that were 
located at the front desk of each hall. Each 
penny was worth 
one point. The catch is that opposing 
residents could "bomb," 
or reduce, other halls' penny jars with 
nickels, dimes, quarters 
and dollars; with each silver coin or paper 
bill counting as 
five, 10, 25 or 100 points against the dorm.
	The winner was determined by dividing 
the total 
amount raised for each hall with the number 
of occupants of 
that hall. Sahuaro Hall won the contest with 
245.78 points, but 
Center Complex, which includes Best, Irish, 
Hayden and 
McClintock halls, raised the most by 
collecting 338.38 by the 
Oct. 7 deadline.
	Tim Studdert, NRHH chancellor, said dorm 
residents 
doled out a total of $943.94, about 30 
percent more than last 
year's total.
	"I think it was for an excellent cause," 
he said. "The 
residents were very willing to drop their 
pennies or their 
quarters to help out these particular 
organizations."
	Warren Davis, special events coordinator 
for the 
Arizona AIDS Project, said he was pleased to 
see students 
donating money to fight AIDS.
	"As an alumnus of ASU, I think it's 
great to see that 
the campus is getting involved," he said. "I 
would hope it is a 
result of AIDS awareness and hopefully the 
agencies around 
town are doing their job to get the message 
out."
	Davis added that students may have 
donated more 
because the Center for Disease Control's most 
recent statistics 
show that one in every 500 college students 
is infected with 
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
	Studdert, a sophomore secondary 
education major, 
said that during the program's first three 
years, all proceeds 
from "Penny Wars" were donated to the Red 
Cross. This is the 
first year the money has been given to area 
AIDS 
organizations.
	Debra Sells, associate director of 
Residential Life, 
said she was pleased with the results of the 
drive.
	"I thought it was a great effort and a 
good cause," she 
said. "I think they did real good work with 
it."
	Steve Robenalt, co-director of 
Compassion in Action, 
a Tempe AIDS charity, said he was surprised 
that students 
raised almost $1,000, mostly in pennies.
	"You wouldn't think that ... pennies 
would add up so 
much," he said. "That's a lot of money. It 
really makes a big 
difference."

ASU researcher: Savior from scorpion's deadly sting

By Jeff Owens
Special to the State Press
	Marilyn Bloom knows her scorpions.
	In her cluttered office and laboratory 
in the basement 
of the ASU Life Sciences building, more than 
50 of the small, 
venomous creatures scuttle around inside a 
terrarium behind 
her desk.
	Wearing a scorpion T-shirt and 
surrounded by test 
tubes, beakers, books, computers and papers, 
Bloom looked 
fondly at her office's eight-legged occupants 
and smiled.
	"They seem to know I don't mean them any 
harm," 
she said.
	A research specialist in the Department 
of 
Microbiology, Bloom produces all the scorpion 
antivenom - a 
drug that counteracts the poison in a 
scorpion's sting - in the 
United States.
	Scorpions live almost everywhere in 
Arizona, and all 
over the world - "everywhere but Antarctica," 
Bloom said.
	Thanks to an ASU-developed antivenom, 
there has 
not been a scorpion-sting fatality in the 
United States in more 
than 30 years, she said.
	The serum was developed in the late 
1950s by ASU 
entomologist Dr. Herbert Stahnke, who 
pioneered venomous 
animal research in the United States, Bloom 
said.
	"He couldn't wait to get his hands on 
anything 
poisonous," she said.
	Twelve years ago, Bloom took over 
Stahnke's project 
to develop the antivenom at ASU.
	To make the serum, Bloom injects goats 
with 
scorpion venom so they develop antibodies. 
After several 
weeks, she withdraws about one cup of blood 
every week for 
four to six weeks, and separates the 
antibody-rich serum from 
the blood cells. The antivenom is then tested 
and made 
available for use on people.
	"And if you think I don't get bruised up 
wrestling 
those goats, well ...," Bloom said, laughing.
	There are more than 1,500 species of 
scorpions 
worldwide, but only 20 of them pose a threat 
to humans, she 
said.
	Bloom said 36 different species of 
scorpions are 
found in Arizona. All of them are venomous, 
but only the sting 
of the bark scorpion is serious enough to 
require a hospital 
visit.
	A single 5-cubic-centimeter dose of the 
antivenom 
works quickly, usually in 10 to 15 minutes, 
she said.
	The University provides the antivenom 
free of charge 
to area hospitals. Bloom said she sent out 
more than 100 doses 
this year. Though ASU's antivenom is not 
approved by the 
Food and Drug Administration, Bloom said the 
agency knows 
about the serum and has never interfered with 
its use in 
Arizona.
	Her lab produces all the antivenom used 
in the United 
States, but it is only required to treat bark 
scorpion stings. This 
small, yellowish-brown species live only in 
Arizona and 
northern Mexico. 
	However, Bloom said the federal 
government 
prohibits the use of the serum outside of 
Arizona, so it can't be 
used to save the more than 600 scorpion-sting 
victims who die 
each year in Mexico.
	Mexican health agencies have a serum of 
their own, 
but can't deliver it in time to the remote 
mountain areas where 
most stings occur, she said. Most U.S. 
patients take an average 
time of 45 minutes from sting to 
hospitalization, and can be 
treated without use of an antivenom.
	ASU Student Health staff nurse Norma 
Clark said 
most scorpion stings are treated with an ice 
pack and words of 
reassurance. But if patients show symptoms of 
a bark scorpion 
sting, such as double vision, chest pains or 
shortness of breath, 
they get a dose of antivenom.
	Bloom said children are at a special 
risk because 
scorpions don't leave a mark when they sting, 
so children often 
don't realize they've been stung.
	"Scorpions don't attack people 
deliberately," Bloom 
said, adding that they sting in self-defense 
because "they know 
you're too big to eat."

CD-ROM program paints new picture of music

By David J. Kovacs
State Press
	In the past, composing music as a child 
meant long 
hours of practice and instruction, unless 
your name was 
Mozart. 
	Now, thanks to a new CD-ROM program 
tested at 
ASU, musical composition is as simple as 
finger painting and 
as limitless as a child's imagination.
	"Making Music," which will be released 
this week for 
$39.95, is the brainchild of renowned Santa 
Fe electronic and 
multimedia composer Morton Subotnick.
	In Subotnick's program, children "paint" 
music on a 
computer screen by drawing colored pictures 
and then 
assigning instruments to each color. The 
image created can be 
altered or copied. The computer then "plays" 
the painting.
	Subotnick said he chose painting as a 
metaphor for 
composing because no one would dream of 
telling a child that 
he couldn't draw without instruction.
	"But in music we've been forced to (give 
instruction) 
because there's been no ways in which a kid 
could actually put 
something down," he said.
	"Making Music" has been tested solely at 
ASU's 
School of Music over the last year and a half 
under the 
guidance of Sandra Stauffer, a professor of 
musical education.
	Using a grant provided by the Institute 
for Studies in 
the Arts, Stauffer has tested 115 versions of 
the program on 16 
local volunteer school children. 
	"The neat thing about this is it 
represents kind of a 
collaboration between a composer saying, 
'This is how I think 
about composing,' and a music ed. person 
saying, 'This how 
the kid's think about it so let's find a way 
to make it work for 
them,' " she said.
	The program is designed for children 
between the 
ages of four and 10 who have no previous 
musical experience, 
Stauffer said. 
	It includes interactive games to play in 
addition to 
well-known songs the children can manipulate 
in the form of 
building blocks, she added.
	Will the program uncover a bunch of 
little Mozarts?
	"That really isn't the issue for me so 
much as offering 
the tools to do something as a child," 
Subotnick said.
	"Even if they didn't do anything with it 
as an adult, 
I'd still feel it was a worthwhile thing to 
do."

Bars vary on designated driver policies

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	While the idea of designated drivers is 
gaining 
popularity these days, the policies of local 
bars on the issue 
vary greatly.
	Most Tempe bars provide free non-
alcoholic drinks to 
designated drivers, and some will waive cover 
charges as well. 
Others have no policy at all or refuse to 
comment about it.
	Mike Wright, general manager of Balboa 
Cafe, 404 
S. Mill Ave., said designated drivers are 
welcome at his club.
	"We offer free coffee, tea or soda to 
any designated 
driver," he said. "All they have to do is 
identify themselves (at 
the door) as a designated driver."
	Wright also said designated drivers do 
not have to 
pay cover charges. 
	"We love the idea of people getting home 
safe," he 
said. "We love having a few sober people here 
at night."
	On the other hand, employees at the Dash 
Inn, 731 E. 
Apache Blvd., had no knowledge of any 
designated driver 
policy.
	The following are some of the local bars 
offering free 
non-alcoholic drinks to designated drivers: 
	* Palapa, 640 S. Mill Ave.;
	* Mill Avenue Beer Company, 605 S. Mill 
Ave.;
	* Boston's, 910 N. McClintock Drive;
	* Long Wong's, 701 S. Mill Ave.;
	* Minderbinder's, 715 S. McClintock 
Drive;
	* Murphy's, 1810 E. Apache Blvd.;
	* Gibson's, 410 S. Mill Ave., offers 
free drinks and 
cover if you call ahead or notify them at the 
door.
	Employees at Six East, 6 E. Seventh St., 
refused to 
comment.
	Niels Rector, a senior history major and 
frequent 
designated driver, said in his experience, 
Club 411, 411 S. 
Mill Ave., has the best policy and Electric 
Ballroom, 1216 E. 
Apache Blvd., has the worst.
	"At (Club) 411 you buy the first (drink) 
and get the 
rest of them free," he said. "Electric 
Ballroom is the worst; 
everything is $1.50 including water.
	"They don't care if you are a designated 
driver, and 
that's why I don't go to Electric Ballroom 
anymore."
	Rector added that he wasn't sure what 
the official 
policies were at these bars and only knew 
what the bartenders 
had told him.
	Steve Jenkowitz, assistant manager of 
Electric 
Ballroom, said water at the club is 50 cents, 
and free coffee, 
water or soda is given to designated drivers 
if bar employees 
can tell the person actually is one.
	"We tend to get a lot of people asking 
for freebies," 
Jenkowitz said. "If it's real obvious someone 
is a designated 
driver, then we take care of them."
	Beth Goodwin, owner of Atomic Cafe, 8005 
E. 
Roosevelt St., said her club puts fluorescent 
wristbands on 
designated drivers to identify them.
	"We give them the wristband, and then 
admission is 
free and non-alcoholic drinks are free," 
Goodwin said. "We've 
had the program since we've been open - three 
years in 
January."
	Many local bars will also arrange for 
taxis to carry 
patrons home.
	"Tempe bars are pretty cool about 
designated 
drivers," Rector said. "I think they 
understand the best 
customer is a live customer."

Editorial: Profits of war

	Rarely, if ever, can war be called a 
good thing.
	But when ASU residence halls went to war 
recently, 
lives were being saved, not lost.
	And rather than bullets and bombs, the 
weapons of 
choice were pennies, nickels, dimes and 
quarters.
	Welcome to Penny War IV.
	Over the course of the three-week event, 
residence 
hall residents battled each other for 
supremacy in donation.
	Donated pennies counted for points 
toward a hall's 
total. Final scores were determined by 
dividing the total 
number of pennies donated by the number of 
residents in the 
hall.
	And, if rivalry was strong between 
halls, they could 
"bomb" other halls' penny jars with higher-
denomination 
coins, resulting in a loss of points for the 
"target."
	This war had quite a toll indeed - 
nearly $1,000 in 
donations for Valley AIDS organizations.
	Too bad all wars can't have aftermaths 
like that. We 
can imagine, though, that the victorious 
armies of Sahuaro 
Hall would have liked to have marched 
triumphantly into the 
"conquered" halls and sidewalks of the other 
halls.
	(Come to think of it, Sahuaro Ÿber alles 
does have a 
catchy ring to it.)
	But in this war, there were hardly any 
losers.
	ASU residence hall residents benefited 
in more ways 
than one.
	First of all, we can hardly think of a 
better way to 
develop a community spirit than competition 
with other 
communities.
	Opposition brings groups together like 
nothing else. 
And a coming together is something that all 
residence hall 
residents could use.
	One can never go wrong by getting to 
know more of 
your neighbors.
	Secondly, the contest helped students 
learn the 
satisfaction of aiding worthy causes through 
charitable 
donations.
	Donation always feels better than 
taxation, anyway. 
And the plethora of needy charities can 
always use more 
donors.
	Thirdly, the cause espoused - donation 
to AIDS 
charities - raises the vital issue of AIDS 
awareness.
	College is a hotbed of sexual activity. 
Students are 
often living away from home for the first 
time. A loneliness 
for home, a new spirit of freedom and 
rebellion, and plain old 
raging hormones combine to make sex a very 
big issue indeed.
	It would be incorrect to say that 
"everybody's doing 
it" - but it's obvious that a lot of people 
are.
	With a nasty little bug like HIV running 
around, sex 
has become more dangerous than ever. 
Protection is more vital 
than ever before.
	Perhaps, as students were dropping 
pennies into their 
jars, they thought about the cause they were 
donating to - and 
about the fact that one in every 500 college 
students is HIV-
positive.
	As their change clinked into the jar, 
maybe a thought 
clinked into their heads: "Hey... itcan 
happen to me."
	The donations to local AIDS 
organizations will 
doubtlessly be useful. But the most important 
part of the battle 
is preventing the virus from spreading any 
further.
	Let us hope that this war continues to 
save lives for 
years.

Column: Everyday heroes most important of all

Anneliese M. Harper
Guest Columnist
	Listen to any social debate long enough 
and sooner or 
later you'll hear someone bemoan the fact 
that there are no role 
models for our youth. The heroes of 
yesteryear seem to have 
been replaced by athletes who resist being 
seen as an example, 
by mass media productions and destructions of 
politicians and 
by Hollywood stars. There is no one, people 
say, to whom 
young people can look to for advice and 
guidance.
	My response would be that perhaps people 
are 
looking too far for their heroes. Maybe we 
should look a little 
closer to home.
	My grandmother is my hero. She was a 
good mother, 
teacher, friend and, of course, the very best 
of grandmothers.
	Grandma was a working mother long before 
it was 
fashionable for a woman to work. She didn't 
work to put two 
cars in the garage. She worked out of 
necessity to put food on 
her table for her three children whose father 
had just died. And 
though she had a college education, she 
cleaned houses for 
years before she found a job teaching at a 
center for 
individuals with mental disabilities. 
	Each of her children went to college. 
One is a 
professor, one is a social worker and the 
other is an electrician.
	I remember when I was about 8 years old, 
Grandma 
took me to work with her. Maybe she was 
showing me off, but 
I think it was she who was on display. I saw 
how she enjoyed 
her work and how her students liked her. She 
was strict, but 
she was loved and she was very good at her 
job. She knew all 
of her students' names. Years later when 
Grandma and I would 
run errands in town, she still knew their 
names and they still 
liked her.
	Grandma was a good friend. Mostly she 
hung out 
with her friends from church, but as they all 
grew older and 
some of them couldn't get out so easily, 
she'd stop by their 
houses with "the latest" after church 
services. She took her 
friends to doctor appointments and she called 
them at least 
once a day from home. If she had leftovers 
from her garden or 
fruit trees, she gave them away.
	Most importantly, Grandma was a good 
grandma. 
She loved me and she was proud of me. Grandma 
and I kept 
the postal service in business ever since I 
learned to write. 
When I was an undergraduate, she used to slip 
me $5 or $10 
once or twice a month. "A little mad money," 
she'd write. She 
loved my letters and said I should be a 
writer. 
	When I said I had joined the Peace 
Corps, Grandma 
cheered, even though there were those who 
were not in favor 
of my facing the underdeveloped unknown. When 
I was away 
and lonely for those few years, her letters 
still found me and 
warmed my heart. I returned to enter graduate 
school and the 
mad money reappeared every now and then. 
Grandma always 
told me I could do anything I set my mind to. 
And I believed 
her.
	I guess what I am trying to say is that 
I think some 
individuals engaged in social debate are so 
hell-bent on seeing 
what is wrong with society that they fail to 
see what is right. 
There are other grandmas out there, other 
grandpas, aunts, 
uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers. And I 
think we do 
ourselves a disservice by not recognizing 
their contributions to 
our lives.
	My grandmother passed away recently. And 
I am left 
wishing she would have stayed long enough to 
see me 
graduate with my doctorate, to see my wedding 
day and to see 
her great-grandchildren. I am left hoping 
that she knew how 
much I loved her and how, in the last few 
years, I knew that I 
had found my hero ... so very close to home.

Anneliese M. Harper is a graduate student 
studying 
intercultural communications.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Farrakhan not a puppeteer

	My name is Warren Hogue IV, and I saw 
Morgan's 
little Farrakhan cartoon in the Oct. 18 issue 
of the State Press. 
I'm not a student of ASU, but I feel the need 
to comment on 
this cartoon. 
	This cartoon hits home with me. I was at 
the Million 
Man March, and I was one of the over a 
million Black men 
that your cartoon portrayed as being 
controlled by Minister 
Farrakhan. 
	First of all, I'm a student at the 
University of 
Tennessee at Martin. I traveled all the way 
from Tennessee to 
participate in the Million Man March. I went 
to the march to 
atone. 
	Atonement is something all Black men 
should be 
doing. This march showed that Black men are 
ready to stand 
up as men, and accept the responsibilities 
that some Black men 
have been avoiding. I believe that supporting 
your family, 
being a father and respecting women are just 
a few of the 
responsibilities that some of us have been 
avoiding. This 
march was a time for unity among men that 
have been divided 
for years.
	I cannot believe that you think Minister 
Farrakhan is 
a puppet master to Black people. Minister 
Farrakhan served as 
an organizer. He was the man who brought over 
a million 
Black men together. Minister Farrakhan did 
this because, as a 
Black man himself, he believes that unity 
among Black men is 
essential. No matter what you think of 
Minister Farrakhan, he 
is still a strong leader because he believes 
that Black men 
should take responsibility for themselves. 
	This was the first time I have ever been 
anywhere 
that people bumped each other, stepped on 
other people's feet 
and knocked over people's drinks, food, etc. 
without someone 
getting into a fight. That showed how 
powerful this cause 
really is; this march will stick in my memory 
forever. 
	Morgan's cartoon was very insulting to 
me. There is 
no way that I, or any Black man at the march, 
was controlled 
by Minister Farrakhan. We, as Black people, 
believe that the 
march was a good start to reform. Reform is 
what everyone 
wants. I want to be recognized as a man just 
as any other man 
in America. This march gave me a feeling of 
brotherhood and 
pride that should be kept up during all of 
our days, not just for 
Oct. 16, 1995. 
	How anyone can try to make the march or 
its 
organizer look like a joke is beyond me. It 
angers me when 
people like Morgan try to make this serious, 
monumental 
march seem childish and silly.

Warren Hogue IV
Accounting
Sophomore

Letter: More than a question of color

	Race seems to be such an important issue 
in the 
opinion section lately, and in reading the 
column "Race never 
just Black/White issue" by Liz Montalbano in 
the Oct. 13 of 
the State Press, I felt bothered by some of 
the things she said.
	Liz, you began by saying that your 
grandmother and 
your father made you believe that you were 
superior to Black 
people when you were younger. You then go on 
to say that 
when you reached adulthood you formed your 
own, and I 
repeat your own, values and opinions about 
racism.
	This I have to question because your 
views seem a bit 
hypocritical. You say that after growing up 
you realized your 
father and grandmother were wrong and you are 
not a racist. 
Here's what really bothers me: I can't 
believe you can say that 
you are not a racist but then you go on and 
say "I could never 
marry a Black man." Even if you are attracted 
to a Black man 
you wouldn't marry him because you would 
choose to respect 
someone else's racist views.
	I think that is one of the biggest 
problems with people 
today. Many times I hear - "I am not racist 
but I could never 
marry someone that is Black or White." If you 
feel that way 
you are taking on racist values. To be racist 
is to think that 
your race is superior to others. If you can't 
marry someone 
because of their color, then you're saying 
that because of their 
race they are not good enough for you.
	Racism is a learned behavior that works 
in cycles. 
What we need to do is end the cycle by 
standing firm in our 
beliefs that every person deserves a fair 
chance in this society. 
The ignorance must be stopped and this will 
not happen if we 
respect people's views.
	Liz, if you fall in love with a Black 
man but choose 
not to pursue it out of respect to your 
parents you are not 
helping end the cycle of racism from 
generation to generation. 
I would say that you shouldn't even write an 
article saying you 
are not a racist if you are going to turn 
around and succumb to 
the values that you said you formed your own 
opinions about.
	You end your article by saying that your 
are not a 
member of either the Black or White race but 
you are a 
member of the human race. So you were saying 
that you are 
looking at humans as a whole and not as 
either Black or 
White; however, that is exactly what you are 
doing in 
choosing not to marry a Black man. I think 
you need to think 
about what your values really are.
	Let me end by asking you this: You say 
you need to 
respect your family's values, so if you want 
to marry a Black 
man but can't, is your family respecting your 
values?

Jennifer Belcastro
Anthropology
Junior

Letter: Farrakhan speaks for himself

	Christina Bailey's editorial titled 
"Million Man March 
goes deeper than its leaders" in the  Oct. 16 
issue of the State 
Press begins with the proposition that 
society has "labeled" 
Minister Louis Farrakhan an anti-Semite. 
Furthermore, Bailey 
implies that much of the criticism leveled at 
him "has been 
twisted out of proportion, over-exaggerated 
or is simply 
untrue."
	Bailey fails to realize that society 
does not need to 
label Farrakhan an anti-Semite. Farrakhan's 
words tell the 
entire horrific story. I am proud to inform 
her that I took her 
advice and researched Farrakhan. To my 
disgust, these are the 
words of hate which I uncovered. 
	In a 1984 radio broadcast, Farrakhan 
said: "Hitler was 
a very great man." Moreover, he said he can 
see "certain basic 
principles that are generally valid" in 
Hitler's philosophy and 
ideology. 
	In 1985, Farrakhan was quoted as saying 
the Jews 
financed the Holocaust. He later told the 
National Press Club 
that "Judaism is a dirty religion."
	In 1994, Farrakhan's chief national 
assistant said: 
"Everyone talks about what Hitler did to you 
(the Jews). What 
did you do to Hitler? What made the man so 
mad at you?"
	Bailey, is it possible to twist these 
frightening quotes 
out of proportion?

David Weinzweig
ASU Jewish Law Students Association
President

Letter: Church led by God, not people

	I am writing in reference to Liz 
Montalbano's Oct. 10 
column titled "Godless society still touched 
by Catholic 
Church." In her column, Montalbano says that 
she, along with 
the majority of Catholics, believe that the 
church has archaic 
ideas and "... should shift some of its views 
to maintain 
integrity among its members." 
	I am not Catholic, and I do not agree 
with all of the 
viewpoints of the Catholic Church. I do not, 
however, agree 
that a church should change its standards to 
reflect the desires 
of its members. 
	Fundamental to all Christian religions 
is the belief 
that God oversees a church and its members. 
God gives 
commandments to follow, and people can choose 
to obey them 
or not. For a church to change its policies 
because its members 
choose not to follow them denies the 
authority of God. 
Therefore, a church that bends to the 
pressure of its members 
is declaring that it is not led by God. It is 
the prerogative of 
God, not a church membership, to change 
commandments.
	It is up to individuals to decide 
whether or not they 
believe in God. It is up to individuals to 
choose a church they 
believe is led by God. It is our 
responsibility to preserve the 
freedom of religion and not criticize a 
church's viewpoints, 
even if they are not in accord with our own.

E. Jason Omerza
Accountancy
Junior

ASU volleyball team coping with 2 setbacks Ninth-ranked Sun Devils fall to Washington, Washington St. in tumultuous weekend set

By Dawn Wagner
State Press
	ASU volleyball coach Patti Snyder-Park 
knew the 
Sun Devils would have a tough time this 
weekend against the 
Washington schools.
	The Sun Devils lost to both schools at 
home earlier in 
the year, and they were going to play in 
front of two of the 
most hostile audiences in volleyball.
	But they were also coming off of two 
important wins 
on the road last weekend and had finally 
broken into the top-
10 rankings.
	She knew it would be tough, but the last 
thing 
Snyder-Park expected was to be shutout.
	"We went from heaven to hell pretty 
fast," said 
Snyder-Park of the two losses the No. 9 Sun 
Devils were dealt 
on the road.
	On Friday, ASU was dropped by No. 3 
Washington 
State 3-1 (4-15, 15-11, 6-15, 10-15)  and was 
shutout Saturday 
by No. 23 Washington (10-15, 7-15, 1-15).
	The Sun Devils, who are now 12-5 (6-5 in 
the Pac-
10), were off kilter all weekend, said 
Snyder-Park.
	"It was a pretty poor performance all 
around," she 
said. "I think we played bad on Friday night 
and even worse 
on Saturday.
	"I don't think they could handle the 
pressure once 
they got in a deficit."
	She added the fact that everyone played 
poorly was 
even worse.
	"We really did not step it up," Snyder-
Park said. "No 
one person stepped up to the challenge. This 
weekend, when it 
rained, it poured."
	The Sun Devils were outdone by both 
teams, posting 
only 13 blocks on the weekend while the 
Washington schools 
combined for 24.
	Outside hitters Christine Garner and 
Jenn Snyder 
combined for 49 kills, considerably lower 
then their season 
averages.
	Snyder-Park said with both hitters 
struggling and 
Tracy Heflin at the setting spot having 
trouble, ASU was 
doomed.
	"I think our defense really let us down 
a lot," Snyder-
Park said. "We need to get Tracy the 
confidence to run the 
offense. She was off a little and then our 
hitters were off.
	"Christine and Jenn both struggled on 
the outside."
	Snyder led the Sun Devils with two block 
solos 
against Washington State while sophomore 
outside hitter Terri 
Cox had 16 kills and 19 digs on the weekend.
	For the Cougars, Sarah Silvernail had 19 
kills against 
ASU and added four block solos.
	Angela Branson had 17 kills to lead the 
Huskies.
	With both losses behind them and with 
their defense 
struggling, Snyder-Park said the Sun Devils 
will be hitting 
practice with a vengeance this week.
	"We'll approach this week really 
cracking down on 
defense," she said. "We'll try to give Tracy 
the chance to do 
more with the offense."

Tennis team makes grade at Sun Devil Challenge

By Dan Miller
State Press
	It's midterm and the ASU men's tennis 
team just got 
its on-court evaluations at the annual Sun 
Devil Challenge at 
Whiteman Tennis Center over the weekend. 
Coach Lou 
Belken said the results were understandably 
mixed. 
	"When you play this type of tournament, 
you always 
have some good results and you always have 
some results you 
wish were better," Belken said. "It's kind of 
like taking 
midterm exams. We got some A's and we got 
some grades that 
weren't A's." 
	Sophomore Tsolak Gevorkian highlighted 
the ASU 
performances in the three-flight, round-robin 
event. Entrants 
from ASU, UofA, Clemson and New Mexico State 
each 
played six matches in a three-day span, an 
intense physical 
challenge in the middle of the fall campaign.
	Gevorkian, who played in the "A" flight, 
went 5-1 for 
the weekend, beating UofA's Tom Haugland, 
Clemson's Rich 
Reyes and Mitch Sprenglemeyer and New Mexico 
State's 
Andy Caldwell and Martin Ostberg. His only 
setback came 
against UofA's Henrik Wagner on Sunday when 
he had to 
default due to a groin pull. He was down 6-3, 
3-0 at the time. 
Wagner was the only player in the top flight 
to go 6-0 for the 
tournament.
	"I think I played better mentally," said 
Gevorkian, 
who won more than 20 matches as a freshman 
last year. "I 
played two three-set matches on Friday. I was 
surprised I 
didn't cramp. I played pretty good tennis 
this weekend." 
	Senior Paul Reber, who also played in 
the "A" flight, 
had a rough weekend, losing his first four 
matches before 
finishing strong with a pair of victories in 
his final two scrums 
on Sunday. 
	"It was really kind of a test of some 
people's 
fortitude," Belken said. "If you lose, you 
can't run and hide 
and wait for next week like if we were in the 
dual season."
	Meanwhile, junior Sergio Elias and 
senior Dave 
Critchley, both playing with injuries, split 
time in the "B" 
flight. Elias put in a solid weekend's work, 
going 3-0 without 
losing a set. 
	"It was pretty good for me to get a 
little confident," 
said Elias, who has been bothered by a 
sciatic nerve injury. 
"Every day I felt better and better. Most of 
everything, I'm just 
so glad to be back and so fired up just to 
play. That's the main 
thing for me right now. Playing makes me 
happy every 
moment I'm out there."
	Critchley breezed through his first two 
matches 
before losing to UofA's Roland Kupka on 
Sunday.
	"UofA had a very good tournament," 
Belken said. 
"They should come out of here very 
encouraged. They beat us 
in a number of head-to-head matches. Our 
midterm grade 
against UofA wasn't what we hoped it would 
be.
	Junior Wolf von Lindenau concurred. 
	"I think they're pretty damn good," he 
said. "Hats off 
to those guys this weekend. Obviously they're 
doing a lot of 
things right."
	Judging from his results, one might 
suspect the 
mythical von Lindenau would want to forget 
his 0-6 output. 
But von Lindenau, who is notoriously a slow 
starter in the fall, 
said he used the weekend to experiment. 
	"I didn't do very well," he admitted. "I 
spent a lot of 
time of experimenting with different levels 
of the game. I 
wanted to serve and volley and try to add new 
some new 
dimensions. Winning and losing these matches 
wasn't the 
main point. You can't be afraid to try new 
things."
	ASU's two new walk-ons both shined in 
Flight "C." 
Freshmen Hiroshi Nagashima and Casey Was both 
delivered 
4-2 weekends. Belken said Was' performance 
was a "pleasant 
surprise."
	Sophomore walk-on Jesse Smith was 0-6 in 
the third 
flight and ASU's prized recruit, junior Oscar 
Bustos, did not 
compete due to NCAA date allotments.
	"This is a good starting point to 
measure where 
people are for the first time in the season," 
Belken said. "One 
of the major things that we have to get out 
of things like this is 
that last year with (Sargis) Sargsian, he was 
so strong at No. 1 
and we were young at other positions and we 
could have guys 
that were in and out mentally sometimes.
	"This year we think (Oscar) Bustos is 
going to be a 
very solid player, but more importantly, with 
maturity you 
shouldn't have guys that are in and out 
mentally. That's one of 
the big lessons for the team to learn."

Freshman goalie Powers stingy in Ice Devils' victories

By Ron Matejko
State Press
	Goaltending was a question facing the 
ASU ice 
hockey team.going into the season opener. 
After the first two 
games it appears to have been answered.
	Freshman Greg Powers got the nod from 
Head Coach 
Gene Hammett to be his starting goaltender, 
and the 
newcomer did not disappoint. Powers 
backstopped the Ice 
Devils to their first two victories of the 
season, with a sweep 
over the University of Colorado in Boulder, 
Colo. over the 
weekend.
	Hammett said he was pleased with his 
young 
netminder's performance.
	 "I was surprised at how well he played 
considering 
he is only a freshman," he said of Powers. 
"He looked a little 
nervous before the game, but I  think it was 
just pre-game 
anxiety." 
	Powers gave up four goals in the two 
meetings, the 
first games of his collegiate career. He came 
within 9:25 of a 
shutout in the second game. ASU won 7-3 
Friday and 3-1 on 
Saturday.
	Ten different Ice Devils figured into 
the scoring in 
the first game of the series, but defense was 
the key in game 
two as Boulder could only muster 20 shots on 
net. 
	The defensemen also contributed strongly 
on offense, 
led by freshman Jason Pearce, who chipped in 
with a goal and 
three assists in the two games. Hammett spoke 
highly about 
the play of Pearce.
	"He is everything I thought he'd be, and 
maybe 
more," Hammett said. "He's a strong, 
offensive defenseman. 
Jason is going to have a big future with us. 
He'll be a strong 
player for us over the next four years."
	Hammett said  the team has already begun 
to define a 
playing style this season.
	 "We're going to be a strong defensive 
team," he said. 
"We will be very opportunistic with turnovers 
because we 
have the speed to convert on them quickly."  
	Hammett also said he liked how his team 
responded 
when the games got a little chippy, even 
though his squad isn't 
dominated by bigger players.
	The leading scorer overall for the Ice 
Devils is senior 
right wing Scott Snyder, who has a goal and 
four assists. ASU 
will bring its 2-0 record to Flagstaff Friday 
night for a game 
against rival Northern Arizona University.
Golfers finish third at Stanford
	The ASU women's golf team finished third 
in the 
Stanford Women's Intecollegiate Tournament 
over the 
weekend in Palo Alto, Calif.. The Sun Devils 
totalled 897 
strokes, which was eight off the pace set by 
San Jose St. and 
UCLA, which tied for first. 
	Individually, sophomore Kellee Booth 
finished fifth. 
It was her third top-five finish of the 
season. Seniors' Linda 
Ericsson and Vinny Riviello finished 11th and 
24th, 
respectively. Freshman Jody Niemann and 
redshirt-freshman 
Keri Cornelius finished tied for 37th. 
	The Sun Devils have not finished lower 
than third in 
any of their tournaments this season.
	- Ron Matejko 
Cross country women take second
	ASU women's cross country finished 
second in the 
Canyon West Classic on Saturday. Kim Barrett 
finished 10th 
overall to lead the Sun Devil women.
Soccer Devils win one, tie another
	Chris Vantuil's hattrick lifted the ASU 
men's soccer 
club over Northern Arizona University, 4-3, 
in Flagstaff on 
Sunday. Drew Guarneri scored ASU's first goal 
as the Devils 
ran their record to 5-3-1 overall and 3-1 in 
the southwest 
conference. 
	Andy Fisher recorded nine saves in goal 
and Doug 
Bergbower added three. The Devils took 
advantage of two red 
cards on the Lumberjacks (2-2-1), who played 
with only nine 
men by the end of the game.  Ed Weber, a 
sweeper, and Jake 
Havenar, a fullback, both were instrumental 
defensively.
		The Soccer Devils tied Air Force, 
3-3, on 
Saturday in Flagstaff behind goals from Milan 
Djukic, A.J. 
Othman, and Vantuil.
	Fisher minded the net in the first half 
and Bergbower 
played the second half as both combined for 
12 saves.
	ASU rallied from a 2-0 deficit.
	 - Dan Miller

ASU police reported the following incidents 
over the 
weekend:
* A female student and a man not affiliated 
with ASU were 
arrested, cited and released for disorderly 
conduct at the 
Dash Inn, 731 E. Apache Blvd.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
underage drinking at the Dash Inn.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for third degree criminal 
trespassing at Forest and 
Tyler malls.
* A woman not affiliated with ASU was 
arrested and later 
released for driving under the influence of 
alcohol at the Red 
Mountain Freeway and Scottsdale Road.
* Four male students were contacted at 
Manzanita Hall on the 
12th floor after being involved in a fight. 
The were warned of 
disorderly conduct.
* Five male juveniles were contacted outside 
the Life Sciences 
Building after they were observed 
skateboarding. They were 
warned of ASU policy and later released to 
their parents.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
underage drinking and littering at Parking 
Structure 5.
* Two male students were arrested, cited and 
released for 
underage drinking and giving false 
information to a police 
officer at the Towers Apartments, 525 S. 
Forest Ave.
* A male student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
underage drinking at 414 Adelphi Drive.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
on an 
outstanding warrant from Mesa police for 
driving on a 
suspended license. He was released to the 
Mesa Police 
Department.
* Someone hit an ASU vehicle while it was 
parked in Lot 65.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for trespassing at Stabler's Market 
in the Tempe 
Center.
* Someone broke into a female student's car 
while it was in 
Parking Structure 4.
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.
* ASASU University Affairs Committee - 
Meeting. Topics: 
Cult activities on campus, gaining the 
student body 
perspective and University race and gender 
policies. All 
students welcome. 5:40 p.m.; MU third floor, 
Conference 
Room 1A and 1B.
* Coalition for Justice and Peace - Weekly 
meeting; United 
Nations day and reform with Bill Podlick and 
Bill Wood. 
Noon; MU Mohave Room.
* Golden Key National Honor Society - General 
meeting. 
Everyone welcome. New members - don't forget 
about the 
induction ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday. 8 
p.m.; McClintock 
Hall Study Lounge.
* Harry Wood Gallery - Opening reception for 
Mary Temple's 
MFA exhibition "Compression/Expansion," large 
oil paintings 
that examine the role of surface, texture and 
space. 7-9 p.m.; 
Art Building, Harry Wood Gallery.
* MEChA - Cultural Affairs Committee meeting 
to finalize 
Dia de los Muertos events. Discuss the Ballet 
Folklorico and 
the Xicono Film Series. 5:15 p.m.; MU Room 
210.
* University Blood Service - ASU v. UofA 
blood drive 
challenge. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Cady Mall and 
Tyler Mall.