Fair to give students first shot at 1,000- plus Super Bowl jobs

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	ASU students will get first pick of 
part-time Super 
Bowl jobs Wednesday at the largest job fair 
in the game's 
history. 
	More than 1,000 jobs will be available 
at the 
University Activity Center during an 
informational job fair 
sponsored by the NFL, the Super Bowl XXX Host 
Committee 
and the Associated Students of ASU. The event 
starts at 6:30 
p.m.
	"This is the first time we have had a 
mass hiring 
effort (for a Super Bowl)," said Sue 
Robichek, director of 
special events planning. 
	Nine vendors from the NFL and several 
other local 
vendors will employ people to do everything 
from selling T-
shirts to setting up tents for special 
activities. Super Bowl 
XXX Host Committee members and ASASU 
officials will 
also speak concerning current Super Bowl 
planning and 
activities.
	"The jobs range from absolutely 
everything," said 
Gail Howard, University director of economic 
development 
and constituent outreach. "They range from 
working for the 
vendors helping to sell novelties ... to 
setting up corporate 
tents."
	Faculty and staff are welcomed to apply, 
but the 
majority of jobs will be directed at 
students, she said. 
	The jobs are expected to last throughout 
the month of 
January. Super Bowl XXX will be played Jan. 
28.
	"It is pretty good timing because it 
will include the 
time right before school starts and the first 
couple of weeks of 
classes before things gear up and really get 
busy," Howard 
said. 
	Some employees will be placed in Sun 
Devil Stadium 
during game day, but they will not have a lot 
of time to watch 
the game, Robichek said. 
	ASASU President Chris Weber has also 
said he will 
make a "major announcement" at the fair 
concerning the 
availability of Super Bowl XXX tickets to 
students.

Computer kiosks give out Super Bowl info at a touch

By Cody V. Aycock 
State Press 
	The Super Bowl XXX Host Committee 
unveiled a 
new information kiosk last week that will 
allow users to 
discover Super Bowl facts at the touch of a 
screen. 
	The electronic kiosks feature a touch-
activated 
network of information about Super Bowl 
events, products and 
services, and Arizona and sponsor 
information. 
	Users can receive printouts of events 
and locations 
using the system. If they wish, fans can also 
make hotel and 
restaurant reservations via a direct phone 
line attached to the 
machine 
	Forty of the ATM-like kiosks will be at 
14 locations 
around the Valley, including Sky Harbor 
Airport and the NFL 
Experience, said Gina Giallanardo, media 
relations manager 
for the host committee. The committee will 
set up the first 
kiosks at the beginning of January, she said.
	Each machine will cost about $7,000 to 
$10,000, said 
Brian Berg, graphic director for First Wave, 
Inc., the 
Scottsdale-based software company that 
designed the system. 
Funding came from corporate sponsorship and 
classified 
advertising sales, he said. 
	After the Super Bowl, the kiosks will be 
reprogrammed and donated to the government 
and non-profit 
organizations throughout the state. 
	"We are going to be donating them to 
non-profit 
organizations that otherwise couldn't 
necessarily afford such 
high technology," Berg said.

ASU rape count hits 8; 5th reported in month ASU police chief: 'The numbers are disturbing'

By Greg Zemeida
State Press
	A female student reported the fifth on-
campus rape in 
a month on Sunday, upping the year's total to 
eight. This is the 
second-highest total in the past 10 years.
	The woman was reportedly raped by an 
acquaintance 
at Palo Verde East on Oct. 14, according to 
police.
	"The numbers are disturbing to me," said 
ASU Police 
Chief Lanny Standridge. "One number is one 
too high."
	All five of this year's most recent 
rapes happened at 
residence halls, except one which occurred at 
the Towers 
Apartments, and all involved acquaintances.
	The latest victim was allegedly attacked 
in her room 
after returning from a fraternity/sorority 
formal at the Hyatt 
Regency in Phoenix on Oct. 13, Standridge 
said. The victim 
and her alleged attacker had gone to the 
event together and had 
been drinking before and during the event, he 
said.
	When the two returned to her room, there 
were other 
people there, but they soon left, Standridge 
said. Later, the 
alleged rape occurred, he said. The woman did 
not report any 
injuries.
	The victim said she knew her alleged 
attacker's name. 
He is a student, but police do not know if he 
is a fraternity 
member.
	She also told police she did not want to 
press charges. 
Unless a victim is willing to prosecute in a 
case like this, there 
is nothing police can do, so the case is 
considered closed, 
Standridge said.
	Radawna Michelle, crime prevention 
officer for ASU 
police, said it is not uncommon for victims 
to report a rape 
without pressing charges. She said some women 
want to alert 
the community about the incident, but don't 
want to go 
through the emotional trauma of a court case.
	Even if there is no follow-up on a case, 
the 
information provided may help in future rape 
cases involving 
the alleged attacker, Michelle said.
	Police are still investigating the other 
four recent 
rapes.
	Four of the five recent victims were 
drunk at the time 
of their rapes, Standridge said. However, 
this does not change 
the fact that a crime has occurred, he said.
	"No one has a right to take advantage of 
another 
person like that," he said. "We have to be 
very careful of who 
we bring into our homes."

Flu shot could save a lot of headache

By Ray Stern
Special to the State Press
	If you can spare a few days of work or 
school trying to 
fight a fever, headaches and a variety of 
other flu symptoms, 
don't read this.
	"Twenty out of 100 people could become 
infected with 
the flu virus this fall," said Linda McNeil, 
chief of nursing at 
Student Health.
	McNeil advises students, faculty and 
anyone else who 
can't afford the down time to receive a shot 
of flu vaccine at 
the health center.
	The vaccine is designed to protect 
against last year's 
three worst strains of flu: Texas A, 
Johannesburg A and 
Harbin B.
	Pat Cox, a nurse at the health center, 
said two weeks 
after getting the shot, "for two to three 
months you have 
really good immunity." 
	Even after the vaccine's strength wanes, 
it will stave 
off the more serious symptoms for people who 
get the flu, 
Cox said.
	"I've gotten one (flu shot) all the 
time," said Jon 
Scwartz, a mechanical engineering junior. 
"The one year I 
didn't get it, I got sicker than a dog."
	Cox said influenza strikes hardest in 
the winter so the 
best time to be immunized is now.
	"I need to see more people in," she 
said.
	Vaccinations will be given today from 
9:30 a.m. to 3 
p.m. at Student Health, and after that they 
will be available 
every Monday and Thursday until Dec. 21. The 
cost is $8.

ASU doctoral programs get mixed marks in national survey

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	A recent study of U.S. doctoral programs 
has both 
good and bad news for ASU.
	The survey, conducted by the National 
Research 
Council, indicates that nearly half of ASU's 
53 doctoral 
programs have improved 30 percent over the 
last five years.
	The survey, which was profiled in the 
national 
magazine Chronicle of Higher Education, 
reported that 21 of 
the 26 ASU doctoral programs featured saw 
improvements in 
educational quality since 1990. However, the 
three remaining 
programs that were part of the study declined 
an average of 12 
percent over the same period.
	The anthropology and psychology programs 
saw the 
greatest improvement, increasing 61 and 60 
percent 
respectively. 
	"I think it's real exciting and I think 
it reflects the real 
growth," said former Anthropology Chairman 
Charles 
Redman. "The improvement from the last survey 
is the 
second-highest in any department. And (the 
program) is the 
second-highest anthropology in terms of 
improvement in the 
nation."
	The sociology program took the biggest 
hit, 
plummeting about 24 percent to rank 73rd out 
of a total 95.
	Sociology Chairman Robert Snow said 
although the 
survey is reputable, at the time it was taken 
the sociology 
department was under reconstruction.
	"For us, in terms of how we come out in 
the survey, 
the timing is extremely bad because you're 
talking about a 
period in our history in which we were in a 
period of 
transition," he said. "Things have changed 
dramatically in the 
past few years. If they were to do this study 
for the last five-
year period, we would jump from the fourth 
quartile to at least 
the second."
	The most recent survey was conducted 
between 1987 
and 1992.
	The report, titled "Research-Doctorate 
Programs in 
the United States: Continuity and Change," 
was the result of 
nearly 8,000 responses to questionnaires 
distributed to faculty 
members in doctoral programs at 274 
institutions across the 
country and in Puerto Rico. In addition to 
asking participants 
to rank the programs' five-year change, it 
queried respondents 
to rate the programs on two issues: the 
"scholarly quality" of 
their faculty and their effectiveness in 
educating research 
scientists and scholars.
	The geography program topped the list of 
ASU 
programs with a ranking of 15th out of 36 
programs and 
"strong" scores in both educational 
effectiveness and faculty 
quality. Additionally, the program improved 
50 percent in the 
last five years.
	"That is a very good ranking for us," 
said Anthony 
Brazel, chairman of the geography program. 
"We've worked 
real hard to get to this particular point. I 
think the University's 
support over the last many years has allowed 
us to reach this 
plateau."
	On the flip side, the sociology program 
failed to 
make the grade with "marginal" rankings for 
effectiveness and 
faculty quality - one stage above "not 
sufficient for doctoral 
education."
	Snow said the sociology program came out 
looking 
bad because they lost several senior people 
who were replaced 
with junior sociologists, making the 
department a young 
program when compared to others nationwide.
	In 1982, the Conference Board of 
Associated 
Research Councils, which included the NRC, 
conducted a 
similar survey which included faculty 
quality, educational 
effectiveness and five-year improvement, but 
did not rank the 
programs individually.
	Scores for the three categories in this 
study were 
standardized on a scale where 50 represented 
an average score.
	Zoology received the best score for 
faculty quality 
out of the eight programs featured in the 
1982 Assessment of 
Research-Doctorate Programs in the United 
States that was 
also profiled in the Chronicle of Higher 
Education. The 
zoology program was not present in the most 
recent survey.
	In 1982, the physics program scored the 
worst in 
faculty quality and educational 
effectiveness; receiving below-
average listings of 40th and 41st, 
respectively. However, the 
physics program has made some headway since 
the 1982 
report.
	In 1995, physics finished with an 
overall rank of 70th 
out of 147 contenders. The quality of the 
program's faculty 
was deemed good and their educational 
effectiveness rated as 
strong. The report also stated that the 
program improved 37 
percent in the last five years.
	According to the 1982 survey, chemistry 
and 
geosciences tied with a slightly above 
average score of 53rd 
for effectiveness in educating research 
scientists and scholars. 
The recent survey showed chemistry and 
geosciences were 
"strong" in educational effectiveness with 
ranks of 69th out of 
168 and 26th out of 100, respectively.
	Bianca Bernstein, dean of the Graduate 
College, said 
many of the doctoral programs may appear to 
be lower in 
quality when compared with much older 
programs.
	"Keep in mind that with this data we are 
being 
compared with institutions that have been in 
the business of 
educating at the doctoral level a lot longer 
than we have," she 
said. "We have had doctorate (programs) here 
at ASU for 41 
years. We're being compared to other 
institutions who have 
been in the business starting in 1884."
	Bernstein added that the survey results 
should be 
carefully evaluated because they were 
determined using 
reputation-based factors which are dependent 
upon the 
programs' visibility in academia.
	"These are ratings of visibility, to 
some extent," she 
said. "The two variables that are used in 
this survey are both 
reputational indices. Reputational indices 
provide some good 
information about some kinds of things, but 
aren't a 
comprehensive index of quality."
	Art Blakemore, chairman of the economics 
department, said the economics program 
received low grades 
in educational effectiveness and faculty 
quality because 
economists are naturally tough graders.
	"The discipline of economics was very 
hard on 
itself," he said. "I think that's partly the 
nature of economists ... 
to be that way. They just graded themselves 
more difficulty."
	The Chronicle of Higher Education 
supported this 
view, reporting that economists were the 
"hardest graders," 
ranking 23 percent of the programs as 
"marginal" or "not 
sufficient."
	Bernstein added that some improvements 
in the 
program are scheduled.
	"To some extent, we would like to move 
some 
programs to places of higher visibility and 
reputation 
nationally," she said. "There are different 
things we would like 
to see for different programs."

Editorial: Breaking the silence

	On its face, the record number of rapes 
reported at 
ASU is seemingly horrific.
	Can there be anything good about the 
fact that eight 
rapes have been reported to the ASU 
Department of Public 
Safety this year, the most since 1989?
	Can any bright spot be found in the 
fifth reported 
rape in a month?
	Actually, yes.
	The rising numbers should be viewed with 
optimism.
	Why, you ask? Because women are finally 
coming 
forward.
	Most of the reported rapes this year 
have been 
"acquaintance rapes" - including all five 
reported this past 
month.
	It is a common misconception to view 
rape as the 
crime of a sex-crazed, homicidal maniac, 
preying on 
unsuspecting victims in dimly-lit parking 
lots and alleys.
	This kind of rape does occur - but it is 
not the most 
prevalent form of rape.
	Rape is not most often committed by the 
wild-eyed, 
knife-wielding pervert.
	It is committed by neighbors, friends or 
people just 
met in a bar; people who, on the surface, 
give absolutely no 
sign that they are capable of this crime.
	It is committed by those who are unaware 
of the 
magnitude of their act - or even that they 
are committing rape.
	Sometimes, even the victim herself is 
unsure if she's 
truly been raped. She may even feel partially 
or wholly 
responsible for the crime.
	Rape is tough enough to report when the 
victim is a 
total stranger. Reporting it when a friend is 
the culprit can be a 
million times more difficult.
	This is why the record number of 
reported rapes is 
good news, not bad.
	Acquaintance rape has been occurring on 
college 
campuses since time immemorial. It would be 
naive to think 
that these crimes haven't been happening here 
in previous 
years.
	They've definitely been happening - only 
now, more 
women are marshaling up the inner courage to 
come forward.
	The eight women who have come forward 
this year 
are to be admired. Theirs was an act of 
supreme courage.
	The only thing that will bring a halt to 
rape is 
awareness - a realization that yes, this is a 
crime that can 
happen to anyone.
	It is also a signal that great care 
needs to be taken.
	As the reports steadily mount, more and 
more women 
will begin to realize that appearances can be 
deceiving.
	And, once alcohol is thrown into the 
mix, the 
combination becomes downright explosive.
	These women have chosen to come forward 
after 
suffering the most extreme violation-of-self 
known. Do not let 
that act of courage be in vain.
	Always be careful when alcohol is 
involved. 
Inhibitions are lowered once intoxication 
ensues - and acts that 
were previously unthinkable suddenly become 
very real.
	Remember that, until you trust a person 
implicitly, it 
is always unwise to have them in your room 
alone - and out of 
reach of any potential help.
	And, most importantly, if you do fall 
victim to this 
crime, do not keep it to yourself. Come 
forward. Tell the 
police what happened. Press charges.
	You are hardly alone - but staying 
silent may seal the 
fate of victims yet to come.

Column: Farrakhan moving Blacks in right direction

Ashahed M.X. Triche
Columnist
	First of all, let us deal with reality. 
To those who say 
that Minister Louis Farrakhan is an anti-
Semite, a bigot, a 
homophobic and a chauvinist, you really 
underestimate the 
intelligence of those who participated in the 
Million Man 
March in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 16. 
	It is an insult to Black people all over 
America and 
oppressed people all over the world who have 
declared that 
Minister Louis Farrakhan is a powerfully 
strong and 
uncompromising leader who speaks for them and 
speaks to 
their needs. 
	To say that almost 2 million Black men 
would show 
up to hear a racially divisive bigot 
indicates that you have very 
little understanding of the complexity of the 
Black man, and 
very little understanding of what Minister 
Farrakhan and the 
Nation of Islam really represent.
	Secondly, to those who maintain that 
Minister 
Farrakhan is only a leader of wild-eyed 
radicals whose 
organizational strength is marginal at best, 
I'd like to see you 
come up with another leader who could call 
for a Million Man 
March and even be taken seriously. If anyone 
else could have, 
don't you think they would have? Think about 
the fact that the 
Oct. 16 speech of Minister Farrakhan had a 
larger viewership 
than the inaugural speech of President Bill 
Clinton. 
	Thirdly, to those who imply that the 
march was 
simply a recruiting effort for Minister 
Farrakhan and the 
Nation of Islam, did you not hear Farrakhan 
encourage men in 
the crowd to join a mosque, a church, the 
NAACP, the Urban 
League, the SCLC or any other organization, 
as long as they 
had the best interests of Black people in 
mind? He encouraged 
individuals to join organizations that were 
not even in support 
of the gathering. And as a result since the 
march, calls to many 
local organizational offices have increased 
with men desiring 
to become members.
	We can dismiss another piece of business 
fairly 
quickly. If Minister Farrakhan was an anti-
Semite, as powerful 
as God has made his oratory skills, there 
would not be a Jew 
left on the planet. If you want to continue 
to compare him to 
Hitler, that's your problem, but no member of 
the Nation of 
Islam has ever killed a Jew, defaced a 
synagogue or threatened 
any White or Jewish leaders. But let us 
remember that 
members of the Jewish community are often 
heard outside 
Minister Farrakhan's speeches in many cities 
chanting, "Who 
do you want? Farrakhan! How do you want him? 
Dead." 
	Maybe Jewish leaders should distance 
themselves 
from those comments, or are they too busy 
asking Black 
people to distance themselves from Minister 
Farrakhan? Let's 
get rid of this hypocrisy.
	The Black man was called forth to 
convene in 
Washington for a Day of Atonement and 
Reconciliation. 
Clearly, the Black man responded - from every 
major city in 
the United States, small towns just outside 
of big cities, even 
individuals from London. People flew, drove, 
ran and marched 
to the Capitol. This holy day for the Black 
man - the 
progenitor of all nations, the grand 
architect, the scientist, the 
builder, the originator - came from all 
different political 
ideologies, different geographic areas, 
socio-economic factors 
and educational backgrounds for a harmonic 
convergence in 
Washington.
	Despite all that was said, the men had 
the courage to 
stand up for their women, their families, 
their communities 
and their nation. It is interesting to note 
that a Christian group 
called the Promise Keepers have gone to many 
major cities 
and held men-only rallies, but no allegations 
of sexism or 
racism have surfaced against them. In fact, 
their efforts are 
applauded. Did they invite Muslims to take 
part in the event? 
Why the difference in attitude?
	Anyone, White or Black, who was against 
the 
purposes of this march collectively spit upon 
the graves of all 
those who fought, bled and died in the 
struggle for civil rights. 
Here, the descendants of slaves standing up 
in the seat of the 
power of America with the hope and prayer 
that on Oct. 16, 
there would be a change.
	Now America is faced with a choice. 
Humble 
themselves and atone to the people who have 
suffered the 
worst crime against humanity in the history 
of man - slavery - 
or fulfill that which is written in the book 
of Daniel 5:24-27:
	"Then was the part of the hand sent from 
him; and 
this writing was written. And this is the 
writing that was 
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.  This 
is the 
interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath 
numbered thy 
kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art 
weighed in the 
balances, and art found wanting."
	There is a way out, but what will 
America do? What 
will those who claim to follow the Law of 
Moses do? Will you 
accept truth and salvation from a source that 
you did not 
expect it to come from? Is this the problem? 
	Some Jews were upset that Minister 
Farrakhan called 
for a Day of Atonement. In the Jewish 
tradition, there is the 
observance of a holy day called Yom Kippur - 
a day of 
atonement. Have Jews cornered the market on 
atonement? No 
other people can atone to their God for 
wrongs committed?
	Do 1 million unified Black men scare 
you? Does the 
fact that Minister Farrakhan didn't have to 
beg for permission 
scare you? Or is it the fact that Minister 
Farrakhan will never 
apologize for that which he did not say? If 
people want to take 
the Minister's words out of context and say 
that he called 
Hitler a "great man," so be it. If people 
want to say that he 
called Judaism a gutter religion, so be it. 
You have been 
saying the same thing for 10 years now. Has 
it made a 
difference? I hope at least you feel better. 
	Remember, no matter how often you tell 
these lies 
about Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of 
Islam, they are 
still lies and we are still here. It seems to 
me that some forces 
in the Jewish community are obsessed with 
hindering the 
progress of Minister Farrakhan and the Black 
Nation. This 
obsessive behavior bordering on the maniacal 
should be 
looked into. We intend to fully expose the 
root cause of this 
behavior in the very near future. Your plans 
continue to fail - 
so plan on. We have business to take care of.
	Here, in the 440th year of our sojourn 
in America, we 
have an opportunity to reclaim our own, 
change our reality, 
determine our future and shape our own 
destiny. This is a 
wonderful opportunity. Forward motion is 
taking place, 
victory and justice are ordained.
	You have to take into account that 
Farrakhan is in 
your midst today. In the past, we have 
allowed all of our Black 
leaders to be maligned in the media, ill 
spoken of, and we fail 
to see that the insults heaped upon Black 
leadership are 
directed at Black people in general. 
	In the past, we have been afraid to 
stand behind and 
support our leaders. Many of them have been 
killed, deported 
or put in prison. Those days are over. This 
is indeed a new day 
for everyone who is living at this time. 

Ashahed M.X. Triche is a member of the Nation 
of Islam and 
an assistant minister at Muhammad Mosque #32 
in Phoenix.

Column: If the (politician's) shoe fits, wear it

Liz Montalbano
Columnist
	So Associated Students of ASU President 
Chris 
Weber got away with it. Despite two arrests 
in a matter of a 
few weeks, the ASASU senate failed to garner 
enough votes 
from its senators to impeach him.
	Why is everyone so surprised?
	Although ASASU is certainly not on par 
with the 
U.S. government, Weber is, after all, a 
politician.
	And in case you've been in hibernation 
for the past, 
oh, couple hundred years or so, it's a pretty 
well-known fact 
that politics is supposed to be a corrupt 
business.
	Think about it. Try to name someone who 
you know 
who is, without a shred of doubt, an honest 
politician.
	It's not easy, is it? 
	You don't have to look much further than 
recent 
history to prove this one. 
	In the 60s, President John F. Kennedy, 
perhaps one of 
the United States' best-loved politicians, 
got away with plenty 
of sordid stuff. JFK and his brother, 
Attorney General Robert 
Kennedy, had unauthorized wiretaps on just 
about anyone they 
thought were threats to the American 
government, including 
the head of the F.B.I.
	And who knows - Richard Nixon might have 
gotten 
away with Watergate if he hadn't resigned 
first. As the 
students of ASU learned last week, just 
because a president is 
threatened with impeachment doesn't mean it's 
actually going 
to happen.
	For those of you who are close to my 
age, you 
probably remember back to the whole Iran-
contra affair in the 
80s. Sure senility might have been a 
believable excuse for a 
septuagenarian like Ronald Reagan, but does 
anyone really 
think it was good enough to render him 
blameless?
	I think you get the point. 
	History proves that even though 
politicians are 
supposed to be leaders and role models for 
their constituents, it 
doesn't always mean they'll act accordingly. 
	Of course, that is hardly an excuse for 
dishonest and 
illegal behavior. 
	Though it shouldn't be a huge surprise 
that Chris 
Weber is retaining his office as president of 
ASASU despite 
his unsavory behavior (we can always hope the 
recall effort 
will be successful), it should be a 
disappointment.
	When you're in the public eye as a 
leader or a role 
model, you're expected to behave consistently 
with a set of 
morals and laws - unless you're, say, a rock 
musician.
	Of course, better leaders than Weber 
have gotten 
away virtually without a blemish to their 
reputations after 
committing illegal acts. 
	This isn't necessarily a precedent that 
should be 
followed religiously, but it seems to be the 
case that as long as 
public officials don't get caught with their 
proverbial pants 
down, they can usually get away with it.
	When politicians take office, they know 
what they're 
getting into.
	They know they may have to compromise 
their moral 
principles and make some decisions that they 
probably don't 
personally agree with.
	They know they might have to bend the 
rules a little 
bit.
	They also know that to maintain their 
reputation and 
dignity, they better cover their asses, and 
cover them well, 
when they're involved in anything remotely 
illegal.
	Maybe this isn't the best kind of truth, 
but it's the 
truth, and it's something that we've (albeit 
reluctantly) learned 
to live with.
	As a politician, Weber should've known 
that if he 
committed a crime and was caught, even if it 
had nothing to do 
with the office he holds, then he's going to 
be judged by his 
constituents - and judged harshly.
	Even though Weber's alleged crimes had 
nothing to 
do with selling arms to foreign enemies or 
otherwise 
endangering national security, he still 
betrayed the student 
body - the very voters without whom he would 
have no 
position of authority.
	Sure people make mistakes. I'm the last 
one to throw 
stones if someone screws up ... once.
	Weber could've been easily forgiven 
after his first 
crime. He has not yet been convicted of 
anything, and the 
whole thing could have been just a big 
misunderstanding.
	But even though he knew the heat was on, 
he 
committed another misdemeanor.
	That's not only bad politics, it's just 
plain stupid.
	Even though the "politician morality 
code" may apply 
when a public official commits a crime, 
there's no excuse for 
being dumb enough to swim in shark-infested 
waters twice.	
	It's a shame enough of his fellow 
senators didn't feel 
that way.
	I don't know Chris Weber, and I'm 
certainly not going 
to pass moral judgment on his actions. 
	I'm not going to tell you that I think 
he's a bad person.
	He is, however, a terrible politician, 
and unworthy of 
the position of president of ASASU.

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

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Weber finally doing his job: representing 'underachievers'

	I absolutely agree with the article 
titled "Weber: 'I'm 
not going to resign' " in the Oct. 17 issue 
of the State Press. I 
think Chris Weber should stay in office and 
do what he has 
been doing: represent the student body.
	With Weber's last couple of arrests and 
display of 
public drunkenness, I think Weber has started 
to better 
represent the students of ASU. He is just 
trying to better 
represent ASU underachievers (those of us 
that don't come to 
college for an education). He now better 
represents alcoholics 
and those students that make disturbances in 
public places 
while being drunk, like in dorms or parking 
facilities. Weber 
can now be better affiliated with people that 
have temper 
problems. He now represents the students of 
ASU that beat 
women. Weber now represents the students that 
end up in the 
State Press Police Report. Weber now 
represents those 
students that should get counseling.
	Weber is getting ready for the big time 
... I can see 
that these arrests were only done as stunts 
to further his 
political career. So I believe that Weber 
should only stay in 
office and keep doing a good job.
	But, if these arrests were not planned, 
then his ethics 
and moral judgment would be in question.
	Ethics and morals are the very virtues 
that make a 
good councilman. Do people want good 
government or a 
police record? The students of ASU want to be 
represented 
and Chris Weber is not the person to do it.
	I am not saying it is wrong to go out 
and have a good 
time; we all deserve to relax and enjoy life 
as we see fit. But 
when a person has a higher law to abide by 
(such as 
councilman) then he/she must follow and obey 
the bylaws set 
before them, such as being in good standing 
in public and 
trying to do their best at all times. If it 
means saying no, then 
say "no." 
	The students of ASU do not elect people 
who will get 
arrested. The students of ASU elect people to 
take their place 
in government, and have their views and ideas 
represented. 
When you are in any political position, you 
are on call 24 
hours a day. Just like a police officer and 
just like the people 
that run America, those public servants are 
always on duty, 
even when on vacation.
	So are you Chris Weber ... you do not 
belong to 
yourself, you belong to the Associated 
Students of ASU. You 
can always have a good time, have fun, go out 
partying - but 
you took for granted your position and 
stature. You let 
yourself and the meaning behind what you 
stood for slip into 
an insult to those people that voted for you. 
Your judgment 
has been impaired and you no longer represent 
virtue and good 
morals in a councilman.
	Impeach, impeach, impeach.

Adam Barber
Junior
   Music theory and composition

Letter: Fair-weathered fans be gone

	I would like to address some comments to 
Christina 
Bailey in regards to her "What is up with 
that?" column in the 
Oct. 11 issue of the State Press and also to 
the other skeptics 
of the football program here at ASU. I am a 
fan who goes to 
every game and stays through the whole game. 
I stand and 
support my team, win or lose.
	If they lose, I go to work and hear all 
the heckling 
from people about the game, but I stand tall 
and take it. ASU 
isn't the best football team in the nation, 
but they are a good 
team and they do one thing most other teams 
don't - they give 
110 percent every single game. 
	I do realize that teams like Nebraska 
and Florida 
State are undefeated, but look at who those 
teams play. I didn't 
think their opponents were powerhouses by any 
means. ASU 
has played Nebraska, Washington and USC - 
those are tough 
teams and they are ranked.
	If you want to be a fair-weathered fan, 
that's fine - 
just shut up and stand aside. But if you want 
to support your 
team - support 'em and support 'em loud.
	I can't imagine what the football team 
feels like when 
they lose and have to hear it from the "fans" 
here. I want all of 
you football players to know that you've got 
fans in the stands 
that love ya', win or lose. You may not bring 
us the roses, but 
you give us your best and that's all we want.
	For you, Bailey, and the fair-weathered 
fans here, 
let's use your terms - you suck! Those guys 
give their heart 
and soul and if that isn't enough, don't go 
to the games and 
keep your thoughts to yourself because they 
need to hear the 
positive and know that they are appreciated. 
Keep up the good 
work, guys, and see you out at the stadium.

Aaron Bachler
Psychology
Sophomore

Benches empty in soccer game ASU women's club team brawls with Runnin' Rebs

By Dan Miller
State Press
	It didn't have to end like this.
	The ASU women's soccer club had to 
resort to hand-
to-hand combat to escape the unfriendly 
confines of the 
University of Nevada-Las Vegas last Sunday. 
In a game that 
seemed destined from the beginning to 
deteoriate into a back-
alley gang war, the players on the ASU 
women's soccer club 
team  did what any other team would do when 
they're backed 
against a wall and have no other 
alternatives.
	They came out swinging.
	With five minutes remaining and the 
Devils up 1-0, 
ASU's senior goalie Chantelle Kelly was 
pushed to the end of 
her rope. Kelly had just finished making a 
diving save when a 
couple of Runnin' Rebels' forwards continued 
to try to kick the 
ball loose and in the process began kicking 
Kelly. Kelly took 
exception, got up and pushed one of the 
perpetrators. Seconds 
later, it was Wrestlemania XII with Kelly and 
company in the 
main event. 
	Both benches emptied and a riot scene 
ensued. 
Freshman midfielder Diana Bone, who was in 
the bleachers 
after she was booted out of the game earlier 
for arguing what 
she thought was a tripping call, charged the 
field and joined in 
the free-for-all. She said she had seen 
enough after one of the 
Runnin' Rebels jumped on Kelly's neck.
	  "All hell broke loose," said Bone, who 
immediately 
sprinted to Kelly's rescue. "I don't think 
I've ever run so fast in 
my life. Then I started kicking the girl and 
then about four 
girls jumped on me and I started getting my 
(expletive) 
kicked."
	To add to Bone's problems, a spectator 
from the 
hostile UNLV crowd joined the fracas and 
sucker punched her 
in the back of the head. Before she could 
retaliate, the referees 
had separated the combatants.
	"It was wicked," said Bone. "It was 
really weird 
because I'm not a violent person. 
	"I have never seen anything like it and 
I've been 
playing soccer for a long time," said senior 
defender Bridget 
Harper, who added she was "flabbergasted" at 
the 
pandemonium. 
	 Hair pulling was not off limits 
according to Bone.
	"My ponytail was out," she said. 
	Junior captain Stephanie Kievman, who 
was upfield 
when the fisticuffs began, also motored to 
the goalmouth to 
assist the Devils' goalie, who was mobbed by 
UNLV players. 
	"I ran over and started throwing people 
off of her," 
said Kievman. "It was pretty ridiculous. It 
was one of the 
worst games I ever played in as far as 
sportsmanship."
	When order was finally restored, 
officials were 
forced to stop the game. Several Devils' 
players said atrocious 
officiating led to the short tempers.
	"I've never seen any game (refereed) so 
poorly in my 
life," Bone said.
 	Added Kievman: : "It was mainly the bad 
calls. It just 
got out of hand. It was a brutal game." 
	Kievman scored 
the lone goal in the game when she slid 
between a pair of 
defenders from 18 yards out midway through 
the second half 
and pasted a shot in the upper corner.
 	In Saturday's game with the Runnin' 
Rebels, Kievman 
hit paydirt again, this time on a penalty 
kick. Freshman Jenn 
Edwards also scored, giving ASU a 2-0 
victory. 
	The wins improved the Devils' record to 
4-2. The 
Soccer Devils next play in the National 
Collegiate Soccer 
Association's Southwest regional tournament 
on Nov. 3-5 in 
Las Cruces, N.M.

Frazier acts as jack-of-all-trades for Olympics

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	Sometimes what appears to be a goal that 
was never 
reached, could really be the beginning of 
something better. 
	For Assistant Athletic Director Herman 
Frazier, the 
U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics was just 
such the 
beginning of a career in athletic 
administration. 
	"I competed in 1976 and won the bronze 
and gold 
(medals)," Frazier said. "When 1980 rolled 
along, that was 
pretty much the year that I was destined to 
go to the games."
	Frazier, who was only a junior at ASU at 
the time, 
was relatively new to track, only having run 
three years. So in 
the 1980 Olympics, Frazier was primed to peak 
as an athlete, 
but it was not to be.
	"There was a boycott, and because of the 
boycott I 
didn't have the opportunity to compete, and 
ever since then 
I've been involved in the political side of 
the (U.S. Olympic 
Committee)," Frazier said.  
	Frazier was asked to speak in Washington 
on behalf 
of athletes frustrated by then-President 
Jimmy Carter's 
decision to prevent the U.S. Olympic team 
from competing, 
although the U.S. government was contributing 
no funding to 
the team. 
	Fifteen years later, Frazier has come 
full circle. This 
past April, Frazier was appointed to one of 
three Chef de 
Mission positions on the U.S.O.C. The 
position, which is one 
of the top administrative positions in the 
U.S. delegation, is 
another feather in the cap for Frazier. 
	Aside from his long-time involvement in 
the U.S.O.C 
and with ASU, he has also been on the Fiesta 
Bowl Board of 
Directors, the U.S. Track and Field governing 
body, the Fiesta 
Bowl committee and a member of the Maricopa 
Country 
Sports Authority. 
	Frazier said he feels the appointment 
will further him 
personally as well as establish a place for 
him in Olympic 
history. 
	"It's going to be another part of the 
puzzle in my own 
personal growth," he said. "This will make me 
one of the top 
administrators in the country as it relates 
to sports. As I look at 
this appointment, somebody had it in St. 
Louis in the 1900's. 
Somebody had it in L.A. in 1936. Somebody had 
it in 1984, 
and now I have it in 1996."
	Frazier added that having the games in 
the U.S. is a 
rarity. In fact he's not sure if he'll ever 
see it again. 
	"For all intents in purposes we know we 
have the 
Olympics coming back here in Salt Lake City 
for the Winter 
games, but we're not even sure we'll have 
another summer 
games here in our lifetime."
	One of the ways ASU benefits from 
Frazier's 
association with the Olympic Committee is the 
contacts he has 
made over the years. Frazier used ASU's 
women's basketball 
coach as an example. 
	"Jackie Hullah's second year, she wanted 
to host the 
Olympic festival tryouts for the state of 
Arizona," Frazier said.
	One phone call from Frazier later, ASU 
was awarded 
the bid.  
	The Chef de Mission is a French word, 
and by it's 
best definition it means jack-of-all-trades. 
Frazier gave a short 
list of his duties that he had gone over in 
meetings two weeks 
ago in Atlanta.
	"We talk about games, preparations, 
services, 
records, team processing, sports medicine, 
drug testing, 
apparel, communications, travel (and) media 
relations," 
Frazier said. 
	His job though, isn't always positive. 
In fact Frazier 
said that one of the duties that he is least 
fond of is being the 
bearer of bad news. 
	"Sometimes there are tragedies back at 
home that you 
have to deal with, and we have to be the ones 
that go down 
and tell the athletes," Frazier said. 
	In the end though, Frazier said the job 
is definitely 
worth it. The first institution that he gave 
credit to for his 
personal success was ASU.
	"Arizona State University has been very 
good to me 
to give me the opportunity to be involved in 
situations like 
this," Frazier said. "If I didn't have the 
support from the school 
I couldn't do it. But on the flip side I 
think Arizona State 
University will get some very positive 
publicity out of this."

Sun Devils study Ducks' offense; new formations

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	When ASU plays the University of Oregon 
Saturday 
in Eugene, its going to be facing a team with 
a new head 
coach, a new offensive coordinator, and an 
offensive playbook 
with only a few plays in it. And that's the 
difficult part. 
	Al Borges, the Ducks' new offensive 
coordinator, has 
definitely put his stamp on the Oregon 
offense, according to 
ASU head coach Bruce Snyder. 
	"You can certainly see Al Borges in what 
they're 
doing," Snyder said at his weekly press 
conference Monday. 
"(Oregon Head Coach) Mike Bellotti liked the 
quarterback to 
move... and you see that in this year's team 
too. 	
	Oregon's head coach last year, Rich 
Brooks, departed 
for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL, leaving 
then-offensive 
coordinator Bellotti to take the reigns. 
Bellotti hired Borges 
out of Boise State to replace him . 
	"Also you see a distinct change there 
too where there 
are some formations and shifts and motions 
that nobody else 
in the league is using and they didn't use 
last year," Snyder 
said. "You can see that he has brought that 
sort of thing with 
him and Mike has allowed him to do it."
	Borges came from a very productive 
offense at Boise 
State, which last year won the Big Sky 
Conference title and 
advanced to the Division I-AA championships 
at Youngstown 
State. 
	Snyder said that while Oregon only runs 
a few plays 
from its several offensive formations, the 
challenge is to pass 
that on to the players.
	"We've been studying them for a couple 
of weeks," 
he said. "When they shift (tight end) Josh 
Wilcox over put the 
other guy in the slot and (tailback) Ricky 
Whittle is weak side, 
they run about four plays. I know that. I 
just don't know with 
all of that whether a player is going to be 
able to sift through 
all that. 
	"They run a lot of formations, and 
they're different 
ones. Every week they run five new ones, but 
they may have 
run Achilles Heel
	While Snyder said that last weekend's 
bye gave a lot 
of players with bumps and bruises time to 
heal, the two 
players who were still noticeably limping at 
Sunday's practice 
were junior receiver Keith Poole and junior 
rush end Shawn 
Swayda. Poole and Swayda have both had 
nagging ankle 
injuries for several weeks. 
Grab the fishin' poles Opie
	Sun Devil players and coaches spent 
their weekends a 
little differently during the bye. Junior 
quarterback Jake 
Plummer and senior flyback Ryan Wood took 
advantage of 
their weekend off by making a run up to 
Colorado to get some 
much needed rest and to do some fishing. 
Seven of ASU's 
assistant coaches were also making trips this 
weekend -  
recruiting trips. Because of an NCAA rule 
that only allows 
seven coaches to travel at one time, Snyder 
stayed in town to 
get some work done.

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK EIGHT

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ASU police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* Two female students were arrested, cited 
and released for 
underage drinking and giving false 
information to police at 
402 E. Adelphi Drive.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
by Mesa police 
on an outstanding warrant from ASU police for 
trespassing 
and was turned over to ASU police. He was not 
able to post 
bond and was booked.
* Someone stole a male student's backpack 
from the 
Manzanita Dining Room.
* Someone damaged various items in room 520 
at Palo Verde 
East.
* A female student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
unlawful use of a license and failing to 
yield on a left turn at 
410 Adelphi Drive.
* A male student was arrested for possession 
of marijuana, 
drug paraphernalia and dangerous drugs at Rio 
Salado 
Parkway, just west of Rural Road. He was 
booked into the 
Madison Street Jail.
* Someone broke into a female student's 
vehicle and stole a 
cellular phone and the vehicle's battery.
* A female student was arrested, cited and 
released for 
possession of drug paraphernalia at 330 E. 
University Drive.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
for trespassing 
at 809 S. Mill Ave. He was booked into the 
Madison Street 
Jail.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested 
for driving 
under the influence of alcohol at University 
Drive and Mill 
Avenue. He was booked into the Madison Street 
Jail.
* A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested, 
cited and 
released for a restricted license violation 
at Spence Avenue 
and Rural Road.
* Two bicycles were reported stolen.

Tempe police reported the following incidents 
Monday:
* A 19-year-old man accidentally shot a hole 
through his left 
hand while handling a gun. The man was riding 
in the front 
seat of a friend's car when he pulled a .40 
caliber semi-
automatic pistol from a holster, squeezing 
the trigger in the 
process. The man and his friend went to 
Desert Samaritan 
Hospital, where officials became suspicious 
after the two gave 
a false story. The man had been treated for 
another gunshot 
wound there in the past few months.
* An unknown man assaulted another man with a 
knife at 
2141 E. University Drive. The man made a 3-
inch long cut on 
the victim's forehead with a large steak 
knife. The victim and 
other witnesses refused to provide any 
suspect information or 
to aid in prosecution.
* A 22-year-old man was arrested for 
aggravated assault, 
criminal damage and endangerment after 
pushing a female 
police officer into the street in front of 
Long Wong's, 701 S. 
Mill Ave. The officer was attempting to get 
the man to leave 
the area when he punched her in the head, 
cracking her bike 
helmet. The man was maced and then arrested. 
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.
* Alpha Epsilon Delta - Pre-medical honor 
society. General 
meeting. Find out how the military can put 
you through 
medical school. 6:30 p.m.; PSH 152.
* Asian Business Leaders Association - 
General meeting. 
Discussion of upcoming events. 4:30 p.m.; MU 
Room 213.
* Baptist Student Union - Come join us for 
our Annual 
Missions Banquet. Help us reach our goal of 
$7,000 for the 
summer missionaries. 7 p.m.; 1322 S. Mill 
Ave.
* Campus Ambassadors Christian Fellowship - 
Open meeting. 
Worship and topic: "Your time and your life." 
7:30 p.m.; MU 
LaPaz Room.
* Christian Science Organization - Weekly 
reading of the 
Bible and science and health with key to the 
scriptures by 
Mary Baker Eddy. 5 p.m.; Danforth Chapel.
* Circle K International - Come experience 
the service, 
leadership and fellowship of one of the 
fastest growing 
organizations on campus. Everyone welcome. 
12:40 p.m.; MU 
Yavapi Room.
* College Republicans - General meeting. 
Everyone welcome. 
3:30 p.m.; MU Pima Room.
* Japanese Student Organization - General 
meeting. Welcome 
to new members interested in Japanese 
culture. Anyone can 
join us. 3 p.m.; MU Room 340D.
* Justice Studies Students Association - 
Meeting. All majors 
welcome. 3 p.m.; MU Mohave Room.
* KASR Video - Trick or treat! Goblins, 
ghouls and ax 
murderers are loose in the Land of Doom! 
Featuring Marilyn 
Manson, Seaweed and Mudhoney. Contest line: 
965-4163. 11 
p.m.; Channel 22.
* MUAB Film Committee - Meeting. Everyone 
welcome. 3 
p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 2.
* MUAB Gallery Committee - Meeting. Everyone 
welcome. 
5:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 
2A.
* MUAB Marketing Committee - General meeting. 
3:15 p.m.; 
MU Room 208C.
* MUAB Recreation Committee - Meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 4 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference 
Room 2.
* NASA - Come help make dough for our 
Wednesday fry 
bread sale to help sponsor the leadership 
retreat. Everyone 
welcome. 6 p.m.; United Methodist Church.
* Re-Entry Connection - ASU President Lattie 
Coor will 
speak. Feel free to bring your lunch to this 
informative 
session. Noon; MU lower level, Re-Entry 
Center.
* Society for Creative Anachronism - Weekly 
meeting. 
Results of Coronet Tourney Plan. Sign-ups for 
Thanksgiving. 
Fighter practice following at SRC field. 7-9 
p.m.; MU Room 
209.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Free computer 
skills workshops: Beginning MS Word, 9 a.m., 
1 p.m.; 
Beginning Windows, 6 p.m.; Advanced Word 
Perfect, 7 p.m. 
SSV 361A.
* University Blood Services - ASU v. UofA 
blood drive 
challenge. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Cady Mall and 
Tyler Mall.