County prosecutor still undecided on future of assault case

By Garin Groff
State Press
	The Maricopa County Attorney's Office is trying to 
determine if it will prosecute three Sun Devil basketball recruits 
arrested for allegedly holding two women captive and sexually 
assaulting one of them.
	The attorney's office received the case against freshmen 
Thomas Prince, Rico Harris and George "Gee" Gervin from ASU 
police March 8, the last day of classes before spring break. The 
three highly-touted basketball recruits sat out this season because 
they did not qualify academically. 
	The county attorney's office will decide whether to 
prosecute, turn the case back over to ASU police for further 
investigation or dismiss it.
	County attorney spokesman Bill FitzGerald said office 
attorneys will look into the matter, but he did not know how long it 
will take to examine the case.
	The arrests stem from a Feb. 27 incident in which the 
players allegedly held two 18-year-old women captive and 
sexually assaulted one of them at the Sonora Center. One of the 
women was a student, but has since left the University.
	Police accused Prince of aggravated assault, threatening 
and intimidation, kidnapping and sexual assault. Harris was 
accused of assault, unlawful imprisonment and threatening and 
intimidation. Gervin was accused of sexual assault and kidnapping. 

It's official!:Eleven hats in the ring for ASASU presidency

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	Associated Students of ASU released the official list of 
candidates Monday, and 11 students are vying for the president's 
chair.
	Along with familiar ASASU faces such as Graduate 
College Sen. Daran Wastchak, a public programs graduate student; 
former Government Relations Director Graham Lace, a junior 
business major; and Activities Vice President Marc Wendell, 
senior social work major, there are a host of political outsiders 
running:
- Marc Baumgartner, liberal arts junior;
- Gaylord Corvetto (year and major unavailable);
- Hung Sa Rath Kloeung, education junior;
- Steven Levine, business junior;
- Jared Platt, fine arts junior;
- Christopher Suiter, engineering senior;
- Todd Trickel, communications junior;
- Darren Williams, political science senior.
	The candidates' recurring refrain seems to be "restoring the 
integrity of student government."
	"Quite simply, I was very displeased with the way 
(ASASU) was run last year, and I was sure I could do a better job," 
Williams said. "To give ASASU some respectability, we are going 
to have to get someone new in there."
	Trickel, another newcomer, also said he wanted to bring a 
"fresh perspective to things."
	"To be honest, I'm new to the whole thing," he said. "I want 
to raise awareness in the school and let people know what's going 
on."
	Even ASASU veterans like Lace are calling for change, 
while pointing toward their own experience.
	"I just feel that I'm the candidate with the most experience," 
Lace said. "For the past nine months as government relations 
director, I did basically the same things the office of president 
does. I think ASASU just needs a change. I think there are some 
areas that could be downsized and other areas that could be picked 
up."
	Kloeung said he developed a six-point plan he hopes to 
bring to the office, including working toward a safer campus, 
stopping tuition increases and working for better advising and 
teacher assistance.

College women not immune to abuse, Valley experts say

By Melody McDonald
State Press
	Strong, smart college women are not always thought of as 
victims of abuse by men.
	But they are part of a growing number of abused women in 
the United States, according to a worker at Sojourner Center, a 
Phoenix residential treatment center for domestically-abused 
women and children.
	"We see a majority of college women that struggle (with 
domestic violence) just as much as an uneducated woman," said 
Sojourner Center Executive Director Connie Phillips. "It's just as 
easy for an educated woman to fall in love with an abuser as it is 
for someone without a job." 
	At the Sojourner Center, of the 1,653 domestic abuse 
victims who requested shelter last year, 43 percent were 18 to 29 
years old. 
	According to former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett 
Koop, 50 percent of all women will experience violence from their 
partners during marriage, and more than one-third are battered 
repeatedly each year. 
	Colleen Conners-Driftmier, a Sojourner Center domestic 
violence adviser, said people often do not realize college women 
are victims because they buy into stereotypes that victims are ugly, 
low-class, uneducated people that do not know any better.
	Chrysalis Domestic Shelter Director Sheila Carpentier said 
this is an untrue stereotype. 
	"Any type of person from any class range can be a victim 
or abuser," she said.
	Susan K. Pollock, an ASU Counseling and Consultation 
psychologist, said any time a woman starts to feel disempowered 
and alone, she is in an abusive relationship, regardless of whether 
the abuse has been physical or not.
	"If you have a pattern of one person degrading, insulting or 
putting another person down, that is an abusive relationship," she 
said. "To get someone in this circumstance, you need to have as 
much total control over the person as you can. And, one of the 
ways you do this is by isolating them Ñ you pull them away from 
family and friends."
	Pollock said many young, sturdy college women are in 
denial about their abusive relationships. She added that college 
women do not want to integrate abuse into their self-concept. 
	"We deny it because it doesn't fit into our lives," Pollock 
said. "We're not sure what to do with it, so we exclude it or 
rationalize it. But the biggest danger psychologically is when you 
start screwing around with reality."
	It is hard for women, regardless of how strong or educated 
they are, to terminate an unhealthy relationship, Pollock said. She 
added that encouraging the woman to leave is also not feasible 
because it disempowers the woman more.
	"She is already feeling dumb, horrible and terrible about 
herself and then society asks her, 'What? Are you stupid for staying 
in a relationship like that?'" Pollock said.
	"My recommendation is to help the woman get stronger and 
then let her make her own decisions."
	Phillips said it is crucial to reach out to abused women.
	"They're embarrassed and ashamed, and if you don't ask 
them, it only makes it worse," Phillips said. "It's a crime, and it's 
against the law to assault someone else."

ASASU rejects filed complaints

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	Complaints filed against two candidates for Associated 
Students of ASU president and the ASASU elections coordinator 
have been dismissed.
	The complaints were filed by presidential hopeful Craig 
Reid after a Feb. 29 State Press article which Reid said gave the 
other candidates, Marc Baumgartner and Daran Wastchak, an 
unfair advantage. Reid also said Elections Coordinator Alex 
Shivers used his office to help the candidates.
	The ASASU elections commission held a hearing March 7 
and came to the decision to dismiss all complaints March 8.
	"It just came out like I expected it to," Shivers said. "There 
was no real surprise there. I would've been surprised if they had 
ruled with him."
	Baumgartner also said he was not surprised.
	"I pretty much knew it was going to happen," he said. "This 
kind of thing happens when you're a strong candidate. It's just a 
way of tying up the system. At the same time it's good to see the 
system working."
	Shivers said Reid Ñ who has not met the requirements to 
run for ASASU president Ñ plans to appeal the decision.
	"I'm going to ask the Supreme Court to dismiss it," Shivers 
said. "He has no legal standing."
	The complaints, as originally filed, claimed unfair publicity 
for two potential candidates had hurt Reid's candidacy. Since Reid 
is not a candidate, Shivers said he believes the original complaints 
are not valid.

Pot tax high priority on legislative agenda

By Ray Stern
State Press
	Reefer madness will reign again in the Legislature today 
during a second attempt to repeal a disputed cannabis tax.
	Rep. Scott Bundgaard, R-Phoenix, said he will introduce an 
amendment to a bill in the Government Reform Committee that 
will eliminate the pot tax if passed.
	Last week, about 30 cannabis advocates succeeded in 
getting Bundgaard to withdraw his proposal from a different bill. 
The sponsor of that bill, Sen. Gus Arzberger, D-Casa Grande, felt 
the addition of the pot-tax repeal might hurt his bill's chances, 
Bundgaard said.
	"They (pot advocates) told him if it does get on, it will kill 
his bill," he said. "They said some things that were probably 
inaccurate in explaining the facts."
	Bundgaard is taking no chances this time Ñ the bill he is 
amending is his own. 
	"Anytime we can make the law more clear, it's beneficial to 
all involved," Bundgaard said. "This is a case where we need to 
define a line and send a very strong message to drug users in this 
state. Use of (cannabis) is illegal and unacceptable."
	Confusion over the pot tax is "causing quite a bit of 
consternation in the court system," he added.
	In November, a federal judge dismissed possession and 
dealing charges levied against the chairman of the Arizona chapter 
of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of 
Marijuana Laws, because of concerns over the tax. The judge 
agreed with defense attorneys that paying both a tax and suffering 
criminal penalties amounted to double jeopardy. That ruling is now 
under appeal.
	The tax was approved by the Legislature in 1983, and 
authorized the state to sell licenses and tax stamps to cannabis 
dealers. Although dealers must technically file with the state to sell 
cannabis, dealing or possessing the substance remains illegal.
	So far, the stamps and licenses have generated $327,000 in 
cash and $37 million in liens for the state.
	Bundgaard's repeal of the tax won't stop the state from 
trying to collect the liens, said Dan Zemke, spokesperson for the 
Arizona Department of Revenue. 
	"Any tax on the books right now is still collectible, and we 
would still be in a position to attempt to collect that," he said.
	Zemke said he doubts the state will pocket all of the $37 
million. 
	"We'll see some of it along the way. But a significant 
portion, who knows?"
	The problem is that the people who have liens filed against 
them do not often have assets, he added.
	Bundgaard said the hard-to-collect liens prove his point that 
the law needs repealing. 
	"It's not acting as a deterrent," he said. "A lien is only good 
if you're closing on it." 
	Bill Green, founder of AZ for NORML, said the repeal 
would only open the state to more lawsuits. 
	"Every one of these people (with liens) should appeal," he 
said. "These people have done time. There's no reason they should 
have to pay."

Internet tax service could quicken filing process;Law school also offers free advice for students

By Jeff Owens
State Press
	Only two things in life are certain, the saying goes: death 
and taxes.
	People are on their own with the former, but a new service 
is available for help with the latter.
	Beginning this month, students can download a new 
software program called QuickTax 1040A/EZ from the Internet. 
ASU students who pay the $9.95 fee can surf their way through all 
the forms, schedules and worksheets needed to file tax returns.
	"Filing taxes is a confusing and time-consuming 
proposition for many people," said Scott Cook, chairman of Intuit, 
the San Diego-based company which offers the service.
	Cook said the software is "designed for ease of use and 
helps young adults quickly and easily prepare their taxes."
	With the QuickTax system, users answer a series of 
questions, and the program makes all of the calculations. The IRS-
approved forms then can be printed out and mailed. Extensions are 
also available. 
	Students can receive help with the new on-line service 
along with free tax advice from ASU law students from 6 to 9 p.m. 
in Room 114 at Armstrong Hall Wednesdays and Thursdays.
	Michele Emig, co-director of Volunteer Income Tax 
Assistance, said IRS personnel had a tough time getting the 
QuickTax system to work at first at VITA sessions.
	"They've been here twice," she said. "The first time, they 
couldn't get it to work. Two weeks ago, on Thursday, they did."
	Emig said students should bring their tax materials and 
forms with them.
	"Their research has to be prepared when they get there," 
she said.
	VITA provides free tax help to students, faculty and low-
income people. Foreign students can get help with their taxes at the 
Thursday night sessions. 
	Denise Gooding, first-year law student and VITA assistant 
director, added that VITA will also provide Saturday service from 
9 a.m. to noon starting this weekend. The service will continue 
until April 13.
	"It's first come, first serve," she said.
	QuickTax is available on the Internet at: 
http://www.intuit.com/quicktax.

Odds good for another Tempe Super Bowl

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	Tempe's chances of hosting another Super Bowl before the 
year 2000 increased recently after two host cities backed out for 
1998 and 1999, according to the Super Bowl XXX chairman.
	"This squeezes it down to a precious few sights available, 
and assuming we can put it together, we might have another Super 
Bowl in Tempe," said Super Bowl XXX Chairman Bill Shover.
	The cities that backed out in February are San Diego and 
San Francisco. San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium will undergo a 
renovation that isn't scheduled to be completed until l999. San 
Francisco's 3Com Park faces a $25 million renovation that will 
prohibit the city from hosting the 1999 game.
	Shover said the NFL seems to be favoring four locations, 
all located in warm weather climates. Tempe; Pasadena, Calif.; 
Miami and New Orleans are all in the running, but San Diego is 
unofficially asking the NFL to move its Super Bowl host date back  
from l998 to l999. 
	Although NFL owners will not announce where the Super 
Bowls will be held until October, Super Bowl XXX Host 
Committee officials are brainstorming about what did and did not 
work during January's Super Bowl. 
	"We are not honing in yet, but if the game comes back, we 
are prepared," said Nachie Marquez, the Super Bowl coordinator 
for Tempe. "Everything we are hearing is that the NFL was very 
pleased about what happened in Tempe." 
	Marquez said the tremendous amount of planning that went 
into Super Bowl XXX paid off.
	"Some of the things that we thought would be our biggest 
challenge, like public transportation and safety, ended up being 
things that worked out tremendously well," she said.
	Although another Super Bowl has yet to be the topic of a 
city council meeting, Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano said Tempe 
would welcome the NFL back.
	"If Arizona wants to have another Super Bowl, and the 
University that owns the stadium is willing to make that venue 
available, then I would certainly say the City of Tempe would be 
pleased to be the host city again," he said.

Students' comic strip to make daily run on web site

By Lisa Bayless
Special to the State Press
	ASU students Wayne Hoover and Chance Kirchhof may 
seem like ordinary college students, but their Internet comic strip 
personas, Pim & Poe, are anything but ordinary.
	Although Pim & Poe differ from other comic strip 
characters Ñ they lack common physical characteristics like eyes 
and a nose Ñ the pair went online Monday on the newly 
remodeled State Press web site.
	Julie Knapp, creator of the State Press web site and ASU 
Student Publications associate director, said she was looking for 
"something beyond the printed page" as a way of drawing students 
into the site.
	"I thought the comic strip was perfect for the web because 
of its high-tech look," Knapp said. "I think it will be a success if 
we do a good job of promoting it."
	Kirchhof and Hoover said they were excited about the 
possibility of being the only daily Internet comic strip on the State 
Press site.
	"By being on the Internet, we're not limiting ourselves to 
the people who only read the State Press," Hoover said.
	Kirchhof agreed.
	"The Internet is available to so many more people, and that 
right there is an advantage," he said.
	Other characters in the strip include the all-knowing 
individual Ñ the Knower Ñ and a cuddly teddy bear named 
Fluffles. 
	Kirchhof and Hoover said although most of their ideas 
come from normal events in their lives, other ideas come from not-
so-normal experiences.
	"There is a lot of interwoven, subtle humor because we get 
our ideas from personal things that happen to us," Hoover said. "I 
think you have to look a little deeper into our strip to get the 
humor."
	Hoover said they tried to make Pim & Poe "the first totally 
self-aware comic strip," where the characters are aware of all the 
little things that happen to them in their comic strip world.
	Hoover and Kirchhof said they hope to syndicate the strip.
	"Syndication would be nice," Hoover said. "We're hoping a 
syndicate might see the strip and like it."
	Jan Herzog, a representative from Best Internet Web Page 
Creation Services, said the success rate can be high for Internet 
comic strips.
	"Comic strips can do quite well on the Internet if people 
know they exist," Herzog said. "Everything that makes the site 
more fun and exciting is bound to make the site successful."
	Visit the State Press Internet site at 
http://aspin.asu.edu/provider/State Press. E-mail Wayne Hoover or 
Chance Kirchhof with comments regarding Pim & Poe at: 
provic@goodnet.com.

Editorial: Stay out of this fight

	Is this Cold War II?
	Over the past few days, tension between China and the 
United States reminded us of the bad old days of the Soviet Union.
	Last week, rhetoric between China and Taiwan heated up 
markedly. Infuriated by what it views as a Taiwanese drive for 
independence, the Chinese military began conducting live-fire 
military exercises near the island. There were reports that a few 
missiles test-fired during the exercises entered Taiwanese airspace.
	Tension between the two Chinas is nothing new. Neither is 
the U.S. decision to dispatch the Seventh Fleet to patrol the strait 
between the two nations.
	The last time the U.S. Navy patrolled the region was in 
1958. At that time, President Eisenhower deployed the navy to 
thwart a Chinese invasion of the Taiwanese islands of Quemoy and 
Matsu, located a few miles from the Chinese coast.
	But things have changed since then.
	In 1958, the U.S. government recognized Taipei as the sole 
legitimate government of China.
	In 1996, this government recognizes Beijing as the 
legitimate government.
	Then, as now, the United States recognizes the existence of 
one China. Taiwan and China are not viewed as separate nations 
by either the United States, China or Taiwan.
	Logically, then, any dispute between China and Taiwan 
must be viewed as an internal matter.
	In other words, the Seventh Fleet is being placed right in 
the middle of a dispute that the U.S. government recognizes as a 
Chinese problem, and a Chinese problem only.
	Sure, it sounds ridiculous. Blame that on the confusing 
"One China" policy.
	Taiwan certainly doesn't act like a "renegade province." It 
is one of the world's economic powers, ranking in the top 10 in 
exports. Thousands of American corporations do business in 
Taiwan every day.
	Economic ties are one thing Ñ military ties are another.
	Given its current diplomatic position on Taiwan, the United 
States has no business using military force as a deterrent to China 
in this matter.
	The United States doesn't even have diplomatic relations 
with Taiwan, let alone a military alliance. These ties were severed 
when the United States recognized China in 1978.
	With this recognition, the United States has no justification 
for using force against China Ñ even if Chinese troops attack 
Taiwan.
	Such an action would be akin to a British attack on Union 
warships blockading the Confederacy during the Civil War Ñ 
without a formal recognition of the South's independence.
	If Washington wants to protect Taiwan with military force, 
then it must, at the very least, recognize the Taipei government.
	Such a move probably would not be a good idea, as it 
would undoubtedly destroy U.S.-Chinese relations.
	We've already fought China once, during the Korean War 
of 1950-53.
	Let's not risk another war when we have no excuse for our 
actions.
	Let's stay out of this fight.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Remembering past injustices helps build future

	In response to J. Russell Reid: Tina Holder is not 
complaining about her Indian heritage. It is something I believe she 
is very proud of. She is however trying to expose the U.S. past and 
the continuing heritage of physical, cultural and spiritual genocide 
of the American Indian nations. Tina Holder is not trying to prove 
that American Indian nations were perfect. Rather, she is trying to 
show the injustices that made the genocide of American Indians 
possible.
	Despite Reid's assertion, Holder's writings are based on 
historical facts. Moreover, Reid's argument is incomplete and 
inaccurate and draws exclusively from an ethnocentric Western 
perspective.
	The Indian nations often sided with certain European 
powers, but they also fought the invasion of European colonists. 
They were promised by European nations that they would retain 
their land if they would become their allies against other European 
nations. The Europeans were untrustworthy and their imperialism 
led to systematic attacks on Indian land tenure, sovereignty and 
culture. They used a system of divide and conquer to accomplish 
their destructive aims.
	Holder in no way denies the Indian nations' separate 
cultural identities. She, however, seeks to unify them for survival 
against the genocide implemented by the imperialism of the 
Western world. Since she cannot win the war against genocide 
through a physical battle she is using the written language to fight 
against the genocide that is still destroying the cultural and 
spiritual core of the American Indian nations.
	J. Russell Reid has attempted to shift the focus of the 
genocide of the Indian nations through the use of stereotypes. He 
conjures up the image of blood-thirsty savages in order to mitigate 
the guilt the United States has for its heritage of genocide. I believe 
he is also attempting to destroy the stereotype of the peaceful 
nature-loving Indian. Indians are also attempting to destroy that 
stereotype because it denies Indians a common link with humanity.
	Reid's attempts to historically validate his argument is not 
successful because he is drawing information from biased records 
taken by European soldiers, European explorers and missionaries 
of the Christian religion. Because the resources he use come from 
men who viewed Indians as heathen and subhuman, his views are 
subsequently distorted and flawed
	As for scalping, it was instituted by Europeans. It is 
despicable that Indians adopted an act created by Europeans as 
proof that acts of bloody murder occurred. Indians are not perfect.
	Holder does not try to make her gripes fair. The question is 
not about fairness, but how to remedy the injustices. She is trying 
to expose the holocaust suffered by American Indians. Just as the 
Jewish people will not let the world forget the holocaust they 
survived, the Indian nations will not let the Unites States forget its 
genocidal policies.
	Reid encourages all not to dwell on the past while at the 
same time he is asking us to learn from it. How can we learn from 
the past if we don't dwell upon it? He asked us to create a plan for 
the future, but how can we create a future if we do not have the 
past to build upon? We are all interested in building a future, but 
how can we build a harmonious future if the genocide of the Indian 
nations is ignored and allowed to continue?
	The answer is to recognize the genocide and to destroy the 
imperialistic ideas that are still guiding U.S. policy. We need to 
educate ourselves correctly, and a way to do it is to listen to what 
people like Holder have to say. We must listen despite how 
unpleasant it may be to be at the receiving end of bitterness and 
anger. We need to find and eradicate the ideas that have allowed 
this great injustice to persist.

Rodney Fowler
Freshman
Political science

Letter: Rape offenders not appropriately punished

	In the November 8 State Press, I wrote a letter to the editor 
entitled "Rape too horrible to ignore" and, fortunately, rape wasn't 
and hasn't been ignored. In fact, the number of reported cases of 
rape have increased, which is positively wonderful news. It's good 
to see that women are finally stepping out to state the injustices 
which have been committed against them.
	The problem arises in the fact that nothing is being done. In 
fact, nothing EVER seems to be done about rapists who are caught 
and convicted. I wholeheartedly agree with Liz Montalbano's 
article on March 5 which stated that it was "the unpopular opinion 
that a man convicted of rape should not be allowed to ... stand in 
the boxing ring and get paid millions of dollars to throw a few 
punches." I was disgusted by the sheer number of people who 
supported Mike Tyson's return.
	If the punishments dealt to convicted rapists were more 
severe, it would act as more of a deterrent to would-be rapists. For 
instance, if a convicted rapist were castrated, or some other painful 
act were committed against the convict, then other would-be 
rapists would rethink the situation which they were in.
	I'm all for letting the victim grab a pair of rusty scissors and 
slice off the family jewels of the violator. Of course, that sort of an 
attitude isn't looked brightly on from the eyes of politics, or the rest 
of society for that matter. Maybe lopping off the phallic symbol of 
the violator with a large butcher knife isn't the solution, but it's 
painfully obvious that the methods being used now simply aren't 
cutting down on the amount of rapes being committed (if you'll 
pardon the pun).
	In the meantime, I hope that the situation occurring 
presently at ASU is investigated with the best interests of all 
parties involved.

Eric Jacobson
Freshman
Undecided

Letter: State Press creates biased criteria for racial incidents

	I have one brief question. Why didn't the State Press feel it 
was necessary to report the ethnicity of the victims of the recent 
alleged rape? You saw fit to inform ASU that the victim of an 
alleged assault on fraternity row was a Black man. This was an 
incident that was not even pursued by the district attorney, yet the 
State Press chose to plaster the incident all over the paper 
repeatedly in an attempt to substantiate its claims of racism and 
discredit the White male population at this institution.
	Now, in the face of an even less questionable and more 
severe incident, the State Press chooses not to disclose the ethnicity 
of the victims. I believe this is pertinent information. It seems that 
the criteria the State Press uses to determine the existence of racial 
undertones in any incident are merely the involvement of a White 
individual and an individual of another ethnic origin. 
	If one or both of these young ladies were White, this 
scenario should also fit into a "racial incident" class. For the State 
Press not to report this incident in the same detail it has reported 
previous incidents is a travesty. 
	You saw fit to single out the White male population of this 
institution when there was a possible transgression on our part, 
now it is only fair that you observe the same parameters in 
reporting this incident that you did in prior incidents. I believe the 
State Press should at least make an attempt to appear impartial in 
the information it reports.

Marc Fults
Senior
Political science

ASU baseball team waits for verdict on USC-fight

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	The No. 8 ASU baseball team could lose a few of its 
players to suspensions after a bench-clearing brawl against USC 
Sunday at Dedeaux Field.
	Sunday's eruption started immediately after junior catcher 
Cody McKay flew out to center field for the final out in ASU's 4-3 
loss to the Trojans. Sophomore outfielder Mikel Moreno, who was 
on second base when McKay came up to bat, rounded third base 
before colliding with Trojan backup catcher Jeff Depippo after he 
ran onto the field to celebrate.
	ASU Coach Pat Murphy said he expected to hear from the 
Pac-10 soon if any disciplinary actions would be brought against 
any Sun Devil players. 
	"Anytime something like that happens, both sides are at 
fault," said Murphy, whose team (16-10, 3-6) will play Dartmouth 
at 7 tonight at Packard Stadium. "It's easy for us to look at it. There 
is two sides for every story. We have our side and they are going to 
have theirs. The point is we don't like to see that happen in college 
athletics."
	Murphy did not know which Sun Devils could be subject to 
possible discipline by the conference. The three umpires (Bob 
Hernandez, Jim Pacheco and Gus Rodriguez) will submit names of 
players on both teams to the Pac-10 for review of the incident.
	Sunday's game concluded ASU's 10-day, seven-game road 
trip with a losing record.
 	"Anytime you're 3-4, you're never real happy," Murphy 
said. "But (California) was a preseason top 10 and USC is No. 3 in 
the country. To play that kind of competition and knowing that 
three of the four games we lost came down to the last pitch, you 
have to be fairly pleased.
	Murphy was especially pleased with the junior trio of 
reliever Gabe Molina, third baseman Mike Torti and McKay, who 
has apparently got his bat untracked.  
	"Cody McKay is out of his hitting slump," Murphy said. 
"He's swinging the bat much better."
	McKay who entered the Cal-series on March 8 hovering 
around .200, batted .428 in 28 at-bats the last two weeks. McKay 
also had nine RBI and scored six runs.
	Meanwhile junior pitcher Kaipo Spenser extended his 
personal losing streak to three games, including losses to Cal and 
USC. Spenser (2-4) was tagged for nine runs, 13 hits and nine 
walks over nine innings.
	"He actually pitched pretty well both games," Murphy said, 
adding that Spenser is still not 100 percent after suffering from arm 
tendinitis. "He didn't have any luck in either game."

Sun Devil gymnasts beat No. 8 UCLA during break

By Randy Jones
State Press
	The ASU women's gymnastics teams continued its winning 
ways over spring break. The Sun Devils (8-3, 3-2 Pac-10) defeated 
No. 8 UCLA (11-3,5-2), 195.625-195.3 on March 8 at the 
University Activity Center.
	ASU has won three consecutive meets, and eight of its last 
nine. The loss stopped a four-meet win streak for the Bruins.
	Trailing after three events, the team rallied around its floor 
exercise routines.
	Senior Katie Freeland, sophomore Meagan Wright and 
freshman Lisa Vincijanovic took the top three places in the event. 
Vincijanovic set a new career-high with a 9.85 and Freeland tied 
her best of 9.925.
	Leading the way for the Sun Devils were seniors Michele 
Naia and Freeland, who competed in their final home meets at 
ASU. Freeland placed second in the all-around competition with a 
score of 39.15, while Naia scored a career-high 29.25 in her three 
events. Fellow senior Jennifer McKenna took eighth in the balance 
beam with a 9.725.
	Proving not to be a liability to the team anymore, the team's 
balance beam performance (49.125) was the best of the season. 
Sophomore Carie Courtney and Vincijanovic tied for first place 
with scores of 9.925. The pair both set career highs, with Courtney 
breaking her previous best by .375. 	
	Track and field athletes shine at Indoors	
	Two ASU indoor track and field athletes earned All-
America honors over the break at the NCAA Indoor 
Championships in Indianapolis.
	Redshirt freshman Fiona Daly placed sixth in the high jump 
with a leap of 5-feet-11 1/2, while sophomore Mika Laiho's 35-
pound weight toss of 66-6 was good for fifth.
	In outdoor action, the team competed at the Willlie 
Williams Clasic in Tucson. Senior All-Americas' Lorieann Adams 
and Avia Morgan each won their events. Adams won the 800 
meter run in 2 minutes, 6.54 seconds and Morgan triumphed in the 
400 in 53.68. The women's 4 X 400 relay team also won (3:41.50).
	On the men's side, sophomore Vondre Armour (800), 
freshman Pal Arne Fagernes (javelin) and junior Ari Rodriguez 
(1,500) all earned seconds.
	Swimmer Jeffrey honored
	ASU senior swimmer Chris Jeffrey was chosen as a 
member of the GTE/CoSIDA Fall/Winter Women's At-Large 
Academic At-Large Team for District VIII Monday. 
	Jeffrey is a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection and a 
Pac-10 champion three times. She is a landscape architecture major 
with a 3.74 GPA. 
	This team was selected by the College Sports Information 
Directors of America.
	ASU divers fall short of goal
	Four ASU divers competed in the NCAA Zone D Diving 
Championships on Friday and Saturday at the Tualatin Hills 
Aquatic Center in Beaverton, Ore. but failed to qualify for the 
NCAA Championships.
	"The kids dove pretty well but it wasn't good enough to 
move on to the next level," said ASU  Coach Ward O'Connell. "I 
was very pleased with the way they did dive."
	 John Milander was ASU's lone entry in the men's 
competition. He placed seventh in the 3-meter event and was 
eighth in the 1-meter.
	A trio of ASU women Ñ  senior Jennifer Cnota, junior 
Melissa Newman and freshman Katrina Pfeuffer Ñ also competed. 
	Pfeuffer had a fine all-around performance, placing fifth in 
the platform, ninth in the 1m and 13th in the 3m. Newman placed 
23rd in the 3m and 18th in the 1m.
	Cnota's career as a Sun Devil concluded with a ninth-place 
finish in the 3m and a 10th in the 1m.
	Ñ Ed Odeven 
	Women's tennis gains split
	The 14th-ranked ASU women's tennis team finished 2-2 
over spring break, defeating Washington State, 8-1, on Saturday 
and Oregon, 9-0, last Friday at Whiteman Tennis Center. ASU (6-
6) traveled to Los Angeles to begin the break, losing to sixth-
ranked UCLA, 6-3, on March 9. A pair of freshmen Ñ Alison 
Nash (No. 4) and Torey Pratt (No. 6) Ñ picked up straight-set 
singles' wins for ASU. Nash and Pratt then teamed to win their 
match at third doubles.
	On March 10, the Sun Devils were edged by USC, 5-4. 
Junior Anna Moll (No. 5) and senior Julie Coppinger (No. 6) both 
won three-set singles' matches for ASU. Also, the doubles' teams 
of sophomore Stephanie Lansdorp and freshman Katy Propstra 
(No. 1) and Moll and sophomore Reka Cseresnyes (No. 2) both 
won.
	"We're past the mid-point of the season now and I think 
we've improved," ASU Coach Sheila McInerney said. "I think our 
doubles is still our main concern. It's been a little bit of a strength 
for us this year but we still need to get better."
	The Sun Devils will be in action next against No. 26 South 
Alabama at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Whiteman Tennis Center. 
	Men's tennis gets smoked down south
	Last weekend the ASU men's tennis team finished a 
disappointing 1-3 in the annual Blue-Gray Classic, a national 
tournament at Laguna Park in Montgomery, Ala. which 
traditionally invites 16 of the premier teams in the country.   
 	The Sun Devils (8-7) beat Tulane, 4-3, on Friday night for 
their sole triumph. The doubles' teams of senior Paul Reber and 
junior Sergio Elias (No. 1) and freshman Tsolak Gevorkian and 
senior Oscar Bustos (No. 2) both posted wins. Then senior Dave 
Critchley (No. 5) and juniors Sergio Elias (No. 2) and Wolf von 
Lindenau (No. 6) each won their singles matches to clinch the win. 
	ASU started the event by losing to No. 15 Notre Dame, 5-1, 
on Thursday. Senior No. 1 player Oscar Bustos was ASU's lone 
singles' winner. It then was edged by Alabama-Birmingham, 4-3, 
Friday morning. Reber and Elias and Critchley and von Lindenau 
both won doubles matches, while Critchley and Bustos earned 
singles' wins.
	ASU finished the Classic with a 4-0 loss to Michigan 
Saturday. 
	Despite Critchley's win at No. 5 and the doubles' point, 
ASU fell to No. 3 USC, 4-2, at home March 8. The Sun Devils 
were then squeezed out, 4-3, by No. 1 UCLA March 9. Elias, 
Gevorkian and Reber each were victorious.
	Softball wins 4, loses 4
	The Sun Devil softball squad (16-10, 1-1) finished 4-4 last 
week. 
	The team began last week in California, splitting with 
Loyola Marymount. ASU lost the first game, 1-0, but won the 
second, 4-0. ASU also split with the defending national champion 
UCLA, edging out the first contest, 4-3, then losing the second, 3-
0, on two costly throwing errors in the sixth inning. 
	Finally, on Friday and Saturday, the Sun Devils hosted 
Missouri in two doubleheaders. In Friday's action, ASU crushed 
the Tigers 8-1, but relapsed in the second, losing 2-0. On Saturday 
ASU split again Ñ winning, 1-0, in the bottom of the ninth of 
game 1 before losing the second, 6-4. 
	Golf falters in Houston
	The No. 1 ranked ASU men's golf team placed 12th at the 
Rolex Invitational at Houston over  spring break. The Sun Devils 
finished with a 906, 31 strokes behind first-place UNLV.
	Chris Hanell paced the Sun Devils by shooting a 224, and 
teammate Scott Johnson ended with a 227. The Runnin' Rebels' 
Chad Campbell took top individual honors with 213.

ASU police reported the following incidents Monday:
- A student's acoustic guitar and 20 compact discs were stolen from 
his room in Sonora Hall. 
- A student was arrested for allegedly driving on a suspended 
license at Sixth Street and Rural Road. He also had an outstanding 
warrant from Tempe City Court.
- A student reported 40 compact discs and a portable compact disc 
player were stolen from his room at 717 Alpha Drive. 
- An employee reported a bag and videos were stolen from his 
vehicle. 
Tempe police reported the following incidents Monday:
- A man was arrested outside Jack in the Box, 721 S. Mill Ave., on 
charges of urinating in public and indecent exposure. An officer 
and many passers-by saw the man facing the street and urinating. 
The man was very intoxicated. He also had an outstanding warrant 
from ASU police.
- A woman was arrested for allegedly fleeing the scene of an 
accident-injury. She returned to the scene 30 minutes later and 
made a false report about the incident. She was charged with 
leaving the scene of an accident, driving on a suspended license 
and false reporting.
- A man was arrested after allegedly stealing a 1996 pickup from a 
Circle K, 119 W. University Drive. Police spotted the vehicle and 
chased after it, but the man soon stopped the truck and led police 
on a foot chase. Police arrested the man and charged him with 
vehicle theft, felony fleeing and possession of stolen property.
Compiled by State Press reporter Garin Groff

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- 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.
-  Arizona Filmaking Society Ñ Help with the Eye in Hand Film 
and Video Festival. Neeb Hall and MU Cinema;
-  Kundalini Yoga Club Ñ Welcome back from spring break! 
Yoga classes run Monday through Thursday in the MU. Check 
monitors for locations.  MU Graham Room; 7 p.m.
-  M.E.Ch.A. Ñ Cultural Affairs Committee discussing Semana 
Cultural. MU Room 210; 5:15 p.m.
-  Society for Human Resources ManagementÑ General meeting, 
guest speaker. MU Room 209; 4:30 p.m.
-  Travel and Tourism Student Association Ñ Guest speaker Kay 
Dorman, a professional meeting planner. MU Santa Cruz Room 
213; 1:30 p.m.
-  Vital Impact Ñ We are a campus Christian organization inviting 
anyone who wants to know more about Christ to attend. Topic this 
week is on relationships. Mill Avenue and 13th Street; 7:30 p.m.