Presidential hopefuls spar at ASU debate

By Ray Stern
State Press
	Trade and immigration issues affecting Arizonans were at 
the forefront of Thursday's Republican presidential debate at 
Gammage Auditorium.
	Perhaps the most controversial idea was Pat Buchanan's 
plan to build a huge wall along the United States-Mexican border.
	"The constitution of the United States obligates Ñ it 
doesn't ask, it obligates Ñ the president and Congress to defend 
the states of the union from foreign invasion," he said. "Within six 
months, I will stop illegal immigration cold."
	"I know Pat was kidding," Rep. Bob Dornan, R-Calif., said 
moments later. "But he says he has scouts checking out the Great 
Wall of China."
	Millionaire publisher Steve Forbes slammed both the wall 
idea and a suggestion made by former Tennessee Gov. Lamar 
Alexander to have armed troops help patrol the border.
	"America is the only nation that doesn't use its military as 
police because we're a free country," he said. "High technology and 
helicopters would be more effective than a fence."	
	All agreed that legal immigration was important.
	"America would not be a high-tech leader if we did not 
have legal immigration," Forbes said. "Just go to those laboratories 
Ñ one-fourth to one-fifth of those Ph.D.'s are foreign born."
	And Buchanan expressed concern about the exporting of 
American manufacturing jobs. 
	"We have now a $200 billion merchandise trade deficit 
every year, which translates into 4 million lost American jobs," he 
said. "We have more Americans working for the government than 
in manufacturing for the first time in our history."
	Alexander, however, said the tariffs Buchanan would put 
on U.S. trading partners and his proposal to cancel NAFTA would 
hurt America. 
	"It would send incomes down (and) weaken our role in the 
world," he said. "We'd have to sell our goods to each other rather 
than around the world, and it would lower our standard of living."
	Forbes was even more blunt. 
	"Protectionism always fails," he said.
	Nevertheless, Forbes implied he would also make major 
trade policy changes. 
	"The problem with something like NAFTA is that, of the 
Clinton administration and the Mexican government, neither has 
lived up to the spirit of NAFTA," he said.  
	Forbes pointed out that the government encouraged the 
devaluation of the peso.
	"That devaluation had only one goal Ñ  to make it hard for 
American products to get into Mexico and easy for Mexican 
products to get into the United States," he said. "That was wrong."
	Education was another topic as candidates fielded questions 
from students.
	Alexander seemed to be the biggest supporter of student 
loans, saying they were the best way to help Americans who were 
losing or changing jobs.
	Buchanan said he, too, supports student loans, but 
sarcastically added that he believes in paying loans back.
	The question about financial aid seemed to bring the Fife 
Symington out in Forbes. 	
	"The real problem with too many of our universities is that 
they're not controlling their expenses," he said. "They simply get 
the money and build up bureaucracies and build up administrative 
costs. We should ask the question 'How many hours a week do 
professors spend in the classroom teaching?'"
	Forbes also revealed his feelings about affirmative action. 
	"In America, we should be judged as an individual, not as a 
member of group," he said. "Quotas are not right; they're wrong."

Protesters take Gammage stage prior to GOP debate

By Betty Mihalopoulos
Special to the State Press
	Before Republican presidential candidates could try to 
upstage each other with campaign promises, protesters 
representing the Students Against Racism took over the stage.
	Along with leaders of the East Valley chapter of the 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 30 
of about 50 protesters from various campus organizations walked 
peacefully, hand-in-hand into the auditorium with signs 
denouncing racism and singing We Shall Overcome.  
 	"Our main purpose for being here is to bring attention to the 
racial problems on ASU's campus and to also protest (Pat) 
Buchanan, whose ideas reek of the very thing we are trying to 
dispel Ñ racism," said Christina Bailey, senior journalism major 
and an organizer of the protest.
	Boos and "Go, Pat, go" chants from the audience 
overshadowed the scattered applause as protesters filled the front 
row of the auditorium and listed their grievances and demands.
	Some of the demands included the implementation of racial 
sensitivity workshops for all administrative staff, a cultural 
awareness class as a required part of the general undergraduate 
studies program and a mandatory anti-racism program for Greek 
society members.
	The University is nearing implementation of a cultural 
awareness graduation requirement. It is scheduled to become a 
graduation requirement in 1998.
	Remaining protesters, prevented by security guards from 
entering the auditorium, circled the building calling for justice.
	The distribution of derogatory racial jokes by a teaching 
assistant in an English class earlier this month spurred the protest. 
	However, Bailey said the incident was just "the straw that 
broke the camel's back."
	"Let me be clear when I say that (teaching assistant Beth) 
Pearce is not the problem," she said. "The administration is the 
problem. Had she had the proper training, I don't think the incident 
would have ever happened."
	East Valley NAACP leader James Toppin said his chapter 
has followed the racial incidents that occurred at ASU. 
	"This incident is exactly the type of thing we like to focus 
on and bring to the attention of the people Ñ that it shouldn't 
happen, that it shouldn't be," he said.   
	Before dispersing, protesters gathered outside and promised 
to continue protesting racial problems at ASU. They also promised 
not to allow administrators to forget about the problem of racism 
on campus.
	"What we are looking to do is increase sensitivity to the 
under-represented population here at ASU," said Dondrell 
Swanson, a senior public relations major. "I don't think that is too 
much to ask." 

Academic Senate preparing for cultural awareness requirement

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	The Academic Senate is evaluating the number of ASU's 
cultural awareness classes to ensure that student demand can be 
met when the awareness area becomes a requirement in 1998. 
	In 1991, the Academic Senate required students to take one 
class from each of the three awareness areas Ñ cultural diversity, 
global awareness and historical awareness. However, until 1998, 
students are only required to take two awareness classes. 
	David Burstein, former chairman of the Academic Senate 
general studies council, said the University has had to play catch-
up with the cultural diversity classes.
	"The requirement was delayed until we made sure there 
were enough cultural awareness classes on the books," he said. 
"We have to have the classes for students to take."
	Burstein said the low number of cultural diversity classes 
stems from the classification  many courses are given because they 
are directly related to an awareness area. He used the language 
courses, all considered global awareness, and the history courses, 
all considered historical awareness, as examples. 
	"We need more cultural diversity classes Ñ there are not 
enough to handle the load," he said. "The cultural diversity classes 
have had to be created." 
	Burstein said there are nearly 30 courses this semester, and 
that number should increase to 40 or 50. 
	But Michael Winkleman, a member of the committee 
studying the cultural diversity class offerings, said enough classes 
are available to absorb the influx of students in two years.
	"My personal opinion is that there are enough courses 
offered to meet demand," he said. "But there is not a surplus of 
capability available."
	Winkleman defended the cultural diversity requirement, 
saying students need to learn about culture in the United States.
	"Society is culturally diverse, and it is becoming more 
diverse," he said. "Students need to learn about the nature of 
society."
	One of the review's objectives, Winkleman said, is to 
increase "double dipping" Ñ the fulfillment of an awareness area 
and a core requirement with one class. 
	"We want to make sure that there is enough double-dipping 
to keep students from exceeding 120 hours," he said.
	Burstein agreed.
	"Our worry was that we didn't have enough courses that 
students would have to take 38 hours to satisfy the general studies 
requirement," he said.
	Burstein said a lot of progress had been made in offering 
cultural diversity classes.
	"The key is not what is in the books, but what the faculty is 
offering," he said. "We can put what we want into the catalog, but 
it is worthless if we don't do it."

Students do lunch with legislators;State representatives field questions on university budget, parity with prisons

By Ray Stern
State Press
	Predictions abounded concerning the upcoming university 
budget vote Thursday at the Ninth Annual Arizona Students' 
Association Legislative Conference. 
	Speaker of the House Mark Killian, R-Mesa, said the 
numbers will probably be adjusted when things are finalized.
	"A lot of legislators do not agree with the (Joint Legislative 
Budget Committee) recommendation," he said. "I didn't 
particularly agree with the JLBC recommendation. I think ASU 
East got the screws put to them."
	More than 220 university students lunched with legislators 
and voiced their concerns to guest speakers at the state capitol.
	About 65 of the 90 state legislators attended the lunch 
including Killian, Rep. Mike Gardner, R-Tempe, Assistant 
Secretary of State Anne Lynch and Rep. Joe Hart, R-Kingman.
	The turnout, including 44 ASU students, was the largest 
ever for the event, said Arizona Students' Association officials.
	Sen. John Wettaw, R-Flagstaff, said, "(The Legislature) 
will not go with the governor's budget. It will be the JLBC budget 
recommendation with some little items added to that. Budgets will 
not be the absolute disaster they started out to be." 
	Wettaw also said he hoped students would try to impress 
upon legislators the importance of higher education.
	"You have to say, 'what' does it mean to society in 
general?'" he said. "(College graduates) are the people that move 
society along. We have to constantly remind people that 
educational opportunities are the greatest things in society you 
could ever want."
	Rep. George Cunningham, D-Tucson, said he found the 
lack of support for university pay raises surprising when prison 
budgets were being increased by 10 percent this year.
	"There should be parity with prisons," he said. 
"Universities ought to get the same percent increase as prisons."
	Hart, the chairman of the Public Institutions and 
Universities committee, fielded many questions from students on 
parity between prison and university budgets, the need for tough 
penalties for methamphetamine dealers and education funding in 
general.  
	"It's my responsibility to provide funding for education for 
K-12 to universities, but it's also my responsibility as a state 
legislator to protect your safety and welfare," he said. "Everybody 
wants a part of the general fund money.
	"I think we should support higher education more than 
prisons. But, by golly, if your family was impacted by one of these 
bad guys, your opinions would probably change."
	ASU senior marketing major Ladonna Moss, who attended 
the lunch, said the conference was a learning experience for her.
	"I read about the low turnout and thought I better get over 
here and see what's going on," she said. 
	As of Sunday, only 10 ASU students had signed up for the 
lunch.
	Jeffrey Klein, a senior justice studies major, discussed 
university and juvenile justice policies with Gardner.
	Although Klein said he would have liked to speak with 
more than one legislator, he said his meeting with Gardner was 
"absolutely productive."
	"I wanted to have some time to discuss some changes made 
recently and why the philosophy seems to be 'we'll treat the 
problem later and not now,'" he said.

Marriot new Tempe neighbor

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	Weary travelers and tuckered-out party goers will have a 
new place to spend the night in downtown Tempe Ñ a Marriott 
Courtyard Hotel. 	
	The multi-million dollar, 160-room hotel on Ash Street and 
University Drive will be built on a 22-acre sight behind Harkins 
Cinemas and the Centerpoint Development. The project is going 
through the permit stage, and ground should be broken this 
summer and construction completed in eight to 12 months.
	The brick hotel will have approximately 79,960 square feet 
spread out over three floors. Although room rates have not been 
determined, other Marriott Courtyards charge between $49 and 
$149 per night.
	"This will have a very significant impact downtown," said 
Dave Fackler, Tempe deputy director of development. "Hotels, 
from a sales tax standpoint, are some of the best businesses a city 
can have."
	The city collects almost three times as much tax from a 
hotel than a retail or restaurant business because of a 2 percent bed 
tax on hotels, Fackler said.
	Jan Schaefer, Tempe director of economic development, 
said Marriott decided downtown Tempe is a good location that 
made sense in terms of a marketplace.
	"The hotel will bring people downtown, and that's another 
opportunity for restaurant sales, retail shops and bars," she said. 
"There will be more people in the downtown area, spending 
money."
	The property was originally slated for residential 
condominium development, but few developers are building condo 
units, and the cost of providing structured parking for the 
residences proved prohibitive, Fackler said.

Tempe turns 125 years old

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	Tempe will kick off a year of celebration marking its 125th 
anniversary with a Saturday unveiling of a statue of city founder 
Charles Trumbull Hayden. 
	The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in front of the city 
courthouse. A reception follows.
	Hayden came to the Salt River's south bank in l870 with a 
homestead claim to 160 acres. He started numerous businesses 
such as a ferry across the Salt River and a flour mill. Although 
initially known as Hayden's Ferry, in 1879 the small settlement 
changed its name to Tempe after the Valley of Tempe in ancient 
Greece.  
	"The anniversary offers a benchmark, and an opportunity to 
look back and reflect on Tempe's history," said Barbara Crockett, 
Tempe special events coordinator.
	"The 125th anniversary is about putting the spotlight back 
on ourselves," she said. "After the past year with the Super Bowl 
and the focus on out-of-town guests, now it's time to look at us and 
see what we have to be proud of, and it's a lot."

Editorial: Boos & Bravos

BOO Ñ To GOP presidential contender Bob Dole, for ditching 
Thursday night's forum at Gammage.
	When a candidate is struggling to stay afloat Ñ like Dole is 
Ñ then it is not wise to risk alienating the voters of a key state. 
Dole is doing precisely that.
	Arizona has 39 delegates at stake. Yet Dole apparently 
decided that campaigning in the Dakotas and Oregon is more 
important.
	The Dakotas, combined, only have 38 delegates. And 
Oregon doesn't even have its primary until March 12.
	Arizona voters never forget a snub, Sen. Dole. Don't whine 
if you lose Arizona Ñ it will be your own fault.

BRAVO Ñ To Greater Phoenix Leadership, a group of powerful 
Valley business leaders, for backing the state's three universities in 
their fight against budget cuts.
	A proposal, signed by 62 Valley CEOs and community 
leaders, said that the universities deserved a 10 percent budget 
increase. That would mean a $78 million shot in the arm for the 
state university system.
	Symington, on the other hand, has proposed an overall 
funding hike of $5 million.
	The business leaders understand something that Symington 
does not Ñ the universities are very much an investment in 
Arizona's future.
	Within the university system are produced Arizona's future 
entrepreneurs and engineers, CEOs and doctors, lawyers and 
leaders.
	The return on this investment isn't represented by hard 
numbers in a budget. They are represented by an educated, 
prepared group of graduates, capable of leading Arizona into the 
21st century.
	When Arizona hurts the universities, it hurts itself. We 
applaud the Valley leaders who had the vision to realize just how 
important ASU, NAU and UofA are to Arizona.

BOO Ñ To the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, for gorging at 
a Super Bowl trough meant for corporate leaders.
	The purpose of the 26 Super Bowl tickets was, perhaps, 
defensible. The tickets were meant to be given to national 
corporate officials considering economic development in the 
Valley. They represented a good investment Ñ give a CEO a 
ticket, and get a truckload of new jobs for Valley residents.
	Too bad only half of them made it to those leaders. The 
other 13 tickets were used by employees for the development 
agency.
	That's rather like a broker taking half of an investor's 
money in fees, then investing the other half.
	Good job, guys. You wasted a great economic opportunity 
for selfish reasons.

BRAVO Ñ To the increased awareness of racism on campus.
	There certainly is no agreement on the actions that started 
this whole thing Ñ namely, the list of hate jokes passed around an 
ENG 101 class. And there certainly is no agreement on what action 
should be taken in response.
	But awareness of the problem is a good thing, for it is the 
first step to solving the problem. 
	Racism has always seethed beneath a placid surface, both at 
this University and the nation at large. Now, it's out in the open. It's 
making a lot of people uncomfortable Ñ but we're talking about it.
	Hopefully this dialogue will bring us closer together, rather 
than tearing us further apart.

Column: Society too quick to issue death penalty

	Imagine that you are a parent who has just lost a son or 
daughter.
	A heinous crime has been committed against your family, 
and your soul feels like it has been torn apart.
	Your son or daughter's killer is on trial. He sits behind the 
defendant's table and stares into space. It's almost as if he is bored, 
sitting there while his destiny sits in the hands of others. The man 
who killed your son or daughter is alive and healthy, and worst of 
all he admits nothing.
	Do you want that man to die?
	I had never given much serious thought to capital 
punishment until very recently. I believed that if someone killed 
someone else, their life should be taken as well. It seemed like 
common sense, and I sincerely believed in the common phrase, 
"An eye for an eye."
	Last week, I saw the film Dead Man Walking, and it made 
me think about my opinion. Now, the moral dilemma of the death 
penalty seems much more complicated.
	The film is based on Sister Helen Prejean and her 
relationship with death row inmate Matthew Poncelet. Sister Helen 
wrote the book which the movie is based on and now speaks 
around the country. Her message against the death penalty is 
moving and hopeful.
	In a speech she delivered to an inter-religious service on 
Jan. 24, 1995, Sister Helen said, "The question is not 'Do these 
people deserve to die?', the question is 'Do we deserve to kill 
them?'" That is the hardest question to answer.
	There are other aspects of the argument as well. Almost 
every man or woman on death row is poor. You don't see many 
people who have the money for a good defense. Many of these 
convicted killers grew up in slums and killed outside of them. It is 
very rare to see an inmate on death row who killed someone who 
lived next door. Murders that occur in the depths of poverty are 
rarely prosecuted if even investigated.
	No, the people on death row killed people of importance or 
societal power. They are waiting to be slaughtered because they 
had a court-appointed lawyer and a bad attitude.
	I know that poverty and social injustice is what shoves 
people into the electric chair. The plague of discrimination finds its 
way into every aspect of society. I do not expect that death row 
should be any different.
	The question that haunts me is one of life or death. Do we, 
as God's children, have the right to condemn a brother or sister to 
die? And if we do, what other harm could we inflict upon one 
another and then claim "Biblical justice."
	Turn the tables. If you were the parent of the killer, would 
you want our society to condemn him to death? Could you watch 
your daughter or son die from the invisible hand of American 
justice?
	And if you are the victim's parent, would your grief be 
relieved by watching the killer's death. I doubt it. Revenge offers 
no consolation. It cannot bring your child back, and another life 
has been taken in the process.
	Does America have such a sickening thirst for blood? Have 
we dismissed all hope for salvation and forgiveness? It seems as if 
the only way we can deal with what we are afraid of is by 
destroying it. Is this the society we want to live in?
	As a nation with a conscience, we have a decision to make. 
Can we play God? Do we have the right to determine who lives 
and who doesn't? And if we do, if our legal system depends on 
money for success, how is that justice?
	The institution of capital punishment has been with us since 
the dawn of time. But just because it is a tradition that we 
sometimes reluctantly accept, does not mean that we must abide by 
history. America has made many mistakes growing up, and I 
would say that the death penalty is a constant evil in our society.
	It seems as if we would rather condemn people than forgive 
them. We would rather kill them than grant them life.
	As Mary Chapin Carpenter sings in her song "Dead Man 
Walking (A Dream Like This)":
	"God, forgive us now. We have yet to learn how to save."

Michelle Carson is a freshman studying journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Editor too sensitive to racial issues

	Time for talk is over, right, Christina Bailey? Now that talk 
is over, what do you think we should do? Do you think we should 
get a mob together and lynch everybody who you think is racist? 
That is what I believe you are saying in your opinion column in the 
Feb. 20 issue of the State Press.
	I read your ideas on stopping racism and I nearly died 
laughing (actually, I almost choked on my lunch while I laughed). 
Your first idea is "Mandatory participation in an anti-racism 
program for all fraternity members." Is it just me or have you just 
discriminated against every fraternity member on campus? One 
incident you cite is the one that occurred last semester involving 
two "White fraternity members beat up and yell racial slurs at a 
homeless, drunk Black man." Were you there when the fight 
ensued? Did you hear those racial slurs? Did you see how the fight 
began? Neither did I, therefore, I assume nothing.
	My point is this: People like you take every chance you can 
get to blow racism out of proportion. The liberal media (especially 
you and Tina Holder) looks at an event, like a fight or a shooting or 
a murder, or even a few words (racial or not), with the White man 
being the suspect and the minority being the victim, and 
automatically assumes it to be a racial issue. In some cases, they 
are. 
	However, as shocking and controversial as this sounds, any 
form of speech, racial or not, is protected by the First Amendment 
of the U.S. Constitution. Also, if a Black, or Indian, or any other 
minority were the suspect and the White man were the victim, does 
the media ever consider that a racial issue?
	The White men are not the only ones. Bailey, I think you 
are just as racist as you claim every White man to be.
	I bet you also think Beth Pearce is an extreme racist and 
should be fired from her position as an English 101 teaching 
assistant. Although the material discussed in her class was out of 
context with English 101, I commend her for not being afraid to 
discuss such a controversial topic. In our society, we have become 
too afraid to talk about controversial topics for risk of offending 
someone. 
	Lighten up, people!
	One last note for Bailey: Instead of assuming everyone is 
racist, take a look at the big picture sometime. Maybe you will find 
that although racism exists, it is not as big a problem as you might 
think.

Drew Hayes
Senior
History

Letter: Talk only effective if people listen

	It was refreshing to hear Steve Forsberg reflect the 
collective pulse of the campus regarding the already overblown 
Beth Pearce/English 101 episode. His voice is a welcome 
alternative to the Chicken Little, sky-is-falling mentality of 
Christina Bailey. She is ready to launch a crusade that would 
pronounce judgment on Pearce with no mercy and ordain 
mandatory racism awareness rituals that would only lead a horse to 
water.
	She has shown signs of progress recently, in realizing that 
many of us are not insensitive to the pain factor here. Yet, when 
she wears out the refrain of "blah, blah, blah," it shows that she 
isn't really listening. The headline for her piece, "Time for Talk Is 
Over," shows how far off the mark she is on promoting unity.
	Forsberg cuts right to the meat and potatoes of this issue Ñ 
lack of language skills.
	Poorly motivated students need something that will spark 
interest and life in their writing. I am in the English 101/102 
Rainbow Section for Native American students. There is much to 
be said for the approach here that heals instead of divides. The 
process allows us to let go of our pain and anger at social injustice 
of which racism is only one on a long list. We are able to rise 
above the hurt and confusion, enabling us to survive wounded 
dignity.
	While this subject is too ugly to treat in a business-as-usual 
fashion, let's not generate more negative energy in response to an 
extremist fringe of opinion. "Maiz" Lalo offered some level-
headed advice on how to deal with the "racism that we have to live 
with Ñ just because it's here." Push this thorny pest away and don't 
dwell on it. Isn't it time we took out the garbage?

Ed Schultz
Sophomore
Electrical engineering

Letter: Editor's ideas disturb student

	I'm responding to a Feb. 20 editorial by the opinion editor, 
Christina Bailey. 
	My initial reaction to her explosive article was complete 
shock Ñ shock to see such self-pitying, whining ramblings from 
an educated adult. I don't deny the existence of questionable 
incidents that perhaps had racist roots. Similarly, there is no excuse 
for such unjustified behaviors. However, where Bailey crosses the 
line is when she suggests "Mandatory participation in an anti-
racism program for all fraternity members." She obviously 
understands all too well the pain and injustice associated with 
being negatively stereotyped. 
	Does she not realize what she's suggesting? That every 
fraternity member is a drunken, prejudiced pig or a racially-
inspired fight waiting to happen? Is that fair to the frat members, or 
any White man?
	What Bailey needs to realize is that before racism (and any 
other "ism," for that matter) is eradicated as a whole, it must be 
addressed within each person. I think in the future, before lecturing 
on the evils of racism, Bailey needs to start with herself.
 
Maureen Megan Duffy
Sophomore
Psychology

Letter: Presidents deserve their day

	Why is it that this University fails to recognize the 
Presidents' Day holiday? I've heard (and this may just be rumor) 
that it had a choice between Presidents' Day and Martin Luther 
King Jr. Day. Is this true? And if it is ... what kind of decision is 
that? How can one expect the University to decide between two of 
the most important holidays this country has?
	I guess what I'm trying to point out is that I'm disgusted 
with the fact that the students on this campus are willing to accept 
the fact that our University fails to recognize Presidents' Day. I'll 
bet if next year we decided to celebrate Presidents' Day and not 
Martin Luther King Jr. Day there would be one hell of an uprising 
by African-American students on this campus! And rightfully so 
Ñ after all King did do a lot of amazing things for this country. In 
fact, if we failed to celebrate his holiday I would be upset and 
willing to do something about it. Yet, for some reason, nobody 
seems to care that we've ignored a day that is set aside to 
acknowledge the accomplishments of two of the most influential 
presidents of our country.
	I know this will probably not reach the pages of your paper, 
but I felt that it was my duty as a concerned student to vent my 
frustrations out on someone. If it does somehow make it to press, I 
hope that it will cause people to think about what's been going on 
here, and maybe even make a few people think about how unjust it 
is to have treated last Monday as any other day.

Jeffery Long
Political science

Riley's overtime heroics lift Sun Devils over OSU

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	The ASU men's basketball team beat Oregon State, 63-58, 
in overtime Thursday night in front of 8,903 fans at the University 
Activity Center.
	The game, which appeared to be a sleeper early, turned out 
to be anything but. The Sun Devils blew a 42-27 second-half lead, 
failing to score during seven-minute span. When the Beavers made 
them play, however, the Sun Devils showed they were the better 
team. 
	ASU (10-12, 5-8), which fell as far as four behind, finally 
went ahead with 1:12 left in the half on a Quincy Brewer layup. 
OSU (3-20, 1-13), two possessions and one minute later, attempted 
a three-point basket to win the game. The shot fell short, but the 
Beavers were able to lay in the wild rebound and force the 
overtime. 
	In the extra period, it was all Ron Riley. Riley, who had 
only scored seven first-half points and 10 in the second, scored 
nine of the Sun Devils' 11 overtime points to lead all scorers with 
26.
	"We needed a spark," Riley said. "By me being a senior and 
the leader of the team I knew I needed to step it up."
	ASU, which takes on Oregon at 7 p.m. Saturday at the 
UAC, may use the contest as a wake-up call for the rest of its Pac-
10 contests. 
	In the last minute, OSU's J.D.Vetter failed to convert on a 
three-point attempt to bring the Beavers within one, and Riley 
again cleared the board again, sealing the victory.
	"I think the game ball goes to Riley," Coach Bill Frieder 
said. "He was sensational."  
	"When we needed it, the shots started to fall," Riley added. 
	Frieder said the seven-minute drought in the second half 
was disparaging, despite the win. 
	"I think we played pretty well until we hit 44 points," he 
said. "After that we just hit a brick wall."
   After the contest, words between a Sun Devil fan and a Beaver 
coach sparked a small controversy. Frieder attempted to intervene 
on behalf of the coach, but soon found himself in the middle of the 
fracas. Order was soon restored, however, and Frieder said 
relations with the OSU staff are still good, and apologies to OSU 
will be forthcoming in case there was any misunderstanding. 

Note:
	The first 500 Sun Devil fans will receive a towel like the 
one Bill Frieder keeps on his shoulder during ASU games. The 
game will also serve as the venue for the second-annual Bill 
Frieder Look-a-Like Contest.

Murphy questions players' intensity

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	Usually a 15-5 win would please most baseball coaches, 
but ASU  Coach Pat Murphy was a little peeved with his team's 
intensity against Wyoming Thursday.
	"Athough the score was lopsided, I wasn't pleased with the 
intensity at all," he said. "There was a certain lack of intensity 
today. That always concerns me." 
	The No. 7 Sun Devils (10-2) extended their win streak to 
60 against the Cowboys (3-2) in front of only 1,569 fans at Packard 
Stadium, but Murphy said that wasn't the reason his team went flat 
after getting an early lead. Freshman pitcher Ron Marietta 
registered his third win of the season after giving up four runs and 
striking out nine in six innings. Sophomore closer Ryan Bradley 
pitched the last three innings to record his first save.
	"You can't go into games like this and not be ready every 
game if you're going to be a great team," said Murphy, whose team 
will host Virginia at 7 tonight. "I didn't feel that we were ready."
	Sophomore left fielder Dan McKinley said the Sun Devils 
let up after scoring five runs in the first inning, including back-to-
back homers from he and senior Robbie Kent.
	"We had a big first inning, but we kind of relaxed after a 
while," said McKinley, who finished the day 4 for 5 with three 
RBIs. "As you can see on the scoreboard in the middle innings, we 
didn't do anything. The coach was kind of, 'Let's get it together.' 
We were letting them hang around too long."
	The Sun Devils were held scoreless between the third and 
sixth inning after taking a 6-3 lead after two.
	It took a Jeff Cermak home run in the seventh to open 
things up for ASU. The Mesa Community College transfer has 
struggled at the plate, batting only .219 with one home run, but he 
connected on his second of the day in the eighth inning.
	Before the game Murphy and Cermak had a meeting and 
Murphy did most of the talking.
	"(Murphy's) just trying to get through to me that to play at 
this next level, I just need to go out and do the things he says," 
Cermak said. "Take him seriously and go out (and) get it done 
when he wants it done."
	Cermak said he is probably pushing himself too hard this 
year.
	"I just have to settle down and not worry so much about 
going so hard," he said. "Like he tells me day in a day out, I don't 
have anything to prove; I'm just a nobody Ñ which is true. I think I 
go out there and try too hard sometimes. But it's easier said than 
done."
	Murphy said having an afternoon game may have led to the 
lack of intensity.
	"After a great emotional win against Texas Tech (Sunday) 
we took a step backwards, a little bit," he said. "Maturity wise, we 
had some young guys make some poor decisions and we had some 
base-running mistakes. Hopefully we'll chalk it up to being a 
school day and an afternoon game."

ASU enjoys good 'Fortune' in victory

By Ed Odeven
State Press
	The ASU women's softball team had plenty of Fortune on 
Thursday night.	
	Carla Fortune, a freshman catcher, delivered a game-high 
three hits and five RBIs as the Sun Devils defeated Wisconsin, 9-0, 
in the opening game of the ASU Classic Softball Tournament at 
Sun Devil Club Stadium.
	It was the first-ever game for the Badgers softball program.
	"It was a big team effort," said Fortune, whose team will 
play at 5 p.m. Friday versus Notre Dame and at 7 p.m. versus Iowa 
State. "We finally started hitting the ball. I'm pretty proud about 
that."
	The Sun Devils had 15 hits.
	ASU (3-4) broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fourth 
inning. Shortstop Tammy Lohmann sparked the Sun Devils' two-
run rally after grounding a single deep in the hole between second 
and third.  
	First baseman Kerry Moloney followed with a walk. Then 
Fortune lined a two-run double to center field, scoring Lohmann 
and Moloney.
	"It was nice to get the first two RBIs from Fortune," said 
ASU Coach Linda Wells. "Then I was glad we could just add on. 
We have to learn not only to get a lead, but to add on to it. So it 
was nice to see that tonight."
	ASU added four runs in the sixth. Alysssa Johnson led off 
the inning with a double to center field. Lohmann followed with a 
walk. Moloney reached on an error to load the bases. Tina Ruff 
singled up the middle scoring Johnson's pinch runner, Melissa 
Miller, and Lohmann to make it 4-0. Fortune's single to right made 
it 6-0. 	
	Shortstop Julie Borchard's triple to right field with two outs 
in the fourth broke ASU starting pitcher Roxanne Tsosie's no-
hitter, but Tara Hoff struck out to end the inning.
	Tsosie pitched a complete-game shutout. She allowed five 
hits, walked one and struck out seven. 
	Badger starter Kym Hornung, who gave up nine earned 
runs, walked two and struck out two, took the loss.

Women's gymnastics team 'hyped' for Broncos meet

By Randy Jones
State Press
	Riding high after a record-setting performance last week, 
the ASU women's gymnastics team will take on Boise State at 7:30 
p.m. today at the University Activity Center.
	The Sun Devils (5-3, 1-2 Pac-10) have never lost to the 
Broncos (2-5) in seven previous dual meets and invitationals.
	"Now that everyone has seen what they can do, the team is 
really confident," said coaching assistant Kyle Jenne. "Last week 
really got them hyped. The team is really intense right now."
	The team has seemingly finally beaten the injury bug, with 
sophomore Carie Courtney's triumphant return last week, and the 
anticipated return of freshman Wendy Ellsberry for at least 
exhibitions tonight.
	However, freshman standout Lisa Vincijanovic will not 
compete after having her wisdom teeth removed on Monday. 
Vincijanovic's loss is especially damaging after her double-first 
place finish in the vault and beam last week.
	Jenne said she will only be out one meet and believes the 
rest of the team should step up in her place.
	"We're counting on Valerie (Hitchcock) on floor, Carie on 
beam and Shannon (Tarkett) on vault. The team is so deep, we can 
get through (Lisa's absence)."
	Dynamic all-arounder Meagan Wright will once again be 
the favorite to take the individual title. The sophomore was named 
Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week after her career-high 39.475 at the 
Sun Devil Classic.
	Wright, though honored with the award, is looking more at 
the big picture.
	"It isn't that important. I'm more concerned with the team 
and us doing well at nationals," she said.
	Other standouts for the Sun Devils included, senior Katie 
Freeland, who took second all-around with her season-best 39.2, 
while sophomore Gina Holleran had season bests in the vault 
(9.825), bars (9.675) and beam (9.575).
	According to Courtney, the team's focus is right on track, 
and is on schedule to peak at the right time.
	"I think everyone's attitude is positive," she said. "We're 
really pumped up for the rest of the season, especially regionals 
and nationals. Those are the two meets we really look forward to." 
	Jenne agreed.
	"With everyone back healthy, we are really coming 
together as a team. They realize that there are no individuals out 
there ... that we are a team."

ASU track and field to travel to Nevada

By Randy Jones
State Press
   The indoor track and field regular season comes to a close this 
weekend as ASU travels to Reno, Nev., for the Mountain Pacific 
Sports Federation Championships.
	The Pac-10, Big West and WAC schools will compete in 
the meet beginning tonight and continuing all day Saturday.
	Interim-coach Ken Lehman feels comfortable with the 
athletes he is traveling.
	"Everyone is doing well," he said. "The people we're going 
to Reno with have all done something indoors (for us) or have a 
shot at qualifying for NCAA's," he said.
	At last year's MPSFC the Sun Devil men placed eighth, 
while the women took second. UofA is the defending champions in 
both divisions.
	Water Polo club to dive into action
	It's the Super Bowl of club water polo tournaments and its 
coming to a pool near you.
	The Sun Devil water polo club will host the 12-team ASU 
Spring Invitational beginning at 3 p.m. today at the SRC pool. 
Grab an Egg McMufffin on your way to Saturday's action, which 
starts at 7 a.m. and goes to 11 p.m. The championship match is 
slated for 1 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
	This year's field boasts a plethora of national club powers. 
Stanford, UofA, UC-Riverside, Vancouver, B.C. and club teams 
from San Diego and Palo Alto, Calif. are just a few of the teams 
scheduled to compete. The Palo Alto club is composed of former 
Olympians.
	"As club teams go, this is the premier event in the nation," 
said Christian Galluadet, ASU's junior 2-meter man. 
	ASU's took second at its last competition in November, the 
7,000-foot Shootout in Flagstaff.
	The Sun Devils beat Wyoming, Utah and NAU at the eight-
team tourney.	 
	This weekend's event will feature a round-robin format 
with each team guaranteed at least five games.	
	The Sun Devils have a 40-man roster, however only the top 
13 may compete in the tournament.
	Ñ Staff Report
	Lacrosse to take on UC-Irvine		
	The ASU lacrosse club is looking to continue their 
newfound winning tradition as the spring season begins.
	The Sun Devils are the reigning Western Collegiate 
Lacrosse League Division II champions. 
	"We're definitely a strong possibility to repeat this year," 
senior team president Craig Hochreiter said. "We have a lot of 
talented players returning from last year."
	This season's first half proved to be a humbling experience 
as the Sun Devils lost five of six games against more experienced  
opponents. The second half of the season begins Saturday 
afternoon on the road at UC-Irvine.
	"We had to keep reminding ourselves that we were playing 
Division I teams," Hochreiter said.
	Even though Irvine defeated the Sun Devils three times last 
fall, sophomore co-captain and starting goalie Jeff Myers said ASU 
can win the fourth time around.
	"Irvine's a pretty good team," he said. "But if we keep the 
ball out of the net and play defense we have a good shot."
	Newly appointed sophomore co-captain Joe Valenti says 
this season's team is vastly improved from the fall. 
	"Maybe our team wasn't motivated that well in the fall," he 
said. "I think the (spring) is gonna be awesome from what I've 
seen, we've made a 100 percent turnaround."
	Saturday's Anteaters contest is followed by another away 
game Sunday against UC-Claremont. 
	Ñ Seth Landau
	Ice Devils to drop gloves with Ice Cats
	One thing the No. 9 ASU Ice Devils can count on going 
into their game against No. 5 UofA tonight is that they will have 
full bellies afterward.
	The parents of Ice Devil captain Sean Eggert serve a large 
meal for the players and coaches while they watch the game from 
earlier in the evening. The restaurant inside the team hotel in 
Tucson is the traditional site for the feast. The Eggerts pay for the 
meal, and Mama Eggert prepares it while the team is playing. 
	Sean said it is amazing what his mom goes through to feed 
the team.
	"She goes nuts," he said. "She makes about 200 wings and 
200 ribs. It's like a big picnic."
	Eggert said the meal isn't just for the team; any Ice Devil 
fans who attend the game are also welcome.
	The regular-season-ending two-game series begins at 7:30 
p.m. today and concludes at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Tucson 
Convention Center. I
	ASU (19-8) won the last meeting 3-1 on Jan. 27 at the 
Oceanside Ice Arena to end a 13-year losing streak to the Wildcats. 
Now it will seek its first-ever win in Tucson.
	Coach Gene Hammett said he wants to utilize his entire 
bench during the series to get the team ready for the upcoming 
ACHA National Tournament. 
    Ñ Ron Matejko   
	Men's gymnasts roll into Provo
	The ASU men's gymnastics club team will travel to Provo, 
Utah to take on the fifth-ranked BYU Cougars at the Field House 
Gym at 7 tonight.

Men's tennis team set to rout SMU

By Dan Miller
State Press
	Despite losing twice last weekend, the ASU men's tennis 
team left the Sunshine state with a ray of hope.
	With SMU making a visit to Whiteman Tennis Center at 
noon Saturday and UTEP swinging by on Monday, Coach Lou 
Belken said now is the time to cultivate it.
	"I think with us, I'm not quite as worried about SMU and 
UTEP. We had a meeting on Monday and despite our losses we 
should've come out of LA with some confidence," said Belken, 
whose team suffered defeats to USC and UCLA. "There's also 
some realization that we need to take advantage of the moment. 
We need to want to challenge a little bit more. That should be the 
fun part of the match. When it's crunch time, that's why we're here. 
That's something that we're very capable of improving."
	There may not be many Sun Devils who can boast about 
any recent win streaks, but one man in particular is enjoying a 
new-found groove. Senior Dave Critchley, whose ASU career has 
been riddled with injuries, is striking the ball exceptionally well 
right now, Belken noted.
	"He's been a pleasant surprise," Belken said of Critchley 
who paddled UCLA's Heath Montgomery in straight sets last 
week. "That was his best weekend as a Sun Devil. Plus he's just 
been pounding guys in practice."
	Critchley, a 6-foot-5 enforcer, said he couldn't have 
scripted things any better.
	"I've worked really hard in the off-season to get to where 
I'm at and now everything is just clicking," said Critchley, a 
Canada native whose father will attend Saturday's match. "My 
serve is coming on. I'm gettting a lot more free points and lot more 
aces."
	If Critchley does come packing some smoke, that could 
spell an afternoon of pain for someone.
	"I just want to beat that guy as a badly as I can. I don't want 
them to want to come back here," Critchley warned.
	His junior teammate, Sergio Elias, is also looking forward 
to sending the the Mustangs back to Texas in bandages.
	"We've got to beat these guys convincingly Ñ No 
struggling," Elias said. "If we want be at the level of USC and 
UCLA, we have to show we're at that level Ñ No 4-3's."
	Adding to Elias' disgust are a couple of squandered chances 
last week.
	"If you can beat the guy (6-0, 6-0), you go ahead and do it 
because if you're in a tiebreaker and you've got one chance to win 
the match you've got to be able to take it," Elias reasoned. "And 
that doesn't happen overnight. You have to build that ability from 
match to match. I should've beaten those guys last week. Those 
guys are good. If I don't take my opportunities when they come. 
They will take theirs."
	Highly-touted senior No. 1 player Oscar Bustos wouldn't 
mind getting back in the win column, either. Bustos, the 1995 
junior college national champion, is stuck in a three-match losing 
streak..
	"I need to start to play better on the important points," said 
Bustos, who has been hampered by a pulled tricep in his right arm 
and hasn't been able to open up on his backhand until recently.   
	Bustos added that he isn't worried about SMU. Not even a 
little bit.
	 "It's not going to be a problem," he said. "I'll be trying to 
win every single point and finish the match as quickly as possible."
	Belken said ASU's flamboyant No. 6 player, Wolf von 
Lindenau, is questionable for Saturday. Von Lindenau, a 
Cinderella story from rural Idaho, has been battling the flu all 
week.
	Sophomore Tsolak Gevorkian, senior Paul Reber and 
freshman Hiroshi Nagoshima round out ASU's probable lineup.

ASU police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
- A man was assaulted in the Palo Verde Beach Courtyard.
- A student reported receiving harassing phone calls in her room at 
Manzanita Hall.
- A student in Palo Verde East was contacted after someone 
reported smelling marijuana. The student was warned of alcohol 
and marijuana laws.
- Officers warned a student who was urinating in public at 706 
Alpha Drive.
Tempe police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
- A man turning on to Scottsdale Road at McKellips Road collided 
with two vehicles, resulting in the death of another driver. Another 
driver and passenger were sent to Scottsdale Community Hospital, 
where they were treated and released.
- A man was charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly 
flashing a gun during a fight in a restaurant parking lot.
- A man was arrested and charged with conspiracy to manufacture 
drugs for alleged possession of chemicals used to manufacture 
methamphetamine.
Compiled by State Press reporter Garin Groff

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