Suggestive flier lands club in hot water

By Jeff Owens
State Press
	The Associated Students of ASU Senate has sent the ASU 
Lacrosse Club a stern reprimand after the University Affairs 
Committee received several complaints about a sexually suggestive 
Lacrosse Club party invitation.
	The Senate delayed sending the response, drafted March 4, 
until last Monday because of the spring break recess.
	"We got all the signatures we needed on Monday," said 
Chris McAvoy, Honors College senator. 
	The response was signed by five ASASU representatives.  
	The flier depicts a pair of lacrosse sticks, a beer keg and a 
map to a home near 12th Street and Hardy Drive in Tempe. It also 
asks whether people plan to stay home and masturbate or attend an 
ASU Lacrosse party and fornicate.
	"We distributed about 600 of them," said Craig Hochreiter, 
senior business major and Lacrosse Club president. "We didn't 
realize it would cause that much commotion."
	Hochreiter said the club received a letter from the ASU 
Department of Public Safety telling the club to choose its words 
more carefully.
	"The ASU DPS responded pretty quickly on that," he said. 
	Hochreiter said he has yet to see the ASASU response.
	Club member Josh Longbottom, author of the flier, said he 
wanted to make sure the invitation was noticed.
	"It was meant to attract attention," he said. "You know Ñ 
shock value."
	McAvoy said several ASASU members knew of the flier 
before they actually saw it.
	"All of us had heard of the flier," he said. "We weren't in 
the dark by the time we saw it. A lot of people knew about it and 
wanted something done about it."
	The short ASASU response read, "Not only does this type 
of advertisement go against the spirit of a comfortable academic 
atmosphere, but it also violates the code of conduct for student 
organizations."
	The letter contained the following excerpt from the Student 
Organization Policies and Procedures Manual: "All advertising 
must ... make reasonable effort to avoid demeaning, sexual or 
discriminatory portrayal of individuals or groups."
	Longbottom, a senior business major, said the party was 
held on a Saturday night "about a month and a half ago." 

Asian Culture Week to offer glimpse at Far East's diversity

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	A number of Far Eastern events will make their way 
westward as Asian Culture Week kicks off with a martial arts 
exhibition on Hayden Lawn from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
	The third annual celebration is expected to teach people 
more about Asian cultures while they have some fun in the 
process, said David Tung, co-chair of the Asian Coalition.
	"Many times, the general campus community does not 
understand the diversity within the Asian culture," he said. "We 
want to bring that diversity out so the campus community can 
become aware."
	Tung, a graduate student studying business, added that the 
recent concern over racism on and around campus has provided a 
new twist to the event.
	"We really believe that in order to achieve racial 
understanding, we need to provide and promote events such as 
this," he said. 
	Fourteen scheduled events will take place between today 
and Saturday, including:
	- An affirmative action forum in the Memorial Union 
Programming Lounge at 5 p.m. today, featuring the president of 
the Arizona chapter of the Asian American Bar Association;
	- A traditional Malaysian wedding, including music and 
dancing, on Hayden Lawn from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday;
	- A Japanese drum group performing from noon to 1 p.m. 
Wednesday on Hayden Lawn;
	- A conference examining Asian Americans' future 
progressions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Room 60 in the 
Architecture and Environmental Design building.
	ASU Center for Asian Studies Director Tim Wong said the 
weeklong celebration is important because it highlights the 
interaction of all Asian countries.
	"One thing I hope this week shows people is that minorities 
are very different," he said. "It's very educational for a university 
or any other place to realize that there are very different people 
here. It's a joy to learn about other countries."
	For more information about events surrounding Asian 
Culture Week, call the Asian Coalition at 965-9754.

ASU blood drives try to meet Arizona's high demand

By Andrea M. Healey
State Press
	Someone on campus wants your blood.
	Luckily, though, it's not Count Dracula crossing the oceans 
of time to get it. United Blood Services is gearing up for its spring 
blood drive in order to try to meet the demand for blood in the 
state.
	Scott Hutson, United Blood Services community relations 
representative, said Arizona is a state that uses a high amount of 
blood. 
	"Arizona uses an average of about 475 units of blood every 
day," Hutson said. 
	One unit of blood is just under one pint. 
	"We've been the only blood providers in Arizona for about 
53 years," he said. 
	Hutson added that United Blood Services provides about 
175,000 units per year to the community.
	Two blood vans will be parked just north of the Memorial 
Union and on Tyler Mall during the spring semester. Each van has 
four beds and two interview stations. Vans also have a staff of four 
phlebotomists who draw blood from donors. 
	Each donation takes between 30 to 45 minutes. At the 
interview stations, volunteers are asked questions about sexual and 
medical history. 
	Before donating, the volunteer's blood pressure, 
temperature and iron levels are checked and a pulse is taken. The 
actual drawing of blood takes about five to eight minutes, then the 
donor is asked to stay an additional 10 to 15 minutes and is served 
free cookies and juice. 
	Donors are asked to come back and donate again in two 
months because United Blood Services is trying to build the 
number of repeat donors.
	Susan Donahue, a Tempe St. Luke's Hospital medical lab 
technician, said United Blood Services is always in need of blood.
	"(Blood) is only good for so many days, and then they have 
to throw (it) away," she said. "It's only good for about two or three 
weeks, and then it expires."
	Donahue added that rare blood types are frozen and saved, 
but there is not enough room to freeze all of the donated blood. In 
addition, actually freezing blood can be difficult, so fresh blood is 
preferred.
	In the blood drives on campus, Hutson said volunteers 
must: 
	- Be at least 18 years old;
	- Have proper identification (i.e., driver's license, social 
security card or a student ID);
	- Weigh more than 110 lbs.;
	- Feel healthy;
	- Not have been on antibiotics for 7 days prior to donating;
	- Not have had a tattoo or body piercing for one year (ear 
piercings are OK).
	Hutson said ASU is a great blood donation provider, with 
about 2,400 to 2,600 units per year.
	"ASU students have been great Ñ turnout has been 
wonderful," he said. "When we come out, we usually get about 70 
to 80 units every time."
	Student organizations that have volunteered to recruit 
potential donors include the Biomedical Engineering Society, the 
Counseling/Health Advisory Committee (C-HAC) and the Greek 
system. Hutson added that there is an increase in donor amounts 
when United Blood Services has Greek support.
	"We have so many bodies out here, and the number one 
reason people give blood is because they're asked," he said.
	Organizations interested in helping United Blood Services 
may contact Scott Hutson at 675-5427.

Faculty, alumni honored tonight

By Jeff Owens
State Press
	Forget the Oscars Ñ the ASU Alumni Association is 
handing out the big awards tonight at the association's Founder's 
Day celebration.
	Three professors from Tempe will receive the association's 
1996 Faculty Achievement Awards with a $3,000 grant and a 
plaque at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Ventana Room.
	ASU law professor Jonathan Rose will receive the 
Excellence in Teaching Award. Rose, a nationally recognized 
expert in anti-trust law and government regulation, has been 
praised by students for his expertise and availability.
	"I've gotten lots of teaching awards," Rose said, "but I don't 
think any of them are as significant or hard to get as this one. I'm 
very pleased and honored."
	Rose, reflecting on his 28-year career at the ASU law 
college, said he has probably taught more students at ASU than 
anyone else.
	"I've had probably 3,500 to 4,000 students," he said, 
laughing. "Very few students have graduated from the law school 
that didn't have a class with me."
	The Excellence in Research Award will go to Jean Brink, 
professor of Renaissance Studies and founder of the Arizona 
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Brink is the author 
of nine books and more than 25 articles.
	Mathematics professor Joaquin Bustoz will receive the 
Excellence in Service Award. Bustoz, who founded the ASU 
Math-Science Honors program and coordinates academic programs 
in Phoenix and Native American communities, has helped ASU 
recruit minority students.
	Jon Titus, who is one of five people receiving an alumni 
achievement award, is the founder of a law firm called Titus, 
Brueckner and Berry.
	"I was pleased, but surprised about the award," said Titus, 
who graduated from the law school in 1980. "I'm very honored to 
receive it." 
 	Young Alumni Achievement Awards will be given to 
Christina Mastrangelo and Carolyn James, both of whom are under 
35 years of age.
	James is a soprano with the New York Metropolitan Opera, 
and Mastrangelo is an assistant professor of engineering at the 
University of Virginia. Book scholarships in their names will be 
given to students enrolled in their fields of study.
	"I'm really delighted and honored," Mastrangelo said. "I'm 
surprised. I didn't expect anything like this to happen so soon."

Students invited to join in comet observation

From Staff Reports
	Students interested in catching a glimpse of Comet 
Hyakutake can join Department of Physics and Astronomy 
professors from 9 to 10:30 p.m. today and Tuesday on the roof of 
the Physical Sciences Building F-wing.
	One or two telescopes and binoculars will be available for 
students to observe the comet, which can be seen in the northeast 
near the handle of the Big Dipper, according to professor Anne 
Cowley. Students can also receive information about Comet 
Hyakutake along with general comet information.
	The viewing is free of charge.

Service hopes to computerize GRE;Many students still prefer 'old fashioned' test taking though

By Melody McDonald
State Press
	Student complaints over a canceled October date for a 
popular pencil-and-paper Graduate Record Exam have prompted 
the company that administers the tests to reinstate the date.
	The Educational Testing Service (ETS) eliminated the test 
in December in an effort to gradually computerize the test, leaving 
students with only two dates to take the "old fashioned" written 
exam.
	"We were shocked when ETS canceled the October date," 
said John Katzman, founder and president of the Princeton Review, 
a leading test preparation company that helps students prepare for 
the GRE exam.
	The October exam has historically been the most popular 
exam for graduate applicants because it is closest to many graduate 
school deadlines, which often begin as early as November, said 
Amy Sharman, Princeton Review marketing assistant. The exam is 
often the last chance for students to improve their GRE scores prior 
to admission, she added.
	Sharman said ETS is hoping to completely replace pencil-
and-paper exams with Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) by 1999.
	There are at least 25 different dates available for those who 
want to take the CAT exam. However, the pencil-and-paper exams 
are only offered on April 13, Oct. 12 and Dec. 14.
	"I think it's a good thing (to bring back the written test)," 
Sharman said. "A lot of people prefer to take the pencil-and-paper 
(exam)."
	 Sharman said there are benefits to both the pencil-and-
paper and the CAT test. 
	"It really depends on the person and which one is better for 
you." 
	Katzman said the reinstatement of the October pencil-and-
paper exam was a "real win for students." 
	"ETS is clearly not yet capable of handling large volumes 
of CATs," Katzman said. 
	Students wishing to prepare for the GRE can take trial tests 
in both the written and computerized format at the Princeton 
Review. Call  967-1480 for an appointment.  

Editorial: Shame of America

	Politicians are known for saying or doing anything to 
achieve their goals. But on Friday, several House Republicans 
went too far.
	Several days ago, that legislative body voted 239-173 to 
repeal the federal ban on 19 types of "assault"-style firearms and 
high-capacity ammunition magazines.
	We'll admit that we question the wisdom behind this vote. 
Despite all arguments to the contrary, an assault-style weapon has 
but one purpose Ñ killing lots of people in a short period of time.
	Self-defense? Couldn't a homeowner better defend 
themselves with a .38-caliber revolver than an AK-47?
	And anyone that has ever been hunting knows that a deer 
rifle with a scope is a much better hunting weapon than an Uzi.
	About the only legitimate purpose these weapons have is 
target shooting. And that's a luxury that's not worth any lives.
	But, regardless of your opinion on the ban, it is clear that 
several GOP lawmakers went much too far in their political 
rhetoric.
	For example, Arizona's J.D. Hayworth backed up his 
argument against gun control by noting that the young victims of 
Dunblane, Scotland, were slain despite the United Kingdom's strict 
gun control.
	Hayworth should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. Such a 
comment was not only inaccurate, it was sick.
	First of all, the slayings were not committed with an 
assault-style weapon, but with a pair of handguns. Invoking that 
example in this case was not relevant.
	But more importantly, some things are so tragic that they 
deserve to be treated with the utmost solemnity Ñ not thrown 
around cheaply to forward the political opinions of a bush-league 
hack legislator.
	What happened in Dunblane was a tragedy. The lives of 16 
kindergartners were snuffed out on that horrible day.
	These children deserve to be mourned Ñ not to be used so 
cheaply. Hayworth not only owes an apology to the families for 
what he did, but to the British government.
	Another inane remark came from Rep. Gerald Solomon, R-
N.Y., during a debate with Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island.
	Kennedy knows the tragedy of losing family to violence. 
Two of his uncles Ñ President Kennedy and Sen. Robert Kennedy 
Ñ were slain by gunmen.
	Kennedy noted, furiously yet correctly, that someone who 
has never lost a family member to a bullet can never know the 
depth of the tragedy.
	And what was Solomon's response?
	"My wife lives alone five days a week in a rural area in 
upstate New York. She has a right to defend herself when I'm not 
there, son."
	Defend herself with what? An AK-47? An Uzi? An AR-15?
	Solomon missed the point entirely. The weapons being 
used simply cannot be used effectively in self-defense. Solomon 
self-righteously waved his "husbandly" concern for his wife's 
safety in order to win support for the legalization of weapons she'll 
never use.
	The House Republicans won a victory Friday. But they 
should be ashamed of how they won it.

Column: '96 candidates not unlike cartoon characters

	
David Strow
Editor
	OK, the '96 matchup is set. With his recent victories in the 
Midwest, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has clinched the 
Republican presidential nomination.
	Dole vs. Clinton. Hoo boy.
	Imagine if the presidential election were a boxing match. 
What would we call this one? The Codger vs. The Dodger?
	Ah, Gen. Powell Ñ where are you when we need you?
	To be sure, there will probably be an independent 
candidate. But that candidate will probably be Pat Buchanan. 
Enough said.
	Let's take a look at each candidate, and see if it makes you 
as depressed as it does me:
	- Bill Clinton: Flip-flops more often than a Mexican 
jumping bean. Appointed an old buddy with no law experience to a 
seat on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Reminds people of 
generals that love to go to war, as long as they aren't getting shot 
at. Probably inhaled repeatedly.
	- Bob Dole: Looks as if he should be on life support. Wears 
a T-shirt under his suits saying, "Property of Newt Gingrich." Said 
that he doesn't "like to put pressure on people," even though the 
main job of the Senate majority leader is to keep his party's 
senators in line. Campaign slogan seems to be, "Let me be 
president once before I retire."
	- Pat Buchanan: Likes immigration, as long as we're just 
letting in white people. Wants to buy the Berlin Wall from the 
Germans to put up on the Mexican border. Has a natural swing 
with a brickbat. Would have a fit if someone told him, "Les quiero 
los Estados Unidos."
	Maybe I should move to Canada when I graduate in May.
	But there is an alternative. Perhaps we should elect Beavis 
and Butt-head in '96.
	I'll admit I'm a big fan of this MTV late-night cartoon. It's 
about the only reason I can endure a few minutes of Singled Out.
	But what really concerns me is the fact that these two 
probably couldn't do much worse than any other candidate.
	As far as experience goes, the Dynamic Duo of the '90s 
have the same experience as Buchanan Ñ social commentary. 
There is one major difference, though. Beavis and Butt-head 
occasionally make sense, and are always entertaining.
	Much like Dole, Beavis and Butt-head wouldn't really have 
any goals if they were elected Ñ other than the fact that being 
president would be cool.
	Unlike Clinton, these two would never get into a scandal 
like Whitewater, because they are too stupid to figure out finances.
	Sure, Beavis and Butt-head constantly harass women. 
Maybe they have Kennedy blood in them.
	Of course, we'd have to relegate Beavis to the vice 
president slot. Beavis likes fire too much to be the commander-in-
chief.
	Just imagine the possibilities:
	- President Butt-head on the China-Taiwan crisis.
	"Uhh ... so, like, if you invade that country, we'll kick your 
ass or something."
	"Yeah! Yeah! Heh heh heh m heh."
	"Kick him in the nads, Vice President Beavis."
	Simple, yet effective.
	- President Butt-head and the budget.
	"Your name is Newt. Uh huh huh huh huh!"
	"Heh heh m heh!"
	"You're stupid! So, like, get out of my office and stuff."
	"Yeah! Yeah! And get us nachos!"
	Gingrich crumbles under the assault and concedes victory. 
The '98 federal budget includes a $10 billion federal works 
program that would put unemployed Americans to work producing 
nachos.
	- President Butt-head at the 1997 State of the Union.
	"Like, my fellow Americans, America rules."
	Beavis would then stand up behind Butt-head and scream, 
"Yeah! America is No. 1!"
	American morale skyrockets. The Dow closes at an all-time 
high, the economy booms and unemployment disappears.
	Sure, they're only cartoon characters, and pretty stupid ones 
at that.
	But after looking at this field, I'm not so sure that they'd be 
worse than any of our current choices.

David Strow is a senior studying journalism.

Column: Answers to Hollywood racism predictable ... but not simple

Donna Britt
Guest Columnist

	Predictably, Hollywood is atwitter over the new People 
magazine cover story that asserts that racism remains rampant in 
Tinseltown. Folks are upset at People's contention that "the 
continued exclusion of African Americans" from the film industry 
is "a national disgrace."
	Predictably, many movie-types have responded to the 
largely convincing piece with denials as thick as the L.A. smog.
	Just as predictably, some actions attributed to racism could 
have resulted from other causes.
	Still, many of People's readers will divide up like this: 
Many Blacks will say, "of course racism affects Oscar voting, 
employment opportunities and which movies get made;" many 
Whites will cite the exceptions and say, "See, Blacks blame 
everything on racism."
	How ... predictable.
	Let's start with the denials. Bruce Davis, executive director 
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, responded 
that the idea that racism affects balloting for the group's Oscar 
nominations is "damn near absurd" because the academy is 
overwhelmingly made up of liberal artists and executives who 
"have genuine concerns about (equality)."
	Let's say we ignore Davis' naive assumption that racism 
exists only among conservatives and obvious bigots, and forget (A) 
that only one of 1995's 166 Oscar nominees is Black and (B) that 
while African Americans make up 12 percent of the population and 
a quarter of all moviegoers, they're just 3.9 percent of academy 
members. We're still left with Davis' challenge:
	"Show me," he said, "the wonderful performances that have 
been overlooked."
	Please. Does he mean that Morgan Freeman (Seven), 
Laurence Fishburne (Othello) and Angela Bassett (Waiting to 
Exhale) were unworthy of the nominations that many critics 
thought they deserved? And what about Don Cheadle's film-
stealing performance as the blither brute in Devil in a Blue Dress? 
Cheadle, named best supporting actor by the National Society of 
Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, 
received no Oscar nod.
	Perhaps racism was to blame. And while it may also have 
contributed to Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds' best-selling Waiting to 
Exhale soundtrack being excluded from the best score nomination, 
one must consider this: Fox studio dolts failed to mail viewing 
tapes of the well-received Exhale soundtrack to academy members 
Ñ but chose to send out 5,043 copies of the awful A Walk in the 
Clouds. Voters who bought the soundtrack may have recoiled form 
the score's oral-sex anthem, This is How it Works.
	And how could anyone suggest, as did People and Jet 
magazine, that Whitney Houston's wooden Exhale performance 
was dissed in the nominations for best actress?
	Because what's "best" is a matter of opinion, that's how. 
There's never been much rhyme or reason to Oscar choices. Did 
anti-comic bias block Steve Martin from best actor nomination for 
his award-winning performances in All of Me and Roxanne Ñ 
despite multiple nominations for Robin Williams and Woody 
Allen? And did sexism keep Barbra Streisand (Prince of Tides) and 
Penny Marshall (Awakenings and Big) from best director nods? 
Possibly.
	People was most convincing in its descriptions of the little-
known machinations that exclude many African Americans from 
Hollywood trade unions that help secure jobs, as well as 
membership in the academy.
	Black sound mixer Russell Williams, Oscar winner for 
Glory and Dances With Wolves, once told me he enjoyed his 
relative obscurity because it reduced racist responses. "The more 
successful you are, the more they hate you" in Hollywood, he told 
People. "If there's some way to keep you out of the good jobs ... 
they'll find it."
	Yet those who'd complain about the dearth of quality Black 
films must ask why so few Blacks supported acclaimed-yet-box-
office-impaired films such as Devil in a Blue Dress, Othello and 
Once Upon a Time .... When We Were Colored.
	"When I shop around my scripts about middle-class Blacks, 
(Whites') response is always, 'This is not what we're looking for,'" 
says African-American actor-screenwriter Fitz Houston, 42. 
"Blacks, too, have been programmed to pay to see the same stuff, 
over and over."
	Racism is complex. To suggest that Hollywood is immune 
to the national malady is as naive as denying that unconscious 
racism doesn't exist in, say journalism Ñ including at People, 
which has declared over and over, that the world's sexist man is 
White.
	But Black folks who suggest Hollywood isn't improving 
"have very short memories," says David Mills, an African 
American who left The Washington Post  to write for TV's NYPD 
Blue.
	Until recently, "Blacks weren't even considered qualified to 
direct adaptations of Black literature Ñ you had to get Norman 
Jewison to direct A Soldier's Story ... and Steven Spielberg to 
direct The Color Purple." Mills recalled. "Now it would be 
unthinkable for a White person to be the first choice."
	All things considered, says Mills, "I'm hugely optimistic."
	Considering the racial climate, that sentiment is hardly 
predictable.

Donna Britt is a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post 
Writer's Group.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: All Greeks should not be judged by actions of few

	This is in response to the angering article written by 
Michelle Carson in the March 22 edition of the State Press. The 
obvious "anti-Greek" sentiment was disheartening and frankly 
nauseating.
	Carson used many fallacies and erroneous statements in her 
article. To even have the asinine idea that the only greeting that 
Greeks use is in reference to happy hour only solidifies the notion 
that Carson is someone that needs to broaden both her horizons and 
her mind. It is plain to see that she is yet another passenger on the 
"bash-the-Greeks train." As a member of the Greek system, I feel 
this train needs to be derailed.
	I will grant Carson the fact that there have been negative 
incidents on this campus that have involved members of the Greek 
system. What she fails to mention are those numerous students that 
are not affiliated with the Greek system that have had similar 
problems. As a writer for the State Press, I would encourage her to 
read the police report and check out the incidents listed there and 
she would get a clear picture that there are other students listed 
there besides Greeks. It would not surprise me if Carson would be 
narrow-minded enough to think that all the unnamed individuals 
are Greek as well. The independent community should clean up 
their own back yard before they jump the fences on Alpha and 
Adelphi Drives.
	As an African-American student in the ASU Greek system, 
I can say that coverage by all forms of media are causing a smaller, 
yet similar situation to racial and gender discrimination. Why 
should members feel uncomfortable to wear these labeling T-shirts 
for fear of discrimination? That is exactly the sentiment. We 
should not have to feel guilty because we made the conscious 
choice of brotherhood or sisterhood. I do not feel that the 
statements  made are fair, nor are they warranted. Especially from 
a "wet-behind-the-ears" freshman.
	There is no written statement that I am aware of that states 
that just because you are a member of a Greek-letter organization, 
you are automatically the subject to a higher level of scrutiny than 
other students. Carson's statements are almost as disheartening as 
the statements made by faculty in the classrooms. They are 
constantly using Greeks as examples for drinking and date rape. 
Surprising as it may be, the few individuals that do engage in this 
behavior do not represent the entire Greek community and it would 
be greatly appreciated if that stereotype was not continually 
reinforced in the classroom environment. The mind is supposed to 
be expanded in the classroom, not closed.
	I will not conclude this with the usual list of Greek 
achievements. I do not feel that the positive members of the system 
need to list the things they do time and time again. That would 
only lend credibility to the ridiculous statements that were made by 
Carson. The fact of the matter is that there is entirely too much 
labeling of the Greek system as a whole. This community is made 
up of individuals and that should not be forgotten. Maybe some 
people are not the textbook definition of the Greek student, but 
then again how many students are actually the model student, aside 
from the St. Michelle Carson, who has obviously upheld every 
principle of diligence, kindness and scholarship set forth since the 
beginning of time and academia. Perhaps just a few more semester 
hours and Carson may become a little more accepting. Perhaps, if 
you grew up along with the younger members of the Greek system, 
you both could take responsibility for your words and actions 
together.
	As far as The Greek Review is concerned, it is a separate 
entity that is no way affiliated with the ASU Greek system. The 
astute Carson would have discovered this disclaimer on Page 1 had 
she been the observant journalist she professes to be. The fact that 
they choose to market directly to Greeks is entirely up to them. 
Lest we forget that the State Press also publishes a bar guide in 
every Thursday edition. I suppose that it is geared for only the 
independent community, right?

Sean Rankine
Senior
Sociology

ASU beat in every possible way 15-7

By Ron Matejko
State Press
     Sunday's matchup between ASU and rival UofA ended up being 
a game of mosts.
     In the final game of the three-game series, the Sun Devils gave 
up season-highs in hits (19), doubles (8) and stolen bases (7), and 
committed a season-high five errors on their way to a 15-7 loss to 
the Wildcats. 	
	"They took advantage of us," said Coach Pat Murphy, 
whose No. 16 Sun Devils went down in front of season-high 5,615 
fans at Packard Stadium. "This is probably the second time this 
season we played horrible defense."
     The 15 runs were the most given up by ASU since Murphy 
came to Tempe (85 games), and the most since a 14-6 loss to 
Florida State on Feb. 11, 1995.
     ASU starting pitcher Ron Marietta (4-1) lasted only 1 1/3 
innings, giving up five runs Ñ  two earned Ñ  forcing Murphy to 
make the first of four pitching changes on the day.
    "I felt really good out there, I just wasn't throwing strikes," 
Marietta, a freshman left-hander, said.  "All the runs I gave up 
were on walks. I didn't give up any runs to anybody who got a hit. 
You're not going to win too many times if you keep doing that."
	Marietta walked three of the 10 batters he faced.
	Sun Devil catcher Cody McKay, who is playing his third 
position in three years, committed three errors in the first innng 
which contributed to Marietta's pitching woes.
	Murphy said McKay's play, along with many others 
prompted him to make player changes throughout the game.
	"I'm not going to stick with guys just because they have 
experience," Murphy said. "I'm going to stick with guys who are 
hungry and committed."
	By the ninth inning only three ASU starters were still in the 
game.
	Tyler Haddix (4-2) got the win,  pitching two innings of 
relief for the Wildcats.
	The win prevented the Wildcats from being swept by ASU 
for the first time in three years.  
	"Our pitchers were around the plate and that was the 
difference," UofA Coach Jerry Kindall said. "Our defense was on 
their toes and they were able to make the plays because the ball 
was near the plate."
     ASU's next games are at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at 
Packard Stadium against Portland State.
Mills Update
   Freshman left-hander Ryan Mills made his first appearance since 
Feb. 4. He pitched two innings of relief, allowing three runs on six  
hits.
USC-ASU Brawl Update
	Sophomore outfielder Mikel Moreno, junior pitcher Kaipo 
Spenser and sophomore pitcher Ryan Bradley all missed the game 
serving a 3-game suspension stemming from a fight against USC 
on March 17.

Swimmers depart as All-Americans

By Ed Odeven
State Press
	Freshman swimmer Tiffany Houser showed promise for the 
future as two senior Sun Devils departed.
	Senior All-Americas Joanne Currah and Chris Jeffrey gave 
one final hurrah as ASU finished 23rd last weekend at the 1996 
NCAA Women's Swimming Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. 
Pac-10 powerhouse Stanford was crowned the national champion.
	"The girls did extremely well," said ASU women's 
swimming coach Tim Hill.
	Houser placed eighth in the 100-meter butterfly Friday. 
	"Tiffany did a really good job despite not having a perfect 
swim Friday," Hill said. 
	Currah's four-year commitment to ASU swimming has 
reaped huge dividends. She is a four-time All-America selection.
	Currah earned All-America honors in the 1,650 freestyle, 
by placing 11th with a time of 16 minutes and 27.39 seconds. 
Currah also received All-America honors in the 500 freestyle 
Thursday with a 13th-place finish in 4:50. Jeffrey, a three-time All-
America member,  placed 12th in the 400 individual medley in 
4:19.41.
	Despite ASU's respectable finish, things could have been 
different.
	"If we had relays there it's a whole different meet," Hill 
said, noting that relays account for a large percentage of a team's 
score.
	Houser's performance helps ASU's momentum heading into 
next season.
	"It gives them (the returning swimmers) a lot of confidence 
for next year," Hill said.  

Sun Devil softball team shows no mercy

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	Poor Southern Utah. And New Mexico and Central 
Michigan and Virginia. But especially Southern Utah. 
	All four teams had to play the Sun Devil softball team over 
the weekend in the Diamond Devil Classic and ASU outscored 
each, 54-5. 
	The softball squad wrapped up its weekend the way it 
started, facing Southern Utah on Sunday. The Sun Devils won 14-
0, with 12 of the runs coming in the first inning. 
	"We won't be able to do that against everybody," said 
Coach Linda Wells. "I don't know if we can do this every weekend, 
but when we play this well I think we can beat everybody."
	Over the weekend, two Sun Devils had home runs. Junior 
Lisa Dacquisto hit an inside-the-park four-bagger and senior Kate 
Stoll cranked a shot well over the center field fence. Dacquisto also 
had six stolen bases on the weekend, and junior Erin Hull had five. 
ASU had six stolen bases against Virginia alone. The Sun Devils 
also got their first career hit from freshman Melissa Miller, who 
was pinch-hit for junior Stacey Slick. 
	Junior left fielder Tina Ruff was glad to pound on the teams 
that visited Sun Devil Club Stadium. 
	"We knew this was our last tournament of the year and it's 
awesome to know that we can come out and whip up and go 5-0 on 
the weekend against these opponents," she said.
	ASU defeated Southern Utah, 16-0, before defeating New 
Mexico, 8-1, on Friday. On Saturday, the Sun Devils dropped 
Central Michigan, 11-2, and followed by toppling Virginia, 7-2. 
The squad wrapped up action with its win over Southern Utah. 
	Southern Utah only managed six hits in both games against 
ASU pitching. Sophomore pitchers Carrie Breedlove and Roxanne 
Tsosie managed eight strikeouts a piece on the weekend. 
	The squad jumped into the NSCA/USA Today  Top-25 Poll 
last week in the No. 22 position and may jump even higher after 
this weekend's performance. 

Seniors shine in final home meet

By Randy Jones
State Press
	In an emotional farewell, the ASU men's club gymnastics 
team competed in its last home meet of the season, in front of 300 
fans at the P.E. West Gymnasium Saturday night in the Sun Devil 
Invitational.
	While the team fell to UCLA, 215.5-210.1, the team had 
some of its best individual performances of the season against the 
Bruins and representatives from the Olympic Training Center.
	The meet was the final competition for seniors Rob Kjar, 
Jeff Dunhill, Michael Durante, Marty Larsen and Jon Portillo.
	Larsen and Kjar were the last two scholarship athletes 
remaining from the final squad which competed as a NCAA 
sanctioned team in 1993.
	Larsen placed second in the all-around competition with a 
score of 53.85, while Kjar took third with a 52.75. UCLA's Jim 
Foody earned first (54.4).
	On the individual events Kjar won the high bars (9.3), 
while Larsen took third (9.2). Larsen also took first on the floor 
exercise (9.6) and tied for first with a 9.1 on the vault. Kjar placed 
third on the floor (9.2). Also, Durante finished third on the still 
rings with a 9.35.
	"I was really excited about winning the high bar," said Kjar. 
"I've really been working hard on that so it was great. (However) I 
was disappointed with my finish on the pommel horse, falling three 
times."
	Kjar was an NCAA All-America on the pommel horse as a 
freshman, and is two-time defending national club champion in the 
event.
	Coach Scott Barclay pointed out that the level of 
competition was among the highest in the country, and that the 
team held its own. Many of the athletes who competed will be 
representing the United States in the upcoming Olympics in 
Atlanta.
	After the meet Andrew Thompson of Mesa won a 1956 
Ford pick-up the team raffled off to raise funds to travel to the 
upcoming USA Collegiate Nationals, April 17-20, in Seattle, 
Wash.

ASU slams Aggies

By Brian A. Anderson
State Press
	The ASU women's tennis team did a little spring cleaning 
at Whiteman Tennis Center.
	An imposing spring schedule that includes national powers 
looms ahead of the Sun Devils in the next two weeks, so the 
chance to clean out New Mexico State could not have come at a 
better time coach Sheila McInerney said. The Sun Devils (8-6) 
swept all seven singles matches Saturday at the overmatched 
Aggies (12-6). 
	"With UofA on Tuesday and teams like Stanford and Texas 
coming up, it was good to get this one. On a day like today the 
winner is not who plays the best but who competes the best," she 
said referring to the wind which was gusting up to 15 miles an 
hour.
	The wind was especially troublesome to No. 1 singles 
player Reka Cserenyes. The sophomore All-American had the 
longest match of the day in her 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 victory over Simone 
Bock. 
	"The wind really affected my play in the first set. I did not 
know which way it (the wind) was coming from so I held back a 
little," Cserenyes.
	Aggies Coach Don Ball said they don't play high-caliber 
teams often and it showed.
 	"We were basically overpowered," Ball said.
	Sophomore Stephanie Lansdrop, playing at the No. 2 
singles spot, won easily over Celia Bristow, 6-2, 6-2. Lansdrop, 
who likes to hit from the baseline, found herself having to 
approach the net and volley due to the strong winds.
	"The wind was ridiculous," she said. "I felt awkward 
because of it."
	Katy Propstra, ASU's No. 3 singles player, defeated 
Michelle Scott, 6-2, 6-3 and that was the closest the Aggies got the 
rest of the way. Alison Nash (No. 4), Anna Moll (No. 5), Julie 
Coppinger (No. 6) and Torey Pratt (No. 7) combined lost only four 
games to their NMSU opponents.

Gymnastics takes 2nd; Freeland nabs honor

From Staff Reports	
	The women's gymnastics team placed second at the Pac-10 
Championships in Corvallis, Ore., this Saturday.
	Oregon State captured the crown, defeating the Sun Devils 
196.775 - 195.525.
	Leading the way for the Sun Devils was Katie Freeland. 
The senior placed fourth in the all-around competition with season-
high 39.2. After the meet Freeland was named Pac-10 gymnast of 
the year. 
	Freshman Lisa Vincijanovic brought home the Pac-10 
championship for the balance beam, scoring a career-high tying 
9.925.
	Other top ASU finishers included sophomore Meagan 
Wright taking seventh in the all-around and junior Bridget 
Sandman, who was ninth on the bars with a career-high 9.85.
	Look for a complete round-up of the Pac-10 
Championships in Tuesday's State Press.
Wrestlers place 10th in NCAAs
	The ASU wrestling team finished 10th at the NCAA 
Championships Saturday in Minneapolis.
	Senior Markus Mollica, who was the defending champion 
at 167 pounds, finished his career by finishing fourth. Senior  Steve 
St. John came up one match short in his bid for a national 
championship.
	In tomorrow's State Press look for a wrestling season wrap-
up.
 Hammer-thrower breaks record again
	Sophomore hammer-thrower Mika Laiho broke his own 
school record and qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 
toss of 226-6 at the ASU Invitational at Sun Angel Stadium on 
Saturday.
	Senior All-America Avia Morgan won the 200m in a 
season-best time of 25.03, while fellow All-America Lorieann 
Adams won the 1,500m in 4:28.35.
	Other top finishers included second-place finishes from 
sophomore Janne Antonsen (javelin), freshman Karen Vigilant 
(400m hurdles).
Men's Golf travels to Los Angeles
	The No. 2 ASU men's golf team will compete today and 
tomorrow at the Southwestern Invitational in Los Angeles.

ASU police reported the following incidents over the weekend:
- Police questioned a male student at the Language & Literature 
Building because he was "loitering" with a bike missing a rear tire. 
The student had a key to fit the bike's lock, so the police left. 
- Police awakened two men not affiliated with ASU after they had 
passed out at 706 Alpha Drive. The men were told they were 
violating trespassing and underage alcohol possession laws. They 
then left the area.
- Police responded to a burglar alarm at 2400 S. College Ave. that 
was apparently set off by carpet installers. The officer cut the alarm 
and left.
- A female student reported that someone broke into her car 
Thursday night while it was parked in Structure 5. Thieves stole 
$200 of stereo equipment and caused $300 in damage. 
- A female student reported that someone broke into her car 
Thursday night while it was parked in Structure 5 and stole $400 of 
stereo equipment and caused $300 in damage.
- A male student reported that someone broke into his Chevrolet 
pickup truck between Sunday night and Friday afternoon while it 
was parked in Structure 5. He estimates the loss of stereo 
equipment at $200 and the damage at $300. 
- A female student reported that someone broke into her 
Volkswagen Rabbit Thursday night while it was parked in 
Structure 5. 
- Police impounded a fake New Jersey boat operator's license from 
735 E. Adelphi Drive. 
Compiled by David Proffitt of the State Press

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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.
- American Indian Institute Ñ Lecture: "Getting the Most from 
What You Read," tips for textbook reading. AII Conference Room; 
11:45 to 12:30 p.m.
- ASASU University Affairs Committee Ñ Meeting to discuss 
tuition rate increases, abuse of ASU's personnel travel expenses, 
campus pub, racial tension on campus and sexual assault on 
campus. MUAB Conference Room 1A-1B; 5:30 p.m. 
- Association for Women's Active Return to Education Ñ Meeting 
to finalize Camp Tontozona spring retreat plans. Women's Center, 
MU basement; 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Coalition of Justice & Peace Ñ Weekly meeting. Open 
discussion. "The Peace Process," by A. Facistini and the Bahai 
Panel. MU Mohave Room; noon.
- El Zocalo: Chicana/o Life Campus Community Ñ Spring '96 
Lecture Series: "Bilingual Education and the English-Only 
Movement," by Alfredo H. Benavides. MU Gold Room; 11:30 
a.m.
- English Department & Hayden Library Ñ Lecture: "Wordsworth 
and the Ecology of the Picturesque," by Jonathan Bate, King 
Alfred the Great Professor of English, University of Liverpool. 
Hayden Library C6; 6 p.m.
- Travel & Tourism Student Association Ñ Guest speaker: 
Shannon Packard, internship opportunity for recreation majors. 
MU Havasupai Room 208D; 4:30 p.m.