ASU targets next tier of high school grads;Top 6 to 10 percent of class seen as bolstering of 'talent pool'

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	Seeking ways to decrease the number of transfer students 
while bolstering the "talent pool," ASU has launched a program to 
recruit the top 6 to 10 percent of graduating high school seniors 
from Arizona and across the country. 
	The plan is designed to shape the freshman class and 
reduce transfer students. Although it will incorporate tuition 
waivers and scholarships, Provost Milton Glick said the problem is 
finding money to support increased freshman recruitment.
	"Each dollar is a dollar that can be used for another effort," 
he said. "We are working on finding funds."
	Glick said ASU has twice as many high school graduates 
from the top 5 percent of their classes than from the top 6 to 10 
percent.
	"We know that the next 5 percent would be good for ASU," 
he said. "These students would be a benefit for the education of all 
students. Students learn from each other."
	ASU President Lattie Coor said the purpose of increasing 
recruitment of the graduates in the top 6 to 10 percent is to increase 
the number of high-achieving students at ASU.
	"We hope to expand the talent pool," he said. "We gained 
enough experience recruiting students in the top 5 percent that we 
felt we should expand to include those in the top 6 to 10 percent."
	Coor said ASU has an opportunity to gain many Valley 
students who should consider attending the University.
	"We have an opportunity to gain some talented students," 
he said. "We need to make sure that ASU is being considered."
	According to Glick, the University will expand a peer 
counseling program Ñ used to recruit high school seniors in the 
top 5 percent Ñ to incorporate students in the top 6 to 10 percent. 
In the peer counseling program, students call prospective freshmen 
to answer questions and encourage attendance at ASU. 
	In addition to increased scholarships, Glick said the 
University would encourage high school guidance counselors to 
promote ASU.
	Glick said the increased recruitment of high school 
graduates, especially those from Arizona, in the top 6 to 10 percent 
of their class will aid the education of all ASU students.
	"I'm impressed with the increased attractiveness of ASU for 
high-achieving students," he said. "We are keeping and attracting 
high achievers to the state. This is significant because students help 
students."

ASU strikes deal with SAD, OKs group's proposals

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	ASU administrators and a recently-formed student group 
dedicated to improving cultural awareness on campus have reached 
a consensus on a number of proposals the group submitted earlier 
this month.
	Students Against Discrimination provided ASU President 
Lattie Coor and Provost Milton Glick with 10 requests intended to 
enhance multicultural awareness, said SAD spokesman Dondrell 
Swanson.
	The thrust of the proposals was a request for and 
subsequent approval of an Intergroup Relations Center which will 
act as a resource library for instructors to obtain approved material 
to adequately address cultural issues in the classroom.
	The IRC is slated to open in 1997 with one full-time 
director and five full-time trainers on staff. It is expected to 
provide instructors with added, more comprehensive multicultural 
training than is currently available.
	"We want (the IRC) to be a facilitator of communication 
between the entities on campus that already deal with cultural 
diversity and the senior administration," said Swanson, a senior 
journalism major. "We're asking the center to be a lot."
	Coor agreed.
	"We want to constitute the group and explore the ways in 
which it can relate to other activities that we have on the campus," 
he said. "It is a very promising instrument to expand the 
understanding of multicultural issues on this campus."
	The results of SAD's meeting were announced last 
Wednesday at the group's rally, including:
	- The creation of a University admissions position 
dedicated to minority student recruitment, especially from the 
Phoenix Union High School District;
	- The establishment of an African-American studies 
program;
	- The preparation of an annual status report regarding 
ASU's under-represented population by Coor. SAD had requested 
that the vice president of student affairs complete the report;
	- The reconstruction of multicultural programs designed for 
new students or transfer students.
	Administrators also announced they will cover the cost of 
an intergroup dialogue program that began operating on a Campus 
Environment Team grant earlier this month.
	Coor said the decision to fund the program was based on 
the merits of the program.
	"It is such a promising way to bring people together from 
different backgrounds ... and truly understand the issues and 
understand one another," he said.
	Glick said the new IRC and other soon-to-be-initiated 
programs will not solve all of the University's problems, but are a 
step in the right direction.
	"There are no quick and easy solutions," he said. "These 
problems have always been with us. It's our responsibility to try to 
make ASU reflect the best of society, and each step is important."

Legislators uncertain if bill will let students pack heat

By Ray Stern
State Press
	As a bill expanding the rights of concealed weapons 
permit-holders races through the Legislature, hard questions 
remain about how it will affect Arizona universities.
	"I'm confused," said Rep. Mike Gardner, R-Tempe.
	The bill that was unanimously approved by the Senate last 
month and is awaiting House passage clarifies various aspects of 
the permit law. It also widens the range in which permit-holders 
can carry guns to include most places of business and possibly 
universities.
	Before the bill cleared a key committee Monday, Gardner 
added an amendment that disallows the legal carrying of concealed 
weapons in buildings where the "governing bodies" of universities 
meet in or regularly occupy.
	The bill also states that the chief executive officer of the 
governing body "shall not authorize the carrying of a deadly 
weapon on school grounds."
	However, Gardner said the bill may still allow the carrying 
of guns by legally-permitted owners on campus, provided there is 
no federal law against it.
	"We have two question marks," Gardner said. "What 
defines 'governing body' and what does federal law say about 
this?"
	Currently, ASU's gun policy is straightforward.
	"It's declared a weapons-free zone," said Chief of ASU 
Police Lanny Standridge. 
	A person carrying a concealed weapon, whether permitted 
or not, would likely face arrest, he said.
	Gardner said, should the bill become law, ASU President 
Lattie Coor could still enforce ASU's weapons-free policy as long 
as he provides a place for gun-carrying students to store their 
weapons. 
	The site would possibly be off-campus where students 
could check in guns before class and pick them up at the end of the 
day, Gardner said.
	Standridge said he cannot imagine such a system.
	"It's impractical and cost-ineffective," he said. "We have 
how many different points of entry on this campus?"
	An off-campus site would not only require the school to 
rent space for the gun lockers, but could make school officials 
liable if something happened to the guns, like a burglary or fire, 
Standridge said.
	Coor and ASU Provost Milton Glick said they believe guns 
on campus would be a bad idea.
	"I think the University ought to be a place of ideas, not a 
place of weapons," Glick said.
	Gardner, who voted for the bill as a member of the States' 
Rights and Mandates committee, said he thinks students should not 
be able to bring guns on campus. He said the bill may face some 
revision to ensure that.
	"(People) have been meeting all day long to figure out what 
this bill actually does," he said. "We are going to re-caucus this 
bill."

Lace counts on experience to land presidential spot

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	One in a series profiling the candidates for president of the 
Associated Students of ASU.
	Associated Students of ASU presidential hopeful Graham 
Lace is counting on his ASASU experience to land the president's 
chair.
	"I've seen the people at ASASU that work for the students, 
and I've seen the people who are just up there to pad their resumes 
or for their egos," Lace said. "I think we need to weed out those 
people. I think I have the experience to do that. I won't have to get 
acclimated to the office Ñ I've already seen it, I can go in there 
and work from day one."
	Lace, a Valley native, came to ASU three years ago after 
graduating from Scottsdale's Chaparral High School. He has filled 
three vice-president terms in the Business College Council and, as 
a junior finance major, serves as president of the council. Lace also 
served nine months as ASASU government relations director. 
	Lace said ASASU needs experience such as his. 
	"Within my position as government relations director, I 
helped plan the University budget march, bring the Republican 
presidential candidates debate, lobbied for students on various 
issues such as tuition and financial aid Ñ all the things a president 
works with on a daily basis," he said. "Signs are nice, catchy 
slogans are nice, but what do they say? If students look at what the 
candidates have really done, I think the choice is clear."
	Lace said he plans to continue working on tuition rates and 
financial aid, and hopes to bring President Clinton to campus.
	"I think if we can bring the candidates (to campus) we 
should be able to get the president," he said. "I think that would be 
another way to get students more involved."

Kloeung: Community service key in education

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	One in a series profiling the candidates for Associated 
Students of ASU president.
	You can't have a sense of community without community 
service Ñ that's the message of Associated Students of ASU 
presidential candidate Hung Sa Rath Kloeung.
	"I want to develop a program of service and leadership," he 
said. "You come to ASU expecting an education. When you leave 
here, they want to know more than your GPA Ñ they want to 
know if you were involved in the community. If people want to 
come together to volunteer, ASASU can provide the funding."
	Kloeung, a Cambodian who came to Arizona 11 years ago, 
is not just promoting volunteerism for others Ñ a large portion of 
his time is spent in community service.
	"I like to do volunteer service," said the president of Alpha 
Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity.
	The 21-year-old junior history major has outlined a number 
of goals he hopes to meet if he were elected. Creating a safer 
campus environment and promoting racial unity top his list.
	"We need to turn (racial) conflict into a conversation," he 
said. "We need more than demonstrations; we need to bring people 
together Ñ we need interaction."
	Kloeung also hopes to create a computer database to match 
students with their interests, build a community watch program and 
develop a "Meet Your Neighbor" night in the residence halls.
	"Once we get to know each other, we become aware and 
watch out for each other," he said. "We can create a safer and more 
inviting environment."
	Kloeung said he felt it was important for students to be 
involved in student government because it directly affects their 
wallets.
	"In a sense we are all share-owners in ASASU because it's 
our tuition money that goes into it," he said.

Levine: Student-faculty communication No.1 concern

By Tim Baxter
State Press
	One in a series profiling the candidates for Associated 
Students of ASU president.
	Steven Levine hopes to one day be U.S. president, but first 
he hopes to be Associated Students of ASU president.
	Before heading to Washington, the 21-year old junior 
broadcasting major said he hopes to increase communication 
between students and faculty, create a safer campus and stabilize 
tuition.
	"My number one point is I want better communication 
between students and faculty," he said, adding that he plans open 
forums with students and faculty to discuss issues of concern.
	Levine said it was not realistic to expect the president's 
office to lower tuition.
	"I don't have the control to lower tuition, but I want to get 
in there and try to stabilize it," he said.
	Increasing the number of phones around campus linked to 
the Department of Public Safety tops Levine's ideas for improving 
safety.
	"If there are phones everywhere, you can run to a phone 
and DPS knows where you are at."
	Levine also hopes to have higher-profile educational 
seminars and speakers on campus than ASU has had in the past. 
	"We deserve the best when speakers tour campuses," he 
said.
	Levine said he thought he could meet his goals simply by 
working with the right people within ASASU and by getting 
students more involved in the governmental process. 

Editorial: Opportunity

	A relatively new ASU student group is quickly gaining 
influence within the University community.
	Students Against Discrimination, formed after the now-
infamous ENG 101 hate-speech handout incident, presented a list 
of proposals to ASU President Lattie Coor following its March 21 
"Unity Rally." Most of the proposals were accepted by Coor.
	Among the new policies made possible by SAD are:
	- The creation of an Intergroup Relations Center, which 
will serve as a resource of materials that can be used in classroom 
settings dealing with cultural issues;
	- Increased minority recruitment, especially from the 
Phoenix Union High School District;
	- Establishment of an African-American Studies program;
	- An annual report on the status of ASU's under-represented 
population from Coor;
	- The introduction of a freshman-level, required course on 
the aspects of multiculturalism.
	Certainly, these are big developments Ñ ones that would 
not have been possible without SAD's high-profile campaign.
	But an important question is bound to be raised, one that 
deserves answering.
	Why do we need these new policies? Most importantly, 
why do we need a class addressing multiculturalism?
	Simply using the word "multiculturalism" is akin to 
profanity in some circles. Undoubtedly, these new developments 
will be seen as yet another concession to the ideal of "Political 
Correctness."
	Yet these new developments should not be seen as a caving 
in to the forces of PC. Rather, they are a way to fill in a hole in our 
overall education.
	All forms of racism and discrimination have their roots in 
one common cause Ñ ignorance.
	If one does not understand a group, one is much more 
likely to believe negative stereotypes about that group.
	A class on multiculturalism is a way to avoid this problem.
	In this class, new college students will learn for themselves 
the accomplishments and aspects of cultures other than their own. 
They will learn viewpoints that they do not see on television, 
movies or within their own culture.
	They will learn the beauty and differences behind each and 
every culture represented at ASU.
	Increased minority recruitment is an important step in that 
direction as well.
	More minority students at ASU affords students the chance 
to make contact with people of different cultures, races, creeds and 
sexual orientations.
	As friendships form, students will learn the importance of 
individuality. They will realize that each person deserves to be 
treated as an individual Ñ not as a member of a group. They will 
learn that no stereotype is ever accurate, for diversity lies not only 
cross-culturally, but within cultures as well.
	This is what these new proposals will accomplish.
	Look at them as a positive development Ñ a facet of 
education that will last for a lifetime.

Column: Day in the life of a 'live studio audience'

Jonathan Inge
Columnist

	Sitcoms make up a hefty percentage of the prime-time 
programming on television and only a small number could be 
considered funny.
	But how many of the jokes in the shows do we actually 
laugh at? Maybe three or four.
	But when we watch these shows we hear an audience 
laughing, cheering, hooting all the way through. Even at the lamest 
joke in the world. It must be a laugh-track. No way it could be a 
real audience.
	But it is. 
	So why do they laugh?
	I had the opportunity to attend a filming of Married With 
Children. I had never been a member of a live audience so I was 
curious of what happened behind the scenes. 
	And it was a trip.
	Everyone had to line up and follow the guides to the sound 
stage where the show was filmed. "If you have any questions, my 
name is Frank!" said one of the escorts. "If you have any problems, 
my name is Mohammed!"
	Mohammed told us to empty our pockets of anything 
metallic so it wouldn't set off the  metal detector.
	I cursed myself for keeping a wad of change in my pocket 
and walked through the machine.
	BEEP!
	I checked my pockets for any coins that I had missed and 
found my pocket knife. The thing wasn't a machete, more of a 
letter opener, but that didn't stop people from looking at me as 
though I was one of America's Most Wanted criminals. 
	A security guard the size of a linebacker probed me with a 
wand. "Put your arms out to the sides."
	I did what he said as long as he didn't ask me to bend over, 
turn my head to the side and cough.
	(For the record, my steel-toed boots tripped the alarm, not 
my pocket knife.)
	Anyway, everyone was escorted to their seats and we 
waited patiently for the taping to begin.
	In front of us were TV monitors and an electric 
"APPLAUD" sign, and behind those, further in front, were the 
cameras and sets they were going to be using.
	Above us hung microphones that recorded our laugh. 
Apparently, they were so sensitive that we could not talk during 
filming, not even the slightest whisper. (Of course, it would be 
interesting to hear on television if some guy asks someone named 
Bubba if he took his hemorrhoid pill that day.)
	To get the audience worked up for raucous laughter, a 
crowd-warmer "entertained" us.
	Many (if not all) sitcoms have a crowd-warmer who is 
supposed to keep you "entertained" and keep the audience chipper 
between takes and shot set-ups.
	(To protect his innocence, I shall call the man "Bob.")
	"You all need to learn how to laugh out loud," Bob said. 
"Let's see what you got."
	If we didn't laugh, I wondered, would they rewrite the 
scene or hold us hostage till we find it funny?
	After several test laughs, we played trivia. 
	If we asked Bob a question about the show that he didn't 
know the answer to, we win a Married With Children bumper 
sticker. But he spent most of the time insulting and assaulting the 
audience.
	Finally, after the regular actors were introduced to the 
audience, the taping began.
	"Watch the monitors!" called Bob. "Watch the monitors!"
	I had prepared myself for any bloopers or gags, but the 
show was on the straight and narrow all the way through. None of 
the actors made a mistake; in fact, the audience made one by not 
laughing hard enough.
	Aside from the forced laughter, the experience was 
basically the same as watching the TV show in one's home.
	We laughed at all the jokes even some that, perhaps, 
weren't laugh-out-loud funny. It was easy for the audience to do 
this. Whenever an actor entered a scene, we cheered and when an 
actor paused that was our cue to laugh.
	Since there are planned commercial breaks in the show, we 
had to cheer at the end of every scene. The "APPLAUD" sign 
flashed every five minutes for an average of one-half minute each 
time.
	The show should have a live audience disclaimer: 
	WARNING: EXCESSIVE CLAPPING AND HOOTING 
WILL FORCE ALL THE BLOOD OUT OF YOUR LIMBS AND 
DAMAGE TO THROAT MUSCLES, RESPECTIVELY.
	Twenty years ago, the concept of filming a show in front of 
a live audience was a revolutionary step in television 
entertainment, but now it is insipid and contrived. The audience is 
nothing more than a living laugh-track. 
	Being a part of a live audience brings about a feeling of 
obligation to laugh at the jokes. After all, you are a guest and the 
tickets are free. 
	This feeling probably harks back to more recognizable 
traditional customs between guest and host. If the host makes a 
remark that is supposed to be funny, it is the obligation of the guest 
to laugh. It would be considered disrespectful if you didn't.
	If it's not the feeling of obligation, the audience members 
want to hear themselves on TV when the episode airs. ("Listen, 
that's me! That's my chuckle right there!")

Jonathan Inge is a freshman studying journalism.

Column: 'Nothing will change' mentality needs to end

Christina Bailey
Opinion
Editor

Letters to the Editor

Letter: No anthropological basis for race differentiation

	In light of the popular obsession with race, and the local 
manifestations of racism at ASU and at some of the local high 
schools, it might interest readers to know that there is no factual 
basis for race in science. Race, or subspecific variation, has been 
studied for decades by genetics, molecular biology endocrinology, 
anthropology, psychology and animal ethology. 
	All this research establishes beyond the shadow of a doubt 
that the 19th century notion of races as discrete, biological types is 
completely without foundation.
	Race can only be defined statistically, as polythetic sets of 
characters that vary with the extent, nature and intensity of 
interbreeding. 
	Consequently, there is only clinal genetic divergence 
among the human breeding population. All observable differences 
reflect this and, over evolutionary time, cascades of strictly local 
adaptations.
	In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, anthropologist 
Lionel Tiger (Rutgers) likened the popular concept of race in 
public discourse to being a flat-earther in NASA. 
	The world looks flat, but it isn't. Race seems real, but it's 
not.
	Racial and ethnic politics are characterized by a colossal 
ignorance of human biology, exacerbated by the simple-minded 
tribal mentality currently sweeping the globe.
	The idea that race is, or should be, important in public 
policy is a dangerous delusion. We need to become absolutely 
indifferent to race and ethnicity Ñ not celebrate what are, from a 
biological standpoint, utterly trivial differences.
	As the world becomes choked with countless millions of 
humans, we can ill afford to indulge these pernicious vanities.
	The orderly conduct of public life in the United States 
depends on eliminating race and ethnicity as categories in the 
discussion of public policy.

G.A. Clark
Professor of anthropology

Letter: Sexism still problem advocated by SPM

	I have a question for the editor of the State Press Magazine, 
Josh Krist. What was the thought process behind the decision to 
run the full-page article on the Playboy model Tess Hennessy? 
What purpose did it serve, besides the opportunity to display a 
slightly blurred picture of a naked lady?
	Many people have graduated from ASU and have gone on 
to bigger and better things. The fact that one of them is willing to 
show us her ass in the pages of Playboy should not be considered 
newsworthy.
	Krist can defend his decision by claiming "freedom of 
speech," which is truly part of your protected liberties. However, 
having the right to do something does not make it the right thing to 
do. Objectifying women in a paper that has the name of an 
institution of higher education in its title is simply wrong. It is as if 
you are telling the women on campus that their education and 
contributions to the world mean nothing, and that they are valued 
only for their looks, especially if they will pose naked. If someone 
wants that type of material, let them buy the magazine.
	To run the "article" on the same day in which a rally was 
being held to address discrimination is to admit that the decision-
makers at the State Press are ignorant to the fact that sexism is a 
major problem. This may explain why it was never mentioned in 
our campus paper that the "jokes" handed out by the English 
teaching assistant included an entire sheet of sexist material. I only 
learned of this by reading the Arizona Republic.
	As a University we all need to rise above this type of 
behavior and thought process. There are better and clearly more 
important stories to be told regarding ASU, without having to 
resort to masturbation fodder for juveniles.
	If any readers agree with my views, please let the editors of 
the State Press, such as Krist, know. If a person, institution or 
editorial staff needs to be told that sexism does not belong on our 
campus, or anywhere else for that matter, then let's tell them. 
Jerry N. Smith
Junior
Art history

Ex-Sun Devil Bennett enjoying real world

By Seth Landau
State Press
	The all-too familiar names instantly ring a bell in the heads 
of a partisan Phoenix Suns' crowd: Charles Barkley, Kevin 
Johnson, John "Hot Rod" Williams and Michael Finley. But for the 
past 12 games, there has been a new edition to Coach Cotton 
Fitzsimmons' starting lineup.
	"Aaattt forward ... Marrriiiooo Bennett!!!," bellowed the 
Suns' public address announcer as all 19,023 purple and orange 
fanatics cheered their hometown hero last week at the America 
West Arena Thursday night.
	While A.C. Green recovers from a thuggish cheap-shot to 
the mouth by the New York Knicks' J.R. Reid and Danny Manning 
being eased back into games after knee surgery, Bennett, a rookie 
out of ASU, is earning valuable experience at his power-forward 
position.
	Bennett, the 27th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, sat 
out three-fourths of the '95-'96 regular season rehabilitating a torn 
ACL in his left knee, which he suffered the summer before his 
sophomore year. The injury hampered the former Sun Devil 
throughout his college career. Bennett missed a year and a half of 
playing time during his four-year stay at ASU. 
	The move to activate Bennett off the injured-reserve list 
this late in the season might have been premature, since he still is 
feverishly working on rehabbing his knee but with an injury-
depleted roster, Fitzsimmons and the Suns had no choice.
	"My knee is doing good. It's doing better than what it was 
in the (NBA) preseason so I can't complain," said Bennett, who 
earned the nickname of Super Mario at ASU. "But I still have some 
work to do on it."
	In his limited appearances this season, Bennett is averaging 
six points and three rebounds in about 15 minutes per game.
	"It's been hard, I missed out on a lot of stuff," said Bennett, 
who added that the adjustment from college ball to the NBA ranks 
is taking its toll. "College is totally different. You the man, so 
you're usually in control of what you're doing. You don't have to 
worry about getting taken out of the game and mistakes."
	While Bennett works on his game, the critiques of his 
performances appear consistent, the potential is there. 
Fitzsimmons, who was hired mid-season to replace Paul Wesphal, 
is somewhat of a Super Mario advocate.
	"So far I gotta say Mario's done a nice job," Fitzsimmons 
said. "Most rookies are not consistent day in and day out. Mario is 
learning that he has to come out and put forth a good effort every 
night in order to be good."
	Suns' floor-leader Kevin Johnson agreed that potential can 
go a long way
	"He needs to continue to become a smarter player and work 
hard very consistently," he said. "It's all upstairs. If he can do that, 
he'll have a great career."
	An aspect of Bennett's game that is noticeably improved is 
the one thing that haunted him at ASU Ñ the dreaded free throw. 
In three college seasons, Bennett averaged 53 percent from the 
line. As a Sun, he is hovering around 80 percent.
	"I stopped listening to everybody trying to teach me how to 
shoot a free throw because I know how to shoot," he said. "I went 
back to the way I used to shoot them when I was a freshman at 
ASU and it worked. My shot has always been good, (the 
technique) is just more or less mental."
	Bennett is bracing himself for a bumpy ride the rest of the 
way, another rookie trying to unlock their potential in the do-or-die 
world of professional basketball.
	"I'm not the best player on the team anymore, not even one 
of the best, I just have to adjust," he said. "As far as mentally, I'm 
there, I can handle that. I just gotta settle down and relax, play my 
game."

Wrestlers grapple with disappointment

By Dan Miller
Special to the State Press
	The final numbers are indicative of a bittersweet ending to 
a postseason that was flooded with promise. 
	But if you asked anyone on the ASU wrestling team to 
describe their feelings now that it's over, chances are they would 
only say bitter.
	Seven Sun Devils made the pilgrimage to Minneapolis last 
weekend for the NCAA Championships. Three came back All-
Americans, one returned with a new identity and another left 
distraught after not wrestling a match. The team finished a 
disappointing 10th.
	"We're not satisfied with a top-10 finish," said Coach Lee 
Roy Smith, whose squad entered the NCAAs ranked sixth in the 
country. "We came hoping we would be in the top five somewhere. 
We've got to assess what we can do to change that."
	Two Sun Devils won't be back to assist in the resurgence 
movement. All-Americans Markus Mollica (167 pounds) and 
Steve St. John (134) took fourth and second, respectively, marking 
the end of their ASU careers.
	For Mollica, a two-time national champion and the No. 1 
seed, garnering his fourth All-America honor was reduced to a 
mere afterthought. His mind-bending 6-4 loss to Iowa's fifth-
seeded Daryl Weber in the semifinals was not. 
	"It's tough when you have your goal set on one thing and 
you lose," Mollica said. 
 	Mollica, the defending champ who also took first as a 158-
pound freshman, was trying to become the first wrestler in ASU 
history to win three NCAA crowns. In the wake of the adversity, 
Smith said he handled himself like a veteran. 
	"After that semifinal loss, he wrestled like a champion even 
though his heart wasn't in it," he said of Mollica.
	After the defeat sent Minneapolis reeling and Mollica to the 
consolation bracket, he beat Iowa State's Barry Weldon in the 
consolation semis before losing to Boise St.'s third-seeded Charles 
Burton in the third-place match.
	Earlier this month, Mollica became the first man in Pac-10 
history to win four conference titles. He finished his phenomenal 
career 113-15 after going 34-4 this year. 
	"I think in any sport you want to end your career with a 
bang," said Mollica, who will now pursue the 163-pound spot on 
the Olympic freestyle team. "But I can still look back and say I 
won two national titles and was the Pac-10 champion four times. 
That's the positive."
	St. John, the fourth seed, lost an emotional final, 5-2, to 
second-seeded Cary Kolat of Lock Haven (Pa.). Now a three-time 
All-American, St. John beat Iowa's top-seeded Mark Ironside for 
the second time this year in the semifinals. 
	"I wanted to win it all," he said after the championship 
bout. 
	St. John, who finished third at the NCAAs last year, lost to 
Kolat in the consolation final as a sophomore when Kolat was at 
Penn State. 
	"I was pretty nervous," admitted St. John, who was 19-4 
this season and finished his career 82-25. "I'm glad it's over."
 	ASU sophomore Aaron Simpson clinched his first All-
American honor Friday when he pinned Rod Franklin of Clarion 
(Pa.) in 5:56 of his wrestleback. Simpson, the 12th seed, lost to 
Lock Haven's fifth-seeded Mike Geurin in the seventh-place 
match. Coincidentally, he pinned Geurin in the second round.
	"I'm not satisfied," Simpson said. "I'm going to be a 
national champion next year."
	Three Sun Devils fell one match short of All-American 
honors (top-eight finish). Two of them, sophomore Matt Suter 
(158) and redshirt-freshman Casey Strand (190), lost in the last 30 
seconds of the "All-American" round.
	Suter (31-10), the ninth seed, was beaten by Michigan 
State's third-seeded Jeff Catrabone, 2-1, in an overtime tiebreaker. 
Strand, meanwhile, lost a 2-2 tiebreaker to Northern Iowa's Tony 
Wieland after Wieland rode him out.	
	Sophomore 126-pounder Shawn Ford, who upset Iowa's 
defending champ Jeff McGinness in the second round, was 
eliminated by Brown's Willie Carpenter in the wrestlebacks.
	ASU junior All-America Danny Felix (27-8), the fifth seed, 
spectated after failing to make the 118-pound weight limit. 

Devils fall short in comeback, 5-3

By Brian A. Anderson
State Press
	The No. 23 ASU women's tennis team suffered a 
heartbreaking defeat to archrival, No. 3 ranked UofA Tuesday at 
the Whiteman Tennis Center 5-3.
	Reka Cseresnyes lost to the No. 1 player in the nation, 
Vicky Maes, 6-3, 7-5. The loss was especially frustrating because 
Cseresnyes held a 5-0 lead in the second set.
	Anna Moll (No. 5) and Torey Pratt (No. 6) were the only 
winners for ASU (8-7, 0-7) in singles action and were the last to 
finish. Added pressure was put on their matches because the Sun 
Devils had to win both in order to stay alive in the match.  
	"It doesn't really matter (the score) because I try to 
concentrate on my match," said Moll a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 winner.
	Pratt also a winner in three sets did not feel any ill effects 
from the long singles match going into doubles action.
	"You have to be real mentally tough in the doubles to be 
able to win," said Pratt referring to the rigors of playing a doubles 
match 10 minutes after finishing singles play.
	By winning the first four singles matches UofA (14-2, 6-1) 
forced ASU to sweep the three doubles matches if the Sun Devils 
hoped to win.  
	The No. 1 tandem of Stephanie Lansdrop and Katy Propstra 
used blistering serves and volleys to overpower their opponents, 6-
3, 6-2.  
	The No. 2 team of Cseresnyes and Moll lost the first set and 
then took their opponents to a tiebreaker in the second set.  They 
came up just short and lost the match 6-4, 7-6 (9-7).
	"You never like to lose, especially to UofA, but we are 
getting better," Coach Sheila McInerney said.

Sun Devil pitchers outduel Portland St., 10-0

From Staff Reports
	Behind the arms of Kaipo Spenser and Ryan Bradley, the 
No. 14 ASU baseball team plastered Portland St., 10-0, Tuesday 
night at Packard Stadium in front 1,496 fans.
	Spenser (3-4), a junior, earned the victory after pitching 6.1 
innings, walking two and striking out eight batters. Bradley, a 
sophomore,  finished off PSU by pitching the final 2.2 innings. The 
two combined gave up only four hits.
	The Sun Devils last shutout was 39 games ago against 
UofA on April 21, 1995.
	Junior third baseman Mike Torti went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI 
including his seventh home run of the season in the second inning.
	The Sun Devils will tangle with Portland St. again at 7 
tonight at Packard Stadium.

 ASU police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- Burnt food set off a fire alarm at Hayden Hall. The officer reset 
the alarm.
- A student was sent to Tempe St. Luke's Hospital after becoming 
ill at McClintock Hall.
- A student reported a man followed her while she was riding her 
bicycle on campus.
- A man not affiliated with ASU was arrested for having an 
outstanding warrant from Phoenix.
- A student reported someone stole clothing from a washing 
machine at Manzanita Hall. 
Tempe police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- A woman was arrested after an investigation revealed she struck 
her husband during an argument. She punched him repeatedly in 
the upper torso and broke a mirror over his head. When the man 
tried to restrain his wife, she bit his right wrist. She faces 
misdemeanor assault charges.
- A man was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges after 
allegedly head butting a person at Walgreen's, 1719 E. Southern 
Ave.
Compiled by State Press reporter Garin Groff

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- 4X Native American Architecture & Design Students Ñ Meeting 
to discuss Las Vegas trip. American Indian Institute 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.
- Anthropology Club Ñ Meeting to discuss upcoming events, 
guests and trips over food and drinks. Sub Stop, north side of 
University Drive across from ASU; 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- ASU Pow Wow Committee Ñ General meeting. Please bring 
volunteer sign-up sheets. Food provided. Student Services Bldg. 
Multicultural Lounge; 6 p.m.
- Communication Student Association Ñ General meeting open to 
all communications students. MU Chrysocolla Room 206; 3:30 
p.m.
- Eckankar Ñ Discussion: "The Waking Dream." MU Graham 
Room; noon.
- F.A.C.E.S. in Medicine Ñ Guest speaker: Irma Bustamante, 
cross-cultural curriculum coordinator for the Family Practice 
Residency Program at Maricopa Medical Center. MU Apache 
Room 221; 6 p.m.
- Kundalini Yoga Club Ñ Classes and discussion. MU Pinal Room 
215; 7 p.m.
- MUAB Ñ Gallery Committee meeting. MU Conference Room 
1A; 4:30 p.m. Serendipity Arts & Crafts Fair. West Lawn; 8 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. Special Events Committee meeting. MU Conference 
Room 2; 3:30 p.m. Special Events Committee meeting. MU 
Conference Room 2A; 3:30 p.m. Recreation Committee meeting. 
MU Conference Room; 3:30 p.m.
- Program for Southeast Asian Studies Ñ Lecture: "Malaysia: 
Toward the New Millennium," by Rehman Rashid, Malaysian 
journalist. Language & Literature Bldg. C50; 12:40 p.m. to 1:30 
p.m.
- Psi Chi Ñ Guest speaker Lana Wilder talks about "All You Ever 
Wanted to Know about the GRE and Graduate School Application 
Process." Psychology Bldg. 205; 5:30 p.m.
- Rainbow Alliance Ñ Weekly meeting with guest speaker from 
the Human Rights Campaign Fund. MU Room 219; 7:30 p.m.
- Religious Studies Club Ñ Discuss Hinduism, watch a film and 
possibly hear a faculty lecture. Refreshments are provided, bring a 
friend. Engineering Complex A334; 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Student Economic Association Ñ Question/answer session about 
next semester's economics courses. Business Administration Bldg. 
130; 3 p.m.
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Ñ Free tax advice for ASU 
students and faculty. Bring your tax information and we'll help you 
prepare your return. Armstrong Hall 114; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.