Two ASASU measures pass in low-turnout referendum

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	The high turnout for Chris Weber's recall did not carry over 
to the spring referendum election. 
	But with less than 2 percent of ASU students voting, both 
measures passed.
	The first measure received 511 "yes" votes of the 607 votes 
cast and created a vice-president for Graduate Students position 
within the Associated Students of ASU. 
	Elections Coordinator Alex Shivers said he believed the 
majority of the 607 voters were graduate students turning out 
specifically to vote on that measure.
	Graduate College Sen. Daran Wastchak said the initiative 
would provide graduate students with better representation for 
other non-traditional students.
	"Right now there is no grad school representative," he said, 
adding that although other schools have separate student 
governments for graduate students, he believed it would be cheaper 
and more effective to simply have a representative work within 
ASASU.
	The second measure, restricting ASASU membership to 
ASU Main campus students, was much closer. It drew 355 "yes" 
votes out of 598 ballots cast. 
	Shivers said he was a little surprised the vote was so close 
and thought the initiative only passed because it was worded 
carefully.
	"We worded it positively," he said. "That's why it passed."
	ASASU Activities Vice President Marc Wendell, the 
sponsor of the initiative, said the change would serve both ASU 
Main and the branch campuses better.
	"Those branch campuses don't really want to be a part of 
ASASU anyway," he said. "They're best off representing 
themselves. We don't really know their needs."
	Shivers added he was not surprised by the small turnout.
	"I thought it was going to be smaller," he said. "I don't 
think anyone really knew about it.
	"Unless you really have a reason to vote ... it doesn't really 
affect you directly."

University salaries called 'No. 1 priority' at ASU hearing

By Ray Stern
State Press
	Legislators called university employee salaries a "No. 1 
priority" at a budget hearing in the Memorial Union Cinema 
Tuesday.
	"(Wages) are substantially below what they should be," 
said one of the event's organizers, Rep. Ken Cheuvront, D-
Phoenix. "It's a blemish we pay our employees so abysmally."
	About 100 ASU faculty and staff showed up to air their 
grievances to a panel of six state representatives. A few students 
also attended the hearing.
	"I see a lot of part-time professors, and it's confusing (as to) 
why they are part time except that they don't get paid enough," said 
junior therapeutic recreation studies major Donna Stancil. "Why is 
it taking so long to understand these people aren't being paid?"
	"The priority has been in giving tax cuts," said Rep. David 
Armstead, D-Phoenix, answering Stancil's question.
	But Rep. Laura Knaperek, R-Tempe, said she would feel 
uncomfortable reneging on the promise to cut property taxes by 
$200 million in 1997 even if that meant more money for university 
budgets.
	"We get cut down and ridiculed that we break promises," 
she said.
	ASU President Lattie Coor reminded legislators that they 
need to look at the long-term effects of funding salary increases.
	"I urge you and your colleagues to look beyond the 
immediate salary issue," he said. "We do lag (and) we can't be 
competitive."
	Currently, 900 ASU main staff members qualify for food 
stamps, and 10 percent of ASU West employees are below the 
poverty level for a family of four, according to statistics quoted by 
the Classified Staff Counsel Presidents of each campus.
	University employees are not the only people affected by 
the lack of salary funds. Associated Students of ASU Graduate 
College Sen. Daren Wastchak said graduate students are also 
directly affected.
	"In order for us to continue to attract high quality teaching 
assistants for research and teaching, we need to fund them 
adequately as well," he said.
	Alternative ways of finding new funds were suggested by 
some guest speakers.
	Academic Senate President Daniel Landers suggested 
dipping into a $230 million "rainy-day fund," re-examining 
revenues to look for excess funds or finding new ways to fund 
prison construction.
	Knaperek said merely rooting out the inefficiency in state 
budgets would provide extra dollars.
	"I could sit and tell you all the waste we have in 
government," she said. "You would be disgusted and say, 'Is there 
any way we can get that money to you?' And that's what we're 
trying to do."

Estimates fall short on would-be Escalante project ;City blames Valley construction boom for high bids

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	Tempe's proposed Escalante Community Center Project 
may end up costing taxpayers an extra $1.5 million if city council 
members vote Thursday to move forward with construction. 
	After soliciting bids from eight construction firms, city 
officials found the lowest bid almost $1 million more than initially 
estimated. 
	"All the bids came in higher," said Lee Quaas, a Tempe city 
engineer.
	Architects for the city originally estimated the project 
would cost the city $3.58 million. The cost would cover the 
demolition of two buildings, construction of a new community 
center and gymnasium and pool renovation at Escalante Park on 
Orange Avenue north of University Drive and west of Price Road.
	City officials and architects blame the discrepancy on the 
Valley's current building boom. With development going full blast 
throughout the Valley, construction firms have their hands full 
keeping up with the demand.
	"The last 10 or 15 years, construction prices have been 
artificially low," said Vice Mayor Dennis Cahill, who has spent 35 
years in the construction business. "Because the recession ended in 
l992, the artificially low prices we had are gone. It's the old law of 
supply and demand in its most basic form."
	Ron Pies, Tempe Community Services administration 
director, said the bidding climate is not good.
	"The same day we released bids on the (Escalante) project, 
the BancOne ball park did, too," he said.
	The construction shortfall has left the city council with 
three options. The city may accept the low bid, funding the project 
through a combination of a contingency fund, annual savings in 
current capital projects and money from the l996-97 capitol 
improvement budget funds. 
	The council also has the option of redesigning the wrap-
around facility to eliminate extra features and downgrading the 
quality of construction and fixtures.
	Or, the council could vote to totally redesign the 
community center to a less expensive "box" configuration, which 
could delay the project indefinitely.
	Cahill said the third option would put the city back to 
square one. 
	"If we go back and start all over, we'll get even less for the 
same amount of money that we have now," he said.

Date-rape film realistic, educational for viewers;Sponsors encourage both men, women to attend

By Jeri Livesay
Special to the State Press
	Although a movie depicting date rape on campus is told 
from the female victim's point of view, many hope the realistic 
presentation of the issue will draw both men and women to the 
screening.
	"I think it's high time that the issue of acquaintance rape be 
addressed on this campus," said Marc Wendell, Associated 
Students of ASU vice president of activities.
	A Reason to Believe will be presented in an exclusive 
screening at 7 p.m. today in the Memorial Union Cinema as one of 
the events for Safety Awareness Week. 
	The screening of the movie, written, directed and produced 
by Columbia University graduate Douglas Tirola, 27, will also 
include a 5:30 p.m. discussion with the director for those interested 
in the film industry. A panel discussion on acquaintance rape will 
follow the movie.
	Golondrina Timewell, MU Activities Board film chair, said 
she hopes the three events will draw two different audiences.
 	"It's hard to get people outside a narrow audience to attend 
events like this," she said. "You want people outside of that limited 
realm. You want everyone Ñ you want students who have not 
been educated on date rape."
	Wendell said he hopes men and women will attend the 
movie and panel discussion with open minds.
	"I hope people can challenge their ideas about sex and 
about rape and go with a mind set of wanting to learn more about 
acquaintance rape," he said.
	MUAB joined forces with the Campus Health Advisory 
Committee and approached ASASU to ask for funding to bring the 
movie to campus. The Senate and Executive Council each donated 
$1,000 to the project.
	"I thought it would be so timely to bring this issue to 
campus," Timewell said.
	The discussion panel will include Tirola, Lenna Erickson, 
ASU coordinator for judicial affairs and victim's assistance, and 
other ASU representatives.
	"I wanted all the bases to be covered in the panel," 
Timewell said. "I wanted to make sure that students would be 
represented as well."
	A Reason to Believe was shot in 30 days in spite of serious 
financial limitations and includes a soundtrack featuring popular 
artists such as R.E.M., Blind Melon and 10,000 Maniacs.
	In a recent telephone interview, co-producer Christopher 
Trela talked about the strengths of the film, including its realistic 
presentation of such a tough issue.
	"If it's not a realistic portrayal, people will just laugh at it 
and scoff at what's happening in the film," he said. "That's why it's 
an important film and an effective film, because it does capture the 
reality of the moment and students can relate to it."
	In addition to being realistic, educational and entertaining, 
the film has a tendency to bring out the emotional side of viewers, 
Trela said.
	"At many schools, after the screening you'll see men and 
women in the audience who have obviously been crying, because 
the film has affected them so intimately," he said. 
	Timewell focused more on the educational value of the 
film.  
	"I hope this program can educate people, make them more 
aware and prevent future acquaintance rapes because education is a 
key way to solving this problem," Timewell said.

Drug inhalants bring easy high, dangerous results

By Garin Groff
State Press
	For minors who want to get high, inhalants are seen as the 
perfect alternative to alcohol or other drugs: They're cheap, easy to 
obtain and legal to possess.
	But for a 19-year-old woman who wanted to get high off of 
butane, the alternative was nearly deadly. 
	Overdosing Saturday after sniffing the gas, she stopped 
breathing and went into a coma, said Tempe Police Officer Les 
Strickland. She is now at Tempe St. Luke's Hospital on a 
respirator, he said.
	"It doesn't look good," he said, adding that she will suffer 
brain damage.
	Inhalants Ñ glue, paint, gasoline, kerosene and cleaning 
fluids Ñ are not uncommon drugs for minors because the 
substances are easier to access than alcohol. 
	But for police and medical officials, the butane incident 
was anything but common.
	"That's a first for me, and I've been doing this almost 19 
years," Strickland said.
	Inhalants are a problem among minors, but inhalant abuse 
is difficult to prevent or measure because those who use these 
substances do so inconspicuously, Strickland said.
	"If this woman hadn't stopped breathing, nobody would've 
noticed it," he said.
	About the only time police know youths are using inhalants 
are by watching how they obtain them Ñ stealing them.
	Inhalants are illegal when used as drugs, Strickland said, 
adding the woman will probably not face charges because of her 
serious condition.
	The director of Tempe St. Luke's emergency room said this 
is the first time she has seen someone admitted for butane 
overdose, but that inhalants are common among those under 21.
    "If they had other drugs available, they might not use inhalants," 
said Director Joey Trisko, who is also the director of chemical 
dependency. "I don't see 40 year olds using inhalants."
    Inhalants can be as dangerous and addictive as other drugs, she 
said. They cause light-headedness and confusion, illusions, floating 
sensations and giddiness that lasts less than an hour, but rarely 
produce hallucinations, she said. 
	The side effects range from uncomfortable to deadly: 
Irritation of the eyes, ringing of the ears, nausea, diarrhea, fainting, 
irregular heartbeat, toxic reactions, rapid loss of consciousness, 
suffocation and death.
	"Kids think they're invincible and that they're going to get a 
high and get over it," Trisko said. "The problem with that is it's not 
true. Kids do this and die."

Editorial: Waste of time

	The latest campus crusade seems to be a hearkening back to 
our "party school" days of the late 1980s.
	It seems that some students just can't live without an on-
campus bar Ñ and they're planning to petition the Board of 
Regents to get it.
	Our only question is this: why?
	What's the point?
	If students want to get hammered between classes, there's a 
wealth of opportunities within easy distance of ASU.
	Mill Avenue has no less than a dozen liquor-serving 
establishments.
	If you don't want to walk that far, you can go to one of 
several places just across University Drive or Apache Boulevard.
	With this wealth of inebriation options, we're hard pressed 
to find any real reason why students should be concerned with the 
lack of a "school pub."
	Sure, other schools have them. But many of those schools 
are rural. Students would have quite a walk if they tried to go off-
campus for a brewski.
	ASU students, on the other hand, attend a metropolitan 
university. There's no end to their drinking options.
	But, to be fair, the students do raise a good point.
	The so-called "no alcohol" policy is, in reality, a joke. 
Enforcement of this policy is about as shaky as a bar patron's feet 
after that 10th shot of Goldschlager.
	After all, students can purchase alcohol on sites located on 
University property. Dash Inn, Stabler's and Chili's are all located 
on ASU property Ñ and all sell alcohol.
	During Cardinals football games, fans can grab beers at 
stands throughout Sun Devil Stadium Ñdespite the fact that they're 
on University property.
	And, in a concession to academic elitism, faculty members 
can get tanked up at the University Club during their lunch breaks.
	So it should be fairly obvious that, as it stands right now, 
the "no alcohol" policy has quite a few loopholes in it.
	This is a valid point that needs to be raised with the board. 
Why provide customers, football fans and professors with the 
opportunity to purchase and consume alcohol on campus, while 
denying that same right to students?
	The only reason we can think of is that students are thought 
of as being childlike; therefore, unable to handle the responsibility 
of consuming alcohol at an institution of higher learning.
	Of course, many students lack the ability to consume 
alcohol in moderate, reasonable amounts. Anyone who's been to an 
ASU kegger knows that.
	Many party hosts are made well aware of that fact as they're 
cleaning up a corner of their residence that served as a temporary 
vomitorium sometime around 2 a.m.
	So we would give students some advice Ñ begin 
demonstrating that you can handle alcohol responsibly before you 
start lobbying for an on-campus bar.
	And since there are so many drinking options near campus, 
we can't really see the push for a campus pub as anything but a 
waste of time.
	So forget about forming a Memorial Union bar, and devote 
your energies to more important issues Ñlike getting that last 
ounce of beer out of a yard glass without dousing yourself.

Column: ASU president urges University to creatively encourage diversity

Lattie Coor
Guest Columnist
	I have followed closely the events surrounding the 
classroom exercise in the English Department in which racially 
derogatory language was introduced in an attempt to foster 
discussion of the place and meaning of highly offensive racist 
materials in our society. The issues begged in the exercise are 
among the most difficult I have ever personally encountered.
	On the one hand, the language that was introduced is 
extraordinarily offensive and shocks all who have read it. Even in 
the context of the classroom, where the purpose of the exercise was 
explained, seeing and handling those materials had to have an 
almost unmanageable personal impact on the students. Beyond the 
classroom, where the materials appeared with no indication as to 
how they were intended to be used, the impact had to be even 
greater. I personally found it very offensive and I can only imagine 
how African-American members of our community must feel.
	On the other hand, through the very substantial discussion 
and comment that has occurred these past three weeks, there is 
continuously reinforced evidence that the intent of the exercise was 
a laudable one, namely an effort to engage students in a discussion 
of racism and racially derogatory language. The graduate teaching 
assistant who introduced the materials has explained her purpose in 
introducing them and has acknowledged, in apologizing for her 
action, that in her inexperience as a new teacher she did not 
understand the implications of her actions. The Department Chair 
and the Coordinator of the English Composition program have also 
apologized for the incident, noting that there was poor judgment 
and inexperience.
	So, why do I find this such a difficult issue? I do so because 
a well-intentioned effort to treat one of the most objectionable 
features of our society Ñ the use of racially derogatory language 
Ñ went awry so badly and has caused such shock and pain to the 
members of our community. I deeply regret that such a shocking 
and painful event has occurred in our midst.
	Difficult as this all has been, I have been moved by the 
events that followed this episode, and would encourage us all to 
take heart and a renewed commitment from them:
	- The ever-broadening discussions of these matters 
including Friday's forum led by the Main Campus Environment 
Team, a team established following racial incidents on this campus 
a few years ago;
	- the power and dignity of the African-American students 
who gathered last Wednesday to give witness to their concerns 
about this and other racially- related events on this campus;
	- the way in which the academic community has engaged 
the ramifications of this issue including:
		- the instructor
		- the department
		- the Academic Senate where we discussed this 
matter last week and where the faculty have now asked a 
committee of the Academic Senate to conduct a broader study of 
this matter.
	Dismayed as I am at the event that caused this set of 
activities, and much as I regret the instrument of derogatory 
language that triggered them, I would encourage us all to use the 
moment to advance the larger agenda that I believe should be 
before us:
	- To learn from the classroom incident, so we can prevent it 
or events like it from happening in the future;
	- to expand our collective pursuit of issues of racism on this 
campus both in and beyond the classroom and in our society;
	- and to reignite our commitment to an increasingly diverse 
University and society Ñ in numbers, in programs and in spirit.
	I found the extended forum Friday very moving in its 
intensity and in its expression of views. The statements of 
vulnerability felt by many of the students warrants a substantial 
response if we are to achieve our goals as a University. Toward 
that end, I have asked Senior Vice President and Provost Milton 
Glick to involve the campus community in an effort to ensure a 
quality learning environment for all and to determine what actions 
we can take to improve the campus climate so that no student, 
faculty or staff will feel the vulnerability expressed on Friday.
	At the same time, we will continue to pursue our on-going 
efforts in recruitment, retention and success of the many diverse 
populations at ASU.
	I personally dedicate my energies and that of this 
University to this endeavor and would like to invite all members of 
the University community to do likewise.

Lattie F. Coor
President of Arizona State University

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Group calls for active response to incident

	The Black Faculty, Staff and Student Caucus at ASU is 
extremely concerned about the recent incident involving Beth 
Pearce, a teaching assistant in the Department of English. We, 
along with many others in the University community, are appalled 
at the classroom behavior of Pearce and the rhetoric which she 
expressed in the State Press on Feb. 14.
	The situation referred to above is not an isolated event. In 
the last few years, the environment at ASU has become 
increasingly hostile to African Americans. Serious incidents have 
periodically occurred for which, to our knowledge, no one has 
been reprimanded.
	The most recent example was the use of a teaching handout 
in an English 101 class which consisted of "nigger jokes." 
According to Pearce, who utilized the pejorative material, the 
purpose was to elicit a response from the students and confront 
hate speech.
	While these are important instructional issues, the choice of 
material and the fact that it singled out African Americans, was 
callous, pedagogically reckless and indicated little concern for the 
feelings and dignity of the African-American students in the class. 
The students who were present on the day the material was 
disseminated found it denigrating and "extremely painful."
	Consequently, the learning environment became an 
embarrassment to the University and a dehumanizing experience 
for all participants. The opportunity for development and exchange 
of ideas, so important to academe, was lost.
	Subsequent apologies and explanations by Charles 
Calleros, chair of the Campus Environment Team, Pearce and her 
department chair, Nancy Gutierriez, are no substitute for an in-
depth understanding of issues of diversity. Pearce's message 
appeared more academic than apologetic. It is questionable how 
this department will improve future efforts to address hate speech 
and other issues of diversity.
	We strongly urge the Department of English as well as the 
remainder of the ASU community to continue the commitment to 
diversity to which so many of its members have dedicated their 
lives. We hope that, at a minimum, the Department of English and 
Office of the Provost are considering the following actions:
	1. Ensuring that future policies and practices affirm the 
worth, dignity and uniqueness of all members of the ASU 
community.
	2. Assessing the status of sensitivity training and ensuring 
that both new and existing personnel periodically undergo such 
training.
	3. Requiring the immediate removal of Pearce from the 
classroom because of the subjective nature of student evaluations.
	The amount of time that the administration has taken to act 
upon or react to the incident has incensed people of color and all 
other individuals who value human dignity. The pain and 
aftershock will not go away.
	In the interim, we affirm the feelings and requests of the 
students who were exposed to the indiscretion of Pearce as well as 
the ones who staged a protest on Feb. 21 outside of the Memorial 
Union.
 
	Black Faculty, Staff and Student Caucus

Letter: Addressing diversity issues in classroom is paramount

	I was teaching ENG 101 a few semesters ago when, at the 
end of one class, a student told an anti-homosexual joke. That joke 
basically called for all gays to be "lined up and shot." The other 
students laughed as they trailed out of the room, and I stood 
stunned into silence watching them leave.
	When the class met next, I tried to engage the students in a 
discussion of the power of language to oppress. I reminded them 
that, according to statistics, at least two of their classmates were 
probably homosexual, and that meant that those students had been 
threatened with violence in my classroom. Their response to me 
was that I should "get off my soapbox and get a sense of humor," a 
response much like those leveled at feminists who object to sexist 
jokes and "cry" harassment.
	As a teacher of writing, I feel it is my obligation to explore 
with my students what it means to put words on paper or to speak 
them. Using words is more than knowing where to place a comma; 
words can be weapons, and they can also be used for self-defense 
and for healing. Last week Newsweek quoted former imperial 
dragon of the Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan, Dennis Mahon, who said, 
"I terrorize with words." As an organizer of a group called White 
Aryan Resistance, he's not joking.
	Language can indeed terrorize, as those who have ever 
been assaulted with words can attest. If we do not teach students to 
think about the power of language and how to counteract 
oppressive language, we are not doing our jobs as teachers of 
writing. A joke is an insidious, ultra-dangerous form of language 
use because, with a rhetorical flick of the wrist, it allows the 
speaker to insult and to make threats of violence publicly under the 
guise of "harmless" humor.
	Clearly I recognize that the jokes teaching assistant Beth 
Pearce used to show examples of terrorist language caused terrible 
pain to those who, when reading them, were faced once again with 
the sexism and racism that oppresses them. My words cannot 
adequately communicate how regrettable it is that such suffering 
took place, and Ñ as many this week have noted in their letters Ñ 
we must continue to discuss ways of addressing sexism and racism 
in the classroom with sensitivity. But that we must address these 
issues in the classroom is paramount. Please, let us not as a campus 
avoid discussing sexism and racism in the classroom out of fear of 
taking risks. We will never achieve anything more than a 
superficial willingness to combat oppression if we let fear of 
dealing with painful issues silence us.
 
Vanessa Holford Diana 
Teaching associate
Department of English

Letter: Misdirected frustration causes more ill than good

	This is in response to the forum on "racist jokes" held Feb. 
23 in the Memorial Union. Let me say that I am, what would be 
considered in this racialized society, a Black man who has 
experienced racism in many of its insidious manifestations. I have 
and always will stand in opposition to racism wherever and 
whenever I encounter it.
	It is with deep sadness, empathy and disappointment that I 
draft this letter, two days after I attended, and left in disgust, the 
forum in which Beth Pearce's distribution of racist jokes was to be 
discussed by members of the ASU community. I was saddened by 
what I perceived to be the lack of positive human qualities such as 
empathy, understanding, forgiveness, as well as the prevalence of 
vindictiveness, malice and self-serving rhetoric.
	There is no question that the handout Pearce provided 
contained patently offensive material. There is no question that she 
showed poor judgment, a lack of training and a lack of insight into 
the sensibilities of her students. I hope she has learned that 
providing a contextualized framework before presenting 
controversial material is absolutely essential. I hope she has also 
learned to consult with her students and colleagues on such 
matters.
	I have little doubt that Pearce's intent was to use her 
position as a teaching assistant to contribute to the battle against 
the enduring and pervasive presence of racism in our society. Her 
intent and effort, if not her methods, are to be commended.
	I sat at that forum, not really knowing what to expect. I 
imagined what it must feel like to sit in front of a hostile crowd, 
knowing that your actions were the catalyst for the pain, anger, 
shame and consternation experienced by so many in that audience. 
I observed Pearce, listened to her and believed that she attended 
the forum willing to accept the scorn, the aspersions, the 
humiliation that she was certain to face. But then perhaps in her 
naivetŽ, she had no idea that she would face such a level of 
hostility. I empathized with her plight and admired her courage.
	I hope she has realized that the negativity expressed during 
that "unmeeting" is the result of a people's historic experience of 
insensitivity, animosity, disdain, disregard and a host of other 
negatives at the hands of a group of which you are an apparent 
member of. I hope she has realized that in her moment of naivetŽ 
and insensitivity, epitomized the customary discounting of the 
feelings and experiences of peoples of various ethnic origins which 
has characterized the existence of such peoples in this country. In 
essence, Pearce has become a symbol of all that is wrong with 
intergroup relations in the United States.
	Being one who has experienced some of those inequities, I 
understood the anger and pain of those who attacked her during 
that forum. I hope that Pearce does not become less committed to 
fighting the disease of racism, which afflicts us all, because of this 
incident. I hope that she will continue to display the courage she 
displayed in the face of the hostility encountered on that day which 
neither of us will forget as long as we live.
	To the administration, it is unfortunate that this young 
woman is obliged to bear the burden of the frustration of students 
who perceive a lack of attention to their needs and a lack of action 
in response to their concerns. To fire someone who made a 
mistake, horrendous as it may be, while trying to do something 
positive and within the scope of her duties, would be unjust. If only 
those who command and perpetuate this system, had as much 
courage and conviction as Pearce, perhaps people would take steps 
to ensure that incidents like these were things of the past.
	Finally, to the various individuals and groups of individuals 
who were hurt and angered by Pearce's actions, your feelings of 
pain and anger are absolutely understandable and warranted. 
However, to those who have called for her resignation, and have 
issued veiled and open threats, I suggest that vindictiveness and 
threats are unbecoming in light of the self-righteous indignation 
expressed. Yes, we pay for our mistakes, and I believe Pearce has 
paid and will continue to pay for her's for some time to come. I 
wonder if any of you have made a mistake, learned from it and 
became an asset to others because of it. 
	In closing, I assert that while political causes are important, 
they are not important enough to sacrifice the well-being of a 
single individual, unless that individual agrees to such a sacrifice. 
To intentionally discount Pearce's psychological, emotional and 
professional well-being in efforts to take advantage of this political 
window of opportunity amounts to an involuntary sacrifice and it is 
unconscionable. I compare Pearce's inadvertent discounting of her 
students' psycho-emotional well-being, with your intentional 
discounting of her general well-being, and the latter seems more 
worthy of denunciation. I implore those to ask themselves how 
they are any better than an administration that intentionally 
discounts the well-being of so many on this campus.
  
T.A. Niles
Ph.D. student
Department of Communication

Ice Devils down Towson St. at national tourney;No. 9 ASU advances to 8-team round-robin; will battle No. 2 Penn St. today in Athens

By Ron Matejko
State Press
	ATHENS, Ohio Ñ ASU Ice Devil Coach Gene Hammett 
said Tuesday's first-round win should serve as a wake-up call to the 
other teams in the ACHA National Tournament.
	The ninth-ranked Ice Devils (20-9-1) used tenacious team 
defense along with key offensive performances from several 
players in their 7-1 victory over eighth-ranked Towson St.at Ohio 
University's Bird Arena. 
	The Ice Devils will now play No. 2 Penn State at 2 p.m. 
today in their first game of the final eight-team round robin.
 	"Everybody knows we belong here now," Hammett said. 
"That's the statement we wanted to make. Now we're going to go 
out and play hard and finish as high as we can."
	After the first five minutes, it appeared the game was going 
to be low-scoring and hard-hitting.
	But a power-play goal by sophomore center Mark Parris at 
13:41 of the first period put ASU ahead 1-0.
	Junior left wing Troy Prosser scored the eventual game-
winner three minutes later to make it 2-0.
	The Ice Devils extended their lead to 4-0 in the second 
period when Tigers' forward Steve Lombardi scored on a 
deflection at 15:55. 
	ASU freshman goaltender Greg Powers finished with 31 
saves.
	"I didn't have to do that much today," Powers said. "They 
only had five quality shots on me. In my opinion Towson St. didn't 
belong in the tournament."
	Powers said the victory was sweet for him personally 
because he was the target of a lot of trash talking from the Tigers 
before the game.
	Towson St. Coach Marshall Stevenson said there were 
many factors in his team's loss.
	"I thought we would be able to be more physical and more 
effective on their breakouts," Stevenson said. "We weren't as 
strong in our net as I thought we should be. They played a good 
game. I felt we were ready but they had too much offense for us."
	Sophomore center Derek DiBiagio, who finished with a 
goal and an assist, said the Ice Devils were focused despite playing 
their first-ever post-season game.
	"I think we were pretty calm," DiBiagio said. "It's a new 
experience for everybody so no one knew what to expect, but now 
we do so we can go on." 
	Junior left wing Duane Palin, who netted two goals after 
only scoring one in 27 regular-season games, was one of six 
different Ice Devil goal scorers.
	ASU freshman defenseman Brent Zwicker played a strong 
game in place of Nick Novello, who missed the game with a 
broken right middle finger.
	ASU was 1 for 4 on the power play and killed off all five 
Towson St. man-advantages ASU outshot TSU 49-32.
	In the other first round game, 10th-ranked Delaware (16-9-
1) defeated seventh-ranked West Virginia, 7-6. The Fighting Blue 
Hens scored with under a minute left in the game to take the win.
	The victory pushed ASU up to the seventh seed and placed 
them in a pool with No. 2 Penn State, No. 3 UofA, and No. 6 Iowa 
St. ASU has a combined 1-7-1 record against those teams, but this 
is considered the easier of the two pools.
	The Nittany Lions won both regular season games at the 
PSU Ice Pavilion by scores of  7-0 and 5-4.
	On Thursday ASU will face its arch-rival UofA (22-8) at 8 
a.m.. The Ice Cats have a 4-1-1 advantage this season and are  75-
4-2 vs. ASU all time , but ASU is 1-1-1 in the last three matchups.
	The Ice Devils final round-robin game will be against sixth-
ranked Iowa St. (24-6-2). The Cyclones won the only meeting 
between the two teams, 6-1, on Jan. 11 at Oceanside Ice Arena.
	Should ASU finish among the top two in its pool, it will  
advance to the final round on Saturday. A first -place pool finish 
would put them in the ACHA title game at 5:30 p.m., while a 
second place would set up a  consolation game at 2 p.m.
	Towson St. finished the regular season with a 22-8-2 
record.

Sun Devil hoops still eye .500 season

By Damian Shaw 
State Press
	Normally, when a basketball team is struggling at under 
.500, the last thing it wants to do is go on the road. Not Sun Devil 
Coach Bill Frieder. 
	"I'm not happy with our performance at all last week," 
Frieder said at his weekly press conference Tuesday. "I don't think 
we played near as well. For some reason we seem to play a little bit 
better on the road than at home. We didn't seem to play as well last 
week than the week before in southern California."
	The Sun Devils (10-13, 5-9) had a difficult home stand last 
week, struggling to a 63-58 overtime win over a 3-20 Oregon State 
squad before losing to Oregon Saturday, 81-70. The previous week 
the Sun Devils also split with the Los Angeles teams, beating USC 
and giving UCLA fits before succumbing to the national 
champions. 
	This week, ASU hits the road again against Washington 
and Washington State in what Frieder thinks will be a welcome 
trip. 
	"We're playing teams that have a lot of incentive and a lot 
of things to shoot for," Frieder said. "And yet, we feel we've got 
things to shoot for so we've got to play better and play like we still 
want to be a factor in what happens to everybody."
	Both the Huskies and the Cougars are vying for a bid in the 
NCAA tournament. Washington may also have an incentive in the 
fact that it has never defeated the Sun Devils under Frieder. ASU 
has won 14 straight, including a 88-79 win this season in Tempe. 
	"We've just got to appeal to our pride and work extremely 
hard and try and find a way to play competitively down the stretch 
and win as many of these games as we can," he said.
	With four games remaining in the Sun Devil schedule, the 
team can garner a winning season by winning each of them, or a 
.500 season with three of the four contests. 
	"We're going to scratch and claw and try to be 
competitive," Frieder said. "We're going to try and stay 
competitive, so if somebody's not ready to play us, maybe we'll 
catch them."
	Frieder on the Rest of the Nation
	Frieder was late to the press conference because he was on 
the phone with Michigan coach and his former assistent Steve 
Fisher. Fisher's Wolverine squad recently has been in the headlines 
because of a car accident involving four players and a recruit. 
	"It's just a reality," Frieder said. "Kids transfer, kids quit, 
kids become ineligible, kids get injured and kids get in trouble, I 
don't think anybody's immune from it in this business."
	Frieder cited Villanova's Kerry Kittles suspension and team 
dissension at Texas Christian as other examples. 
	"You look at Villanova and the Kittles situation," Frieder 
said. "Then, at TCU last week, they had two starters quit, a 
freshman and a sophomore; it just goes on and on and on."
	Frieder hoped Fisher could find solace in  the fact that he's 
still winning despite his off-court problems. 
	"At least he's got a winning record I told him, so you give 
something to get something."
	Lil' Bill
	Frieder turns 54 this Sunday, but has not announced any 
special plans for the momentous date. 
	Frieder fanatic Ty Brewster has definitely left an 
impression on his posterity. His son, Bo, won the second-annual 
Bill Frieder Look-a-Like Contest at Saturday's game against the 
Oregon Ducks. 

ASU's Sanchez tabbed Venezuelan 'Athlete of the Year'

By Ed Odeven
State Press
	Francisco Sanchez had a good reason to skip classes on 
Feb. 15.
	He was in Venezuela.
	Sanchez, a 19-year-old freshman on the ASU men's 
swimming team, was honored at a national sports banquet in 
Caracas, which is located in the Venezuelan state of Carabobo.
	Carabobo governor Enrique Salas presented Sanchez with a 
trophy recognizing his athletic accolades. 
	He was selected the 1995 Venezuelan "Athlete of the 
Year."
	Sanchez's performance during the World Swimming 
Championships last December in Rio de Janeiro thrust him into the 
national spotlight. 
	His time of 21.8 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle set a new 
world record.
	Sanchez, nicknamed The Albatross in his homeland, said 
he was happy that he was chosen.
	"It's a pretty good experience," said Sanchez. "It was a hard 
competition with the other athletes."
	ASU men's swimming coach Ernie Maglischo said, "I was 
very pleased for him. It was well deserved. He's a very good man."
	Ten athletes were nominated by a national newspaper 
alliance in Venezuela. The nominees included standout baseball 
players Andres Galarraga and Omar Vizquel and Olympic 
swimmer Nelson Mora. 
	Galarraga, a first baseman for the Colorado Rockies, had an 
All-Star caliber season in 1995. He was third in the National 
League with 106 RBIs. He also smacked 31 home runs, 29 doubles 
and batted .280.
	Vizquel, a slick-fielding shortstop, helped lead the 
Cleveland Indians to their first American League pennant since 
1954. Vizquel had a .266 batting average, 28 doubles, 87 runs 
scored and 29 stolen bases.
	Sanchez felt fortunate to win.
	 "I was lucky, I guess," said Sanchez, a 19-year-old 
freshman on the ASU men's swimming team. 
	Teammate Panagiotis Lagopatis, a butterfly specialist from 
Kalamata, Greece was happy for Sanchez.
	"That's great for him," said Lagopatis. "It's a great 
nomination to be one of the top athletes of the country."
	Lagopatis said that he would be thrilled to win the top 
honor in his homeland of Greece.
	"I would feel great to be one of the top athletes in my 
country, like reputation and everything."
	According to Lagopatis, it's a plus that Sanchez is a Sun 
Devil.
	"It's very good for the team also to have a world-class 
swimmer," he said.
	Sanchez will compete in the Olympics this summer. He is 
scheduled to race in the 50 and 100 freestyle events.
	Although he has had a successful season for ASU, he has 
another goal.
	"I want to win the NCAA's," he said. 
	The NCAA Championships will be held on March 28-30 in 
Austin, Texas. 

ASU police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- A student reported her ping pong opponent used foul language 
during a match at the Student Recreation Complex. The parties 
were separated and left the area.
- An employee reported receiving a harassing and intimidating 
phone call at her office.
- An ASU vehicle was involved in an accident in Lot 38. There 
were no injuries.
- A student reported that a suspect is harassing her despite earlier 
attempts to report him to ASU police. She was advised how to file 
an injunction against the person.
- Two license plates were impounded for mandatory insurance 
suspension.
Tempe police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- An armed man and an accomplice robbed a Wal-Mart, 1380 E. 
Elliot Road, getting away with an undisclosed amount of money. A 
clerk approached the men when she spotted the two taking money 
from a drawer at a checkout counter. One man pointed a gun at the 
clerk but did not harm her.
- A man was arrested after allegedly burglarizing the Picnic 
Company, 1415 E. University Drive. He faces burglary charges 
and was also wanted on two outstanding warrants.
- A man was arrested for allegedly stealing a stereo and CD player. 
Police arrested him after a foot chase and charged him with 
burglary and obstruction. He admitted to stealing the items and to 
being an illegal alien. 
Compiled by State Press reporter Garin Groff

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	The Today Section is a daily calendar of events printed as a 
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- 4X Native American Architecture & Design Students Ñ General 
meeting. Bring submissions and TopX. More information on the 
Las Vegas trip. American Indian Conference Room; 5:30 p.m.
- Alcoholics Anonymous Ñ Daily campus meeting. Newman 
Center, Aquinas Hall in the basement; noon to 1:15 p.m. Campus 
Women's Group meeting. Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement; 10 a.m.
- American Indian Council Ñ General meeting. Student Services 
Bldg. Multicultural Lounge; 4 p.m.
- Asian Business Leaders Association Ñ General meeting to 
discuss networking and interviewing skills. Everyone welcome. 
MU Havasupai Room 208; 3:30 p.m.
- Communication Student Association Ñ Guest speaker Christine 
Geranios will talk about options available to Communications 
students after graduation. MU Chrysocollo Room 206; 3:30 p.m.
- Cycling Devils Ñ Mountain/Road bike club and team meeting. 
Everyone welcome, from beginning to expert riders. A great way 
to always have a riding partner. Outside Life Sciences Bldg. 104; 
8:30 p.m.
- Eckankar Ñ Discussion: "The HU Will Help You." MU Graham 
Room; noon.
- El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan Ñ General 
meeting. Everyone welcome. Hayden Hall, El Zocalo; 3:30 p.m.
- F.A.C.E.S. in Medicine Ñ General meeting with John Molina, 
M.D. in Ob/Gyn. MU Apache Room 221; 6 p.m.
- Gun Devils Ñ Weekly meeting. MU Plata Room; 5 p.m.
- KASR Ñ Guest DJ Week on KASR AM1260/Channel 2. 
- Kundari Yoga Club Ñ School stressing you out? Come and 
release that stress through Yoga. MU Santa Cruz Room 213; 7 
p.m.
- MUAB Ñ Special Events Committee meeting. MU Conference 
Room 2A; 3:30 p.m. Recreation Committee meeting. MU 
Conference Room 1A; 3:30 p.m. Gallery Committee meeting. MU 
Conference Room 1A; 4:30 p.m.
- Phoenix Union High School Devils Ñ General meeting for new 
organization on campus, serving the community, having fun and 
helping each other out. Anybody is welcome. MU Santa Cruz 
Room; 4 p.m.
- Pow Wow Committee Ñ Planning meeting. Volunteers needed 
for spring Pow Wow. Food and drink will be served. Student 
Services Bldg. Multicultural Lounge; 6 p.m.
- Program for Southeast Asian Studies Ñ Brown Bag Lecture: 
"The Wal Sanga in Javanese Islamic Discourse," by Kevin Jaques, 
Religious Studies. Language & Literature Bldg. C50; 12:40 p.m. to 
1:30 p.m.
- Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society Ñ Guest speaker 
Zetta Loria talks about "Addiction, Counseling and Alcoholism." 
Non-members welcome. Psychology Bldg. 205; 5:30 p.m.
- Rainbow Alliance Ñ Guest speakers Wanda and Brenda Henson 
will talk about lesbian issues. MU; 7:30 p.m.
- Religious Studies Club Ñ Open discussion: "Psychology and 
Religion," plus a Joseph Campbell film! Check us out, 
refreshments provided. Engineering Complex A332; 3 p.m. to 4:30 
p.m.
- Semester at Sea Ñ Video/informational program from 
International Programs. MU Room 206; 6 p.m.
- SHPE de ASU Ñ General meeting. Food and refreshments 
provided. Classroom Office Bldg. 251; 4:30 p.m.
- Soil & Water Conservation Society Ñ Guest speaker: Don 
Chapio from the Bureau of Land Management. Meeting to discuss 
upcoming events and projects. Architecture & Design Bldg. 234; 6 
p.m.
- Student Life Learning Resource Center Ñ Money management 
workshop. MU Room 215; 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- University for the Next Century Project Ñ Open forum. ASU 
West UCB 262; 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and Sands Room 234; 1 p.m. 
to 3 p.m.
- Volunteer Income Tax Associates Ñ Free tax advice for ASU 
students and faculty. Bring your tax information and we'll help you 
determine what you can claim and/or what you can deduct. 
Armstrong Hall 114; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.