Complaints heard against 6 candidates;Both presidential front-runners face review; decision expected by Thursday

By Kelly Wendel
State Press
	A special Associated Students of ASU elections 
commission convened Tuesday to hear allegations of campaign 
infractions during the recent student-body elections, but no 
judgments were issued.
	The commission has until Thursday evening to make all 
decisions.
	Six candidates, including the two front-runners for ASASU 
president, Marc Baumgartner and Gaylord-Eric Crovetto, face 
complaints regarding their financial statements. The complaints 
range from failure to sign the final financial declaration form to 
failure to submit a typewritten or computer-generated financial 
form.
	In addition, Crovetto is charged with defacing a campaign 
sign belonging to fellow ASASU presidential candidate Jared Platt. 
Crovetto could be disqualified from the presidential runoff, set for 
April 17 and 18. 
	Candidates who are found to have violated ASASU 
campaign laws may have points levied against their campaign. A 
candidate can have up to 19 points levied against them and still 
remain in the race. Any candidate who racks up 20 or more points 
is automatically disqualified.
	Platt said he filed the complaint purely on principle. 
	"If a candidate is willing to deface other people's property, 
breaking the rules, then I don't know if as president he would play 
by the rules," he said.
	During the hearing to determine Crovetto's standing in the 
runoff election, Crovetto admitted to changing the sign, but said 
the intent was misconstrued. 
	"I didn't realize it was a big thing," he said. "It was not my 
intent to deface the sign but merely correct it."
	Crovetto changed a dollar amount on a campaign sign 
belonging to Platt, claiming it was inaccurate.
	The financial statement complaints were filed by ASASU 
elections coordinator Alex Shivers.
	"These are the people that should be following the rules as 
stipulated in the bylaw process, and what better time to begin than 
during the election process," he said. "My whole theory on filing 
these complaints is (it is) an effort to avoid future problems. 
ASASU needs a higher level of scrutiny for the people who are 
going to be our president. We are trying to be more strict."

Elected candidate disqualified over financial statement

By Ray Stern
State Press
	Trouble with financial statements has been the albatross 
around many an Arizona politician's neck.
	But Melanie Meacham, who was elected Friday as one of 
the Associated Students of ASU College of Public Programs 
senators, is hoping to avoid following in those notorious footsteps.
	Meacham, a junior justice studies major, is being 
disqualified for failing to file a campaign financial statement on 
time, even though she was the only petitioned candidate for the 
post and won with 272 votes. Now, her only chance to reel in the 
seat is to be appointed. 
	"I met all of the (other) guidelines," she said. "Quite 
frankly, I'm pretty angry at myself for not following through like I 
should have.
	"I hope the bureaucracy and politics don't keep me from 
serving on the senate," she added. "I am the only person who got 
150 signatures on the petition. Nobody else was on the ballot."
	Elections coordinator Alex Shivers said the situation is 
completely out of his hands.
	"This is probably ... one of the most serious violations you 
can make," he said. "No financial statement, you're disqualified. 
Period.
 	"It's not as if we didn't make an effort to make candidates 
aware of these deadlines," he said. 
	Meacham agrees it is a clear-cut case, but said it did not 
make sense to keep her from a post so few people were seeking.
	The winner of the second College of Public Programs seat, 
write-in candidate Aaron Scheele, had 10 votes. The two other 
write-in candidates for the seats, S. Matthew Hull and Michael 
Liburdi, with five and two votes respectively, are being 
disqualified in part from failure to file the financial statements. 
	Shivers said Meacham may try getting the ASASU 
Supreme Court to grant her an appeal or take her case directly to 
the college council president, Steve Ilori.
	Meacham said running for an uncontested post had made 
her a bit complacent, but that she was trying to follow the rules.
	"If there were other people dying to serve on the senate, I 
would step aside and chalk it up to carelessness," she said. 

Campus racial tensions finally cooling, CET chair says

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	After two rallies, one protest and the formation of two anti-
discriminatory groups, on-campus racial tensions seem to be 
easing, according to the chairman of the Campus Environment 
Team.
	Charles Calleros said Tuesday that incidents of racial and 
cultural discrimination over the past year have led the campus 
community through a three-stage process Ñ the actual occurrence 
of discriminatory incidents, reaction to the incidents and the 
unified effort to address solutions to the incidents.
	"I think we've worked our way to the third stage of the 
process," he said. "In doing so, I think some very constructive 
things have happened with the respect to race relations."
	One constructive measure accomplished through the 
dialogue was the development of two on-campus organizations 
intent on creating an academic atmosphere congruent to many 
different cultures, Calleros said.
	Dondrell Swanson, spokesman for Students Against 
Discrimination, said campus race relations are difficult to 
determine without explicit studies, but the dialogue between 
diverse groups and the administration has been encouraging.
	"These incidents have brought people out to basically be 
catalysts for change," he said. "If the efforts of these people can 
continue and work toward improving intergroup relations at ASU, 
I think that is wonderful."
	Calleros added, however, that a great deal of discussion and 
development of future programs is needed.
	"I think we have to put (improved intergroup relations) in 
perspective," he said. "You don't erase 200 years of racial history 
in the United States with a couple of rallies. It means we as a 
campus began to step forward to work through some of those 
problems."
	An issue in dire need of attention is the location and 
subsequent hiring of a director for the long-awaited African-
American studies program, said Swanson, a senior journalism 
major.
	He said the year-long search for a director will continue 
after Provost Milton Glick and prospective director T.J. Davis 
could not come to a "contractual agreement" on Tuesday.
	"The African-American studies program needs to be 
addressed," he said. "This is ridiculous and unacceptable. My anger 
lies in the fact that this program has been stagnant for a very long 
time."
	Neither Glick nor Davis could be reached for comment.

'No Doz'-ing;Profs honored for keeping students up

By Jeff Owens
State Press
	Three ASU professors are receiving a nod for their ability 
to keep students from nodding off during class.
	James Foard, Paul Privateer and Jeff Hester have been 
named by students as the teachers most likely to be listened to in 
the classroom. 
	As part of this honor, the professors will speak in this 
week's ASU Last Lecture series organized by Campus 
Communities Program. Each will deliver a talk as if it were the last 
lecture they would ever give.
	Program Director Cristina Gonzalez said a committee of 
students chose the three professors from a group of 20 nominees.
	"Students respond to teachers who demonstrate a passion 
for what they teach and a real commitment to teaching," she said.
	Each professor will receive a $500 award and will be 
honored at an informal reception before each lecture.
	Foard, an associate professor of religious studies who came 
to ASU in 1977, gave the first Last Lecture Tuesday and said he 
was a little nervous about it.
	"I try not to put people to sleep," he said, with an air of 
amusement in his voice. "I was very honored."
	In his lecture, Foard compared three different world views 
of the concept of an afterlife in human history.
	Privateer, an associate professor of interdisciplinary 
humanities since 1991, will give an interactive presentation on how 
technology can create new ways of learning at 7:30 tonight in the 
Computing Commons Kaleidoscope Room.
	He said he was glad to be named as one of the unlikeliest 
teachers to induce sleep.
	"I appreciate it," Privateer said. "I'm rivaling No-Doz." 
	Hester, assistant professor of physics and astronomy since 
1991, will speak on astronomy at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 
Memorial Union Pima Room. He said he finds the honor 
gratifying, if not a little strange.  
	"That's an honor I can sympathize with," Hester said, 
laughing. "You hope what you're doing is meaningful to people."

Banquet to praise feats of future math, science scholars

By Jeff Owens
State Press
	An ASU program designed to recruit minority high school 
students will honor 400 of its members at a banquet tonight. 
	The ASU College of Engineering and Applied Sciences is 
holding the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement 
program banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Arizona 
Room 
	The celebration will recognize the academic achievements 
of the high school and junior high school students from around 
Arizona. MESA is an educational outreach program sponsored by 
the ASU Office of Minority Engineering Programs. 
	"The MESA banquet is a special day for all that are 
involved," said Mary Ann McCartney, minority engineering 
program director. "The evening not only recognizes the math and 
science abilities of 400 students, but also the students' teachers, 
parents, engineering faculty and industry, who realize that 
successful collaboration helps create tomorrow's professional 
young men and women."
	Maria Reyes, ASU program coordinator for minority 
engineering programs, said the MESA program is designed to 
bring tomorrow's students to ASU.
	"Our goal is to academically prepare students to pursue a 
degree in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences," she 
said.
	Al Merlo, a graduate assistant in the College of 
Engineering, said the celebration will include faculty, 
administration and industry types such as Motorola and Intel.
	Reyes added that representatives from TRW, Honeywell, 
APS, IBM and the Society of American Military Engineers will 
also attend. There will also be an awards presentation.
	"We will be giving an award to the outstanding MESA 
student from each school and honoring the seniors from each 
school," she said.
	Merlo said in addition to Valley schools, MESA also 
includes the San Carlos and Window Rock school districts.

Editorial: Blue Jeans Day

	Not concerned about discrimination? Thursday, you won't 
have any choice but to confront it.
	Thursday is "Blue Jeans Day." Thursday, wearing blue 
jeans will go from a fashion statement to a political statement.
	In order to demonstrate support for the human rights of gay, 
lesbians and bisexuals, students are asked to wear blue jeans to 
school Thursday.
	We imagine that many students will never agonize so much 
about what to wear than they will Thursday morning.
	Many students will doubtlessly want to wear blue jeans, as 
a symbol of their support and tolerance for all people. But it will be 
just as certain that many students will avoid blue jeans to avoid the 
inevitable labeling.
	Wear blue jeans Thursday, and you may feel like the eyes 
of every single student on campus are on you.
	You may fear the whispers behind your back, or have to 
endure the jabs of friends and acquaintances: "Hey! Why are you 
wearing blue jeans? Are you coming out of the closet or 
something?"
	Many well-intentioned students, fearing being labeled as a 
homosexual, will probably go out of their way not to wear blue 
jeans.
	But this fear is exactly why you should pull out those blue 
jeans Thursday.
	It is perhaps impossible for a person to fully understand 
discrimination without first experiencing it.
	There is nothing more demoralizing than being shunned, 
teased, persecuted or just being treated differently because you are 
a member of a group Ñ a group that you were born into, 
something that you have no control over.
	If you wear blue jeans Thursday, you probably will 
experience this.
	Passersby may give you a double-take, even snicker. 
Classmates may quiz you about your sexual orientation.
	This is the kind of treatment that gays, lesbians and 
bisexuals endure daily.
	Those who have "come out" endure ridicule, whispers, 
stares and harassment. Simply because they were not born 
heterosexual, many treat them as they were somehow innately evil.
	But those who remain "in the closet" still feel the sting of 
discrimination.
	While struggling with this deep question of personal 
identity, they are constantly barraged by a never-changing 
message: Homosexuality is unacceptable and wrong. They are 
made to believe that their feelings are somehow unacceptable, 
qualifying them as some sort of deviant.
	Being a gay, lesbian or bisexual is not a choice. It is a part 
of a person's very identity, as much as race or eye color.
	You, however, have a choice. You can stand up for the 
rights of others.
	You can send a message to all that you believe in the right 
of every person to be who they are.
	If you wear blue jeans, they will not be the entire 
summation of your persona. They will simply be a small part of 
you.
	In the same way, sexual orientation is not the entire 
summation of any person. It is merely a part of them Ñ and every 
person deserves to be judged and treated on the basis of the whole 
package.
	This is what you will be supporting by wearing blue jeans 
Thursday. We urge you to do so.
	It will be an eye-opening experience.

Column: Custer monument unfair, offensive to Indians

Tina Holder
Columnist

	In the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 27, 1868 a 
peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho encampment at the Washita River 
was suddenly torn from its sleep by the thunder of horses hoofs 
and the sounds of gunfire. As people ran from their lodges they 
were gunned down by the heavily-armed soldiers. This attack, led 
by Gen. George Armstrong Custer, resulted in the slaughter of 
hundreds of Cheyenne
and Arapaho.
	I'm sure that many people are wondering what this has to 
do with anything today. "It's past history." Believe me, I've heard 
that quite often lately so let me tell you what this has to do with 
things today.
	Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating and U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas 
met with a western Oklahoma citizens' group to discuss how to 
spend the $250,000 that has been set aside for the fiscal year 1997 
budget for the Washita Historic Battlefield. Because of the special 
significance of the Washita site, tribal officials tried to get the 
governor and others to allow them to be included in this meeting, 
but after much stonewalling they were informed that they would 
not be invited to participate in the meeting.
	During this meeting a decision was reached on how to 
spend this money ... by building a monument to Custer on the very 
sight where he slaughtered hundreds of peaceful Native 
Americans. This citizens' group decided that they wanted to 
declare the Washita site as a "Custer National Battlefield Site." 
	This is more insulting than a slap in the face to the 
Cheyenne and Arapaho people. By building this monument, the 
state of Oklahoma and the U.S. government are telling people 
exactly how they feel about Native Americans. They are building a 
monument to honor a man who slaughtered unarmed and peaceful 
people ... am I the only person who sees something wrong with 
this?
	I know that many people are taught that Gen. Custer was a 
"hero." Maybe some still see him as this "great hero" who fought 
bravely to keep the settlers safe. What this "brave" man really did 
was to slaughter unarmed women and children and do whatever he 
saw necessary to further his military career. This man raped, 
murdered and slaughtered innocents because of his hatred for a 
group of people who were different than him and who stood in his 
way. Don't think for a moment that this man would "protect the 
innocent settlers" if there was nothing in it for him. 
	I don't understand why anyone would want to build a 
monument to someone like Custer, but to even suggest that it be 
built on the very site where he led a charge that resulted in the 
deaths of hundreds of unarmed and peaceful people is nothing 
more than sheer stupidity and an affront to the entire Native 
American community.
	Let me ask a question here ... how many people would 
support the building of a monument to Adolf Hitler at the site of 
one of the concentration camps? I would venture to say no one ... 
so why is it OK to build monuments to people who tried their 
damnedest to wipe out Native Americans?  
	Oh, I remember ... it's "just the Indians" so it is a different 
situation. So answer this last question for me ... why is it different?

Tina Holder is a senior justice studies major.

Column: Israelis preach Palestinian genocide

Steve Forsberg
Columnist

	As the angry crowd surges down the street, its message of 
hate becomes visible in the signs the people are carrying as well as 
audible by the mantra they are chanting. "Death to Arabs! Death to 
Arabs!" they shout. 
	The young soldier turns the car away from the checkpoint. 
"I don't care if they need food," he says, "They can just starve for a 
while."
	In the interview the young officer's enthusiasm comes 
through. "We're really going to make them all suffer this time!"
	The dynamite blows the roof off of the house. The parents 
never knew that their son would become a suicide bomber. The 
Israeli security forces don't care.
	As scenes like the ones above play themselves out in the 
Middle East a painful truth becomes obvious. Israel, a nation 
largely comprised of people who have suffered oppression, has 
itself become an oppressor. In a truly regretful twist of fate the 
Israelis are now plying on others the very same methods that they 
themselves have suffered through for ages. The cry of "Never 
Again!" has become "Again! Again! Again!" now that it is 
someone else who is being persecuted.
	Israel's publicly-stated and ruthlessly-pursued policy of 
collective punishment is an abomination, as well as an insult to the 
memories of millions of Jews who have suffered unjustly from 
such punishment in the past. The Israeli government ought to be 
ashamed that a mere gaggle of bombers has turned it toward 
methods once championed by the German Nazis and the Russian 
Communists.
	There is no doubt that Israel has suffered from the recent 
spate of terrorist attacks, but the implementation of collective 
punishment against the Palestinians for the acts of a cowardly few 
is not acceptable. The idea that an entire racial or ethnic group 
should be made to suffer for the acts of a few is outdated as well as 
counterproductive.
	Every occasion of terrorism by a Palestinian is turned into a 
virtual Krystallnacht as the Israeli government, unable to find the 
specific individuals responsible, turns its anger toward an entire 
ethnic group. People are kept from working, curfews are imposed 
and young men are mistreated. The stated goal of the Israelis is to 
make all of the occupied territories suffer, even though they admit 
that probably 99.9 percent of the people affected are innocent of 
any involvement. The Israelis will argue that they must take 
revenge for terrorist acts. The Nazis made the same argument in 
November of 1938 when a Jew killed German diplomat Ernst vom 
Rath. Was it fair that innocent Jews were persecuted for a crime in 
which they had no involvement? Is it fair that Palestinians are now 
suffering the same fate? 
	The Jewish protesters described in the beginning of this 
column were not shouting "Death to Terrorists!" or even "Death to 
Hamas!" Rather, they were calling for the killing of an entire 
ethnic group Ñ genocide. Even if the signs were only half-serious 
one would think that a Jewish state would see the obvious parallels 
to Nazism. 
	What makes this policy of collective retribution doubly 
terrible is the fact that it usually ends up worsening the very 
situation that it is supposed to help. Israel, which is afraid of being 
run off the continent, ought to heed the example of another group 
that had that happen to them Ñ the French colonists in Algeria. 
The terrorists there welcomed an early declaration by Cmdr. 
"Babar" Cherriere that, "Collective responsibility is to be 
vigorously applied." It only served to increase the ill will that the 
natives felt toward the colonists, which lead to further terrorism, 
which lead to harsher oppression and so on. As one general had 
been warned "the cycle of repression getting even tougher, and the 
rebellion ever stronger, will ruin all your efforts of pacification ..." 
The moderate middle is eventually eliminated, much to the glee of 
the terrorists.
	Israel wants vast powers over Palestinian areas. Without 
sovereignty the so-called "Palestinian homeland" is nothing more 
than a ghetto, a situation with which an earlier generation of 
Israelis was all too familiar. The Palestinians are increasingly 
captive labor whose livelihoods depend on the good will of Israeli 
security forces, who are free to suffer the mass punishments meted 
out by the same, but who don't have a right to vote in the elections 
that would hold their erstwhile masters accountable. Like serfs 
living beyond the pale they are free to exist, and not much more.
	Gas chambers? Not yet. Killings? All too often. Collective 
punishment? Gladly applied. Hatred of an entire ethnic group, with 
no distinction between guilty and innocent? Displayed every day.
	Hitler is probably smiling in his grave, while 6 million 
others spin in theirs.

Steve Forsberg is a senior studying history.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Wear blue jeans to support commonality of human spirit

	Thursday Lambda League will be sponsoring Blue Jeans 
Day. The Lambda League is the umbrella organization for most of 
the gay and lesbian organizations here on campus.
	Blue Jeans Day is a day where we encourage all the people 
in our community that support the rights of gay and lesbian 
individuals to wear blue jeans. 
	Why blue jeans? Blue jeans were chosen because it is an 
article of clothing that everyone has at least one pair of. And while 
there are many gay individuals that fit the common stereotypes that 
still persist, there are many more that do not. As often as you have 
put on a pair a jeans, you have, either knowingly or unknowingly, 
interacted with someone who is gay. 
	There are those who view gay individuals as people who 
are rare eccentric oddities. There are those who see gays as heathen 
minions of the devil sent from hell to subvert the righteous. There 
are those who do not even think about gay people and are oblivious 
to struggles they face.
	Then there are those individuals that are supportive of gay 
people. They are ones who see gay people as human beings.
	We just ask on this day that you question how you formed 
your beliefs and perceptions about gays, lesbians and bisexuals. 
Does your religion tell you gay people are in sin and evil? Does it 
provoke emotions from you that would allow you to hate? How 
can people hate, if they don't know, if they don't ask questions, 
interact with or do research about the gay and lesbian culture? If 
the religion you belong to says they believe in love and peace but 
at the same time condemn gay people, question how that can be. 
	There are many of us who are similar to you. They may be 
doctors, lawyers, cops, teachers and athletes. What we are saying is 
that instead of prejudging someone, keep an open mind. We 
welcome your questions. We are not social deviants, we want the 
same things as our heterosexual counterparts. 
	Even though we are different in many aspects of our 
personalities, values and appearance we still have many similarities 
that bind us together. We all have blue jeans. Try to emphasize the 
similarities not the differences. In this time when our country is 
reeling from conflicts over color, gender, sexual orientation, etc., 
we need to acknowledge and respect our differences and find a 
common ground on which to build from. 

Lambda League

ASU basketball recruits ask for their release

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	Two of the three ASU basketball players arrested earlier 
this year on various sexual assault and kidnapping charges will not 
play with the team next season. 
	Rico Harris and Tommie Prince asked to be released from 
their letters of intent following an internal investigation by ASU 
administrators. A third player, George "Gee" Gervin has not asked 
to be released from his letter of intent. 
	"We have released them from their letters of intent," Coach 
Bill Frieder said of Harris and Prince in a statement on Tuesday. "It 
looks like they will transfer. We hope they will finish the school 
year so they will be in good academic standing."
	The three freshman, all academically ineligible to 
participate with the basketball team this past season, had been 
expected to step in as starters next season and were generally 
hailed as the future of the basketball program at ASU. Harris, 
Prince and Gervin were not available for comment.
	All three were arrested on Feb. 29 on suspicion of various 
crimes including aggravated assault, threatening and intimidation, 
unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and sexual assault. The 
Maricopa County Attorney's Office chose not to press charges 
against any of the three on March 19, but the arrests prompted a 
Student Life investigation as to whether the athletes violated the 
student code of conduct. The Athletic Department also chose to 
investigate whether the student athlete code of Conduct had been 
broken by either of the three, and the results of the inquiries were 
mailed to the athletes last Friday. 
	Because the Buckley Amendment prevents administrators 
from commenting on students, the results of those inquiries have 
not been released. 
	On top of the departure of the Harris and Prince, freshman 
guard Duane Davis is considering transferring and has asked to be 
let out of his letter of intent. Davis averaged 9.8 minutes and three 
points a game last season. He is considering a move to Kansas 
State.
	Junior center Steve Walston transferred at mid-season, 
leaving ASU an additional scholarship to offer this spring period, 
which begins today and concludes on May 15. 
	ASU has five scholarship openings for the upcoming 
season but two are already reserved. 
	The Sun Devils have already signed 6-foot-9 forward Ryan 
McDermott out of New Mexico during the fall signing period and 
are expected to sign Eddie House, a guard out of Oakland, during 
the spring signing period. 
	ASU is expected to sign at least one more recruit during the 
spring signing period.

Sun Devil bats show no mercy against T-birds

By Ron Matejko
State Press
	Somebody should have told the No. 21 ASU baseball team 
batting practice ended at 5:30.
  	The Sun Devils (24-15, 7-11) erupted for 15 hits in their 
17-6 drubbing of Southern Utah (7-23) Tuesday night at Packard 
Stadium.
	The run total was the highest for ASU since an 18-4 victory 
over Grand Canyon April 25, 1995.
	Junior pitcher Jason Verdugo (1-0), who doubles as a 
quarterback on the ASU football team in the fall, got the win in his 
first start since 1994.
	The Sun Devils scored in seven of the eight innings they 
batted, highlighted by an eight-run fifth inning when they sent 12 
batters to the plate and chased losing pitcher Bill Robb (1-6).
	ASU Coach Pat Murphy said he was pleased with the play 
of his team, but he has one concern heading into the rematch at 7 
tonight at Packard Stadium.
	"We have to come to play (Wednesday)," Murphy said. 
"That's the only problem with a blowout. You have to come out 
and play everyday."
	Junior catcher Cody McKay hit the only home run of the 
game, his sixth of the season, in the third inning. The two-run blast 
bounced off Rural Road and landed somewhere near the softball 
field.
	Sophomore designated hitter Kevin Tommasini went 3 for 
4 with 2 RBI and scored an ASU season-high five runs.

Win over UofA will be no easy task

By Damian Shaw
State Press
	Playing softball in the Pac-10 won't get any easier for the 
Sun Devils. 
	ASU (22-15, 2-6), which lost two contests to Stanford and 
split with California over the weekend, will face No. 1 UofA at 6 
tonight in Tucson. 
	"I think we can be competitive with them," ASU coach 
Linda Wells said of the Wildcats. "If we play a complete game and 
hit on all cylinders, then we will be able to be competitive."
	Junior outfielder Lisa Dacquisto said that because of last 
weekend's losses, every Pac-10 game from here on out becomes 
even more important.
	"These teams are a lot more competitive, so we've got to 
start playing up to their level," Dacquisto said of ASU's conference 
foes. "UofA will be very competitive, so we've just got to rise to 
the occasion and play like we can. I know we can do it."
	The Sun Devils remain realistic about their chances against 
the Wildcats, according to Wells. 
	"If we play competitive, then we'll be able to sneak a game 
from them, but it's not a game I've counted on," Wells said. 
	UofA sports an impressive 34-4 overall record and is 7-1 in 
Pac-10 play, but according to Dacquisto, records don't matter in 
rivalries. 
	"With UofA it's like a grudge match," Dacquisto said. 
"We've always played well against them. We've just got to keep 
their runners off of the bases." 

Lacrosse hopes for undefeated spring

By Seth Landau 
State Press
	The good news is the ASU lacrosse club team is one game 
away from completing the spring regular season undefeated. The 
bad news is, according to team president Craig Hochreiter, the Sun 
Devils' (9-0) final opponent will be their toughest challenge of the 
year.
	Rival UofA will descend upon Sun Devil turf at 6 tonight 
for the season finale at the band field (on Rural and Sixth Street).
	"We've never beaten them," Hochreiter said of the 
Wildcats. "They have a lot of talented players compared to what 
we have, probably twice as many."
	Sophomore goaltender Jeff Meyers added that the Wildcats 
depth is fueled by the number of players they have from the East 
Coast, where lacrosse is more popular.
	"They have a lot of networking back on the East Coast. 
Their midfields are real deep," he said. "We're going to have to run 
with them."
 	In ASU's last three games it has outscored its competition 
59-12. It defeated Chico State 21-3,  UC-Riverside 24-2 and 
Loyola-Marymount 14-7. 	
	While some teams will move on to the postseason, tonight 
marks the end of the road for the Sun Devils. ASU was deemed 
ineligible for posteason play due to academics.
	"We think it's been a good season, we went undefeated and 
we'll hopefully come out (tonight) with a win," Hochreiter added . 

ASU trackster named Pac-10 athlete of week

From Staff Reports
	ASU senior Lorrieann Adams was named Pac-10 Women's 
Track Athlete of the Week on Monday. Adams, a native of 
Georgetown, Guyana, was the top collegiate finisher in the 800-
meters Saturday in the Sun Angel Classic. 
	 Adams' time of 2 minutes, 3.60 seconds was the fastest in 
the conference this season. The time automatically qualifies her in 
the 800 for the NCAA Championships to be held in Eugene, Ore. 
on May 29-June 1.  
Women's tennis hosts match
	The No. 29-ranked ASU women's tennis team (8-8) is set to 
take on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas today at 1:30 p.m. at 
the Whiteman Tennis Center.
	The Sun Devils boast an 8-1 record versus non-conference 
foes and defeated UNLV last season 5-1.
	ASU is led by the No. 18 nationally ranked doubles tandem 
of Stephanie Lansdorp and Katy Propstra. They have a 14-8 record 
playing at the No. 1 doubles slot
	The probable No. 1 singles player is sophomore All-
America Reka Cseresnyes. Freshman Torey Pratt is looking to 
improve on her 7-0 record at the No. 6 singles position while Anna 
Moll (No. 5) sports a team best 18-7 overall singles record.

ASU police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- A central computer and two hard drives were stolen from the 
Student Services Building. The loss is estimated at $6,995.
- Several computers and accessories were stolen from the 
Agriculture Building. The loss is estimated at $8,500.
- A cordless phone worth $66 was stolen from Staples in the 
Tempe Center.
- Two students were involved in an accident in Lot 59. There were 
no injuries. 
- A student reported receiving harassing phone calls in her room. 
Tempe police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- A man was arrested after allegedly leaving the scene of a hit-and-
run accident. He was found in a residential backyard, where he had 
fled after being involved in a single-vehicle accident at 13th Street 
and Mill Avenue. He admitted to fleeing the scene and drinking. 
His breath test showed he was legally intoxicated. He was charged 
with delay and obstruction, two counts of driving under the 
influence of alcohol, trespassing and leaving the scene of an 
accident.
- A woman was arrested after allegedly refusing to stop yelling 
loudly, which disturbed two residents. She fought with a police 
officer and had to be forcibly removed from the scene. She was 
charged with disorderly conduct and delay and obstructing. 
- A man was arrested after allegedly assailing a person in an 
altercation over a parking space. He threw chairs at the victim and 
blocked the parking space prior to hitting the victim's car. He was 
charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct.
Compiled by State Press reporter Garin Groff

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	The Today Section is a daily calendar of events printed as a 
service to the ASU community. Requests are accepted on a first-
come, first-served basis and are printed as space permits.

- 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 Navajo Scholarship Office workers 
will be on campus for student consultations. American Indian 
Institute; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Communication Student Association Ñ General meeting to 
decide the best ways to improve the Communications Department. 
MU Coconino Room 224; 3:30 p.m.
- Cycling Devils Ñ Team/club meeting. Outside Life Sciences 
Bldg. 104; 8:30 p.m.
- Eckankar Ñ Discussion: "Dream Your Way Home to God." MU 
Graham Room 216; noon.
- English Department/Hayden Library Ñ Lecture: "Romantic 
Poetry & the 'New' Physics," by Dr. Mark Lussier. Hayden Library 
C6; 6 p.m.
- F.A.C.E.S. in Medicine Ñ Guest speaker: Tim Jordan, M.D. 
from the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. MU Apache Room 212; 
6 p.m.
- Kundalini Yoga Club Ñ Use Yoga to heal your physical and 
mental diseases. MU Pinal Room 215; 7 p.m.
- MUAB Ñ Gallery Committee meeting. MU Conference Room 
1A; 4:30 p.m. Special Events Committee meeting. MU Conference 
Room 2A; 3:30 p.m. Recreation Committee meeting. MU 
Conference Room 1A; 3:30 p.m.
- Philippine-American Student Association Ñ General meeting to 
elect next year's officers. MU Kaibab Room 208; 5 p.m.
- Pow Wow Committee Ñ Bring volunteer sign-up sheets! Student 
Services Bldg. Multicultural Lounge; 5 p.m. 
- Rainbow Alliance Ñ Weekly meeting with a movie and a social. 
MU Room 219; 7:30 p.m.
- Religious Studies Club Ñ Introduction to Buddhism, Part 2: 
Mahayana. Film and discussion session with refreshments 
provided. Engineering Complex A334; 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Student Economic Association Ñ Guest speaker: "Reducing 
Regulation in Government," by Government's Regulatory Council 
Member Terry Krukemyer. Business Administration Bldg. 130; 3 
p.m.
- Student Life/Learning Resources Center Ñ Workshop: college 
resources. MU Room 215; 3 p.m.
- Student Organizations Ñ Panel discussion with faculty, staff and 
students of multicultural and ethical issues on campus. Free pizza 
and drinks. Sonora Center Courtyard; 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Volunteer Income Tax Association 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.
- Women's Lesbian & Bisexual Discussion Group Ñ Weekly 
meeting. Women's Student Center, MU Lower Level; 5 p.m. to 
6:30 p.m.